Mannesmann Aktiengesellschaft

Eberhard Adamitzki

Rainer Derix

Johann-Heinrich Rohde

An apparatus for collecting and bundling long rolling stock includes a collecting station for a layer of rolling stock lying side-by-side, a receiving device for the layer of rolling stock, a bundle forming station arranged at a side of the collecting station, and an arrangement for transporting the layer of rolling stock into a depositing position in the bundle forming station. The transporting arrangement includes two support arches that stand at a distance from another and span at least a collecting station and a bundle forming station. Each of the support arches defines a travel path having a horizontal segment that is guided into a vertical segment in a region of the bundle forming station. A carriage is arranged at each support arch so that both carriages are synchronously movable on the travel paths. A cross-piece is provided so as to join together the two support arches and support the receiving device, each end of the cross-piece is supported by one of the carriages so that the cross-piece is movable parallel to the rolling stock, and a device for carrying off the bundled rolling stock from the bundle forming station.

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Monchengladbach, Germany

Eberhard Adamitzki