Ferag Ag

Marc-Andreas Benz

Roberto Fenile

Erwin Stauber

A method for emptying the pockets of a transport device in the form of a suspension conveyor, the transport device including one or more trolleys which are movably mounted on a trolley track and on each of which a pocket hanging downwards for receiving goods is arranged, the pocket formed by at least one flexible material web that is planar when open and that is fastened at both ends to the trolley, forming a loop hanging downwards. The material web is releasably fastened by at least one end to the trolley. The method includes: advancing a closed pocket, opening the pocket by releasing the fastening of the at least one end of the material web to the trolley, emptying the goods from the opened pocket, closing the pocket by fastening the at least one end of the material web to the trolley, and transporting away the emptied and closed pocket.

Method for emptying the pockets of a transport device in the form of a suspension conveyor, and device for carrying out said method

A device for separating individual, two-dimensional, flexible objects from the lower side of a stack of such objects and for conveying the separated objects away from the stack. The device includes a stack space with a support region, and a support member that supports the stack from below in the support region. The support member includes a support roller arrangement of a plurality of support rollers. The device further includes at least one separating member for separating the objects from the lower side of the stack in the support region. The support roller arrangement is part of a roller guidance device and is translatorily movable to and from between a support position and a release position.

Device for separating individual, two-dimensional, flexible objects from the lower side of a stack

A device for opening and further transporting of printed products with respectively at least two sheets held together over a fixed edge, including a conveying device with transport grippers driven in conveying direction (F) arranged with a distance between one another, which are designed to hold the printed products suspended on their fixed edge, as well as with an opening device arranged below the transport grippers, which is destined to open the printed products. The opening device includes an opening wedge capable of being inserted into a free edge zone between the sheets of the printed product, and the opening device furthermore includes a device for supplying blast air, by way of which the sheets of the printed product are capable of being fanned open in the edge zone, into which the opening wedge is inserted.

Device and method for opening printed products

In a method and a device for opening printed products (), folded printed products () are held on a back () and transported. Thereby, they are aligned at an edge region () lying opposite the back (), for example by way of co-running lugs (). Subsequently, the edge region () is encompassed by a holding element () and held in a preferably loose manner. Preferably, the uppermost sheet of the printed product () is gripped with a revolving opening element () engaging on the printed product () behind the edge region (), and pulled out of the holding element (), while the remaining sheet or the remaining sheets of the printed product () remain in the holding element (). After moving a holding-open element () into the printed product () opened in such a manner, the holding element () moves away to the bottom and thus the edge region () of the printed product () slips out of the holding element ().

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Gruet, Switzerland

Marc-Andreas Benz