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Gebo Packaging Solutions Italy Srl

Mauro Lanzi

Andrea Frosi

Clamp for supporting a suction cup

Disclosed is device for orienting at least one object, comprising: a fixed frame, conveying means defining a conveying surface to contact a bottom portion of object and convey object along a first direction; and rotating means selectively actuatable for creating on bottom portion a differential speed causing the rotation of object about a first axis transversal to first direction. The rotating means comprise a contact element that is fixed or movable along first direction with a differential speed relative to conveying means. The contact element is selectively movable with respect to conveying surface between: a first configuration, protruding from conveying surface along first axis, so as to contact bottom portion of object and to cause the rotation of object about first axis; and a second configuration, offset from conveying surface along first axis. The contact element is free to oscillate around a second axis parallel to first direction.

Orienting device and a method for orienting an object

A depalletization device () that is able to disassemble a pallet () that is made up of at least a number of layers (), includes: a loading/unloading device (), which is able to separate and extract a layer () from the pallet (); a first conveyor () that can be supplied with the layer () that is separated from the pallet () and is able to move the layer () forward; the depalletization device () also includes: a second conveyor (), which can be fed from the first conveyor () with an entire layer (); a pair of third conveyors () that are able to receive, one or the other alternatingly, the entire layer (); and actuator elements () that can be controlled to transfer the entire layer () from the second conveyor () to either of the third conveyors ().

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Parma, Italy

Mauro Lanzi