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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2017
Applicant:
M.e.p. Macchine Elettroniche Piegatrici S.p.a., Reana del Rojale, IT;
Inventor:
Giorgio Del Fabro, Udine, IT;
Assignee:
M.E.P. MACCHINE ELETTRONICHE PIEGATRICI S.P.A., Reana del Rojale, IT;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B21F 23/00 (2006.01); B21C 51/00 (2006.01); B65G 47/12 (2006.01); B65G 47/14 (2006.01); B65G 57/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B21F 23/007 (2013.01); B21C 51/00 (2013.01); B65G 47/12 (2013.01); B65G 47/1485 (2013.01); B65G 57/186 (2013.01);
Abstract
Apparatus for handling bars (), in particular metal bars, including a loading unit () provided with transporter elements () to transfer a series of bars () toward a selector unit (); the selector unit () includes a gripping device () configured to remove one or more bars () from the transporter elements () of the loading unit () and to release them toward a subsequent collection station () and also includes sensors () configured to automatically detect at least the number of bars () removed and released by the gripping device () toward the collection station ().