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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2023
Filed:
May. 14, 2020
Sacmi Tech S.p.a., Imola, IT;
Maurizio Bardi, Formigine, IT;
Roberto Stefani, Scandiano, IT;
Federico Corazza, Bologna, IT;
Mario Aldo Gianolio Lopez, Corticella, IT;
Paolo Uguzzoni, Spezzano di Fiorano, IT;
SACMI TECH S.P.A., Imola, IT;
Abstract
An apparatus for sorting and stacking slab-shaped elements has an inlet line; plural suction gripping units; a sorting carousel rotatable around an axis and including multiple carousel arms mutually solidly constrained and each bearing a respective one of the plurality suction gripping units; a plurality of seats for receiving the slab-shaped elements, forming stacks thereof; and a support crown solidly constrained to a frame. The carousel axis and an axis of the support crown coincide with one another. Each carousel arm is supported by the support crown at or in proximity of a respective free end. A first slab-shaped element from the inlet line can be gripped by a first one of the suction gripping units, rotated by a first one of the carousel arms which bears the first suction gripping unit, and released by the first suction gripping unit on a first of the seats.