Arrangement for forming and handling collective loads

Abstract

An arrangement for assembling and conveying a number of elongated cylindrical loads such as aerial bombs, the loads being collectively supported in a carrier, includes an elongated single load supply track for delivering single ones of the loads to a collecting location. A positioning device at the collecting location arranges three of the loads from the supply track in a triangular configuration so that the axes of the single loads extend parallel to one another. The positioning device includes first and second load stands each arranged to support a different one of the single loads at the same level as the single loads on the supply track. A third load stand between the first and second load stands supports a third single load, and a mechanism associated with the third load stand lowers the third load from the level of the supply track to a certain level below that of the loads supported on the first and second stands. The collecting carrier is attached to the single loads by a handling device while the loads are positioned in the positioning device to form a collective load. A hoist arrangement removes the collective load from the positioning device, and a conveying arrangement conveys the collective load to a receiving location after the collective load is released from the hoist arrangement.