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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2014
Axium Inc., St-Laurent, CA;
Robert Jodoin, St-Lurent, CA;
Sylvain Morency, St-Laurent, CA;
Nicolas Durand, St-Laurent, CA;
Marc Ducharme, St-Laurent, CA;
Régis Métivier, St-Laurent, CA;
Philippe Hakier, St-Laurent, CA;
Christian Simon, St-Laurent, CA;
Jean-François Forget, St-Laurent, CA;
AXIUM Inc., St-Laurent, Quebec, CA;
Abstract
The problem of singulating products that are provided in a pallet layer is solved by breaking up the pallet layer so that each product can be handled separately by a robot tool and outputted in at least one line according to a predetermined orientation. The singulator includes a layer drop zone that receives a pallet layer of products, a break-up system that separates the products by creating gaps therebetween, yielding separated products, a vision system that determines characteristics and position of each separated product; and a robot equipped with a tool that receives information indicative of the characteristics and position of said each separated product to grip and position each separated product onto an output station within at least one line.