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Method and apparatus for separating rod-shaped bodies

US7819621B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

WAFIOS Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Gustav Veit · Reutlingen, DE
Peter Hammerer · Dewitt Court, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 29, 2007
Grant date	Oct 26, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 31, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB65G2201/0217
WIPO fieldMachine tools
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In order to separate rod-shaped bodies from a bundle of bodies, the surface of an uppermost body in the bundle is determined in a separation apparatus by a sensor, which body is then seized laterally of the sensor by a first gripper and is vertically lifted, whereupon a further gripper engages under said body, laterally of the first gripper unit. The further gripper is then moved to the other end region of the body, with the body being lifted out of the bundle. Next, said body is moved to a deposition location by both grippers.

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