Patent ID: 11912454
Assignee: FAMECCANICA.DATA S.P.A.
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A packaging plant, comprising:
at least one manufacturing machine configured for manufacturing at least one flow of products,
a conveyor system including at least one stationary guide and a plurality of transport units movable independently of each other along said at least one stationary guide, the conveyor system having at least one input station, at least one first output station and at least one second output station, wherein said transport units are configured for receiving the products in said at least one input station from said at least one manufacturing machine and for releasing the products in one of said at least one first output station and said at least one second output station,
at least one large distribution packaging unit configured for receiving the products from said transport units in said at least one first output station and for packaging said products in a large distribution packaging format,
a plurality of movable stocking units each comprising a plurality of shelves configured for receiving said products,
a stocking area configured for receiving said movable stocking units,
a clustering area including at least one clustering robot and at least one clustering station, the at least one clustering robot being configured for picking the products from said transport units in said at least one second output station and for placing said products into selected shelves of a movable stocking unit of the plurality of movable stocking units placed in said at least one clustering station, and
a flexible packaging area including at least one packaging robot configured for picking products from shelves of a movable stocking unit of the plurality of movable stocking units placed in said flexible packaging area and for placing a variable number of the products into packaging containers.