Patent ID: 11958695
Assignee: KöRBER SUPPLY CHAIN LLC
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B  G

Claim 0:
1. A system for delaminating a stream of articles comprising:
a delamination unit comprising a plurality of individually controlled rollers configured to carry the stream of articles,
a detection unit comprising at least one sensor, and
a control unit comprising at least one processor and interfacing with the delamination unit and the detection unit,
wherein the detection unit is configured to detect a position of each of the articles and to transmit position data to the control unit,
wherein the control unit is configured, through operation of the at least one processor, to correlate the positions of the articles with the plurality of individually controlled rollers, and to individually control the rollers based on the position data to delaminate the stream of articles; and
wherein the individually controlled rollers of the delamination unit are grouped, and wherein groups of rollers are arranged in multiple different secondary planes.