Patent ID: 11865605
Assignee: M.E.P. MACCHINE ELETTRONICHE PIEGATRICI S.P.A.
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 10:
11. A method for handling bars comprising the steps of:
positioning a plurality of bars (B) having an oblong development on a support plane (11),
distributing said bars (B) on said support plane (11),
moving said bars (B) toward a removal zone (15) of said support plane (11)
removing, with handling devices (24), a bar (B) from said removal zone (15) of said support plane (11) and delivering the bar (B) to a delivery zone (16),
positioning a plurality of bundles (F) of bars (B) in respective containing units (31) of a store (30), said containing units (31) being disposed adjacent to each other in a transverse direction (T),
moving at least one of the bundles (F) of bars (B) contained in one of said containing units (31) with at least one movement unit (36), in a direction incident to the support plane (11), between a first condition located below the support plane (11) and a second condition located above the support plane (11), and
selectively translating at least one of either the support plane (11) or the store (30) in said transverse direction (T), in order to dispose the support plane (11) and the store (30) at least in a first position in which they at least partly overlap each other and a second position in which they are at least partly adjacent to each other in the transverse direction (T).