Patent ID: 8708782
Filing Date: 2014-04-29
Classification: A22C

Abstract:
1. A method for transporting, removing or inserting longitudinal rod-like elements in a handling system comprising a robotic device and a production line for producing sausage-shaped products, in particular sausages, wherein the rod-like elements, in particular smoking rods, have a central axis, a first end and a second end and serve for storing the sausage-shaped products produced in the production line, wherein two substantially parallel guidances are provided each having a first end and a second end, wherein the rod-like elements are guided along the guidances, wherein, in the area of the first end of the guidances, a first transfer point between the production line and the guidances is defined and wherein, in the area of the second end of the guidances, a second transfer point between the guidances and the robotic device is defined, the method comprising the step of: moving at least one rod-like element from the first transfer point to the second transfer point for the robotic device along the two guidances, and aligning the rod-like element in the area of the second transfer point such that the rod-like element is in a predefined position.