Patent ID: 6276513
Filing Date: 2001-08-21
Classification: B23P

Abstract:
An arrangement for handling elongate and flat workpieces flowing in a manufacturing line, comprising:a first conveyer for conveying the workpieces in such a manner that workpieces on said first conveyer are oriented transversely relative to the first conveyer;a second conveyer arranged just downstream of said first conveyer for catching and conveying the workpieces which have been just released from said first conveyer, said second conveyer having an entrance end positioned below an exit end of said first conveyer; anda workpiece posture changing device positioned just downstream of said exit end of said first conveyer and just above said entrance end of said second conveyer, said workpiece posture changing device having, at a side facing the exit end of said first conveyer, a recess which momentarily catches a leading edge of each workpiece released from said first conveyer before the workpiece falls onto the entrance end of said second conveyer.