Patent ID: 8092144

Claim:
A method for assembling products palletizable in layers, each layer comprising a number of rows of products, the method comprising cyclically: transferring a first row of products from a preparation station for preparing the products into a first position on a preassembly station at a speed V, the transferring of the first row of products being made with a first pusher initially positioned prior to the preparation station, by moving the first pusher to a position above the preassembly station corresponding to a rear of the first row of products positioned at the first position on the preassembly station; transferring, with the first pusher, a second row of products from the preparation station onto the first position on said preassembly station at the speed V, while substantially contemporaneously moving said first row of products into a second position on the preassembly station at a speed v chosen between zero and V, depending on at least one of a type of product, a product stability, and a product capacity to withstand docking impacts, to manage docking of the second row of products next to the first row of products already positioned on the preassembly station; transferring, as required, with the first pusher, another row of products from the preparation station onto the first position on said preassembly station, at the speed V, and moving the first row of products and the second row of products into a further position on the preassembly station at the speed v of between zero and V, to manage the docking of the another row of products next to the second row of products; and when the number of rows of products is reached to obtain a formed layer, transferring the formed layer to a palletization station, on a deposition table, with a second pusher.