Patent ID: 7690883

Claim:
A process for stacking deep-drawn or injection molded articles, the articles being molded and stamped in a molding and stamping tool, the process comprising: transferring, by a transfer device, finished articles of one molding and stamping cycle of the molding and stamping tool to a first basket of at least two stacking baskets in a stacking station, the first basket being vertically oriented in a transfer position of the stacking station; forming article stacks in the first basket by repeating the step of transferring; after a predetermined number of finished articles has accumulated in each of the article stacks, pivoting the stacking baskets about a first vertical axis so that the first basket is moved to an ejection position; pivoting the first basket at the ejection position about a second horizontal axis perpendicular to the first vertical axis, wherein the first basket is horizontally oriented, moving the pivoted first basket in steps relative to an ejector unit at the ejection position and transferring, by the ejector unit, a row of the article stacks at each of the steps to a transport device; and shifting the ejector unit transversely to the moving direction of the first basket at each step, if the rows of article stacks are horizontally offset.