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EP 3228400 A1 20171011 - METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DIVIDING A GROUP OF METAL BARS INTO A FIRST AND A SECOND SUBGROUP

Title (en)

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DIVIDING A GROUP OF METAL BARS INTO A FIRST AND A SECOND SUBGROUP

Title (de)

VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUM TEILEN EINER GRUPPE VON METALLSTANGEN IN EINE ERSTE UND EINE ZWEITE UNTERGRUPPE

Title (fr)

PROCÉDÉ ET APPAREIL PERMETTANT DE DIVISER UN GROUPE DE BARRES MÉTALLIQUES EN UN PREMIER ET UN SECOND SOUS-GROUPE

Publication

EP 3228400 A1 20171011 (EN)

Application

EP 16164437 A 20160408

Priority

EP 16164437 A 20160408

Abstract (en)

For feeding machines for rebars, a group of metal bars are collected in a single layer, for example on an electromagnet, counted by a scanner, and the group is divided into a first and second subgroup. This is accomplished by moving a separation edge (14) to an adjacent position near a space between the two subgroups and separating the first subgroup (2a) from a second subgroup (2b) by providing only the first subgroup of bars (2a) on the first side of the separation edge (14) and the second subgroup (2b) only on the second side of the separation edge (14). For example, the first subgroup (2a) falls onto a separation arm (13) that is located only on the first side of the separation edge (14) and the second subgroup (2b) passes the second side of the separation edge (14) for discharge back into the store (3).

IPC 8 full level

B21D 43/00 (2006.01); B21F 23/00 (2006.01); B65G 47/00 (2006.01); B65G 47/14 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

B21D 43/006 (2013.01); B21F 23/007 (2013.01)

Citation (applicant)

Citation (search report)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

Designated extension state (EPC)

BA ME

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 3228400 A1 20171011; EP 3228400 B1 20181107; WO 2017174721 A1 20171012

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 16164437 A 20160408; EP 2017058251 W 20170406