Singling device and a singling method

Abstract

A singling device and a singling method for singling sheet metal panels comprises two tendering positions arranged one after the other in the longitudinal direction to offer a respective sheet metal panel stack, said two tendering positions being provided with a lifting means able to be reciprocated in the longitudinal direction and for feeding the sheet metal panels in the longitudinal direction to a working site. A longitudinal conveying means is arranged between the two tendering positions, which is able to be moved in the longitudinal direction, and which terminates in a first longitudinal position moved toward the working site on the one hand in the vicinity of the first tendering position remote from the working site and on the one hand bridges over the second tendering position so that the lifting means feeds the sheet metal panels lifted from the first sheet metal panel stack onto the longitudinal conveying means which in a second longitudinal position moved away from the working site frees the second tendering position.

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[0001] The invention relates to a singling device for singling sheet metal panels comprising two tendering positions arranged one after the other in the longitudinal direction to offer a respective sheet metal panel stack, said two tendering positions being provided with a lifting means able to be reciprocated in the longitudinal direction for lifting individual sheet metal panels and for feeding the sheet metal panels in the longitudinal direction to a working site. The invention also relates to-a method for singling.[0002] 1. The Prior Art[0003] In the case of a singling device forming part of the prior art the lifting means feeds the sheet metal panels firstly from the first stack and then from the second stack to the same position, which is for example provided in the vicinity of a working site for the further processing of the sheet metal panels. In this respect for instance the first tendering position is further removed from this position than the second tendering position. W...

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[0004] One object of the invention therefore is to provide a singling device and a method of the type initially mentioned which are so further developed that the working cycles are accelerated.

[0006] When the first stack of sheet metal panels has been processed, the lifting means moves a short distance between the first stack and a deposit position on the longitudinal conveying means. The longitudinal conveying means, which then assumes the first longitudinal position, feeds the sheet metal panels toward the working site past the second tendering position. The distances traveled by the lifting means are accordingly substantially reduced. The singling device accordingly functions efficiently and rapidly.

[0011] When the lifting means is dealing with the first stack, the defective sheet metal panels or sets thereof may be deposited at the deposit position with a short movement. When the lifting means is however dealing with the second stack, it is further removed from the reject deposit position. Although the lifting means, which is also termed a so-called feeder, could move the defective sheet metal panels in this case to the reject deposit position, in accordance with an advantageous design of the invention is such that the lifting means deposits the defective panels and / or panel sets on the longitudinal conveying means, which is dealing with the second stack in the second longitudinal position, which then for its part feeds the defective sheet metal panels and / or the sets thereof to the deposit position. The lifting means does therefore not have to comlete the full distance between the second tendering position and the reject deposit position.

[0012] It is an advantage for the longitudinal conveying means to bridge over the first tendering position in its second longitudinal position.

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