A handling unit (1) for hollow glass articles including: - a plurality of fingers (10), each configured to engage a corresponding hollow glass article in correspondence of a gripping area (12) and to drag said article along a connection trajectory between a gripping position and a release position, - a displacement mechanism (6, 7A, 7B, 7C, 7D, 7E) of said plurality of fingers (10) between the gripping position and the release position, - wherein each finger (10) of said plurality includes a nozzle (14) which can be supplied by means of pressurized air and arranged in correspondence of said gripping area (12), said nozzle (14) being configured for the ejection of air in a direction tangent with respect to said gripping area (12) so as to set a depression in correspondence of said gripping area (12) to hold a hollow glass article arranged in the gripping area (12) itself, the handling unit (1) being characterized in that it includes at least two control units (RQ, SV; PR, SVV; RQ; PR) of the supply airflow of the nozzles (14), wherein each control unit (RQ, SV; PR, SV; RQ; PR) of the airflow is configured to control at least one corresponding nozzle (14) independently of the nozzles (14) controlled by remaining control units (RQ, SV; PR, SV; RQ; PR) of the airflow.
A HANDLING UNIT FOR HOLLOW GLASS ARTICLES
EINHEIT ZUM HANDHABEN VON HOHLGLASWAREN
UNITÉ DE MANUTENTION D'ARTICLES EN VERRE CREUX
2018-08-29
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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