A destacking conveyor and a method for destacking stacked articles, such as parcels and envelopes. The destacking conveyor comprises an inclined array of rollers that are arranged to rotate on axes perpendicular to a conveying direction. The conveyor is divided along its length into continuous roller-activation zones and selectively activated zones. In the continuous zones, the rollers always rotate in the conveying direction. In the selectively activated zones, the rollers are activated to rotate in the conveying direction and deactivated to be freely rotatable and allow articles to slide backward by gravity. The conveyor also includes a lift to change its inclination angle. By regulating the inclination angle and the activation and deactivation of the rollers in the selectively activated zones, piggy-backed articles slide off bottom articles.

A destacking conveyor and a method for destacking stacked articles, such as parcels and envelopes. The destacking conveyor comprises an inclined array of rollers that are arranged to rotate on axes perpendicular to a conveying direction. The conveyor is divided along its length into continuous roller-activation zones and selectively activated zones. In the continuous zones, the rollers always rotate in the conveying direction. In the selectively activated zones, the rollers are activated to rotate in the conveying direction and deactivated to be freely rotatable and allow articles to slide backward by gravity. The conveyor also includes a lift to change its inclination angle. By regulating the inclination angle and the activation and deactivation of the rollers in the selectively activated zones, piggy-backed articles slide off bottom articles.

A layer destacking system, for destacking a layer from a stacked layer pallet load, including a layer seating platform configured so as to seat the destacked layer on the layer seating platform, a slip sheet detection sensor arranged to sense a slip sheet in contact with the seated destacked layer, a slip sheet pickup removal mechanism, and a controller that receives a signal from the slip sheet detection sensor identifying presence of the slip sheet. The controller is operably connected to the slip sheet pickup removal mechanism so as to actuate the slip sheet pickup removal mechanism effecting discharge of the slip sheet off the layer seating platform.

A layer destacking system, for destacking a layer from a stacked layer pallet load, including a layer seating platform configured so as to seat the destacked layer on the layer seating platform, a slip sheet detection sensor arranged to sense a slip sheet in contact with the seated destacked layer, a slip sheet pickup removal mechanism, and a controller that receives a signal from the slip sheet detection sensor identifying presence of the slip sheet. The controller is operably connected to the slip sheet pickup removal mechanism so as to actuate the slip sheet pickup removal mechanism effecting discharge of the slip sheet off the layer seating platform.

The present disclosure provides systems, methods and assemblies comprising one or more tapered feed rolls. Tapered feed rolls may be used to change the rate and direction of workpiece travel along a processing line while retaining the workpieces in sequential order. Routing workpiece flow with tapered feed rolls may allow the workpieces to be tracked along one or more processing lines, and may reduce the operational space required for workpiece processing.

The present disclosure provides systems, methods and assemblies comprising one or more tapered feed rolls. Tapered feed rolls may be used to change the rate and direction of workpiece travel along a processing line while retaining the workpieces in sequential order. Routing workpiece flow with tapered feed rolls may allow the workpieces to be tracked along one or more processing lines, and may reduce the operational space required for workpiece processing.

The apparatus (1) for staggering or separating slices, particularly obtainable by cutting a product (P) such as meat, poultry, fish, vegetables or the like comprises: a conveyor (2) for transporting the cut product (P) and predisposed for moving the product (P) forward at a first speed (V1) and a staggering device (3), comprising a movable contact surface (30) adapted to touch the sliced product (P) and predisposed to move at a second speed (V2), the ratio between the first speed (V1) and second speed (V2) being such as to obtain the staggering or separation of the slices of the product (P).

The apparatus (1) for staggering or separating slices, particularly obtainable by cutting a product (P) such as meat, poultry, fish, vegetables or the like comprises: a conveyor (2) for transporting the cut product (P) and predisposed for moving the product (P) forward at a first speed (V1) and a staggering device (3), comprising a movable contact surface (30) adapted to touch the sliced product (P) and predisposed to move at a second speed (V2), the ratio between the first speed (V1) and second speed (V2) being such as to obtain the staggering or separation of the slices of the product (P).

A separating device for profiles (6) comprises transfer means (8) between supporting surfaces (13) of successive transverse conveyors (1, 2, 3) that have receptacles (11) for a plurality of profiles (6). The receptacles are displaceable in rotary steps of a shaft (9) between a pick-up position and a handover position and form a driver surface (12) that, in the pick-up position, engages under only one profile (6). Stop cams (14) for the profiles (6) are associated with the receptacles (11), and stop points (16) determining the contour (15) of the stop cams (14) define an angle of rotation (a) of the stop cams (14) and a distance (h) from the bearing surface (13) of the transverse conveyor (1, 2, 3). The rear boundary edge (18) of the bearing surface (17), which is determined by the stop points (16) as a function of the cross-sectional shape and size of the profiles (6), is at least at the same distance from the shaft (9) as the outer end (19) of the driver surface (12). The transverse conveyors (1, 2, 3) can be controlled as a function of the stop of the profiles (6) at a stop cam (14) rotated into the rotational position for the cross-sectional shape and size of the profiles (6) to be separated.

A layer destacking system for destacking layer from stacked layer pallet load, including layer seating platform configured to seat the destacked layer on layer seating platform, conveying surface with conveyance traverse direction traverses the seated destacked layer off layer seating platform, slip sheet detection sensor coupled to layer seating platform and arranged to sense slip sheet in contact with seated destacked layer on uppermost surface and bottom surface of seated destacked layer, slip sheet pickup removal mechanism extending over layer seating platform configured to engage, above layer seating platform, slip sheet contacting one uppermost surface and bottom surface of seated destacked layer controller communicably coupled to slip sheet detection sensor to receive signal from slip sheet detection sensor identifying presence of slip sheet, controller is operably connected to slip sheet pickup removal mechanism to actuate slip sheet pickup removal mechanism engaging slip sheet contacting one uppermost surface and bottom surface.