An apparatus for handling sheets and the operating method thereof is disclosed, the apparatus including: a handling unit for gripping and transferring sheets to and from a sheet change support with a substantially horizontal attitude; and a receiving-transmitting electromagnetic beam unit which generate electromagnetic beams arranged on a plane which is intercepted by the sheets when they take up an attitude at least partially different from the horizontal one. The receiving-transmitting electromagnetic beam unit is fixedly arranged on at least a couple of linear bars arranged at the same height for generating a horizontal-mesh barrier, consisting of intersecting, stationary electromagnetic beams, generated by the receiving-transmitting unit, the barrier being defined above an area occupied by the sheet change support.

An apparatus for trimming a sheet metal workpiece includes a base to support the sheet metal workpiece at a working position on the base. A shearing tool is connected to the base to trim the sheet metal workpiece by mechanically inducing a shearing stress on the sheet metal workpiece to form an edge at an edge location on the sheet metal workpiece. A heater is connected to the base to define a heated region on the sheet metal workpiece by heating at least the edge location on the sheet metal workpiece after the sheet metal workpiece is in the working position. The apparatus includes a temperature sensor to detect a surface temperature of the heated region.

Methods and devices for removing a workpiece part from a remaining workpiece, comprise a holding apparatus that is moveable in a removal direction and switchable between a fixing state for fixing the workpiece part to the holding apparatus and a release state for releasing the workpiece part from the holding apparatus. The holding apparatus has at least one electrically conductive first contact element for contacting the workpiece part at one or more first contact points and at least one electrically conductive second contact element for contacting the workpiece part at one or more second contact points. The device also has a sensor apparatus that uses the contact elements to check, in a first check state, the complete separation of the workpiece part from the remaining workpiece and to check, in a second check state, fixing of the workpiece part to the holding apparatus being in the fixing state.

A machine tool for processing workpieces includes a processing device from which processed products to be discharged can be produced from a workpiece; and a discharge device including a discharge flap that can be pivoted into a discharge position inclined downwards relative to a horizontal position in order to discharge processed products and which defines a discharge direction in the discharge position, the discharge flap comprising a part support disposed along the upper side of the discharge flap along which the processed products move during discharge in the discharge direction, where the part support has at least two support regions which extend in the discharge direction and which are configured to accommodate different types of processed products.

The present invention relates to an integrated flattening, cutting and collecting assembly capable of integrity maintenance, which includes a frame, a conveyor seat and a processing rack. The processing rack is provided with a flattening cylinder and cutting cylinders in sequence, a flattening block cooperating with the steel sheet in the conveyor seat is connected below the flattening cylinder, a cutting lift seat is provided below the cutting cylinder, the cutting lift seat is provided with a cutter and cutting pressing blocks, the cutting pressing blocks are arranged symmetrically on the left and right sides of the cutter; and the distance between the two cutting pressing blocks is smaller than the distance of the flattening block, the lower end of the cutter exceeds the cutting pressing block, and the distance it exceeds is the same as the thickness of the steel sheet, the end of the conveyor seat is fitted with a collecting device; the cutting pressing block can press and hold the steel sheet during cutting, while not affect the cutting of the cutter, thereby the accuracy of the steel sheet cutting is greatly improved.

A plant for producing a structured cross-channel packing element. The structured cross-channel packing element comprises at least two adjacent layers made of expanded metal sheets each comprising periodic deformations. The plant comprises a stretching machine configured to cut and stretch a metal sheet to form one of a plurality of first expanded metal sheets, a calibration machine configured to roll the first expanded metal sheets to a desired thickness, a sheet storage unit configured to directly receive each of the first expanded metal sheets rolled in the calibration machine, a forming machine configured to form each of the first expanded metal sheets to form the expanded metal sheets comprising periodic deformations, and a stacking machine configured to stack the expanded metal sheets comprising periodic deformations to form the structured cross-channel packing element. The sheet storage unit is configured to release the first expanded metal sheets directly to the forming machine.

A sheet material machining system includes a sheet material machining machine which is configured to machine a workpiece to produce a machined workpiece that includes a plurality of products and a residual material. The machined workpiece is configured to be placed on a sorting table. The plurality of products are configured to be placed on a temporary placement table. At least one product among the plurality of products are configured to be placed on a discharge table. A carrier includes an attracting actuator and a mobile actuator. The order management processor is configured to control the carrier and includes a storage configured to memorize a layout of the plurality of products in the workpiece. The plurality of products are associated with an attracting order.

A first robot (104) is arranged in association with a belt conveyor (101), and performs a first transfer operation of picking up a product such as a blank material conveyed by the belt conveyor (101) and stacking it on a relay table (102). A second robot (108) performs a second transfer operation of transferring a loaded body of a plurality of blank materials stacked on the relay table (102) to a pallet table (103).

A machine tool for processing workpieces includes a processing device from which processed products to be discharged can be produced from a workpiece; and a discharge device including a discharge flap that can be pivoted into a discharge position inclined downwards relative to a horizontal position in order to discharge processed products and which defines a discharge direction in the discharge position, the discharge flap comprising a part support disposed along the upper side of the discharge flap along which the processed products move during discharge in the discharge direction, where the part support has at least two support regions which extend in the discharge direction and which are configured to accommodate different types of processed products.

A press working apparatus includes: a first positioner that is provided to at least one press of a first press or a second press and that performs positioning of at least one die of the at least one press; and a second positioner that performs positioning of the at least one die and that positions the at least one die in a position deviated in a feeding direction with respect to the first positioner.