A method for feeding articles includes the steps of: feeding transversally, by a first conveyor, a succession of parallel rows of articles to a transfer area; moving longitudinally, using a second conveyor, a succession of rows of articles from the transfer area; sending at least one row of articles, coming from the first conveyor, to a storage unit whilst the row of articles is fed transversely, preferably perpendicularly, to the row; transferring the row of articles inside the storage unit, positioning the row of articles in a longitudinal direction at an outfeed section of the storage unit; extracting longitudinally portions in sequence of the row, portions formed preferably by one or more articles, from the storage unit and feeding the portions of row to the transfer area.

An apparatus for conveying articles comprising: a conveying surface comprising a plurality of electrically magnetizable elements; a plurality of units for conveying articles, movable on said conveying surface, each conveying unit being defined by a first transport element and a second transport element configured to be coupled with each other and to define together a seat for housing articles, the first and the second transport element comprising each at least one magnetic element; a control unit, connected to said electrically magnetizable elements of the conveying surface to activate and deactivate them, so as to generate a variable predetermined magnetic field on said conveying surface and to allow consequently the movement of said first transport element and second transport element above said conveying surface.

An apparatus for conveying articles comprising: a conveying surface comprising a plurality of electrically magnetizable elements; a plurality of units for conveying articles, movable on said conveying surface, each conveying unit being defined by a first transport element and a second transport element configured to be coupled with each other and to define together a seat for housing articles, the first and the second transport element comprising each at least one magnetic element; a control unit, connected to said electrically magnetizable elements of the conveying surface to activate and deactivate them, so as to generate a variable predetermined magnetic field on said conveying surface and to allow consequently the movement of said first transport element and second transport element above said conveying surface.