Systems, processes and apparatuses for automated handling of non-ferrous metal objects

• Main Authors: JAMES J. ABRAMCZYK, CHANDRA S. NAMUDURI, MICHAEL J. KARAGOUIIS, JAMES S. DORENBECKER, THOMAS W. NEHL, KENNETH J. SHOEMAKER
• Format: Patent
• Language: Chinese; English
• Published: 28.07.2017
• Subjects: MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVINGMATERIAL; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PUNCHING METAL; TRANSPORTING; WORKING OR PROCESSING OF SHEET METAL OR METAL TUBES, RODS ORPROFILES WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL

Disclosed are electromagnetic apparatuses for separating non-ferrous blanks, methods for making and for using such apparatuses, and automated systems with electromagnetic destacking unit for handling stacks of non-ferrous blanks. Presented is a destacking unit with a magnet placed adjacent a stack of non-ferrous blanks, and two electrical terminals placed in contact with the top blank of the stack. The magnet generates a magnetic field across the surface of the top blank. The terminals pass electrical current through the blank transversely across the top surface. The direction of the electrical current is generally normal to the direction of the magnetic field such that a magnetic separation force sufficient to displace the blank from the stack is generated in a generally vertical direction. 本发明公开了种用于分离非铁坯料的电磁设备，种用于制造和使用这种设备的方法，和种具有用于操作非铁坯料堆垛的电磁卸堆单元的自动系统。本发明提供种卸堆单元，其具有置于非铁坯料堆垛附近的磁体，和设置为接触所述堆垛的顶部坯料的两个电端子。磁体跨经顶部坯料的表面产生磁场。端子将电流与顶表面横向地传递经过坯料。电流的方向通常与磁场方向正交，以使得产生足以将坯料从所述堆垛移位的大致垂直方向的磁性分离力。