APPARATO DI TERMOFORMATURA

• Main Authors: CORMONS, Michele, ROTA, Angelo, GAIAZZI, Fabio
• Format: Patent
• Language: Italian
• Published: 03.02.2022
• Subjects: AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR; SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; TRANSPORTING; WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL

A thermoforming apparatus (1) arranged to perform thermoforming operations on objects (O) in the form of slab or film is described, the forming apparatus (1) comprises at least one loading area (3) in which the objects (O) are positioned one on top of the other so as to form a pile of objects, a pick-up device (5) being provided in the loading area (3) to pick up one object at a time. The pick-up device (5) comprises a support frame (6) movable towards and/or away from the pile of objects (O) and support elements (7, 8) mounted slidingly on the support frame (6); the pick-up device (5) is also provided with a connecting member (9) arranged to connect the support elements (7, 8) to each other. The support elements (7, 8) are positioned on the connecting member (9) so that a displacement of a support element (7) in a movement direction (D) corresponds to a displacement of at least one further support element (8) in a further movement direction (F) substantially parallel and opposite to the movement direction (D) to vary a distance between these support elements (7, 8) on the basis of a dimension of the object to be picked up, this dimension being measured parallel to the movement direction (D).