Claims
- 1. A process of operating a packing system for rolling-mill stock, the packing system having a continuous conveyor for advancing the rolling-mill stock, the packing system further including an overhead transfer suspended from above the conveyor, said overhead transfer having an electromagnet, a lifter is provided in operative association with the overhead transfer which removes the rolling-mill stock from the conveyor and raises the rolling-mill stock to a position above the conveyor to supply the electromagnet, the electromagnet being movable from a collecting position to a position above a collecting zone so that the electromagnet can place the rolling-mill stock in a packing pocket, the process comprising the steps of:
- stopping an advancement of the conveyor such that a first rolling-mill stock resides directly below a magnetic collector and a multilayer rolling-mill stock resides below the overhead transfer and directly above the lifter, said multilayer rolling-mill stock being one layer overlying another layer;
- raising the first rolling-mill stock by the magnetic collector from the conveyor;
- lifting the multilayer rolling-mill stock by the lifter toward the electromagnet of the overhead transfer so that the electromagnet receives the multilayer rolling-mill stock;
- lowering the lifter after the electromagnet has received the multilayer rolling-mill stock;
- advancing the conveyor while the overhead transfer deposits the multilayer rolling-mill stock into the packing pocket;
- stopping the advancement of the conveyor such that a second rolling-mill stock resides below the magnetic collector; and
- depositing the first rolling-mill stock from the magnetic collector onto the second rolling-mill stock while the overhead transfer returns to a position directly above the lifter.
- 2. The process of claim 1, said step of raising the first rolling-mill stock occurring generally simultaneously with said step of lifting the multilayer rolling-mill stock.
- 3. The process of claim 1, said first rolling-mill stock and said multilayer rolling-mill stock arranged so as to have a length dimension extending transversely to a direction of the advancement of the conveyor.
- 4. The process of claim 1, said rolling-mill stock being angular rolling-mill stock.
- 5. The process of claim 4, said step of depositing the multilayer rolling-mill stock into the packing pocket comprising the step of:
- rotating the angular rolling-mill stock 180.degree. from the orientation of a previously deposited angular rolling-mill stock.
- 6. The process of claim 5, the previously deposited angular rolling-mill stock being an equal multiple of layers as the rotated angular rolling-mill stock.
Priority Claims (1)
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Parent Case Info
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/280,224 filed on Jul. 25, 1994, now abandoned.
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Continuations (1)
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