EP2412456B1 - Procédé et installation de manipulation de barres métalliques - Google Patents

Procédé et installation de manipulation de barres métalliques Download PDF

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EP2412456B1
EP2412456B1 EP11175822.3A EP11175822A EP2412456B1 EP 2412456 B1 EP2412456 B1 EP 2412456B1 EP 11175822 A EP11175822 A EP 11175822A EP 2412456 B1 EP2412456 B1 EP 2412456B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21F—WORKING OR PROCESSING OF METAL WIRE
    • B21F23/00—Feeding wire in wire-working machines or apparatus
    • B21F23/005—Feeding discrete lengths of wire or rod
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21D—WORKING OR PROCESSING OF SHEET METAL OR METAL TUBES, RODS OR PROFILES WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21D11/00—Bending not restricted to forms of material mentioned in only one of groups B21D5/00, B21D7/00, B21D9/00; Bending not provided for in groups B21D5/00 - B21D9/00; Twisting
    • B21D11/10—Bending specially adapted to produce specific articles, e.g. leaf springs
    • B21D11/12—Bending specially adapted to produce specific articles, e.g. leaf springs the articles being reinforcements for concrete
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21D—WORKING OR PROCESSING OF SHEET METAL OR METAL TUBES, RODS OR PROFILES WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21D43/00—Feeding, positioning or storing devices combined with, or arranged in, or specially adapted for use in connection with, apparatus for working or processing sheet metal, metal tubes or metal profiles; Associations therewith of cutting devices
    • B21D43/006—Feeding elongated articles, such as tubes, bars, or profiles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21F—WORKING OR PROCESSING OF METAL WIRE
    • B21F23/00—Feeding wire in wire-working machines or apparatus
    • B21F23/005—Feeding discrete lengths of wire or rod
    • B21F23/007—Feeding discrete lengths of wire or rod using pick-up means, e.g. for isolating a predefined number of wires from a bundle

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  • the present invention relates to systems for the treatment of metal bars, in particular bars for the reinforcement of concrete, of the type comprising:
  • a device for transferring metal bars of the type specified above is, for example, described in the patent No. IT-B-1 351 915 , filed in the name of the present applicant.
  • Systems for automatic loading of metal bars onto machines designed to carry out operations of various types on said bars are known from a wide range of documents, such as, for example, DE-AS- 1 101 336 , IT 1 206 893 , EP-A-1 356 875 , EP-A-1 356 876 , EP-A-1 980 341 , EP-A-2 172 287 , WO2007/043089A1 , US4471819A , AT-B-393 641 , or from EP-A-1 927 412 on which the preamble of the independent claims 1 and 14 is based.
  • a further device of the type specified above is known from EP-A-2 374 553 , filed in the name of the present applicant on April 12, 2010 and not yet rendered public at the date of filing of the present disclosure.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide automatic loading of a predetermined number of metal bars onto an operating unit, guaranteeing that said operation is performed in a reliable, proper, and orderly way and using means that involve the occupation of a minimum portion of space in plan view, above all in the longitudinal direction of lie of the bars.
  • the subject of the present invention is a system according to Claim 1 and a method according to Claim 14. Further advantageous characteristics of the invention are specified in the annexed dependent claims.
  • Figures 1A, 1B the reference number 1 designates as a whole a system for bending metal bars, in itself of a known type.
  • Figures 1A, 1B are both plan views of the system 1, which comprises two bending units 2 (see also Figure 1C ), which each include a supporting structure 3, rotatably mounted on which is a bending disk 4 having a central spindle 5 and carrying an eccentric pin 6 for bending a portion of one or more bars B around the central spindle 5.
  • the axis 4A ( Figure 1C ) of the bending disk 4 is inclined with respect to the vertical direction. However, it would be equally possible to envisage that said axis is oriented vertically or horizontally, as is likewise well known in the art.
  • the two bending units 2 define a space 8 for receiving the bars to be bent, in which a number of bars can be received on top of one another in a plane orthogonal to the plane of bending of the bars.
  • the two bending units 2 are mobile on rails 9 in the direction L parallel to the longitudinal direction of lie of the bars B.
  • each bending unit provided within the casing 3 of each bending unit are motor means designed to govern movement of the bending unit along the rails 9.
  • the system for the treatment of metal bars is provided with an electronic control system, which governs, according to a pre-set program, the successive movements of the bending units 2 and of the corresponding bending disks 4 to obtain the different bends of a bar or of a set of bars subjected simultaneously to bending, with a view to obtaining any predetermined shape.
  • the bending units 2 can be of the type illustrated in Figures 1A and 1B , with a spindle 5 around which the bars are bent and with the contrast element 7, or else of the type with a spindle having a diametral slit that defines also the space for receiving the bars. In this latter case, one of the portions will possibly function also as contrast element.
  • Figure 1A shows the bar or bars positioned above the bending units prior to execution of a bending operation
  • Figure 1B shows the two bending units after the bending disks 4 have been rotated simultaneously through 90° to provide two bends at right angles at the ends of the bar or bars B.
  • the bending system 1 is illustrated herein with reference to the preferred embodiment of the invention, in which the device for automatic picking-up and feed of the bars is used for feeding the bars to said bending system.
  • the automatic device for picking up and loading bars that forms the subject of the present invention is likewise usable for feeding any predetermined number of bars also to operating units of a different type, for example, a unit for cutting bars into pieces of desired length or also for feeding the bars to a further waiting station, from which they are picked up only subsequently to be sent on for further treatments.
  • Figure 2 shows at an enlarged scale and in lateral view an embodiment of the stationary structure 30 moving on which are the two bending units 2, which define an inclined surface P coinciding with the plane of bending of the bars defined by the two bending units. Also visible in Figure 2 is one of the two contrast elements 7 associated to the two bending units.
  • the structure 30 carrying the two bending units 2 is set alongside a further stationary bench 10 carrying a chain-driven feed device 14 for feeding the bars to the receiving space 8 defined by the two bending units.
  • the stationary structure 10 supports, in an articulated way, a longitudinal distribution of transverse arms 11 defining an inclined surface Q via which the bars B are made to roll by gravity until they reach the receiving space 8 defined by the bending units.
  • a characteristic of the system according to the embodiment illustrated herein lies in the fact that it is able to pick up from a magazine (illustrated in greater detail in what follows) a predetermined number of bars and to feed said bars one after another into the receiving space 8 of the bending units, keeping them separated and set at a distance apart in such a way as to bring them up to the receiving space 8 in times that are close to one another but distinct.
  • Figure 2 shows four bars B while they are rolling towards the receiving space 8 of the bending units (not visible in Figure 2 ) in positions appropriately separate and set at a distance apart from one another.
  • the angle of inclination of the transverse arms 11 can be controlled by means of a fluid cylinder 12.
  • a fluid cylinder 12 it is possible to envisage a raised condition of the arms 11 in order to prevent any sort of interference between the latter and the bars that are bent in the bending units.
  • the bars B are fed to the inclined surface Q by means of a longitudinal distribution of chain-driven conveyors 14, each equipped with a number of projecting elements that define separate compartments 14a.
  • the compartments 14a of the feed device defined by the chain-driven conveyors 14 are to be fed each with a single bar by means of the automatic loading device that will be described in detail in what follows.
  • the conveyor system constituted by the array of chain-driven conveyors 14 is also illustrated schematically.
  • the reference number 50 designates a device for automatic picking-up and loading of any predetermined and desired number of metal bars onto the conveyor system constituted by the chain-driven conveyors 14.
  • the device 50 picks up the bars from a bundle of bars B prearranged in a magazine of bars M, which, in the example illustrated, is constituted by a channel-like structure 51 supported by a framework 52 and provided along its bottom with an array of horizontal rollers 53 mounted in a freely rotatable way, which favour feed of the bars B above the magazine M.
  • the device 50 comprises a fixed supporting structure, which, in the example illustrated, has two end heads 54, which each include a base 55 resting on the floor, a column 56 extending upwards from the base 55, and a cross member set in cantilever fashion 57 projecting from the top of the column 56 in a transverse direction with respect to the longitudinal direction of the magazine M.
  • two carriage structures 58 are guided, each having at least one motor-driven roller or wheel 59.
  • the two motor-driven wheels 59 are driven between respective mutually aligned shafts 60 extending in a direction parallel to the longitudinal direction L of the magazine M.
  • the two shafts 60 extend from a motor reducer 61, which connects the shafts themselves to an electric driving motor 62, for governing simultaneous displacement of the carriages 58 along the cross member 57 in a direction transverse with respect to the longitudinal direction of the bars B, said transverse direction being designated by the arrows X in the drawings.
  • Any different system of transmission is of course possible; for example, two motors associated, respectively, to the two carriages could be envisaged.
  • each lever 64 mounted articulated on the beam 63 about a common longitudinal axis 64b and governed each by a respective fluid actuator 65 between an inoperative position (visible in Figure 3 ), in which the free ends of the levers 64 face vertically downwards, and an operative position (visible, for example, in Figure 10 ), in which the free ends of the levers 64 extend horizontally in cantilever fashion starting from the beam 63.
  • the free end of each lever 64 carries a freely rotatable roller 64a designed to favour proper engagement of the bars B above the levers 64 when the latter are in the operative position, as will emerge more clearly from the ensuing description.
  • the beam 63 also carries an endless chain C, which engages on two gears 66 set at the ends of the beam 63 and has two longitudinal branches extending parallel to the longitudinal direction L of the magazine M.
  • One of the two gears 66 is governed by an electric motor (not visible in the drawings), which enables motion to be imparted on the endless chain C.
  • Said chain is used for governing a displacement in the longitudinal direction (designated by the arrows L in the drawings) of the magazine M of a further lever device (see, for example, Figure 9 ) comprising a lever 68 mounted articulated about a vertical axis on a plate-type support 67 connected to the chain C and governed by means of a fluid actuator 69 between an inoperative position, in which it extends parallel to the original direction L (see, for example, Figure 3 ), and an operative position, visible in Figure 9 , in which it extends in the transverse direction X.
  • the lever 68 carries a freely rotatable roller for proper engagement thereon of the bars B, as will be illustrated in greater detail in what follows.
  • a device for picking up the bars comprising a magnet 70 set at the bottom end of a vertical stem governed by a fluid actuator 71.
  • a limiter device 72 illustrated schematically in Figure 13 .
  • Said device is basically constituted by a pair of plates 73 extending in a common plane orthogonal to the longitudinal direction L, said plates being connected rigidly, in the specific case illustrated herein, to the structure of the respective carriage 58.
  • the two plates 73 define between them a vertical passage 74 of a width corresponding to the thickness of the bars B (preferably envisaged is the possibility of regulation of the distance of the plates 73 in order to adjust the width of the passage 74).
  • the passage 74 moreover has a V-shaped lead-in mouth 75.
  • the limiter device 72 basically functions as limiter designed to enable only the end of one bar at a time to reach the raised position above the limiter 72. Even though it is not illustrated in the annexed drawings, it is also possible to envisage a gripper device that blocks temporarily in position the portions of bar that reach the aforesaid raised position.
  • the pre-arrangement of the carriages 58 enables the magnet 70 for picking up the bars to be brought onto the vertical of the area of the magazine M, where the bars are to be picked up. Said characteristic is important in so far as it always enables bars to be picked up from the magazine M even when the latter is progressively emptying.
  • said magazine is defined by mobile walls, which are able to keep the bars B of the bundle always in a grouped position suitable for facilitating picking-up of the bars set on the top of the bundle, for example, causing the bundle always to have a greater height in the central area (with respect to the transverse dimension of the bundle).
  • the magazine can be defined by a structure with fixed walls, shaped, however, in such a way as to provide a cradle effect, to keep the bars grouped together as the magazine empties.
  • Figure 3 shows the carriages 58 in the inoperative position, at the end set further back of the cross member 57.
  • the carriages 58 are brought into an advanced position, where the magnet 70 is on the vertical of the bars B set in the magazine M.
  • the magnet 70 is lowered ( Figure 5 ) and then raised again so that the end of one or more bars B can be picked up.
  • said bars are forced to pass through the limiter 72 ( Figure 13 ) so that just one bar remains attached to the magnet 70 and reaches the raised position visible in Figure 7 .
  • the lever 68 is brought into its operative position by means of activation of the actuator 69 (more clearly visible in Figure 9 ), so that the lever 68 moves underneath the raised end of the bar that has been picked up, as illustrated in Figure 7 .
  • the endless chain C is set in motion so as to displace the lever 68 longitudinally in the direction L and raise the bar B that has been picked up progressively throughout its length.
  • the lever 68 proceeds from one end to the other of the bar B that has been picked up, the raised part of the bar is kept in said position by gradual activation of the levers 64.
  • Figure 8 shows the device with the lever 68 that has already been displaced for a certain length underneath the bar B that has been picked up, so that one of the levers 64 (the one furthest to the right in the figure) has been brought into the operative position, so as to support the bar B.
  • Figure 9 shows the further displacement of the lever 68, with the consequent raising of the levers 64 set to the right thereof (with reference to the figure), and
  • Figure 10 shows the end of said operation, with the lever device 68 that has reached the opposite end of the beam 63 and all the levers 64 set in their raised operative position, where they keep the bar B that has been picked up in the raised position.
  • the bar that has been picked up and completely separated from the bundle can then be laid in a corresponding compartment 14a of the feed system defined by the chain-driven elevators 14 by means of advance of the carriages 58 and partial rotation of the levers 64, as illustrated in Figure 12 .
  • the bar B is displaced upwards by the chain-driven device 14 ( Figure 2 ).
  • the operation is repeated in succession for a plurality of bars so that all the compartments 14a are filled with a respective bar B, as illustrated in Figure 2 , which enables the bars B to be fed in rapid succession onto the sliding surface Q, from which the bars drop once again in rapid succession, so as to reach in times that are close to one another but distinct the receiving space 8 on the bending units, which guarantees that said bars cannot bestraddle one another in said final step of conveyance into the receiving space 8.
  • the fundamental characteristic of the device for picking up and loading automatically the bars lies in the fact that the operations of picking up, separating, and transferring the bars B from the magazine M up to the operating unit are performed by displacing the bars only in a transverse direction with respect to their longitudinal direction, i.e., without any substantial movement of the bars in their longitudinal direction.
  • the device for automatic picking-up and loading of the bars has been described with reference to feeding of the bars to a system for bending bars.
  • the device could, however, be used for feeding the bars to any operating unit, for example, also to a bench for cutting bars or any other workstation of a system.
  • the example illustrated herein presents the further characteristic of picking up, separating, and transferring only one bar at a time. Said characteristic guarantees proper picking-up and loading of the bars.
  • the relative movement in the direction X between the pick-up device 70 and the separating means 68, 64 on the one hand, and the bars in the magazine M on the other can be obtained in a different way, for example, by providing a magazine that is mobile in the direction X.
  • the conformation and arrangement of the separator member 68 and of the supporting member 64 can of course also be varied as compared to the one illustrated herein purely by way of example.
  • actuator means of a different type for governing longitudinal movement of the separator member 68 and the movement of activation of the supporting member 64 can be devised in a way different from what has been described herein purely by way of example.
  • Picking-up of the bars can be performed by gripping the bars at one end or at the centre, or in any other intermediate position.
  • the separating members can consequently be one or more and can be displaced longitudinally or else be situated in fixed positions in the longitudinal direction and be activated in succession to engage different portions of the bar.
  • FIGS 14-22 illustrate a second embodiment of the device for automatic picking-up and loading of bars described herein.
  • the elements in common with the embodiment previously illustrated are designated by the same reference numbers.
  • Said embodiment differs from the one previously illustrated in that in it the pick-up device 70 is set on the beam 63 in such a way as to grip one or more bars in their central portion.
  • the pick-up device is set at the centre of the beam 63, together with the limiter device (not illustrated) described previously with reference to Figure 13 .
  • the pick-up device 70 has - also in this embodiment - a magnet, but it is clear that, as an alternative, it could also have gripper means or any other pick-up means capable of taking the portion of one or more bars from the bundle of bars in the magazine up to a position at a distance from the bundle of bars.
  • the means for separating the bars comprise, instead of the single chain C that extends from one end to the other of the beam 63, two endless chains C', each carried by a pair of gears 66 mounted on the beam 63.
  • the two chains C' are set on either side of the pick-up device 70 so as to extend each along one half of the beam 63, from an area in the proximity of the device 70 as far as the end of the corresponding beam.
  • Each chain C' carries with it one or more rollers 68' freely rotatable about their own axis and extending in the direction X. As will be seen in what follows, the rollers 68' perform the function of engaging the bars picked up to raise them progressively along their length and thus separate them from the bundle of bars in the magazine.
  • the beam 63 carries a plate 81 designed to define a contrast surface for the bars that have been picked up.
  • the carriages 58 are brought as far as the advanced position illustrated in Figure 15 , where the magnet 70 is on the vertical of the bars B set in the magazine M.
  • the magnet 70 is lowered ( Figure 16 ) and then raised again so as to pick up the central portion of one or more bars B.
  • said bars are forced to pass through the limiter device illustrated in Figure 13 so that just one bar remains attached to the magnet 70 and reaches the raised position visible in Figure 17 .
  • the chains C' start to move along their respective closed path: the chain C' illustrated on the left in the figures in a clockwise direction, and the chain C' illustrated on the right in the figures in a counterclockwise direction.
  • the rollers 68' move underneath the central raised portion of the bar that has been picked up, as illustrated in Figure 17 , and, starting from said condition, move longitudinally in the direction L, the rollers 68' of the left-hand chain C' towards the left, and the rollers 68' of the right-hand chain C' towards the right, so as to raise progressively the opposite portions of the bar B that has been picked up.
  • Figures 19 and 20 show picking-up of a second bar B' within the same step of loading by the device, immediately after the first bar B has been picked up and separated from the bundle of bars in the magazine.
  • the magnet 70 picks up the central portion of the bar B'.
  • the rollers 68' are moved in the direction L, as described above, and come to engage said bar for raising it progressively.
  • the levers 64 are lowered in succession and then raised again to prevent interference with the action of the rollers 68': in particular, each lever 64 moves downwards when the roller 68' directed towards it is still at a given distance, whilst it rises again only after the roller 68' has passed beyond it so as to support both the first bar and the second bar.
  • the distance referred to above between the lever 64 and the roller 68, at which it is envisaged that the lever 64 will move down, must be such that, in the first place, the bar B' that the roller 68' itself is raising, does not interfere with the lever 64 itself, while this is moving down, and, in the second place, the portion of the bar B that up to that moment was supported by the lever 64 comes temporarily to rest on the roller 68' itself until the lever is raised again. This occurs for all the levers 64 until both the first bar and the second bar again find themselves supported by said levers, which are all again in their raised position.
  • the bars B, B' and B'' picked up and completely separated from the bundle, can then be set in a corresponding compartment 14a of the feed system defined by the chain-driven elevators 14.
  • the device for automatic picking-up and loading illustrated in Figures 3 to 12 is able to pick up and load a plurality of bars at a time on the transfer means 14.
  • the levers 64 are lowered and then raised again in succession, in order not to interfere with the action of said member.
  • the structure of the device for automatic picking-up and loading of the bars described herein could be provided alongside the cutting bench, and the feed device with chain-driven elevators 14 could cause the bars to drop on the bench, where they would subsequently be referenced in position and cut to the desired length.
  • the device could be set alongside a bench aligned longitudinally with respect to the cutting bench, where the bars picked up can be again grouped and then fed longitudinally to the cutting bench, where they could be cut all together.
  • the system is of course prearranged for being controlled automatically by means of an electronic control unit, according to a technique in itself known, which activates the various component parts of the system in an automatic way, according to any predetermined cycle and on the basis of the setting of the desired number of bars to be fed to the operating unit.
  • the device gets the portion of just one bar at a time to arrive in the raised position above the magazine and consequently envisages separation of just one bar at a time from the bundle and transfer of just one bar at a time to the operating unit.
  • handling of just one bar at a time could be left just to any one of said operations. For example, it would be possible to envisage raising the portions of a number of bars together and then separating them one at a time.

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  1. Système de traitement de barres métalliques (B), et en particulier de barres destinées à renforcer du béton, du type comprenant :
    - au moins une unité de commande (1), telle que, par exemple, une unité de cintrage ou une unité de découpe ; et
    - un dispositif destiné à attraper, à séparer et à transférer (50) les barres (B), à fournir une pluralité de barres (B) à l'unité de commande (1), à les attraper selon n'importe quel nombre prédéterminé souhaité parmi un lot de barres (B) déposé dans un magasin (M), et à les séparer des barres restantes du lot,
    dans lequel ledit dispositif destiné à attraper, à séparer et à transférer les barres comprend :
    - un moyen de saisie (70, 71), conçu pour amener à chaque fois la partie d'une ou plusieurs barres du lot de barres (B) du magasin (M) jusqu'à un emplacement situé à une distance du lot de barres (B) ;
    - un moyen de séparation (68, 64), conçu pour séparer complètement ladite ou lesdites barres (B) du lot de barres du magasin dès que les parties de ladite ou desdites barres (B) atteignent ledit emplacement à une distance du lot ; et
    - un moyen de transfert (58, 64, 14), conçu pour transférer ladite ou lesdites barres (B) attrapées et séparées vers l'unité de commande (1), dans lequel ledit moyen de saisie, ledit moyen de séparation, et ledit moyen de transfert sont prévus pour déplacer les barres (B) jusqu'à ladite unité de commande (1) en les déplaçant sensiblement uniquement dans des directions (X) transversales par rapport à leur dimension longitudinale (L), caractérisé en ce que
    ledit moyen de transfert est conçu pour fournir les barres (B) à ladite unité de commande les unes après les autres, en les gardant séparées et à une certaine distance au moins lors d'une étape finale de transport vers l'unité de commande (8) de façon à les amener jusqu'à cette dernière à des moments proches les uns des autres, mais distincts.
  2. Système selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que ladite unité de commande (1) est une unité de cintrage définissant un plan de cintrage et un espace (8) destiné à recevoir un certain nombre de barres (B) à cintrer placées parallèlement les unes aux autres et les unes sur les autres sur un plan orthogonal par rapport au plan de cintrage, et
    en ce que ledit moyen de transfert (58, 64, 14) est conçu pour fournir les barres (B) les unes après les autres audit espace de réception (8), en les gardant séparées et à une certaine distance au moins lors d'une étape finale de transport vers l'espace de réception (8) de façon à les amener jusqu'à l'espace de réception (8) à des moments proches les uns des autres mais distincts.
  3. Système selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce que ledit moyen de saisie (70, 71) est conçu pour amener à chaque fois une partie d'une seule barre du lot de barres (B) contenu dans le magasin (M) jusqu'à un emplacement situé à une distance du lot de barres (B), ledit moyen de saisie coopérant avec un moyen de limitation (72), conçu pour permettre uniquement à la partie d'une barre (B) attrapée à un moment d'atteindre ledit emplacement à une certaine distance, et
    en ce que ledit moyen de séparation (68, 64) est conçu pour séparer complètement une barre (B) à un moment du lot de barres contenu dans le magasin lorsque la partie d'une barre (B) atteint ledit emplacement à une distance du lot.
  4. Système selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que ledit moyen de saisie comprend un dispositif de saisie à aimant (70) piloté par un actionneur (71) et déplaçable entre une position abaissée et une position surélevée.
  5. Système selon la revendication 4, caractérisé en ce que ledit dispositif de saisie à aimant (70) est porté par une structure (58) mobile dans une direction (X) transversale par rapport à la direction longitudinale (L) des barres (B) contenues dans le magasin (M).
  6. Système selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le magasin (M) est déplaçable dans la direction (X) transversale par rapport à la direction longitudinale (L) des barres (B) dans le magasin (M).
  7. Système selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que ledit magasin (M) est défini par des parois conçues pour maintenir les barres (B) regroupées ensemble lorsque le magasin (M) est vidé, de façon à toujours proposer des barres à saisir au dispositif de saisie.
  8. Système selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que ledit moyen de séparation comprend :
    un ou plusieurs éléments de séparation (68), qui peuvent être déplacés dans la direction longitudinale (L) des barres ; et
    une pluralité d'éléments d'engagement (64), qui sont situés à des emplacements prédéterminés dans la direction longitudinale (L) et qui peuvent être activés à l'aide d'actionneurs respectifs (65) destinés à supporter la partie déjà soulevée et séparée de la barre (B) qui a été attrapée, après le passage dudit ou desdits éléments de séparation.
  9. Système selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que ledit moyen de séparation comprend une pluralité d'éléments de séparation, qui sont situés à des emplacements prédéterminés dans la direction longitudinale (L) et qui peuvent être soulevés à l'aide d'actionneurs respectifs afin de séparer et de supporter les parties respectives de la barre.
  10. Système selon la revendication 8 ou 9, lorsqu'elle dépend de la revendication 8, caractérisé en ce que ledit ou lesdits éléments de séparation (68), lesdits moyens d'engagement (64), et lesdits moyens de saisie sont tous portés par une structure (63) qui est mobile par rapport à une structure fixe (54) dans une direction (X) transversale par rapport à la direction longitudinale (L) des barres.
  11. Système selon l'une quelconque des revendications 8 à 10, caractérisé en ce que ledit moyen d'engagement (64) qui supporte la barre après qu'elle a été complètement séparée du lot peut être orienté pour décharger la barre qui a été attrapée et séparée (B) sur un dispositif (14) destiné à fournir la barre (B) à l'unité de commande.
  12. Système selon la revendication 11, caractérisé en ce que ledit dispositif de fourniture comprend une pluralité de convoyeurs élévateurs à entraînement par chaîne (14) qui définissent une pluralité de compartiments alignés (14a), qui sont chacun destinés à recevoir une ou plusieurs barres (B) attrapées et séparées du lot du magasin (M) et à les déposer sur une surface inclinée (Q) destinée à transporter les barres vers l'unité de commande (1).
  13. Système selon la revendication 3, caractérisé en ce que ledit moyen de limitation (72) comprend une structure définissant un passage restreint (74) pour les parties des barres (B) qui ont été attrapées par ledit dispositif de saisie à aimant (70), de sorte que, lorsque l'aimant attrape plus d'une barre, les barres saisies se placent les unes sur les autres à la verticale, de sorte que seule la barre dans la position la plus haute atteigne un emplacement surélevé au-dessus dudit moyen de limitation (72) dans la mesure où les barres restantes redescendent en raison d'une force d'attraction insuffisante de l'aimant (M).
  14. Procédé de chargement automatique de barres métalliques (B), et en particulier de barres destinées à renforcer du béton, dans un système de traitement de barres, comprenant au moins une unité de commande (1), telle que, par exemple, une unité de cintrage ou une unité de découpe,
    dans lequel les barres (B) sont fournies à l'unité de commande (1) en étant attrapées selon n'importe quel nombre prédéterminé souhaité parmi un lot de barres (B) déposé dans un magasin (M) et en étant séparées des barres restantes du lot comme suit :
    - les parties d'une ou plusieurs barres (B) du lot de barres contenu dans le magasin (M) sont amenées jusqu'à un emplacement situé à une distance du lot de barres (B) ;
    - lorsque les parties de ladite ou desdites barres sont attrapées et atteignent ledit emplacement à une distance du lot, ladite ou lesdites barres (B) sont séparées complètement du lot ; et
    - les barres ainsi attrapées et séparées sont transférées vers l'unité de commande (1),
    dans lequel lesdites barres sont déplacées sensiblement uniquement dans des directions transversales par rapport à leur dimension longitudinale lors de ladite étape de saisie, lors de ladite étape de séparation, et lors de ladite étape de transfert,
    caractérisé en ce que, pendant l'étape de transfert, les barres (B) sont fournies à l'unité de commande les unes après les autres, en les gardant séparées et à une certaine distance au moins lors d'une étape finale de transport vers l'unité de commande (8) de façon à les amener jusqu'à cette dernière à des moments proches les uns des autres mais distincts.
  15. Procédé selon la revendication 14, caractérisé en ce que ladite unité de commande (1) est une unité de cintrage définissant un plan de cintrage et un espace (8) destiné à recevoir un certain nombre de barres à cintrer placées parallèlement les unes aux autres et les unes sur les autres sur un plan orthogonal par rapport au plan de cintrage, et
    en ce que les barres sont transférées les unes après les autres audit espace de réception (8), en les gardant séparées et à une certaine distance au moins lors d'une étape finale de transport vers l'espace de réception, de façon à les amener jusqu'à l'espace de réception à des moments proches les uns des autres mais distincts.
  16. Procédé selon la revendication 14, caractérisé en ce que :
    - à chaque fois une partie d'une seule barre du lot de barres (B) est déplacée du lot de barres contenu dans le magasin (M) jusqu'à un emplacement situé à une distance du lot de barres (B), un moyen de limitation (72) est prévu, et est conçu pour permettre à une seule barre (B) à la fois d'atteindre ledit emplacement à une certaine distance,
    - lorsque la partie d'une seule barre est attrapée et atteint ledit emplacement à une distance du lot, la barre (B) est séparée complètement du lot, et
    - les barres ainsi attrapées et séparées sont transférées vers l'unité de commande (1).
  17. Procédé selon la revendication 14, caractérisé en ce que la partie d'une barre à la fois est amenée jusqu'audit emplacement à une distance du lot de barres contenu dans le magasin (M), la barre étant attrapée à un emplacement adjacent à une extrémité de celle-ci ou au niveau de son centre, et en ce que
    lorsque ladite partie de la barre a atteint ledit emplacement à une distance du lot de barres contenu dans le magasin (M), un ou plusieurs éléments de séparation (68) sont activés, et se déplacent le long de la barre qui a été attrapée, de façon à la séparer complètement du lot de barres dans le magasin (M), et en ce que
    lorsque ledit ou lesdits éléments de séparation (68) se déplacent le long de la barre (B) qui a été attrapée, un autre moyen d'engagement (64) destiné à engager la barre afin de supporter la barre audit emplacement à une distance du lot de barres dans le magasin (M) est activé après le passage dudit ou desdits éléments de séparation.
  18. Procédé selon la revendication 14, caractérisé en ce que la partie d'une barre à la fois est amenée jusqu'audit emplacement à une distance du lot de barres contenu dans le magasin (M), la barre étant attrapée à un emplacement adjacent à une extrémité de celle-ci ou au niveau de son centre,
    lorsque ladite partie de la barre a atteint ledit emplacement à une distance du lot de barres contenu dans le magasin (M), un certain nombre d'éléments de séparation situés à des emplacements prédéterminés dans la direction longitudinale (L) est activé, en étant soulevé à l'aide d'actionneurs respectifs destinés à séparer et à supporter les parties respectives de la barre.
  19. Procédé selon la revendication 17 ou 18, caractérisé en ce que lesdits éléments (64) qui supportent la barre après qu'elle a été complètement séparée du lot sont orientés afin de décharger la barre qui a été attrapée et séparée (B) sur un dispositif (14) destiné à fournir la barre (B) à l'unité de commande.
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