Method of Separating Fabric from a Stack – Part 1

Abstract

A model of the gripper mechanism driven by three electric motors is presented. The model of the gripper developed, characterised by an increased working surface, on 31.01.2008 was granted a patent for an invention entitled “Device for gripping a single layer from the material stack” No. PL 197340. This gripper employs friction drags between fabric layers and between the fabric and base to separate the fabric. On the basis of its model, the operation of fabric separation from the stack was analysed.