Method of powering articles in a multiline automatic machine and multiline automatic machine

摘要

Method of feeding articles (3; 6) that are components of a beverage capsule (1) in an automatic multi-line machine (7) for the production of beverage capsules (1); the feeding method providing the steps of: moving, along respective parallel and adjacent processing paths, a plurality of processing conveyors (8), each of which is designed to support a first succession of articles (3; 6); moving, along a feeding path that is perpendicular to and offset with respect to the processing paths, a feeding conveyor (13) that is designed to support a second succession of articles (3; 6) and crosses the processing conveyors (8) into an output station (S2); cyclically and simultaneously transferring to the feeding conveyor (13) by means of a first transferring device (16) arranged in an input station (SI) located upstream of the output station (S2) a group of articles (3; 6) that is equal to the number of processing conveyors (8); cyclically and simultaneously transferring from the feeding conveyor (13) to the corresponding processing conveyors (8) by means of a second transferring device (17) located in the output station (S2), a group of articles (3; 6) that is equal to the number of active processing conveyors (8).