Abstract: A device for separating groups of sheets may be used on an apparatus for forming and banding groups of sheets comprising at least one track to feed the individual sheets to a pick up roller for the individual sheets arriving and to transfer said sheets to a stacking channel, extending along a stacking axis, where the sheets are placed on top of one another in stacks which may be preset and banded, one after another. The device comprises a partial support element for the sheets transferred, which operates between the roller and the channel and is mobile, by means synchronized with the roller, between an operating separation position, in which the element is partially inside the dimensions of the roller, intercepting a portion of a first sheet in a stack to be formed, and a release position, in which the element is outside the dimensions of the roller and close to the mouth of the channel, partially supporting a corresponding presettable stack of sheets fed from the roller.

Abstract: A device for separating groups of sheets may be used on an apparatus for forming and banding groups of sheets comprising at least one track to feed the individual sheets to a pick up roller for the individual sheets arriving and to transfer said sheets to a stacking channel, extending along a stacking axis, where the sheets are placed on top of one another in stacks which may be preset and banded, one after another. The device comprises a partial support element for the sheets transferred, which operates between the roller and the channel and is mobile, thanks to means in time with the roller, between an operating separation position, in which the element is partially inside the dimensions of the roller, intercepting a portion of a first sheet in a stack to be formed, and a release position, in which the element is outside the dimensions of the roller and close to the mouth of the channel, partially supporting a corresponding presettable stack of sheets fed from the roller.

Abstract: An apparatus (1) for placing products in groups on pallets, in particular to place, according to a pre-set planar configuration, at least on a plane (15) of a pallet (7) presenting a first dimension or width (X) and a second dimension or length (Y), products with an essentially planar development, produced by a related forming machine located upstream, which the products exit collected into groups of multiple products laid one on top of the other to form stacks (3); the apparatus (1) comprises a pallet loading station (12), comprising a movable arm (10) fitted with a claw (11) for gripping at least one rank (6) of stacks (3) and with a mechanism (13, 13′) for imparting motion, able to translate the gripping claw (11) between a loading station and a position on the plane of the pallet (7) suitable for defining the aforesaid desired planar configuration.