Abstract: Compact plant for making steel bars and profiles with which, starting from the scrap, it is possible to obtain the finished product, for example bars with commercial length from 6 to 18 meters, pre-packed, packaged and ready for sale, with all the stations placed in line and operating continuously. All the stations are arranged in reduced spaces, thereby reducing both investment costs and plant management costs, and decreasing production times. Advantageously, the plant of the invention incorporates an extremely compact bar packaging apparatus which, through an innovative arrangement and innovative operating method of the components thereof, allows a further reduction in length.

Abstract: Packaging machine to package sections in alternate layers with one single set of magnetic heads, which comprises a conveyor bench (11), an oscillatory arm (12) with a magnetic head (13) and an area (15) for the formation of packages (14), the conveyor bench (11) bearing alternate first and second layers (16-17) of sections wherein one layer comprises "N" sections whereas the next layer comprises "N minus 1" sections, each layer being defined by a pin (18), whereby the magnetic head (13) takes an upstream second layer (17) first, overturns it and places it on a previous first layer (16) located downstream and transfers both layers (16-17) onto a package (14) being formed after a relative vertical displacement as between the conveyor bench (11) and the oscillatory arm (12) at least during the step of transfer of the layers (16-17) onto the package (14) being formed, the packaging machine (10) being positioned below the conveyor bench (11) and at the side of the package (14) formation area (15).