Abstract: A dunnage inserter system has one or more storage containers for storage of a plurality of dunnage pieces. A trolley and lift assembly travels horizontally along a longitudinal axis of an overhead beam. A dunnage holder is mounted to the trolley and lift assembly and moves horizontally along the overhead beam and moves vertically via a lift assembly. The dunnage holder can lift and hold one or more dunnage pieces for installation onto a metal sheet in the metal sheet container.

Abstract: A dunnage inserter system has one or more storage containers for storage of a plurality of dunnage pieces. An overhead beam extends from the storage racks to a metal sheet storage container. A trolley and lift assembly is slidably mounted to the overhead beam assembly to travel horizontally along a longitudinal axis of the overhead beam. A dunnage holder is mounted to the trolley and lift assembly. The dunnage holder moves horizontally along the overhead beam and moves vertically via the lift assembly. The dunnage holder can lift and hold one or more dunnage pieces for installation onto a metal sheet in the metal sheet container. A dunnage inserter system has a container storing a plurality of dunnage pieces. The container has an ejector chamber formed at a bottom of the container. An opening formed in the chamber for ejecting a dunnage piece from the container. A slide mechanism pushes a dunnage piece out of the ejector chamber through the opening of the ejection chamber.

Abstract: A fork lift mechanism is associated with apparatus for palletizing long sheets of strip material at the discharge end of a shearing press. The long sheets are palletized on an underlying conveyor having a width corresponding to the length of the sheets in the direction of discharge from the press. The fork lift mechanism is supported above the conveyor for displacement toward and away from the shearing press in the direction of the discharge and is adapted to be elevated and lowered relative to the conveyor. The fork lift mechanism is operable to receive and support a plurality of short sheets from the press to form a stack on the fork lift mechanism and to position a plurality of such stacks on a pallet on the conveyor and in side-by-side relationship on the pallet in the direction of press discharge and/or in the direction of conveyor movement.