Abstract: An assembly comprising a plurality of pistons, each of the pistons comprising of a cylinder and a piston rod, a first collar for supporting the cylinders at a first end and a second collar for supporting the cylinders at a second end, for each of the cylinders, a first air inlet through the first collar into the first cylinder end and a second air inlet through the second collar into the second cylinder end, a plurality of valves, each of the valves connected to a source of compressed air, and a plurality of air hoses interconnecting each of the valves with one of the air inlets.

Abstract: An assembly comprising a plurality of pistons, each of the pistons comprising of a cylinder and a piston rod, a first collar for supporting the cylinders at a first end and a second collar for supporting the cylinders at a second end, for each of the cylinders, a first air inlet through the first collar into the first cylinder end and a second air inlet through the second collar into the second cylinder end, a plurality of valves, each of the valves connected to a source of compressed air, and a plurality of air hoses interconnecting each of the valves with one of the air inlets.

Abstract: An apparatus for removing strips from immediately downstream of the blades of a plate shear and stacking them on a pile at a predetermined position also downstream of the plate shear comprises a conveyor that moves the cut strip from the plate shear in the transport direction, a supporting rake downstream of the conveyor and movable horizontally at the same height as the conveyor between a receiving position directly above the pile position and an unloading position offset therefrom, a stripper above and cooperating with the supporting rake and engageable horizontally opposite to the direction with a strip on the rake, and an accelerator upstream of the stripper arrangement and engageable in the direction with a strip on the rake. The accelerator and the stripper can be locked at a predetermined spacing from each other in the direction for clasping the cut strip between the accelerator and the stripper arrangement.