---
publication_id: "OT-2026-000002186"
title: "Device and method for transferring blanks"
published_at: "2026-09-15T19:11:20.140863Z"
canonical_url: "https://opentechnical.org/p/OT-2026-000002186"
categories:
  - "material-handling/conveying-systems"
keywords:
  - "b65g47/08"
  - "b65g47/08"
  - "b65h29/241"
  - "b26d1/405"
  - "b26d7/015"
  - "b26d7/018"
---

# Device and method for transferring blanks

## Abstract

The invention relates to a device and a method for transferring blanks to a transfer line, in particular for transferring blanks ( 10 ) to a material track, a transport track ( 14 ), a rotating roller and/or to products ( 12 ) transported along a conveyor belt, the device ( 1 ) comprising a positioning system ( 2 ) with at least two, in particular three or more, carriages ( 20 ) movable along a circumferential track and with a drive system ( 24 ), wherein the carriages ( 20 ) each have a product holder ( 22 ) and are designed to pick up one blank ( 10 ) at a time on the product holder ( 22 ), transport the blank ( 10 ) in a fixed position on the product holder, and transfer the blank ( 10 ) to the transfer line, and wherein the drive system ( 24 ) is designed to move the carriages ( 20 ) along the circumferential track at least in sections independently of one another.