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Abstract

A system (1) for transferring and grouping articles (A), in particular food articles (A) having a mainly flat extension, comprises: a feed line (LB), designed to feed a flow of articles (A); a station (20) for picking up the articles (A) from the feed line (LB) and for grouping the articles (A) picked up, designed to group a predetermined number of articles (A) and to form groups (G); a transfer unit (24) which picks up and transfers the groups (G) from the pickup and grouping station (20) to a station (22) for releasing the groups (G) to an outfeed line (LU) and which comprises first pickup means (49) for the groups (G), the outfeed line (LU) comprising second pickup means (50) for transferring sequences of the groups (G) of articles (A) to a packaging station (46); a control and actuator unit (51) designed to receive as input a signal (S1) from the outfeed line (LU) indicating a cyclical sequence of the positions for picking up the groups (G) of articles (A) which are gradually reached by the second pickup means (50) relative to the first pickup means (49), the control and actuator unit (51) being designed to send as output a signal (S2), subject to the signal (S1), for activating the transfer unit (24) in such a way as to allow the performance, according to a well-defined step, of the transfer of the groups of articles from the first pick up means (49) to the second pickup means (50).

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