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Abstract

An interstage wafer block accumulator for a plant for the production and further processing of wafer blocks. In an interstage wafer block accumulator comprising at least one conveyor and a plurality of accumulator units, each of which accommodates one or more wafer blocks and is disposed between a feed station and a delivery station, it is proposed that said accumulator units for the wafer blocks accommodated in each accumulator unit should be consecutively arranged in the direction of travel of the wafer blocks. Each of said accumulator units comprises a separate horizontal conveyor for accommodating and forwarding wafer block stacks, each of which comprises one wafer block or a plurality of superimposed wafer block stacks. The interstage wafer block accumulator may have a plurality of superimposed storage levels. The accumulator units may be consecutively arranged on said plurality of storage levels in the direction of travel of the wafer blocks. In the interstage wafer block accumulator the accumulators may be arranged on one level or on each of a plurality of superimposed storage levels in a plurality of routes, which adjoin at an angle or are parallel to each other.

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