JPH11212471A - Assembly and recycling device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an assembly and a recycling device which enable a user to easily perform disjointing and classifying required for recycling without expert knowledge. SOLUTION: An assembly 1 consists of plural parts, and recycle information like a discrimination number peculiar to the assembly and disjointing procedures is declared in its required position. Recycling information declared on this assembly 1 is read with a reader 3 of a recycling device 2, and the assembly 1 is automatically disjointed based on this read information by a working robot 4 of the recycling device 2, and disjointed parts are classified by materials.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] The present invention relates to an assembly and a recycling apparatus. The assembly refers to, for example, electric equipment and mechanical equipment.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, household appliances, such as washing machines, television receivers, word processors, etc., are discarded due to their life, etc., but discarded products are discarded except for expensive parts. Processors are finely crushed and incinerated or landfilled.

However, in recent years, it has become important to recycle waste for the purpose of environmental protection. In order to do this recycling, dismantle the product,
It is necessary to classify each component by material such as a synthetic resin material or a metal material, and to further sort the same material from the synthetic resin material and the metal material.

[0004]

Incidentally, since the above-mentioned products often differ in the configuration and the assembling form for each manufacturer, the dismantling of the products and the classification by material are also performed by the workers. If you do not have a great deal of expertise, it will not work as expected,
It has become extremely difficult for disposers to dismantle and classify products.

[0005] In recent years, measures have been taken to display the material on various parts constituting a product itself and to make it easy to classify each part after dismantling the product. Is still left to waste disposal contractors, and the above-mentioned problems remain.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide an assembly and a recycling apparatus that can easily perform disassembly or classification required for recycling without any specialized knowledge.

[0007]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an assembly comprising a plurality of parts, and disassembly procedure information specific to the assembly is described as recycle information at required positions.

[0008] The assembly according to the second aspect of the present invention comprises a plurality of parts, and identification information unique to the assembly is described as recycle information at required positions.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided an assembly comprising a plurality of components, and information holding means in which disassembly procedure information unique to the assembly is held in advance as recycling information.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an assembly comprising a plurality of parts and performing a required function operation, wherein control means for executing the required function operation and disassembly procedure information unique to the assembly are recycled. An information holding unit held in advance as information, and an interface unit for transmitting / receiving information to / from an external device, wherein the control unit holds the information in the information holding unit in response to a command from the external device; There is a response means for reading out certain recycling information and outputting it to the external device.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a recycling apparatus for disassembling the assembly according to the first aspect of the present invention, wherein disassembly operation means for disassembling the assembly, and identification information of each of a plurality of types of assemblies are indexed. As information storage means in which disassembly procedure information specific to the assembly is stored in advance, input means for inputting recycling information specific to the assembly, and corresponding information from the information storage means based on input information by the input means. Extract and recognize the disassembly procedure of the assembly,
Control means for controlling the operation of the dismantling work means.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a recycling apparatus for disassembling the assembly according to the first aspect and classifying the disassembled parts by material, dismantling work means for disassembling the assembly, and disassembly means. The transfer work means for transferring each part disassembled by the work means to a required place, and the disassembly procedure information specific to the assembly and the material information of each assembly component are recycled information by using the identification information of each of the plurality of types of assemblies as an index. An information holding means which is held in advance, an input means for inputting identification information unique to the assembly, and corresponding information is extracted from the information holding means based on the input information by the input means, and a disassembly procedure of the assembly is performed. And a control means for recognizing a transfer location of each component of the assembly by material and controlling the operations of the disassembling work means and the transfer work means.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the recycling apparatus according to the fifth or sixth aspect, the input means inputs information by a human operation such as a keyboard or a voice recognition device.

[0014] In a recycling apparatus according to an eighth aspect of the present invention, in the fifth or sixth aspect, the input means reads information using light or magnetism.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a recycling apparatus for disassembling the assembly according to the second aspect. The disassembling operation means for disassembling the assembly, and the reading means for reading recycling information unique to the assembly. Control means for recognizing a disassembly procedure of the assembly based on information read by the reading means and controlling the operation of the disassembly work means.

According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a recycling apparatus comprising:
The assembly according to claim 2 is disassembled and the disassembled parts are sorted by material, and dismantling work means for disassembling the assembly, and transfer for transferring each part disassembled by the dismantling work means to a required location. Operating means, reading means for reading recycling information unique to the assembly, and a disassembling procedure of the assembly and a transfer location of each component of the assembly based on the information read by the reading means; Control means for controlling the operation of the means.

[0017] The recycling apparatus according to claim 11 of the present invention comprises:
The assembly according to claim 3 or 4, wherein the assembly is disassembled, disassembly operation means for disassembling the assembly, reading means for reading information for recycling from information holding means provided in the assembly, and read information by the reading means. Control means for recognizing a disassembly procedure of the assembly on the basis of the disassembly operation means and controlling the operation of the disassembly operation means.

[0018] The recycling apparatus according to claim 12 of the present invention comprises:
The assembly according to claim 3 or 4, wherein the assembly is disassembled and the disassembled parts are classified by material. Disassembly work means for disassembling the assembly and each part disassembled by the disassembly work means are transported to required locations. Transferring operation means, reading means for reading recycle information from the information holding means provided in the assembly, and recognizing a disassembly procedure of the assembly and a transfer location for each material of the assembly component based on the read information by the reading means; Control means for controlling the operations of the disassembly work means and the transfer work means.

In summary, in the present invention, the work of dismantling the discarded assembly and classifying the dismantled parts is devised so that the operation can be easily performed without as much labor as possible. . This makes it possible to efficiently collect parts to be recycled, and to make effective use of resources, and to indiscriminately pulverize previously discarded assemblies for incineration and landfill. In addition, the act that leads to environmental pollution can be eliminated.

[0020]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION FIG.
A description will be given based on each embodiment shown in FIG.

Embodiment 1 FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an assembly and a recycling apparatus according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. In the figure, 1 is an assembly to be recycled, and 2 is a recycling device.

The assembly 1 includes electrical equipment and mechanical equipment which are composed of a plurality of parts and perform required functional operations, for example, home appliances such as a washing machine, a television receiver, and a word processor. At a required position of the assembly 1, a seal 1a on which recycling information is described is attached. This recycling information is a procedure for disassembling the assembly 1 and information indicating the materials of the components of the assembly 1, and these pieces of information are represented in the form of, for example, a barcode. Therefore, as the above-mentioned seal 1a,
For example, a bar code seal or the like can be used. The barcode may use a plurality of stickers according to the amount of information, or may use a two-dimensional barcode with a large amount of information.

The recycling device 2 includes a reading device 3, a work robot 4, and a control device 5.

The reading device 3 reads recycle information written on the seal 1a of the assembly 1, and is, for example, a bar code reader.

The work robot 4 disassembles each part of the assembly 1 and transfers each disassembled part to a tray or the like (not shown) arranged at a required place.

The control device 5 is constituted by a microcomputer or the like. Based on the information read by the reading device 3, a recognizing means 51 for recognizing a disassembly procedure of the assembly 1 and a transfer place of each disassembled component, and a recognizing means Operation management means 52 for controlling the operation of the work robot 4 in accordance with the disassembly procedure and the transfer place recognized in 51.

The operation of the recycling apparatus 2 is as follows. First, the operator uses the reader 3 to read the recycling information written on the seal 1a attached to the assembly 1 to be recycled. read. After that, the recycling device 2 automatically performs the disassembly / transfer operation based on the information read by the reading device 3.

That is, the control device 5 recognizes the information read by the reading device 3 by the recognition means 51, and controls the operation of the work robot 4 by the operation management means 52 according to the recognized disassembly procedure and the transfer place.

In the first embodiment, the procedure for disassembling the assembly 1 with respect to the assembly 1 and the information indicating the materials of the components of the assembly 1 are described, and the information is indicated by the recycling apparatus 2. After reading, the assembly 1 is
Is performed, the operator only needs to be able to handle the reading device 3 and does not need any special knowledge, and can easily perform recycling.

Embodiment 2 FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a structure of an assembly and a recycling apparatus according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention. The feature of the second embodiment is that the recycling information described on the assembly 1 is simplified as only a unique identification number, and the disassembly procedure of the assembly 1 is self-recognized by inputting the identification number in the recycling apparatus 2A to disassemble. That is, the classification work can be performed.

The assembly 1 has a seal 1a with an identification number as recycling information stuck on a part of its outer case. In addition, you may make it write directly on the exterior case itself of the assembly 1 without using the seal 1a.

The recycle device 2A includes an input device 10, a work robot 4, and a control device 20. The difference from the first embodiment is only the input device 10 and the control device 20, and these will be described in detail. I do.

The input device 10 is composed of, for example, a keyboard and the like, and an identification number as recycle information written on the assembly 1 is input by an operator's key operation.
This identification number is output to control device 20.

The control device 20 is composed of a microcomputer or the like, and uses the identification numbers of the various types of assemblies 1 as indices as indexes, and disassembly procedure information of various types of assemblies 1 and individual assembly components. Memory or EE in which the material information of
A memory 21 such as a PROM, an extracting means 22 for extracting corresponding information from the memory 21 based on input information from the input device 10, a disassembling procedure of the assembly 1 and an assembly component based on the information extracted by the extracting means 22 And an operation management unit 24 that controls the operation of the work robot 4 in accordance with the disassembly procedure and the transfer location recognized by the recognition unit 23.

As an operation, when the assembly 1 is to be recycled, the operator only needs to input the recycling information including the identification number written on the assembly 1 from the input device 10, and thereafter, the recycling device 2 A side. The work robot 4 is operated by recognizing the disassembly procedure and the classification location of the dismantled parts.

In the second embodiment, a simple identification number is described for the assembly 1 and the recycle apparatus 2A recognizes the disassembly procedure of the assembly 1 and the material of the assembly components. Then, the disassembly operation and the component classification operation are performed by the work robot 4, so that the operator need only perform a simple key input operation, does not need any special knowledge, and recycles. It will be easy to do.

Third Embodiment FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a structure of an assembly and a recycling apparatus according to a third embodiment of the present invention. The feature of the third embodiment is that the assembly 1 is equipped with an information holding means such as a memory in which recycling information is stored in the manufacturing stage,
That is, the information is read from the information holding means of the assembly 1 by the recycling device 2B.

As shown in the drawing, the assembly 1 includes an operating means 11 for performing a mechanical or electrical functional operation, a control unit 12 for controlling the functional operation of the operating means 11, and a disassembly procedure unique to the assembly 1. A memory 13 such as a flash memory or an EEPROM in which information is stored in advance as recycling information, and a recycling device 2 as an external device, for example.
B and interface means 14 for connection. The control unit 12 includes a microcomputer and the like, and includes an operation management unit 121 that controls a functional operation of the assembly unit 1 by the operation unit 11;
And a response unit 122 for transmitting and receiving information to and from the recycling apparatus 2B through the interface unit 14.

On the other hand, the recycle device 2B has a configuration including an interface device 30, a work robot 4, and a control device 40, as shown in the figure. The control device 40 is constituted by a microcomputer or the like, and includes a reading means 41 for reading out the recycling information from the memory 13 provided in the assembly 1, a disassembling procedure of the assembly 1 based on the reading information by the reading means 41, and an assembly configuration. It has an operation management means 42 for recognizing the transfer location of each component by material and controlling the operation of the work robot 4.

In operation, when the assembly 1 is to be recycled, the interface device 30 of the recycling device 2B is connected to the interface means 14 of the assembly 1 and the memory 13 of the assembly 1 is read by the reading means 41 of the recycling device 2B.
The operation management unit 42 of the recycling apparatus 2B controls the operation of the work robot 4 based on the recycling information.

In the third embodiment, since there is no need to read or input the recycling information as in the first and second embodiments, it is only necessary to connect the assembly 1 to the recycling apparatus 2B. Preparation can be simplified.

Various embodiments have been described above. Here,
A specific example of disassembly of the assembly 1 by the work robot 4 will be described. A washing machine as shown in FIG. 4 is taken as an example of the assembly 1 and the disassembly procedure is shown in FIGS.

In FIG. 4, reference numeral 60 denotes the entire washing machine in a state where an upper cover (not shown) is removed. 61
Is an outer case, 62 is a top plate, 63 is a bottom plate, 64 is a hanging bar, 65 is an outer tub, 66 is a dehydration tub, and 67 is a motor.

(A) By removing a pin (not shown), an upper cover made of a synthetic resin (not shown) is removed from the upper surface plate 62 and transferred to a synthetic resin collecting place.

(B) As shown in FIG. 5, the upper plate 62 made of synthetic resin is removed from the outer case 61 by loosening the screw 70, and is transferred to the collection place of the synthetic resin.

(C) As shown in FIG. 6, by loosening the screw 71, the synthetic resin bottom plate 63 is removed from the outer case 61 and transferred to the synthetic resin collecting place.

(D) As shown in FIG.
The metal hanging rods 64 hooked on the outer tank 65 and the outer tank 65 are removed and transferred to a metal collecting place.

(E) As shown in FIG. 8, the metal outer case 61 is removed from the outer tub 65 and transferred to the metal collecting place.

(F) As shown in FIG. 9, the pulsator 68 made of synthetic resin is removed from the dewatering tank 66 by loosening the screw 72, and is transferred to the synthetic resin collecting place.

(G) As shown in FIG. 10, the motor 67 is removed from the outer tub 65 by loosening the screw 73, and is transferred to the collection place of the motor.

(H) As shown in FIG. 11, the dehydration tub 66 and the outer tub 65 connected by the motor shaft are separated from each other.
The outer tank 65 made of synthetic resin is transferred to a synthetic resin collection place. (I) The dewatering tank 66 is disassembled. That is, as shown in FIG. 12, by loosening the screw 75, the balance ring 66b in which the salt water is sealed in the synthetic resin case is removed from the body 66a made of stainless steel, and transferred to the synthetic resin collection place. Next, as shown in FIG. 13, the stainless steel bottom plate 66c is removed from the body 66a by loosening the screw 76, and the metal is transferred to the metal collection place.

As described above with reference to the first to third embodiments, the disassembly and classification of the assembly 1 can be automatically performed without any special knowledge and without any trouble of the operator. You can do it. In other words, the disposal company only disposes of the above-mentioned recycling devices 2, 2A, and 2B, dismantles various products such as electric devices and mechanical devices,
Classification of dismantled parts can be performed quickly and easily. Therefore, the discarded products can be effectively recycled without waste, and as a result, environmental pollution such as incineration and landfill can be eliminated as in the conventional case, thereby greatly contributing to environmental protection.

It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to only the above-described embodiment, and various applications and modifications are conceivable. (1) In the second embodiment, the identification number as the recycling information written on the assembly 1 may be read using, for example, an optical reading device and input to the control device 20. . In this case, for example, the identification number can be in the form of a barcode as in the first embodiment. (2) In the second embodiment, the recycling device 2A
In this memory, only the identification number is used as an index, but a manufacturer and a product type may be added as an index. In this case, the recycling device 2
As A, disassembly and classification can be automatically performed regardless of the manufacturer of the assembly 1 to be recycled. (3) In the third embodiment, the memory 1 is
Alternatively, the recycling information may be stored in a partial area of the existing memory without having to mount the recycling information. (4) In the first to third embodiments, the disassembly operation and the classification operation for classifying each disassembled component by material are continuously performed by the work robot 4. An embodiment in which the classification work is omitted and only the disassembly work is performed can be included as one embodiment of the present invention.

[0054]

According to the first to twelfth aspects of the present invention, in the case of dismantling various discarded products such as electric equipment and mechanical equipment, that is, disassembling parts for recycling or classifying dismantled parts, This can be done automatically without any special knowledge on disassembly and classification and without bothering the operator.

In short, a waste disposal company that collects discarded assemblies can quickly disassemble products such as various electrical and mechanical devices and classify disassembled parts simply by owning the recycling apparatus of the present invention. And it can be easily performed.

Therefore, it is possible to effectively recycle discarded products without waste, and as a result, it is possible to eliminate an act of causing environmental pollution such as incineration or landfill, which greatly contributes to environmental protection. become able to.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration block diagram showing an assembly and a recycling apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a configuration block diagram showing an assembly and a recycling device according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a configuration block diagram illustrating an assembly and a recycling device according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing the appearance of a washing machine as an example of the assembly of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a first stage when the washing machine of FIG. 4 is dismantled.

FIG. 6 is a view showing a second stage when the washing machine of FIG. 4 is dismantled.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a third stage when the washing machine in FIG. 4 is dismantled.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a fourth stage when the washing machine of FIG. 4 is dismantled.

FIG. 9 is a view showing a fifth stage when the washing machine in FIG. 4 is dismantled.

FIG. 10 is a view showing a sixth step when the washing machine in FIG. 4 is dismantled.

FIG. 11 is a view showing a seventh stage when the washing machine in FIG. 4 is dismantled.

FIG. 12 is a view showing an eighth stage when the washing machine in FIG. 4 is dismantled.

FIG. 13 is a view showing a ninth stage when the washing machine in FIG. 4 is dismantled.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 assembly 1a seal indicating recycling information of assembly 2 recycling device 3 reading device 4 work robot 5 control device 51 control device recognition means 52 control device operation management means

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Claims (12)

[Claims] 1. An assembly comprising a plurality of parts, wherein disassembly procedure information unique to the assembly is described as recycle information at a required position. 2. An assembly comprising a plurality of parts, wherein identification information unique to the assembly is described as recycle information at a required position. 3. An assembly comprising a plurality of parts, comprising: an information holding means in which disassembly procedure information unique to the assembly is held in advance as recycling information. 4. An assembly comprising a plurality of parts and performing a required function operation, wherein control means for executing the required function operation and disassembly procedure information unique to the assembly are held in advance as recycling information. The information holding means, and an interface means for transmitting / receiving information to / from an external device, wherein the control means reads out the recycling information held in the information holding means in response to a command from the external device. Having a response means for outputting to the external device,
An assembly, characterized in that: 5. A recycling apparatus for disassembling an assembly according to claim 1, wherein disassembly operation means for disassembling the assembly, and disassembly unique to the assembly, using identification information of each of the plurality of types of assemblies as an index. Information holding means in which procedural information is held in advance; input means for inputting recycling information unique to the assembly; and corresponding information extracted from the information holding means based on the input information by the input means, Control means for recognizing the disassembly procedure and controlling the operation of the disassembly operation means. 6. A recycling apparatus for disassembling the assembly according to claim 1 and classifying the disassembled parts by material, wherein said dismantling work means dismantles the assembly, and each part dismantled by said dismantling work means. Transfer means for transferring the assembly to a required location, and information in which disassembly procedure information unique to the assembly and material information of each of the assembly components are held in advance as recycling information using the identification information of each of the plurality of types of assemblies as an index. Holding means; input means for inputting identification information unique to the assembly; extracting relevant information from the information holding means based on the input information by the input means; Control means for recognizing another transfer location and controlling operations of the dismantling work means and the transfer work means. 7. The recycling apparatus according to claim 5, wherein said input means inputs information by a human operation, such as a keyboard or a voice recognition device. 8. The recycling apparatus according to claim 5, wherein said input means reads information using light or magnetism. 9. A recycling apparatus for disassembling an assembly according to claim 2, wherein the disassembling operation means for disassembling the assembly, reading means for reading recycling information unique to the assembly, and information read by the reading means. Control means for recognizing the disassembly procedure of the assembly based on the control means and controlling the operation of the disassembly work means. 10. An assembly according to claim 2, which is disassembled.
A recycling device that sorts dismantled parts by material, dismantling work means for disassembling the assembly, transfer work means for transferring each part dismantled by the dismantling work means to a required location, and recycling information unique to the assembly Reading means for reading, and control means for recognizing a disassembly procedure of the assembly and a transfer location of each component of the assembly component based on information read by the reading means, and controlling operations of the disassembly work means and the transfer work means. A recycling device comprising: 11. A recycling apparatus for disassembling an assembly according to claim 3 or 4, wherein recycling information is read out from dismantling work means for disassembling the assembly, and information holding means provided in the assembly. A recycling apparatus comprising: reading means; and control means for recognizing a disassembly procedure of an assembly based on information read by the reading means and controlling an operation of the disassembling work means. 12. A recycling apparatus for disassembling the assembly according to claim 3 and classifying the disassembled parts by material, comprising: dismantling work means for disassembling the assembly; and dismantling work means. Transfer operation means for transferring each part disassembled in the step to a required place; reading means for reading recycle information from information holding means provided in the assembly; disassembly procedure of the assembly based on the read information by the reading means; And a control means for recognizing the transfer place for each material and controlling the operations of the dismantling work means and the transfer work means.