Summary of the invention
Shortcoming at prior art, the purpose of this invention is to provide the method for transporting material in a kind of workshop automatically, its can significantly reduce automatic guide vehicle wait time, improve its operating efficiency, and then reduce the demand of automatic guide vehicle in the workshop, the logistics cost in the reduction workshop.
To achieve these goals, on the one hand, the invention provides the method for transporting material in a kind of workshop automatically, have at least one truck in the workshop and wait the zone, truck is loaded material or unloading material in truck waits the zone; Truck has wheel, can be promoted or drag to travel along the navigation track by automatic guide vehicle; In truck waits the zone, move according to following steps:
A, some trucks are along the end to end truck ranks that are arranged in of the navigation track of automatic guide vehicle;
B, a certain automatic guide vehicle drag another truck, arrive to be positioned at truck ranks afterbody fixedly stagnation of movement position afterwards, stop then travelling;
C, this automatic guide vehicle receive after the actuation signal, promote the truck ranks truck parking stall of advancing, and break away from automatically then to drag being connected between the truck with it;
D, this automatic guide vehicle are walked in the bottom of truck ranks, and arrival is positioned at the truck first of the ranks, and are dynamically connected certainly with it;
E, this automatic guide vehicle drag the truck that is positioned at first of the ranks and travel.
Among the present invention, it is that truck waits charging or the zone of discharging that truck waits the zone, and truck waits the zone at truck and waits in line, and after the truck charging that makes number one or discharging finish, is connected with automatic guide vehicle earlier and is dragged by automatic guide vehicle and travel.
Among the present invention, some trucks are along the navigation track arrangement of automatic guide vehicle, are positioned at truck first of the ranks and can be dragged by automatic guide vehicle at any time and travel.
Among the present invention, have at least one truck in the workshop and wait the zone, truck waits between the zone at this at least one truck and travels.For example, can have two trucks in the workshop and wait the zone, truck waits regional loaded material at first truck, and waits zone unloading material at second truck, automatic guide vehicle drags truck and arrives first truck and wait after the zone, waits the zone at first truck and waits for material loading; After the truck material loading finishes, dragged to travel by automatic guide vehicle and wait the zone to second truck and carry out discharging, dragged by automatic guide vehicle again after the truck discharging and return first truck and wait the zone.
Among the present invention, truck has only through automatic guide vehicle and drags just and can travel, and automatic guide vehicle is not captiveed joint with truck.Automatic guide vehicle drags truck and is connected with truck when travelling, and automatic guide vehicle drags truck and travels to disconnect with this truck after putting in place and be connected, and is connected with another truck.
Among the present invention, look the scale of workshop and interior logistics needs thereof, the number of truck can be, for example 2-20; The number of automatic guide vehicle must be less than the number of truck, and for example it can be 2-10 or more.For example, in a certain workshop, the number of truck is 20, and the number of automatic guide vehicle is 11, and the ratio of the two is about 2:1, with respect to the scheme that truck is captiveed joint with automatic guide vehicle, can save the automatic guide vehicle of half approximately.
Among the present invention, truck can be for example member structure, and automatic guide vehicle can vertically pass from the truck bottom, and first from being dynamically connected with the car of truck.
Among the present invention, some trucks are waited in line to set out, and when another truck adds the ranks of queuing, promote the whole truck ranks truck parking stall of advancing after then automatic guide vehicle starts earlier, and then the truck that drags first of the ranks travel.Like this, can guarantee the almost fixed of truck number in the truck ranks, for example the truck of initial queuing is 7, generally, can not surpass 8 trucks in the truck ranks; The more important thing is, can guarantee can not bump between the truck, because the stationkeeping that automatic guide vehicle stops to travel after truck ranks afterbody, if there is not this setting, sail when another automatic guide vehicle drags truck, can bump with the truck that stops at this position before even whole truck ranks.
The present invention has realized being dynamically connected certainly of automatic guide vehicle and truck and has broken away from, make truck wait for charging and discharging, and the automatic guide vehicle most of the time is in motoring condition, can significantly reduce automatic guide vehicle like this and wait for the time of charging and discharging, improved the Occupation coefficient of automatic guide vehicle, and then reduced the quantity required of automatic guide vehicle, reduced logistics cost; In addition, by the fixedly stagnation of movement position of automatic guide vehicle is set, and make automatic guide vehicle promote earlier the truck ranks parking stall of advancing before restarting, the truck ranks that some trucks are formed always are positioned at fixing position, and avoid automatic guide vehicle and truck to bump, to guarantee the ordered queue of some trucks.
Another specific embodiment according to the present invention, after the afterbody of truck ranks, the navigation track of contiguous automatic guide vehicle is provided with the stagnation of movement terrestrial reference, and automatic guide vehicle stops to travel when scanning the stagnation of movement terrestrial reference automatically, and this position is fixedly stagnation of movement position.Particularly, this stagnation of movement terrestrial reference is positioned at after the afterbody of truck ranks, keeps a segment distance with the truck ranks.
Another specific embodiment according to the present invention, among the step C, actuation signal is that operating personal sends by foot-operated switch.For example, operating personal will be positioned at after truck charging first of the truck ranks or discharging finish, send the actuation signal of automatic guide vehicle by foot-operated switch, automatic guide vehicle receives after the actuation signal, promotes the truck ranks truck parking stall of advancing, and breaks away from automatically then to drag being connected between the truck with it, and pass the truck ranks, arrival is positioned at the truck first of the ranks, with its from being dynamically connected, and drag this truck that is positioned at first of the ranks and travel.
Another specific embodiment according to the present invention, automatic guide vehicle has automatic clutch device, and automatic guide vehicle is undertaken from being dynamically connected and automatic disengaging by its automatic clutch device and truck; If the place ahead of a certain truck is another truck end to end with it not, automatic clutch device can carry out from being dynamically connected with this truck; Drag in the process that truck travels at automatic guide vehicle, as long as automatic clutch device touches the tailstock of last truck, then it does not take place from being dynamically connected or breaking away from automatically with truck that it drags.Particularly, sail at the automatic guide vehicle sky and to pass end to end last truck and back during one truck, automatic clutch device does not carry out from being dynamically connected with the car head of back one truck; Sail when first to the car of the head of the queue truck of end to end truck troop at the automatic guide vehicle sky, automatic clutch device and this truck carry out oneself and are dynamically connected.
Another specific embodiment according to the present invention, the left side of the truck tailstock and/or right side are provided with rotatable barrier mechanism, and it is sagging naturally usually; Correspondingly, wait the zone at truck and be parallel to the navigation track rectangular platform is set, the length of this rectangular platform is about a truck position, the slope of its afterbody (head and the tail of the head and the tail of rectangular platform and truck ranks in the same way) for joining with ground; When a certain truck passes through this rectangular platform, the bottom of its barrier mechanism is dropped on the rectangular platform, and then make this barrier mechanism rotate an angle to the tailstock that surpasses this truck, make the rear portion of this barrier mechanism but not the tailstock of truck contact with back one truck, be connected with truck disengaging afterwards thereby avoid dragging the automatic guide vehicle of back one truck.
On the other hand, the invention provides the system of transporting material in a kind of workshop automatically, have at least one truck in the workshop and wait the zone, truck is loaded material or unloading material in truck waits the zone; Wherein, this system comprises:
Automatic guide vehicle and navigation track thereof, this automatic guide vehicle have for the automatic clutch device of truck automatic butt and disengaging; Contiguous navigation track is provided with the stagnation of movement terrestrial reference, and this stagnation of movement terrestrial reference is arranged at after the afterbody of rectangular platform;
Some trucks, this truck has wheel, can be promoted or drag to travel by automatic guide vehicle; The left side of the truck tailstock and/or right side are provided with barrier mechanism, and the top of this barrier mechanism rotatably is connected on the truck; When barrier mechanism was sagging naturally, it did not contact with back one truck;
Rectangular platform, this rectangular platform are parallel to its navigation track that is close to, and arrange corresponding to the barrier mechanism of truck, and its length is about a truck position, and its afterbody is the slope that joins with ground; When a certain truck passes through this rectangular platform, the bottom of its barrier mechanism is dropped on the rectangular platform, and then make this barrier mechanism rotate an angle to the tailstock that surpasses this truck, make the rear portion of this barrier mechanism but not the tailstock of truck contact with back one truck, be connected with truck disengaging afterwards thereby avoid dragging the automatic guide vehicle of back one truck.
It should be noted that this rectangular platform arranges corresponding to the barrier mechanism of truck.When the barrier mechanism of truck is one, be positioned at a side (for example right side of truck working direction) of navigation track, this rectangular platform is one, is positioned at a side identical with barrier mechanism.When the barrier mechanism of truck is two, lay respectively at the left and right sides of truck, this rectangular platform can be two, lays respectively at the both sides of navigation track; This rectangular platform also can be one, is positioned at any side of truck.
Further, automatic clutch device comprises: vertically the guide rail that arranges, the slide block along the guide rail up-and-down movement, the clutch part that is connected with slide block, for making the automatically reset Bringing-back mechanism of clutch part; Clutch part comprises that the inclined-plane comprises top and bottom to inclined-plane and the groove of front lower place inclination, and groove is positioned at after the upper end on inclined-plane; Slide block is positioned under the clutch part and with clutch part captives joint.
In this scheme, the effect of guide rail is the sense of motion that guarantees clutch part, and it can only be risen and descend.And then when the inclined-plane was subjected to resistance, clutch part can only move downward; And after this resistance disappeared, under the effect of Bringing-back mechanism, clutch part can only upward movement.
In this scheme, the resistance that the inclined-plane is subjected to is generally the resistance of level or general horizontal direction.
In this scheme, truck to be connected is provided with the attaching parts corresponding to groove, and for example cross bar or the vertically plate of setting connect to embed the groove on the clutch part, to form.The effect of groove is that this attaching parts is embedded wherein, and its shape can be, for example the U-shaped groove.
In this scheme, the effect on inclined-plane is that attaching parts is converted into the power of downward promotion to its resistance, so that the inclined-plane is during through attaching parts, whole clutch part is pressed downward, thereby moves downward along guide rail.This inclined-plane specifically can be tabular inclined-plane or block inclined-plane.
In this scheme, the effect of Bringing-back mechanism is: when attaching parts during through the groove after the upper end on inclined-plane, make the clutch part upward movement with homing, thereby attaching parts is snapped in the groove of clutch part.It specifically can directly act on clutch part or pass through the slide block indirectly-acting in clutch part.It specifically can be for example spring of various elastic constructions and elastic element.
In this scheme, the resistance that clutch part is subjected to by inclined-plane and longitudinal rail is converted into the thrust that moves downward, and make clutch part upward movement when the resistance that is subjected to disappears by Bringing-back mechanism, by groove is set attaching parts is embedded wherein to form docking between automatic guide vehicle and the truck, thereby be connected with truck automatically when making automatic guide vehicle walk to the attaching parts below of truck; And bear truck to overtake the time at automatic guide vehicle, when the inclined-plane was subjected to other resistance of the place ahead, clutch part is descending automatically to be connected with the truck disconnection; Thereby realized automatic butt and the disengaging of automatic guide vehicle and truck, and do not needed manual operations.
Further, truck comprises wheel and bin, and the below of bin is provided with the space of passing through for automatic guide vehicle, and the front end bottom of bin is provided with for the groove that embeds described clutch part to form the attaching parts that connects.This attaching parts specifically can be, for example plate or the cross bar that vertically arranges.
Further, the rear end lower of bin is provided with briquetting, the width of briquetting is greater than the width of clutch part upper groove, so that the clutch part of automatic clutch device is pressed down through this briquetting the time, and then clutch part is broken away from the front end of back one truck or avoids clutch part to be connected with the back front end of a truck.
Further, the frame shape of barrier mechanism for being surrounded by rod member, it comprises preceding bar, back bar, upper boom, and wherein the bin of upper boom and truck articulates, and the bottom of preceding bar is provided with wheel; Back bar is provided with can be by the horizontal piece of back one truck propelling movement.
Compared with prior art, the present invention possesses following beneficial effect:
The present invention has realized being dynamically connected certainly of automatic guide vehicle and truck and has broken away from, make truck wait for charging and discharging, and the automatic guide vehicle most of the time is in motoring condition, can significantly reduce automatic guide vehicle like this and wait for the time of charging and discharging, improved the Occupation coefficient of automatic guide vehicle, and then reduced the quantity required of automatic guide vehicle, reduced logistics cost; In addition, by the fixedly stagnation of movement position of automatic guide vehicle is set, and make automatic guide vehicle promote earlier the truck ranks parking stall of advancing before restarting, the truck ranks that some trucks are formed always are positioned at fixing position, and avoid automatic guide vehicle and truck to bump, to guarantee the ordered queue of some trucks.
The present invention is described in further detail below in conjunction with accompanying drawing.
The specific embodiment
Embodiment 1
As shown in Figure 1, present embodiment provides the system of transporting material in a kind of workshop automatically, has at least one (for example two) truck in this workshop and waits the zone, is respectively material loading zone and discharging zone, truck is loaded material in the material loading zone, unloads material in the discharging zone.The system of present embodiment comprises some (for example 5) automatic guide vehicles and magnetic navigation track thereof, some (for example 10) trucks, rectangular platform.
Wherein, as shown in Figure 1, automatic guide vehicle 1(AGV dolly) have for the automatic clutch device 2 of truck 3 automatic butt and disengaging.
As Fig. 2-shown in Figure 4, automatic clutch device 2 comprises shell 21, guide rail (guide pin bushing 2201), slide block (guide pillar 2202), clutch part 23, Bringing-back mechanism 24.Bringing-back mechanism 24 comprises column 2401 and spring 2402.Shell 21 comprises base plate 2101, and this base plate is provided with column 2401, and spring 2402 is enclosed within on this column 2401; Guide pin bushing 2201, spring 2402, column 2401 are positioned within the shell 21.Wherein guide pin bushing 2201 vertically arranges.Clutch part 23 comprises that inclined-plane 2301 is tabular inclined-plane to inclined-plane 2301 and the groove 2302 of front lower place inclination, and its angle of inclination is 13 °, comprises top and bottom, and groove 2302 is positioned at after the upper end on inclined-plane 2301.Guide pillar 2202 passes guide pin bushing 2201 and along guide pin bushing 2201 up-and-down movements, it is positioned under the clutch part 23 and with clutch part 23 captives joint.The lower end of guide pillar 2202 is provided with a blind hole, and the top of spring 2402 is positioned at this blind hole.The bottom of a little higher than guide pillar 2202 in the top of column 2401, the top of column 2401 also is positioned at this blind hole, but also has certain distance apart from the top of blind hole.
As shown in Figure 5, truck 3 comprises wheel, bin, briquetting 301, guide member 303, barrier mechanism 304.Barrier mechanism is one, is arranged at the right side (right side of truck working direction) of the truck tailstock.Bin is that rod member constitutes, and its below is provided with the space of passing through for automatic guide vehicle 1, and the front end bottom of bin is provided with for the groove 2302 that embeds clutch part 23 to form the attaching parts (cross bar 302) that connects.Automatic guide vehicle 1 docks with truck 3 afterwards as shown in Figure 7.
Briquetting 301 is located at the rear end lower of bin, the width of briquetting 301 is greater than the width of clutch part 23 upper grooves 2302, so that the clutch part 23 of automatic clutch device 2 is being pressed down when this briquetting 301, and then clutch part 23 is broken away from the front end of back one truck or avoids clutch part 23 to be connected with the back front end of a truck.
Guide member 303 is fixed at the downside central authorities of cross bar 302, it forms beloid bell mouth shape, being used for guiding automatic clutch device 2 docks smoothly with cross bar 302, and prevent that after automatic clutch device 2 and cross bar 302 dock smoothly automatic clutch device about 2 is offset, and then prevent that automatic guide vehicle 1 is offset with respect to truck about 3.
As shown in Figure 6, the frame shape of barrier mechanism 304 for being surrounded by rod member, it comprises preceding bar 3041, back bar 3042, upper boom 3043, and wherein upper boom 3043 articulates with the bin of truck 3, and the bottom of preceding bar 3041 is provided with wheel 3044; Back bar 3042 is provided with can be by the horizontal piece 3045 of back one truck propelling movement.When barrier mechanism 304 was sagging naturally, it did not contact with back one truck.
Corresponding to the barrier mechanism of truck, rectangular platform 4 is parallel to its magnetic navigation track that is close to, and is positioned at the right side of truck working direction, and its length is about a truck position, and as shown in Figure 8, its afterbody is the slope 401 that joins with ground.When a certain truck passes through this rectangular platform, the wheel of its barrier mechanism drops on the rectangular platform, and then make this barrier mechanism rotate an angle to the tailstock that surpasses this truck, make the rear portion of this barrier mechanism but not the tailstock of truck contact with back one truck, be connected with truck disengaging afterwards thereby avoid dragging the automatic guide vehicle of back one truck.
After the afterbody of rectangular platform, the magnetic navigation track of contiguous automatic guide vehicle is provided with the stagnation of movement terrestrial reference, and automatic guide vehicle stops when scanning the stagnation of movement terrestrial reference automatically.This position is the fixedly stagnation of movement position of automatic guide vehicle.
Among present embodiment and the present invention, following corresponding relation and matching relationship need be emphaticallyed point out:
1, the disengaging that forms of the briquetting of the automatic clutch device of automatic guide vehicle and the truck rear end relation that is connected and avoids connecting;
2, the relation of the automatic butt of the attaching parts of the automatic clutch device of automatic guide vehicle and truck front end (cross bar 302) formation;
3, the barrier mechanism of truck and the relation between the rectangular platform: the barrier mechanism of truck is non-barrier state usually in the raw, and in the time of on rectangular platform is dropped in the bottom of barrier mechanism, barrier mechanism is in the barrier state;
4, be in the barrier mechanism of barrier state and the relation between the briquetting: the barrier mechanism of a certain truck (for example truck s) is in the barrier state, drag then thereafter that the automatic clutch device of the automatic guide vehicle (for example automatic guide vehicle Z) of a truck (for example truck u) and the briquetting of truck s are separated by barrier mechanism, be connected thereby avoid automatic guide vehicle Z to disconnect with car u;
5, be in the barrier mechanism of non-barrier state and the relation between the briquetting: the barrier mechanism of a certain truck (for example truck s) is in non-barrier state, drag then thereafter that the automatic clutch device of the automatic guide vehicle (for example automatic guide vehicle Z) of a truck (for example truck u) contacts with the briquetting of truck s, thereby automatic guide vehicle Z disconnects with car u and being connected.
10 trucks in this workshop are numbered a-j respectively, 5 automatic guide vehicles in this workshop are numbered A-E respectively, the operating method of this system is as follows:
A, in the material loading zone, truck a, truck b, three trucks of truck c are waited for material loading and set out that along the end to end truck ranks that are arranged in of the navigation track of automatic guide vehicle wherein truck a is positioned at first of the ranks, truck c is positioned at the tail of ranks.Truck c is positioned at rectangular platform place, and the wheel of its barrier mechanism drops on the rectangular platform.
B, automatic guide vehicle A drag truck d, arrive to be positioned at truck ranks afterbody fixedly stagnation of movement position afterwards, and automatic guide vehicle stops to travel when scanning the stagnation of movement terrestrial reference automatically.
C, staff fill workpiece (for example filling 5 workpiece) afterwards with truck a, send actuation signal by foot-operated switch, automatic guide vehicle A begins to travel after receiving actuation signal, this moment truck d the barrier mechanism of vertical post and truck c of front end on horizontal piece contact, promote ranks integral body that truck a, truck b, truck c the form truck parking stall of advancing, fall from rectangular platform until the barrier mechanism of truck c.The barrier mechanism of truck c after rectangular platform falls, end in contact behind the front end of truck d and the truck c, the automatic clutch device of automatic guide vehicle A is pressed down by the briquetting of truck c rear end, thereby automatic guide vehicle A automatically breaks away from and being connected of truck d.
D, automatic guide vehicle A walk in the bottom of truck ranks, pass truck c, truck b, arrive the below of truck a, and are dynamically connected certainly with truck a; In the process that automatic guide vehicle A walks, because truck c, truck b are end to end, though the front end bottom of truck c is provided with attaching parts (cross bar), because the rear end of truck b is provided with briquetting, thereby automatic guide vehicle A is not dynamically connected certainly with truck c.In like manner, automatic guide vehicle A is not dynamically connected certainly with truck b.
E, automatic guide vehicle A drag truck a along the magnetic navigation track and travel.
In addition, for example, meanwhile, in the discharging zone, two trucks of truck i, truck j are waited for discharging and are set out along the end to end truck ranks that are arranged in of the navigation track of automatic guide vehicle.Automatic guide vehicle B, C drag truck e, f respectively along the magnetic navigation track and drive towards the discharging zone; Automatic guide vehicle D, E drag truck g, h respectively along the magnetic navigation track and drive towards the material loading zone.
Embodiment 2
The difference of present embodiment and embodiment 1 is: the number of (1) truck is 20; (2) number of automatic guide vehicle is 11; (3) to wait the zone be 4 to the truck in the workshop.
Embodiment 3
The difference of present embodiment and embodiment 1 is: the left and right sides of (1) truck is equipped with barrier mechanism; (2) rectangular platform is two, is arranged at the both sides of magnetic navigation track toward each other.
Though the present invention discloses as above with preferred embodiment, is not in order to limit scope of the invention process.Any those of ordinary skill in the art, in not breaking away from invention scope of the present invention, when doing a little improvement, namely every equal improvement of doing according to the present invention should be scope of the present invention and contains.