CN113581766B

CN113581766B - Steel coil ground transportation system for inter-process transportation

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Publication number: CN113581766B
Application number: CN202110771234.6A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 周云根; 胡立华; 张毅; 徐启发
Original assignee: Wisdri Engineering and Research Incorporation Ltd
Current assignee: Wisdri Engineering and Research Incorporation Ltd
Priority date: 2021-07-08
Filing date: 2021-07-08
Publication date: 2023-04-28
Anticipated expiration: 2041-07-08
Also published as: CN113581766A

Abstract

The invention relates to a steel coil ground transportation system for inter-process transfer, which comprises a cross car, a coil carrying car, a cross car rail and a coil carrying car rail perpendicular to the cross car rail, wherein the cross car rail extends from a first process to a downstream second process, and the coil carrying car rail extends from a steel coil output position of the first process to the cross car rail; the cross car and/or the coil carrying car is/are provided with a first cross saddle for cross-connecting the steel coil between the cross car and the coil carrying car, and the second procedure is provided with a steel coil ground transfer mechanism which is suitable for cross-connecting the steel coil with the cross car and taking the steel coil in the procedure. According to the invention, the cross-over vehicle is used for completing the steel coil handover with the upstream process coil carrying vehicle and the steel coil handover with the downstream process steel coil ground transfer mechanism, lifting from a coil core is not required, the inner layer strip steel of the steel coil is not damaged, unmanned transportation of the steel coil between the processes can be realized, the production efficiency is improved, and the production cost is reduced.

Description

Steel coil ground transportation system for inter-process transportation

Technical Field

The invention belongs to the technical field of intelligent logistics in the metallurgical industry, and particularly relates to a steel coil ground transportation system for inter-process transportation.

Background

The steel rabbet steel coil transportation material flow is large, occupies considerable manpower and material resources, is difficult to manage and is a main part of production cost. At present, with the development of informatization technology, efficiency improvement through intelligent transformation is hoped, and through decades of development improvement, unmanned driving can be realized in the transportation of steel coil in steel coil raw material warehouse and finished product storehouse district, but the transportation of steel coil between the upstream and downstream processes is influenced by pedestrian space and unit equipment occupation, is not suitable for unmanned driving, makes the transportation of steel coil in the workshop unable realization intelligent commodity circulation.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention relates to a steel coil ground transportation system for inter-process transportation, which can at least solve part of defects in the prior art.

The invention relates to a steel coil ground transportation system for inter-process transportation, which comprises a cross car track, a cross car running on the cross car track, a coil carrying car track perpendicular to the cross car track and a coil carrying car running on the coil carrying car track, wherein the cross car track extends from a first process to a downstream second process, and the coil carrying car track extends from a steel coil output position of the first process to a crossing position of the cross car track; the cross car and/or the coil carrying car is/are provided with a first cross saddle for cross-connecting the steel coil between the cross car and the coil carrying car, and the second procedure is provided with a steel coil ground transfer mechanism which is suitable for cross-connecting the steel coil with the cross car and storing the steel coil in the procedure.

As one of the implementation manners, the steel coil ground transfer mechanism comprises a primary-secondary vehicle, a primary-secondary vehicle track and a plurality of secondary vehicle tracks vertically intersecting the primary vehicle track, wherein the primary vehicle track and each secondary vehicle track are positioned in the second procedure, one secondary vehicle track is in butt joint with the cross vehicle track and is provided with a second cross saddle at the butt joint position, and the rest secondary vehicle tracks are all connected with a plurality of steel coil storage saddles in series; the primary-secondary vehicle comprises a primary vehicle running on the primary vehicle track, a secondary vehicle provided with a steel coil storage position and a secondary vehicle driving mechanism capable of enabling the secondary vehicle to exchange positions between the primary vehicle and the secondary vehicle track.

As one of the implementation manners, the sub-vehicle driving mechanism comprises a sub-vehicle translation driving unit configured on the sub-vehicle, a mother vehicle seat arranged on the mother vehicle and a docking track arranged on the mother vehicle seat and suitable for docking with the sub-vehicle track, and the sub-vehicle is arranged on the docking track.

As one embodiment, the parent saddle is provided with a parent-vehicle rotation driving unit for driving rotation thereof about a vertical axis.

As one embodiment, the second cross saddle is a cross saddle.

As one of the implementation modes, the coil carrying vehicle track and the over-riding vehicle track are both ground tracks and intersect with each other in the same plane.

As one of the implementation modes, the coil carrying vehicle is a multi-shaft multi-wheel steel coil vehicle.

As one of implementation modes, the tail end of the coil car carrying track is provided with a buffer saddle, and the buffer saddle is a liftable saddle.

As one of implementation modes, a steel coil identification and detection device is arranged along the over-vehicle track and at each steel coil storage position in the second procedure.

As one of implementation modes, the cross car, the coil carrying car and the steel coil ground transfer mechanism are all electrically or communicatively connected with a production scheduling platform.

The invention has at least the following beneficial effects:

according to the steel coil ground transportation system provided by the invention, the upstream and downstream processes of the steel coil to be transported are connected through the cross-car track, the cross-car is used for completing the steel coil connection with the upstream process coil carrying car and the steel coil connection with the downstream process steel coil ground transportation mechanism, the lifting from the coil core is not required, the inner layer strip steel of the steel coil is not damaged, the bundling operation is not required in the whole process transportation of the thin material coil, the bundling consumption is saved, the unmanned transportation of the steel coil between the processes can be realized, the production efficiency is improved, and the production cost is reduced.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings that are required in the embodiments or the description of the prior art will be briefly described, it being obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the invention, and that other drawings may be obtained according to these drawings without inventive effort for a person skilled in the art.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a steel coil ground transportation system provided by an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

The following description of the embodiments of the present invention will be made clearly and completely, and it is apparent that the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present invention, but not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be made by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the invention without making any inventive effort, are intended to be within the scope of the invention.

Referring to fig. 1, an embodiment of the present invention provides a steel coil ground transportation system for inter-process transportation, including a straddle carrier rail 21, a straddle carrier 22 running on the straddle carrier rail 21, a coil carrier rail 11 perpendicular to the straddle carrier rail 21, and a coil carrier 12 running on the coil carrier rail 11, wherein the straddle carrier rail 21 extends from a first process to a second process downstream, and the coil carrier rail 11 extends from a steel coil output position of the first process to a position crossing the straddle carrier rail 21; the straddle carrier 22 and/or the coil carrier 12 is/are configured with a first cross saddle for cross-connecting the coil between the straddle carrier 22 and the coil carrier 12, and the second process is provided with a coil ground transfer mechanism adapted to cross-connect the coil with the straddle carrier 22 and take the coil in the process.

The first and second steps are conventional steps in the art, for example, the first step is a cold rolling plant, and the second step is a downstream coil storage warehouse. According to the actual working condition, a plurality of coil-carrying vehicle tracks 11 can be arranged in the first working procedure, and each coil-carrying vehicle track 11 can finish crossing with the cross-car track 21.

In one embodiment, the coil carrier rail 11 is adapted to be engaged with the coil unloading channel in the first process, so that the coil carrier 12 can automatically receive coils from the coil unloading channel, and realize seamless connection with the coil unloading trolley, and the intersection of the coil carrier rail 11 and the coil unloading channel is the output of the steel coil.

It will be appreciated that the carriage 12 is capable of translating on the carriage track 11, i.e. the carriage 12 is provided with a travelling mechanism, such as a travelling wheel driven by a motor or the like, which will not be described in detail herein. The straddle carrier 22 is translatable on the straddle carrier rail 21, and is likewise provided with a running gear.

In this embodiment, the above-mentioned rolling carriage track 11 and the over-carriage track 21 are preferably ground tracks, so that civil engineering excavation is not required, and civil engineering cost and reconstruction period can be saved. The coil car rail 11 preferably intersects the straddle carrier rail 21 in a coplanar manner. The coil-carrying vehicle 12 is preferably a multi-shaft multi-wheel steel coil vehicle, has stable and reliable operation, can better cope with complex working conditions such as broken rails, crossed rails and the like, and avoids falling of steel coils.

For the steel coil handover between the straddle carrier 22 and the coil carrier 12, the two are preferably cross-jointed in a contour plane, for example, the first handover saddle is arranged on the straddle carrier 22, and a saddle translation track and a saddle translation driving unit are arranged on the straddle carrier 22, and the first handover saddle is driven by the saddle translation driving unit to translate along the saddle translation track so that the first saddle can extend out of the straddle carrier 22 and extend onto the coil carrier 12 to obtain the steel coil, and then the first handover saddle is driven to translate back onto the straddle carrier 22; obviously, the first cross saddle may also be provided on the reel 12, on which reel 12 the corresponding saddle translation rail and saddle translation driving unit are provided.

It should be understood that the steel coil passing between the straddler 22 and the coil carrier 12 is not limited to the above-mentioned manner, for example, it is also possible to provide a passing saddle at the intersection of the coil carrier rail 11 and the straddler rail 21, or the coil carrier rail 11 and the straddler rail 21 are disposed in different horizontal planes (i.e. one of the rails is constructed under the ground by using a civil engineering excavation method), etc., which will not be described in detail herein.

According to the steel coil ground transportation system provided by the embodiment, upstream and downstream processes of the steel coil to be transported are connected through the cross car track 21, the cross car 22 is used for completing the steel coil handover between the upstream process coil carrying car 12 and the steel coil handover between the downstream process steel coil ground transportation mechanism, lifting from a coil core is not required, the inner layer strip steel of the steel coil is not damaged, bundling operation is not required in the whole process transportation of the thin material coil, bundling consumption is omitted, unmanned transportation of the steel coil between the processes can be realized, production efficiency is improved, and production cost is reduced.

Further preferably, as shown in fig. 1, the end of the coil carrier rail 11 is provided with a buffer saddle 13, the buffer saddle 13 is a liftable saddle, the liftable saddle is conventional equipment in the field, the specific structure is not described here, and the buffer saddle can better receive steel coils from the coil carrier 12 and can better meet the buffer requirement of the adjusting material.

Further preferably, as shown in fig. 1, two straddle carriers 22 are arranged on the straddle carrier rail 21, so that a one-standby redundancy design is realized, safety and reliability are ensured, and reliable and stable operation of the straddle carrier channels between working procedures is ensured.

As shown in fig. 1, the steel coil ground transferring mechanism includes a primary-secondary vehicle 41, a primary-secondary vehicle rail 42, and a plurality of secondary vehicle rails 43 perpendicularly intersecting the primary-secondary vehicle rail 42, wherein the primary-secondary vehicle rail 42 and each secondary vehicle rail 43 are located in the second process, one secondary vehicle rail 43 is in butt joint with the cross-over vehicle rail 21 and is provided with a second cross-over saddle 3 at the butt joint position, and a plurality of steel coil storage saddles are connected in series with the rest of secondary vehicle rails 43; the sub-car 41 includes a main car running on the main car rail 42, a sub-car provided with a steel coil storage position, and a sub-car driving mechanism capable of switching positions of the sub-car between the main car and the sub-car rail 43.

The second connecting saddle 3 is preferably a saddle with a cross opening, which can better meet the transverse and longitudinal omnibearing coil transporting and passing requirements. The number of the second connecting saddles 3 can be multiple, and the second connecting saddles can play a role of buffering steel coils, so that the working steps between the upstream process and the downstream process are coordinated to a certain extent. The operation of transferring the steel coil from the straddle carrier 22 to the second transfer saddle 3 can be completed by lifting the saddle on the straddle carrier 22, and therefore, it is preferable to provide at least the first transfer saddle on the straddle carrier 22; the saddle is also adopted for the steel coil storage position on the sub-car, and the saddle on the sub-car is also suitable for lifting installation in order to complete the operation of the second connecting saddle 3 for connecting the steel coil to the sub-car.

Since the child car height is significantly higher than the parent car height, the parent car track 42 may be designed to be below ground, or the parent car track 42 may still be on ground but the child car track 43 is higher than the parent car track 42; the second cross saddle 3 may be a distance above the ground so that the adjustment of the position of the sub-car track 43 does not have an effect on the height of the second cross saddle 3.

In one embodiment, the sub-vehicle driving mechanism includes a sub-vehicle translational driving unit configured on the sub-vehicle, a mother vehicle seat disposed on the mother vehicle, and a docking track disposed on the mother vehicle seat and adapted to dock with the sub-vehicle track 43, where the sub-vehicle is disposed on the docking track. The sub-vehicle translation driving unit can adopt conventional translation structures such as a running mechanism taking a motor as a power source; it can be understood that, along with the movement of the parent car on the parent car track 42, the above-mentioned docking track can be driven to dock with different sub car tracks 43, and the sub car translation is driven by the sub car translation driving unit, so that the sub car can run from the docking track to the sub car track 43 or run from the sub car track 43 to the docking track, thereby realizing the picking, placing and circulation of the steel coil.

As shown in fig. 1, the sub-car rails 43 are preferably distributed on two sides of the main car rail 42, so that the displacement of the sub-car on the single sub-car rail 43 can be shortened, and the steel rolling in and out efficiency can be improved.

Further preferably, the parent saddle is further provided with a parent-vehicle rotation driving unit for driving the parent-vehicle rotation driving unit to rotate around a vertical axis, so that the child-vehicle can rotate within 360 ° relative to the parent-vehicle, on one hand, interference between the docking rail and the child-vehicle rail 43 can be prevented when the parent-vehicle moves, safety of equipment and steel coils can be ensured, and on the other hand, in the scheme that the child-vehicle rail 43 is distributed on both sides of the parent-vehicle rail 42, the docking rail can be designed to have a length such that both ends thereof are respectively docked with the child-vehicle rails 43 on both sides, or the length of the docking rail can be reduced, and the docking rail is selectively docked with one of the child-vehicle rails 43 through rotation of the parent-vehicle.

Based on the structure of the steel coil ground transportation system, intelligent steel coil transportation can be realized, wherein preferably:

(1) And steel coil identification and detection devices are arranged along the over-carriage track 21 and at each steel coil storage position in the second process. Further, a steel coil identification and detection device can be arranged along the line of the coil carrying vehicle rail 11, the line of the parent vehicle rail 42 and the like; each coil storage position in the second process corresponds to the coil storage saddle. By the steel coil identification and detection device, the running and storage states of the steel coil can be tracked in the whole process, and intelligent management is facilitated.

Furthermore, each steel coil storage position is provided with a mark, and meanwhile, the mark can be additionally arranged on the steel coil, so that the steel coil storage and delivery information management is facilitated, and the mark tracking function is realized.

(2) The straddle carrier 22, the coil carrier 12 and the coil ground transfer mechanism are all electrically or communicatively connected to a production scheduling platform. Operations such as steel coil warehouse-in and warehouse-out, on-line and off-line can be automatically scheduled and completed through the production scheduling platform (intelligent warehouse management system), remote intelligent centralized control is realized, whole-course unmanned operation is ensured, and production efficiency and safety are remarkably improved.

The foregoing description of the preferred embodiments of the invention is not intended to be limiting, but rather is intended to cover all modifications, equivalents, alternatives, and improvements that fall within the spirit and scope of the invention.

Claims

1. A coil of strip ground transportation system for transporting between process, its characterized in that: the coil-carrying machine comprises a cross car rail, a cross car running on the cross car rail, a coil-carrying car rail perpendicular to the cross car rail and a coil-carrying car running on the coil-carrying car rail, wherein the cross car rail extends from a first working procedure to a downstream second working procedure, and the coil-carrying car rail extends from a steel coil output position of the first working procedure to a crossing position of the cross car rail; the first cross saddle is used for cross connecting the steel coil between the cross car and the coil carrying car, and the second process is provided with a steel coil ground transfer mechanism which is suitable for cross connecting the steel coil with the cross car and storing the steel coil in the process;

for the steel coil handover between the crossing carriage and the coil carrying carriage, the crossing carriage and the coil carrying carriage are in a cross butt joint mode in a contour plane, specifically, the first handover saddle is arranged on the crossing carriage, a saddle translation track and a saddle translation driving unit are arranged on the crossing carriage, and the saddle translation driving unit drives the first handover saddle to translate along the saddle translation track so that the first handover saddle can extend out of the crossing carriage and extend onto the coil carrying carriage to obtain the steel coil, and then drives the first handover saddle to translate and return to the crossing carriage; or the first connecting saddle is arranged on the coil carrying vehicle, and the corresponding saddle translation track and saddle translation driving unit are arranged on the coil carrying vehicle;

the steel coil ground transfer mechanism comprises a primary-secondary vehicle, a primary-secondary vehicle track and a plurality of secondary vehicle tracks which are vertically intersected with the primary vehicle track, wherein the primary vehicle track and each secondary vehicle track are positioned in the second working procedure, one secondary vehicle track is in butt joint with the cross vehicle track, a second connecting saddle is arranged at the butt joint position, and the rest secondary vehicle tracks are connected with a plurality of steel coil storage saddles in series; the primary-secondary vehicle comprises a primary vehicle running on the primary vehicle track, a secondary vehicle provided with a steel coil storage position and a secondary vehicle driving mechanism capable of enabling the secondary vehicle to exchange positions between the primary vehicle and the secondary vehicle track.

2. The steel coil ground transportation system for inter-process transportation as recited in claim 1, wherein: the sub-car driving mechanism comprises a sub-car translation driving unit arranged on the sub-car, a mother car seat arranged on the mother car and a docking track arranged on the mother car seat and suitable for docking with the sub-car track, and the sub-car is arranged on the docking track.

3. The steel coil ground transportation system for inter-process transportation as recited in claim 2, wherein: the parent saddle is provided with a parent-vehicle rotation drive unit for driving it to rotate about a vertical axis.

4. The steel coil ground transportation system for inter-process transportation as recited in claim 1, wherein: the second connecting saddle adopts a cross opening saddle.

5. The steel coil ground transportation system for inter-process transportation as recited in claim 1, wherein: the coil carrying vehicle track and the straddle carrier track are ground tracks and are intersected with each other on the same plane.

6. The steel coil ground transportation system for inter-process transportation according to claim 1 or 5, wherein: the coil carrying vehicle is a multi-shaft multi-wheel steel coil vehicle.

7. The steel coil ground transportation system for inter-process transportation as recited in claim 1, wherein: the tail end of the coil-carrying vehicle track is provided with a buffer saddle, and the buffer saddle is a liftable saddle.

8. The steel coil ground transportation system for inter-process transportation as recited in claim 1, wherein: and steel coil identification and detection devices are arranged along the over-carriage track and at each steel coil storage position in the second procedure.

9. The steel coil ground transportation system for inter-process transportation as recited in claim 1, wherein: the cross car, the coil carrying car and the steel coil ground transfer mechanism are electrically or communicatively connected with the production scheduling platform.