DE202006001933U1 - Device for storing and transporting vehicle parts has base plate arranged on support or lower side surface of block which can transport parts as well as device for handling transport containers - Google Patents

Abstract

The device has a base plate (12) which is arranged on the support or the lower side surface of the block which can transport parts as well as device for handling the transport containers (10). The device for handling containers has a lifting device arranged on the base plate for holding insertion channels (16).

Description

The The present invention relates to a storage device and for transporting vehicle parts having the features of the independent claim.

task

Of the Transport of vehicle body parts from their place of manufacture to the place of installation of the vehicle requires the provision of suitable transport containers. A known variant of such transport containers has a foot plate with means for engaging lifting or transporting tools on which a structure is arranged. Such a structure exists from a base plate for static load-bearing and from a frame construction, at the, starting from their back, Suspension equipment are arranged to be transported parts. The suspension of the Parts to be transported takes place in known designs from such transport containers obliquely to the back rising. Starting from the sides and from the base plate are also supportive and locking devices arranged to transport the Fix parts from the side and from below in their layers.

Transport container the described type have several disadvantages: The separate execution from foot and base plate results in an unnecessary construction height; the Inserting the parts in the transport device requires lifting the parts, which is especially true for heavy parts such as side walls Motor vehicle body associated with a considerable expenditure of force is; the parts to be transported must be in their transport positions be secured well to prevent slipping; of the Distance between the individual parts must be relatively large, a clash to prevent the items; the entire device has a relatively high construction on and exceeds at a suitable capacity of, for example, 14 side wall frames a vehicle body clearly a height that stacked one above the other Transport of two such containers in a truck or a freight car would allow. The relationship from transport costs to transported quantities is for this reason for the known container very unfavorable.

The The aim of the present invention is a device for storage and transport of vehicle parts, in particular of parts of a vehicle body, for example of side wall frames, to disposal to ask as many as possible can safely hold the parts to be transported. The overall construction should have external dimensions, the one above the other stacked transport of two such devices in one Truck trailer and / or a freight car or containers.

This The aim of the invention is the subject of the independent claim reached. Features of advantageous developments of the invention result from the dependent ones Claims.

A generic device for storage and transport of vehicle parts, in particular Sidewall frame of a vehicle body, includes a Base plate and a frame construction, wherein the frame construction at least one device for suspending the transportable Parts and at least one device for supporting and / or locking having the parts to be transported.

According to the present Invention is envisaged that the base plate at least one device for support and / or locking a bottom of the transported Has parts and at least one device for handling the transport container. In the advantage to known constructions in which, although the at least a device for support and / or locking a bottom of the transported Parts is arranged on the base plate, the device for handling of the transport container however at an additional footplate is arranged, the height of the inventive structure significantly reduced. According to one preferred embodiment According to the invention, the base plate construction has a maximum height of 100 mm up.

The at least one arranged on the base plate means for supporting and / or Locking a bottom of the parts to be transported is According to the invention an integral Part of the base plate or attached directly to the base plate.

The Device for handling the transport container can hooks or eyes for Engagement of a transport device, eg. Include a crane. In particular, the base plate has engagement openings or retraction channels for receiving a lifting or transport device, for example. A fork carrier of a Industrial vehicle on.

Furthermore, the present invention provides that the means for suspending and supporting the parts to be transported are each arranged in a horizontal plane. The parts to be transported are usually arranged parallel to the base plate and directly behind one another in a horizontal plane. As a result, the same three-dimensional shapes of the parts to be transported come to lie directly behind one another, so that the parts can be arranged at short distances to each other without touching each other. The dense packing allows a high number of parts to be transported per transport container. For example. can be increased by the horizontal arrangement in a transport container for side wall frame of a vehicle body, a capacity of 14 pieces up to 18 pieces per transport container with the same transport container length.

moreover The overall construction does not have to be like in known constructions due to a staircase rising arrangement of the items in total be higher as it is the height of an item required. The total height of the transport container according to the invention can in an arrangement according to the present Minimized invention. In the case of a transport container for sidewall frames a vehicle body, the transport container so be built, that he has a height of a total of 1500 to 1530 mm does not exceed, in contrast to a height of about 2000 mm with a stepped arrangement of the sidewall frames in the transport container. With this height is a loading of two transport containers one above the other in trucks and freight cars or containers possible.

The relationship between transport costs and transported quantities can be this way be significantly improved.

Further Advantages of the horizontal arrangement include the following: In Have to invite the parts do not go backwards (towards the back of the transport container) be lifted, which in particular the loading big, heavier Parts simplified. The number of locks can be reduced because at a horizonta len arrangement of parts slipping off the items is less likely from the outset than at an oblique arrangement. For example. can in a container for sidewall frame of a vehicle body a Number of locks from 7 pieces to 3 pieces with consistently safer Fixation of the items to be reduced in their positions.

Farther is inventively provided that at the top of the frame construction on both sides in each case at least a cross-brace between the rear cross frame section and is arranged in each case one of the two side frame sections. These cross struts serve on the one hand a stiffening of the entire Frame, so that the front sides of the frame stable and rotating or rigid with the back the frame are connected. In addition, the cross struts serve as protection when stacking the transport container according to the invention, since they prevent the foot sections an upper container Roof frame sections of a lower container or upstanding Touch and damage sections of parts to be transported.

embodiment

The Invention will be described below with reference to a preferred embodiment explained in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. The embodiment is merely illustrative and limits the inventive teaching in no way. Same components are basically with the same reference numerals and are partially not multiple explained.

1 shows a schematic perspective view of a device according to the invention for storing and transporting vehicle parts.

2 shows a side view of the device according to 1 , in which the flat vehicle parts are visible from the side.

3 shows a further side view of the device, in which the narrow sides of the vehicle parts can be seen.

4 shows a further side view of the device, in which the narrow sides of the vehicle parts can be seen.

5 illustrates in a schematic perspective view of the possibility of truck loading the device according to the invention.

6 shows a side view of the loading according to 5 ,

7 illustrates in a schematic representation of the possibility of web-loading of the device according to the invention.

All mentioned disadvantages could by a horizontal arrangement of the parts to be transported in same level each directly behind each other and a total lower construction of the transport device can be prevented.

The schematic representations of 1 to 4 illustrate an inventive device for storage and transport of vehicle parts, in the present context as a transport pallet 10 is referred to as it can be transported in the empty and loaded state of industrial trucks and equipment as well as other suitable handling equipment and brought to the respective mounting locations. The pallet 10 includes a base plate 12 , which simultaneously represents the bottom plate. At the bottom plate is a frame construction 14 assembled.

The base plate 12 has several horizontal shots 16 for forks o. The like. An industrial truck or forklift, so that the transport pallet 10 can be transported and handled in the desired manner. The pictures 16 are preferably on all longitudinal sides of the base plate 12 arranged, as based on the 1 to 4 is clarified. The pictures 16 can be formed, for example, from suitable rectangular tubes, with the base plate 12 the pallet 10 are welded or form part of the supporting structure. The pictures 16 in the base plate 12 are also referred to in this context as Einführkanäle.

At the base plate 12 or on the frame construction 14 are a series of support facilities 18 arranged, which are largely oriented horizontally, so that thereon flat vehicle parts 20 , in particular body side parts o. The like. Can be stored on it. Optionally, the support or storage facilities 18 be formed at least partially by conventional stack or Klinkensäulen. In the embodiment shown, the storage devices 18 each rigid subdivisions in a relatively small distance, so that the vehicle parts 20 can be packed very tightly. The distance may be, for example, about 110 mm (see. 3 ). By suitable arrangement of the vehicle parts 20 , which are preferably stacked relatively steep, can have a relatively large number of parts 20 in a single transport pallet 10 be accommodated, which is very favorable in terms of transport volumes and related transport costs.

As based on the 1 can be clarified, cross-bracing 22 at the top of the frame construction 14 , Which, for example, on both sides in each case between a rear transverse frame section 24 and each one of the two side frame sections 26 are arranged, the stability of the pallet 10 increase, so easily multiple of these pallets 10 can be stacked on each other without causing deformation or the like.

The storage facilities 18 can optionally be provided with suitable interlocks to prevent the vehicle parts from slipping and to protect them from shocks.

These packing or stacking options are based on the 5 to 7 clarified, with the 5 and 6 the truck loading and the 7 illustrated the train loading. It is immediately apparent that the compact dimensions of the transport pallets according to the invention 10 the stacking allowed one above the other, without the permissible transport dimensions are exceeded. The typical height of a pallet 10 In the order of magnitude of approximately 1500 to 1550 mm, a total height of the load of barely more than 3100 mm, so that the maximum permissible dimensions of a permitted for road transport truck (4 m max) can be easily complied with. The same applies to the train loading.

It is therefore understandable that on the one hand more vehicle parts 20 on a transport pallet 10 can be accommodated than was previously the case. In addition, much more pallets can be loaded in a transport journey, so that more than twice the number of vehicle parts per transport journey can be transported compared to the previously used transport pallets. This results in a reduction of the resulting transport costs of more than 50%.

The in the foregoing description, drawings and claims Features of the invention can both individually and in any combination for the realization the invention in its various embodiments of importance be. The invention is not limited to the above embodiments limited. Much more are numerous variants and modifications conceivable by the inventive idea Use and therefore also fall within the scope of protection.

Claims (8)

Device for storing and transporting vehicle parts ( 20 ), in particular of side wall frames of a motor vehicle body, comprising a base plate ( 12 ) and a frame construction ( 14 ), the frame construction ( 14 ) at least one device for suspending the parts to be transported and at least one device for supporting and / or locking the parts to be transported, characterized in that the base plate ( 12 ) at least one device for supporting and / or locking a bottom of the parts to be transported and at least one device for handling the transport container ( 10 ) having. Apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that the means for handling the transport container ( 10 ) on the base plate ( 12 ) insertion channels ( 16 ) for receiving a lifting device. Device according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the devices ( 18 ) are arranged for suspension and for supporting the parts to be transported in each case in a horizontal plane. Device according to claim 3, characterized in that the devices ( 18 ) are formed for suspending and supporting the parts to be transported in each case by stacking columns or pawl columns. Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that at the top of the frame construction ( 14 ) on both sides in each case at least one cross-bracing ( 22 ) between the rear transverse frame section ( 24 ) and one of the two side frame sections ( 26 ) is arranged. Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized characterized in that the base plate construction has a maximum height of 100 mm having. Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized characterized in that the overall construction has a maximum height of approx. 1500 to about 1550 mm. Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized characterized in that the device has a maximum of three locking devices.