EP0421167A2 - Dispositif et procédé pour pincer, relever, transporter et mettre en place des pièces à travailler en rappe - Google Patents

Dispositif et procédé pour pincer, relever, transporter et mettre en place des pièces à travailler en rappe Download PDF

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EP0421167A2
EP0421167A2 EP90117629A EP90117629A EP0421167A2 EP 0421167 A2 EP0421167 A2 EP 0421167A2 EP 90117629 A EP90117629 A EP 90117629A EP 90117629 A EP90117629 A EP 90117629A EP 0421167 A2 EP0421167 A2 EP 0421167A2
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Dieter Dipl.-Ing. Zimmer
Günther Dipl.-Ing. Weichhard
Jens Hensel
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H3/00—Separating articles from piles
    • B65H3/22—Separating articles from piles by needles or the like engaging the articles

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  • the invention relates to methods and gripper devices for picking up, transporting and depositing flat workpieces made of textile material, plastic or other materials that can be grasped by means of needles, which have needle grippers that can be moved by a handling device, the needles of which are inclined in groups and in mutually diverging directions Workpiece can be inserted for the purpose of capturing and transporting it.
  • Needle grippers of this type are known from DE-GM 88 11 030. Two needle bars are arranged so that they can be moved diagonally to the vertical in a housing. Each needle bar carries needles arranged congruently to the travel axis on its outer surface, the travel axes of both needle bars being arranged in opposite directions with respect to the vertical.
  • the invention is based on the use of these known needle grippers and sets itself the task of being able to grasp, move and store flat workpieces made of textile material, plastic or other materials that can be grasped with such needles, so that even with complicated spatial conditions that are free Movement of the workpiece are a hindrance, a fast and roadworthy way of working is made possible.
  • An alternative of this method is that the workpiece is first gripped and raised at its one edge with a first group of needle grippers, whereupon the gripper group is moved with the gripped edge to the opposite edge of the workpiece which grips with a second group of needle grippers and is raised, after which the workpiece is transported while maintaining its loop-shaped hanging position.
  • a device of the invention that carries out this method is characterized in that the individual needle gripper (2) is directly or indirectly pivotally or pivotably connected to the hand (4) of an industrial robot (5) and from a receptacle parallel to the workpiece (1) - or dispensing position is motor-adjustable in a swiveling position that reduces the workpiece base area, in which the workpiece (1) is transported and deposited.
  • the needle grippers are placed in a parallel position and brought into the gripping position. This makes it possible to lift the individual workpiece from its base or from the next workpiece.
  • the transport of the workpiece to the delivery point should not take place while maintaining the flat position of the workpiece, but it is provided that at least partial areas of the workpiece are pivoted up or down from their flat position, so that they take up a smaller footprint in the transported state.
  • the advantage of this measure is that the workpiece deformed in this way can be passed through openings whose cross sections are smaller than are the dimensions of the flat workpiece.
  • the handling of the workpieces according to the invention achieves the advantage that the load of the workpieces can be absorbed more easily during transport because the base area of the workpieces is significantly reduced by the pivoting. This also improves the ability of the needle grippers to hold the workpiece because the workpiece is gripped by the needle grippers in a more or less vertical position, the needles projecting upward in this position having a particularly secure holding function.
  • Claims 9 to 12 show an independent variant of the invention, in which a rod-like carrier for groups of needle grippers is connected to the hand of the industrial robot and can be rotated or pivoted together with it.
  • the individual needle gripper is therefore no longer arranged on a handlebar, but takes part in the rotating or swiveling movement of the hand of the industrial robot or the rod-like carrier. This makes it possible to first grasp a flat workpiece in one edge region, then to perform an arcuate movement of the gripped workpiece part in order to then grasp the other edge of the workpiece.
  • the workpiece captured in this way envelops the rod-like carrier with the needle grippers to a certain extent, which opens up the possibility of transporting the workpiece held in this way along the carrier axis and thus even of passing the workpiece carrier through small-area openings.
  • the application of the invention is not limited to automotive engineering. There are numerous application examples for inserting flat workpieces in housing-like components, such as. B. lining machine housings with insulating material for the purpose of vibration and noise damping.
  • a workpiece (1) is shown in plan. This is a cut that differs from the rectangular shape through various cuts. This forms partial areas (9) which can be swiveled up or down in different directions about imaginary swivel axes (10).
  • a workpiece can be, for example, the floor covering for a trunk of a motor vehicle.
  • the material of the workpiece mostly consists of textiles; but plastics or other materials that can be gripped by needles can also be used.
  • the frame (6) covers with its handlebars (7) and the needle grippers (2) over a large area the spread flat workpiece (1) and is brought up to the workpiece with its needle grippers (2) in such a way that the needle grippers (2) have a parallel position Take in the workpiece (1).
  • a position is shown, for example, in FIG. 3 for a single needle gripper which, in the inclined position with respect to the vertical, relative to the workpiece surface (1), has adjustable needles (3) which have angular positions and adjustment axes which are offset from the vertical.
  • FIG. 4 shows the extended position of the individual needles (3), which thus penetrate the workpiece (1) at an angle. If you lift the needle gripper (2) in this position shown in Fig. 4, the workpiece (1) or the detected portion (9) of the workpiece is lifted by the needle gripper (2) without the workpiece (1) being able to slide off the needles (3).
  • Fig. 6 shows the workpiece (1) in its transportable position, wherein it can be seen that the handlebars (7) are pivoted into an upright position around the pivot bearing (8) and thus have taken part (9) of the workpiece (1) .
  • a part of an industrial robot is symbolically shown, which holds the hand (4) to which the frame-shaped frame (6) is attached.
  • a workpiece (1) deformed in this way can be inserted, for example, from above through an opening into a trunk of a motor vehicle, the opening of which is smaller than the base area of the spread workpiece (1).
  • the handlebars (7) are pivoted back into the position that is required for pressing or gluing the workpiece to counter surfaces.
  • the invention also includes the reversal of the movement measure described above. It is then conceivable to grasp the center of the workpiece (1) with the hand (4) of the industrial robot or with a central surface of the frame (6) by means of needle grippers. 7) connected Needle grippers (2) can also be detected.
  • the workpiece (1) When lifting the hand (4) of the industrial robot, the workpiece (1) is first moved upwards in its flat position, after which the handlebars (7) can pivot downward, so that the workpiece (1), which is held in its central area how a bell-shaped hood can be transported.
  • This measure is particularly suitable when the workpiece (1) is to be used to encase a body which rises in the form of a stamp.
  • FIG. 5 shows a variant of FIG. 1, from which it can be seen that the handlebars (7) can be pivotally mounted on the frame (6) about mutually oblique axes.
  • the workpiece (1) accordingly has inclined swivel axes (10) for the partial areas (9).
  • correspondingly inclined cantilever arms (11) are attached to the frame (6), which carry the pivot bearings (8) for the handlebars (7).
  • swivel motors (12) are fastened, on the motor pin of which the links (7) are arranged.
  • the handlebar (7) can thus be pivoted in a simple manner via the correspondingly held motor (12).
  • stops (13) are provided on the extension arm (11) or on the frame (6).
  • the handlebars (7) telescopically.
  • FIG. 8 An example of this is shown schematically in FIG. 8, according to which the handlebar (7) is designed in the manner of a telescope (15), one part of which with the needle gripper (2) and the other part with the axis (14) of the pivot bearing (8 ) connected is. Between the two parts acts a spring (16), which moves the handlebar parts (7) back to their starting position as soon as the external force on the telescope (15) decreases.
  • An additional guide rod (24) can be used to prevent the needle gripper (2) from rotating.
  • Such a telescope arrangement can also compensate for dimensional differences that can often occur with different types of vehicles.
  • FIG. 7 a variant is shown in which the workpiece (1) with the help of paired links (7) from the flat position according to FIGS. 2 and 5 into a frame (6) and the links ( 7) enveloping position can be brought according to FIG. 7.
  • Such an arrangement proves to be expedient if the workpiece (1) is to take up as little space as possible for transport and is to be moved, for example, through a relatively small opening.
  • the hand (4) of the industrial robot (5) is then designed such that it can be moved practically perpendicular to the plane of the drawing with the workpiece (1) enveloping it.
  • FIGS. 9 and 10 has an independent inventive character and is therefore patent-independent of the previously described embodiments.
  • Fig. 9 shows a commercial industrial robot (5) with one hand (4) with which a rod-like support (17) is connected, for example screwed.
  • This rod-like carrier (17) thus takes part in the movement of the hand (4) and it can thus be rotated about the axis of the hand (4), pivoted about the axis of the hand (4) and with the hand (4) according to the other Movements of the industrial robot can be moved.
  • the needle gripper group (19) On the rod-like carrier (17) there are two needle gripper groups (18, 19), which are rotationally offset in their direction of action about the axis of rotation of the rod-like carrier (17), as can be seen, for example, from FIG. 11.
  • the needle gripper group (19) is about to grasp the edge region (22) of the workpiece (1).
  • the needles of this needle gripper group (19) are directed downwards against the workpiece (1).
  • the other needle gripper group (18) points with its needles upwards or to one side and is therefore not involved in gripping the edge region (22) of the workpiece (1).
  • the needle gripper group (19) In position A, the needle gripper group (19) is parallel to the workpiece (1) or to its edge area (22) and is able to grasp the workpiece (1) at this point.
  • the hand (4) of the industrial robot (5) is then lifted with the rod-like support (17) and moved in the direction of position B for detecting the other edge area (23) of the workpiece (1).
  • the rod-like carrier (17) is rotated by hand (4) about its longitudinal axis, to such an extent that the previously uninvolved needle gripper group (18) is in the parallel position to the edge region (23) of the workpiece (1) reached.
  • the previously detected edge area (22) of the workpiece (1) is taken along to form a curvature, so that the rod-like support (17) is enveloped by the workpiece (1) at a distance.
  • the rod-like carrier (17) is encased approximately in a U-shape after the second edge region (23) of the workpiece (1) has been detected.
  • the hand (4) of the workpiece carrier is pivoted about its own hinge axis into position C and also moved into position D towards a vehicle (20) in such a way that the rod-like carrier (17) with the workpiece (1) held by the needle gripper groups (18, 19) through the side door opening (21) of a vehicle (20).
  • This insertion of the workpiece (1) is controlled so that one edge region (22 or 23) of the workpiece (1) is brought into the end position determined for support.
  • the assigned needle gripper group (18 or 19) is released so that the assigned edge area (22 or 23) comes to rest against the vehicle floor parts.

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EP90117629A 1989-10-06 1990-09-13 Dispositif et procédé pour pincer, relever, transporter et mettre en place des pièces à travailler en rappe Expired - Lifetime EP0421167B1 (fr)

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