EP2100705B1 - Dispositif destiné à appliquer une garniture et encoller des éléments de meubles - Google Patents

Dispositif destiné à appliquer une garniture et encoller des éléments de meubles Download PDF

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EP2100705B1
EP2100705B1 EP08004390A EP08004390A EP2100705B1 EP 2100705 B1 EP2100705 B1 EP 2100705B1 EP 08004390 A EP08004390 A EP 08004390A EP 08004390 A EP08004390 A EP 08004390A EP 2100705 B1 EP2100705 B1 EP 2100705B1
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Bodo Tönnigs
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B27—WORKING OR PRESERVING WOOD OR SIMILAR MATERIAL; NAILING OR STAPLING MACHINES IN GENERAL
    • B27M—WORKING OF WOOD NOT PROVIDED FOR IN SUBCLASSES B27B - B27L; MANUFACTURE OF SPECIFIC WOODEN ARTICLES
    • B27M3/00—Manufacture or reconditioning of specific semi-finished or finished articles
    • B27M3/0006—Devices for fixing fittings into holes
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B27—WORKING OR PRESERVING WOOD OR SIMILAR MATERIAL; NAILING OR STAPLING MACHINES IN GENERAL
    • B27M—WORKING OF WOOD NOT PROVIDED FOR IN SUBCLASSES B27B - B27L; MANUFACTURE OF SPECIFIC WOODEN ARTICLES
    • B27M3/00—Manufacture or reconditioning of specific semi-finished or finished articles
    • B27M3/0013—Manufacture or reconditioning of specific semi-finished or finished articles of composite or compound articles
    • B27M3/0026—Manufacture or reconditioning of specific semi-finished or finished articles of composite or compound articles characterised by oblong elements connected laterally
    • B27M3/0053—Manufacture or reconditioning of specific semi-finished or finished articles of composite or compound articles characterised by oblong elements connected laterally using glue

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  • the present invention relates to an apparatus for processing workpieces such as furniture parts, according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • Such a device is made JP 02 160 440 known.
  • Devices for fitting furniture parts are known in the art. In such devices can be set successively or simultaneously by different mechanical and robotic elements respective fittings.
  • the devices are designed as gantry machines, which have a movable along a workpiece transport means portal on which a gripping device is mounted.
  • the gantry machines hereby singulate from a magazine, e.g. a vibrator, the fittings to be set and lead them to a gripping device.
  • the gripping device moves on the basis of the movable portal on a provided workpiece and sets the fittings, the fittings can be either set only or additionally set with screws.
  • the portal is held stationary and move in operation, the gripping device and the workpiece.
  • the invention has the object, a device for processing workpieces, such as furniture parts, develop such that an increase in cycle times and thus more efficient production can be achieved.
  • the inventive device for processing workpieces preferably furniture parts, in this case comprises at least one portal, which has at least two portal bridges, of which at least one is movably mounted on the portal; one or more processing units, each movably mounted on one or more of the at least two gantry bridges; at least one provision device for supplying elements to be processed to the at least one processing unit; and at least two feeders for feeding and holding workpieces.
  • at least the at least one moveable gantry bridge extends at least transversely over the at least two feed devices, and the at least one moveable gantry bridge can be moved transversely and perpendicularly in the direction of the longitudinal extent of the feed device.
  • the portal bridges can be arranged movable or stationary over the device, but at least one gantry bridge is arranged movable.
  • the portal bridges are designed to be a respective one To bring processing unit into position relative to a workpiece.
  • the movable gantry bridge in the direction of the longitudinal extension of the feeder, transversely and vertically movable, in other words, the gantry bridge is movable in both the X, Y and Z direction.
  • a fixed gantry bridge is preferably designed such that it can also be moved vertically (Z direction).
  • the processing units are arranged movably on the respective gantry bridge.
  • At least two feed devices are provided in the device according to the invention, wherein at least the movable gantry bridge extends over both feed devices.
  • the respective processing units can be moved as required along the gantry bridges to one of the feeders.
  • workpieces are preferably furniture parts, such as left and right sides of furniture.
  • both single pages and pairs of pages can be processed.
  • the workpieces are aligned in the device, for example on stops which are arranged on the respective feed device. In this way, the workpieces to be processed in the actual setting / screwing are always aligned with respect to the processing units, and production errors, such as a crooked setting of fittings can be avoided.
  • the term “portal” encompasses two-sidedly supported devices as well as devices configured on one side as cantilevers.
  • the "portal bridges" of the portal can thus be designed both “classic” supported on two sides, as well as unilaterally in the form of a boom.
  • the device further comprises a gluing device for gluing workpieces on at least one of the gantry bridges.
  • the gluing device can be designed, for example, in the form of glue nozzles.
  • glue beads comprise a coating of hardened skin of glue, with liquid glue inside. If a glue bead is placed in a dowel hole and a dowel penetrates into the dowel hole, the skin of the glue bead bursts and the liquid glue inside the bead is released and initiates the gluing process of the parts.
  • the device may further comprise at least one miniature robot on at least one of the portal bridges.
  • the miniature robot for example an articulated robot, may be provided to assist in the screwing and setting operations, i.
  • the micro-robot can pre-position or set elements and thus contribute to increasing the efficiency of the device.
  • At least one feeding device comprises a belt or roller transport, with which the workpieces of the device be supplied.
  • Belt or roller transports require low maintenance, wear and low costs. The execution of the feeding device in the form of belt or roller transports can thus help to minimize the acquisition and operating costs of the device.
  • At least one feeding device has gripping devices, preferably in the form of a clamping pliers.
  • the gripping devices can be arranged to be movable along a frame by the device, wherein the feed device in this case comprises both the gripping device and the frame. In this way, depending on the workpiece to be transported between a horizontal transport, for example, on a belt or roller transport, or a floating transport with the gripping devices are selected.
  • At least two feeding devices can be operated independently of each other.
  • the feeding devices can each be moved forwards or backwards or stopped independently of each other.
  • a plurality of subsequent workpieces are transported with the feeding devices for processing into the device.
  • the workpieces can be held stationary during processing, or even temporarily moved in the direction of the longitudinal extension of the respective feeding device.
  • the processing order of the workpieces - by appropriate forward and backward movement of the workpieces on the feeder - adapt as desired.
  • a workpiece could initially be preferred for a specific processing and subsequently returned to the original sequence. This can help to minimize processing unit downtime and make production more efficient.
  • the providing device is designed to deliver the elements to be processed to the processing unit individually. This makes it possible to individually supply the required element.
  • the at least one provision device is preferably arranged above the processing unit, so that the shortest possible delivery paths are provided and the time required for the supply is minimized accordingly.
  • At least one processing unit is designed as a setting unit for setting the elements to be processed into the respective workpieces.
  • the setting unit is advantageously designed to trigger the actual setting process, preferably by a signal received from a control device.
  • processing units could be configured as a unit for screwing the elements to be processed or as a unit for pressing the elements into the respective workpieces. Due to the various design possibilities of the processing units, different operations can be carried out and the processing units can be individually adapted to the type of processing to be performed. This makes it possible, for example, to variably adapt the device to different production series.
  • the elements to be processed comprise fittings, connecting elements, fixing elements and / or furniture elements.
  • Fittings here include, for example, cross plates or rails
  • the fasteners include, for example, dowels or sleeves
  • the fixing elements include, for example, holding mushrooms, stoppers or floor supports.
  • At least one processing unit is designed to be able to process both individual fittings and series of fittings.
  • the processing unit can be designed to set the fittings and then press in, screw in or push in and screw them together.
  • FIG. 1 shows an inventive apparatus for processing workpieces.
  • Fig. 1 shows a preferred embodiment of the inventive device for processing workpieces 10.
  • the device comprises two feeders 1, 2, which are designed in the embodiment shown as belt transports. However, it is also conceivable to design the feed devices as roller transports or gripping devices, or to use combinations of different feed devices.
  • the device further comprises a plurality of gantry bridges 3, which may be fixed or moved to a portal 20 as required.
  • a portal bridge 3 designed to be movable, at least this movable portal bridge 3 extends over both feeders 1, 2.
  • all of the portal bridges 3 are arranged so that they extend over both feeders 1, 2.
  • the movable gantry bridge 3 in the direction of the longitudinal extent of the feeding device 1, 2 (indicated by the arrow in FIG Fig. 1 ), transversely to the longitudinal extent and vertically movable.
  • a plurality of provision devices 4 are provided, which supply the elements to be processed, such as fittings, to the respective processing unit 5.
  • a gluing device (not shown) for gluing workpieces 10 and / or at least one miniature robot (not shown) to support the screwing and setting operations on at least one of the portal bridges 3.
  • the workpieces 10 to be processed are fed via the feeders 1, 2, then pass through the device where they are processed, and are subsequently transported out at the point 6.
  • the provisioning device 4 separates the elements to be processed, such as fittings, and then guides them to the gantry bridges 3, or more precisely to the processing units 5 arranged on the gantry bridges 3.
  • the processing units 5 can be designed differently depending on the purpose of use, For example, as a set unit, unit for screwing the elements to be processed or as a unit for pressing the elements into the respective workpieces 10. It is conceivable that a particular workpiece 10 is processed in its passage through the device in total only on a processing unit 5. In this case, for example, only a fitting is set in the workpiece 10. Furthermore, it is also conceivable that a specific workpiece 10 is processed at a plurality of processing units 5, for example, when initially set a fitting and this is then bolted to the workpiece 10.
  • the respective workpiece 10 can be held stationary, or even temporarily in the direction of the longitudinal extent of the respective feeding device 1, 2 are moved.
  • the feeding devices 1, 2 can each be moved forward or backward or stopped independently.
  • preferably several subsequent workpieces are transported with the feeding devices 1, 2 for processing in the device.
  • the processing sequence of the workpieces 10 can in this case be adjusted as desired by appropriately advancing or retracting the workpieces 10 on the feed device 1, 2, and / or a corresponding movement of the movable portal 3.
  • the processing units 5 and the workpieces 10 which are supplied simultaneously on several tracks of processing and can be processed simultaneously or sequentially, the production process can be optimized

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  1. Dispositif pour le traitement de pièces (10), comportant :
    au moins un portique (20), qui comprend deux ponts (3), dont au moins un est monté mobile sur le portique (20) ;
    une ou plusieurs unités de traitement (5) montées chacune de manière mobile sur un ou plusieurs des ponts (3) au moins au nombre de deux ;
    au moins un dispositif de mise à disposition (4) pour acheminer les éléments à traiter vers ladite au moins une unité de traitement (5) ;
    caractérisé en ce que ledit dispositif
    comprend au moins deux dispositifs d'acheminement (1, 2) pour acheminer et tenir à disposition les pièces (10),
    au moins ledit au moins un pont (3) mobile s'étendant transversalement auxdits au moins deux dispositifs d'acheminement (1, 2), et ledit au moins un pont (3) mobile dans la direction du sens longitudinal du dispositif d'acheminement étant mobile transversalement et perpendiculairement à celle-ci.
  2. Dispositif selon la revendication 1, comportant en outre un dispositif d'encollage pour encoller des pièces (10) sur au moins un des ponts (3) du portique.
  3. Dispositif selon la revendication 1 ou 2, comportant en outre au moins un petit robot sur au moins un des ponts (3) du portique.
  4. Dispositif selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 3, dans lequel au moins un dispositif d'acheminement (1, 2) comprend un système de transport à courroie ou à rouleaux.
  5. Dispositif selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 3, dans lequel au moins un dispositif d'acheminement (1, 2) comprend des organes de préhension.
  6. Dispositif selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 5, dans lequel au moins deux dispositifs d'acheminement (1, 2) peuvent être exploités indépendamment l'un de l'autre.
  7. Dispositif selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 6, dans lequel le dispositif de mise à disposition (4) est configuré pour acheminer séparément les éléments à traiter vers l'unité de traitement (5).
  8. Dispositif selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 7, dans lequel au moins une unité de traitement (5) est réalisée sous la forme d'une unité de pose, pour poser les éléments à traiter dans les pièces (10) respectives.
  9. Dispositif selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 8, dans lequel les éléments à traiter comprennent des ferrures, des éléments de jonction, des éléments de fixation et/ou des éléments de meuble.
  10. Dispositif selon la revendication 9, dans lequel au moins une unité de traitement (5) est configurée pour pouvoir traiter des ferrures individuellement, de même que des séries de ferrures.
  11. Dispositif selon la revendication 10, dans lequel l'unité de traitement (5) est configurée pour poser les ferrures, et ensuite pour les enfoncer, pour les visser ou pour les enfoncer et les visser.
EP08004390A 2008-03-10 2008-03-10 Dispositif destiné à appliquer une garniture et encoller des éléments de meubles Not-in-force EP2100705B1 (fr)

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