EP3201106A1 - Conveying device, drying system, and method for conveying workpieces - Google Patents
Conveying device, drying system, and method for conveying workpiecesInfo
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- EP3201106A1 EP3201106A1 EP15767141.3A EP15767141A EP3201106A1 EP 3201106 A1 EP3201106 A1 EP 3201106A1 EP 15767141 A EP15767141 A EP 15767141A EP 3201106 A1 EP3201106 A1 EP 3201106A1
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- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
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Definitions
- the present invention relates to a conveying device for conveying workpieces, in particular for conveying vehicle bodies.
- a conveyor device can be designed, for example, as a roller conveyor device or as a suspended conveyor device.
- the present invention has for its object to provide a conveying device for conveying workpieces, by means of which to be dried workpieces can be conveyed easily and reliably and at the same time dried efficiently.
- the conveyor device according to the invention comprises an inclined conveyor device, in particular still wet and dry workpieces can be conveyed so that a liquid can easily flow away from the workpieces and the workpieces can thus be dried efficiently while conveying them.
- the reference plane can be defined for example by a support surface, two main extension directions and / or a plane of symmetry of the workpiece.
- the conveying device comprises a prefeeding device and / or a Nach redesignvoriques, by means of which the workpieces in the initial orientation along the conveying direction can be conveyed.
- the pre-conveying device and / or the Nach redesignettiiques are preferably formed as a roller conveyor or a roller conveyor.
- the initial alignment of the workpieces is an orientation in which a substantially planar support surface of each workpiece and / or a substantially planar support surface of a workpiece holder for receiving one or more workpieces in
- the bearing surface is preferably in a reference plane of the workpiece.
- the oblique orientation of the workpieces is an orientation in which a substantially planar support surface of each workpiece and / or a substantially planar support surface of a workpiece holder for receiving one or more workpieces obliquely to the conveying direction and / or obliquely to a horizontal Level is aligned. Furthermore, it can be provided that an oblique orientation of the workpieces is an alignment in which a substantially planar support surface of each workpiece and / or a substantially planar support surface of a workpiece holder for receiving one or more workpieces substantially parallel to the conveying direction and / or obliquely a horizontal plane is aligned.
- the respective workpiece and / or the respective workpiece holder is aligned along the conveying direction and / or arranged laterally inclined with respect to the conveying direction.
- workpieces by means of workpiece holders, which preferably comprise one or more runner-like support elements, along the conveying direction are conveyed.
- a workpiece holder can be designed, for example, as a skid.
- a skid preferably comprises two runner-like support elements (runners), which are connected to one another by means of crossbeams.
- the workpieces, in particular one workpiece per workpiece holder, are preferably fixed to the cross members and / or on the runner-like support elements.
- a workpiece holder is designed as a ski bar.
- a ski bar may comprise two runner-like support elements each independently fixed to the same work piece.
- the inclined conveyor device comprises a drive device which is designed, for example, as a chain conveyor and / or as a belt conveyor.
- the drive device comprises a conveyor element, in particular a driver and / or a receptacle, which engages a workpiece holder and / or a workpiece in order to convey the workpiece and / or the workpiece holder.
- a conveyor element in particular a driver and / or a receptacle, which engages a workpiece holder and / or a workpiece in order to convey the workpiece and / or the workpiece holder.
- the conveying element can be movable, for example, by means of a chain element.
- the conveying element is movable by means of a drive device on a closed path.
- the inclined conveyor device comprises a drive device by means of which a workpiece and / or a workpiece holder together with an at least one workpiece arranged thereon for tilting the same can be raised.
- the conveying device comprises a lifting device, by means of which the workpieces and / or the workpiece holders, including the one or more workpieces arranged thereon, can be raised, at least in sections, starting from an initial level, in particular for tilting the workpieces.
- the workpieces and / or the workpiece holders, including the one or more workpieces arranged thereon can be raised by means of the lifting device starting from an initial level in a front region of the workpieces and / or the workpiece holders.
- the workpieces and / or the workpiece holders, including the one or more workpieces arranged thereon can be raised from an initial level in a rear region of the workpieces and / or the workpiece holders by means of the lifting device ,
- an initial level is a level, for example a height above a flat floor, in particular hall floor, on which the workpiece and / or the workpiece holder is located, before it is brought from the initial orientation into the oblique orientation.
- the conveying device comprises a lowering device, by means of which the workpieces and / or the workpiece holders, including the one or more workpieces arranged thereon, can be lowered at least in sections starting from an initial level, in particular for tilting the workpieces.
- the workpieces and / or the workpiece holders can be lowered from an initial level in a rear region of the workpieces and / or the workpiece holders by means of the lowering device.
- the workpieces and / or the workpiece holders can be lowered from an initial level in a front region of the workpieces and / or the workpiece holders by means of the lowering device.
- a rear region of the workpieces and / or the workpiece holders with respect to the conveying direction can preferably be placed on a conveyor belt, on rollers, on one or more belts and / or on sanding plates and can be conveyed along the direction of conveyance or along the conveying direction.
- a level on which the workpieces and / or the workpiece receptacles as a whole can be conveyed along the conveying direction can be changed along the conveying direction.
- a level on which a front region of the workpieces and / or workpiece holders can be conveyed along the conveying direction can be changed along the conveying direction, in particular raised and / or lowered, is.
- a lifting device and / or by means of a lowering device of the conveying device a level on which a rear portion of the workpieces and / or the workpiece holders along the conveying direction is conveyed along the conveying direction changeable, in particular liftable and / or lowerable, is.
- the inclined conveyor device comprises a lifting device and / or a lowering device, by means of which the workpieces and / or the workpiece holders, including the one or more workpieces arranged thereon, are rotatable about an axis of rotation extending at least approximately parallel to the conveying direction.
- the inclined conveyor device comprises a lifting device and / or a lowering device, by means of which the workpieces and / or the workpiece holders, including the one or more workpieces arranged thereon, are laterally liftable and / or lowerable with respect to the conveying direction.
- the lifting device and / or the lowering device of the inclined conveyor device are formed by one or more sections of a roller conveyor or a roller conveyor of the conveyor.
- the workpieces and / or the workpiece holders during the change of orientation from the initial orientation in the oblique orientation and / or during the change of the orientation of the oblique orientation in the initial orientation along the conveying direction are conveyed.
- the conveyor device on the one hand and the workpieces and / or workpiece holders for receiving one or more workpieces on the other hand each comprise at least one conveyor element, wherein the conveyor elements for moving the workpieces in the oblique orientation and / or for conveying the workpieces in the oblique orientation along the conveying direction can be brought into engagement with each other.
- the conveying device according to the invention is particularly suitable for use in a drying plant for drying workpieces, in particular for drying vehicle bodies.
- the present invention therefore also relates to a drying plant for drying workpieces, in particular for drying vehicle bodies.
- Such a drying plant preferably comprises one or more conveying devices according to the invention.
- the drying plant preferably has one or more of the features and / or advantages described in connection with the conveying device according to the invention.
- the workpieces are preferably active or passively dryable.
- the workpieces are here in the oblique orientation so conveyed that a liquid can easily and reliably drip off of the workpieces.
- the present invention further relates to a method for conveying workpieces, in particular for conveying vehicle bodies.
- the object of the present invention is to provide a method by means of which workpieces to be dried can be conveyed simply and reliably and at the same time dried efficiently.
- Oblique alignment is arranged.
- the method according to the invention preferably has one or more of the features and / or advantages described in connection with the conveying device according to the invention and / or the drying device according to the invention.
- the workpiece during conveyance thereof along the conveying direction from the initial orientation in the oblique orientation can be brought.
- the workpiece can be brought out of the oblique orientation into the initial orientation during the conveying thereof along the conveying direction.
- the conveying device according to the invention can have one or more of the features and / or advantages described below.
- the inclined conveyor device comprises a chain conveyor, which comprises a chain for driving the workpieces.
- a back strand of the chain moved in the operation of the chain conveyor counter to a conveying direction is preferably moved to an initial level or lower.
- a pre-strand of the chain moved in the conveying direction is preferably arranged above the back strand, in particular at a level higher than the initial level.
- the chain is preferably provided with a plurality of conveying elements, which in each case can be brought into engagement with a workpiece or a workpiece holder, in particular a conveying element of a workpiece and / or a workpiece holder, for example during a transition from the back strand to the primary strand of the chain.
- the workpiece and / or the workpiece holder are preferably raised in a front region with respect to the conveying direction, in particular to a height of the pre-strand, whereby the oblique orientation (inclination) results.
- a rear region of the workpiece and / or the workpiece holder with respect to the conveying direction can first be lowered, for example via an intermediate conveyor, and / or continued on rollers, grinding plates or belts.
- the rear region of the workpiece and / or the workpiece holder is preferably conveyed to the initial level or lower lying along the conveying direction.
- the starting level is, in particular, a normal conveying technology level, on which the workpieces and / or the workpiece holders, together with the workpieces arranged thereon, are preferably conveyed by means of a pre-feed device and / or a re-feeding device. It may be favorable if a height or a level of the pre-strand of the chain of the chain conveyor is adjustable, in particular automatically adjustable. As a result, preferably different oblique orientations (inclinations), in particular along the conveying direction varying
- the oblique orientation (inclination) can be varied.
- the conveying device is suitable in particular for use in a drying plant, which adjoins, for example, a liquid treatment plant for the treatment of workpieces.
- a liquid treatment system designed as a cathodic dip painting system can be provided.
- the conveying device according to the invention is arranged between a liquid treatment plant and an active drying device of a drying plant, for example a heating device, for drying treated workpieces. In this way, preferably, a liquid entry into the active drying device can be minimized.
- Fig. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a first
- Embodiment of a conveying device which comprises a Schräg basicvoriques with a lifting device; an enlarged schematic representation of the area of the lifting device of the conveyor of FIG. 1 ; a further schematic representation of the range of
- FIG. 1 Lifting device of the conveyor of FIG. 1 ; a schematic side view of a second embodiment of a conveying device in which a lowering device is provided; a schematic side view of a third embodiment of a conveying device in which a lifting device and a lowering device are provided, wherein a workpiece is conveyed in an initial orientation at an initial level; 5 a corresponding schematic representation of the conveying device from FIG. 5, wherein the workpiece is transferred from a Vor fundamentalvoriques to a Schräg basicvoriques; 5 a corresponding schematic representation of the conveying device from FIG. 5, wherein the workpiece is raised by means of the lifting device in a front region with respect to the conveying direction;
- Fig. 8 is a corresponding to FIG. 5 schematic representation of
- FIG. 9 is a corresponding to FIG. 5 schematic representation of
- FIG. 10 is a schematic representation of a fourth embodiment of a conveyor device in which the workpiece is rotatable about an axis parallel to the conveying direction, the workpiece being in an initial orientation;
- Fig. 11 is a corresponding to FIG. 10 schematic representation of
- a first embodiment of a conveying device designated as a whole as 100 in FIGS. 1 to 3 serves to convey workpieces 102, in particular vehicle bodies 104, along a conveying direction 106.
- the conveyor device 100 may be part of a drying system 108 for drying the workpieces 102, for example.
- the workpieces 102 are preferably tiltable by means of the conveyor 100 to facilitate or facilitate drainage of liquids from the workpieces 102.
- the conveyor device 100 comprises a prefeeder device 110, by means of which the workpieces 102 can be conveyed in an initial orientation, which is in particular a substantially horizontal orientation.
- the pre-feed device 110 is in particular a roller conveyor 112 or a roller conveyor 114.
- the pre-conveying device 110 comprises two rows, tracks or tracks running parallel to one another and parallel to the conveying direction 106, which each comprise rollers arranged linearly one behind the other.
- rollers serve in particular for receiving and conveying workpiece holders 116 for receiving the workpieces 102.
- the workpiece holders 116 each comprise two runner-like support elements 118, which are connected to one another by means of cross members 120.
- the support elements 118 each include a substantially planar support surface 122, by means of which the workpiece holder 116 can be placed on the roller conveyor 112 or the roller conveyor 114.
- Such workpiece holders 116 are designed in particular as a skid 124.
- the support elements 118 preferably form runners 126 of the skid 124.
- the bearing surfaces 122 of the workpiece holder 116 are aligned substantially parallel to the conveying direction 106 and substantially horizontally.
- initial alignment The alignment of the workpiece holder 116 obtained therefrom and a workpiece 102 arranged thereon is referred to below as initial alignment.
- the conveying device 100 therefore comprises, in addition to the pre-conveying device 110 for conveying the workpiece 102 in the initial orientation, an inclined conveying device 130, by means of which the workpiece 102 can be conveyed along the conveying direction 106 in an oblique orientation oriented obliquely to the initial orientation.
- the bearing surfaces 122 of the workpiece holder 116 are aligned obliquely to the conveying direction 106 and obliquely to the horizontal.
- liquid adhering to the workpiece 102 can easily flow away from the workpiece 102.
- the workpiece 102 can thereby be dried quickly and reliably.
- the inclined conveyor device 130 comprises a lifting device 132, by means of which with respect to the conveying direction 106 front portion 134 of the workpiece holder 116 and the workpiece 102 arranged thereon can be raised.
- the lifting device 132 is for example part of a drive device 136 of the inclined conveyor device 130, which is designed in particular as a chain conveyor 138.
- the chain conveyor 138 includes, for example, one or two chains 140, which are formed annularly closed.
- a movable in the conveying direction 106 portion of each chain 140 forms a leader 142th
- each chain 140 forms a back strand 144th
- the precursor 142 is arranged above the initial level 128.
- the back strand 144 is preferably located below the initial level 128.
- a conveying element 146 of the inclined conveyor device 130 can be driven, in particular on a closed annular path movable.
- the conveying element 146 is in particular guided in a circulation counter to the conveying direction 106 above the initial level 128 in the conveying direction 106 and below the initial level 128.
- the conveying element 146 can be driven, for example, by means of the one or two chains 140.
- the conveying element 146 is arranged between two mutually parallel chains 140 of a chain conveyor 138 and can be conveyed by moving the chains 140 in an annularly closed path.
- the conveying element 146 of the inclined conveyor device 130 can in particular be brought into engagement with a cross member 120 of the workpiece holder 116, for example with sections of the cross member 120 which project laterally beyond the runner-like support elements 118.
- a cross member 120 of the workpiece holder 116 thus forms a conveying element 146 of the workpiece holder 116.
- the cross member 120 can be brought into engagement with the conveying element 146 of the inclined conveyor device 130 in the region of the lifting device 132 and can be raised in the further course of movement of the conveying element 146 of the inclined conveyor device 130 starting from the initial level 128.
- the front region 134 of the workpiece holder 116 and of the workpiece 102 arranged thereon is likewise raised, while a rear region 148 of the workpiece holder 116 and of the workpiece 102 with respect to the conveying direction 106 remains substantially unchanged at the initial level 128.
- the workpiece 102 can be conveyed along the conveying direction 106 by means of the inclined conveyor device 130.
- a locking device (not shown) may be provided.
- the inclined conveyor device 130 comprises a lowering device 152 on an end region 150 of the inclined conveyor device 130 opposite to the lifting device 132, by means of which the front region 134 of the workpiece holder 116 and the workpiece 102 arranged thereon can be lowered back to the starting level 128 and in which the Conveying element 146 of the inclined conveyor direction 130 and the cross member 120 of the workpiece holder 116 can be disengaged.
- the workpiece holder 116 and the workpiece 102 can thus be brought into the starting orientation in the end region 150 of the inclined conveyor device 130 from the oblique orientation.
- the first embodiment of the conveyor 100 described above functions as follows:
- a workpiece 102 which has previously been treated by means of a liquid treatment system, is fed to the inclined conveyor device 130 via the pre-conveying device 110.
- the workpiece 102 and the workpiece holder 116 for receiving the workpiece 102 are initially in an initial orientation to initial level 128 before.
- the lifting device 132 of the inclined conveyor 130 By means of the lifting device 132 of the inclined conveyor 130 then the front portion 134 of the workpiece holder 116 and the workpiece 102 disposed thereon is raised and brought the workpiece holder 116 together with the workpiece 102 arranged thereon in an oblique orientation.
- one of the conveying elements 146 of the inclined conveyor device 130 and a cross member 120 of the workpiece holder 116 are brought into engagement with one another and raised by means of the chain conveyor 138 starting from the initial level 128.
- the workpiece 102 arranged on the workpiece holder 116 is then conveyed along the conveying direction 106. Due to the oblique orientation, a dripping process of the workpiece 102 can be optimized.
- the front region 134 of the workpiece holder 116 and the workpiece 102 arranged thereon are lowered again to the starting level 128.
- the conveying element 146 of the inclined conveyor device 130 is brought out of engagement with the cross member 120 of the workpiece holder 116.
- the inclined conveyor device 130 comprises a plurality of conveying elements 146, which are arranged on the same chain 140 or on the same chains 140.
- a plurality of workpiece receivers 116 each having one or more workpieces 102 arranged thereon, can thus be conveyed in the oblique orientation along the conveying direction 106, in particular simultaneously.
- the workpieces 102 are transferred to a post-feed device (not shown) and in particular conveyed further in the initial orientation.
- FIGS. 1 to 3 One in Fig. 4 illustrated second embodiment of a conveying device 100 differs from that shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 essentially in that, instead of lifting the front region 134 of the workpiece holder 116 and the workpiece 102 arranged thereon, lowering of the rear region 148 of the workpiece holder 116 and the workpiece 102 arranged thereon is provided.
- the lowering device 152 provided for this purpose is designed, for example, as a belt conveyor 154 and serves, in particular, for lowering the rear region 148 of the workpiece holder 116 and the workpiece 102 arranged thereon below the initial level 128.
- the lowering device 152 provided for this purpose is designed, for example, as a belt conveyor 154 and serves, in particular, for lowering the rear region 148 of the workpiece holder 116 and the workpiece 102 arranged thereon below the initial level 128.
- a separate support of the cross member 120 of the workpiece holder 116 while the front portion 134 of the workpiece holder 116 and the workpiece 102 disposed thereon can be preferably maintained at the initial level 128.
- FIGS. 5-9 show a third embodiment of a conveying device 100 that differs from the first embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 essentially in that in addition to the inclined conveying device 130 provided according to the first embodiment for lifting the front region 134 of the workpiece holder 116 and of the workpiece 102 arranged thereon, an inclined conveyor device 130 according to the embodiment shown in FIG. 4 and thus provided for lowering the rear portion 148 of the workpiece holder 116 and the workpiece 102 arranged thereon.
- the workpiece 102 can thereby be made particularly steep, so that an angle between the bearing surfaces 122 of the workpiece holder 116 and a horizontal plane is particularly large, for example, at least about 10 °, preferably at least about 20 °.
- the rear portion 148 of the workpiece holder 116 and the workpiece 102 disposed thereon is then lowered below the initial level 128 to obtain the desired oblique orientation of the workpiece 102 for conveying the same along the conveying direction 106.
- the workpiece holder 116 rests on the conveyor element 146 of the inclined conveyor device 130 on the one hand.
- a rear region 148 of the workpiece holder 116 preferably rests on sliding elements 156 of the inclined conveyor device 130, which enable low-friction movement of the workpiece holder 116 and the workpiece 102 arranged thereon along the conveying direction 106.
- a lowering device 152 for lowering the front portion 134 of the workpiece holder 116 and the workpiece 102 disposed thereon and a corresponding lifting device 132 for lifting the rear portion 148 of the workpiece holder 116 and the workpiece 102 arranged thereon.
- the workpiece assembly together with the workpiece 102 arranged thereon could again be brought into the initial orientation and / or to the initial level 128.
- the third embodiment of the conveyor device 100 shown in FIGS. 5 to 9 is identical in construction and function to the one shown in FIGS. 1 to 4 illustrated embodiments, so that reference is made to the above description thereof in this regard.
- a fourth embodiment of a conveyor 100 shown in FIGS. 10 and 11 essentially differs from the first embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 in that the workpiece holder 116 and the workpiece 102 arranged thereon are essentially parallel to the conveying direction 106 is aligned to be brought from the initial orientation (see Fig. 10) in the oblique orientation (see Fig. 11).
- the inclined conveyor 130 of the in Figs. 10 and 11 illustrated fourth embodiment of the conveying device 100 is in this case formed as a roller conveyor 112 or a roller conveyor 114.
- Two tracks 158 or tracks 160 of the roller conveyor 112 or the roller conveyor 114 can be raised and / or lowered relative to one another and thus form the lifting device 132 and / or the lowering device 152 of the inclined conveyor device 130.
- conveying devices 100 In further embodiments (not shown) of conveying devices 100, one or more features of the embodiments described above may be combined as desired. In particular, it can be provided that a conveying device 100 both a
- Inclined conveyor 130 according to the first embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 and a inclined conveyor device 130 according to the fourth embodiment shown in FIGS. 10 and 11 comprises.
- the workpieces 102 can be conveyed along the conveying direction 106 in all conveyor devices 100 by means of an inclined conveyor device 130 in an oblique orientation arranged at an angle to the initial orientation, the workpieces 102 can be conveyed simply and reliably and at the same time dried efficiently.
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