JP2000126887A - Method and device for accumulating of laser beam machined product - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an accumulating method for a laser beam machined product and a device therefor by efficiently sorting and accumulating the products and skeltons. SOLUTION: Products P are picked up together with skeltons S by a fork 63 and are carried out to a first roller table 61, only end parts of the skeltons S are clamped by a sorting clamper 81 and are pulled up to a second roller table 67. At this time, the sorting clamper 81, the first roller table 61 and a truck for product 55 are synchronously moved by a controller 12, the products P only are fallen from the gap between the first roller table 61 and the second roller table 67 and are accumulated in the truck for the product 55 waiting thereunder. Successively, the sorting clamper 81, the second roller table 67 and a truck for skelton 57 are synchronously moved by the controller 12, by unclamping the sorting clamp 81, the skeltons S are accumulated in the truck for the skelton 57 waiting thereunder.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method for integrating products by laser processing and an apparatus for integrating products by laser processing for integrating products cut and processed by a laser processing machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As shown in FIG. 5, a product P conventionally cut by a laser beam machine has a skeleton due to friction between an outer peripheral surface of a cut surface of the product P and an inner peripheral surface on a skeleton S side. Sticking to S. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 6, the product P and the skeleton S are unloaded from the laser beam machine by the pipe roller 101, and
It is general that the pallet 3 is stacked on the stacking pallet 105.

[0003]

However, in such a conventional technique, as shown in FIG.
Since the product P and the skeleton S are accumulated on the same accumulation pallet 105, the operator has to sort the products P, which is not only troublesome but also has a problem that the working efficiency is poor.

Further, if the product P is separated from the skeleton S at the time of integration, the product P and the skeleton S overlap and the height of integration increases, so that there is a problem that the amount that can be integrated is reduced.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to focus on the above-described conventional techniques, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a method and an apparatus for integrating a product by laser processing, which can efficiently sort and integrate products and skeletons. An object of the present invention is to provide a product integration device.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, a method of accumulating products by laser processing according to the first aspect of the present invention separates and accumulates products cut by a laser processing machine from a skeleton. In the method of accumulating products by laser processing, the cut product is carried out integrally with a skeleton to a first roller table, and a product cart for accumulating the products is transferred to the first roller table and the first roller table. While being positioned between the roller table and a second roller table located at a high position, the end of the skeleton is clamped only by a sorting clamper and pulled up to the second roller table, and the first roller After dropping the product separated from the skeleton from between the table and the second roller table and accumulating it on the product cart, Moving the rollers of the second roller table supporting the skeleton in the direction of the first roller table, unclamping the sorting clamper, dropping the skeleton onto the skeleton carriage, and accumulating the skeleton. It is a feature.

Therefore, the product cut by the laser beam machine is carried out together with the skeleton to the first roller table, and the end of the skeleton carried out on the first roller table is clamped by the sorting clamper to form a second product. Raise to the second roller table. At this time, the product trolley is moved between the first roller table and the second roller table, and only the product falls from between the first roller table and the second roller table, and waits for a lower position. That are integrated in the product trolley. Then, the skeleton carriage is moved in synchronization with the sorting clamper, the rollers of the second roller table are moved, and the skeleton being lifted to the second roller table while unclamping the sorting clamper is waited downward. Is collected on the skeleton cart.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of accumulating products by laser processing according to the first aspect of the present invention, wherein the skeleton and the product are integrally unloaded from a laser processing machine. In a laser beam machine, a fork is inserted between a support portion of a support table supporting a skeleton and a product to scoop up.

Accordingly, when the product and the skeleton which have been cut by the laser beam machine are carried out integrally, the fork is inserted between the support portions of the support table of the laser beam machine and picked up from below.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for accumulating a product by laser processing, wherein the product cut by the laser processing machine is separated from a skeleton and integrated, and the laser processing machine is provided with the laser processing machine. An unloader provided with a fork for picking up and carrying out the product and the skeleton which have been cut at the same time, a first roller table for temporarily placing the product and the skeleton carried out by the unloader, A second roller table provided in the same direction at a high position slightly away from the roller table, and the lower side of the first roller table and the second roller table is disposed between the first roller table and the second roller table. Product trolley and skeleton trolley provided movably in the transport direction of the roller table A sorting clamper that clamps only the end of the skeleton and lifts the product from the first roller table to the second roller table; A control device for controlling the second roller table, the skeleton truck, and the sorting damper to be operated in synchronism with the second roller table, the skeleton, and the skeleton to be accumulated on the skeleton truck. It is assumed that.

Therefore, the product cut by the laser beam machine is picked up by a fork together with the skeleton and carried out to the first roller table by the unloader. Only the end of the skeleton carried out on the first roller table is clamped by the sorting clamper and pulled up to the second roller table. At this time, the control device synchronously moves the sorting clamper, the first roller table, and the product cart, and only the product falls from between the first roller table and the second roller table, and waits downward. Is controlled so that it is integrated on the product cart. Thereafter, the control device synchronously moves the sorting clamper, the second roller table, and the skeleton carriage, unclamps the sorting clamper, and waits for the skeleton pulled up to the second roller table to stand below. It is controlled so that it is accumulated on the trolley.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for accumulating products by laser processing according to the third aspect of the present invention, wherein the fork supports a skeleton and a product in the laser processing machine. The supporting table can be inserted between the supporting portions of the supporting table.

Therefore, since the fork is inserted between the support portions of the support table of the laser beam machine, the product and the skeleton are integrally scooped from below.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for accumulating products by laser processing according to the third or fourth aspect of the present invention, wherein the control device rotationally drives the first roller table. At the same time, the product cart is moved between the first roller table and the second roller table, and the product placed on the first roller table is controlled to drop on the product cart and be collected. At the same time, the rollers of the second roller table are moved in the direction of the first roller table, and the skeleton carriage is moved below the second roller table, and then the sorting clamper is unclamped to thereby carry the skeleton carriage. , And is controlled so as to be dropped and accumulated.

Therefore, the control device sorts only the skeleton out of the skeleton and the product placed on the first roller table, and clamps and lifts the product by the clamper. The product is moved to the second roller table by driving the first roller table. Is controlled so that it falls from between the two and is accumulated on the product cart positioned below. In addition, the skeleton that is pulled up and supported by the second roller table moves and removes the rollers of the second roller table, unclamps the sorting clamper, and is positioned below the second roller table. Control to fall and accumulate on the existing skeleton cart.

[0016]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 show the entire laser processing apparatus 1. In this laser processing apparatus 1, an automatic warehouse 5 in which a workpiece W to be processed is stored in a multi-stage shelf 3, a work loading device 7 for loading the workpiece W in the automatic warehouse 5, and a laser cutting process for the loaded workpiece W Processing machine 9 to perform, integrated device 11 to carry out processed product P and the like
And the like, and a control device 12 for controlling these is provided.

A guide rail 13 is provided above the work loading device 7, the laser beam machine 9, and the accumulating device 11.

In the automatic warehouse 5, an elevator 15 is provided movably up and down along the side of the automatic warehouse 5. The elevator 15 is provided with a traverser 17 reciprocally movable in the left-right direction in FIG. 1. The traverser 17 has a work pallet 19 stored on the shelf 3 of the automatic warehouse 5.
Hook 21 for hooking and pulling out.

Therefore, when the work W is taken out, the elevator 15 is moved up and down to position it in front of the shelf 3 containing the desired work W, and the traverser 17 is moved into the shelf 3 and the hook 21 is moved. On the work pallet 19. The traverser 17 is moved to the elevator 15, the work pallet 19 is placed on the elevator 15, the elevator 15 is lowered to the lowermost shelf 3L, and the work pallet 19 is moved.
Is stored in the lowermost shelf 3L.

In the work loading device 7, a rail 23 is laid from the inside of the automatic warehouse 5 to the front of the laser beam machine 9. A hydraulic lifter 25 movable along the rail 23 is provided.
Is provided. On the upper surface of the hydraulic lifter 25, a free bear table 27 is provided.

The guide rail 13 is provided with a single-sheet loader 31 having a large number of vacuum pads 29 for sucking and picking up the works W on the hydraulic lifter 25 one by one. Also, the support 3 of the guide rail 13
3 is an XY axis origin 3 for determining the origin of the workpiece W.
5 and the work W on the hydraulic lifter 25 are moved to the XY-axis origin 35.
Is provided with an origin pulling pad 37 for pulling the plate.

Therefore, with the hydraulic lifter 25 lowered, it is moved below the lowermost shelf 3L of the automatic warehouse 5 to lower the lowermost shelf 3L.
Into the work pallet 19 stored in the
The hydraulic lifter 25 is raised, and the work pallet 19 is placed on the free bear table 27 of the hydraulic lifter 25. After moving the hydraulic lifter 25 rightward in FIG. 1 along the rail 23 and picking up one work W by the vacuum pad 29, the hydraulic lifter 25 returns the work pallet 19 to the lowermost 3 L of the automatic warehouse 5. The hydraulic lifter 25 returns to a position below the vacuum pad 29 in the empty state. Make a decision and take one sheet loader 31
The work W is picked up by the vacuum pad 29.
The single-loading loader 31 is moved to the laser beam machine 9 to supply the workpiece W to the laser beam machine 9.

In the laser beam machine 9, for example, a kenyama table 39 as a support table on which the work W is placed is provided movably in the X-axis direction by an X-axis motor 41.
A pair of work clampers 43 for clamping the supplied work W are provided. A laser processing head 47 for irradiating laser light LB from the tip is provided on a frame 45 straddling the sword mountain table 39 so as to be movable in the Y-axis direction by a Y-axis motor 49.

Accordingly, the supplied work W is clamped by the work clamper 43 and the
The workpiece W is positioned at the processing position by moving the sword table 39 in the X-axis direction by the X-axis motor 41. At the same time, the laser processing head 47 is driven by the Y-axis motor 49.
Is moved in the Y-axis direction to perform laser processing on a desired position of the work W.

Referring also to FIG. 3, in the stacking apparatus 11, the rails 51 for stacking trucks are laid vertically in FIG. 1, and the rails 51 for stacking trucks are each provided with a hydraulic lifter 53. The product cart 55 and the skeleton cart 57 are provided movably.

A plurality of pipe rollers 59 are provided above the stacking truck rail 51 and below the guide rail 13.
A pipe roller table 61 as a first roller table rotatably provided with is provided vertically in FIG.

A fork unloader 65 as an unloader provided with a fork 63 movably up and down is provided movably along the guide rail 13 between the laser beam machine 9 and the pipe roller table 61.

Further, a support roller 67, which is a second roller table, is provided at a position slightly above the pipe roller table 61 in FIG. 1 and slightly higher than the pipe roller table 61, and below the support roller 67. Is provided with a skeleton carriage 57 for loading the skeleton S along the above-described integrated carriage rail 51 so as to be movable.

Referring also to FIG. 4, the support roller 67 supports the skeleton S on a part of a chain 75 movably wound around a driving sprocket 71 driven by a motor 69 and three sprockets 73. Roller 77 is rotatably provided. Therefore, the skeleton S
When the skeleton S is dropped, the roller 77 is retracted by moving the chain 75 by the motor 69 when the skeleton S is dropped.

A guide rail 79 is provided above the support roller 67 in the left-right direction in FIG.
(See FIG. 1).

Next, a method of accumulating the products P which have been carried into the laser beam machine 9 by the work carrying-in device 7 from the automatic warehouse 5 and cut and processed as described above will be described.

The product P and the skeleton S which have been cut by the laser beam machine 9 are taken up integrally from below by a fork 63 inserted between the sword mountains as a support for the sword mountain table 39, and the fork unloader 65. Is carried out to the pipe roller table 61 by the fork 63
Is lowered from between the pipe rollers 59 to place the product P and the skeleton S on the pipe roller table 61.

Next, only the end face of the skeleton S is sorted and clamped by the clamper 81 so as not to clamp the product P. The rotation drive of the pipe roller 59, the movement of the product cart 55, and the movement of the sorting clamper 81 are started synchronously,
The skeleton S is pulled up on the support roller 67 by the sorting clamper 81. At this time, the product P separates from the skeleton S, falls from between the pipe roller table 61 and the support roller 67, and is accumulated on the product carriage 55.

The product cart 55 on which the products P are accumulated returns below the pipe roller table 61, and the skeleton cart 5
7 moves below the support roller 67. The support roller 67 is moved in the counterclockwise direction in FIG. 3 to retract the roller 77, the sorting clamper 81 is unclamped, and the skeleton S is dropped onto the skeleton carriage 57 to be collected.

From the above results, since the product P and the skeleton S can be automatically and separately collected, the manual sorting operation is eliminated and the work efficiency is improved.

In addition, since they can be neatly integrated,
Many products P and skeletons S can be accumulated on one pallet.

It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment of the present invention, but by making appropriate changes,
It can be implemented in other aspects.

[0039]

As described above, in the method for accumulating products by laser processing according to the first aspect of the present invention, the products cut and processed by the laser processing machine are carried out to the first roller table together with the skeleton. The end of the skeleton carried out on one roller table is clamped by a sorting clamper and pulled up to a second roller table.
At this time, the product trolley is moved between the first roller table and the second roller table, and only the product falls from between the first roller table and the second roller table, and waits for a lower position. That are integrated in the product trolley. Then, the skeleton carriage is moved in synchronization with the sorting clamper, the rollers of the second roller table are moved, and the skeleton being lifted to the second roller table while unclamping the sorting clamper is waited downward. The products and the skeleton can be automatically and separately collected because they are collected on the trolley for the skeleton, and the work efficiency is improved by eliminating the manual sorting work. In addition, since the products can be neatly accumulated, many products and skeletons can be accumulated on one pallet.

In the method of accumulating products by laser processing according to the second aspect of the present invention, when the product and the skeleton that have been cut and processed by the laser processing machine are integrally carried out, the fork is attached to the support portion of the support table of the laser processing machine. Since it is inserted between and scooped from below, the cut product can be taken together with the skeleton.

In the apparatus for accumulating products by laser processing according to the third aspect of the present invention, the products cut by the laser processing machine are picked up by a fork together with the skeleton and carried out to the first roller table by the unloader. Only the end of the skeleton carried out on the first roller table is clamped by the sorting clamper and pulled up to the second roller table. At this time, the control device synchronously moves the sorting clamper, the first roller table, and the product cart, and only the product falls from between the first roller table and the second roller table, and waits downward. Is controlled so that it is integrated on the product cart. Thereafter, the control device synchronously moves the sorting clamper, the second roller table, and the skeleton carriage, unclamps the sorting clamper, and waits for the skeleton pulled up to the second roller table below. Since the control is performed so that the products and the skeletons are accumulated on the carriage, the products and the skeleton can be automatically and separately accumulated, and the sorting efficiency by manual operation is eliminated, thereby improving the operation efficiency. In addition, since the products can be neatly accumulated, a large number of products and skeletons can be accumulated on one pallet.

In the apparatus for accumulating products by laser processing according to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the fork is inserted between the support portions of the support table of the laser processing machine, so that the cut product and the skeleton are integrated from below. You can scoop.

In the apparatus for accumulating products by laser processing according to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the control device sorts only the skeleton out of the skeleton placed on the first roller table and the product, clamps the skeleton by the clamper, lifts the product, and lifts the product. By controlling the roller table to drop from between the second roller table and accumulate on the product carriage positioned below, the products are automatically selected from the skeleton and separated separately. Can be integrated. In addition, since the control device moves and removes the rollers of the second roller table and unclamps the sorting clamper to drop the skeleton, it is integrated on the skeleton truck positioned below the second roller table. can do.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing the entirety of a laser processing apparatus provided with an apparatus for integrating products by laser processing according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view as viewed from a direction II in FIG.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged view as viewed from a direction III in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a structure of a support roller.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a state in which a skeleton and a product are conventionally attached to each other.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory view showing a state in which a product or the like is carried out in the related art.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing integration of products and the like in the related art.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 9 laser beam machine 11 accumulator 12 controller 55 product trolley 57 skeleton trolley 61 pipe roller table (first roller table) 63 fork 65 fork unloader (unloader) 67 support roller (second roller table) 81 sorting clamper P product S skeleton

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A method for accumulating products by laser processing for separating and accumulating products cut by a laser processing machine from a skeleton, wherein the cut products are unified with a skeleton to a first roller table. And positioning a product carrier for accumulating the product between the first roller table and a second roller table located at a high position slightly away from the first roller table, and an end of the skeleton. Only the product is clamped by a sorting clamper and pulled up to the second roller table, and the product separated from the skeleton is dropped from between the first roller table and the second roller table and collected on the product cart. Moving the rollers of the second roller table supporting the skeleton in the direction of the first roller table. Unclamping the sorting clamper and dropping the skeleton onto a skeleton carriage to collect the skeleton. 2. When the skeleton and the product are integrally unloaded from the laser beam machine, a fork is inserted and scooped up between the support portions of the support table supporting the skeleton and the product in the laser beam machine. The method for integrating products by laser processing according to claim 1, characterized in that: 3. An apparatus for accumulating a product by laser processing for separating and accumulating a product cut by a laser processing machine from a skeleton, wherein the product and the skeleton cut by the laser processing machine are taken together. An unloader with a fork for unloading the product, a first roller table on which the product and the skeleton unloaded by the unloader are temporarily placed, and a slightly higher position in the same direction as the first roller table. A second roller table, and a lower side of the first roller table and the second roller table are provided movably in a transport direction of the first roller table and the second roller table. Product cart and skeleton cart, and clamping only the end of the skeleton to the first roller tray. A sorting clamper that lifts the table from the cable to the second roller table, and the first roller table, the product truck and the sorting clamper are operated in synchronization to accumulate products on the product truck, and then the second roller table and A control device for controlling the skeleton truck and the sorting clamper to operate in synchronization with each other so as to accumulate the skeleton on the skeleton truck. 4. The laser processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the fork is insertable between a support portion of a support table supporting a skeleton and a product in the laser processing machine. Product integration device. 5. The control device drives the first roller table to rotate and moves the product cart between the first roller table and the second roller table,
The product mounted on the first roller table is controlled to be dropped on the product cart and accumulated, and the rollers of the second roller table are moved in the direction of the first roller table, and the skeleton is moved. The method according to claim 3, wherein the sorting cart is unclamped after the carriage is moved below the second roller table, and the sorting clamper is dropped on the skeleton carriage to be collected. Product integration device by laser processing.