JP2000177737A - Pallet device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To house works ranging from small-diameter works to large-diameter works by one pallet, and to make wiring of the housed works easy, while making positioning and transportation of the pallet possible. SOLUTION: While a plurality of work supporting plates 51 each extending in one direction are erected on a base plate 49 at specified intervals provided in the direction intersecting the extending direction of the work supporting plate at a right angle, each of the supporting plates 51 is constructed of a work-stopping parts 51A and 51B provided at both ends of the extending direction of the supporting plate and a work mounting surface 51C inclining slightly from the horizontal plane provided between the work-stopping parts. Then, while wheels 57 for moving are provided at the underside at the ends on the front and rear and the right and left of the base plate 49, a fixing device is provided at the underside either at the front or the rear of the base plate 49, and furthermore mountable boxes for housing small works or odd materials therein are provided at the work supporting plates in the plural number.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] The present invention relates to a pallet apparatus.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, for example, a work cut with a band saw or the like is randomly dropped on a box-shaped pallet and transported in a stacked manner, or as shown in FIG. Formed in the shape of a blade 103,
The operator arranged and stored the work W between the saw blades 103.

[0003]

In the above-mentioned conventional means for accumulating and conveying the cut work, the means for randomly dropping the cut work into a box-shaped pallet hits the work. There are problems such as scratching, poor storage efficiency, and enormous labor when taking out.

A saw-shaped pallet 10 shown in FIG.
In the means for stacking and transporting the work W after cutting to 1, the work is arranged in a line and stored, so it is impossible to reduce labor and to rationalize, and it is not possible to cope with all work diameters. It is necessary to prepare a pallet 101 according to the requirements. Also, as shown in FIG.
Since the pallet 101 is the third pallet 101, it becomes unstable when a short work W is placed thereon.

[0005] It is an object of the present invention to provide a pallet device which can be stored in a single pallet from a small diameter to a large diameter, facilitates wire-wrapping of the stored work, and enables pallet positioning and transport. .

[0006]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a pallet apparatus according to the first aspect of the present invention, wherein a work supporting plate extending in one direction on a base plate is moved in a predetermined direction in a direction orthogonal to the one direction. A plurality of support plates are provided at intervals, and each of the support plates is provided with a work stopper provided at both ends in the one direction, and a work mounting surface provided between the work stoppers and slightly inclined from horizontal. It is characterized by comprising.

Accordingly, a plurality of work support plates are erected at predetermined intervals, work stopper portions are provided at both ends of the work support plate, and a work mounting portion which is slightly inclined from the horizontal between the work stopper portions is provided. Surface. Thus, the work to be accumulated can store the round material from the small diameter to the large diameter on one pallet, and enables the short work to be stacked in a flat manner. A plurality of works mounted on the plate can be bound, the load can be prevented from being displaced during transportation, and the work can be easily taken out of the pallet.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a pallet apparatus according to the first aspect, wherein moving wheels are provided at lower portions at front, rear, left and right ends of the base plate, respectively. It is characterized in that a fixing device is provided at one of the lower portions on the rear side.

Therefore, since a plurality of wheels are provided on the base plate and a fixing device for fixing the wheel at a predetermined position is provided, the stored work can be transported and can be correctly fixed at a designated position.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the pallet apparatus of the first or second aspect, the plurality of work supporting plates are provided with a mountable box for storing small works or scraps. It is a feature.

[0011] Therefore, a box for storing a small work or scrap material is placed on the pallet device, so that the box can be used as needed.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the pallet apparatus according to the second or third aspect, the fixing device includes a Z-shaped guide groove formed on an outer periphery of a support cylinder provided below the base plate. , An L-shaped fixing shaft having a pin at the tip is provided so as to be vertically movable.

Therefore, since the L-shaped fixing shaft provided with a pin at the tip is vertically movably mounted in the Z-shaped guide groove provided in the support cylinder, the fixing shaft can be easily moved up and down. Alternatively, the fixing releasing operation can be performed smoothly.

[0014]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. In addition, although a rigid band sawing machine and a loading device and an unloading device provided before and after it are described, the present invention is not limited to this model. Since this model has a known configuration, detailed illustration and description are omitted.

First, the overall arrangement will be schematically described for easy understanding.

Referring to FIGS. 19 and 20, a loading device 3 is provided on the rear side of the rigid band sawing machine 1, that is, on the work loading side.

The loading device 3 is integrally provided with two rows of roller conveyors 5A and 5B in parallel with the work loading direction, and moves on a plurality of rails 7 driven by a driving member (not shown). The workpiece W, which is a material placed on the roller conveyors 5A and 5B, can be selected and transported to the rigid band sawing machine 1.

In the rigid band sawing machine 1, a frame 11 is erected on a base 9 and a cutting head 1 is mounted on the frame 11.
3 is provided movably.
3 is provided with a rotatable drive wheel 15 and a driven wheel 17 for supporting an endless band saw blade.
Further, a drive motor 19 for driving the drive wheel 15 is provided.

Further, a feed vise device 2 which is movable in the front-rear direction adjacent to the rear surface side (work carrying side) of the rigid band sawing machine 1.
1 and a carry-in roller conveyor 23, and a front vice device 25 and a material receiving stand 27 movably in the front-rear direction are provided on the front side (cut product carry-out side) of the rigid band sawing machine 1.

An unloading device 29 is provided adjacent to the front side of the rigid band sawing machine 1. The unloading device 29 is provided on the upper beam 31A of the portal frame 31.
A rectangular support beam 33 is mounted on the upper portion, and a drive motor is provided via a rack and a pinion (not shown). The drive motor drives the support beam 33 so that the support beam 33 can move in the left-right direction.

The support beam 33 is provided with a support arm 35 which is movable in the front-rear direction and the vertical direction. At the lower end of the support arm 35, there is provided a gripping device 37 for gripping the cut work W or scrap material. Is provided. A plurality of pallet devices 41 are provided on the floor in the gate-shaped frame 31 as a work accumulation / conveyance device 39, and the cut work W carried out by the unloading device 29 is loaded onto the pallet device 41. It is loaded and stored.

Next, the pallet device 41 as the work accumulation and transport device 39 which is a main part of the present invention will be described in more detail.

Referring to FIGS. 1, 2 and 3, the work accumulating and conveying device 39 includes a pallet device 41 for accumulating the work W, a rolling member 43 for traveling the pallet device 41, and a pallet device. And a fixing device 45 for fixing the 41 to a predetermined position.

In the pallet device 41, a U-shaped base plate 49 is provided on a girder member 47 assembled in a cross-girder, and a plurality of work support plates 51 are arranged on this base plate 49 at appropriate intervals. Stoppers 5 are provided on both sides of the work support plate 51 to prevent the work W from rolling down.
1A and 51B are provided.

The work mounting surface 51C, which is the upper surface of the work support plate 51, is a limit angle θ at which the round material can roll and the flat material does not slip down, that is, the inclined surface is set at, for example, 3 °. .

The rolling member 43 is provided with a plurality of brackets 53A, 53B hanging on the back surface of the base plate 49, and the axle 55 is mounted on the brackets 53A, 53B.
The wheel 57 is rotatably supported via the. In addition,
The wheels 57 are L-shaped members laid on the floor and are movable in guides 59 provided opposite each other. In addition,
The wheel 57 is a caster type, and the wheel 57 mounted on the bracket 53A can rotate freely by 360 °.

The fixing device 45 has an L-shaped support cylinder 61 having a support cylinder 61 suspended at the center on one side of the base plate 49 and having a vertically movable pin 63 at the lower end thereof. A fixing shaft 65 is mounted. A handle 67 is provided at the tip of the fixing shaft 65, and a Z-shaped guide groove 69 is formed on the outer periphery of the support cylinder 61. The L-shaped fixing shaft 65 is mounted in the guide groove 69. Have been.

A positioning bracket 71 is provided on the floor at a predetermined position, and a hole 73 into which the pin 63 is fitted is formed in the positioning bracket 71.

Accordingly, when the handle 67 is operated at the position shown by the solid line in FIG. 2 to position the fixing shaft 65 above the guide groove 69, the pin 63 moves upward and is separated from the hole 73 formed in the positioning bracket 71. Pallet machine 4
1 can move freely. 2, when the handle 67 is operated to position the fixing shaft 65 below the guide groove 69, the pin 63 moves downward and fits into the hole 73 formed in the positioning bracket 71. The pallet device 41 can be fixed at a predetermined position.

As a method for accumulating the works W on the pallet device 41 according to the configuration described above, there are a method of stacking in a bale and a method of stacking in flat.

Referring to FIGS. 4 to 7, a method of stacking bales is an example in which a round bar W of 430φ is mounted as a round material in FIG. 4, and a work mounting surface 51C of a work support plate 51 is inclined. Therefore, the round bar W moves along the inclination and hits the stopper portion 51A of the work support plate 51, and the first round bar W stops. Then, the next round bar W also rolls along the inclination, comes into contact with the first round bar W, and stops.

FIG. 5 shows a round bar W of 300φ as a round material.
FIG. 6 shows a state in which 185φ round bars W are stacked as round materials in two stages, and FIG. 7 shows a state in which 100 φ round bars W are stacked as round materials in two stages. As shown in FIG. 7, the loaded work W is fixed so as not to slip down through a wire or a nylon sling or the like from a gap between a plurality of upright work support plates 51 constituting the pallet device 41. Can be carried out from

The diameter of the round bar W shown in FIGS. 4 to 7 is an example, and the diameter of the round bar W may be 400, for example.
φ, 350φ, 322φ, 250φ, 235φ, 200
φ, 152φ, 130φ, 113φ, etc. are also possible.

In the flat stacking method, first, the pallet device 41 is given a predetermined inclination angle θ of, for example, 3 ° as a flat stacking condition. When loading W, the work W is dropped slightly above, so that it may be slightly shifted. For this reason, the height / product diameter is set to 1 or less because it is very easily collapsed and dangerous.

Referring to FIGS. 8 to 15, FIGS. 8 and 9 show a state in which a round bar W of 430φ is piled up as a round material at a plurality of positions and the height limit of the flat pile is 430 mm. 10 and 11, a round bar W of 350φ is piled up as a round material at a plurality of locations, and the height limit of the flat pile is 3
A state where the distance is set to 50 mm is shown.

FIGS. 12 and 13 show a state in which a round bar W of 250φ is piled up as a round material at a plurality of locations and the height of the flat pile is limited to 250 mm. A round bar W of 150φ and 100φ is piled up at a plurality of places as a round material, and the flat pile height limit is set to 150.
In the case of the φ round bar W, it is set to 150 mm, and in the case of the 100 φ round bar W, it is set to 100 mm. Note that FIG.
As shown in (1), a wire or a nylon sling or the like can be fixed and then carried out so that the round material W stacked flat when the pallet device 41 is moved is not broken.

The diameter of the round bar W shown in FIGS. 8 to 15 is merely an example.
It is also possible to use 0φ, 300φ, 200φ, etc., and the flat stacking limit height is 400mm for 400φ and 300mm for 300φ.
mm, 200 mm for 200φ.

FIGS. 16 and 17 show another embodiment. The other embodiment is different from the above-described embodiment in that a box for storing a small cut surface or a piece of offcuts is provided on the pallet device 41, and the same members as those in the above-described embodiment have the same members. The same reference numerals are given and the description is omitted.

That is, a box 75 is placed on the pallet device 41. This box 75 is made of a steel plate, and a storage portion 77 is formed by side plates 75a and 75b and a bottom plate 75d. It is inserted into the gap of the work support plate 51 provided on the pallet device 41, and a connecting portion 79 is formed at the lower end. Further, a hanging ear 81 is formed at the upper end of the side plate 75a.

With the above structure, as shown in FIG. 18, the box 75 is fitted with a connecting portion 79 provided at the lower end of the side plate 75b of the box 75 to be mounted on the upper portion of the side plate 75b of the box 75. , Box 75 are stacked.

As described above, the work W of the various diameters can be stacked in a bale or flat manner by providing the work W of the pallet device 41 with the inclination angle θ on the mounting surface thereof.
Are arranged in parallel at appropriate intervals, so that the work W can be fixed through a wire or a nylon sling from the gap. The pallet device 41 has wheels 57.
The pallet device 41 can be placed at a designated position correctly by providing the fixing device 45 for fixing the pallet device at a fixed position.

Further, the box 75 is put into the pallet device 41.
By mounting the, it is also possible to store small cut products and scraps.

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

[0044]

As will be understood from the above description of the embodiment, according to the first aspect of the present invention, a plurality of work support plates are erected at predetermined intervals, and both end portions of the work support plate are provided. And a work mounting surface slightly inclined from the horizontal is formed between the work stoppers. Thus, the work to be accumulated can store the round material from the small diameter to the large diameter on one pallet, and enables the short work to be stacked in a flat manner. Multiple workpieces on a plate can be bound to prevent collapse during transport,
It can be easily taken out of the pallet.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, a plurality of wheels are provided on the base plate and a fixing device for fixing the wheel at a predetermined position is provided. Can be fixed.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, a box for accommodating a small work or an offcut is placed on the pallet device, so that the box can be used if necessary.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, since the L-shaped fixing shaft provided with a pin at the tip thereof is vertically movably mounted in the Z-shaped guide groove provided in the support cylinder. It can be easily moved up and down, and the fixing or releasing operation can be performed smoothly.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view of a pallet, showing a main part of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view as viewed from the left side in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a front view as viewed from the back side in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of an operation in a state in which the workpieces are piled up.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of an operation in a state in which the workpieces are stacked in a bale;

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of an operation in a state in which the workpieces are stacked in a bale;

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of an operation in a state in which the workpieces are piled up.

FIG. 8 is a plan view showing a state in which workpieces are stacked in a flat state.

FIG. 9 is a side view of FIG.

FIG. 10 is a plan view showing a state where workpieces are stacked in a flat state.

FIG. 11 is a side view of FIG.

FIG. 12 is a plan view showing a state where workpieces are stacked in a flat state.

FIG. 13 is a side view of FIG.

FIG. 14 is a plan view showing a state where workpieces are stacked in a flat state.

FIG. 15 is a side view of FIG.

FIG. 16 is a side view of a pallet showing another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 17 is a front view seen from the left side in FIG. 16;

FIG. 18 is an operation explanatory view.

FIG. 19 is a plan view of a rigid band saw machine, a loader, and an unloader device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 20 is an explanatory side view as viewed from the right side in FIG. 19;

FIG. 21 is an explanatory side view showing a conventional example in a state where works are stacked in a bale.

FIG. 22 is an explanatory diagram showing a problem in the conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 41 Pallet device 45 Fixing device 49 Base plate 51 Work support plate 51A, 51B Stopper portion 51C Work mounting surface 57 Wheel 61 Support cylinder 63 Pin 65 Fixing shaft 69 Guide groove 75 Box W Work θ Limit angle

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A plurality of work support plates extending in one direction on a base plate are erected at predetermined intervals in a direction orthogonal to the one direction, and each of the support plates is provided at both ends in the one direction. A pallet device comprising a work stopper portion and a work mounting surface provided between the work stopper portions and slightly inclined from horizontal. 2. The vehicle according to claim 1, further comprising: a moving wheel provided at a lower portion of each of front, rear, left and right ends of the base plate, and a fixing device provided at one of a lower portion of a front portion and a rear portion of the base plate. The pallet device according to claim 1, wherein 3. A pallet apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said plurality of work supporting plates are provided with a mountable box for storing a small work or an offcut. 4. An L-shaped fixing shaft provided with a pin at an end thereof is vertically movable in a Z-shaped guide groove formed on an outer periphery of a support cylinder provided at a lower portion of the base plate. 4. The pallet apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the pallet apparatus is provided.