JP2000354917A - Handling device for vehicular parts - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily assemble parts to a vehicle body by providing a handling unit to be moved both in the transport directions of an X and a Y of the vehicle body by a traveling rail and a traverse rail. SOLUTION: The moving speed of a body B is detected by rollers 11, 11 to send a speed signal to a synchronizing unit 7. The synchronizing unit 7 sends a driving signal to motors 5, 5 and the motors 5, 5 move roller plates 3, 3 and a traverse rail 2 in the same direction and at the same speed as the body B in retetion to the traveling rails 1, 1. Secondly, the traverse rail 2 is fitted with a handling unit 12 to be moved along the traverse rail 2. The handling unit 12 is formed by a traverse unit part 13 which can be moved along the traverse rail 2 by the motor and a sliding mechanism, and a hanger unit part 15 hung on the traverse unit 13 through an elevating cylinder unit part 14.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a vehicle component handling apparatus, and more particularly, to a vehicle component handling apparatus installed in a vehicle assembly line.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in order to assemble heavy parts such as doors and instrument panels in a vehicle assembly line, a handling unit is mounted on a floor cart and the floor cart is omnidirectional with respect to the floor by roller bearings. The structure which can be moved was adopted.

[0003]

However, in the above-described conventional configuration, a steel sheet must be used on the floor surface in order to improve the slip of the truck on the floor, and the following problems arise. (1) If the floor becomes dirty, the slip becomes poor and a large force is required to move the cart. (2) The floor surface must be constantly polished. (3) Use of the floor surface is restricted by the installation of the steel plate. (4) The worker is likely to slip on the floor, which is dangerous, and the worker is tired. In addition, the use of the cart on the floor limits the mounting area of the handling unit and limits the operation of the handling unit.

Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a handling device which does not require a truck on the floor and whose operation of the handling unit is not restricted.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a first aspect of the present invention is a traveling rail provided on a ceiling of a vehicle assembly line in a Y direction parallel to a vehicle body conveying direction. A traversing rail mounted in the X direction perpendicular to the transport direction and movable in the Y direction with respect to the traveling rail; and a handling movably mounted in the X direction with respect to the traversing rail. It is a device for handling vehicle parts, which is composed of a unit. According to the first aspect of the present invention, the handling unit can be moved in both the X-direction and the Y-direction by the traveling rail and the traversing rail, so that the handling unit is transported on the assembly line. The parts can be easily assembled to the vehicle body by positioning the parts at an optimal position for the assembling operation and then operating the handling unit. Therefore, there is no need for a truck on the floor as in the prior art, and since the operation of the handling unit is not restricted, the workability and operability of moving the handling unit are improved, and the workability of assembling parts is improved. Is improved. In addition, since a floor bogie is not required, the floor can be used for other purposes, and the work can be further easily performed by using a plywood or artificial turf as the floor.

A second aspect of the present invention is a handling apparatus according to the first aspect, wherein the handling unit has a component holding mechanism, a component attitude changing mechanism, and a component positioning mechanism. According to this configuration, the parts can be received and held by the handling unit, for example, from the transport jig, and can be converted into an appropriate posture with respect to the vehicle body and moved and positioned with respect to the vehicle body, thereby improving workability.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a handling apparatus according to the first or second aspect, wherein the traversing rail is controlled in synchronization with the movement of a vehicle body conveyed on an assembly line. With this configuration, the work of assembling parts can be performed by the handling device while the vehicle body is being transported, so that workability is improved.

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. First, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. This embodiment relates to a handling device for assembling an instrument panel P of a vehicle. In the figure, V is a conveyor belt, B is a vehicle body (hereinafter simply referred to as a body) mounted on the conveyor belt V and transported in the direction of arrow R, and the conveyor belt V forms a part of a vehicle assembly line. I have.

Above the conveyor belt B, a pair of running rails 1, 1 parallel to each other are attached along a ceiling (not shown), and these running rails 1, 1 have a width of the body B as shown in the figure. They are separated from each other by a width wider than appropriate, and extend in the Y direction parallel to the direction of the arrow R.
A transverse rail 2 extending in the X direction perpendicular to the Y direction is attached to the lower surfaces of the traveling rails 1 and 1. A pair of roller plates 3 and 3 are fixed to both ends of the traversing rail 2, and each roller plate 3 is slidably mounted on the lower surface of the corresponding traveling rail 1 via rollers 4 and 4. .

At the rear end of each roller plate 3, a traveling unit 6 having a motor 5 is mounted. On the left roller plate 3 in the R direction, a synchronous unit 7 and a synchronous attach 8 are connected. Synchronizer 9 is provided. The synchronizing device 9 also has a lifting cylinder 10 so that the synchronizing attachment 8 can be moved up and down to an appropriate position close to the body B. The synchronous attachment 8 has a pair of rollers 11, 11 detects the moving speed of the body B by the rollers 11, and sends a speed signal to the synchronous unit 7. The synchronizing unit 7 sends a drive signal to the motors 5 and 5 so that the motors 5 and 5 move the roller plates 3 and 3 and the traversing rail 2 in the same direction at the same speed as the body B with respect to the running rails 1 and 1. Has become.

Next, a handling unit 12 is mounted on the traversing rail 2 so as to be movable along the traversing rail 2. The handling unit 12 includes a traversing unit 13 movable along the traversing rail 2 by a motor and a slide mechanism (not shown), and a hanger unit connected to the traversing unit 13 in a suspended state via an elevating cylinder unit 14. And part 15.
The hanger unit 15 includes the lifting cylinder unit 1.
4 has a hanger rod 17 connected to a lower part of the hanger rod 17 via a bracket 16, and a hanger 18 connected to a lower end of the hanger rod 17. The hanger rod 17 extends vertically downward from the bracket 16, and a motor 19 for rotating the hanger rod 17 about its axis is attached to the bracket 16. Also,
The hanger 18 extends in the horizontal direction, and is rotatable around a horizontal axis by a motor (not shown).

Next, the operation of the first embodiment will be described. The instrument panel P is placed on a pallet Q from an instrument panel sub-assembly line (not shown), and is sent to a belt conveyor B in a right-angle direction as shown. The hanger 8 is rotated clockwise by 90 degrees from the illustrated direction (a direction parallel to the X direction) by driving the motor 19 to receive the instrument panel P, and returns to the illustrated position after receiving the instrument panel P.

Next, when the body B is conveyed on the conveyor V, the rollers 11, 1 of the synchronous attachment 8 of the synchronous device 9 are moved.
1 detects the moving speed of the body B, and the motors 5, 5 move the roller plates 3, 3 and the traversing rail 2 in the same direction at the same speed as the body B with respect to the running rails 1, 1. Then, the elevating cylinder unit 1 is controlled by the control device.
4. Motor 1 for rotating the horizontal unit 13, the motors 5, 5 of the traveling unit 6, and the hanger 8 in the horizontal plane
9 and the motor for rotation about the horizontal axis are driven and controlled, and the instrument panel P is introduced into the body B through the door mounting opening M of the body B along the path indicated by the arrow N in the figure.
It is installed (temporarily placed) in an appropriate posture.

That is, the vertical movement of the hanger 8 is controlled by the control of the lifting / lowering cylinder unit 14 and the motors 5 and 5, and the X direction and the Y direction of the hanger 8 are controlled by the control of the traverse unit 13 and the motors 5 and 5 of the traveling unit. The movement of the direction is controlled by controlling the motor 19 for rotation in the horizontal plane and the motor about the horizontal axis, so that the orientation of the hanger 8 in the horizontal plane and the orientation in the vertical plane are controlled, and these movements are appropriately combined. Thus, the hanger 8 can be introduced into the body B in a desired posture and route.

After the hanger 8 is installed in the body B, the worker finally performs an assembling operation on the body B of the hanger 8, and thereafter the hanger 8 is returned to the original position by the reverse route of the installation.

That is, the hanger 8 constitutes a holding mechanism of the instrument panel P, the motor 19 for rotating in the horizontal plane and the motor around the horizontal axis constitute an attitude changing mechanism of the instrument panel P, and the lifting / lowering cylinder unit 14 And motor 5,
5, the traversing unit 13 and the motors 5, 5 of the traveling unit constitute a positioning mechanism for the hanger 8.

The handling apparatus according to the present embodiment does not require a cart on the floor as in the prior art, and the operation of the handling unit 12 is not restricted, so that the workability and operability of the movement of the handling unit 12 are improved. In addition, the workability of assembling the hanger 8 is improved. The hanger 8 constitutes a holding mechanism of the instrument panel P, the motor 19 for rotation in the horizontal plane and the motor around the horizontal axis constitute an attitude changing mechanism of the instrument panel P, and the elevating cylinder unit 14 and the motor 5 , 5, the traversing unit 13 and the motors 5, 5 of the traveling unit constitute a positioning mechanism for the hanger 8, so that the handling unit 12 receives and holds the instrument panel P parts from the pallet Q, and Into a different posture,
Since it can be moved and positioned with respect to the body B, workability is improved. Further, the motor 5,
5, the roller plates 3 and 3 and the traversing rail 2
Is controlled in synchronization with the movement of the body B, so that the handling device can perform the assembling work of the instrument panel P while the body B is being transported. Therefore, workability is improved.

Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. This embodiment relates to a handling device for assembling a door D of a vehicle. In the present embodiment, the body B is mounted on the transport trolley W and transported in the direction of the arrow R, and the transport trolley W constitutes transport means in a vehicle assembly line.

The handling device of this embodiment also has a pair of running rails 51, 5 parallel to each other along a ceiling (not shown).
1 and extends in the Y direction parallel to the direction of the arrow R. A pair of parallel traversing rails 5 extending in the X direction perpendicular to the Y direction are provided on the lower surfaces of the traveling rails 51, 51.
2, 52 are mounted, and these traversing rails 5
Both ends of the rails 2 and 52 project outside beyond the running rails 51 and 51. A pair of roller plates 53, 53 are fixed at right angles to the upper surfaces of the traversing rails 52, 52 at the same interval as the traveling rails 51, 51, and each roller plate 53 is provided with a roller 5 on the lower surface of the corresponding traveling rail 51.
It is slidably mounted via 4, 54.

A support 55 is mounted between the lower surfaces of the traversing rails 52,52. The support table 55 is slidable in the X direction along the traversing rails 52 by rollers (not shown). A hanger support rod 56 extends downward from the lower surface of the support base 55, and a hanger support frame 57 is provided at a lower end of the hanger support rod 56.
Is installed. A hanger 58 is attached to the hanger support frame 57 so as to be vertically slidable, and the hanger 58 can be moved up and down by an elevating cylinder 59 provided on the hanger support frame 57.

The hanger 58 includes a stopper 60 on the rear side of the door D, an inner roller 61, a lower receiving roller 62,
Upper fall prevention roller 63 and middle support roller 6
The door D is supported from above, below, left and right by having the doors 4 and 64 so that the door D can be held in position with respect to the hanger 58.

The hanger support rod 56 is rotatably connected to the support table 55, so that the hanger 58 is rotatable about the vertical axis with respect to the support table 55. For this reason, handles 65, 65 for turning operation by an operator are provided above the hanger 58.

Further, a synchronization part 66 for moving the hanger 58 in synchronization with the carriage W is connected to the lower part of the hanger 58 via an arm 67. The synchronizing portion 66 is engaged with a part of the carriage W to move the hanger 58 following the carriage W.

In this embodiment, the support unit 55, the hanger support rod 56, and the hanger 58
8. Further, the hanger 58 constitutes a holding mechanism of the door D, the handles 65, 65 and the hanger support rod 56 constitute a posture changing mechanism of the door D, and the handles 65, 65 together with the lifting / lowering cylinder 59 serve as a positioning mechanism of the hanger 8. Is composed.

Next, the operation of the second embodiment will be described. After the interior of the door D is completed from an unillustrated assembly line, the door D is sent to the transport trolley W by the transport jig S at right angles as shown in the figure. On the other hand, the worker
5 and 65 and hold the hanger 58 in advance in the traversing rail 5.
2 and 52, and moved 90 degrees from the state shown in the figure (the hanger 8).
Are positioned substantially parallel to the Y direction). The hanger 58 is moved by the lifting jig 59 to the transfer jig S.
Lower to facilitate transfer from

When the door D is transferred from the transfer jig S to the hanger 58, the operator operates the elevating cylinder 59 to return the door D to the height shown in the drawing, and holds the handles 65, 65 to move the hanger 58 to the traverse rail 52. , 52 to their original positions as shown. Further, the hanger 58 is turned 90 degrees and turned in the illustrated direction. Carriage W carrying body D
When the vehicle comes to the position of the hanger 58, the hanger 58 moves in the Y direction along the traveling rails 51, 51 together with the support base 55 and the traversing rails 52, 52 by the synchronization section 66. Therefore, the position of the hanger 8 relative to the body B can be kept constant, and the operator can easily perform the work of assembling the door D to the body B.

Although the case where the door D is assembled to the body B has been described above, it goes without saying that a similar handling device can be used when the door D is detached from the body B and mounted on the transport jig S. The effect of the second embodiment is the same as that of the first embodiment.

In the above embodiment, the handling device for attaching the instrument panel and the door to the vehicle body B has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to these, and any vehicle component which is difficult to handle due to weight, size, etc. Is also applicable.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a vehicle component handling apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a vehicle component handling apparatus according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1,51 running rail 2,52 traversing rail 5,19 motor 9 synchronizer 12 handling unit 13 traversing unit section 14 elevating cylinder unit section 18,58 hanger 55 support base 56 hanger support rod 59 elevating cylinder 66 synchronizing section B vehicle body V Conveyor belt W cart

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Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A traveling rail provided on a ceiling of an assembly line of a vehicle in a Y direction parallel to a conveying direction of a vehicle body, and mounted in an X direction perpendicular to the conveying direction with respect to the traveling rail, and A vehicle component handling apparatus comprising: a traversing rail movable in the Y direction with respect to a traveling rail; and a handling unit mounted movably in the X direction with respect to the traversing rail. 2. The vehicle component handling apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the handling unit has a component holding mechanism, a component attitude changing mechanism, and a component positioning mechanism. 3. The movement of the traversing rail is controlled in synchronization with the movement of a vehicle body conveyed on an assembly line.
Or 2) a device for handling parts for vehicles.