JP2001001089A - Outlet device for transfer press - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To load works to a rack, coping with a high speed production of a transfer press without using an automatic rack. SOLUTION: In the downstream position of the outlet conveyor 4 of a transfer press 3, a portioning-out device 8 is installed, whose movable table 9 is made to tilt in the forward and backward directions and in the left and right directions along the work transfer direction. In a center part and on the left and right parts in front of the portioning-out device 8, payoff tables 5a, 5b and 5c are arranged. Transfer chutes 7a, 7b and 7c are provided among the payoff tables 5a, 5b and 5c and the front end part and the left and right tip parts of the portioning-out device. A work 2 delivered onto the portioning-out device 8 from the outlet conveyor 4, is sent to the payoff tables 5a, 5b and 5c after portioning it out by the portioning-out device 8.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a transfer press delivery device for transferring a work carried out of a transfer press to a rack in order to load the work on the rack.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A transfer press has a plurality of stations for performing a forming process such as drawing, edging, drilling, etc. on a work with one press machine, and a work transfer device which operates in synchronization with the forming process. This is an automatic press equipped with, for example, as shown in FIG. 4 schematically showing an example of a transfer press line, when a work 2 such as a panel material is carried into the first station of the transfer press 3 by an input device 1, The molding is carried out for each station by being sequentially grasped by fingers or clamps of the work transfer device. Also, on the output side of the transfer press 3, as an output side device, an output side conveyor 4 for transporting the work 2 carried out of the press to the downstream, and a transfer chute for transferring the work 2 transported by the output side conveyor 4. And a payoff table 5 received via the payoff table 7, so that the workers 2 sequentially load the work 2 delivered on the payoff table 5 onto the rack 6.

[0003]

However, in the case of the output device of the transfer press, one output conveyor 4 is required.
And one payoff table 5, when the molding speed of the transfer press 3 is increased in order to improve the production amount, the rack 6
In some cases, the work of loading the work 2 onto the rack 6 may not be in time. Therefore, unless the molding work is interrupted on the way, the work 2 may not be able to be fully loaded on the rack 6.

In order to solve this problem, an automatic rack may be used as a rack.
Automatic racks are very expensive.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a transfer press delivery apparatus capable of coping with high-speed production without using an expensive automatic rack.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a method in which a work delivered from an outlet conveyor is transferred to a position downstream of an outlet conveyor of a transfer press from the front in the conveyor conveyance direction. And a payoff table arranged in front of the sorting device and on the left and right sides thereof, and further, a transport device is interposed between the payoff table and the sorting device. Configuration.

[0007] When the work is transferred from the delivery conveyor to the sorting device, the work can be sent to any payoff table by the operation of the sorting device. Therefore, it is possible to cope with high-speed production by successively switching the work feeding direction according to the molding speed of the transfer press.

[0008] Further, the distributing device comprises a movable table capable of tilting in the front-rear and left-right directions, and a tilt mechanism for tilting the movable table. The workpiece feeding direction can be selected simply by inclining the workpiece downward.

Further, by arranging a movable partition plate which can be moved in the vertical direction on the front end side of the sorting device, when the work is transferred from the delivery conveyor to the sorting device, Can be prevented from being sent forward by inertia.

[0010]

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

FIGS. 1 to 3 show an embodiment of the present invention, in which a work 2 formed by a transfer press 3 is shown.
The movable table 9 is moved in the front-rear direction (arrow X direction) parallel to the work transfer direction so that the work 2 can be sorted forward or left and right in front of the downstream end position of the output conveyor 4 for discharging the work 2 to the downstream side. And a sorting device 8 configured to be tiltable in the left-right direction (arrow Y direction) perpendicular to the work transfer direction, and when the work 2 sent out by the delivery conveyor 4 is transferred onto the movable table 9. By tilting the movable table 9 forward or left and right by a tilting mechanism described later, the work 2 can be sent out in the tilting direction, and a central payoff table 5a is installed at a position in front of the sorting device 8 and A left payoff table 5b and a right payoff table 5c are installed at left and right positions of the central payoff table 5a. Between the front side and the center of the payoff table 5a of the movable table 9, linear conveyor chute 7
a, and curved transport chutes 7b, 7c are respectively disposed between the left and right end sides of the movable table 9 and the payoff tables 5b, 5c on the left and right sides, so that the movable table 9 is positioned in the inclined direction. Transfer chute 7a,
7b or 7c, the payoff table 5a,
A movable partition plate 10 is provided at the front end of the movable table 9 so that the workpiece 2 can be delivered to any of the movable tables 5b and 5c. The work 2 passed from the delivery conveyor 4 onto the movable table 9 is prevented from being sent out onto the transport chute 7a by inertia. When distributing the work 2 to the table 5a,
The movable partition plate 10 can be pulled down to a position lower than the movable table 9.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, details of an example of the sorting device 8 are as follows. A center shaft 12 having a required height is erected on a base frame 11, and a spherical bearing is provided on an upper end of the center shaft 12. 14, the lower surface at the position of the center O of the movable table 9 is swingably supported, and between the base frame 11 and the movable table 9
A left-right tilt mechanism 13x for tilting the movable table 9 in the left-right direction and a front-rear tilt mechanism 13y for tilting the movable table 9 in the front-rear direction are respectively provided on the left and right sides passing through the center O as shown in the figure. There is an installed configuration.

The left-right tilt mechanism 13x and the front-rear tilt mechanism 13y have the same configuration and are installed at positions different from each other by 90 ° in the horizontal direction. As shown in detail in FIG. 3, a tilting cylinder 15 vertically disposed at a position in the front-rear direction on the base frame 11 passing through the center shaft 12 as shown in FIG.
The head side end of the movable table 9 is attached via a bracket 16 so as to be tiltable in the front-rear direction, and the tilting cylinder 15 is positioned at a position in the front-rear direction passing through the center O of the lower surface of the movable table 9.
Is mounted via a spherical bearing 17, and the tilting cylinder 15 is extended and retracted to tilt the movable table 9 about the spherical bearing 14 so that the sorting device 8 can be moved forward, backward, left and right. The work 2 can be sorted by tilting.

As shown in FIG. 3, the movable partition plate 10 is provided on a front end of a base frame 11 of the sorting device 8 and is provided with a rod of a cylinder 18 as an actuator for lifting and lowering which is installed to extend upward. At the end, the movable table 9 is held via a mounting bracket 19 and is lowered when the movable table 9 is tilted so as to be in a forwardly inclined posture.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 20 denotes a side guide for each of the transport chutes 7a, 7b, 7c.

When the work 2 is sent out by the delivery conveyor 4 and is placed on the movable table 9, the work 2 is sorted forward, left and right while checking the presence or absence of the work 2 on the payoff tables 5a, 5b, 5c. I do.

When the workpiece 2 is to be transported in the direction of the front payoff table 5a, the rear end of the movable table 9 is lifted by the front-back direction tilting mechanism 13y, and the movable table 9 is moved as shown by a two-dot chain line in FIG. The table 9 is in a forward leaning posture. At this time, the movable partition plate 10 is lowered by the cylinder 18 only when the movable table 9 is inclined forward and downward as shown by a two-dot chain line in FIG. 3, so that the work 2 moves onto the transport chute 7b. Be careful.
The work 2 transferred onto the transport chute 7b slides on the transport chute 7b and is sent to the payoff table 5a. During this time, the movable partition plate 10 is raised, and the next work 2 is placed on the movable table 9 Be prepared to put it on.

Next, the left and right payoff tables 5b, 5
When the work 2 is distributed to the payoff table 5b side, one end on the left and right sides of the movable table 9 is lifted by the left and right tilt mechanism 13x so that the movable table 9 is inclined downward to the transport chute 7b side. Try to tilt. When the work 2 is distributed to the payoff table 5c, the movable table 9 is
Incline to the c side.

In the above, the movable table 9 of the sorting device 8 is sequentially turned downward in each direction, such as forward, left and right, in accordance with the speed interval at which the work 2 is carried out onto the outlet conveyor 4. The workpiece 2 is sequentially displaced and sent from the movable table 9 to the payoff tables 5a, 5b, 5c via the transfer chutes 7a, 7b, 7c by tilting displacement. If the work 2 is loaded on the rack for each of the payoff tables 5a, 5b, 5c, the molding speed of the transfer press 3 can be increased more than before, and the production amount can be improved.

As described above, the work 2 delivered from the delivery conveyor 4 can be sorted and sent to the center payoff table 5a, the left payoff table 5b, and the right payoff table 5c by the sorting device 8. Thus, high-speed production of the transfer press 3 can be performed without using an expensive automatic rack. In addition, since the loading of the work 2 on the rack is a manual operation performed by a worker, the work 2 can correspond to a variety of shapes of the work 2.

In the above embodiment, the movable table 9 is tilted downward in each of the forward, leftward, and rightward directions so that 3
Although the case where the work 2 is sent to one of the payoff tables 5a, 5b, and 5c has been described, any two of the payoff tables 5a, 5b, and 5c may be selectively used depending on the molding speed, or When the molding speed is not increased, it is optional to use any one of them, and the sorting device 8 may have a structure other than that shown and described. For example, it may be a turning inclined cart or the like that turns in the horizontal direction. Further, in order to ensure that the work 2 can be sent to the guide chutes 5a, 5b, 5c, the work is pushed to the sorting device 8 by, for example, a work push. It is optional to equip a mechanism, or to equip a bottom plate slide mechanism, a vibration mechanism, and the like. Instead of b and 7c, a transfer device such as a roller conveyor may be used, the movable partition plate 10 may have a structure to escape upward, and various other types may be used without departing from the gist of the present invention. Of course, changes can be made.

[0022]

As described above, according to the transfer press output device of the present invention, the work delivered from the transfer conveyor is positioned at the downstream position of the transfer press output conveyor in the transfer direction. And a distribution device for distributing and sending out in the left and right direction, and a payoff table is arranged in front of the distribution device and on the left and right thereof, and further, a transport device is provided between the payoff table and the distribution device. With the interposed structure, the work delivered from the delivery conveyor can be sorted and sent to separate payoff tables by the sorting device, so even if the transfer press molding speed is increased, expensive automatic racks can be used. Without using
It can handle high-speed production and can handle a wide variety of workpieces. In addition, since the sorting device has a movable table capable of tilting in the forward and left and right directions, the work sending direction can be easily selected by a simple operation of only tilting the movable table. Furthermore, by arranging a movable partition plate that can move in the vertical direction on the front end side of the sorting device, when the work delivered from the delivery conveyor to the sorting device is sorted in the left and right direction, , It can be prevented from being sent out to the front, and the reliability of the sorting work can be further improved, and so on.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing an embodiment of an outlet device of a transfer press according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing an example of a sorting device.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged view in the direction of arrows AA in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a schematic plan view showing an example of a transfer press line.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 2 Work 3 Transfer press 4 Outgoing conveyor 5a, 5b, 5c Payoff table 7a, 7b, 7c Transport chute (transport device) 8 Sorting device 9 Movable table 10 Movable partition plate 13x Left / right tilt mechanism 13y Front / back tilt mechanism

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Susumu Oguri 1 Shin-Nakahara-cho, Isogo-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa Prefecture Ishikawashima Harima Heavy Industries, Ltd. Yokohama Engineering Center F-term (reference) 3F070 AA28 BD01 EA24 FA05 FA06 FB04 FB07

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A distributing device for distributing a work delivered from the output conveyor in a forward direction and a left and right direction in the conveyor conveyance direction is installed at a downstream position of the output conveyor of the transfer press, and An outlet device of a transfer press, comprising: a payoff table disposed in front of and on the left and right of the sorting device; and a transport device interposed between the payoff table and the sorting device. 2. The transfer press delivery device according to claim 1, wherein the sorting device comprises a movable table capable of tilting in the front-rear and left-right directions, and a tilting mechanism for tilting the movable table. 3. The transfer press delivery device according to claim 1, wherein a movable partition plate movable in the vertical direction is disposed at a front end side of the sorting device.