JP2001310214A - Lengthy material working device and lengthy material working method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a lengthy material working device small and lightweight and capable of applying working on specified interval positions on a lengthy material in high precision and its lengthy material working method. SOLUTION: This lengthy material working device is furnished with a travelling means 11 to travel the lengthy material 1 in the longitudinal direction, a holding means 41 free to hold the lengthy material 1 to be travelled by this travelling means 11 and provided free to move in the same direction as the travelling direction of the lengthy material 1, a retreating motion means 32 to move this holding means 41 to retreat against the travelling direction of the lengthy material 1, a cutting mechanism 51 provided free to hold the lengthy material 1 and free to move in the same direction as the travelling direction of the lengthy material 1 and to apply working on the lengthy material 1, a second retreating motion means 32 to move this cutting mechanism 51 to retreat against the travelling direction of the lengthy material 1 and a control device 61.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a long material processing apparatus and a long material processing method for processing a running long material at predetermined intervals. For example, the present invention relates to a long material processing apparatus and a long material processing method for cutting a running long material into fixed dimensions.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, an apparatus shown in FIG. 11 is known as a cutting apparatus for cutting a bar-shaped long material at predetermined dimensions. The carriage 2 is movable in the traveling direction of the rod-like long material 1, the clamp mechanism 3 and the cutting mechanism 4 provided on the carriage 2, and protrudes from the carriage 2 in the traveling direction of the long material 1. Provided guide arm 5 and this guide arm 5
And a stopper 6 attached at a right angle to the tip of the head. Now, in a state where both the clamp mechanism 3 and the cut mechanism 4 are raised, the tip of the long material 1 passes through the clamp mechanism 3 and the cut mechanism 4 and the stopper 6.
, The carriage 2 is also moved as the long material 1 travels. In this movement, after the clamp mechanism 3 clamps the long material 1, the cutting mechanism 4 descends and cuts the long material 1. After the cutting, the clamp mechanism 3 and the cutting mechanism 4 are both raised, and then the bogie 2 is returned to the original position by the spring 7, and the same operation is repeated. As a result, the long material 1 is cut for each fixed dimension (dimension from the cutting mechanism 4 to the stopper 6).

[0003]

In the structure of the conventional cutting device, a guide arm 5 protruding from the carriage 2 in the running direction of the long material 1 and a stopper 6 attached at a right angle to the tip of the guide arm 5 are provided. Therefore, there is a problem that the entire apparatus becomes large and heavy. Moreover, long material 1
When cutting the long material 1, the long material 1 comes into contact with the stopper 6, and then the clamp mechanism 3 clamps the long material 1. In the state, since the cutting mechanism 4 moves down to cut the long material 1, there is a problem that an error easily occurs in the cutting dimension.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to solve such a conventional problem and to provide a small-sized and light-weight, long-length material processing apparatus capable of processing a long material at predetermined intervals with high precision. And a long material processing method.

[0005]

Means for Solving the Problems A long material processing apparatus and a long material processing method of the present invention employ the following constitutions in order to achieve the above object. According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a traveling means for causing a long material to travel in a longitudinal direction, and capable of holding the long material traveled by the traveling means and being movable in the same direction as the traveling direction of the long material. Holding means provided, first retreating means for retreating the holding means in the running direction of the long material, and capable of holding the long material and in the same direction as the running direction of the long material A processing means movably provided for processing the long material, a second retreating operation means for retreating the processing means in the running direction of the long material, and a control device, The apparatus operates the holding means and the processing means so as to hold the long material, and when the holding means and the processing means reach a preset fixed position, detaches the processing means from the long material. Thereafter, the second retreating means is operated. Then, the processing means is caused to retreat by a certain dimension in the traveling direction of the long material, and after the retreating operation, the processing means is operated so as to hold the long material and the processing operation is performed. After releasing the holding means from the long material, the first
A function of operating the retreating operation means to cause the holding means to retreat in the traveling direction of the long material by a predetermined dimension,
A long material processing apparatus characterized in that:

According to this processing apparatus, when the holding means and the processing means are operated to hold the long material, the holding means and the processing means are moved as the long material travels. At the time when these reach a preset position, the processing means is separated from the long material, and then the second retreating means is operated to move the processing means by a certain dimension in the running direction of the long material. After that, the processing means is operated to hold the long material and is operated to perform the processing. At this time, the elongate material is in a state of traveling while being held by the holding means, and the processing means processes the elongate material while accompanying the traveling. There is no problem, and processing can be performed on the long material at predetermined intervals at high precision. After this processing operation, the holding means is detached from the long material, and then the first retreating means is operated to move the holding means by a predetermined dimension in the running direction of the long material to return to the initial position. . Therefore, by repeating these operations, processing can be performed at a predetermined interval position of the long material with high accuracy. Further, unlike the related art, there is no need to provide a guide arm, a stopper, or the like protruding from the bogie in the traveling direction of the long material, so that the configuration can be made small and lightweight.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the long material processing apparatus according to the first aspect, the holding means and the processing means are provided so as to be movable in a direction parallel to a running direction of the long material. And the first retreating means and the second retreating means are constituted by one cylinder provided between the carriage and the holding means. It is a long material processing device. According to this processing apparatus, when the holding means and the processing means reach a predetermined fixed position, the processing means is detached from the long material, and then the cylinder is operated (for example, extending operation). The cylinder body moves backward,
In other words, since the carriage is retracted, the processing means can be moved backward by a certain dimension in the traveling direction of the long material. On the other hand, when the cylinder is operated (for example, contracted) after the holding means is separated from the long material after the processing operation, the holding means moves backward, so that the holding means is moved by a predetermined dimension in the running direction of the long material. Can be moved backward. Therefore, the first retreating means and the second retreating means can be constituted by one cylinder, so that the construction can be made economically and simply.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the long material processing apparatus according to the first or second aspect, the processing means has a cutter for cutting the long material at a predetermined interval. It is a long material processing apparatus characterized by the following. According to this processing device, a running long material can be cut at a fixed size interval. So, for example,
It is possible to cut with high precision at regular intervals while running a rod-shaped member continuously produced from a molding machine or the like.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the long material processing apparatus according to the third aspect, there is provided an urging means for urging the bogie in a direction of retreating with respect to a running direction of the long material. It is a long material processing apparatus characterized in that: According to this processing apparatus, since the bogie is urged by the urging means in the retreating direction with respect to the running direction of the long material, the cutter of the cutting mechanism cuts the long material, and then the cutter is cut. Abuts against the end surface of the long material. That is, since the cutter also serving as the stopper abuts on the distal end surface of the long material to form the cutting reference, the long material can be cut at high precision with a constant dimensional interval.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a traveling means for causing a long material to travel in a longitudinal direction, and a direction capable of holding the long material traveled by the traveling means and being parallel to the traveling direction of the long material. Using a holding means movably provided to, and a processing means capable of holding the long material and movably provided in a direction parallel to the running direction of the long material and processing the long material. A method of processing a long material, which is performed at a predetermined interval position of a running long material, wherein the holding means and the processing means hold the long material and move in conjunction with the running direction of the long material. A first step, and when the holding means and the processing means reach a fixed position by the first step, the processing means separates from the long material and retreats by a certain dimension in the running direction of the long material. A second step of operating, and after the retreat operation of the second step, A third step of processing the long material while the processing means holds the long material, and after the completion of the processing of the third step, the holding means is separated from the long material and the length of the long material is reduced by a certain dimension. A fourth step of retreating in the running direction. According to this processing method, the same operation and effect as the first aspect can be achieved.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the long material processing method according to the fifth aspect, the processing in the third step is a cutting processing for cutting the long material at a predetermined interval. It is a long material processing method. According to this processing method, as in the case of claim 3, the running long material can be cut at a fixed size interval. For example, while running a rod-shaped member continuously produced from a molding machine or the like, High-precision cutting can be performed at regular intervals.

[0012]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows an example in which the present invention is applied to a long material fixed size cutting device. The long material sizing and cutting device includes a traveling means 11 for traveling the long material 1 in the longitudinal direction;
A first carriage 2 provided so as to be movable in a direction parallel to a direction in which the long material 1 travels by the traveling means 11.
1, a second truck 31 provided at a rear position on the upper surface of the first truck 21 (rear portion in the running direction) in a direction parallel to the direction in which the long material 1 travels, Holding means 41 provided on the upper surface of the second carriage 31 and capable of holding the long material 1 and moving in the same direction as the long material 1 in the holding state; and a front upper surface of the first carriage 21 It comprises a cutting mechanism 51 as a processing means provided at a position (a front part in the traveling direction), and a control device 61 for controlling operations of the holding means 41 and the cutting mechanism 51.

The traveling means 11 is constituted by a pair of delivery rolls 12 and 13 which are arranged adjacent to the front side of the first carriage 21 and are rotated in opposite directions to each other. The first carriage 21 has a guide 23 on a guide rail 22.
It is provided so as to be movable via. Note that a sensor 24 that detects that the first bogie 21 has arrived is disposed in front of the first bogie 21 in the traveling direction. Further, a spring 25 is provided on the rear end face in the traveling direction, as a biasing means for biasing the first bogie 21 in a direction of retreating with respect to the traveling direction of the long material 1. The second carriage 31 includes:
Cylinder 3 provided at a rear position on the upper surface of first carriage 21
2, it is provided so as to be movable in a direction parallel to the direction in which the long material 1 travels. The cylinder 32
A first retreating means for retreating the holding means 41 in the traveling direction of the long material 1 and a second retreating means for retreating the cutting mechanism 51 in the traveling direction of the long material 1; Also serves as.

The holding means 41 is provided with the second carriage 31.
Lifting means including a receiving base 42 provided on the upper surface of the base member, a clamp piece 43 for clamping the long material 1 between the receiving base 42, and a cylinder for raising and lowering the clamp piece 43 with respect to the receiving base 42 44. The cutting mechanism 51 includes a height adjustment table 52 provided at a front position on the upper surface of the first carriage 21 and a height adjustment table 52.
Receiving stand 53 and guide cylinder 54 provided on the upper surface of
A cutter 56 is provided on the receiving stand 53 via a cylinder 55 so as to be able to move up and down.

The control device 61 operates the holding member 41 and the cutting mechanism 51 so that the holding member 41 and the cutting mechanism 51 hold the long material 1.
Is a preset position (here, the position of the sensor 24)
Is reached, the cutting mechanism 51 is disengaged from the long material 1 and then the cylinder 32 is operated (extended) to cause the cutting mechanism 51 to retreat by a certain dimension in the running direction of the long material 1, After this retreating operation, the cutting mechanism 51 is moved down so that the cutting mechanism 51 holds the long material 1 to cut the long material 1.
1 is detached from the long material 1, and then the cylinder 32 is operated (reduced operation) to move the holding means 41 by a predetermined size to the long material 1.
It has a function to perform a backward movement in the traveling direction.

Next, the operation of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 2 shows the state of the origin position. In this state, the cutter 56 of the cutting mechanism 51 is lowered, the leading end of the long material 1 abuts on the cutter 56, and the clamp piece 43 of the holding means 41 is in an up state. From this state, as shown in FIG. 3, the clamp piece 43 of the holding means 41 descends to hold the long material 1. Then, with the holding means 41 and the cutting mechanism 51 holding the long material 1, the long material 1 is moved in conjunction with the traveling direction of the long material 1. When the first carriage 21 reaches the fixed position, the arrival is detected by the sensor 24.

When the sensor 24 detects that the first carriage 21 has reached the home position, as shown in FIG. 4, the cutter 56 of the cutting mechanism 51 is raised and the cylinder 3
2 is operated (the piston rod 32B is extended with respect to the cylinder body 32A). At this time, the piston rod 3
Since the holding means 41 connected to the 2B side holds the long material 1, the cylinder main body 32A is moved backward with respect to the holding means 41. That is, the first carriage 21 and the cutting mechanism 51 are retracted by a certain dimension in the traveling direction of the long material 1.

Next, as shown in FIG.
Is lowered. Then, the cutter 56 of the cutting mechanism 51 cuts the long material 1 while moving while holding the long material 1 together with the holding means 41. After the cutting of the long material 1 is completed, as shown in FIG. 6, after the clamp piece 43 of the holding means 41 is raised, the cylinder 32 operates (the piston rod 32B contracts with respect to the cylinder body 32A).
Is done. Then, as shown in FIG.
Since the cutting mechanism 51 connected to the A side via the carriage 21 is in contact with the distal end surface of the long material 1, that is, cannot be retracted, the holding means 41 connected to the piston rod 32 </ b> B It moves backward and returns to the original initial position.

Therefore, according to the present embodiment, the running long material 1 can be cut continuously at regular intervals by repeating the above-described operation. In addition, unlike the related art, there is no need to provide a guide arm, a stopper, or the like protruding from the bogie in the traveling direction of the long material, so that the configuration can be made small and lightweight.

The holding means 41 and the cutting mechanism 51
Is mounted on the first carriage 21 and the first carriage 2
Since the cylinder 32 is arranged between the first and the holding means 41, the structure can be made economically and simply. In other words, when the holding mechanism 41 and the cutting mechanism 51 reach the preset home position, the cutting mechanism 51 is separated from the long material 1 and then the cylinder 32 is operated (extended).
Since the cylinder body 32A retreats with respect to the holding means 41, that is, the carriage 21 retreats, the cutting mechanism 51 can be made to retreat in the traveling direction of the long material 1 by a certain dimension. On the other hand, after cutting, the holding means 41 is separated from the long material 1 and then the cylinder 32 is operated (shrinking operation).
Then, since the holding means 41 performs the retreating operation, the holding means 41 can be made to retreat by a predetermined dimension in the traveling direction of the long material 1. Therefore, since these two retreating operations can be constituted by one cylinder 32, it can be constituted economically and simply.

The cutter 25 of the cutting mechanism 51 is provided with the spring 25 for urging the first bogie 21 in the retreating direction with respect to the running direction of the long material 1.
Is cut, the cutter 56 is brought into contact with the cut end surface of the long material 1. Therefore, the cutter 5 also serving as a stopper
Since the cutting member 6 is in contact with the distal end surface of the long material 1 to form a cutting reference, the long material 1 can be cut with high precision at regular intervals.

The present invention is not limited to the configuration described in the above embodiment, but includes the following modifications.
For example, as shown in FIG. 8, in the cutting mechanism 51, the front side of the cutter 56 (the rear side in the running direction of the long material 1).
Is provided with a holding means 57 which can be moved up and down.
May hold the long material 1.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the long material 1 is sent out by the running means 11. However, as shown in FIG. The long material 1 (for example, a sheet or film made of a synthetic resin) may be wound by the device 14. In this case, the holding means 41 is the first carriage 21
It is provided so as to be movable above. The processing means includes processing means 58 for performing perforation processing, printing processing, heat sealing processing, packing, and the like, and holding means 59.

In the initial state, the holding means 41 and 59 are in the clamp release state. When the winding of the long material 1 is confirmed, the holding means 41 and 59 clamp the long material 1,
The holding means 41 and 59 are both moved in the same direction as the long material 1. When the carriage 21 reaches the set position, the holding means 59
Is released from the clamp, and the holding means 59 and the processing means 5
8 is moved by the set length in the direction opposite to the running direction of the long material 1. After this movement is completed, the holding means 59 clamps the long material 1, and the processing means 58 processes the long material 1. Thereafter, the holding means 41, 59 are returned to the start position. In the case of such processing, the holding means 5
The position 9 may be either before or after the feed direction with respect to the processing means.

In the above embodiment, the first carriage 21
The holding means 41 is provided on the second carriage 31 via the second carriage 31. As shown in FIG.
The same operation and effect can be obtained by mounting the first and second trucks on separate carts 21A and 21B and connecting them with a connecting rod 21C.

In the above embodiment, the cylinders 44 and 55 are used for the holding means 41 and the cutting mechanism 51.
Other mechanisms may be used as long as they reciprocate. The means for retracting the holding means 41 and the cutting mechanism 51 is not limited to the cylinder 32 of the above-described embodiment, but may be a spring or the like. Further, in the cutting mechanism 51 of the above-described embodiment, the long material is cut by the cutter 56, but may be cut by using a means other than a cutter blade, such as a saw, a laser, and a water pressure. Further, in the above-described embodiment, the holding means 41 has a structure in which the long material 1 is sandwiched and held. However, when the long material 1 has a projection, the holding means 41 may be hooked and held on the projection. It may be.

[0027]

According to the long material processing apparatus and the long material processing method of the present invention, it is possible to perform the processing at a predetermined interval position on the long material with high accuracy in a small and lightweight form.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an operation (1) of the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an operation (2) of the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an operation (3) of the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an operation (4) of the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an operation (5) of the embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an operation (6) of the embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 long material 11 running means 14 winding device (running means) 21 first bogie 25 spring (biasing means) 32 cylinder (first and second retreating means) 41 holding means 51 cutting mechanism (processing means) 61 Controller

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A running means for running a long material in a longitudinal direction, and a holding member provided to be capable of holding the long material run by the running means and to be movable in the same direction as the running direction of the long material. Means, first retreating means for retreating the holding means in the running direction of the long material, and provided so as to be able to hold the long material and to be movable in the same direction as the running direction of the long material. Processing means for processing the elongated material, and a second means for retreating the processing means in the running direction of the elongated material.
Retreating operation means and a control device, the control device operates the holding means and the processing means so as to hold the long material, and these holding means and the processing means at a predetermined position set in advance At this point, the processing means is separated from the long material, and then the second retreating means is operated to cause the processing means to retreat by a certain dimension in the running direction of the long material, and after this retreating operation, The processing means operates the processing means so as to hold the long material and performs the processing operation. After the processing operation, the holding means is separated from the long material, and then the first retreating means is operated to operate the holding means. Characterized in that it has a function of retreating by a predetermined dimension in the running direction of the long material. 2. The long material processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the holding means and the processing means are mounted on a common carriage provided so as to be movable in a direction parallel to a running direction of the long material. The first retreating operation means and the second retreating movement means,
A long material processing apparatus comprising a single cylinder provided between the carriage and the holding means. 3. The long material processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the processing means is a cutting mechanism having a cutter that cuts the long material at regular intervals. Long material processing equipment. 4. The long material processing apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising: urging means for urging the carriage in a direction of retreating with respect to a running direction of the long material. Long material processing equipment. 5. A running means for running a long material in a longitudinal direction, and a movable means capable of holding the long material traveled by the running means and movable in a direction parallel to the running direction of the long material. The holding means and the processing means for holding the long material and being provided so as to be movable in a direction parallel to the running direction of the long material and performing processing on the long material, for the running long material, A long material processing method for performing processing at a fixed interval position, wherein the holding means and the processing means hold the long material and move in conjunction with the running direction of the long material; A second step in which, when the holding means and the processing means reach a fixed position by the first step, the processing means separates from the long material and retreats by a certain dimension in the running direction of the long material; After the retreat operation of the second step, the processing means holds the long material. And a third step of processing the long material while performing the processing of the third step. After the completion of the processing of the third step, the holding means is separated from the long material and retreats by a certain dimension in the running direction of the long material. A method for processing a long material, comprising: a fourth step. 6. The method for processing a long material according to claim 5, wherein the processing in the third step is a cutting process for cutting the long material at regular intervals. .