JP2005066419A - Coating drying line apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a versatile coating drying line apparatus which can decrease process changes as far as possible even when the objects to be coated of different kinds are to be handled. <P>SOLUTION: When an operator places, through an aperture 2, a coating tray 12 which carries the object to be coated onto a table 10 of a drying hanger 5 existing in a position A and operates a start switch 34, the corresponding drying hanger 5 moves to a position B and the drying motor of a circulator 3 stops. Then, an air cylinder 21 moves to lower a clamping member 22, a section 13 to be clamped of a coating tray 12 on the table 10 is clamped by the clamping member 22, and an air cylinder 23 operates to move the coating tray 12 rightward, thereby transferring the coating tray 12 onto a table 27 of a conveying device 25 existing in a hand-over position. Thereafter, the clamping is released and the air cylinder 21 operates to raise the clamping member 22, and an air cylinder 26 operates to move the table 27 up to a position below a coating robot 30, thereby coating the object to be coated. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a paint drying line device that collects a coated article to be dried.

  In the conventional paint drying line equipment, since the drying equipment and the paint line are not connected, each process of painting and drying is carried out in a single batch process. There is a problem in that the number of products increases and there is a variation in work speed due to individual differences among workers, resulting in a decrease in work efficiency. In addition, since the changeover was performed with the painting and drying equipment stopped, there was a problem that the equipment operation efficiency was lowered.

For this reason, a technique has been proposed in which a hanger device is provided for suspending and transporting a workpiece movably on a guide rail configured endlessly, and a drying device and a coating device are arranged in an endless coating line ( Patent Document 1).
JP 11-319655 A

  However, when handling different types of workpieces, the hanger device must be changed, and it was not versatile to handle different types of different workpieces.

  Therefore, in view of the above points, an object of the present invention is to provide a versatile paint drying line apparatus that can reduce setup change as much as possible even when handling different types of articles to be coated.

  Therefore, according to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a coating / drying line apparatus for drying and collecting a coated article to be coated, wherein an operator has an opening for taking in and out a painting tray on which the article to be coated is set. A circulation device that places and circulates the coating tray on a plurality of drying hangers provided at predetermined intervals on the endless chain in the room, and a coating that is disposed in the painting chamber for coating the article to be coated A transfer device for transferring the coating tray between a delivery position and a coating position by the coating device, and a transfer for transferring the coating tray between a drying hanger in the drying chamber and a delivery position of the transfer device. And a mounting device.

  In a second aspect based on the first aspect, the transport device is provided with a table that is rotated by a predetermined angle by an intermittent rotation device, and a coating tray on which a product to be coated is set is placed on the table. The object to be coated is coated by a coating apparatus, and the table is rotated by a predetermined angle and painted again.

  Therefore, according to the first aspect of the present invention, it is possible to provide a versatile paint drying line apparatus that can reduce the setup change as much as possible even when handling different types of articles to be coated. Moreover, according to 2nd invention, it can coat evenly to the to-be-coated article set to the coating tray.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. Reference numeral 1 denotes a box-shaped drying chamber, and a heat insulating structure is provided between the outer shell and the inner shell of the main body. Further, the drying chamber 1 is provided with a heat source (not shown) capable of temperature control, and an opening 2 is opened on the front surface for an operator to insert and extract a product to be coated made of, for example, a synthetic resin. ing. That is, the opening 2 is a work port for an operator to insert and take out the article to be painted and the article to be painted before painting.

  Further, a circulation device 3 that performs a circulation operation is installed in the drying chamber 1. The circulation device 3 includes a drive gear driven by a drive motor, a driven gear, a chain constructed by connecting a plurality of links 4 in an endless manner and stretched between both gears, and a predetermined interval between the chains. And six drying hangers 5 arranged in the existing manner. That is, six drying hangers 5 are connected to the link 4 via the mounting bracket 6, and the article to be coated inserted from the opening 2 by the operator is circulated by the circulation device 3, and the opening 2 After 6-step operation, that is, after repeating the movement and stop six times, it is taken out by the operator.

  In FIG. 3, the drying hanger 5 is composed of a carriage 8 having a substantially U-shaped cross section and having a fixing portion 7 fixed to the link 4 via a mounting bracket 6, a support plate 9 and a table 10. ing. That is, the support plate 9 fixes the carriage 8 and the table 10, and the carriage 8 is provided with guide rollers 11 at the four corners of the lower surface thereof, and the guide rollers 11 run (slide) on the floor surface of the drying chamber 1. By doing so, the driving load of the circulation device 3 is reduced. The table 10 is mounted with a coating tray 12 for setting (mounting, standing) a product to be coated. The coating tray 12 is a bottomed container having an open top surface, has a quadrangular shape in plan view, a gripped portion 13 is provided at one end, and the bottom surface is manufactured by a mesh-like wire mesh to reduce weight. .

  Reference numeral 14 denotes a coating chamber provided adjacent to the drying chamber 1, and an opening 15 is opened on the right side of the drying chamber 1 so that a transfer device 20 described later can enter and leave the drying chamber 1. ing. Reference numeral 20 denotes a transfer device disposed in the coating chamber 14, which has a configuration in which the gripping member 22 can be moved up and down by an air cylinder 21 as a driving source and the gripping member 22 can be reciprocated to the left and right by an air cylinder 23. is there. Reference numeral 25 denotes a transfer device disposed in the coating chamber 14. The table 27 can be reciprocated by an air cylinder 26 as a drive source, and the table 27 is also driven by an air index mechanism 28 by air driving, for example, 90 degrees in plan view. It is a configuration that enables intermittent rotation in one direction at a time. Reference numeral 30 denotes a painting robot as a painting apparatus for painting an article to be coated set on the painting tray 12 placed on the table 27.

  Therefore, the gripping portion 13 of the coating tray 12 on the drying hanger 5 stopped at the transfer station by the circulation device 3 is gripped by lowering the gripping member 22 by driving the air cylinder 21 and is gripped by driving the air cylinder 23 as it is. In this configuration, the member 22 is moved to the right and transferred onto the table 27 of the transport device 25. The transport device 25 is configured to position the coating tray 12 transferred on the table 27 below the coating robot 30 by driving the air cylinder 26.

  The coating robot 30 is provided with a coating nozzle 32 at the tip of an arm 31 having an axis that can move in three directions XYZ. Therefore, the arm 31 and the coating nozzle 32 can be arbitrarily operated in the XYZ directions in synchronization. The flush booth 33 is provided with a circulating water curtain, and removes the spray of paint mist generated from the painting robot 30 during painting work.

  Although not shown in the figure, a control device composed of a microcomputer or the like for comprehensively controlling the paint drying line device is provided, and programs relating to several kinds of paint patterns are stored, and sequence control of the entire device is performed. ing. Reference numeral 34 denotes a start switch. When the operator S presses the start switch 34, the circulation device 3 or the like is activated.

  The operation will be described below with the above configuration. First, as shown in FIG. 1, a coating tray 12 on which an article to be coated is set by an operator S is manually placed on the table 10 of the drying hanger 5 at the A position through the opening 2. Next, when the start switch 34 is operated, the circulation device 3 and the like are operated. That is, the circulation device 3 is operated, and the corresponding drying hanger 5 moves from the A position to the B position so as to transfer the coating tray 12 in which the article to be coated is set to the B position shown in FIG.

  When a sensor (not shown) confirms that the position B has been reached, the drive motor of the circulation device 3 is stopped, the air cylinder 21 of the transfer device 20 is operated, the gripping member 22 is lowered, and the coating on the table 10 is performed. The gripping portion 22 of the tray 12 is gripped by the gripping member 22 (see FIGS. 3 and 4), and the air cylinder 23 is further actuated to move the coating tray 12 to the right in FIG. The coating tray 12 is transferred onto the table 27 of the conveying device 25 at the position (see FIG. 5).

  Then, the gripping member 22 releases the gripping, the air cylinder 21 is operated to raise the gripping member 22, and the air cylinder 26 is operated to move the table 27 to a position below the painting robot 30 (FIG. 6). reference). Accordingly, the coating liquid is sprayed onto the article to be coated set on the painting tray 12 on the table 27 via the painting nozzle 32 of the painting robot 30, and the article to be coated is painted. In this case, the arm 31 and the coating nozzle 32 operate according to a preset program, and the painting operation is started.

  That is, the painting robot 30 paints the article to be coated set on the painting tray 12 while moving in the XY directions from the point C to the point D as shown by the arrows in FIG. Further, the air index mechanism 28 is driven to rotate the table 27 in the clockwise direction, for example, and is set on the coating tray 12 while moving in the XY directions from the point E to the point F as shown by the arrows in FIG. Then, the air index mechanism 28 is driven to rotate the table 27 in the clockwise direction and move in the XY directions as indicated by the arrows in FIG. Then, the air index mechanism 28 is driven to rotate the table 27 in the clockwise direction and move in the XY direction as shown by the arrows in FIG. To do. That is, as described above, coating is performed so that a uniform thickness (coating thickness) is uniformly applied to the article to be coated from the four directions.

  While the painting robot 30 is in operation, the water curtain is operated in the washing booth 33 to remove the spray of coating mist during operation of the apparatus, but this is not restrictive. A water curtain may be activated on the belt.

  When the painting is finished, the air cylinder 26 is operated to return to the left and stopped at the delivery position. When the air cylinder 21 is operated, the gripping member 22 is lowered and the coating tray 12 on the table 27 is gripped. The gripping member 22 is actuated to grasp the portion 13 (see FIG. 7), and the air cylinder 23 is further actuated to move the coating tray 12 to the left so that the table 10 of the dry hanger 5 unloaded from the table 27 is moved. After the coating tray 12 is transferred to the top and the gripping member 22 releases the grip, the air cylinder 21 is operated to raise the gripping member 22 (see FIG. 8).

  After this delivery, the circulation device 3 operates by one pitch. The operation interval time of each pitch of the drying hanger 5 of the circulation device 3 is set so as to circulate in 3 minutes 30 seconds. Then, as described above, since the drying hanger 5 stays in the drying apparatus 1 for about 3 minutes and 30 seconds until the drying hanger 5 is transferred from the A position to the B position, the article to be coated is heated to some extent. The coating efficiency is improved.

  In FIG. 1, the circulation device 3 circulates in the direction of the arrow, and the cycle is completed when the drying hanger 5 on which the coated article to be coated is returned to the A position. Therefore, the operator S takes out the coating tray 12 in which the coated article to be coated on the drying hanger 5 is set from the opening 2 of the drying chamber 1.

  Each time the drying hanger 5 reaches the position A, the painting tray 12 is set with an unpainted article on the table 10 of the drying hanger 5 that is empty (there is no coating tray 12) or is emptied after being taken out. And the start switch 34 is operated to restart the cycle.

  Then, the operator collects the products to be coated from the coating tray 12 which has been painted, and performs quality confirmation. That is, the paint tray 12 with the painted article to be painted is taken out, the paint tray 12 with the unpainted article to be set is placed on the table 10 of the dry hanger 5 that has become empty, and the start switch Since the quality check is carried out after operating 34, it is possible to improve the equipment operation efficiency of the present paint drying line device. Furthermore, in addition to the quality check, if a product to be coated is set on the empty coating tray 12 Furthermore, the facility operation efficiency can be further improved.

  The coating tray 12 is a bottomed container having an open upper surface, and a plurality of articles to be coated are simply arranged or laid on top of each other. It is possible to perform painting without changing 12 and sometimes it is not necessary to change the drying hanger 5 by using a painting tray 12 having a different shape. It is.

  Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, various alternatives, modifications, and variations can be made by those skilled in the art based on the above description, and the present invention is not limited to the various alternatives described above without departing from the spirit of the present invention. It includes modifications or variations.

It is a top view of a paint drying line device. It is a top view of a paint drying line device, and is a figure showing the state after 1 step operation of a circulation device. It is a side view which shows the state before operation | movement of a transfer apparatus and a conveying apparatus. It is a side view which shows the transfer apparatus which started transfer operation | movement, and the conveying apparatus before operation | movement. It is a side view which shows the transfer apparatus just before completion | finish of transfer operation, and the conveying apparatus before operation | movement. It is a side view which shows the transfer apparatus which completed transfer operation | movement, and the conveying apparatus after forward conveyance operation. It is a side view which shows the transfer apparatus which completed transfer operation | movement, and the conveying apparatus after reverse conveyance operation. It is a side view which shows the state transferred to the drying hanger by the transfer apparatus from the conveying apparatus after a reverse conveyance operation | movement. It is a figure which shows the locus | trajectory from C to D of operation | movement of an arm and a coating nozzle. It is a figure which shows the locus | trajectory from E to F of an arm and a coating nozzle.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Drying chamber 2 Opening part 3 Circulation apparatus 5 Drying hanger 12 Coating tray 20 Transfer apparatus 25 Conveyance apparatus 30 Coating robot

Claims (2)

  In a paint drying line device that dries and collects the coated products to be painted, the endless chain is spaced a predetermined distance in the drying chamber with an opening for the operator to put in and out the painting tray on which the coated products are set. A circulation device for placing and circulating the coating tray on a plurality of drying hangers provided, a coating device disposed in a coating chamber for coating the article to be coated, a delivery position, and the coating A transport device that transports the coating tray between a coating position by the device, and a transfer device that transports the coating tray between a drying hanger in the drying chamber and a delivery position of the transport device. Characteristic paint drying line equipment.   A table that is rotated by a predetermined angle by an intermittent rotation device is provided in the transport device, and a coating tray on which a product to be coated is placed is placed on the table, and the table is coated on the product by the coating device. The coating / drying line apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the coating is rotated again by a predetermined angle and then painted again.

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