JP2011105399A - Automatic billet storing and conveying device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an automatic billet storing and conveying device which speedily, accurately, and safely conveys a plurality of billets at a time to or from a storage place, and loades the billets on shelves at the front and rear of struts or unloads the billets therefrom. <P>SOLUTION: This automatic billet storing and conveying device includes the storage place (5) which includes the rows of the large number of struts (4) disposed at intervals that are orderly arranged in the lateral and longitudinal directions and which have a large number of shelves (3) on the front and rear sides, respectively, conveying machines (6) longitudinally traveling over the storage place, a pair of lifting masts (9), (9) installed on the conveying machines, a fork support body (25) horizontally attached to the bottom ends of the lifting masts, fork elements (27), (27) which are attached to both ends of the fork support body to be rotated horizontally for receiving the plurality of billets (26), and rotating mechanisms (29) for rotating the fork elements by 180° forward and backward so that the billets can be loaded on both shelves on the front and rear sides of the struts. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention constitutes a billet storage place, is vertically aligned aligned left and right and front and back, and runs on a plurality of spaced columns of columns each having a number of shelves on the front side and the rear side, The present invention relates to an automatic billet storage and conveyance device for horizontally placing a plurality of billets on a shelf of columns that are aligned to the left and right, or for taking out from a shelf of columns.

  In order to store large quantities of long billets (for example, 12 m), the storage location is vertically aligned with the left and right and front and back, with multiple shelves on the front and rear sides, with a large number of intervals. It is known that a plurality of billets (for example, three) are horizontally placed and stored on a support shelf that is composed of a series of support posts and aligned to the left and right. In this case, it is common to use a large crane, three at a time, received by the fork element of the fork support and transported to or from the storage location. Since a large moment of inertia acts when a heavy billet is transported by a large crane in this way, the operation of the large crane must naturally be low speed and low accuracy if the moment of inertia is to be suppressed as much as possible. Therefore, billet storage. There was a drawback that the removal operation could not be performed efficiently and quickly.

  The present invention transports a plurality of billets to a storage location at a time or safely from a storage location at high speed and with high accuracy, and places the billets on or off the shelves on the front and rear sides of the column. An object of the present invention is to provide an automatic billet storage and conveyance device capable of performing the above.

  To achieve this object, the present invention provides a storage location including a plurality of spaced columns of columns that are installed side by side and front and back and have a number of shelves on the front and rear sides, respectively. A conveyor that travels in the front-rear direction, a pair of elevating masts provided on the conveyor, a fork support that is horizontally attached to the lower end of the elevating mast, and horizontally rotatable at both ends of the fork support The fork element for receiving a plurality of billets, and the fork element rotated forward and rearward by 180 degrees so that the billet can be placed on either the front shelf or the rear shelf of the column. A plurality of billets placed horizontally on the right and left column racks from the fork element, or the fork elements allow the billet to be taken out from the column racks. Provides automatic billet storage conveying device.

  According to the present invention, the fork provided fixed to the lower side of the transport machine outside each lifting mast in order to prevent the billet from falling off the fork while the transport machine is running or stopped. There is provided an automatic billet storage and conveyance device further including a hydraulic cylinder having a plunger rod for clamping a plurality of billets on an element from both front and rear directions.

  According to the present invention, two sets of hydraulic cylinders for clamping the billet from both the front and rear directions are provided in association with the 180 degree change of the fork element.

  When the transporter travels at a high speed or stops, the billet tries to move on the fork due to inertia, but according to the present invention, before traveling, the plunger rod of each pair of hydraulic cylinders extends. Since multiple billets on the sword are clamped from both the front and rear directions, the billet does not fall off the fork element when the transporter is running or stopped, and as a result, the billet can be transported at high speed by the transporter. To.

It is a perspective view which shows the automatic billet storage conveyance apparatus and stock yard by this invention. It is a front view of the automatic billet storage conveyance apparatus by this invention. It is a side view of the automatic billet storage conveyance apparatus of FIG. It is a side view which shows the conveyance machine of the automatic billet storage conveyance apparatus by this invention. It is a front view of the raising / lowering mast of the automatic billet storage conveyance apparatus by this invention. It is a side view of the raising / lowering mast of FIG. It is a top view of the raising / lowering mast of FIG. It is a front view of the part of the fork support body attached to the raising / lowering mast. It is a top view of the fork support body of FIG. It is a fragmentary sectional view which shows a fork element in detail. It is a top view of the clamp apparatus provided in the conveyance machine. It is a side view of FIG.

  An embodiment of an automatic billet storage and conveyance device according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a stock yard 2 to which an automatic billet storage and conveyance device 1 of the present invention is applied. The stock yard 2 includes a storage place 5 that is arranged in the left-right and front-rear direction and includes a plurality of spaced columns 4 each having a number of shelves 3 on the front side and the rear side. As shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, a pair of rails 6, 6 are installed on both sides of the storage place 5, so that the overhead traveling transport machine 7 travels on the storage place 5 along the rails 6, 6. It has become. The traveling of the transporter 7 is performed by electric traveling wheels 8 on the rails 6 and 6 provided on the left and right and front and rear sides of the transporter.

  As can be seen in FIGS. 1, 2 and 5, a pair of left and right lifting masts 9, 9 are provided on the conveyor 7 between the left and right columns 4 and 4, and are fixed to extend upward from the frame structure 10 of the conveyor 7. It includes a guide structure 11 and a movable mast 13 that is moved up and down by a lifting mechanism 12 in the fixed guide structure 11.

  As best seen in FIGS. 6 and 7, the elevating mechanism 12 is provided adjacent to the fixed guide structure 11 and vertically fixed thereto, and rotatably provided at the tip of the plunger rod 15. The pulley 16 is composed of a chain 19 having one end 17 fixed to the fixed guide structure 11 and the other end 18 fixed to the upper portion of the movable mast 13 and hung on the pulley 16. When the plunger rod 15 is extended by operating the hydraulic cylinder 14, the movable mast 13 is lifted by the upward movement of the pulley 16 through the chain 19 engaged with the pulley 16, and vice versa. If it contracts, that is, withdraws, it descends. In this configuration, the movable mast 13 can be moved at a distance double the expansion / contraction stroke of the plunger rod 15 by the hydraulic cylinder, in other words, at a double speed. Therefore, the movable mast 13 can be moved up and down quickly. it is obvious.

  The elevator is provided with means for synchronously moving the movable masts 13, 13 of the pair of left and right lifting masts 9, which are located on the back of the movable mast 13 as can be seen in FIGS. A rack 20 that is fixed in the longitudinal direction along the longitudinal direction, a pinion 21 that is rotatably provided on the outer frame of the fixed guide structure and meshes with the rack 20, and a shaft 22 that connects the pinions 21 and 21. Including. Each of the movable masts 13 and 13 is smoothly moved up and down by engagement between rollers 23 and 23 ′ provided in the fixed guide structure 11 and a longitudinal guide rail 24 fixed to the movable mast. Be guided to.

  As shown in FIGS. 1, 2, 8 and 9, the lifting masts 9 and 9, more specifically, fork supports 25 are horizontally attached to the lower ends of the movable masts 13 and 13, Fork elements 27, 27 for receiving a plurality of billets 26 (three in this example) at a time are rotatably attached via bearings 28 (see FIG. 10). The fork elements 27, 27 can place the billet 26 carried by the fork element 27 on either the front shelf 3 or the rear shelf 3 of the support column 4 so that the billet can be picked up from any shelf. It is required to do. For this purpose, each of the fork elements 27, 27 is connected to a rotation mechanism 29 for rotating 180 degrees forward and backward as indicated by arrows in FIG. The rotation mechanism 29 includes a shaft 31 that is rotated by an electric motor 30 with a speed reducer, and a fork element 27 is fixed to the shaft 31.

  A hydraulic cylinder having plunger rods 32 for clamping a plurality of billets 26 on the fork elements 27 from both front and rear directions in order to prevent the billets 26 carried by the fork elements 27 and 27 from falling off while the transport machine 7 is traveling. 11 and 12, 33 is provided on the frame structure 10 of the conveyor 7 outside the elevating masts 9, 9 as shown in FIGS. 11 and 12. Two sets of the hydraulic cylinders 33 are installed in the front and rear in relation to the 180 degree change of the fork elements 27 and 27.

  According to the invention, prior to billet transport, i.e., for example, when the forward-facing fork elements 27, 27 receive the billet 26 and raise the movable masts 13, 13 of the elevating masts 9, 9, respectively. The pair of front and rear hydraulic cylinders 33 are operated to extend the plunger rod 32 to clamp the billet 26 from both the front and rear directions. Thereby, falling of the billet from the fork elements 27, 27 during traveling of the transporter can be prevented.

  In actual work, the transport machine 7 travels on the rails 6 and 6 between the billet loading / unloading location (not shown) and the storage location 5 by the rotation of the electric traveling wheels 8. For example, when the shelf 3 on the rear side of the column 4 is to be used for storage, the movable masts 13 and 13 are lowered at the loading position with the fork elements 27 and 27 facing forward by the rotating mechanism 29, and the conveyor 7 Fork under a plurality of (three in this example) billets carried on a plurality of carry-in conveyors (not shown) at carry-in locations spaced laterally. The elements 27 and 27 are submerged. The movable masts 13 and 13 are raised and stopped at the uppermost position. At that time, the plurality of billets 26 are clamped from both the front and rear directions by the extension of the plunger 32 by the operation of a set of hydraulic cylinders 33. Thereafter, the transport machine 7 is moved to the storage location, and when the intended strut 4 is reached, the clamp on the billet 26 is released by the contraction of the plunger 32 by the hydraulic cylinder 33, and then the movable masts 13, 13 are intended. Then, the conveyor 7 is moved forward by the amount of the shelf, and the fork elements 27, 27 are lowered with respect to the shelf 3 by the movable masts 13, 13, and the billet 26 is placed on the shelf. When the storage operation is completed, the transport machine 7 is moved backward, and then the movable masts 13 and 13 are raised again, and then the transport machine is moved to the loading position. By repeating such an operation, three billets are stored on the shelf on the rear side of the support column three at a time.

  When the billet is placed on the shelf on the front side of the column, the fork elements 27, 27 are turned rearward by the rotating mechanism 29, the movable masts 13, 13 are raised, and the billet 26 on the fork elements 27, 27 is moved to another set of hydraulic pressure. Clamping is performed by the extension of the plunger rod 32 by the operation of the cylinder 33. Except for this, the operation for storing the billet on the front shelf is substantially the same as the operation for storing the billet on the rear shelf described above.

  The work of taking out the billet from the shelf at the storage place and transporting it to the carry-out conveyor (not shown) at the carry-out place is performed by performing the operation substantially opposite to the operation associated with the above-mentioned storage work. It will be easily understood.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Automatic billet storage conveyance apparatus 2 Stock yard 3 Shelf 4 Prop 5 Storage place 6 Rail 7 Ceiling traveling conveyance machine 8 Electric traveling wheel 9 Lifting mast 10 Frame structure 11 Fixed guide structure 12 Lifting mechanism 13 Movable mast 14 Hydraulic cylinder 15 Plunger Rod 16 pulley 19 chain 20 rack 21 pinion 22 shaft 23 roller 23 'roller 24 guide rail 25 fork support body 26 billet 27 fork element 28 bearing 29 rotating mechanism 30 electric motor with reduction gear 31 shaft 32 plunger rod 33 hydraulic cylinder

Claims (3)

  A storage location that includes a plurality of spaced columns of struts that are installed side by side and front and back and have a number of shelves on the front and rear sides, and a transporter that runs in the front-rear direction on the storage location; To receive a pair of elevating masts provided in the conveyor, a fork support horizontally attached to the lower end of the elevating mast, and a plurality of billets provided horizontally at both ends of the fork support A fork element and a rotation mechanism for rotating the fork element forward and rearward by 180 degrees so that the billet can be placed on either the front shelf or the rear shelf of the column, From the above, the automatic billet storage and conveyance device is configured such that a plurality of billets are horizontally mounted on the shelf of the support aligned to the left and right, or the billet can be taken out from the shelf of the support with the fork element.   In order to prevent the billet from falling off the fork when the transport machine is running or stopped, a plurality of pieces on the fork element fixed on the lower side of the transport machine outside each lifting mast are provided. The automatic billet storage and conveyance device according to claim 1, further comprising a hydraulic cylinder having a plunger rod for clamping the billet from both front and rear directions.   3. The automatic billet storage and conveyance device according to claim 2, wherein two sets of hydraulic cylinders for clamping the billet from both front and rear directions are provided in association with the 180 degree change of the fork element.

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