JP2011114875A - Control panel - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a control panel that is miniaturized. <P>SOLUTION: The control panel includes a casing with at least a sidewall and a guide member which is installed in the casing and to which various devices are attached. The guide member is installed at the back inside the casing when a height of the device to be attached is high, and it is installed at the front in the casing when a height of the device to be attached is low, thereby the control panel can be miniaturized. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

The present invention relates to a control panel used when, for example, various devices, machines, facilities, etc. are controlled. In particular, the structure is simplified and made compact by improving the mounting structure and wiring structure of the equipment in the panel. It is related with what was devised so that it can plan.

A conventional control panel has a configuration as shown in FIG. 7, for example. FIG. 7A is a front view showing a state in which the front door 103 of the control panel 101 is removed, and FIG. 7B is a side view showing the control panel 101 with the front door 103 attached, with a part cut away. It is.
First, there is a housing 105, and this housing 105 is made of, for example, a steel plate and has a bottomed container shape, and its cross-sectional shape is a rectangle. That is, the housing 105 is composed of a bottom wall 107 and four side walls 109, 109, 109, 109 erected from the bottom wall 107. In addition, the front door 103 already described is rotatably attached to one side wall 109 via a hinge (not shown) so as to open and close the front opening 111 of the housing 105.

A substrate 113 for attaching various devices is attached to the bottom wall 107 of the casing 105. A guide member 115 for attaching various devices is attached to the substrate 113. Various devices such as a breaker 117, a power supply 119, an inverter 121, a terminal block 123, and the like are attached to the guide member 115. In addition, a relay 125, a relay terminal 127, a programmable controller (PLC) 129, a motor controller 131, a motor driver controller 135, and the like are attached.
The inverter 121, the motor controller 131, and the motor driver controller 135 are directly attached to the substrate 113.

Further, wiring ducts 133 are attached to the board 113 at appropriate positions (in the case shown in FIG. 7 (a), two horizontal rows and two vertical rows are installed), which are drawn out from the various devices. Wirings are laid in a state of being accommodated in these wiring ducts 133. Further, the housing 105 has a wiring extraction portion (not shown), and the wirings are drawn out of the housing 105 through the wiring extraction portion.

Examples of the configuration of this type of control panel include Patent Document 1, Patent Document 2, and Patent Document 3.

JP 2005-299322 A JP 2002-124783 A JP-A-11-86941

The conventional configuration has the following problems.
First, there is a problem that the control panel becomes large and requires a large installation space. The reason is that a wiring duct 133 is installed in the control panel 101, and the wiring duct 133 is installed in the same plane as various devices, so that the area of the control panel 101 is increased. Can be mentioned.
There is also a problem that the wiring operation using the wiring duct 133 is troublesome.

  The present invention has been made based on such points, and an object of the present invention is to provide a control panel that can be reduced in size and can facilitate wiring operation. It is in.

In order to achieve the above object, a control panel according to claim 1 of the present invention is a control panel comprising: a housing having at least a side wall; and a guide member installed on the housing and to which various devices are attached. Is installed on the back side of the housing when the height of the equipment to be attached is high, and is installed on the near side of the housing when the height of the equipment to be attached is low. It is.
According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a control panel according to the first aspect, wherein the wiring is routed in a space generated on the back side of the device having a low height.
According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided the control panel according to the second aspect, wherein a bottom wall is attached to the rear surface of the casing.
According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the control panel according to the third aspect, a front door is attached to the front side of the housing so as to be freely opened and closed.
The control panel according to claim 5 is the control panel according to claim 4, wherein the casing and the front door are made of a transparent member.

As described above, according to the control panel according to claim 1 of the present invention, in the control panel comprising the housing having at least the side wall and the guide member installed on the housing to which various devices are attached, the guide member Is installed on the back side of the chassis when the height of the equipment to be installed is high, and is installed on the near side of the chassis when the height of the equipment to be installed is low. A space will be generated on the back side of the guide member placed in, and by using this space for wiring, wiring ducts etc. that were necessary in the past will be unnecessary, and various devices will be brought closer accordingly. Therefore, the control panel can be reduced in size.
Further, the control panel according to claim 2 is configured to route the wiring in the space generated on the back side of the device having a low height in the control panel according to claim 1, so that the above-mentioned effect can be obtained with certainty. be able to.
In addition, as described in claim 3, the control panel has a bottom wall attached to the rear surface of the housing, and as described in claim 4, a front door is further provided on the front side. The thing attached so that opening and closing is possible is considered.
Further, the control panel according to claim 5 is the control panel according to claim 4, wherein the casing and the front door are made of transparent members, so that the inside of the control panel can be visually recognized from the outside, and the occurrence of problems is prevented. It is effective for early detection.

It is a figure which shows the 1st Embodiment of this invention, and is a perspective view which shows the external appearance structure of the whole control panel. It is a figure which shows the 1st Embodiment of this invention, and is a disassembled perspective view which abbreviate | omits illustration of an internal apparatus and shows the whole structure of a control panel. FIGS. 3A and 3B are views showing a first embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 3A is a front view showing an internal configuration of the control panel, and FIG. 3B is a side sectional view showing an internal configuration of the control panel. . It is a figure which shows the 1st Embodiment of this invention, and is IV-IV sectional drawing of Fig.3 (a), Comprising: Illustration of an internal apparatus is abbreviate | omitted. It is a figure which shows the 2nd Embodiment of this invention, and is a disassembled perspective view which abbreviate | omits illustration of an internal apparatus and shows the whole structure of a control panel. It is a figure which shows the 3rd Embodiment of this invention, and is a perspective view which abbreviate | omits illustration of an internal apparatus and shows the whole structure of a control panel. FIG. 7A is a front view showing an internal configuration of the control panel, and FIG. 7B is a side view showing a part of the internal configuration of the control panel.

Hereinafter, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an overall appearance configuration of a control panel 1 according to the present embodiment. First, there is a housing 3, and a front door 5 is attached to the front side of the housing 3 through a hinge 6 (shown in FIG. 4) so as to be opened and closed. A handle 7 is attached to the front door 5, and the front door 5 is opened and closed by gripping the handle 7.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the housing 3 includes a bottom wall 9 and four side walls 11, 11, 11, 11 erected on the front side (left side in FIG. 2) from the bottom wall 9. Has been. Further, both the inside and outside of the housing 3 except for the upper and lower side walls 11 and 11 and the front door 7 are made of transparent members (for example, polycarbonate) so that the inside of the control panel 1 can be seen from the outside. Yes.

  A plurality of (three in the case of this embodiment) guide members 21 for installing various devices are installed in the housing 3. The guide member 21 is installed based on the following concept. That is, as shown in FIG. 3B, the various devices to be attached have various heights, and in the present embodiment, with the various devices attached, it is intended that the front surface is substantially aligned. The mounting position of the guide member 21 is set. That is, the guide member 21 to which a relatively high device is attached is installed at a position close to the bottom wall 9, and the guide member 21 to which a relatively low device is attached is the front surface with respect to the bottom wall 9. It is designed to be attached at a position spaced apart to the side. This will be specifically described below.

  First, as shown in FIG. 3A, the guide member 21 attached at the top is attached at a position close to the bottom wall 9. The guide member 21 is provided with a relatively high device, a breaker 23, a power supply 25, an inverter 27, and a motor driver controller 29. Further, the guide members 21 and 21 attached at the lowest position with respect to the intermediate position are attached to the front wall side with respect to the bottom wall 9. On these guide members 21, 21, a relatively low device, a relay 31, a relay terminal 33, a programmable controller (PLC) 35, a motor controller 37, and a terminal block 39 are attached.

  In addition, by adopting the above-described configuration, a space 41 is generated on the back side of the device, and therefore, the wiring 43 is configured to be routed using the space 41.

The structure for attaching the guide members 21 and 21 already described to the housing 3 will be described with reference to FIG. First, guide member attaching members 51 and 51 are attached to positions close to the bottom wall 9, and engaging concave portions 51 a and 51 a are formed in the guide member attaching members 51 and 51. On the other hand, engaging convex portions 21a and 21a are attached to the guide member 21 side arranged on the back side, and by engaging these engaging convex portions 21a and 21a with the engaging concave portions 51a and 51a. The guide member 21 is attached to the bottom wall 9.
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a part of the side walls 11, 11 serves as guide member mounting side walls 52, 52, and the guide member mounting members 51, 51 are the guide member mounting side walls 52, 52. It is attached to a predetermined position inside 52.

  The guide member 21 is arranged on the front side. First, a part of the pair of left and right side walls 11, 11 is a guide member mounting side wall 52, 52, and these guide member mounting side walls 52. , 52 are attached guide member mounting members 51, 51 at predetermined positions inside. Engaging recesses 51a and 51a are formed in the guide member mounting members 51 and 51, respectively. On the other hand, engagement convex portions 21a and 21a are attached to the guide member 21 side, and by engaging the engagement convex portions 21a and 21a with the engagement concave portions 51a and 51a, the guide member 21 is paired with a pair. It is attached between the guide member attaching side walls 52, 52.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the following effects can be obtained.
First, the control panel 1 can be reduced in size. That is, the cross-sectional area of the control panel 1 has been increased because the wiring duct 133 (shown in FIG. 7 used in the conventional example) has been installed in the same plane as the plane on which various devices are mounted. However, in the case of the present embodiment, since such a wiring duct 133 is not provided, the cross-sectional area can be reduced by that amount, and various devices are installed in a state where they are close to each other in a plane. (Especially in the vertical direction in FIG. 3), the size can be reduced accordingly.
In addition, by arranging a device having a low height on the front side in accordance with a device having a high height, a space 41 can be secured on the back side of the device having a low height, and the space 41 is wired. Since the wiring 43 is used for routing, the wiring 43 can be routed without exposing it to the front surface and without requiring additional space.
Further, the routing operation is simple because it is not particularly required to be accommodated in the wiring duct.
Further, in the control panel 1 according to the present embodiment, since the housing 3 (excluding the pair of upper and lower side walls 11 and 11) and the front door 5 are made of transparent members, the inside of the control panel 1 is visually recognized from the outside. It is possible to detect the occurrence of a malfunction at an early stage.

Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. In the case of the second embodiment, the front door 5 and the bottom wall 9 are eliminated from the control panel 1 in the first embodiment. FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view showing only the casing 3 of the control panel 1 in an exploded manner.
Other configurations are the same as those of the first embodiment, and the same portions are denoted by the same reference numerals in the drawings, and the description thereof is omitted.

Therefore, substantially the same effect as the first embodiment can be obtained, and the configuration as the control panel can be further simplified.

Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. In the case of the third embodiment, the front door 5, the bottom wall 9, and the pair of left and right side walls 11, 11 are eliminated from the control panel 1 in the first embodiment. On the pair of left and right side surfaces, only the pair of guide member mounting side walls 52, 52 remain.
In the case of the third embodiment, the mounting positions of the guide members 21, 21 in the pair of guide member mounting members 51, 51, that is, the height positions in the front-rear direction are different. The positions of the engaging recesses 51a, 51a are different in the front-rear direction.
Other configurations are the same as those of the first embodiment, and the same portions are denoted by the same reference numerals in the drawings, and the description thereof is omitted.
However, the width of the pair of upper and lower side walls 11 is smaller than that of the first and second embodiments.

Therefore, substantially the same effects as those of the first embodiment can be obtained, and the configuration of the control panel 1 can be simplified more effectively.

The present invention is not limited to the first to third embodiments.
For example, in the case of the first to third embodiments, the case (excluding the pair of upper and lower side walls) and the front door are described by using the transparent member, but the present invention is not limited thereto. .
Further, the number of guide members used, the number and types of various devices to be attached, and the like are various.
Various materials other than polycarbonate can be considered as the transparent material.
Moreover, it may not be transparent, and in this case, it can be considered to be made of aluminum.
In addition, the illustrated configuration is merely an example.

The present invention relates to a control panel used when, for example, various devices, machines, facilities, etc. are controlled. In particular, the structure is simplified and made compact by improving the mounting structure and wiring structure of the equipment in the panel. For example, it is suitable as a control panel for controlling various robots.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Control panel 3 Chassis 5 Front door 9 Bottom wall 11 Side wall 21 Guide member 23 Breaker 25 Power supply 27 Inverter 29 Motor driver controller 31 Relay 33 Relay terminal 35 Programmable controller (PLC)
37 Motor controller 39 Terminal block 41 Space 43 Wiring

Claims (5)

In a control panel comprising: a housing having at least a side wall; and a guide member to which various devices are attached to the housing.
The guide member is installed on the back side of the housing when the height of the device to be attached is high, and is installed on the near side of the housing when the height of the device to be attached is low. Control panel. The control panel according to claim 1,
A control panel characterized in that wiring is routed in a space generated on the back side of a device with a low height. The control panel according to claim 2,
A control panel, wherein a bottom wall is attached to a rear surface of the casing. The control panel according to claim 3,
A control panel, wherein a front door is attached to the front side of the housing so as to be freely opened and closed. The control panel according to claim 4, wherein
The control panel, wherein the housing and the front door are made of a transparent member.

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