JP3762033B2 - Pallet and core feeder - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention is a printing book take-up device that winds a large number of printing books on the outer periphery of the core and manufactures the printing book take-up body, and mounts the core on and removes the printing book take-up body from the mounting on the pallet. The present invention relates to a supply device for pallets and cores in the delivery of a handling device (crane).
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, a printing book winding body is obtained by winding a large number of printing books on the outer periphery of the core. The printed book roll is produced by winding a large number of printed books in a book take-up device, and the produced book roll is placed on a pallet and printed together with the pallet. Is discharged to the outside.
[0003]
The printing book wind-up body discharged onto the pallet is then sent to the unwinding device of the printing book wind-up body, and many printing books are unwound in this unwinding device. The unwinded booklet is supplied to the feeder of the bookbinding machine in the form of scissors. On the other hand, the core generated by unwinding is returned to the booklet winder side together with the pallet.
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
As described above, the pallet and the core are sent to the winding device, but the pallet and the core are separated before the winding device, and only the core is attached to the winding device.
[0005]
In this case, it is required to separate the pallet and the core reliably and easily. However, an apparatus for reliably separating the pallet and the core has not been developed yet, and a person has been working.
[0006]
In addition, the printed book roll produced by the winding device is placed on the pallet as described above, and then discharged to the outside, but the pallet separated before the winding device is effectively used. If this is possible, the entire system can be operated efficiently, which is convenient.
[0007]
The present invention has been made in view of the above, and an object of the present invention is to provide a pallet and core supply device that can perform these operations unattended and efficiently operate the entire system. To do.
[0008]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The present invention includes a stepped portion for separating and discharging one pallet body at the lowest position from a plurality of pallet bodies formed by placing cores on a pallet, and a plurality of pallet bodies for the stepped portion. Among them, a pallet / core separation part that receives the lowermost pallet body and separates it into a pallet and a core, a first conveying line that connects the stepped part and the pallet / core separation part, and a large number of prints on the outer periphery of the core A booklet winding body supply unit that supplies a booklet winding body that is wound up, a pallet supply unit that supplies pallets, and a second conveyance line that connects the printing book roll supply unit and the pallet supply unit A printing book winding device for producing a printing book winding body, and a handling device for mounting the core to the printing book winding device and placing the printing book winding material on a pallet. The combination of the collector supply unit, pallet supply unit, and second transport line is A plurality of sets are arranged with respect to the set stage separation unit, the pallet / core separation unit, and the first conveying line, and the pallet separated by the pallet / core separation unit between the pallet / core separation unit and each pallet supply unit is palletized. A pallet and core supply device characterized in that a pallet transfer unit for transferring to a supply unit is provided.
[0009]
According to the present invention, the pallet and the core can be reliably separated from the pallet body by the pallet / core separator. In addition, the book roll take-up body is securely placed on the pallet by the book roll take-up supply section, the pallet supply section, and the second conveying line, and the book roll take-up body placed on the pallet is discharged outward. can do. Furthermore, by sending the pallet separated by the pallet / core separation unit to the pallet supply unit, the entire system is compared with the case where the pallet separated by the pallet / core separation unit is once transported outward and then sent to the pallet supply unit again. Can be used effectively.
[0010]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
[0011]
1 to 6 are views showing a pallet and core supply apparatus according to the present invention.
[0012]
First, the whole pallet and core supply device will be described with reference to FIG. The pallet and core supply device 10 includes two pairs of the booklet winding devices 11. Each printing book winding device 11 winds a printing book 25 a around the outer periphery of the core 20 to produce a printing book winding body 25, and the wound printing book 25 a is fastened by a belt 21 (see FIG. 5 and FIG. 6).
[0013]
On the other hand, the printing book roll 25 is placed on a pallet 26 as described later and sent to an unillustrated unwinding device, and a number of printing books are unwound and unwound by the unwinding device. The book is fed in a scissors form to the binding machine feeder. A belt 21 is wound around the core 20 generated by unwinding, and the core 20 is returned to the pallet / core standby unit 24 together with the pallet 26 as shown in FIG. In this case, the pallet bodies 20, 26 formed by placing the core 20 on the pallet 26 stand by in the pallet / core standby unit 24.
[0014]
The pallet / core standby unit 24 is sequentially connected with a stage separation unit 12 for stacking the pallet bodies 20 and 26 and a pallet / core separation unit 13 for separating the pallet 26 and the core 20 from the pallet bodies 20 and 26. .
[0015]
Further, as shown in FIG. 1, on both sides of a set of pallet / core standby unit 24, stage separation unit 12, and pallet core separation unit 13, two sets of printing book roll supply unit 15, pallet supply unit 14, A discharge line 16 is arranged. Each printing book roll supply unit 15 receives and supplies a printing book winding body 25 produced by the printing book winding device 11, and a pallet supply unit 14 is connected to each printing book roll supply unit 15. ing.
[0016]
Each pallet supply unit 14 receives and supplies a pallet 26 separated by the pallet / core separation unit 13 and conveyed via the pallet conveyance unit 17, and a discharge line 16 is connected to each pallet supply unit 14. .
[0017]
As shown in FIG. 1, the core 20 separated by the pallet / core separation unit 13 is sent to the core conveying unit 19 through the core stocker 18, and the printing attached to the printing book take-up device 11 from the core conveying unit 19. A handling device 46 that performs a core device to the book winding device 11 is transported to each of the booklet winding devices 11.
[0018]
Next, the configuration of each unit will be described in detail. As shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, the pallet and core supply device includes a pallet / core standby unit 24 on which the pallet bodies 20 and 26 stand by, and the pallet / core standby unit 24 includes the pallet bodies 20 and 26. It is carried by an automated guided vehicle 27 or the like. The pallet / core standby unit 24 is provided with a conveyor 24a. A conveyor 12 a is provided below the stepped portion 12, and a lifter 30 that lifts and lowers the stacked pallet bodies 20 and 26 is provided in the stepped portion 12. Further, a horizontal clamp 31 for holding the pallet bodies 20 and 26 is installed in the stepped portion 12.
[0019]
3 (a), (b), (c), and (d), a conveyor 13a is provided below the pallet / core separation unit 13 connected to the pallet / core standby unit 24. / The core separation unit 13 is provided with a lifter 35. The conveyors 12a and 13a constitute a first transport line. The pallet / core separation unit 13 includes a pallet clamp 37 that holds the pallet 26 from the side of the pallet bodies 20 and 26, and a core presser 36 that presses the core 20 from above. The pallet clamp 37 and the core presser 36 rotate the pallet bodies 20 and 26 from the horizontal direction to the vertical direction while pressing the pallet 26 and the core 20, respectively. A core receiving arm 39 for receiving the core 20 that is separated from the cores 20 and 26 is installed.
[0020]
The core receiving arm 39 is driven to swing by being driven by a drive cylinder 39a about a fulcrum 43, so that the core 20 received by the core receiving arm 39 is sent to the core conveying unit 19 via the core stocker 18. It has become.
[0021]
Further, as shown in FIGS. 4A, 4B, 4C, and 4D, an escape portion that locks the core 20 at the downstream end of the core stocker 18 is provided at the joining portion of the core stocker 18 and the core transport unit 19. Is set. A core receiving cylinder 40 that receives the core 20 and gradually transfers the core 20 to the core conveying unit 19 side is provided on the core conveying unit 19 side.
[0022]
Further, as shown in FIGS. 5A, 5B, 5C, and 5D, the core transport unit 19 includes a core gripping portion 19a that receives and grips the core 20 sent from the core stocker 18 side. The gripping part 19a is fixed to the conveyor 45.
[0023]
Next, the supply of pallets will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 6 (a), 6 (b), 6 (c) and 6 (d). The pallet and core supply device has a printing book roll supply unit 15 that receives and supplies the printing book winding body 25, and a conveyor 15 a is set below the printing book roll supply unit 15. . Further, a pallet supply unit 14 is connected to the printing book roll supply unit 15, and a conveyor 14 a is also provided below the pallet supply unit 14. The conveyors 14a and 15a constitute a second transport line.
[0024]
Next, the operation of the present embodiment having such a configuration will be described.
[0025]
First, the pallet bodies 20 and 26 formed by placing the core 20 around which the belt 21 is wound on the outer periphery on the pallet 26 are conveyed to the pallet / core standby unit 24 by the automatic guided vehicle 27 or the like (FIGS. 1 and 2). (See (a)).
[0026]
In the pallet / core standby unit 24, a plurality of pallet bodies 20 and 26 are arranged in layers, and the pallet bodies 20 and 26 arranged in a plurality of layers are then conveyed to the stage separation unit 12 by the conveyor 24a and the conveyor 12a (FIG. 2 ( b)). In the stepped portion 12, the plurality of pallet bodies 20 and 26 are lifted upward by the lifter 30, and the second pallet bodies 20 and 26 from the bottom are held by the horizontal clamp 31. Thereafter, the lifter 30 is lowered and the lowermost pallet bodies 20, 26 are separated from the other pallet bodies 20, 26 (FIG. 2C). Next, the lowermost pallet bodies 20 and 26 are sent to the pallet / core separation unit 13 by the conveyor 12a and the conveyor 13a. In this way, the lowermost pallet bodies 20 and 26 are conveyed from the stage separation part 12 to the pallet / core separation part 13 (FIG. 2D).
[0027]
Next, in the pallet / core separation unit 13, the pallet bodies 20 and 26 are lifted upward by the lifter 35 (FIG. 3A). Thereafter, of the pallet bodies 20 and 26 on the lifter 35, the pallet 26 is held by the pallet clamp 37 from the side, and at the same time, the core 20 is pressed by the core presser 36 from above, and thus the pallet bodies 20 and 26 are held in the lifter 35. It is firmly gripped on the top (FIG. 3 (b)).
[0028]
Thereafter, the pallet clamp 37 and the core presser 36 are rotated by 90 °, and accordingly, the pallet bodies 20 and 26 are rotated from the horizontal direction to the vertical direction. Next, the core receiving arm 39 is driven by the drive cylinder 39 a and swings upward about the fulcrum 43. Thereafter, the core presser 36 is separated from the core 20, and the core 20 is freely dropped onto the core receiving arm 39 (FIG. 3C).
[0029]
In this case, in the pallet bodies 20, 26, the pair of cores 20 are diagonally arranged on the pallet 26, and by releasing the core presser 36 from the core 20, The core 20 falls onto the core receiving arm 39.
[0030]
The core 20 that has dropped onto the core receiving arm 39 is then smoothly transferred onto the core stocker 18 by lowering the core receiving arm 39. On the other hand, the pallet clamp 37 and the core presser 36 are rotated by 90 ° to return to the original position, and the pallet 26 is returned from the vertical position to the horizontal position. Next, the pallet clamp 37 is released from the pallet 26, and then the pallet 26 is lowered by the lifter 35. In this way, the core 20 and the pallet 26 can be reliably separated from the pallet bodies 20 and 26 (FIG. 3D).
[0031]
The pallet 26 separated from the pallet bodies 20 and 26 is then conveyed to the pallet supply unit 14 via the pallet conveyance unit 17 (see FIG. 1).
[0032]
The cores 20 separated from the pallet bodies 20 and 26 are then sequentially accumulated on the core stocker 18 (FIG. 4A).
[0033]
Next, the escapement 42 is driven by the drive cylinder 42a, swings around the fulcrum 42b, and lowers the escapement 42 projecting to the downstream end side of the core at the downstream end of the core stocker 18, and at the same time downstream. It protrudes on the core stocker 18 on the upstream side of the core 20 at the end, and the other core 20 is held by the escapement 42 leaving the core 20 at the downstream end of the core stocker 18. In this case, the core 20 at the downstream end of the core stocker 18 is received by the tip end portion 40a of the core receiving cylinder 40 protruding toward the core stocker 18 (FIG. 4B). Next, when the tip end portion 40a of the core receiving cylinder 40 is gradually retracted, the core 20 is smoothly transferred to the core conveying portion 19 side (FIG. 4 (c)).
[0034]
Thereafter, the escapement 42 swings around the fulcrum 42b by the drive cylinder 42a, the downstream end side of the core stocker 18 returns to the upper side of the core stocker, the upstream side returns to the lower side of the core stocker 18, and the next core 20 is downstream of the core stocker 18. The end is reached (FIG. 4 (d)).
[0035]
The core 20 delivered to the core transporting part 19 is gripped by the core gripping part 19a of the core transporting part 19 (FIG. 5 (a)), and then the core gripping part 19a is moved by the transporting conveyor 45 and all (2 The pair of cores 20 are gripped by the core gripping portions 19a (FIG. 5B).
[0036]
Next, the core gripping portion 19a is slightly moved by the conveyor 45, and the core 20 reaches a predetermined position (FIG. 5C). After that, as shown in FIG. 7, the pair of cores 20 of the core gripping portion 19 a is conveyed to the printing book take-up device 11 by the handling device 46 attached to the printing book take-up device 11.
[0037]
Next, in this printing book take-up device 11, the printing book take-up body 25 is obtained by winding the printing book 25 a around the core 20 with the belt 21 in a scissors shape.
[0038]
Next, the print book winding body 25 produced in the book book winding apparatus 11 is conveyed to the book book winding body supply unit 15 by a handling device 46 attached to the book book winding apparatus (FIG. 6A and FIG. 6). FIG. 7). In this case, the pallet 26 sent from the pallet supply unit 14 via the conveyor 14a is placed on the conveyor 15a of the printing book roll supply unit 15.
[0039]
Next, the booklet winding body 25 transported to the booklet winding body supply unit 15 is placed in two stages on the pallet 26 of the conveyor 15 by the booklet winding body supply unit 15.
[0040]
Next, the two-stage printing book roll 25 placed on the pallet 26 is sent to the pallet supply unit 14 by the conveyor 15a and the conveyor 14a. A pallet 26 is further placed on the top (FIG. 6B).
[0041]
Since the pallet 26 separated in the pallet / core separation unit 13 as described above is conveyed to the pallet supply unit 14 via the pallet conveyance unit 17, the pallet 26 separated in the pallet / core separation unit 13. Can be quickly sent to the pallet supply unit 14.
[0042]
Further, the booklet winding body 25 stacked in two stages with the pair of pallets 26 interposed therebetween is then sent to the booklet winding body supply unit 15 side by the conveyor 14a and the conveyor 15a. 15, a further two-stage printing book roll 25 is stacked on the upper pallet 26.
[0043]
Next, the four-stage printed book rolls 25 are sent to the discharge line 16 via the conveyor 15a and the conveyor 14a, and then discharged outward by the automatic guided vehicle 27 or the like.
[0044]
As described above, according to the embodiment of the present invention, the pallet / core separation unit 13 can reliably and smoothly separate the core 20 and the pallet 26 from the pallet bodies 20 and 26. Further, since the pallet 26 separated in the pallet / core separation unit 13 can be sent to the pallet supply unit 14 via the pallet transport unit 17, the pallet 26 is discharged to the outside and separated from the outside to the pallet supply unit 14. Compared with the case of sending the pallet 26, the entire system can be operated efficiently.
[0045]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present invention, the pallet and the core can be reliably separated from the pallet body by the pallet / core separation unit. Further, the entire system can be efficiently operated by sending the pallet separated by the pallet / core separation unit to the pallet supply unit.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an entire pallet and core supply apparatus according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating the structure and operation of a step separation unit, a pallet / core separation unit, and a first transfer line according to the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the structure and operation of a step separation unit, a pallet / core separation unit, and a first transfer line according to the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the structure and operation of a step separation unit, a pallet / core separation unit, and a first transfer line according to the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the structure and operation of a core transport unit.
FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating the structure and operation of a bookbinding roll supply unit, a pallet supply unit, and a second transport line according to the present invention.
FIG. 7 is a side view showing a pallet and core supply device.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Print-book winding body manufacturing system 11 Print-book winding apparatus 12 Corrugation part 12a Conveyor 13 Pallet / core separation part 13a Conveyor 14 Pallet supply part 14a Conveyor 15 Print-book roll supply part 15a Conveyor 16 Discharge line 17 Pallet conveyance Section 18 Core stocker 19 Core transport section 19a Core gripping section 20 Core 21 Belt 24 Pallet / core standby section 24a Conveyor 25 Printing book roll 25a Printing book 26 Pallet 27 Unmanned transport vehicle 30 Lifter 31 Horizontal clamp 35 Lifter 36 Core presser 37 Pallet Clamp 39 Core receiving arm 39a Drive cylinder 40 Core receiving cylinder 40a Tip 42 Escapement 42a Drive cylinder 42b Support point 43 Support point 45 Conveyor 46 Handling device attached to the book take-up device

Claims (2)

A stepped portion that separates and discharges one pallet body at the bottom from a plurality of stacked pallet bodies formed by placing a core on a pallet;
A pallet / core separating unit that receives a lowermost pallet body among a plurality of pallet bodies of the stepped portion and separates it into a pallet and a core;
A first conveying line that connects the stepped portion and the pallet / core separating portion;
A printing book roll supply unit for supplying a book winding roll formed by winding a large number of printing books on the outer periphery of the core;
A pallet supply unit for supplying pallets;
A second transport line that connects the printing book roll supply unit and the pallet supply unit;
A book winding device for producing a book winding body;
It is equipped with a handling device that mounts the core on the book winding device and places the book winding body on the pallet,
A plurality of sets of the book roll supply unit, the pallet supply unit, and the second conveyance line are arranged for one set of the stage separation unit, the pallet / core separation unit, and the first conveyance line, and the pallet / core separation unit A pallet and core supply device, characterized in that a pallet transport unit for transporting the pallet separated by the pallet / core separation unit to the pallet supply unit is provided between the pallet supply unit and each pallet supply unit. Between the pallet / core separation unit and the handling device for supplying the core attached to the printing book take-up device, a core conveyance unit for conveying the core separated by the pallet / core separation unit to the handling device is provided. The pallet and core supply device according to claim 1 .

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