JPH0160590B2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to an automatic processing method for textile materials in which a basket is filled with textile materials and processed continuously and automatically, and an automatic processing device used therefor. .

[Conventional technology]

As shown in Figure 11, fiber materials such as gauze are usually delivered in the form of strips folded to a predetermined width and formed into a rectangular shape, and undergo processing steps such as scouring, bleaching, dehydration, drying, etc. The series of processing is completed. Conventionally, batch-type equipment has been used as the equipment for each process, and workers have had to sequentially transport carts filled with fiber material from equipment to equipment for each process. Furthermore, each device had to be loaded and unloaded manually each time.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

However, as described above, manually carrying out all of the transportation, loading, and unloading steps in a series of steps is very labor intensive and has poor work efficiency.
Therefore, the present inventors aimed to create a consistent automation system for transportation to each process, loading and unloading into each device, processing of fiber materials within each device, etc.

The present invention was developed in view of these circumstances, and includes continuously and automatically filling a basket with fiber material, taking out the filled basket from the conveyance line and loading it into a processing tank, and removing it from the processing tank after the processing is completed. Remove the basket and put it back into the automatic process.
The purpose of the present invention is to provide a complete automatic processing method for textile materials, in which the textile materials are finally taken out, dehydrated, and dried, and an automatic processing device used therein.

[Means for solving problems]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention includes an empty basket supplying process for supplying empty baskets to a conveyance line, a fiber material filling process for filling the empty baskets with fiber material, and a process for loading the filled baskets onto a conveying device. There is a basket loading process in which the fiber material is transported to the processing tank and then loaded into the processing tank, a processing process in which the fiber material filled in the basket is processed in the processing tank, and the processed filled basket is placed on a transport device and sent to the transport line. A process of taking out the processed basket after moving it onto a conveyance line, a process of supplying a drainboard to the upper surface of the fiber material in the processed filling basket, and a step of feeding the processed filling basket with the drainboard placed on the upper surface of the fiber material in the vertical direction. 180 to
a process of reversing the treated basket by rotating it once; a removing process of lifting only the inverted treated basket and removing the basket, leaving only the fiber material with the drainboard laid underneath on the conveyance line; Equipped with a fiber material dehydration process in which the entire drainboard is loaded into a centrifugal dehydrator and dehydrated, and a drying process in which the dehydrated fiber material is dried, the operation in each of the above processes and the supply and transfer of baskets to each process are automatically controlled. The first gist is an automatic processing method, in which a stacking step of stacking filled baskets in two or more stages is provided between the fiber material filling step and the basket loading step, and a step of taking out the processed baskets is provided. The second gist is an automatic processing method for fiber materials that includes a stage-unloading process in which filled baskets stacked in multiple stages are unloaded one by one between the drainboard supply process and the empty baskets that are supplied to the conveyor line. a basket supplying means, a fiber material filling means for filling the empty basket with fiber material, a basket loading means for taking out the filled basket from the conveyance line and loading it into the processing tank, and a fiber material filling means filled into the basket in the processing tank. a processing means for treating the fiber material with a processing fluid; a processed basket take-out means for taking out the processed basket from the processing tank and placing it on the conveyance line again after the processing is completed; and a drainboard supply for supplying a drainboard onto the upper surface of the fiber material in the basket. a basket reversing means for rotating the basket 180 degrees in the vertical direction; a basket removing means for lifting only the basket of the reversing basket and taking out only the fiber material placed on the fiber material drainboard onto a conveying line; A fiber comprising a dewatering means for storing a plurality of materials and centrifugally dewatering the plurality of materials at the same time, a drying means for drying the dehydrated fiber materials, and a control means for automatically controlling the operation of each means and the feeding of the basket. The third aspect is an automatic material processing device, and in the above device, a basket stacking means for stacking baskets in multiple stages is provided on the conveyance line that sends the baskets to the basket loading/unloading means, and the baskets are stacked in multiple stages. The fourth aspect is an automatic processing apparatus for fiber materials, which is provided with a step-unloading means for lowering the stacked baskets one step at a time on a conveyance line on which the baskets are placed again.

[Effect]

That is, the present invention continuously and automatically fills a basket with fiber material, takes out the filled basket from a conveyance line and fills it into a processing tank, and after the completion of processing, takes out the basket from inside the treatment tank and places it on the transport line again. Finally, a complete automatic processing system for textile materials was realized by extracting the textile materials and performing dehydration and drying processes.

Next, the present invention will be explained in detail based on examples.

〔Example〕

Figures 1 and 2 show an example of the automatic processing equipment for fiber materials of the present invention, with Figure 1 showing the part installed on the second floor of this equipment, and Figure 2 showing the part installed on the first floor. It shows the part installed in.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes an empty basket supply device, which sends empty baskets 2 lifted from the first floor by a lifter 1a onto a first chain conveyor 4 by a pusher 3 on the back side. There is.

As shown in FIG. 3, the empty basket 2 is
The entire body is angular in shape, with perforations on the bottom and non-porous sides. Furthermore, a protrusion 2a extending in the horizontal direction is provided on the outer periphery of the side surface. This protrusion 2a is used to support this portion when carrying the basket 2, loading it into the processing tank, and taking it out. In addition,
The upper side of the basket 2 is provided with a stepped portion 2c for fitting with an inner tank holding lid of a processing tank, which will be described later.

5 (returning to FIG. 1) is a second chain conveyor that transports the empty basket 2 from position A to position B. Reference numeral 6 denotes a balancer which, when operated by an operator, can take out the fibrous material from the cart 7 loaded with fibrous material and fill the empty basket 2 at position B with the fibrous material. 8 is a third chain conveyor, and 9 is a fourth chain conveyor. Reference numeral 10 denotes a basket transfer device that transfers the filled basket 2 placed in position C onto a downlifter 11 installed next to the chain conveyor 9.

As shown in FIG. 4, this basket transfer device 10 includes a lateral moving vehicle 102 that moves laterally on a main body frame 101 in the direction of arrow A, and a lifting cylinder 110 that is located below the lateral moving vehicle 102 and supports it. It includes an elevating frame 110 to be received and two pairs of clamp claws 112 attached to both ends of the elevating frame 110. Therefore, the clamp claw 112
is a cylinder 11 for moving and raising/lowering the lateral moving vehicle 102
0 can be moved to any position up, down, left, or right. Further, the clamp is opened and closed by a crank mechanism (not shown) within the lifting frame 110.

The downlifter 11 (return to FIG. 1) is for lowering the filling baskets 2 from the second floor to the first floor, but instead of lowering them one by one, one filling basket 2 is transferred from the chain conveyor 9. At the stage where the filling basket 2 is loaded, it lowers to the height of the filling basket 2 and stops, and then the next filling basket 2' is transferred again, and the two filling baskets 2 and 2' are stacked, and then the filling basket 2 is placed in a stacked state. It is supposed to be taken down to the floor.

In FIG. 2, reference numeral 12 denotes a fourth chain conveyor provided outside the downlifter 11 on the first floor, and is adapted to support the two-tiered baskets 2 when the downlifter 11 is at its lowest position. 13 is a first roller conveyor, and 14 is a second roller conveyor. Reference numeral 15 denotes a basket conveying device, which has a position P between the first roller conveyor 13 and the second roller conveyor 14, a position Q between the processing tanks 18 and 19, and a position R in front of the processing tank 20. The basket 2 is moved between three locations, and the basket 2 is taken into the transport device 15 and sent out at each location, and the basket 2 is loaded into the processing tanks 18, 19, and 20, or after the processing is completed. The basket 2 can be taken out from inside the processing tanks 18, 19, 20.

As shown in FIG. 5 (side view), the conveyance device 15 includes a basket support arm 120 capable of supporting the protrusion 2a of the basket 2 from below, and a basket holder 121. The basket support arm 120 can be moved in the horizontal direction (perpendicular to the plane of the drawing) from the main body of the apparatus in accordance with the movement of a rack 123 that engages with a pinion 122. The upper surface thereof is constituted by a power base 120a which can be raised and lowered, and when the power base 120a is raised, the basket 2 is lifted and supported from the basket holder 121.

Further, the processing tanks 18, 19, and 20 are model processing tanks as shown in FIG. 6, and are equipped with a basket holding lid 130 provided with a communication hole. The basket holding lid 130 can be moved up and down by a cylinder 131 attached to the top surface of the processing tank. Then, the processing tank 18,1
A processing fluid circulation path having a pump 132 and a heat exchanger 133 is formed in each of 9 and 20 .

21 (return to Figure 2) is a basket unloading device that unloads baskets 2, which are sent in two stacks, into one
It is designed to be done step by step. This basket unloading device 21 is similar to the basket transfer device 10 shown in FIG. 4 without the lateral movement mechanism, but is equipped with a clamp claw 141 that is moved up and down by a cylinder 140, as shown in FIG.

Reference numeral 22 (returning to FIG. 2) is a slat supply device that supplies the slats from above to the baskets 2 arranged in one tier at a time, and places the slats on the upper surface of the fiber material. As shown in FIG. 8, in this drainboard supply device 22, a vacuum pad 150 for sucking drainboards is moved up and down by a cylinder 151 and moved laterally by a chain 152, and is arranged along a conveyance line. Drainboard storage case 1
The drainboards 153 housed in the drainboard 54 are sucked up one by one and dropped into a basket (not shown) on a conveyance line.

Reference numeral 23 (returning to FIG. 2) is a basket reversing device, which rotates the entire basket 2 by 180 degrees in the vertical direction. As shown in FIG. 9 (side view), this basket reversing device 23 includes a reversing drum 160 into which the basket 2 is loaded, and a chain 161 which rotates the reversing drum from the outside. Further, above the reversing drum 160, a basket holding member 163 that is moved up and down by a cylinder 162 is attached. 164 is a chain conveyor that supports and introduces the basket 2 when it is loaded, and 165 is a roller conveyor that supports and sends out the basket 2 when the reversing drum 160 rotates 180 degrees.

24 (returning to FIG. 2) is a basket removing device that lifts only the inverted basket 2 from above and leaves only the fiber material placed on the drainboard 153 on the conveyance line. This device 24
has the same structure as the basket transfer device 10 shown in FIG.

A shower device 25 is adapted to wash the fiber material 27 on the sixth chain conveyor 26. Reference numeral 28 denotes a centrifugal dewatering device, which is capable of dewatering a plurality of fiber materials 27 placed on a drainboard at once by sequentially storing them in a plurality of dewatering chambers provided around a horizontally extending rotating shaft. As shown in Fig. 10 (side view), this centrifugal dehydration device has a plurality of dehydration chambers 1 (5 in the drawing) equally distributed in the circumferential direction.
70, a rotating shaft 172 for rotating the dehydrating drum 171 at high speed, and an opening 175 to which a shutter 174 opened and closed by a cylinder 173 is attached. The dehydration drum 171 is configured to rotate so that each dehydration chamber 170 is sequentially positioned at the opening 175 when loading and unloading the fiber material 27.

Reference numeral 29 (returning to FIG. 2) is a seventh chain conveyor, which sequentially sends the dehydrated fiber material 27 to the drying device 30. The basket 2 removed by the basket removing device 24 is lifted up in an inverted state, and after the fiber material 27 is transferred, it is lowered onto the conveying line again, moves in the opposite direction on the conveying line, and is transferred to the basket reversing device 23. come back
After being rotated 180 degrees and returned to its correct state, it is transferred to position D. An uplifter 1a is waiting at the position D, and is adapted to move the empty basket 2 from the first floor to the second floor and supply the empty basket 2.

Processing of fiber materials using the above automatic processing equipment is as follows:
For example, this is done as follows. That is, first, the lifter 1a carrying the empty basket 2 on the first floor rises into the basket supply device 1 on the second floor. After stopping at a predetermined position, it is pushed out by the pusher 3 in the direction of the arrow and placed on the first chain conveyor 4. This basket 2 is moved onto the second chain conveyor 5 and temporarily stands by at position B. The above operation is performed three times and the chain conveyor 5
Store 4 baskets 2 on top. basket 2
When the four pieces are accumulated, the operator sequentially fills the basket 2 with fiber materials (see FIG. 11) from the cart 7 using the balancer 6. One basket 2 is usually filled with five pieces of fibrous material.

The filling basket 2 filled with fiber material is conveyed by a third chain conveyor 8 and a fourth chain conveyor 9, and when the filling basket 2 at the tip reaches position C, the basket transfer device 10 is activated to clamp it. The claws 112 (see FIG. 4) descend to grip the basket 2. Then, lift basket 2, move it sideways and lift it to downlifter 1.
1 to release the grip by the clamp claws 112. The downlifter 11 with one basket 2 on it descends by the height of one basket and stops, and the next basket 2' is transferred in the same way.
After waiting for the basket to be stacked on top of the basket 2, it descends to the lower end of the first floor. When the two-tiered baskets arrive at the first floor in this way, the protrusions 2a of the lower baskets 2 are supported by the fifth chain conveyor 12 provided outside the downlifter 11, and this conveyor 12 The two-tiered baskets 2 are moved to the first roller conveyor 1.
Send it out on 3rd. In this state, the two-tiered baskets temporarily stand by and wait for the next two-tiered baskets 2 to arrive at the first roller conveyor 12 and line up in two rows. When two rows of two-tiered baskets 2 are lined up, a basket support arm 120 extends to the left from the basket transport device 15 stopped at position P to simultaneously lift and support the two rows of baskets. The above lifting operation is performed by raising the power base 120a (see FIG. 5) on the upper surface of the basket support arm 120. Then, the basket support arm 120 is housed within the main body of the transport device 15, the power base 120a is lowered, and the basket is placed on the basket holder 121 within the main body. In this state, the transport device 15 moves to the position Q, performs the reverse operation to the above, and sends the basket into the processing tank 18. In the processing tank 18 loaded with the basket, the inside of the tank is sealed, and at the same time, the basket holding lid 130 (sixth
(see figure) descends and fits into the stepped portion 2c provided at the top of the upper basket 2, thereby pressing and fixing the entire basket. In this state, the processing fluid flows from bottom to top as shown by the arrow, and the fiber material in the basket is processed. When the processing is completed, the conveyance device 15
When you reach the position, perform the same operation as before to remove the treatment tank 18.
The basket is taken out from inside and once stored in the main body, and then taken out onto the second roller conveyor 14. When taking out the baskets 2 above, instead of taking out two rows of baskets 2 at once, first extend the basket support arm 120 by one row and release its support to take out one row, then return to the main body and take out the remaining rows. Make sure to take out one row. Therefore, the second roller conveyor 1
4, two stacked baskets are conveyed one row at a time with an interval between them. When each two-tiered basket 2 passes through the basket unloading device 21, the upper basket is grasped and lifted by the clamp claw 41 (see Fig. 7), and during this time, the lower basket is sent first, and then the upper basket is transported. Since the basket is lowered down, it is transferred one stage at a time. The basket 2, which has become one tier in this way, is loaded with drainboards 153 one by one by the drainboard supply device 22.
(See Figure 8) is supplied. Sunoco 153 is
Vacuum pad 1 from drainboard storage case 154
It is adsorbed at 50 and dropped onto the basket. The basket 2 on which the drainboard is placed is loaded into the basket reversing device 23 and fixed by the basket holding member 163 (see Fig. 9).
It is rotated 180 degrees and taken out upside down.
When the reversing basket 2 passes through the basket removing device 24, the clamp claw 11 that comes down from above
2 (see Figure 4).
Since only the fiber material 27 is lifted up, the fiber material 27 as the contents is taken out onto the sixth chain conveyor 27 while being placed on the drainboard 153. The fibrous material 27 is pre-cleaned on the chain conveyor 26 by being showered by the shower device 25.
It should be noted that the fiber material 27 is obtained by taking out five lumps filled in one basket as they are, and the five pieces are lined up in a row. Then, each lump of the fiber material 27 is sequentially loaded into a dehydration chamber 170 (see FIG. 10) of the centrifugal dewatering device 28 and dehydrated. The fiber material that has been dehydrated is transferred to drying device 3.
Drying processing is performed by passing through 0.

The series of operations described above are continuously and automatically performed by a separately provided control means.

In this way, large quantities of fibrous material can be efficiently processed in a consistent and automated processing system.

In the above embodiment, the baskets 2 are stacked in two stages from the middle in order to increase the processing capacity at one time, but the baskets 2 may be stacked in one stage. In this case, the descending operation of the downlifter 11 in conjunction with the movement of the basket transfer device 10 is not stopped midway, and is lowered to the descending end of the first floor every time one basket is transferred. Then, the stage unloading device 21 is also unnecessary.

Further, in the above embodiment, from the viewpoint of space saving, the lines are divided into the first floor and the second floor, but it is of course possible to construct the same lines. In this case, the uplifter 1a and the downlifter 11 become unnecessary.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As described above, by using the present invention, fiber materials can be processed continuously and automatically, and production efficiency can be significantly improved.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

1 and 2 are plan views showing one embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a basket used in the above embodiment, FIG. 4 is a perspective view similarly showing a basket transfer device, and FIG. Figure 6 is a side view of the basket conveying device, Figure 6 is a vertical sectional view of the processing tank, Figure 7 is a perspective view of the basket lowering device, and Figure 8 is a perspective view of the drainboard supply device. , FIG. 9 is a side view similarly showing the basket reversing device, FIG. 10 is a side view similarly showing the centrifugal dewatering device, and FIG. 11 is a perspective view showing the shape of the fiber material. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1...basket supply device, 1a...uplifter, 2...basket, 4...first chain conveyor, 5...second chain conveyor, 6...
...Balancer, 8...Third chain conveyor,
9...Fourth chain conveyor, 10...Basket transfer device, 11...Downlifter, 12...
Fifth chain conveyor, 13...First roller conveyor, 14...Second roller conveyor, 15
...Basket transport device, 16...Basket support arm, 18, 19, 20...Processing tank, 21...
... drainboard supply device, 22 ... basket unloading device, 23 ... basket reversing device, 24 ... basket removal device, 26 ... sixth chain conveyor, 27 ... textile material, 28 ... centrifugal dewatering device, 29 ...7th chain conveyor, 30...
drying equipment.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An empty basket supplying step of supplying an empty basket to a transport line, a fiber material filling step of filling the empty basket with fiber material, and transporting the filled basket onto a transport device to a processing tank. a basket loading step of loading the basket into the processing tank after the
A processing step in which the fiber material filled in the basket is processed in a processing tank, a processed filled basket removal step in which the processed filled basket is placed on a transport device and moved to a transport line and then taken out onto the transport line, and a processed filled basket is removed onto the transport line. A slat supply step in which a drainboard is supplied onto the top surface of the fibrous material in the basket, a processed basket inversion step in which the treated filled basket with the slat placed on the top surface of the fibrous material is rotated 180 degrees in the vertical direction, and a basket of the inverted processed basket a basket removal step in which the basket is removed by lifting the basket, leaving only the fibrous material with the drainboard placed underneath on the conveyance line; a fibrous material dehydration step in which the fibrous material is loaded together with the drainboard into a centrifugal dehydrator and dehydrated; 1. A method for automatically processing fibrous material, comprising: a drying step for drying a dehydrated fibrous material, and the operation in each of the above steps and the supply/transfer of a basket to each step are automatically controlled. 2. In the automatic processing method for fibrous materials according to claim 1, a stacking step of stacking the filled baskets in two or more stages is provided between the fibrous material filling step and the basket filling step, and the processed basket removal step and the drainboard supply step are performed. 1. An automatic method for processing fibrous materials, characterized in that an unloading step is provided in which filling baskets stacked in multiple stages are unloaded one by one. 3. Empty basket supply means for supplying empty baskets to the conveyance line, fiber material filling means for filling the empty baskets with fiber material, basket loading means for taking out the filled baskets from the conveyance line and loading them into the processing tank, and processing. a processing means for treating the fiber material filled in the basket in the tank with a processing fluid; a processed basket take-out means for taking out the processed basket from the processing tank and placing it on the conveyance line again after the processing is completed; A drainboard supply means for supplying a drainboard onto the upper surface of the fiber material, a basket reversing means for rotating the basket 180 degrees in the vertical direction, and a basket removal device for lifting only the basket of the reversing basket and taking out only the fiber material placed on the drainboard onto the conveyance line. a dewatering means for storing a plurality of fiber materials placed on a drainboard and centrifugally dewatering the fiber materials at the same time; a drying means for drying the dehydrated fiber materials; and automatically controlling the operation of each means and feeding the basket. An automatic processing device for fiber materials, characterized in that it is equipped with a control means for controlling. 4. In the automatic processing apparatus for fiber materials according to claim 3, a basket stacking means for stacking the baskets in multiple stages is provided on the conveyance line that sends the baskets to the basket loading/unloading means, and the baskets are unloaded from the basket loading/unloading means again. An automatic processing apparatus for textile materials, characterized in that a conveyor line is provided with a step-unloading means for lowering the stacked baskets one step at a time.