JPH04113124U - Plate material conveyance device - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] To enable installation of a plate material conveying device that supplies plates to a sheet metal processing machine in a small space. [Structure] A storage rack 1 stores plate materials 2 to be processed by a sheet metal processing machine 6 placed on pallets 3, and a specified plate material 2 is taken out from the storage rack 1 along with the pallet 3 and placed on a transport cart 5. a stacker crane 4, which is installed on the upstream side of the sheet metal processing machine 6, and a pallet shuttle device 2, which moves the pallets 3, which have been transported to the transfer station by the transport cart 5, to the destack station.
1 and a destack loader 55 that separates the plate materials 2 one by one from the pallet 3 moved to the destack station and transports them to the sheet metal processing machine 6.
The plate material 2 transported by the transport vehicle 5 from the storage rack is three-dimensionally moved and transported from the destack station to the sheet metal processing machine 6.

Description

[Detailed explanation of the idea]

0001

[Industrial application field]

This idea separates the sheets stacked on a pallet one by one and transports them to a sheet metal processing machine. The present invention relates to a conveying device for board material.

0002

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, it is used as a conveyor device to convey plate materials to sheet metal processing machines such as turret punch presses. For example, the one described in Japanese Utility Model Application Publication No. 62-92033 is known.

0003

[Problem that the idea aims to solve]

However, unlike the conventional plate material transport device mentioned above, the cart that transports the pallets is not used as a destacker. If it is placed next to the trolley, a large amount of space is required for the running part of the trolley. Therefore, there was a problem that the entire device became large. This idea was made with the aim of improving the above-mentioned problems, and it can be installed in a small amount of space. The purpose of this invention is to provide a plate material conveying device that can

0004

[Means and actions for solving the problem]

In order to achieve the above purpose, this idea aims to process the plate material to be processed by the sheet metal processing machine. Storage racks for storing on pallets and designated board materials for each pallet. and a stacker crane that takes out the material from the storage rack and places it on the transport vehicle, and the above-mentioned sheet metal processing machine. Installed upstream of the machine tool and transported to the transfer station by a transport vehicle A pallet shuttle device that moves pallets to a destacking station and a destacking station. The sheets are separated one by one from the pallet moved to the stack station and processed into sheet metal. It is equipped with a de-stacking loader that transports it to the machine tool, and it is transported by a transport trolley. Move the plate material that has been placed up and down and set it on the destack station. As a result, the moving space of the transport vehicle can be reduced.

[0005]

【Example】 An embodiment of this invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. Figure 1 shows the overall view of the board material conveying device. In this figure, 1 indicates the storage rack. show. In the storage rack 1, pallets 3 on which board materials 2 are stacked are stored in multiple stages. specified by the stocker crane 4 controlled by a control device (not shown). The pallet 3 at the address given can now be taken out.

[0006] The pallet 3 taken out by the stocker crane 4 is placed on the carrier 5. and transported to the upstream side of a sheet metal processing machine 6 such as a turret punch press. It has become. As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the transport vehicle 5 has rails 8 laid on the floor at the bottom. It has wheels 9 that roll on it, and a travel motor 10 at the front of the transport vehicle 5. It is installed.

[0007] The traveling motor 10 drives a sprocket 12 via a chain 11. , and the sprocket 12 meshes with the chain 13 laid on the floor. The carriage 5 is self-propelled along the rail 8 by the rotation of the sprocket 12. It is supposed to be done.

[0008] Further, a lifter 15 is mounted on the transport vehicle 5. The lifter 15 has links 16 combined in an X shape as shown in FIG. By raising and lowering one of these links 16 using the lift cylinder 17, , the lift table 18 attached to the upper end of the link 16 can now move up and down. In addition, there are locate pins at multiple locations on the top surface of the lift table 18. A pallet guide 19 is provided to protrude and guide the pallet placed on the lift table 18. It is designed to position cut 3.

[0009] On the other hand, a pallet shuttle device 21 is installed upstream of the sheet metal processing machine 6. Ru. The pallet shuttle device 21 is installed in the sheet metal processing machine 6 as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8. A transfer station is placed at a position opposite to the destack station 22 provided upstream. Transfer stations 23 and 24 are installed, and these transfer stations 23 and 24 A guide rail on which the pallet 3 transported by the car 5 is laid on the upper part of the pedestal 20 It is now being transferred to the 25th.

0010 A roller 27 that runs on a guide rail 25 is provided at the bottom of the pallet 3. At the same time, a pin 28 is provided protruding from the lower part of one end of the pallet 3. The pin 28 is fitted into a pin hole 30 of the drive member 29. As shown in FIG. 8, both ends of the driving member 29 are located above the guide rail 25. It is slidably supported by a linear guide 31 installed parallel to this. .

[0011] A pair of support portions 32 are protruded from the middle portion of the drive member 29, and these support portions A connecting plate 33 is fixed to the lower end of the portion 32. The pin holes 30 are opened at both ends of these connecting plates 33 to guide the guide. The pins 28 of the pallet 3 transferred onto the wheel 25 are fitted into these pin holes 30 from above. It is designed to be inserted. Furthermore, endless chains are installed above and below the horizontal rod 35 on which the linear guide 31 is installed. 36 are stretched.

0012 These chains 36 are connected to sprockets 37 provided at the front and rear of the pallet moving direction. , 38, and a portion is engaged with the drive sprocket 39. . The drive sprocket 39 is connected to a pallet shuttle motor 40 via a chain 41. are connected via a chain 41 by a pallet shuttle motor 40. By rotating the drive sprocket 39, the chain 36 is moved to a linear guide. It can be rotated along the chain 31, and a bracket is attached to a part of the chain 36. The drive member 29 connected via 42 is reciprocated along the guide rail 25. It is configured so that

[0013] On the other hand, the guide rail 25 provided at the destack station 22 is It is divided from the guide rails 25 of stations 23 and 24, and the pallet lift It is movable up and down by a mechanism 45. The guide rail 25 is guided by a guide rail 46 and is a vertically slidable guide. It is fixed to the upper part of the member 47, and one end of the chain 48 is attached to the guide member 47. are tied together. The other end of the chain 48 is routed around the sprocket 49 supported by the frame 20 and lowered. The piston rod 51 of the pallet lift cylinder 50 is attached to the tip of the piston rod 51 of the pallet lift cylinder 50. It is tied to a chain attachment member 52.

[0014] The pallet lift mechanism 45 is provided on both sides of the destack station 22. The pallet lift mechanism 45 moves the destack station 22 By lifting the guide rail 25 of the pallet on the guide rail 25, 3 can be lifted sequentially to the destack position (solid line position in Figure 8). Ru. In addition, 53 in the figure is the upper part of the plate 2 on the pallet 3 that has been lifted to the destack position. The magnetic floater is shown separating from the layer.

[0015] On the other hand, the plate material 2 lifted to the destacking position is transferred to the destacking loader 55. It is designed to be carried into the sheet metal processing machine 6. As shown in FIG. It has a suspended horizontal rod 56, and a carrier 57 is movably attached to this horizontal rod 56. I'm being kicked. The carrier 57 can freely reciprocate in the workpiece conveyance direction A by a travel motor 58. At the same time, there is a vacuum cup at the bottom that is moved up and down by a lift cylinder 59. A vacuum cup 60 is provided to remove the board on the pallet 3. One end of the material 2 is suctioned one by one from above.

[0016] Also, a plate whose one end side is lifted to the conveyance height by the vacuum cup 60. The lower surface of the material 2 is supported by the work support roller 61 fed out from the case 62. so that the entire surface reaches the transport height. The work support roller 61 has a pair of chains 61 arranged in parallel with a gap between them. With a configuration in which a large number of rollers 61a are horizontally suspended at equal intervals between b, When lifting one end of the plate material 2, it is stored in the case 62. Then, as the work support roller 61 is fed out, the work support roller 61 is As the carrier 57 moves, the plate material 2 placed on the workpiece support roller 61 is moved to the sheet metal processing machine 6 side and is supplied to the sheet metal processing machine 6. .

[0018] On the other hand, the plate material 2 carried into the sheet metal processing machine 6 is subjected to predetermined processing, and then the sheet metal processing machine It is discharged to the downstream side of the machine 6. An unloader 65 is installed downstream of the sheet metal processing machine 6. As shown in FIG. It has a rod 66, and a carrier 67 is driven by a travel motor 68 on this horizontal rod 66. It can be installed freely. A gripper 69 is provided at the bottom of the carrier 67, and the sheet metal processing machine 6 The workpiece 2 is gripped by the gripper 69 and placed on the work support row. The loading station 71 is carried out on a rack 70.

[0019] The loading station 71 has a pallet system installed upstream of the sheet metal processing machine 6. A pallet shuttle device 72 similar to shuttle device 45 is installed, and this pallet shuttle device 72 is The processed plate material 2 is placed on the empty pallet 3 set on the cut shuttle device 72. Once a certain amount has accumulated, it is carried out by the transport cart 5 toward the storage rack 1. It has become so.

[0020] Next, the operation of the plate material conveying device configured as described above will be explained. Specify the address of the storage rack 1 where the plate material 2 to be processed by the sheet metal processing machine 6 is stored. Then, the stocker crane 4 retrieves the board 2 from the specified address where the board 2 is stored. The whole let 3 is taken out and placed on the conveyance carriage 5. The plate material 2 placed on the transport vehicle 5 is transported to the transfer station 23 or 24. The pallet shuttle equipment is then lifted up by a lifter 15 provided on the transport vehicle 5. It is transferred onto the guide rail 25 of the storage 21.

[0021] Pallet shuttle motor 40 then rotates chain 36 to drive member 29. , and the pallet 3 with the pin 28 engaged with the drive member 29 is placed in the destack position. Move it to position 22. Then, the pallet 3 is lifted to the destack position by the pallet lift mechanism 45. let

[0022] On the other hand, when the plate material 2 to be processed is set to the destack position as described above, , the carrier 57 of the destack loader 55 is placed on the destack station 22. The plates moved toward the upper layer and were separated one by one from the upper layer by the magnetic floater 53. A vacuum cup 60 adsorbs one end of the material 2 and lifts it to the transport height. Then, when the plate material 2 is lifted, the workpiece that has been stored in the case 62 until now is The support roller 61 is fed out from inside the case 61 and supports the entire board 2 from below. do. Next, as the carrier 57 is moved in the board conveyance direction A, the vacuum cup 6 The plate material 2 adsorbed to It is then processed.

[0023] By repeating the above operation, the plate material 2 is carried into the sheet metal processing machine 6 one by one. During this time, the plate material 2 to be processed next is taken out from the storage rack 1 and transferred to the transport cart 5. The pallet is transported to the transfer station 23 or 24 and loaded onto the pallet shuttle device 21. will be cut. In addition, the plate material 2 that has been processed by the sheet metal processing machine 6 is placed in an anchor provided on the downstream side. It is carried out from the sheet metal processing machine 6 by the loader 65, and then the pallet shuttle device 7 It is placed on the empty pallet 3 set at 2.

[0024] When a predetermined amount of board material 2 is placed on the empty pallet 3, it is transferred to the transport vehicle 5. It will be transported out. By repeating the above operations, the plate material 2 is carried into the sheet metal processing machine 6 and processed. The completed plate material 2 is carried out.

[0025]

[Effect of the idea]

As explained in detail above, this idea works by moving the board material transported by the transport vehicle upward and downward. The system now moves in the same direction as the conventional Compared to items that are transported only by moving in a plane direction, there is less space for the transport vehicle to move. good. This reduces the space required to install the device and also makes the device itself more compact. You will also be able to plan.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view of a board conveying device according to an embodiment of the invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of the same.

FIG. 3 is a front view of the same.

FIG. 4 is a plan view of the carrier.

FIG. 5 is a front view of the same.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of a lifter.

FIG. 7 is a side view of the pallet shuttle device.

FIG. 8 is a sectional view of the same.

FIG. 9 is a front view of the destack loader.

FIG. 10 is a front view of the unloader.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Storage rack, 2 Board material, 3 Pallet, 4 Stacker lane, 5 Transport vehicle, 6 Sheet metal processing machine, 21 Pallet shuttle device, 22 Destack station, 23, 24 Transfer station, 45 Lift mechanism, 65 Unloader, 72 Pallet shuttle Device.

Claims (3)

[Scope of utility model registration request] [Claim 1] A plate material 2 to be processed by a sheet metal processing machine 6
A storage rack 1 for storing items placed on a pallet 3
Then, a stacker crane 4 takes out the specified plate material 2 along with the pallet 3 from the storage rack 1 and places it on the transport cart 5.
, a pallet shuttle device 21 that is installed upstream of the sheet metal processing machine 6 and moves the pallets 3 that have been transported to the transfer stations 23 and 24 by the transport vehicle 5 to the destack station 22; A destack loader 5 separates the plates 2 one by one from the moved pallet 3 and transports them to the sheet metal processing machine 6.
5. A plate material conveying device comprising: 2. A means for movably supporting the pallet shuttle device 21 for the pallet 3 transferred by the transfer stations 23 and 24, and a means for movably supporting the pallet 3 transferred from the transfer stations 23 and 24 to the destack station. 2
Transportation means to move to 2 and destacking station 2
2. The plate material conveying device according to claim 1, further comprising a lift mechanism 45 for lifting the pallet 3 that has been moved to the destack position. 3. An unloader 65 for unloading the processed plate 2 and a pallet shuttle device 72 for loading and transporting the unloaded plate 2 onto a pallet 3 are installed downstream of the sheet metal processing machine 6. The board conveying device according to claim 1.