JPH04151811A - Work delivery method for automatic winding and device thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enable the numbers of delivery devices to be reduced thereby enabling the work delivery time to be cut down by a method wherein an automatic winding machine is freely shifted between the specific position of a carrier system and the nozzle feeding out a wire for the winding step. CONSTITUTION:The carrier 2 is carried to an automatic winding machine by a carrier system 1 to advance the spindle box 53 of the automatic winding machine to the carrier 2 so that the spindle 55 protruding from the front surface of the spindle box 53 may be inserted into the fitting axle 17 of a bobbin 13 fixed to the carrier 2. Later, the spindle box 53 is pivoted on the automatic winding position by 90 deg. and then the wire previously led out of a nozzle 84 to be held by binding it around a pre-binding bar 62 is bound around the terminal pin 13a of the bobbin 13 so as to turn the spindle 55 for winding the wire around the barrel of the bobbin 13. Through these procedures, the numbers of delivery devices can be reduced thereby enabling the work delivery time to be cut down.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention "Field of Industrial Application" The present invention is used for automatic winding in a processing device that automatically winds a bobbin and also automatically performs a series of operations such as soldering and inspection. The present invention relates to a method and device for transferring bobbins between a conveying device and an automatic winding machine.

"Prior Art" As a conventional device of this kind, a delivery device described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2-13575 is known. The receiving IJ transfer device has an index collar 1 disposed between the automatic winding machine and a conveyance device for conveying a parent having a jig body into which a coil bobbin is fitted toward an automatic winding machine. This is what I did. Then, the index column is moved toward the pallets 1 to 1 that have been transported to a predetermined position by the transport device, and the index column receives the jig main body having the 21-Il bobbin on the bullet. Next, the index column moves toward the automatic winding machine after repositioning the received jig main body so as to face the automatic winding machine. Further, the index column passes the jig body with the coil bobbin fitted thereto to an automatic winding machine, and the automatic winding machine winds the coil bobbin. After the winding process, the jig body with the coil bobbin attached to the pallet is returned via the index column.

"Problems to be Solved by the Invention" However, in the above-mentioned delivery method and device, the coil bobbin is delivered between the conveyor and the automatic winding machine via the index column.
It takes a lot of time for delivery, and a lot of floor space is required to arrange the index column, making it not only large-scale but also expensive.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the above circumstances, it is an object of the present invention to provide a workpiece transfer method and device for automatic winding, which requires a small number of devices and can transfer the workpieces in a short time, thereby improving the operating rate. With the goal.

"Means for Solving the Problems" The present invention has been made to achieve the above object, and in claim (1), a mounting shaft fitted with a bobbin is transported by a carrier toward an automatic winding machine. Then, the movement of the carrier is stopped at a predetermined position near the automatic winding machine, and the spindle of the automatic winding machine moves toward the mounting shaft held by the carrier arm, so that the spindle is connected to the mounting shaft. After receiving the mounting shaft from the carrier, the spindle moves toward a predetermined position near the nozzle for feeding out the wire, and then the spindle rotates at a predetermined position near the nozzle to feed the wire from the nozzle to the hobbin held on the mounting shaft. The workpiece transfer method for automatic wire winding consists of winding the wire material, and after the winding is finished, the spindle moves toward the carrier again, and after the winding is finished, the mounting shaft with the bobbin is returned to the carrier. That is. In claim (2), a carrier to which a mounting shaft having a hobbin is attached; a conveying device for generally conveying the carrier;
an automatic winding machine for winding a bobbin; The present invention is characterized by a work transfer device for automatic winding, which includes a spindle whose shaft is removably attached and detached and which is rotationally driven for winding the wire onto a bobbin.

Embodiment An embodiment of the work delivery method and device for automatic winding according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. First, the entire processing apparatus including the apparatus for carrying out the delivery method will be described. In FIG. The cavity feeding device 1 is arranged such that two belt conveyors 3a3b and feeding mechanisms 4a and 4b are connected in a ring shape with a flat plane. The sending machines 'rR4a and 4b are for forcibly pushing out and transferring the carrier 2 from one bell 1 to conveyor 3a3b to the other hell j and conveyor 3a and 3b, and an air cylinder is used for this transfer. I am using 5. An automatic loading device 6, an automatic wire winding machine 7, a flux coating machine 8, a soldering device 9, an inspection device 10, and a ball resistor 11 are arranged around the conveyance device 1 in this order. The automatic loading device 6 is configured such that an automatic insertion machine 14 fits a plurality of hobbins 13 carried in from a parts feeder 12 into a loading member 16 of a reversing unit 15. When the reversing unit 15 receives the bobbin 13 from the automatic insertion machine 14, it moves toward the carrier 2 on the conveying device 1, and at the same time reverses it 180 degrees and repositions the received bobbin 13 as described above so that it faces the carrier 2. Then, the hobbin 13 is transferred to the mounting shaft 17 fitted on the carrier 2.

The carrier 2 is formed in a curvature shape with side ridges, and has a plurality of U-shaped fitting slots 18 at the upper end. on the other hand,
The mounting shaft 17 has a distal end into which the bobbin 13 is removably fitted, and has a notch at the opposing portion of the shaft at the proximal end, and the notch is inserted into the fitting groove described in "2". A fitting part 19 is fitted into the hole 18. Therefore, the fitting portion 19 is
It is formed to have a diameter that is smaller than the diameter of the other shaft portions and that matches the hole width of the fitting slot 18. The carrier 2 is transported by the transport device 1 toward the automatic winding a7, but the automatic winding machine 7 not only performs automatic winding but also performs taping on the winding bobbin 13. A type equipped with a taping device can also be used. Flux coating m8
This is for applying flux to the terminal pins to which the ends of the windings of the bobbin 13 are attached for soldering. The soldering device 9 is for soldering the terminal pins coated with flux by the flux applicator 8 by immersing them in a solder bath.

The inspection device 10 is configured to conduct electrical tests such as continuity tests between terminal pins of the bobbin 13 for good products and defective products, and to remove only the defective products from the conveyance line. ''-The bullet tie 'J'll is designed so that the bobbinron 13 is removed from the mounting shaft 17 on which only the good parts of the carrier 2 are fitted, and the bobbinrons 13 are not packed in boxes in predetermined numbers. The carrier 2 is transported from the valentizer 2 again by the transport device 1 toward the automatic loading device 6.

A locking device 20 for fixing the carrier immovably is attached to the conveying device 1 in front of the automatic winding machine 7, as shown in FIG. 1, FIG. 3, and FIG. 4. In the lock device 20, an air cylinder 22 is installed on the frame 1a of the transport device 1 via a bracket i.21, and a lock pad 23 for pressing the base of the carrier 2 is connected to the piston rod of the air cylinder 22. let On the other hand, a fixing pad 24 is fixed to the frame 1a of the transport device 1 with the carrier 2 sandwiched therebetween and facing the lock pad 23.

As shown in FIG. 2, the automatic winding machine 7 has an X-axis stand mounted on a base 25 via a linear way hair ring 26 and a guide rail 27 so as to be able to move toward I) 11 backward movement, that is, toward the conveying device l. The moving base 28 is now attached.

The movement of the X-axis platform 28 is achieved by supporting a screw rod 30 that is rotationally driven by an X-axis drive motor 29 on the base 25, and attaching a ball nut mechanism 31 of the X-axis platform 28 to the screw rod 30. Screw them together and connect the X-axis drive motor 2.
By rotating the screw rod 30 by 9,
The axle base moving base 28 can be moved by a set amount in the front-rear direction. The X-axis moving table 28 includes a guide rail 3.
2 and a linear way bearing 33, a Z-axis platform 34 is mounted so as to be vertically movable. To move the Z-axis platform 34, the X-axis platform 28 supports a screw rod 36 that is rotationally driven by an X-axis drive motor 35, and the screw rod 36 is connected to the pole nut mechanism of the Z-axis platform 34. 37 are screwed together and the screw rod 36 is rotationally driven by the X-axis drive motor 35, so that the Z-axis moving base 34 can be moved downward by a set amount. A rotating table 39 is attached to the Z-axis moving table 34'' through a reversing hair ring 38. A pinion 40 is provided on the outer periphery of the rotary table 39, and the pinion 40 is screwed into a rack 41. By moving the rack 41 with the drive cylinder 42, the rotary table 39 rotates the rack 41 and the pinion 4.
Since 0 indicates screw engagement, it is designed to rotate by a predetermined amount. The drive cylinder 42 and rack 41 are mounted on the Z-axis platform 34. A guide rail 4 is mounted on the rotary table 39 so as to be able to reciprocate in a straight line through the diameter.
3 and the feed base 45 via the linear way hair ring 44.
I have to wear it. A screw rod 47 rotatably driven by a feed drive motor 46 is rotatably supported on the feed table 45, and a pole-knot mechanism 49 is attached to a support plate 4F3 erected from the rotary table 39. The hole nut mechanism 49 is screwed into the screw rod 47.

Then, the screw rod 47 is driven by the feed drive motor 46.
Since the hole nut mechanism 49 is screwed into the screw rod 47 by rotationally driving the feed table 4.
5 is configured to reciprocate by a predetermined amount on a straight line passing through the meridian center of the rotary table 39. A spindle motor 51 is installed on the feed table 45 through a support plate 50, and a spindle mechanism 54 in the spindle box 53 is connected to the spindle motor 51 through a counter shaft 52.
It is connected to. The spindle box 53 is fixed to one end of the feed table 45. spindle box 5
The spindle mechanism 54 housed in the carrier 3 is composed of a swimming pulley and a timing heald.
Bottomed cylindrical spindles 5 provided with the number of hobbins 13 above
5 are rotated at the same time by the same number of rotations.

The spindle mechanism 55 has a spring 5 as shown in FIG.
It has a lock cylinder 57 that is elastically biased by G, and the lock cylinder 5
7 and press the lock ball 5 to fix the mounting shaft 17 irremovably. Take (-1 axis 17
In addition to having a fitting small-diameter portion 17a into which the lock ball 58 is fitted, a locking pin 86 is implanted, so that when the mounting shaft 17 and the spindle 55 are connected, the locking pin 86 is installed. The locking pin 8G is configured to lock with the groove edge of a cut groove 87 at the tip of the spindle 55, without transmitting the rotational force to the shaft I7. The base of the shaft 17 has a stepped portion 88 that comes into contact with the tip of the spindle 55.
The stepped portion 88 positions the mounting shaft 17 and the spindle 55 in the thrust direction when they are connected. The lock cylinder 57 has a flange 57a, and the flange 57
A lock release plate 59 can be secured to a. The lock release plate 59 is connected to the spindle cylinder 53 by a conial cylinder 60 which is placed on the spindle cylinder 53 so that the lock cylinder 57 can be released.

The air cylinder 60 is configured to appropriately guide the movement of its piston rod using a guide portion 61. Further, the spindle box 53 has a hole 63 for mounting a disposable locking rod 62 as shown in FIG.
When the take-up shaft 64 on the side of the discarded tie rod 62 is fitted into the mounting hole 63, the air cylinder 65 operates, and the fixing pin 66, which is integrated with the piston rod of the air cylinder 65, faces into the mounting hole 63. Four locking parts 64a of the shaft 64
The mounting shaft 64 is fixed in a manner that it cannot be removed. The above-mentioned disposable tie rod 62 is disposed at a position where the spindle box 53 is rotated L3 by 90 degrees from the conveying device 1 due to the rotation of the rotary table 39 shown in FIG. 5, that is, at an automatic winding position. As shown in FIGS. 6 to 9, the disposable tie rods 62 are fixedly installed in the rotation opening/throttle 67 at approximately the same pitch as the spindles 55 (one more than the number of spindles 55). It has a cutting groove 68 with a predetermined depth from the tip.Both ends of the rotating rod F67 are rotatably supported on a support plate 69, and a pinion 70 is formed on one of the support portions as shown in FIG. Then, the rack 71 is screwed onto the pinion 70.The rack 71 can be moved by an air cylinder 72 by a predetermined amount, that is, by an amount that allows the waste rod 62 to reciprocate 180 degrees. The rack 71 and the air cylinder 72 are mounted on a support plate 69. A horizontal member 73 is fixed between the support plates 69, and two guides are attached to the horizontal member 73. A rod 74 is passed through the guide rod 74 so as to be slidable up and down, and a mounting plate 75 is fixedly attached to the upper end of the guide rod 74.The mounting plate 75 is provided with a mounting plate 75 that is positioned opposite to the above-mentioned throwaway rod 62 and inserted into the above-mentioned cut groove 68. A discharge plate 76 having a width that can be fitted into the guide slot 74 is fixedly installed.A connecting plate 77 is fixedly installed at the lower end of the guide slot 74.
7 and the horizontal member 73, there is a mounting plate 75, that is, fJ.
j An air cylinder 78 is attached to move the lower plate 7G downward. A locking recess 79 is formed in the lower part of the support plate 69, so that the lower end of the support plate 69 can be removably received by the receiver 80. The receiver 80 is placed in the automatic winding position and attached to the base 25.
It is fixedly installed so that it can be moved up and down using an air cylinder or the like, or it cannot be moved. The receiver 80 has a receiving groove 81 with a predetermined depth from the upper end, and a support plate 69 fitted into the receiving groove 81.
An air cylinder 83 is provided for driving a lock pin 82 that fits into the four locking parts 79 at the lower end. A mounting shaft 64 is provided protruding from each of the support plates 69 or the horizontal members 73, and the mounting shaft 64 can be fitted into the mounting hole 63 of the tip 53 of the spindle 55. Mounting shaft 64
has a narrow diameter locking portion 64a into which a fixing pin 66 of an air cylinder 65 attached to the spindle hook 53 can be inserted. Furthermore, the automatic winding position has a first
As shown in FIG. 5, the spindle 55 or bobbin 1
The nozzles 84 of the same number as 3 are arranged so that they can be moved by a predetermined amount by numerical control in the front, rear, left, right, and up and down directions.

The wire pulled out from the raw cotton drum is inserted into each nozzle 84, and guides the delivery of the wire to the hobbin 13 as the spindle 55 rotates. The karaage is used to guide the feeding of the wire at the time. If the automatic winding machine is equipped with a taping device, the winding section can be taped using the taping device directly at the automatic winding position, but in some cases a taping device must be installed separately. Then, as shown in FIG. 5, the taping device 85 is arranged at a position further rotated by 90 degrees from the automatic winding position.

The taping device 85 may be one that has been used conventionally.

Next, the overall operation including the method of transferring the work for automatic winding will be explained. First, in FIG. 1, when the carrier 2 having the mounting shaft 17 is carried by the transport device 1 to the position of the automatic loading device 6, the reversing unit I.
The empty bobbin 13 is transferred from the mounting shaft 17 to the mounting shaft 17, and the empty bobbin 13 is fitted onto the mounting shaft 17. Next, the carrier 2 is generally fed by the first general feeding device 1 toward the automatic winding machine 7. When the carrier 2 reaches the front of the automatic winding machine 7, the third
As shown in the figure, the air cylinder 22 is activated to clamp the -1-year 2 between the lock pad 23 and the fixing pad 24, and fix it so that it cannot be transported even by the drive of the held conveyor 3a. Next, by the movement of the X-axis moving table 28, the Z-axis moving table 34, and the feed table 45 and the rotation of the rotary table 39, the spindle hox 53 advances toward the carrier 2 and is installed in the fitting groove 18 of the carrier 2. The spindle 55 protruding from the front surface of the spindle box 53 is fitted onto the attached mounting shaft 17. This fitting is achieved by fitting the lock ball 58 into the fitting narrow diameter portion 17a of the mounting shaft 17, and then pressing the lock ball 58 with the elastic biasing force of the lock cylinder 57 by the spring 56, and removing the mounting shaft 17. Attach inseparably. Thereafter, the spindle 55 once lifts the pick-up shaft 17 having the bobbin 13 upward by the movement of the Z-axis moving table 34, and returns to a predetermined position by further movement of the X-axis moving table 28 to the feed table 45. , toward the automatic winding position by rotating the turntable 39.
Rotates only 0 degrees. When the spindle box 53 is in the automatic winding position, the receiver 80 (not shown in FIGS. 8 and 9)
The feed table 45 is moved toward the discarded rod 62 that is attached to the
The spindle hox 53 is driven by the
is moved to fit the connecting shaft 86 into the connecting hole 87, and then the air cylinder 88 is operated to fix the connecting shaft 86 to the spindle box 53. Next, the lock bin 82 is pulled out from the lock recess 79 by the air cylinder 83, and the support plate 69 is moved upward by the spindle box 53.
is pulled out from the receiving groove 81 of the receiving tool 80.

Then, as described above, the spindle box 5b3 is moved by the x-axis moving table 28, the Z-axis moving table 34, and the feed table 45, or the nozzle 84 is moved, so that it is pulled out from the nozzle 84 in advance and placed on the waste rod 62. Attach the wire that has been tied and held to the terminal pin 13a of the hobbin 13.
After that, the spindle motor 51 is driven to rotate the spindle 55 via the counter shaft 52 and the spindle mechanism 54, and a predetermined number of windings are wound around the body of the hobbin 13. administer. The end of the winding was tied to another terminal pin of the hobbin 13 in the same manner as described above, and then, for the next winding process, the wire was tied to a waste tie rod 62 and pulled out from the nozzle 84. Hold the wire. Discarded Karaage stick 62 and bobbin 1
The crossover wire between terminal bin 13a of No. 3 is cut. Next, the X-axis moving table 28, the Z-axis moving table 34 to the feed table 45 are driven to move the spindle box 53, and the support plate 6 is moved.
The lower end of the support plate 69 is fitted into the receiving groove 81 of the receiver 80, and the lock pin 82 is fitted into the lock recess 79 by the operation of the air cylinder 83, thereby fixing the support plate 69 to the receiver 80. Thereafter, the air cylinder 65 is operated to separate the fixing pin 66 and the locking narrow diameter part 64a from the spindle box 53, and the movement of the spindle box 53 removes the mounting shaft 86 from the mounting hole 87. Extract. Wire waste that was at the end of the winding start when the crossover wire was cut and is attached to the discarded tie rod 62 is removed from the rack 71 and pinion 7 by the operation of the air cylinder 72 as needed.
When the rotating rod 67 is rotated by 180 degrees through 0, the discharge plate 76 will fit into the cut groove 68 of the disposable tie rod 62.
Next, by operating the air cylinder 78 and moving the discharge plate 76 downward, the wire scraps attached to the waste tie rod 62 can be dropped. Thereafter, the ejection plate 76 and the waste bar 62 are moved back. After the spindle hook 53 has separated the disposable bar 62 as described above, it is further rotated by 90 degrees by the rotation table 39 and positioned on the taping device 85. The taping device 85 automatically tapes the winding of the bobbin I3. Next, by rotating the rotary table 39, the spindle box 53 is moved back by 180 degrees toward the original conveying device 1. At this position, as shown in FIG. 3, the mounting shaft 17 is fitted onto the spindle 55 by driving the X-axis moving table 28, Z-axis moving table 34, rotary table 39, and feed table 45. After fitting the narrow diameter portion 17a into the fitting groove 18 of the carrier 2, the air cylinder 6
0, the lock cylinder 57 is moved by the long release plate 59 against the elastic urging force of the spring 56, and the lock cylinder 57 is unlocked by the lock ball 58.
If the spindle box 53 is moved in the opposite direction to ``1'', the mounting shaft 17 having the bobbin 13 whose winding has been completed is pulled out from the spindle 55. Next, the carrier 2 is transported by the transport device 1 toward a flux coating machine 8 having a well-known configuration, and the terminal bin 13 of the bobbin 13 is coated by the flux coating machine 8.
Flux is applied to the terminal pin 13a, and the carrier 2 is transported to a soldering device 9, and the soldering device 9 solders the terminal pin 13a. After the soldering is completed, the carrier 2 is transported toward the inspection device 10, where an electrical continuity test is performed, defective products are discharged as is, and only non-defective products are transferred to the carrier 2 and sent to the next bulletizer 11. The bulletizer 11 transports the bobbin 1 from the mounting shaft 17.
3 is taken out and packed in a box. The carrier 2 having the mounting shaft 17 from which the bobbin 13 has been removed is again transported by the transport device 1 toward the automatic loading device 6.

When transferring or receiving the mounting shaft 17 having the bobbin 13 from the carrier 2 to the spindle 55 of the spindle box 53, it is also possible to use a vertically movable handler 90 as shown in FIG. That is, when the carrier 2 carrying the empty bobbin 13 is located at a predetermined position in front of the automatic winding machine 7 and is fixed by the locking device 20 so that it cannot be carried, the handler 90 moves downward and the carrier After pinching the mounting shaft 17 on 2, rise again and hold.
Then, wait until the processing of the bobbin 13 currently being wound is completed, and immediately after the winding processing (including taping) is completed, the carrier 2 fixed by the locking device 20 is The mounting shaft 17 is passed through the fitting slot 18 of the spindle box 53 or the handler 90 is moved, and from the handler 90 the shaft with the bobbin 13 to be wound next is removed. Receive 17.

When such a delivery is performed, there is no need for the carrier 2 to have a waiting time, so that the operating rate can be shortened.

"Effects of the Invention" As described in section 2 below, according to the workpiece transfer method and device for automatic winding according to the present invention, the number of devices for transfer can be reduced, and the workpiece transfer can be carried out in a short time. It is convenient to use because it can be carried out in a single unit and improves the operating rate.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show an embodiment of the work transfer method and device for automatic wire winding according to the present invention, FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the entire winding processing device including the transfer device, and FIG. Figure 3 is a diagram showing the configuration of the main parts of the automatic winding machine, showing how the spindle receives or transfers the mounting shaft from the carrier on the conveying device. Figure 4 is a plan view of the main parts of the carrier. Fig. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing the rotation range of the spindle in an automatic winding machine, Fig. 6 is a front view of the main part showing the mechanism of the throwaway stick, and Fig. 7 is the mechanism of the throwaway stick and the spindle. Fig. 8 is a front view of Fig. 7 showing the binding of the box, Fig. 9 is a side view of the main part showing the mechanism of the discarded stick, and Fig. 10 shows a modification of the delivery device. It is a main part configuration diagram. ■...Conveyance device 2...Carrier 7...
Automatic winding machine 13...Bobbin 17...Mounting shaft 20...Lock device 28...X-axis moving table 34...Z-axis moving table 39...Rotating table
45...Feed stand 53...Spindle hox 55...Spindle

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) The mounting shaft with the bobbin fitted is transported by the carrier towards the automatic winding machine, the movement of the carrier is stopped at a predetermined position near the automatic winding machine, and the spindle of the automatic winding machine is transferred to the carrier. After the spindle is connected to the mounting shaft and receives the mounting shaft from the carrier, the spindle is moved to a predetermined position near the nozzle for feeding out the wire, and then The spindle rotates at a predetermined position near the nozzle to wind the wire fed from the nozzle onto the bobbin held on the mounting shaft, and after the winding is finished, the spindle moves toward the carrier again to hold the bobbin after the winding is finished. A workpiece delivery method for automatic winding characterized by returning the mounting shaft to the carrier. (2) a carrier equipped with a mounting shaft having a bobbin;
It consists of a conveying device for conveying the carrier, and an automatic winding machine for winding the bobbin, and the automatic winding machine connects the conveying device to a predetermined position and a nozzle for feeding out the wire for winding. A workpiece for automatic winding, characterized in that the workpiece comprises a spindle which is movable between the spindles and the mounting shaft is detachably connected to the spindle and which is rotationally driven for winding the bobbin. Delivery device.