JPH05186040A - Piling device of plate material - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To carry out piling by discriminating different kinds of plate materials by changing over conveyance routes of the plate materials in accordance with the kinds of the plate materials delivered from a preceding process. CONSTITUTION:A plural number of storage parts 5, 6 to store different kinds of plate materials 3, 4 are provided in parallel and simultaneously, holding means 8, 9 to input these plate materials 3, 4 to either of the storage parts 5, 6 by way of holding them are installed on their respective storage parts 5, 6. Additionally, carrier means 10, 11 to carry the respective plate materials from a preceding process 2 to each of the holding means 8, 9 and a change-over means 12 to change over conveyance routes of the plate materials 3, 4 are furnished. Consequently, only by operating a belt conveyor 12 which is the change-over means, it is possible to individually pile up the same kind of the plate materials by way of selectively delivering blank panels 3, 4, that is, the two kinds of the plate materials 3, 4 which are delivered from a line 2 of the preceding process.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a piling device attached to a rear stage of various lines for handling various kinds of plate materials and for accommodating the plate materials sent from the previous process in a storage state in a stacked state. Is.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As is well known, piling of a plate material is
The plate material such as a metal plate, which is continuously or intermittently sent as a product or an intermediate product from the previous process, is held by the holding means and transferred to the upper part of the storage portion, where it is released and the plate material is placed in the storage portion. By throwing in, it means that a large number of plate materials are stored in a stacked state in the storage unit. The plate material holding means in the device for performing such piling depends on the material and form of the plate material to be piling, that is, whether or not it has magnetism and whether or not a hole is formed. In consideration of the above, the one that holds the plate material by using the magnetic attraction force of the electromagnet, the one that uses the vacuum attraction force, the one that uses the suction cup, etc. are appropriately selected and used. In addition, a so-called air blow type in which a plate material is slowly dropped by using air pressure is widely used in order to soften the impact at the time of loading into the storage portion.

[0003]

By the way, in recent years, in various production lines, those handling a plurality of types of plate materials having different materials and forms have been put into practical use. For example, some lines for punching and pressing metal plates for automobile bodies handle both iron plates and aluminum plates, and they are formed with plate materials having holes. Some handle both non-board materials.

In such a line handling different kinds of plate materials, a means for selecting the plate materials and piling them separately is required, but an effective and appropriate piling means capable of such a thing has been heretofore available. Not provided yet. Therefore, in the past, a device for piling only a specific plate out of different types of plate handled by the line was provided, and only the specific type of plate was automatically piling by the piling device. When the types of plate materials sent from the previous process were sent from the previous process, the workers were piling offline, and the work efficiency was not very good.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide an effective piling apparatus capable of selecting different kinds of plate materials and piling them separately.

[0006]

The present invention is installed in the latter stage of various lines for handling plate materials, holds the plate material sent from the previous step by the holding means, and transfers it to the upper part of the storage section. A piling device for storing a large number of plate materials in a stacked state in the storage part by releasing the holding above the storage part and inserting the plate materials into the storage part. A plurality of first and second accommodating portions are arranged side by side along the plate material transfer direction, and first and second holding means for inserting the plate material into each of these accommodating portions are attached to each accommodating portion, and Either of the first and second transporting means for transporting the plate material from the previous step to each of the holding means and the transporting path of the plate material sent from the previous step can be used for any of the transporting means. It is characterized by comprising comprises a switching means for feeding wood.

The first accommodating portion is for accommodating a plate material made of a magnetic material such as an iron plate, and the first holding means is a member for adsorbing and retaining the plate material by magnetic force. It is conceivable that, for example, a plate member made of a non-magnetic material such as an aluminum plate is stored as the second storage unit, and the second holding unit holds the plate member by a vacuum suction force or a suction cup. ..

[0008]

In the piling apparatus of the present invention, the plate material conveying path is switched by the switching means in accordance with the type of the plate material sent from the previous step, so that the same kind of plate material is piled in each storage section.

[0009]

EXAMPLES Examples of the present invention will be described below. FIG. 1 shows a schematic configuration of a piling device 1 which is an embodiment of the present invention. The piling device 1 is attached to a subsequent stage with a line 2 such as a shear line or a press line, which is a production process of a plate material (so-called blank panel) for an automobile body, as a pre-process. The pre-process line 2 is for producing two types of plate materials, that is, a blank panel 3 of an iron plate and a blank panel 4 of an aluminum plate, and the piling device 1 of the present embodiment has these two types of plate materials 3, 4 is sent. And this device 1 is comprised so that those two types of plate materials 3 and 4 may be selected and piling individually.

That is, in the piling apparatus 1 of the present embodiment, two first storage portions 5 for storing the iron plate blank panels 3 in a stacked state and the aluminum plate blank panels 4 in a stacked state. One second storage unit 6 for storing is provided side by side. Both of the storage parts 5 and 6 are supported by a pantograph type elevating mechanism 7 and can be moved up and down, and the piling plates 3 and 4 can be appropriately taken out from the side.

The first storage section 5 is provided with a first holding means 8 and the second storage section 6 is provided with a second holding means 9. The first holding means 8 is for carrying the blank panel 3 made of an iron plate to a position above the first storage portion 5 and releasing the holding therein to put it in the first storage portion 5. As the first holding means 8, a so-called magnet-type means for adsorbing by utilizing the magnetic force of a conventionally known electromagnet is used because the held blank panel 3 is an iron plate. Further, the second holding means 9 is for carrying the blank panel 4 made of an aluminum plate to a position above the second storage portion 6 and releasing the holding therein so that the blank panel 4 is put into the second storage portion 6. As the second holding means 9, a magnetic force cannot be used, so that a so-called vacuum type that uses vacuum suction force or a suction cup (vacuum cup) is used.
The one using is adopted.

Further, belt conveyors 10 and 11 as first and second conveying means are provided on the upstream sides of the holding means 8 and 9, respectively, and on the upstream sides of the belt conveyors 10 and 11. Is provided with a belt conveyor 12 as a switching unit for switching the transport path. When the iron plate blank panel 3 is sent from the previous step, the front end of the belt conveyor 12 is lowered as shown by the solid line in FIG. 1, and the blank panel 3 is passed through the belt conveyor 10 and the first holding means 8. Is transferred to either one of the two first storage parts 5, 5. Further, when the blank panel 4 made of an aluminum plate is sent, the tip of the belt conveyor 12 is raised as shown by the chain line in FIG.
The blank panel 4 is moved to the second position via the second holding means 9.
It is designed to be transferred to the storage section 6 of the.

The arrow in FIG. 1 indicates the transfer direction of the plate material. Further, reference numeral 13 is the first storage portion 5
When a blank panel 3 of an iron plate to be stored in a defective product is a defective product, it is a reject chute used for transferring it to the second storage unit 6 without piling it in the first storage unit 5 in order to eliminate it. Is.

In the piling device 1 having the above-mentioned structure, only by operating the belt conveyor 12 as the switching means,
The blank panels 3 and 4 which are two kinds of plate materials sent from the line 2 in the previous process are selectively sent to the first storage part 5 or the second storage part 6, respectively, and the same kind of products are individually piled. can do. Therefore, by adopting this apparatus 1, it is possible to realize the automation of the piling work of different kinds of plate materials which has conventionally relied on manual work, and the workability can be greatly improved.

Further, since the apparatus 1 has the first storage section 5 and the second storage section 6, either one of the storage sections 5 and 6 is used when only one type of plate material is handled. Can be used for reject piling to eliminate defective products. That is, when a defective product is sent while sequentially piling the iron plate blank panel 3 into the first storage unit 5, the defective blank panel 3 is transferred from the first holding means 8 to the chute 13. It is put into the second storage unit 6 which has been lowered in advance via. As a result, it is possible to prevent defective products from being piled in the second storage unit 6 and mixed with the defective products in the first storage unit 5. Then, by properly taking out the defective products that have been piled in the second storage unit 6, they can be easily eliminated. Similarly, when a defective product is sent while piling the aluminum blank panel 4 into the second storage unit 6, the belt conveyor 12 is lowered and the defective product is conveyed to the belt conveyor 10, the first. By guiding the first storage portion 5 via the holding means 8 of
It is possible to prevent defective products from being mixed in the storage portion 6 of the.

In the piling device 1 of the above-mentioned embodiment, the first holding means 8 for holding and transferring the blank panel 3 made of an iron plate is a magnet type using magnetic force. Compared with the case where a suction cup is used, there is an advantage that high-speed piling is possible and workability is excellent, but this is not always the case, and as the first and second holding means 8 and 9, ,
The most suitable one may be appropriately adopted depending on the material and form of the plate material to be held. Of course, it is also possible to adopt an air blow type if the plate material to be piling is not formed with holes.

In addition, in the above embodiment, the first storage section 5 has two
Although the table is provided, this is because taking out from the other storage section 5 is performed while piling is performed in the one storage section 5, and if such a thing is unnecessary, the first storage section is provided. Only one unit 5 needs to be provided. Of course, the second
Two storage parts 6 may be provided.

Further, the belt conveyor 1 as a switching means
The operation 2 may be performed manually according to the plate material sent from the line 2 in the previous process, but if the type of the plate material is frequently changed, the material and the form of the plate material are appropriately detected. It is preferable that the sensor is provided, and the belt conveyor 12 is automatically operated according to the detection result to automatically and promptly switch the conveyance path of the plate material. Similarly, it is preferable to provide various sensors for detecting a defective product and automatically reject the defective product by guiding the defective product to one of the storage units based on the detection result.

Further, the piling device 1 of the above embodiment is
Although two types of plate materials, an iron plate and an aluminum plate, are handled, the present invention is not limited to metal plates made of other materials.
The present invention can be applied to those that handle plate materials made of non-metal plates such as resin plates, and further include third, fourth ...
By connecting the holding means in series, three or more types of plate materials can be selected and piled.

[0020]

As described in detail above, according to the present invention, a plurality of storage portions for storing different kinds of plate materials and holding means attached to each of them are provided, and the storage portions are sent from the previous step. According to the type of plate material coming in, the plate material conveying path is switched by the switching means to be piled in one of the storage parts, so that it is possible to select different kinds of plate materials and piling them separately. Since the optimum holding means can be freely adopted according to the material and form of the plate material held by the holding means, there is an advantage that the piling work efficiency can be greatly improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a piling device that is an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Piling device 2 Line 3 Blank panel (plate material) 4 Blank panel (plate material) 5 1st storage part 6 2nd storage part 8 1st holding means 9 2nd holding means 10 Belt conveyor (1st conveyance means) ) 11 belt conveyor (second conveying means) 12 belt conveyor (switching means).

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Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A plate material, which is installed at a subsequent stage of various lines for handling plate materials, holds the plate material sent from the previous step by a holding means and transfers it to the upper part of the storage part, and releases the holding above the storage part. A piling device for accommodating a large number of plate materials stacked in the accommodating part by charging the plate materials into the accommodating part, the first and second accommodating parts for accommodating different kinds of plate materials. A plurality of plate members are arranged side by side along the transfer direction of the plate material, and first and second holding means for loading the plate material into the respective storage parts are attached to the respective storage parts, and from the previous step to the respective holding means. First and second conveying means for respectively conveying the plate material, and a switching hand for feeding the plate material to any of the respective conveying means by switching the conveying path of the plate material sent from the previous step. A piling device for plate material, comprising a step. 2. The first accommodating portion is for accommodating a plate material made of a magnetic material such as an iron plate, and the first holding means is adapted to adsorb and retain the plate material by magnetic force, In addition, the second storage portion stores a plate material made of a non-magnetic material such as an aluminum plate, and the second holding means holds the plate material by a vacuum suction force or a suction cup. The piling device for a plate material according to claim 1, wherein: