JPH05237804A - Cutter - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To contrive automation of operation, by a method wherein at the time of manufacturing of a wooden panel in a triangular form, a cutter for cutting square lumber such as a framework material to be arranged in a state of a triangular frame and core materials to be arranged within the framework material in all directions is constituted by providing a carrying-in part, fixing part and cutting part. CONSTITUTION:This cutter is constituted of a carrying-in part 1 of a long-sized member A such as square lumber, a fixing rest 10 fixing the member A and a cutting part 20, the carrying-in part 1 possesses a conveyor part 2 keeping the members A... temporarily and constituted of a conveying arm part 4 which pinches and holds the members A each and unloads them onto the fixing rest 10 by moving the same to the fixing rest 10. The fixing rest 10 is provided with a conveyor 12 becoming a working bench and conveying the member A and a pressing part 14 pressing the member A against a ruler 13 regulating a position of the member A. Then the cutting part 20 is constituted so that a moving rest is arranged movably on a rack rest arranged on the upper part of one side fringe side of the fixing rest 10 along the ruler 13 and a motor-driven saw, which is turnable horizontally and movable in a cutting direction is provided on the undersurface of the moving rest.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a long member such as a frame material and a square material such as a core material forming a triangular panel used for a roof of a prefabricated house or the like at any length and at any angle. The present invention relates to a cutting device for obliquely cutting.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, in a wooden prefabricated house, a wall, a floor, a roof, etc. are constructed by a wooden panel composed of a frame body and a face material attached to at least one surface of the frame body. Means are being implemented. In such a construction method, for example, a triangular roofing panel is used for a gable wall portion of a gable roof house. This roofing panel is
A frame is composed of a frame material that is assembled in a triangular shape according to the contour of the roofing panel and core materials that are arranged vertically and horizontally inside the frame material, and a triangular face plate is provided on one or both sides of the frame body. It is manufactured by being attached.

In order to manufacture this roofing panel, first,
It was necessary to obliquely cut the end face of the frame member assembled in the above-mentioned triangular shape and the end face of the core member joined to the inclined frame member at an angle corresponding to the inclination of the roof. Conventionally, when diagonally cutting the end faces of the above-mentioned frame and core, an electric saw whose cutting direction is freely rotatable or a work in which a fixed angle of the frame and core can be freely set I was using a stand.

[0004]

By the way, the roof panel has various shapes corresponding to various roof inclinations. Therefore, the lengths and angles of the end faces of the frame members and the core members forming the roofing panel also differ depending on the roof panel. Further, the length of the core material vertically and horizontally arranged inside the triangular frame body made of the frame material varies depending on the position of the core material according to the inclination of the roof. And
If the angles and lengths of the end faces of the frame and core materials are incorrect, the shape of the roofing panel may be incorrect or the strength of the roofing panel may be reduced. Yes, it is required to cut at an accurate angle. Therefore, a skillful technique is required for the work of cutting the frame and the core.

In view of the above, the work of cutting the frame and the core has been a labor-intensive and difficult task because it is required to accurately cut the frame and the core at various angles and lengths. The present invention has been proposed in view of the above circumstances, and an object thereof is to perform a work of cutting a member such as a frame member or a core member at an arbitrary length and an angle from the loading of the member to the cutting of the member. It is to provide a cutting device that can be automated up to.

[0006]

A cutting device of the present invention is for cutting a long member such as a square bar at an arbitrary length and angle, and a carrying-in section for carrying in the member and the member. And a cutting section that cuts the member, and the carrying-in section is a conveyor section that sequentially conveys the members to the vicinity of the fixing table, and a conveyor section that is closest to the fixing table on the conveyor section. Cylinder device that pushes up only the members that are
And a carrier arm that holds a member pushed up by the cylinder device and that moves onto a fixed table and lowers it, the carrier arm moving in parallel from the conveyor section to the fixed table. And is provided on the arm so as to be vertically movable,
The fixed base is composed of a hand portion for sandwiching the member, and the fixed base serves as a work base for cutting the member and conveys the member, and is provided so as to extend on the conveyer and is conveyed to the conveyer A stopper serving as a reference surface of a length for cutting the member by abutting one end of the member, a ruler provided along one side edge of the conveyor and regulating the position of the member, and the member A pressing unit for pressing and fixing the ruler, the cutting unit is located above the one side edge of the fixing base, and a rack base arranged along the length direction of the ruler; A movable base arranged on the rack base so as to be movable along the length direction of the rack base, and a movable base provided on the lower surface of the movable base so as to be rotatable in a horizontal plane and movable in the cutting direction. The solution to the above problems is to have an electric saw. It was a means.

[0007]

According to the above construction, the member to be cut is conveyed to the vicinity of the fixed table by the conveyor section of the carry-in section. Then, the member that has been conveyed closest to the fixed base is pushed upward by the cylinder device. Then, the pushed-up member is clamped by the conveying arm portion and conveyed to the conveyor of the fixed table. At this time, the member clamped by the transport arm portion is in the form of a push-up member, so that the member transported later does not interfere and the member cannot be clamped. The member placed on the conveyor is conveyed by the conveyor, and the position of one end of the member is determined by the stopper that can be extended on the conveyor. Then, the member is
It is fixed by the pressing body that is pressed against the ruler.
Next, the movable table moves to an arbitrary distance from the stopper, and the electric saw rotates to an arbitrary angle. And
The member is cut by moving the electric saw on the conveyor along the cutting direction.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing the entire configuration of the cutting device of this embodiment, and the cutting device of this embodiment is shown in FIGS.
7, a fixing base 10 mainly shown in FIGS. 7 to 12, and a cutting unit 20 mainly shown in FIGS. 12 to 16,
The notch forming portion 30 shown in FIGS. 17 to 20 is mainly configured.

Then, the cutting device is a prefabricated house such as a gable roof, and a frame member assembled in a triangular frame shape when manufacturing a triangular wooden panel used for the gable wall portion,
This is for forming the core material vertically and horizontally arranged inside the frame material assembled in the triangular frame shape by cutting a long member A such as a square material.

Further, in the cutting device, the length of the frame member and the core member and the angle of the end face are different according to the shape of the roof, and the core member is the same in the wooden panel having the same shape.
Since the length varies depending on the arrangement position, the length of the member A and the angle of the end face can be arbitrarily determined and cut.

The carry-in section 1 comprises a plurality of members A to be cut.
Are sequentially carried into the fixed base 10. As shown in FIGS. 2 to 6, a plurality of members A are temporarily stored and a conveyer unit that sequentially conveys them to the vicinity of the fixed base 10. 2 and the cylinder part 3 that pushes up only the member A closest to the fixed base 10 on the conveyor part 2 and the member A pushed up by the cylinder part 3 and moves onto the fixed base 10. It is mainly composed of the transport arm portion 4 that is then lowered.

The conveyor unit 2 comprises three belt conveyors 5 arranged at right angles to a belt conveyor 12 of the fixed table 10 which will be described later on an installation table 2a arranged adjacent to the fixed table 10. It will be. The three belt conveyors 5 ... Include rotary shafts 5a and 5a arranged in parallel with the belt conveyor 12 of the fixed base 10 in front of and behind the installation base 2a, and the rotary shafts 5a and 5a, respectively.
a, 5a and roller 5b mounted rotatably integrally with ...
, And belts 5c ... Wound around these rollers 5b.

That is, the three belt conveyors 5 ...
It is designed to orbit together. Further, a gear 5d is rotatably attached to the rotary shaft 5a integrally with the rotary shaft 5a, and is driven by an electric motor 5e mounted on the inner surface side of the installation base 2a via a chain 5f. Is becoming

Further, a limit switch 5g extending above the upper surface of the belt conveyor 5 is provided on the upper surface of the fixed table 10 side end portion of the installation table 2a, and the fixed table 10 side end surface upper surface of the belt conveyor 5 is provided. It is adapted to detect whether or not the member A is present. Further, stoppers 5h for stopping the member A conveyed to the belt conveyors 5 ... on the end portions of the belt conveyors 5 are formed in front of the end portions of the belt conveyors 5 on the fixed base 10 side. Each of the stoppers 5h is an inverted L-shaped plate body when viewed from the side, and each of the belt conveyors 5 is attached to a cylinder installation table 14b of the fixed table 10 described later so that its tip portion projects above the belt conveyors 5 ... Two are attached.

With such a structure, the member A conveyed on the belt conveyors 5 ... Abuts on the tip end portions of the stoppers 5h ... and stops at that position. The cylinder portion 3 is composed of six air cylinders 3a which are erected one on each side of the belt conveyors 5 ... The air cylinder 3a is vertically attached to the front side of the installation table 2a.

A cylindrical pressing body 3c is attached to the tip of the piston rod 3b of the air cylinder 3a. The diameters of these pressing bodies 3c are the various members A to be cut.
It is adapted to the width of the narrowest member A among the ... In addition, the position of the pressing body 3c is the same as that of the stopper 5 described above.
It corresponds to the position of the tip of h.

The carrying arm portion 4 is provided with a support portion 4a standing on one side edge of the conveyor portion 2 and two guide rails 4b and 4b horizontally attached to the side surface of the support portion 4a.
An arm 6 slidably fitted to the two guide rails 4b and 4b and extending above the conveyor unit 2, an air cylinder 6a for driving the arm 6, and the arm 6 described above.
It is composed of two hand parts 7, 7 which are attached to the lower surface of the front end of a so as to be vertically movable.

The arm 6 is provided at its rear end with a fitting plate 6b slidably fitted to the two guide rails 4b and 4b. The upper portion of the fitting plate portion 6b projects above the upper surface of the support body portion 4a,
A bar-shaped connecting portion 6c is horizontally attached to the back surface of the protruding portion. The connecting portion 6c is the fitting plate 6 described above.
An air cylinder 6a is formed so as to extend to the front side of b, and an air cylinder 6a is attached to the upper surface of the support portion 4a in parallel with the guide rails 4b and 4b. The tip of the rod 6d and the tip of the connecting portion 6c are joined together.

The two hand parts 7 and 7 are fixed to the fixed base 10.
Are arranged along the traveling direction of the belt conveyor.
The hand parts 7, 7 are provided between the two guide bars 7a, 7a (shown only in FIG. 2) penetrating the arm 6 in a vertically slidable manner and the guide bars 7a, 7a on the upper surface of the arm 6. An air cylinder 7b which is erected upright and has a piston rod 7c penetrating the arm 6 so as to be vertically slidable, and these two guide rods 7
a, 7a, the tip of the piston rod 7c is joined, and a horizontally arranged support plate 7d, and two pieces arranged on the lower surface of the support plate 7d at right angles to the traveling direction of the belt conveyor of the fixed base 10. Guide rails 7e, 7e (only one is shown in FIGS. 3 to 6) and two pairs of inverted L-shaped finger portions 7f, which are slidably attached to the guide rails 7e, 7e. And these two pairs of finger portions 7f
The air cylinders 7g are mounted on the outer surface side of each one of the fingers 7f, ..., At right angles to the finger portions 7f.

The finger portions 7f ... Are arranged such that the inner surfaces thereof are parallel and perpendicular to the conveying direction of the belt conveyor of the fixed table 10, and the two pairs of fingers 7f are arranged along the conveying direction. It has become. The air cylinders 7g ... And the piston rods 7h.
Penetrates one finger portion 7f ... And is connected to the inner surface of the other finger portion 7f.
By expanding and contracting, the distance between the two finger portions 7f can be changed, and the member A can be sandwiched between the finger portions 7f.

With the above-mentioned structure, the hand parts 7, 7 are connected to the belt conveyor 5 of the carry-in part 1 by the arm 6.
It is movable between the end portion of ... And the belt conveyor 12 of the fixed base 10, and is vertically movable with respect to the arm 6. Further, the finger portions 7f of the hand portions 7, 7 can hold the member A therebetween.

The fixed base 10 is for fixing the member A to be cut by the electric saw 29 of the cutting unit 20 to be described later when cutting. The fixed base 10 is shown in FIGS.
As shown in FIG. 6, the stopper 11 that comes into contact with one end of the member A to be cut and serves as a reference surface, and the member A is conveyed until one end of the member A comes into contact with the stopper 11, or the member A is carried out. The belt conveyor 12, a ruler 13 arranged on one side edge side of the belt conveyor 12, and a pressing portion 14 arranged on the other side edge side of the bell conveyor 12 are mainly configured.

The stopper 11 is, as shown in FIG. 10, a stopper installation base (not shown) disposed adjacent to the front end side of the belt conveyor 12, and the conveyor direction of the belt conveyor 12 on the installation base. Two guide rails 11a, 11a arranged in parallel with the guide rail 11
a, 11a, and the guide rails 11a,
A movable plate 11b slidably fitted to 11a, an air cylinder 11c for moving the movable plate 11b along the guide rails 11a, 11a, and a moving plate 11b on the moving direction of the belt conveyor 12 Two guide rails 11d and 11d arranged at a right angle, and the guide rail 11
d, 11d, and the guide rails 11d,
The contact plate 11e slidably fitted in the guide rail 1d and the contact plate 11e installed on the moving plate 1b.
It is composed of an air cylinder 11f that moves along 1d and 11d.

The contact plate 11e has a ruler 13 at its tip.
It is formed in an L shape so as to wrap around and contact one end of the member A on the belt conveyor 12. Based on such a configuration, the contact plate 11e of the stopper 11 is, as shown in FIG. 8 and the like, the guide rail 11a from the shape in which the tip is brought into contact with one end of the member A on the belt conveyor 12. ,
11a along the conveying direction of the belt conveyor 12, and further along the guide rails 11d, 11d to the one side edge side of the belt conveyor 12 and the one side edge side of the belt conveyor 12 without interfering with the ruler 13. It is pulled in to the side so that it does not interfere with the carrying-out of the member A, as shown in FIG.

The belt conveyor 12 includes rollers 12a provided at both front and rear ends, a belt 12b wound around the rollers 12a, and a support portion for rotatably supporting the rollers 12a from the left and right sides of the roller 12a. 12c, a roller driving part (not shown) attached to the supporting part 12c,
It is composed of a plurality of air cylinders 12d ... (Shown in FIGS. 7 to 12 and 16) that support the lower end of the support portion 12c so as to be vertically movable.

With the above construction, the belt conveyor 12 is vertically movable, and when the electric saw 29 of the cutting unit 20 passes over the belt conveyor 12, the belt conveyor 12 is lowered to move the belt 12b. It is designed not to be disconnected.

The pressing portion 14 has a large number of air cylinders 14a arranged in a line on the other side edge of the belt conveyor 12.
, And a cylinder installation base 14b that is installed on the other side edge of the belt conveyor 12 adjacent to the belt conveyor 12 and that supports the air cylinder 12.

The air cylinders 14a are arranged at right angles to the conveying direction of the belt conveyor 12 with the piston rods 14c facing the belt conveyor 12 side. The piston rod 14c extends and contracts from one side edge of the cylinder installation base 14b adjacent to the belt conveyor 12 until it comes into contact with the side surface of the ruler 13. Further, each air cylinder 14a is provided with a limit switch (not shown) that detects whether or not the piston rod 14c is moving forward until the tip of the piston rod 14c contacts the ruler.

The ruler 13 is composed of a plurality of rectangular ruler plates 13a ... Which are vertically arranged in a line. The ruler plates 13a ... Are arranged along the conveyance direction of the belt conveyor 12, and one side surface of each of the ruler plates 13a is arranged flush. Below the ruler plates 13a, the air cylinder 13b is provided for each ruler plate 13a.
... (only shown in FIG. 16) are vertically erected. The piston rod 13c of the air cylinder 13b ...
The front end of ... is connected to the lower end of the ruler plates 13a ..., and the air cylinders 13b ... support the ruler plates 13 ... so as to be vertically movable.

Further, the ruler plates 13a ...
Corresponding to each air cylinder 14a of the ruler plate 13a
The width of ... Is formed to be substantially equal to the interval between the air cylinders 14a of the pressing portion 14. Then, the piston rod 14c of the air cylinder 14a of the pressing portion 14 is advanced, and the tip end of the piston rod 14c comes into contact with the substantially central portion of the ruler plate 13a.

Based on this structure, the fixed base 10
The member A placed on the belt conveyer 12 by the carry-in unit 1 is conveyed by the belt conveyer 12 so that one end of the member A contacts the stopper 11. Further, the ruler 13 is a body in which the piston rods 13c ... Of the air cylinders 13b ... Are advanced upward and extends upward from the upper surface of the belt conveyor 12 so as to regulate the direction of the member A on the belt conveyor 12. It has become.

The pressing portion 14 is a body in which the member A to be cut is conveyed until one end of the member A comes into contact with the stopper 11, and the air cylinders 14a are moved forward so as to be attached to the air cylinders 14a. The switch detects the air cylinders 14a ... The tip of the piston rods 14c ... Cylinder 14
The distance between a ... Is detected as the minimum unit.

Further, the air cylinder 14 of the pressing portion 14
a ... By advancing the piston rods 14c ... To the ruler 13 side, the member A on the belt conveyor 12 can be clamped and fixed between the ruler 13 and the piston rods 14a. In addition, the above ruler plate 13a
The air cylinders 13b supporting the ... And the air cylinders 14a of the pressing portions 14 are configured such that, at the time of cutting, the parts corresponding to the cutting positions are left in the retracted state by the control unit described later.

The belt conveyor 12 is a member in which the member A on the belt conveyor 12 is sandwiched between the ruler plates 13a ... And the air cylinder 14a.
The air cylinders 12d supporting the belt conveyor 12 move downward.

The cutting section 20 is provided with a rack base 21 arranged above one edge of the fixed base 10 along the length direction of the ruler 13, and on the rack base 21 along the length direction of the ruler 13. Two guide rails 22, 22 installed as
Between the guide rails 22 of the book, the guide rail 22,
Racks 23 arranged along the 22 and guide rails 2
2, a movable base 24 slidably fitted in the movable base 24, a first stepping motor 25 provided on the movable base 24 and having a pinion 25a (shown in FIG. 16) meshing with the rack 23; The second installed on the lower surface of the moving table 24
Stepping motor 26, two guide rails 27, 27 attached to the lower surface of the rotating portion 26 a of the second stepping motor 26, and the guide rails 27, 27.
The saw supporting portion 28 is slidably attached to the saw supporting portion 28, and the electric saw 29 is attached to the saw supporting portion 28.

As shown in FIG. 16, the rack base 21 is composed of two steel pipes arranged in parallel along the ruler 13. The moving table 24 is a rectangular plate-like member extending above the rack table 21 and above the belt conveyor 12, and has guide rails 22, 22 of the rack table 21 on the lower surface thereof.
Fitting portions 24a, 24a that slidably fit with are attached. Then, the movable table 24 can be moved on the rack table 21 at an accurate distance based on an instruction from the control unit by the pinion 25a of the first stepping motor 25 on the movable table 24 and the rack 23.

The second stepping motor 26 is attached to the lower surface of the portion of the movable table 24 extending from the rack table 21. Then, two guide rails 27, 27 are attached to the back surface of the rotating portion 26a of the second stepping motor 26 in parallel and horizontally with each other via a mounting plate 27a. Further, the air cylinder 27b is provided on one side edge of the mounting plate 27a with the guide rails 27, 27.
It is installed in parallel with.

As shown in FIGS. 12 to 16, the saw support portion 28 is formed by three plate members 28a, 28b and 28c being joined together at right angles to each other, and one of the plate members 28a is formed. The guide rails 27, 27 are slidably fitted. The other plate 28b is a member vertically extending from one end of the plate 28a, and the electric motor 29a of the electric saw 29 is provided via the plate 28c serving as a flange.
Is attached. The end of the plate 28a is joined to the piston rod 27c of the air cylinder 27b. The electric saw 29 includes an electric motor 29a and a disk-shaped circular saw 29b.

Based on this structure, the cutting section 20
The movable table 24 supporting the electric saw 29 is movable along the ruler 13. In addition, the electric saw 29 has a second
The stepping motor 26 can accurately rotate the cutting direction to an arbitrary angle. And
The electric saw 29 is configured to move on the belt conveyor 12 of the fixed table 20 along the cutting direction by the air cylinder 27b.

The notch forming section 30 is provided with a belt conveyor 31 provided adjacent to the front end side of the belt conveyor 12 of the fixed base 10, a fixed ruler 32 attached to one side edge of the belt conveyor 31, and the above-mentioned. The pressing portion 33 attached to the other side edge of the belt conveyor 31, and the pressing portion 33.
And a stopper 34 that is provided adjacent to the belt conveyor 31 so as to extend on the belt conveyor 31 and the belt conveyor 3
A grooving machine installation table 35 provided on one side edge side of 1;
A groove cutter 36 is attached to the groove cutter installation table 35 so as to be movable on the belt conveyor 31 in a direction perpendicular to the fixed ruler 32 of the belt conveyor 33.

The belt conveyor 31 is installed at substantially the same height as the belt conveyor 12 of the fixed table 10 and, as shown in FIG.
It is arranged so as to be in line with 2.

The fixed ruler 32 is the belt conveyor 31.
It is a long plate body arranged along the belt conveyor 31 so as to extend in parallel with the conveyance direction of the belt conveyor 31. Further, the fixed ruler 32 is formed with a notch 32a at a portion of a groove cutting machine 36 through which a groove cutting blade 36a described later passes.

The pressing portion 33 is a cylinder installation table 33b.
It is composed of two air cylinders 33a, 33a which are installed with the piston rod 33c facing the fixed ruler 32. The air cylinders 33a, 33a are arranged at right angles to the conveyance direction of the belt conveyor 31.
The tip ends of the piston rods 33c and 33c of the air cylinders 33a and 33a have the cylinder mounting table 33b.
It extends and contracts from the side edge until it comes into contact with the fixed ruler 32.

The stopper 34 is arranged on the upper surface of the cylinder installation table 33b behind the air cylinders 33a, 33a in the conveying direction of the belt conveyor 31 and slidably in a direction perpendicular to the conveying direction. .. A stopper air cylinder 34a is mounted on the cylinder installation table 33b adjacent to the stopper 34 in parallel with the air cylinders 33a, 33a. The tip end portion of the piston rod 34b of the air cylinder 34a is connected to the stopper 34 via the mounting piece 34c.

The grooving machine installation table 35 has a supporting portion 35a installed adjacent to the belt conveyor 31 on the rear end side of the belt conveyor 31, and extends from the upper end of the supporting portion 35a onto the belt conveyor 31. The extended portion 35b is extended, and two guide rails 35c, 35c are attached to the lower surface of the extended portion 35b at right angles to the conveying direction of the belt conveyor 31 and horizontally. The electric motor 36b of the electric groove cutter 36 is slidably fitted to the guide rails 35c and 35c via the mounting portion 36c. Further, an air cylinder 35d is installed inside the support portion 35a in parallel with the guide rails 35c, 35c, and the piston rod 35 of the air cylinder 35d is installed.
e The front end portion is connected to the mounting portion 36c.

Further, the groove cutting blade 3 of the electric groove cutting machine 36
One side of 6a is arranged behind the rear end of the member A fixed on the belt conveyor 31. Therefore,
A notch is formed at the end of the member A.
Further, the extending portion 35b is provided with a support arm portion 35f extending on the upper surface thereof along the belt conveyor 31 toward the front end side of the belt conveyor 31. The front support arm portion 35f has an air cylinder 35g vertically provided at its tip. The air cylinder 35g is used for the belt conveyor 3
The member A above 1 is pressed toward the belt conveyor 31.

Under the above structure, the member A, which has been cut, is mounted on the belt conveyor 12 of the fixed base 10.
Is the fixed base 10 and the stopper 11 of the notch forming portion 30,
In a state in which 34 are respectively stored, the belt conveyor 12 of the fixed base 10 to the belt conveyor 31 of the notch forming unit 30 side
Are conveyed by these belt conveyors 12 and 31. Then, the member A is temporarily stopped by the stopper 3
After transporting to the front side of the belt conveyor 31 more than 4,
The stopper 34 is extended onto the belt conveyor 31, the belt conveyor 31 is inverted, and the rear end surface of the member A on the belt conveyor 31 is brought into contact with the stopper 34.

Then, when the stopper 34 is stored again, the groove slicing machine 36 is actuated, and the member A is moved forward.
A notch is formed on the rear end face. In addition,
The notch of the member A is for joining the other member A to the notch of one member A.

The carrying-in section 1, the fixed base 10, the cutting section 20 and the notch forming section 30 are controlled by a control section composed of a well-known control device (not shown) in cooperation with each other. In these control units, the length of the frame or core material used for the triangular panel to be manufactured and the angle of the end face are stored in advance, and based on this storage,
From the type and number of panels to be manufactured, the number and type of frame members or core members to be manufactured are calculated.

Then, the control unit instructs the length of the core material or the frame material to be manufactured next, the angle of the end face, and whether to form the notch, and the fixing table 10, the cutting unit 20, and the notch forming unit 30. Is controlled. The movement of the member A in the carry-in unit 1, the fixed base 10, the cutting unit 20, and the cutout unit 30 is detected by a sensor such as a limit switch installed in each device. The control unit controls each device (air cylinder, electric motor, stepping motor, etc.) depending on the position.

Next, the cutting device of this embodiment will be described. First, the member A (square or the like) to be cut is placed on the conveyor unit 2 of the carry-in unit 1. At this time, the member A is placed with its length direction aligned with the conveyance direction of the belt conveyor 12 of the fixed base 10. Further, when there are a plurality of members A ...
They are placed side by side on the conveyor unit 2.

Next, the belt conveyor 5 of the conveyor section 2 ...
To move each member A to the member A from the fixed base 10 most.
Are conveyed so that they contact the stoppers 5h. Each member A ... Is conveyed to the stopper 5h ... by the belt conveyor 5, and is regulated by the stoppers 5h ..., so that each member A ... As shown in FIG. On the conveyors 5 ..., the fixed bases 10 are arranged parallel to each other in a direction parallel to the conveying direction of the belt conveyor 12, and are arranged adjacent to each other.

At this time, the member A abutting against the stoppers 5h comes into contact with the limit switch 5g, a signal is sent from the limit switch 5g to the control unit, and the control unit causes the conveyor unit 2 to cut the member to be cut. A is a stopper 5h ...
Check that it is in contact with.

Next, the cylinder unit 3 is instructed by the control unit.
The air cylinders 3a ... Are operated and, as shown in FIG. 4, the member A that is in contact with the stoppers 5h ... At this time, the air cylinder 3
The diameter a of the pressing body 3c corresponds to the narrowest member of the members A ... Cut by the cutting device, so that only the member A that abuts the stoppers 5h. It has become.

Next, the arm 6a of the transport arm unit 4 moves onto the pushed member A. And the hand parts 7, 7
Moves down to a position where the member A is inserted between the finger portions 7f, ... Then, as shown in FIG. 5, the finger portions 7f are closed by the air cylinder portions 7g, the member is sandwiched between the finger portions 7f, and the hand portions 7 and 7 rise.

Next, as shown in FIG. 6, the arm portion 6a is
It moves to the belt conveyor 12 of the fixed base 10, and the hand parts 7 and 7 descend. Then, the finger portions 7f ... Are opened, the hand portions 7, 7 are lifted, and the member A is placed on the belt conveyor 12. Next, the contact plate 11e of the stopper 11 extends onto the belt conveyor 12, and the member A on the belt conveyor 12 extends onto the contact plate 11e.
The belt conveyor 12 conveys the member A so that one end of the member A comes into contact with the member A.

Next, as shown in FIG. 8, the piston rod 14c of the air cylinder 14a of the pressing portion 14 extends to press the member A against the ruler 13, and the member A is provided between the ruler 13 and the tip of the piston rod 14c. Hold A. At this time, in the air cylinder 14a which is on the rear side of the rear end of the member A and whose tip of the piston rod 14c directly contacts the side surface of the ruler 13 without contacting the member A, this air cylinder 14a is provided. A signal is sent from the limit switch to the control unit.

In the control section, the length of the member A is judged from the position of the air cylinder 14a closest to the contact plate among the air cylinders 14a whose limit switch is turned on.
The length of the member A is compared with the length of the core material or the frame material to be manufactured which is calculated in advance by the control unit. When the length of the member A is less than the length of the core material or the frame material to be manufactured, the piston rod 14c of the air cylinder 14a is retracted and the belt conveyor 12 is used.
And the member A is discharged.

When the length of the member A is longer than the length of the core material and the frame material to be manufactured, the process proceeds to the next step. As shown in FIG. 8, the belt conveyor 12 supported by the air cylinders 12d moves downward and the abutment plate 11e is pulled to the side of the belt conveyor 12, and the member A is formed by the ruler 13 and the air cylinder 14a. It will be supported only by sandwiching.

Then, the electric saw 29 is moved by the moving table 24 movably supported by the rack table 21 in accordance with the instruction from the control section. First, the electric saw 29 has the contact plate 1 of the member A.
In order to determine the angle of the end face by cutting the end portion which is in contact with 1e, it is moved to the vicinity of the contact plate 11e. At this time, as shown in FIG. 9, the cutting position and the ruler plate 13a near the cutting position and the piston rod 14c of the air cylinder 14a move downward or sideways according to an instruction from the control unit.

Then, the ruler plate 13a, the piston rod 14c, and the belt conveyor 12 form the circular saw 2 of the electric saw 29.
When there is no possibility of interfering with 9b, the cutting of the member a is started. That is, as shown in FIG. 9 and FIG. 14 or FIG. 13, the second stepping motor 26 causes the electric saw 29 to rotate at an angle in accordance with an instruction from the control unit.
This electric saw 29 moves on the belt conveyor 12 and moves to the member A.
Disconnect.

Next, the movable table 24 moves from the first cutting position according to the length of the core material or the frame material to be cut. Then, as shown in FIG. 10 and FIG. 16, the ruler plate 13a and the piston rod 14c near the cutting position and the cutting position are retracted in the same manner as described above, and the electric saw 29 is rotated by the second stepping motor 26 to the cutting angle, Member A
Disconnect.

Next, of the two cut members A, only the member on the contact plate 11e side is released from the pressing by the piston rod 14c, and is conveyed by the belt conveyor 12 to the notch forming section 30 which is the next step. To be done. The length of the remaining member A is calculated by the control unit and compared with the length of the core material or the frame material to be cut, and if the length of the core material or the frame material to be cut is not satisfied, As shown in FIG. 12, the belt conveyor 12 is inverted and the belt conveyor 12
Is discharged to the rear end side.

If the length of the remaining member A is longer than the length of the core material or the frame material to be cut, the belt conveyor 12 is used so that one end of the above-mentioned member A contacts the contact plate 11e. The cutting operation is performed by returning to the carrying step.

Next, the member A carried out to the notch forming portion 30.
First, the control unit determines whether or not the member A requires the formation of the cutout. In the case of the member A that does not require the cutout, the belt conveyor 31 of the cutout forming unit 30 moves the front side of the belt conveyor 31. Be carried out.

The member A, which requires the notch, is temporarily moved by the belt conveyor 31 of the notch forming section 30 as shown in FIG.
The member A is conveyed so as to be completely ahead of the stopper 34. Then, the stopper 34 is attached to the belt conveyor 3
1, the belt conveyor 31 is inverted, and the rear end of the member A is moved to the stopper 3 as shown in FIG.
Abut 4.

Next, the member a is fixed by the piston rods 33c and 33c of the air cylinders 33a and 33a.
Member A by the air cylinder 35g while being pressed by
Is pressed and fixed on the belt conveyor 31. Then, the stopper 34 is pulled to the side of the belt conveyor 31.

Next, the grooving machine 36 advances to form a notch at the rear end of the member A. Then, the air cylinder 33a,
The member A in which the pressing of 35 g is released and the notch is formed is
It is carried to the front end side of the belt conveyor 31.

As described above, according to the cutting apparatus of this embodiment, the process from the loading of the member A to the cutting of the member A and the formation of the cutout can be automatically performed, and the member A can be set at any length and at any angle. Can be cut with.

When the member A is cut, the member A is clamped by the ruler 13 and the piston rod 14a, the belt conveyor 12 is lowered, and the circular saw 29b of the electric saw 29 passes on the belt conveyor 12. Cutting position and ruler plate 13a and piston rod 14 near the cutting position
Since c is drawn in, the circular saw 29b for cutting the member A does not interfere with the belt conveyor 12, the ruler plate 13a, and the piston rod 14c.

Therefore, the ruler 1 is previously set at the cutting position.
3 is provided with a notch, the pressing piston rod 14c is arranged avoiding the cutting position, or the belt conveyor 12 is divided at the cutting position to provide a gap at the passing position of the circular saw 29b. The cutting position is the notch of the ruler 13, the position of the piston rod 14c, the belt conveyor 1
It can be cut at any position without being restricted by the distance between the two.

In the carry-in section 1, an air cylinder section 3 for pushing up the member A is provided at the end portion on the side of the belt conveyor 5 for conveying the member A to the fixed base 10 side, and the pushed-up member A is sandwiched. By providing the carrying arm portion 4 for carrying, it is possible to carry the members A one by one to the fixed base 10.

Further, in the fixed base 10, a plurality of air cylinders 14a arranged in a line and a limit switch for detecting whether or not the piston rods 14c of these air cylinders 14a. The length of the member A on the fixed base 10 can be measured by the length in units of the interval between the adjacent air cylinders 14a.

When the member A is fixed to the fixing base 10, its length is once measured and then compared with the lengths of the core material and the frame material to be manufactured which are calculated in advance by the control unit. Since the cutting work is started from the above, the short member A is carried in, so that the short member A is not cut and is not carried out as the core material or the frame material, and the working efficiency is improved, and When assembling a triangular panel, a short member does not fall into the core, so that the core material or the frame material does not run short.

Further, since the cutting device is provided with the notch forming portion 30 for forming the notch on the end face of the member A,
A notch can be formed in the member A continuously with the cutting of the member A, and the member A carried out from the cutting device can be assembled as it is to manufacture a frame body of a triangular panel. The cutting device of the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiment, and the specific constitutional requirements such as the shape, size, and material of each member can be appropriately changed in practice.

[0076]

As described above in detail, according to the cutting apparatus of the present invention, when manufacturing a member such as a frame material or a core material for a roofing panel, the member can be formed at any length and angle. The cutting operation can be automated from the stage of loading the member. Further, in the carry-in section, after the member closest to the fixed base on the conveyer unit is pushed up, the conveying arm unit clamps the member, so that the member to be conveyed by the conveyer unit afterwards makes it possible to clamp the member by the conveying arm unit. There is no interruption.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing an outline of an entire cutting apparatus of the above embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of an essential part showing a carry-in part of the cutting device.

FIG. 3 is a side view of a cutting device for explaining the carry-in section.

FIG. 4 is a side view of a cutting device for explaining the carry-in section.

FIG. 5 is a side view of a cutting device for explaining the carry-in section.

FIG. 6 is a side view of a cutting device for explaining the carry-in section.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a main part showing a fixing base and a cutting part of the cutting device.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of an essential part showing the fixing table and a cutting part.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view of an essential part showing the fixing table and a cutting part.

FIG. 10 is a perspective view of an essential part showing the fixing table and the cutting part.

FIG. 11 is a perspective view of an essential part showing the fixing table and a cutting part.

FIG. 12 is a perspective view of an essential part showing the fixing table and a cutting part.

FIG. 13 is a front view showing the fixing table and a cutting unit.

FIG. 14 is a perspective view of an essential part showing the fixing table and a cutting part.

FIG. 15 is a perspective view of an essential part showing the fixing table and the cutting part.

FIG. 16 is a cross-sectional view showing the fixing table and a cutting part.

FIG. 17 is a perspective view of an essential part showing a notch forming portion of the cutting device.

FIG. 18 is a perspective view of a main portion showing the cutout forming portion.

FIG. 19 is a perspective view of a main portion showing the cutout forming portion.

FIG. 20 is a perspective view of a main portion showing the cutout forming portion.

[Explanation of symbols]

 A member 1 carry-in section 2 conveyor section 3 cylinder section (cylinder device) 4 carrier arm section 6 arm 7 hand section 10 fixing stand 11 stopper 12 belt conveyor (conveyor) 13 ruler 13a ruler plate 14 pressing section 20 cutting section 21 rack stand 24 Moving table 29 Electric saw

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A cutting device for cutting a long member such as a square timber at an arbitrary length and angle, including a carry-in section for carrying in the member, a fixing base for fixing the member, and the member. And a conveyor unit that sequentially conveys the members to the vicinity of the fixed base, and a cylinder device that pushes up only the member closest to the fixed base on the conveyor unit. And a carrying arm portion for sandwiching the member pushed up by the cylinder device, and moving it onto a fixed base and lowering it. The above-mentioned transport arm portion moves in parallel from the conveyor part to the fixed base. And an arm that is vertically movable on the arm and holds the member, and the fixed base serves as a work table for cutting the member and conveys the member, and the conveyor. Extend freely The stopper, which serves as a reference surface of the length for cutting the member by abutting one end of the member conveyed to the conveyor, is provided along one side edge of the conveyor, and the position of the member is set. A ruler for regulating and a pressing portion for pressing and fixing the member to the ruler are provided, and the cutting portion is above the one side edge side of the fixing base and along the length direction of the ruler. An arranged rack base, a movable base arranged on the rack base so as to be movable along the length direction of the rack base, and rotatable in a horizontal plane on the lower surface of the movable base and in the cutting direction. A cutting device comprising an electric saw movably provided along the cutting device.