JPH05307266A - Automatic punching system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To make a punched hole at a specified position in accordance with the size of a photosensitive planographic printing plate. CONSTITUTION:A skid loading part 16 provided with plural loading ports 44 where skids 14 on which many PS plates 12 are stacked are loaded is installed in an automatic punching device 10. The skids 14 on which different sizes and different kinds of PS plates 12 are mounted can be loaded in the loading ports 44, and the PS plate 12 is selected, taken out and transferred from the skids 14 to a fixed transfer device 210 by a moving transfer device 110. A punching device 240 is disposed adjacently to the fixed transfer device 210, and when the PS plate 12 is supplied from the fixed transfer device 210 to the punching device 240, the punched hole which is reference for making a plate and reference for bending a plate is made at a specified position in accordance with the size on the PS plate 12.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automatic punching system for forming a punch hole as a reference for image recording and printing on a photosensitive lithographic printing plate.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A printing plate which is mounted on a rotary press or the like to produce a printed matter such as a newspaper is formed by printing an image on a photosensitive lithographic printing plate with a printing device to form a latent image, and then performing the photosensitive lithographic printing. The plate is developed and created. In general, as the photosensitive lithographic printing plate, a rectangular thin aluminum plate having a thickness of about 0.15 to 0.3 mm is used as a support, and a photosensitive coating is formed on the surface of the support.

In a printing device such as a stencil printing machine, the photosensitive lithographic printing plate is positioned at a predetermined position, and the original film is aligned with the photosensitive lithographic printing plate to obtain an image recorded on the original film. It is designed to be baked.
Further, the photosensitive lithographic printing plate which has been subjected to the development treatment is subjected to plate bending for winding it around the plate cylinder of the rotary press.

As a standard for the stencil printing plate and the plate bending, punch holes are previously formed at predetermined positions of the photosensitive lithographic printing plate, and the position of the original film and the photosensitive lithographic printing plate are bent based on the punch holes. Determine the position to do. In this way, the photosensitive lithographic printing plate that has been subjected to plate bending is wrapped around the plate cylinder of a rotary press to perform printing.

By the way, the size (mainly the width and length of the support) used for the photosensitive lithographic printing plate differs depending on the printed matter, and the size used also differs depending on the rotary press. For this reason, the punching work for forming the reference holes for the breeding plate and the reference holes for the plate hanging on the photosensitive lithographic printing plate is performed manually by the worker mainly according to the size of the printing plate. Positioned at.

[0006]

However, the photosensitive lithographic printing plate is a large plate (for example, about 1300 mm in length and about 130 in width).
Since it is thin (0 mm) and soft, it requires careful handling. Further, particularly in punching work in a printing factory for producing a large amount of printed matter, it is necessary to repeatedly and accurately punch holes at predetermined positions in each of a large number of photosensitive lithographic printing plates, and a worker is simple. You have to repeat the work. Therefore, there is an increasing demand for automation of punching work for the purpose of improving the work environment.

In view of the above facts, an object of the present invention is to provide an automatic punching system for punching holes at predetermined positions according to the size of a photosensitive lithographic printing plate.

[0008]

An automatic punching system according to a first aspect of the present invention is a printing plate placing table loading section for positioning and loading at least one printing plate placing table on which photosensitive planographic printing plates are laminated. A transfer means for separating the photosensitive lithographic printing plate from the printing plate mounting table and mounting it on a surface plate, and the photosensitive lithographic printing plate mounted on the surface plate according to the size. A punching section for punching a punched hole as a reference for image recording and mounting on a printing machine, and the photosensitive lithographic printing plate having the punched hole ejected from the platen. And a discharging means.

An automatic punching system according to a second aspect of the present invention is the automatic punching system according to the first aspect, wherein at least one of the printing plate placing table loading section and the printing plate placing table is provided with a positioning means. The printing plate mounting table is loaded into the printing plate mounting table loading section to position the photosensitive planographic printing plate mounted on the printing plate mounting table.

An auto punching system according to claim 3 of the present invention is the auto punching system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the transfer means is the outermost surface of the photosensitive planographic plate on the printing plate mounting table. Adsorption means for adsorbing a printing plate, moving transfer means for moving the adsorption means from a position facing the photosensitive lithographic printing plate on the printing plate mounting base to a position facing the surface plate, and the moving transfer Fixed transfer means for receiving the photosensitive lithographic printing plate from the means and mounting it on the surface plate.

An auto punching system according to claim 4 of the present invention is the auto punching system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the size of the photosensitive lithographic printing plate in the printing plate mounting table loading section is the same. Is provided, and the photosensitive lithographic printing plate is positioned on the surface plate according to the detection result of the detecting means.

An auto punching system according to claim 5 of the present invention is the auto punching system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the photosensitive lithographic printing plate is loaded in the printing plate placing table loading section. A plate size setting means for setting the size of the plate, and a printing plate mounting table having a photosensitive planographic printing plate according to the setting of the plate size setting means is loaded into the printing plate mounting table loading section. To do.

An automatic punching system according to a sixth aspect of the present invention is the automatic punching system according to the fifth aspect, wherein the plate type for setting the plate type of the photosensitive lithographic printing plate loaded in the printing plate mounting table loading section is set. It is characterized in that the printing plate mounting table is provided with a seed setting means and the photosensitive planographic printing plate according to the setting of the plate type setting means is loaded into the printing plate mounting table loading section.

An auto punching system according to claim 7 of the present invention is the auto punching system according to claim 5 or 6, wherein the photosensitive lithographic printing plate having a predetermined size or a predetermined size and type is used. It is characterized in that a photosensitive lithographic printing plate is selected and the transfer means separates the photosensitive lithographic printing plate from the printing plate mounting table.

An auto punching system according to claim 8 of the present invention is the auto punching system according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein a plurality of the printing plate placement table loading parts are provided and the photosensitivity of different sizes is provided. The automatic punching system according to claim 9 of the present invention is characterized in that a plurality of the printing plate mounting bases on which the planographic printing plates are mounted can be loaded in the loading section. A printing plate placing table loading section for positioning and loading a laminated printing plate placing table and a perforated photosensitive planographic printing plate capable of laminating a printing plate placing table, and a predetermined number of the unperforated photosensitive planographic printing plates. A punch part for punching a punch hole serving as a reference for image recording and mounting on a printing machine at a position, and taking out the unperforated photosensitive lithographic printing plate from the printing plate mounting table loading part to the punch part. Together with delivery It characterized by having a a conveying transfer means to pass to the printing plate mounting table loading section receives the photosensitive lithographic printing plate of the perforations already from the punch unit.

[0016]

In the automatic punching system according to the first aspect of the present invention, a plurality of printing plate mounting bases can be loaded in the printing plate mounting base loading section. As a result, a large number of photosensitive lithographic printing plates of different sizes can be loaded. The transfer means separates these photosensitive lithographic printing plates into sheets and places them on the surface plate of the punch section. Punch holes. This allows punch holes to be formed at predetermined positions in each of the photosensitive lithographic printing plates having different sizes and a large amount. The discharging means discharges the photosensitive lithographic printing plate having punch holes from the punch section.
When the photosensitive lithographic printing plate is discharged, it may be delivered to the conveying means for the next step, or may be sequentially stocked.

In the automatic punching system according to the second aspect of the present invention, the positioning means positions the printing plate mounting table loaded in the printing plate mounting table loading section. If the photosensitive planographic printing plate is positioned with respect to the printing plate mounting table, the photosensitive planographic printing plate is loaded into the printing plate mounting table by positioning the printing plate mounting table in the printing plate mounting table loading section. Is positioned in the section.

Therefore, if the size of the printing plate mounting table and the photosensitive lithographic printing plates stacked on the printing plate mounting table is known, the photosensitive lithographic printing plate is placed at a predetermined position on the surface plate of the punch section by the transfer means. Can be placed, and the positioning of the photosensitive lithographic printing plate on the platen becomes easy. That is, if the photosensitive lithographic printing plates are simply placed on the platen, it becomes complicated to position the photosensitive lithographic printing plates having different sizes at a fixed position on the platen. Since the size and placement position of the planographic printing plate are known,
Positioning becomes easy.

In the automatic punching system according to claim 3 of the present invention, the transfer means adsorbs the photosensitive planographic printing plate, the transfer means for moving the adsorbing means, and the photosensitive planographic printing plate from the adsorbing means. And a fixed transfer means for receiving and placing it on the surface plate.

Since the photosensitive lithographic printing plate is taken out from the printing plate placing table by the same suction means and placed on the surface plate, the operation of each means can be simplified and the apparatus can be made compact. .. For example, the adsorption means include
Only the function of separating the photosensitive planographic printing plate from the printing plate mounting table is provided, and the moving transfer means moves so that the suction means faces the respective printing plate mounting table and the fixed transfer means, and the fixed transfer is performed. The mounting means receives the photosensitive lithographic printing plate from the adsorption means and mounts it on a predetermined position on the surface plate. When these operations are configured by one device, the device becomes complicated, but can be easily configured by dividing each unit.

Further, this makes it easy to change the transfer route of the photosensitive lithographic printing plate, and the device can be installed in a narrow space.

In the automatic punching system according to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the detection means reads the size of the photosensitive lithographic printing plate mounted on the printing plate mounting table. by this,
A photosensitive lithographic printing plate having a required size can be taken out from the printing plate mounting table.

A bar code reader or the like can be applied as the detecting means, and the size of the photosensitive lithographic printing plate mounted on the printing plate mounting table may be bar coded and displayed at a predetermined place. .. Further, the detection means is not limited to the bar code reader, and may be another method. It may be changed over. Further, in addition to the detecting means, the size of the photosensitive lithographic printing plate read by the detecting means may be displayed.

In the automatic punching system according to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the size of the photosensitive lithographic printing plate having the printing plate mounting table loaded in the printing plate mounting table loading section is stacked by the plate size setting means. The setting is performed, and the printing plate mounting table on which the photosensitive lithographic printing plate having the set size is mounted is loaded at a predetermined position.

In the automatic panning system according to the sixth aspect of the present invention, the type of the photosensitive lithographic printing plate on which the printing plate mounting table loaded in the printing plate mounting table loading section is laminated is set. The setting is performed by the means, and the printing plate placing table on which the photosensitive lithographic printing plate of the set type is mounted is loaded at a predetermined position. The type of the photosensitive lithographic printing plate is, for example, whether the photosensitive lithographic printing plate is a positive type or a negative type, and a so-called waterless lithographic printing plate that does not require dampening water during the printing process. Etc.

In the automatic punching system according to claim 7 of the present invention, the photosensitive lithographic printing plate taken out from the printing plate placing table by the transfer means and supplied is punched at a position corresponding to the size set in the punch section. Drill holes. Since the size or type and size of the photosensitive lithographic printing plate supplied to the punch section are preset and clear, punch holes are automatically formed at predetermined positions according to the size of the plate. be able to. At this time, a detection means is provided in the printing plate placing table loading section, and the printing plate placing table carrying the preset photosensitive lithographic printing plate is definitely loaded in the printing plate placing table loading section by this detecting means. It may be possible to confirm whether or not there is any.

The printing plate placing table applied to the present invention may be one in which the photosensitive lithographic printing plates are stacked in a horizontal state, and the photosensitive lithographic printing plates are inclined at a predetermined angle. It may be laminated in the state. Adsorption means may be provided according to the state in which the photosensitive lithographic printing plate is mounted.

Further, according to the present invention, since the photosensitive lithographic printing plates are automatically taken out and punch holes are formed, no interleaving paper is interposed between the laminated photosensitive lithographic printing plates. Preferably.

The automatic punching system according to claim 8 of the present invention is provided with a plurality of printing plate mounting table loading parts. Photosensitive planographic printing plates of different sizes are loaded in the respective printing plate mounting table loading sections. That is, a printing plate placing table loading unit is provided for each size of the photosensitive lithographic printing plate, and the photosensitive lithographic printing plate is taken out from the printing plate placing table loading unit in which the photosensitive lithographic printing plate having a required size is loaded.

An automatic punching system according to a ninth aspect of the present invention is a printing plate placing table in which an unperforated photosensitive lithographic printing plate is stacked in a printing plate placing table loading section, and a perforated photosensitive lithographic printing plate. A printing plate mounting table on which a plate can be mounted is loaded.

The conveying / receiving means takes out the unperforated photosensitive lithographic printing plate from the printing plate placing table loading section, conveys it to the punching section, and transfers it. In addition, the transfer and transfer means takes out the photosensitive planographic printing plate for which the perforation processing has been completed and conveys it to the printing plate mounting table loading section, and this time it is used as a printing plate mounting table for mounting the perforated photosensitive planographic printing plate. The perforated photosensitive lithographic printing plate is mounted.

That is, the means for supplying the photosensitive lithographic printing plate to the punch section and the means for taking out the punched photosensitive lithographic printing plate from the punch section are the same, and the photosensitive lithographic printing plate is supplied and discharged. Perform the reverse operation by the same means, stack the punched photosensitive lithographic printing plate again on the printing plate mounting table of the printing plate mounting table loading section, stock it, and convey it to the next step if necessary. Good.

[0033]

【Example】

[Embodiment 1] FIG. 1 shows an automatic punching device 10 as one embodiment of the present invention. This automatic punching device 10 is a photosensitive lithographic printing plate which has not been exposed (hereinafter referred to as “P
Punch hole which is used as a standard for processing with a breeding machine or the like and a standard for performing plate bending for winding the developed PS plate 12 around the plate cylinder of a rotary press. Is to be drilled. The PS plate 12 having the punched holes formed by the automatic punching device 10 is subjected to exposure according to an image recorded on an original film or the like by a printing device such as a stencil printing machine, and is subjected to a development process, so as to be a rotary press or the like. It becomes the printing plate used for.

The automatic punching device 10 is provided with a skid loading section 16 for loading a plurality of printing plate mounting bases (hereinafter referred to as "skids") 14 in which a large number (for example, 500 to 1000) of PS plates 12 are stacked. Has been. Also,
2 and 3, the skid 14 applied to this embodiment is shown.
It is shown.

A back plate 22 and a support plate 24 are arranged above the base 18 of the skid 14. The back plate 22 is inclined with respect to the vertical direction (about 15 ° in this embodiment), and a support plate 24 is connected to the lower end of the back plate 22 at a right angle. The back plate 22 and the support plate 24 are held in an inclined state by the columns 30 and the support members 26 and 28.
The PS plate 12 is stacked on the back plate 22 with its lower end supported on the support plate 24. The PS plate 12 is stacked at a predetermined position in the width direction of the back plate 22 of the skid 14. For example, the center position along the width direction of the PS plate 12 is set to the back plate 22.
It is possible to use a method such as adjusting to the center position in the width direction of, but not limited to this.

The PS plate 12 has a photosensitive surface facing the back plate 22 side, and a backing paper 33 for protecting the plate surface is interposed between the back plate 22 and the lowermost PS plate 12. A top plate 34 made of plastic or wood (for example, a veneer plate having a thickness of 10 to 30 mm) is stacked on the top of the moisture-proof paper, and a belt or the like (not shown) is wound in the horizontal or vertical direction for packaging. When the PS plate 12 is laminated on the skid 14, the PS
No interleaving paper is interposed between the plates 12.

A pair of legs 20 are arranged below the base 18 of the skid 14, and the legs 20 hold the skid 14 on the floor or the like. Further, when the skid 14 is moved, for example, a fork 40 of a forklift is inserted between the leg portions 20 and lifted.

As shown in FIG. 1, the skid loading section 1
6, a long stage 42 is provided. The stage 42 is fixed to the floor surface by an anchor bolt or the like (not shown), and a plurality of loading ports 44 cut out in a substantially rectangular shape from one end in the width direction are formed along the longitudinal direction (direction H in FIG. 1). ing. The skids 14 are loaded into the respective loading ports 44 (in this embodiment, eight skids 14 can be loaded).

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the loading port 4
4, the opening side is widened to form a guide surface 58, and the skid 14 is guided to the front side of the back wall 62 by the guide surface 58 and the side wall 60 adjacent to the guide surface 58. In addition,
Guide rollers 64 are provided in the vicinity of the side walls 60 on both sides, and when positioning, the legs 20 of the skid 14 are contacted to facilitate positioning, and the skid 14 is not unstablely tilted. ing.

As shown in FIG. 5, a stopper 66 is provided on the back wall 62 of the loading port 44. The stopper 66 is provided with a shock absorber plate 68 arranged along the back wall 62 and a shock absorber 7 connected to the central portion of the shock absorber plate 68.
0, shock absorbers 70 are provided with guide rods 72 arranged in pairs on both sides, each of which has a tip connected to a buffer plate 68. The middle portion of the guide rod 72 is inserted into the slide bearing 72A, and the slide bearing 72A and the shock absorber 70 are provided in the frame 42 of the stage 42.
It is fixed to A.

The skid 14 guided in front of the inner wall 62
When the abutting contact with the buffer plate 68 of the stopper 66, the shock absorber 70 gently guides the skid 14 to a predetermined position near the back wall 62 and stops.

Further, ball casters 74 and 76 for positioning the skid 14 are disposed in the vicinity of the inner wall 62 and the opening side of the loading port 44. As shown in FIGS. 4 and 6, in the ball casters 74 and 76, a steel ball 78A is rotatably accommodated in a bracket 78, and a part of the outer peripheral portion of the steel ball 78A is projected from the bracket 78. ing.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 6, blocks 80 and 82 facing the ball casters 74 and 76 are attached to the lower surface of the base 18 of the skid 14. One block 80 is formed with a substantially conical recess 80A having an opening on the lower side, and is disposed at one end side in the width direction of the skid 14 at a substantially central portion in the vertical direction. Also,
The other block 82 is opened downward, and an extension line of the top is directed toward the center of the recess of the block 80, and is arranged at the other end of the skid 14 in the width direction at a substantially central portion in the vertical direction. ..

The skid 14 loaded in the loading port 44 is
These ball casters 74, 76 and blocks 80, 8
Supported by 2 and. At this time, the ball caster 74
When the steel ball 78A is stored in the recess 80A of the block 80, the weight of the skid 14 causes the steel ball 78A to relatively move to the center position along the inclination of the recess 80A. Also, the ball caster 7
The steel ball 78A of 6 is the triangular groove 82 of the block 82.
It is relatively moved along the inclination of A to a position facing the top portion 82B. The relative movement of the ball casters 74 and 76 positions and supports the skid 14 at a predetermined position of the loading port 44, and the PS plate 12 is positioned on the skid 14, so that the loading port 44 of the PS plate 12 is positioned. Is positioned relative to.

PS plates 12 of different sizes are stacked on the skid 14 loaded in the skid loading section 16. As shown in FIG. 2, the PS plates 12 are mounted on the base 18 of the skid 14. A bar code 36 indicating the size of the PS plate 12 is attached. Further, as shown in FIG. 4, a bar code reader 38 is provided on the stage 42, and when the skid 14 is loaded into the loading port 44, it is loaded by the bar code reader 38.
The size of the PS plate 12 is determined.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 7, the rail 1 extends along the longitudinal direction of the stage 42 of the skid loading section 16.
00 is provided. The rail 100 is provided with a pedestal 102 having a substantially rectangular cross-section and a hollow interior, which is fixed to the floor by anchor bolts or the like (not shown). A guide rail 104, which is arranged outward in the width direction along the longitudinal direction of the gantry 102, is attached to the underside of a rail base 106 of the gantry 102. A rack gear 108 is arranged on the upper surface of one rail base 106 along the longitudinal direction of the gantry 102.

A moving transfer device 110, which constitutes a part of the transfer means, is arranged above the gantry 102. The moving base 102 of the moving transfer device 110 is a substantially rectangular flat plate, and a servo motor 114 is arranged at a substantially central portion. The tip of the drive shaft 114A of the servo motor 114 is provided so as to project toward the gantry 102 side, and a pinion gear 116 is arranged at the tip thereof so as to mesh with the rack gear 108 provided along the gantry 102. ..
Further, the moving base 112 is provided with a plurality of pairs of legs 118 having a substantially U-shaped cross section on the lower surfaces of both ends along the width direction of the gantry 102. The tips of the legs 118 extend below the guide rail 104, and
A slider 120 slidably engaged with the slider 4 is attached.

The moving base 112 is supported by the mount 102 by the engagement of the slider 120 and the guide rail 104, and the pinion gear 1 driven by the servomotor 114 is driven.
With the relative movement of the meshing position between 16 and the rack gear 108, the rack gear 108 moves along the longitudinal direction of the gantry 102.

A frame 122 having a substantially trapezoidal side surface is formed on the upper surface of the moving base 112. The frame 122 has a pair of columns 122A which are vertically provided on the moving base 112. These columns 122A are provided on the side opposite to the photosensitive surface of the PS plate 12 loaded in the skid loading section 16. It is arranged corresponding to the surface. A guide rail 124 is arranged along the vertical direction on these columns 122A, and one end in the axial direction between these columns 122A is a bracket 126 provided on the top of the frame 122.
The ball screw 128 rotatably supported on the pillar 122A
Are arranged in parallel to.

As shown in FIG. 8, a drive shaft 130A of a servomotor 130 attached to the lower portion of the frame 122 is connected to the lower end of the ball screw 128,
A moving bracket 132 is provided at an intermediate portion of the ball screw 128.
Are arranged. The moving bracket 132 has a nut (not shown) screwed into and engaged with the ball screw 132.

A support base 134 assembled in a rectangular shape is disposed on the frame 122 adjacent to the guide rails 124 of the pair of columns 122A. This support base 134
Sliders 136 slidably engaged with the respective guide rails 124 are attached to the upper and lower portions of the slider. In addition, at the center of the support base 134, a moving bracket 132 provided at an intermediate portion of the ball screw 128.
Are connected. Therefore, the moving bracket 13 is moved relative to the ball screw 128 by driving the servo motor 130.
2 relatively moves, and the support base 13
4 is moved up and down along the guide rail 124. The vertical movement of the support base 134 causes a predetermined height according to the size of the PS plate 12 for adsorbing the PS plate 12, which will be described later, and a height according to the number of the PS plates 12 stacked on the skid 14. It is supposed to be moved.

Proximity switches 194 are vertically arranged on one of the pillars 122A to detect the upper limit and the lower limit of the support base 134. Usually, the support base 134 is arranged at the upper limit position.

An arm 140 composed of a frame 138 assembled in a long rectangular shape is arranged on the side of the support base 134 opposite to the frame 122. Arm 14
0 is arranged in the longitudinal direction along the width direction of the gantry 102, and on the support base 134 side of the arm 140, the rodless cylinder 14 is arranged along the longitudinal direction of the arm 140.
2 is attached. This rodless cylinder 14
The drive block 142 </ b> A that is moved by the drive of 2 is connected to the support base 134. Also, the arm 140
The upper and lower parts of the guide rail 1 along the longitudinal direction
44 is attached, a slider 146 slidably engaged with these guide rails 144 is attached to the support base 134, and the arm 140 is supported by the support base 134. Therefore, by driving the rodless cylinder 142, the arm 140 is relatively moved with respect to the support base 134 along the longitudinal direction thereof.

A rodless cylinder 148 is attached to the side of the arm 140 opposite to the support base 134 along the longitudinal direction of the arm 140. A drive block 148A of the rodless cylinder 148 is connected to a support frame 150 assembled in a rectangular shape. A slide rail 152 is attached to the arm 140 above the rodless cylinder 148 along the longitudinal direction of the arm 140, and a slider that is slidably engaged with the slide rail 152 is attached to the support frame 150. 154 is attached. With these, the support frame 1
50 is supported by the arm 140, and is relatively moved along the longitudinal direction of the arm 140 by driving the rodless cylinder 148.

As shown in FIG. 9, the support frame 150
An air cylinder 156 whose drive shaft 156A is expanded and contracted along the vertical direction is attached to the. The tip of the drive shaft 156A of the air cylinder 156 is connected to the connecting bar 1
It is rotatably connected to the intermediate portion of 58.

Further, the arm 140 of the support frame 150
On the opposite side, a substantially rectangular suction cup support frame 160 is arranged. A lower end portion of the suction cup support frame 160 is rotatably connected to a lower portion of the support frame 150 via a bracket 162. Also, the sucker support frame 16
At the upper part of 0, both ends of the connecting bar 158 have a pair of rods 1
They are connected via 64. The rod 164 and the connecting bar 158 and the rod 164 and the suction cup support frame 160 are rotatable with respect to each other. Therefore, the suction cylinder support frame 160 is driven by driving the air cylinder 156.
Is rotated about a bracket 162, and can be arranged at a supporting position of the PS plate 12 that is aligned with the inclination of the back plate 22 of the skid 14 and a normal position in a substantially vertical state.

A suction cup 168 is arranged in the center of the suction cup support frame 160, and the suction cups 168 are provided on both sides of the suction cup 168.
70 are provided. Also, these suction cups 168, 1
Two suction cups 172 are attached to the outside of each of the 70. These suction cups 168, 170, 172 are
It is attached to the suction cup support member 174 at the tip of the guide rod 176. These guide rods 176 are supported by the suction cup support frame 160 by slide bearings 178 attached to the suction cup support frame 160 at their intermediate portions. Further, the air cylinders 180, 182, 1 are provided near the guide rod 176 of the suction cup support frame 160.
84 is provided. These air cylinders 18
0, 182, 184 drive shafts 180A, 182A, 18
The tips of 4A are connected to the guide rods 176, respectively, and the suction cylinder 168 is driven by the air cylinder 180.
However, the suction cup 170 is driven by the air cylinder 182.
However, the suction cups 172 are moved by driving the air cylinders 184.

An air cylinder 186 is arranged at the center of the lower part of the suction cup support frame 160, and guide rods 190 inserted into slide bearings 188 are provided on both sides of the air cylinder 186. Air cylinder 1
A suction cup support bracket 192 is connected to the tip of the drive shaft 186A of 86 and the tip of the guide rod 190. The suction cup support bracket 192 has a suction cup 1 at the tip.
A suction cup support member 174 having 94 is attached (in the present embodiment, six suction cups 194 are attached as an example). These suction cups 194 are moved by driving the air cylinder 186.

These suction cups 168, 170, 172, 1
Negative pressure is supplied to 94 from a negative pressure supply means (not shown). When the negative pressure is supplied, the non-photosensitive surface of the PS plate 12 is adsorbed. This negative pressure supply means is provided with a vacuum switch, and each suction cup 16
Whether or not the PS plate 12 is adsorbed is detected by the negative pressure states of 8, 170 and 172.

As shown in FIG. 10A, the suction cup 16
8, 170, 172, and 194 are performed with the drive shafts 180A, 182A, 184A, and 186A of the air cylinders 180, 182, 184, and 186 extended when the PS plate 12 is adsorbed. Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 10B, after the PS plate 12 is adsorbed, each drive shaft 1
The storage amount (stroke) of 80A, 182A, 184A, 186A can be changed. As a result, the central portion of the PS plate 12 in the vertical direction is curved in a mountain shape. As a result, a gap is formed between the outermost PS plate 12 and the next PS plate 12.

An air nozzle 196 is disposed above the suction cup support frame 160 between the suction cups 170 and 172. This air nozzle 196 Bracket 196
The tip of the air nozzle 196 is provided so as to project from the nozzle A. The tip of the air nozzle 196 is arranged so as to blow air from above between the suction cups 170 and 172. The outermost PS plate 12 and the next P
In the gap formed between the S plate 12 and the S plate 12, the air nozzle 19
By supplying air from 6, the PS
The close contact state of the plate 12 is released. As a result, FIG.
As shown in (C), only the uppermost PS plate 12 is taken out from the skid 14. In this embodiment, regardless of the size of the PS plate 12 mounted on the skid 14,
At the position of about 40 mm from the upper end of the PS plate 12, a suction cup 168,
170 and 172 are opposed to each other.

Further, as shown in FIG. 11A, the suction cup 194 on the lower side of the suction cup support frame 160 is adapted to adsorb the outermost PS plate 12 in a state of being projected by the drive of the air cylinder 186. Is becoming Outermost PS
After adsorbing the plate 12, as shown in FIGS. 11B and 12, the air cylinders 186, 182, and 184 are contracted together with the air cylinders 186 to shrink the PS of the outermost layer.
The version 12 is brought out.

As shown in FIG. 9, the suction cup support frame 160 is provided with a remaining amount detection sensor 198 on the upper portion thereof.
The plate detection sensor 200 is provided on the lower suction cup bracket 192. The remaining amount detection sensor 198 is a skid 14
The relative height between the surface of the back plate 22 and the uppermost layer of the PS plate 12 is detected by two photoelectric sensors (not shown) directed to the surface of the back plate 22 of the PS plate 12 on the skid 14. The plate detection sensor 200 has an electrode composed of a pair of pin probes 200A, and the plate detection sensor 200 detects the remaining amount of the PS plate 12 depending on whether or not the pair of pin probes 200A contacts the non-photosensitive surface of the PS plate 12. The presence or absence is detected.

As shown in FIG. 7, the moving transfer device 11
0, a limit switch 202 and proximity switches 204 and 206 corresponding to the loading port 44 of the skid loading unit 16 are provided between the rail 100 and the moving base 112. The limit switch 202 is used for the mobile transfer device 110.
The contacts are switched by the passage of the moving base 112, and the position of the moving transfer device 110 on the rail 100 is detected. Further, the proximity switches 204 and 206 are provided as a pair, and the proximity switch 204 on the limit switch 202 side detects a reference position when the suction cup support frame 160 faces the back plate 22 of the skid 14, and the proximity switch 206 supports the suction cup. The movement limit when the frame 106 approaches the back plate 22 is detected.

The moving transfer device 110 comprises the skid loading section 1
6 is stopped at a predetermined position between the skids 14 adjacent to each other, the rodless cylinders 142 and 148 drive the suction cup support frame 160 to face the outermost layer of the PS plate 12 laminated on the skid 14, By driving the air cylinder 156, the suction cup support frame 160 is moved to P
Tilt along the inclination of the S plate 12. After that, the moving base 112 is moved by the driving of the servo motor 114 to bring the suction cup support frame 160 close to the uppermost PS plate 12, and the suction cups 168, 170, 172 and 190 are used for PS.
The back surface of the plate 12 is sucked. When the suction cup support frame 160 is brought close to the PS plate 12, the height is adjusted by the servo motor 130.

The moving transfer device 110 which adsorbs and supports the PS plate 12 conveys the PS plate 12 to the fixed transfer device 210 arranged at one end of the rail 100.

As shown in FIG. 1, the fixed transfer device 21
0 is arranged on one end side of the rail 100 in the longitudinal direction (the direction of arrow H), and the suction cup 168 of the moving transfer device 110,
It faces the PS plate 12 supported by 170, 172, 194 (see FIG. 9). Further, the fixed transfer device 210 is also opposed to the punch device 240 arranged in parallel at one end of the rail 100. That is, the transport path by the rail 100 and the transport path from the fixed transfer device 210 are parallel to each other, and the fixed transfer device 210 has a role of transferring the PS plate 12 between these transport paths. .
In addition, the conveyance direction by the rail 100 and the punch device 240
Subsequent conveyance directions are opposite to each other (18
0 ° off).

As shown in FIGS. 13 to 15, the fixed transfer device 210 is constructed by assembling the frame body 211 with a plurality of square members. Frame body 2
The surface of 11 facing the moving transfer device 110 and the surface plate 242 is opened only by one beam 212 (see FIG. 15) spanning the middle portion in the height direction.

On the upper surface of the beam 212, a rodless cylinder 222 is arranged over the entire area of the beam 212 in the longitudinal direction. Drive block 2 for rodless cylinder 222
22A is adapted to be moved along the upper surface of the rodless cylinder 222.

The drive block 222A includes a bracket 2
Mounting part 223 bent at a right angle from a part of the lower end of 23
A is fixed to the bracket 223.
Are moved along the beam 212 with the drive block 222.

A support frame 216 is attached to the erected surface of the bracket 223. Support frame 2
The overall shape of 16 is a substantially L shape in which the upper end is bent at a right angle to the direction in which it separates from the moving transfer device 110 and the surface plate 242, and is assembled in a frame shape with a plurality of square members. Therefore, the support frame 216 is also moved along the beam 212 together with the drive block 223A.

By this movement, the support frame 216
Is a position facing the transfer device 110 and the surface plate 242.
It becomes possible to move to a position facing.

On one side portion (left side in FIG. 15) of the lower portion of the support frame 216, an extending portion 216A in which a square member is assembled in a substantially U-shape is fixed. As a result, the widthwise dimension of the lower portion of the support frame 216 is enlarged.

One side of the hinge 224 is fixed to both lower corners of the support frame 216 whose widthwise dimension is extended. A suction cup support frame 218 is fixed to the other side of the hinge 224. Therefore, the suction cup support frame 218 is rotatable in the arrow R direction in FIG. 14 from the vertical state to the horizontal state around the axis of the hinge 224.

At the center of the bent tip of the upper end of the support frame 216, the main body of the air cylinder 214 is rotatably attached. The telescopic rod 214A of the air cylinder 214 corresponds to the suction cup support frame 218 shown in FIG.
Is rotatably attached to the back side of the.

Here, the rod 2 of the air cylinder 214
When 14A is pulled in, the suction cup support frame 21
8 is held in the vertical state, and when the rod 214A is extended, the suction cup support frame 218 is held in the horizontal state. The suction cup supporting frame 218 includes a suction cup 2
20 are arranged. These suction cups 220 are moved and transferred in a state where the support frame 216 is moved to the end portion on the side of the moving transfer device 110 by the drive of the drive rod 222A of the rodless cylinder 222, and faces the moving transfer device 110. Suckers 168, 170, 17 of device 110
The PS plates 12 supported by 2 and 194 are sandwiched between the suction cups 168, 170, 172, and 194 (not shown).

Negative pressure supply means (not shown) is connected to these suction cups 220, and when the PS plate 12 supported by the moving transfer device 110 approaches and opposes, a negative pressure is supplied to the PS plate 12 so as to face it. The PS plate 12 is supported by adsorbing the photosensitive surface thereof. Further, this negative pressure supply means is provided with a vacuum switch, and when it is detected that the suction cup 220 has adsorbed the PS plate 12, the suction cups 168, 170, 172, 194 of the transfer device 110 are transferred. The negative pressure is released, and the PS plate 12 is transferred to the fixed transfer device 210.

A pre-sucker 225 capable of sucking the PS plate 12 is attached to the lower part of the sucker support frame 218 by a separate pipe separate from the sucker 220. This pre-sucker 225 is set to P when the PS plate 12 in a horizontal state with the large size PS plate 12 adsorbed.
It has a role of preventing the S plate 12 from sagging.

As shown in FIG. 14, the fixed transfer device 2
Between the 10 and the punch device 240, the belt conveyor 2
A space in which 30 can be arranged is provided. The belt conveyor 230 is equipped with several endless belts 232 for mounting the PS plate 12 in a horizontal state and feeding the PS plate 12 to the punch device 240. Belt conveyor 23
At the center of 0, the drive shaft 234 of the air cylinder 234 is
A is rotatably connected. This belt conveyor 2
30 is a retracted position in which the end on the fixed transfer device 210 side is moved downward from the horizontal position on which the PS plate 12 can be placed centering on the end on the punch device 240 side by the drive of the air cylinder 234. Rotated between.

The PS plate 12 supported by the suction cups 220 is moved to a position corresponding to the belt conveyor 230 by the driving of the rodless cylinder 222, and the air cylinder 21
4 is driven to bring it to a substantially horizontal state, and thereafter, the air cylinder 234 is driven to rotate it from the retracted position to place it on the belt conveyor 230 which has been moved to the horizontal position for delivery. This prevents the PS plate 12 and the belt conveyor 230 from interfering with each other.

PS mounted on the belt conveyor 230
The plate 12 is fed onto the surface plate 242 of the punch device 240 by driving the endless belt 232.

As shown in FIG. 13, the punch device 24
No. 0 surface plate 242 is a fixed surface plate 24 having a substantially L-shaped plan.
4 and a stationary surface plate 244, and a movable surface plate 246 forming a surface plate 242 having a substantially rectangular planar shape.

As shown in FIG. 16, a moving surface plate 246
A moving frame 248 is disposed below the. The moving frame 248 includes a servo motor 250 and a ball screw 25 that is rotated by the drive of the servo motor 250.
2 and a guide rod 254 arranged in parallel with the ball screw 252. A bracket 256 provided with a nut screwed to a ball screw 252 and a slider 258 slidably inserted into a guide rod 254 are attached to the lower surface of the moving surface plate 246. The moving surface plate 246 has an arrow H
Is moved in the direction.

Below the moving frame 248, a servo motor 260, a ball screw 262 that is rotated by the drive of the servo motor 260, and the ball screw 26.
2 and a guide rod 264 arranged in parallel. The ball screw 262 and the guide rod 264 are
Ball screw 252 provided on the moving frame 248
The guide rod 254 and the guide rod 254 are oriented in a direction orthogonal to each other along a horizontal plane. A bracket 266 having a nut screwed to the ball screw 262 and a slider 268 slidably inserted in the guide rod 264 are attached to the lower surface of the moving frame 248, and the moving frame 248 is driven by the servo motor 260. At the same time, the moving surface plate 246 is moved in the arrow E direction.

As a result, the moving platen 246 is moved in the direction of arrow H or arrow E between a position integrated with the fixed platen 244 and a position separated from the fixed platen 244.

As shown in FIGS. 13 and 14, the surface plate 242 is provided with a roller 270 which rotates by receiving the driving force of a driving means (not shown) in the vicinity of the belt conveyor 230. The PS plate 12 sent from 230 is sent to the back (conveying direction) on the surface plate 242.

As shown in FIG. 13, a fixed surface plate 244
Are provided with positioning rollers 272, 274, and 276. The positioning rollers 272 and 274 are provided at the end of the PS plate 12 on the conveyance direction side by the belt conveyor 230.
They are arranged in a straight line along the conveyance width direction. The positioning roller 276 is arranged on one end side in the conveyance width direction. These positioning rollers 272, 274, 27
By contacting the outer peripheral end surface of the PS plate 12 to 6,
The PS plate 12 is positioned on the surface plate 242. The positioning rollers 272, 274, 276 also have a role of electrodes for detecting the completion of positioning of the PS plate 12, and the positioning rollers 272, 274, 276 respectively.
It is confirmed that the PS plate 12 is positioned on the surface plate 242 by confirming that the end surface of the PS plate 12 is in contact with the surface plate 242.

On the moving surface plate 246, a pusher 278 and a positioning roller 276 for pressing the PS plate 12 placed on the surface plate 242 toward the positioning rollers 272 and 274.
And a pusher 280 that pushes toward. As shown in FIG. 17, pushers 278, 28
0 is the drive shaft 282 of the air cylinder 282 (283)
A roller 284 (285) is arranged at the tip of A (283A) (the pusher 280 is shown in parentheses in the drawing). Further, the air cylinder 282 (283) is a drive shaft 286A (287) of the air cylinder 286 (287).
It is attached to an L-shaped bracket 288 connected to A).

The pusher 278 (280) drives the air cylinder 282 (283) to drive the roller 284.
(285) is a long hole 290 formed in the moving surface plate 246.
The air cylinder 286 (28
By driving 7), the PS plate 12 is moved along the long axis direction of the long hole 290 (291) and comes into contact with the outer peripheral surface of the roller 284 (285). In addition,
The suction holes 2 are provided on the upper surfaces of the movable surface plate 246 and the fixed surface plate 244.
92 is formed and is positioned on the surface plate 242 by the negative pressure supplied from the negative pressure supply means (not shown).
The S plate 12 is held by suction.

As shown in FIG. 13, in the vicinity of the positioning rollers 272, 274, two pairs of punchers 294,
296 is provided, and in the vicinity of the positioning roller 276,
A puncher 298 is provided. These punchers 294, 296, and 298 are positioned on the surface plate 242 and inserted into each of the accommodating portions 300 at the end of the PS plate 12 at a position according to the size of the PS plate 12 and plate bending and plate bending. It is designed to punch holes for use. The positioning roller 276 is moved in the long hole 302 formed in the fixed surface plate 244 along the long axis direction to arrange the PS plates 12 of different sizes at a predetermined reference position. ..

The fixed surface plate 244 has a movable surface plate 24.
6, a puncher 304 and a positioning roller 306
Are arranged so that they can appear and disappear. This positioning roller 30
6 is also moved in the same direction as the positioning roller 276 by a driving means such as an air cylinder (not shown).

As shown in FIG. 14, a discharge device 310 is provided above the surface plate 242. The discharging device 310 is provided above the surface plate 242 and above a transporting means such as a pallet, which is provided adjacent to the punching device 240 and transports the PS plate 12 having punched holes to the next step. It is designed to move between. As shown in FIG. 18, a pair of guide rails 312 reaching from above the surface plate 242 to above the pallet is arranged on a frame (not shown) of the punch device 240. In addition, a rodless cylinder 314 whose driving direction is arranged in parallel with the guide rail 312 is arranged near the one guide rail 312.

A substantially rectangular base 316 is bridged between the pair of guide rails 312.
16 is a drive block 31 of the rodless cylinder 314.
4A is connected. A plurality of sliders 318 are arranged on the base 316, and each of the guide rails 31
2, the base 316 is supported via a slider 318, and the rodless cylinder 31
It is moved along the guide rail 312 by the drive of No. 4.

The drive shaft 320 is provided at the center of the base 316.
An air cylinder 320 in which A is projected downward is arranged. Further, around the air cylinder 320, a plurality of guide rods 322 whose axial direction is parallel to the drive shaft 320A of the air cylinder 320 are provided with slide bearings 324.
It is slidably disposed through the. Air cylinder 3
Twenty drive shafts 320A and guide rods 322 are connected at their tips to a substantially rectangular support base 326 arranged below the base 316. The support base 326 is raised and lowered in a horizontal state by driving the air cylinder 320.

In each of the four corners of the support base 326,
Slide bearings 328 are provided, and a guide rod 330 is slidably inserted into each slide bearing 328. Further, an air cylinder 332 is arranged on the support base 326. This air cylinder 33
2 has a drive shaft 332A protruding below the support base 326, and its tip is connected to a suction cup support frame 334 assembled in a substantially rectangular shape. The tip of each guide rod 330 is also connected to the suction cup support frame 334. The suction cup support base 334 is supported by the air cylinder 332, and is driven up and down in a horizontal state by driving the air cylinder 332.

The suction cup 336 is attached to the suction cup support frame 326.
A large number of suction cup support members 174 are attached, and these suction cups 336 are connected to a negative pressure supply means (not shown).
The PS plate 12 on 42 is adsorbed.

Further, the base 316 has a discharge device 310.
A roller 338 facing the roller 270 arranged in the vicinity of the belt conveyor 340 is mounted in a state where the roller 338 is located above the surface plate 242. This roller 338
It is rotatably supported at the tip of a roller support bracket 340 having a substantially U-shaped cross section. A drive shaft 342A of the air cylinder 342 is connected to an intermediate portion of the roller support bracket 340. Air cylinder 342
Are arranged on a bracket 344 attached to the base 316. Further, slide bearings 346 are attached to the bracket 344 on both sides of the air cylinder 342. A guide rod 348 arranged parallel to the drive shaft 342A of the air cylinder 342 is slidably inserted into these slide bearings 346, and the tip of the guide rod 348 is connected to the roller support bracket 340. ..

As shown in FIG. 14, the roller 338.
Is lowered by the driving of the air cylinder 342 to face the roller 270, whereby the PS plate 12 is sandwiched between the roller 270 and the driving force of the roller 270 to plate the PS plate 12 It is designed to be sent to 242.

When the PS plate 12 is discharged from the surface plate 242 by the discharge device 310, the moving surface plate 246 is moved by the drive of the servomotors 250 and 260, and the PS plate 1 is moved.
2 is a storage unit 300 for the punchers 294, 296, 298.
Is pulled out from the table, sucked by the suction cup 336, and lifted from the surface plate 242. The PS plate 12 is moved from above the surface plate 242 by driving the rodless cylinder 314, and is discharged from the punch device 240.

Next, the operation of the automatic punching device 10 according to the first embodiment will be described. In the present embodiment, the PS plate 12 having different vertical and horizontal dimensions is stacked on the skid 14 loaded in the skid loading unit 16. By positioning the skids 14 at the respective loading ports 44, the PS plate 12 is positioned at the skid loading section 16. PS of each size of the skid loading section 16
A punch hole can be formed at a predetermined position of the plate 12,
In this embodiment, eight types of PS plates 12 can be processed.

When the size of the PS plate 12 is specified, the skid 14 on which the specified size of the PS plate 12 is placed is searched from among the skids 14 loaded in the skid loading section 16, Based on the search result, the moving transfer device 110 starts moving along the rail 100. In this movement, the pinion gear 116 attached to the drive shaft 114A of the servomotor 114 is mounted on the pedestal 102 of the rail 100.
Since it meshes with the rack gear 108 provided on the
It is moved according to the drive of the servo motor 114.

When the limit switch 202 corresponding to the retrieved skid 14 detects the mobile transfer device 110,
The drive of the servo motor 114 is stopped, and the transfer device 1 is moved.
10 is stopped near a predetermined skid 14.

In this state, the arm 140 is moved in the longitudinal direction by the driving force of the rodless cylinders 142, 148, so that the suction cups 168, 170, 172, 194 mounted on the suction cup support frame 160 are skided.
It can be arranged corresponding to the upper PS plate 12.

Next, the suction cup support frame 160 is moved from the vertical position by 15 by driving the air cylinder 156.
It is tilted to be parallel to the PS plate 12 on the skid 14. In this state, the suction plate support frame 160 is
The moving base 112 is moved in the direction of approaching. At this time, the suction cups 168, 170, 172, 194 are in a protruding state, and the suction cups 168, 170, 172, 194 start to approach the PS plate 12, and adhere to and stick to the PS plate 12 of the outermost layer. After the suction of the PS plate 12 by the suction cups 168, 170, 172, 194, the suction cups 168, 170, 172,
By setting 194 as the retracted position, the outermost PS plate 1
You can bring out 2.

Here, as shown in FIGS. 10A to 10C, the upper suction cups 168, 172, 174.
Have different strokes, the PS plate 12 is deformed into a mountain shape in accordance with the drawing operation. A gap with the PS plate 12 of the next layer is generated in a part of this mountain-shaped deformation,
Air is supplied to this gap.

As a result, air is supplied between the outermost PS plate 12 and the next PS plate 12 to release the close contact, and only the outermost PS plate 12 can be easily separated.

PS plate 12 is sucker 168, 170, 17
When taken out by 2, 194, the inclined suction cup support frame 160 is returned to its original position (vertical state), and the support base 134 is raised.

Next, the arm 140 is attached to the rodless cylinder 1
42 and 148 drive the PS plate 12 to the rail 10
Move it to the position on 0.

Moving base 112 holding the PS plate 12
The rail 100 is driven by the driving force of the servo motor 114.
Is moved in the direction of the fixed transfer device 210.

The fixed transfer device 210 includes the suction cup 16
8, 170, 172, and 194 are provided with suction cups 220 arranged to face each other.
The movement of 12 makes contact with the photosensitive surface of the PS plate 12.

In this state, the suction surface 220 of the fixed transfer device 210 adsorbs the photosensitive surface of the PS plate 12 to the PS plate 1.
The suction cup 1 of the moving transfer device 110 that has adsorbed the back side of 2
Release the adsorption of 68, 170, 172 and 194. As a result, the PS plate 12 can be transferred from the mobile transfer device 110 to the fixed transfer device 210.

In this case, the suction cups 168, 17 of each other are
The adsorption positions of 0, 172, 194, and 220 are almost the same on the front and back surfaces of the PS plate 12 (the position where the PS plate 12 is sandwiched).
Therefore, there is no problem that the PS plate 12 is deformed by the suction force of these suction cups.

Here, when the PS plate 12 has a large size,
The lower part of the PS plate 12 is adsorbed by the preliminary suction cup 224.
This prevents the PS plate 12 from sagging in a horizontal state due to the rotating operation of the PS plate 12 described later.

The suction cup 220 (and / or of the fixed transfer device 210
Alternatively, the PS plate 12 adsorbed by the preliminary suction cup 225) faces the punch device 340 as the support frame 216 moves in the longitudinal direction of the beam 212 by the driving of the rodless cylinder 222.

At this time, the belt conveyor 230 located on the upstream side of the surface plate 242 is in the retracted position.

Next, the drive shaft 21 of the air cylinder 214
When 4A is extended, the sucker support frame 218 is hinged 2.
It is rotated by about 90 ° about 24. Therefore, PS version 1
2 is changed from a substantially vertical state to a substantially horizontal state. in this case,
Since the belt conveyor 230 is retracted from the movement path of the PS plate 12 (retracted position), there is no interference between the PS plate 12 and the belt conveyor 230.

When the PS plate 12 is placed in a substantially horizontal state, the PS plate 12 is held on the upstream side of the surface plate 242 at a height position substantially the same as the height position of the surface plate 242. Here, when the drive shaft 234A of the air cylinder 234 is extended, the belt conveyor 233 moves from the retracted position to the support position and the PS sucked and held by the suction cup 220 is held.
It faces the back side of the plate 12.

Therefore, when the suction of the PS plate 12 by the suction cup 220 (and / or the preliminary suction cup 225) is released, PS
The plate 12 is placed on the belt conveyor 230. PS
When the plate 12 is placed, the endless belt 232 is driven and the PS plate 12 is conveyed toward the surface plate 242.

Next, when the discharging device 310 is moved onto the surface plate 242 and the drive shaft 342A of the air cylinder 342 is extended, the roller 338 attached to the tip of the drive shaft 342A and the belt conveyor 230 of the surface plate 242. The PS plate 12 is nipped by the rollers 270 provided at the side ends. Therefore, by driving the roller 270, the PS plate 12 can be sent to a predetermined position on the surface plate 242.

When the PS plate 12 has a large size, the puncher 304 in the width direction of the PS plate is pulled in from the surface plate 242, and the positioning roller 306 for small size is also included in the surface plate 2.
42 It is drawing in from above. Also, pusher 278,
Both 280 are in the retracted state.

For this reason, the large-sized PS plate 12 has the surface plate 2
When placed on 42, this puncher 304,
There is no interference with the positioning roller 306 and the pushers 278 and 280.

When the PS plate 12 is placed at a predetermined position on the surface plate 242 by the rollers 270 and 338, the pushers 278 and 278 are driven by the air cylinders 282 and 283.
280 is projected onto the surface plate 242. In this state, the pushers 278 and 280 move the air cylinders 286 and 28
By the drive of 7, the PS plate 12 is moved in the direction perpendicular to the axis.
Press. At this time, the width direction positioning roller 276 of the PS plate 12 is moved to a predetermined position in advance according to the size of the PS plate 12.

The side of the pressed PS plate 12 opposite to the side pressed by the pushers 278 and 280 is brought into contact with the positioning rollers 272, 274 and 276. At this time, the PS plate 12 has all the positioning rollers 272, 2
74, 276, the positioning rollers 272,
It is confirmed that the positioning of the PS plate 12 has been completed by making 274 and 276 conductive.

When the positioning of the PS plate 12 is completed, the PS plate 1
A punch hole is punched by the puncher 294 or the puncher 296 at the leading end in the conveyance direction 2. This punch hole is used as a reference for printing by the plate breeding apparatus and as a reference for plate bending for loading into a rotary press.

When the PS plate 12 is punched, the suction on the fixed surface plate 244 side is released. Next, the servo motors 250 and 260 are driven, and the moving surface plate 246 is moved in the XY directions. Thereby, the PS plate 12 can be pulled out from the accommodating portion 300 of the punchers 294, 296, 298. Here, the air cylinder 332 of the discharge device 310 is driven, the suction cup support frame 334 is lowered, and the PS plate 12 is sucked by the suction cup 336. After the PS plate 12 is adsorbed, the suction plate support frame 334 moves up again, whereby the PS plate 12 is taken out of the surface plate 242. At this time, the PS plate 1 is moved by the moving surface plate 246.
2 is a storage unit 300 for the punchers 294, 296, 298.
Since it is pulled out from, it does not interfere with the punchers 294, 296, 298 during the take-out operation of the PS plate 12.

PS plate 1 taken out by the suction cup 336
2 is horizontally moved by the drive of the rodless cylinder 314 and is moved to the delivery position for the next process. At this delivery position, the guide rail 312 of the discharge device 310 is
Since the S plates 12 are only arranged along both ends in the width direction, the space below the moved PS plate 12 is a space. Therefore, by maximizing the drive shaft 320A of the air cylinder 320 and releasing the suction by the suction cup 336, the PS is moved to the space for the delivery to the next process.
The plate 12 can be easily sent out.

In the automatic punching device 10 of this embodiment, the size of the PS plate 12 mounted on the skid 14 loaded in the skid loading section 16 is read from the bar code 36. As a result, the size and amount of the PS plate 12 that can be processed are stored in the auto punching device 10. By setting the size and the amount of processing of the PS plate 12, the loaded skid 14 is selected, and then the skid 14 is selected. The PS plates 12 are sequentially taken out, and the punch device 240 is used to P
Punch holes are formed at fixed positions according to the size of the S plate 12. Therefore, it is not necessary for the worker to repeat the simple work of manually punching the PS plate 12 one by one, and the punching holes are accurately drilled in the PS plate at positions corresponding to the sizes in a short time. can do.

An input display device 350 may be provided as shown in FIG. This input display device 350
Indicates that the number of the loading port 44 is “skid No.”, and the “plate size” is set in advance to a number corresponding to the size of the PS plate 12, and the PS plate 1 mounted on each skid 14
The number corresponding to the size of 2 is displayed on the display 356. This display number can be switched by the down switch 352 and the up switch 354.

When the operator loads the skid 14 in the skid loading section 16 of the automatic punching device 10, the operator may switch the "skid No." display 356 by using the down switch 352 and the up switch 354.

The display and detection of the size of the PS plate 12 of the automatic punching device 10 are not limited to these. Further, the input display device 350 has a skid 1
4 may be provided with an alarm or the like to notify when the remaining amount of the PS plate 12 is below a predetermined level, and in combination with a detection device for automatically detecting the size of the PS plate 12 mounted on the skid 14. A warning or the like may be issued when the skid 14 having the PS plates 12 of different sizes is loaded.

Example 2 Next, Example 2 of the present invention will be described. In the second embodiment, the same parts as those in the first embodiment are designated by the same reference numerals and the description thereof is omitted.

As shown in FIGS. 20 and 21, in the auto punching device 11 according to the second embodiment, unlike the first embodiment, the punching device 240 does not include the discharging device 310, and punch holes are formed. The PS plate 12 thus prepared is returned to the fixed transfer device 210, and the fixed transfer device 210 and the movable transfer device 110 constitute a transfer means.

In the automatic punching device 11, the moving transfer device 110 separates the PS plate 12 from the skid loading section 16 and transfers it to the fixed transfer device 210. Fixed transfer device 21
In 0, the PS plate 12 received from the moving transfer device 110 is placed on the belt conveyor 230 and sent to the surface plate 242 of the punch device 240. In the punch device 240, the platen 2
The PS plate 12 placed on the plate 42 is punched at positions corresponding to the size.

The PS plate 12 with punched holes is returned to the position received from the fixed transfer device 210 by driving the belt conveyor 230. In this state,
The fixed transfer device 210 sucks and holds the PS plate 12 by the suction cup 220 of the suction cup arbitrary frame 218 (the suction cup 220 and the preliminary suction cup 225 suck and hold the PS plate 12 if necessary).

The suction cup support frame 218 holding the PS plate 12 by suction is rotated from the horizontal state to the vertical state by driving the air cylinder 214. At this time, the belt conveyor 230 is rotated and retracted so as not to interfere with the PS plate 12.

The suction cup support frame 218 holding the PS plate 12 in a vertical state is provided by the moving transfer device 110 to the PS plate 12
Move to the position where you received. At this position, the transfer device 110 is on standby, and the suction cups 168, 170, 172, 1 of the suction support frame 160 of the transfer device 110 are in standby.
The PS plate 12 is opposed to 90. In this state, the suction cups 168, 170, 172, 190 of the transfer device 110 are set to P
When the S plate 12 is sucked, the suction cup 220 of the fixed transfer device 210
The supply of negative pressure to the PS plate 12 is released from the fixed transfer device 210 to the movable transfer device 110.

A moving transfer device 110 having punch holes.
Moves to a position facing the skid 15 along the rail 100 and moves the arm 140 to make the PS plate 12 face the back plate 22. From this state, the suction cup support frame 160 is tilted along the back plate 22 of the skid 15 and is brought close to the back plate 22. After this, suckers 168, 17
By releasing the supply of the negative pressure to 0, 172 and 190, the PS plate 12 with latent heat in the punch holes is skid 15
The PS plate 12 having the punched holes is stacked on the skid 15 by repeating the above steps and repeating this.

As described above, the unmoved PS plate 12 is supplied to the punch device 240 by the moving transfer device 110 and the fixed transfer device 210, and the PS plate 12 punched by the punch device 240 is again Fixed transfer device 21
0 and the moving transfer device 110 to the punch device 2 of the PS plate 12
The punch device 240 is operated in the opposite direction to the supply to the punch device 40.
It is also possible to adopt a configuration in which it is taken out from and conveyed to the skid loading section 16. As a result, the untreated PS plate 12 mounted on the skid 14 can be punched with a punch hole serving as a reference for breeding and plate bending, and can be laminated on the skid 15.

The configuration and arrangement of the automatic punching system to which the present invention is applied are not limited to this. For example, in the skid loading section 16, the unprocessed PS plate 1
Although the skid 14 on which the No. 2 is mounted and the skid 15 on which the processed PS plate 12 is mounted are loaded, a skid loading unit for loading the skid 14 and the skid 15 separately may be provided. In the second embodiment, the PS plate 12 is supplied and unloaded by the single moving transfer device 110. However, the PS plate 12 is transferred from the skid 14 to the punch device 240.
It is also possible to separately provide the moving transfer device 110 for supplying the PS plate 12 and the moving transfer device 110 for transferring the PS plate 12 from the punch device 240 to the skid 15.

[Third Embodiment] A third embodiment of the present invention will be described below. In addition, also in the third embodiment, the basic configuration is similar to that of the first embodiment, and the same reference numerals are given to the same components and the description thereof is omitted.

FIG. 22 shows a plate size setting panel 400 applied to the third embodiment. The plate size setting panel 400 is the input display device 350 of the first and second embodiments.
Corresponding to the display unit 3 of the input display device 350.
56, a down switch 352, and an up switch 354 constitute a plate size setting switch 402 for setting the plate size of the PS plate 12 mounted on the skid 14 loaded in the loading port 44, and a plate type setting switch 404 is provided. ing.

The plate type setting switch 404 uses, for example, a dip switch that can be selected in any of three positions, and is a "waterless" or positive type indicating that the PS plate 12 is a waterless PS plate. "PS positive" to display the PS version,
The type of the PS plate 12 loaded in the loading port 44 can be set to any of the "PS negatives" that display the negative PS plate.

With this plate size setting panel 400,
The size and type of the PS plate 12 to be loaded can be set for each loading port 44 of the automatic punching device 10. Also, the PS loaded in the loading port 44
Whether or not the type and size of the plate 12 match the set type can be read from the bar code 36 recorded on the skid 14 and collated.

When the type and plate size of the PS plate 12 to be processed by the automatic punching device 10 are input, the moving transfer device 110 has a loading port into which the skid 14 carrying the corresponding PS plate 12 is loaded. Select 44,
The transfer is started, and the desired PS plate 12 is fixedly transferred to the fixed transfer device 210.
And the like, and can be supplied to the punch device 240. In the punch device 240, punch holes are punched at predetermined positions according to the plate size of the PS plate thus supplied, and the PS plate is discharged.

By doing so, for example, when the required type and size are input from the plate-making machine on the downstream side of the automatic punching device 10, the corresponding PS plate 12 is automatically selected and punched. The holes can be drilled and then supplied.

[Embodiment 4] FIG. 23 shows an operation panel 406 according to Embodiment 4 of the present invention.
The operation panel 406 is provided with a selecting lamp 408, a waiting lamp 410, and a selection switch 412 for each plate size.

The selection switch 412 is provided with a display or the like inside, and when the skid 14 having the PS plate 12 mounted therein is loaded in the loading port 44 of the skid loading section 16, the selection switch 412 corresponds to the plate size of the loaded PS plate 12. Select switch 412
The indicator light is turned on. The selection switch 412 is adapted to operate only when the indicator lamp is lit. By operating the selection switch 412, the transfer device 110 is moved to the skid loading section 1.
PS plate 1 taken out from 6 and supplied to punch device 240
Two sizes can be set.

The standby lamp 410 has a selection switch 41.
When the standby lamp 410 is turned on by the operation of No. 2, the moving transfer device 110 is set to the corresponding P size P order.
The S plate 12 is taken out and supplied to the punch device 240. Further, the selected lamp 408 indicates that the mobile transfer device 1
10 is a plate size P being taken out from the skid 14
The S version 12 is displayed. Only the lamp corresponding to the plate size that is actually being processed by the transfer device 110 is lit, and the selected lamp 408 is waiting for the corresponding plate size when the selected lamp 408 is lit. Lamp 41
0 goes out. P of the corresponding plate size of the transfer device 110
When the processing of the S plate 12 is completed, the selected lamp 408
Turns off and the standby lamp 410 corresponding to other plate sizes
Turns off and the plate size selecting lamp 408 lights up, and the next process of the automatic punching device 10 starts.

The standby lamp 410 is used for the transfer device 11
When the PS plates 12 of a predetermined plate size are sequentially taken out by 0, when the PS plate 12 of that plate size is no longer present in the skid 14, it is turned off, and at the same time, the plate selection switch 412
The indicator light of is also turned off. Further, the plate selection switch 412 sets the plate sizes to be processed by the automatic punching device 10 in order, but can be canceled by operating the plate selection switch 412 of the plate size for which the standby lamp 410 is lit. At the same time, the selection lamp 408 corresponding to the plate size being processed by the transfer device 110 is turned off and switched to the waiting lamp 410, and the plate selection switch 412 is operated and the display corresponding to the plate size is changed from the waiting state. It is possible to perform an interrupt operation that shifts during selection.

As described above, on the operation panel 406, the plate size of the PS plate 12 actually loaded in the skid loading section 16 can be confirmed, and the plate size of the PS plate 12 being processed by the automatic punching device 10 can be confirmed. Also, the plate size of the PS plate 12 to be processed can be confirmed, and the interrupt operation can be performed.

The operation panel 406 has
A desired plate size of the PS plate 12 may be input from, for example, a printing system including a plurality of printing devices on the downstream side of the automatic punching device 10. At this time, when the required plate size of the PS plate 12 is input, the standby lamp 410 of the corresponding plate size is turned on in the same manner as when the plate selection switch 412 is operated, and the standby lamp 410 is turned on. When the illuminated plate size is entered again,
The standby lamp 410 of the corresponding plate size may be turned off and the selecting lamp 408 may be turned on, so that the moving / transferring device 110 starts the interrupt process.

In the fourth embodiment, the operation panel 406 for displaying each plate size of the PS plate 12 has been described, but the type of the PS plate 12 (for example, “no water”,
"Positive PS", "negative PS", etc.) may be used. At this time, the PS plate 12 is selected for each plate size and plate type. In addition, in FIG. 23, a selected lamp 408 and a standby lamp 410 corresponding to the plate size are shown.
Although the plate selection switch 412 is provided, the display is not limited to these. For example, the number or model of the plate-making machine or the like on the downstream side of the automatic punching device 10 may be clearly indicated and whether or not the corresponding PS plate 12 is loaded may be displayed. , The display method is not limited.

[0153]

As described above, the auto-punching system according to the present invention is capable of continuously and in a large amount according to the size even if the photosensitive lithographic printing plate is different in size or type. At this position, a punch hole serving as a reference for image recording and mounting on a printing machine can be automatically formed. As a result, the excellent effect that the labor saving of the punching work for forming the punch holes in the photosensitive lithographic printing plate can be efficiently achieved is obtained.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view showing an automatic punching device according to a first embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a skid applied to this embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a side view showing a skid applied to this embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a part of a skid loading section according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a part of a skid loading section according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a front view showing the lower portion of the skid.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a lower portion of the transfer device.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing an arm of the transfer device.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing a suction cup support frame of the transfer device.

10 (A), (B), and (C) are schematic plan views in the vicinity of a suction cup showing adsorption of a moving transfer device, (A) immediately after adsorption, (B) during separation, C) shows after separation.

11A and 11B are schematic plan views in the vicinity of a lower suction cup showing adsorption of a moving transfer device, FIG. 11A showing immediately after adsorption, and FIG. 11B showing after separation.

FIG. 12 is a schematic side view showing a suction cup support frame of the transfer device.

FIG. 13 is a schematic perspective view showing the configurations of a fixed transfer device and a punch device according to this embodiment.

FIG. 14 is a schematic side view showing the configurations of a fixed transfer device and a punch device according to this embodiment.

FIG. 15 is an exploded perspective view of the fixed transfer device according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 16 is a schematic perspective view showing a lower portion of a surface plate.

FIG. 17 is a side view of the essential parts showing the pusher.

FIG. 18 is a perspective view of a main part of the discharging device according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 19 is a front view of a main part showing an example of the input display device.

FIG. 20 is a schematic perspective view showing an automatic punching device according to a second embodiment.

FIG. 21 is a schematic side view showing the configurations of a fixed transfer device and a punch device according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 22 is a schematic layout diagram of a plate size setting panel according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 23 is a schematic layout diagram of a plate size setting panel according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 Auto punching device 12 PS plate (photosensitive lithographic printing plate) 14, 15 Skid (printing plate mounting table) 16 Skid loading section (printing plate loading table loading section) 36 Bar code 38 Bar code reader (detection means) 44 Loading port 74, 76 ball caster (positioning means) 80, 82 block (positioning means) 100 rail 110 moving transfer device (transfer means, transfer / transfer means) 160 suction cup support frame (transfer means, transfer / transfer means) 168, 170, 172, 194 Sucker (sucking means) 210 Fixed transfer device (transfer means, transfer / transfer means) 240 Punch device (drilling processing unit) 242 Surface plate

Claims (9)

[Claims] 1. A printing plate placing table loading section for positioning and loading at least one printing plate placing table on which photosensitive lithographic printing plates are laminated, and the photosensitive lithographic printing plates are separated from the printing plate placing table. And a transfer means to be mounted on the surface plate, and a reference for image recording and mounting on the printing machine by positioning the photosensitive lithographic printing plate mounted on the surface plate according to the size. An automatic punching system, comprising: a punching unit for punching a punch hole for discharging the punching hole; and a discharging unit for discharging the photosensitive lithographic printing plate having the punching hole from the platen. 2. A printing plate mounting unit is provided with positioning means at least on one of the printing plate mounting table loading unit and the printing plate mounting table, and the printing plate mounting table is loaded into the printing plate mounting table loading unit. 2. The automatic punching system according to claim 1, wherein the photosensitive lithographic printing plate mounted on the stand is positioned. 3. Adsorption means for adsorbing the photosensitive lithographic printing plate of the outermost layer on the printing plate mounting table by the transfer means, and the adsorption means to the photosensitive lithographic printing plate of the printing plate mounting table. A moving transfer means for moving from an opposed position to a position opposed to the surface plate; and a fixed transfer means for receiving the photosensitive planographic printing plate from the movable transfer means and mounting it on the surface plate. The automatic punching system according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that. 4. A detection means for detecting the size of the photosensitive lithographic printing plate in the printing plate placing table loading section is provided, and the photosensitive lithographic printing plate of the photosensitive lithographic printing plate is detected on the surface plate according to the detection result of the detecting means. Positioning is performed, The automatic punching system in any one of Claim 1 to Claim 3 characterized by the above-mentioned. 5. A photosensitive lithographic printing plate according to the setting of the plate size setting means for setting the size of the photosensitive lithographic printing plate loaded in the printing plate placing table loading section. The automatic punching system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the mounted printing plate mounting table is loaded into the printing plate mounting table loading section. 6. A plate type setting means for setting the plate type of the photosensitive lithographic printing plate loaded in the printing plate mounting table loading section,
6. The automatic punching system according to claim 5, wherein a printing plate mounting table on which a photosensitive planographic printing plate is mounted according to the setting of the plate type setting means is loaded in the printing plate mounting table loading section. 7. A photosensitive lithographic printing plate having a predetermined size or a photosensitive lithographic printing plate having a predetermined size and type is selected, and the transfer means transfers the photosensitive lithographic printing plate from the printing plate mounting table. 7. A single wafer is cut into a single piece,
Auto punching system. 8. A plurality of the printing plate mounting table loading parts are provided, and a plurality of the printing plate mounting tables mounting the photosensitive lithographic printing plates of different sizes can be loaded in the loading part. The automatic punching system according to any one of claims 1 to 7. 9. A printing plate placing table loading unit for positioning and loading a printing plate placing table on which unpunched photosensitive planographic printing plates are stacked and a perforated photosensitive planographic printing plate on which printing can be stacked. And a punch part for punching a punch hole serving as a reference for image recording and mounting on a printing machine at a predetermined position of the unperforated photosensitive lithographic printing plate, and unpunched from the printing plate mounting table loading part. Transporting / receiving means for taking out the photosensitive lithographic printing plate and delivering it to the punching unit and receiving the punched photosensitive lithographic printing plate from the punching unit and delivering it to the printing plate placing table loading unit. And an auto punching system.