JPH06106275A - Sorting and accumlating device for small products - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To align and accumlate small products in a narrow space by rotating and moving a small products sucking apparatus horizontally around its axial center to sort and carry the products on an arbitrary position on a table. CONSTITUTION:A punch 107 by which small products are cut is provided on one side of a punching press 1. A pallet P on whose storing shelf 37 materials or products are accumulated is housed. On of pallets P accumulated with materials and products is selected and carried out and worked material or products are stored on the shelf 37 by a carrying in/out device 59. A table is provided in front of the carrying in/out device 59. Cut small products are sucked and lifted by the small products sucking apparatus 133. The sucking apparatus 133 is horizontally moved around its axial center by a products carrying device 115 so that the products are sorted and carried on an arbitrary position on the table. Thus, the products are sorted and accumulated every product type on a pallet of a storing shelf.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a small product sorting and stacking device for stacking raw materials, products and the like on one side of a punch press equipped with a punch for cutting small products and sorting the small products.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a stacking shelf is provided on one side of a punch press, and a material is carried in from the stacking shelf by a carrying-in device, and after being processed by the punch press, many small products are picked up. To sort and stack these small products, a stacking rack is placed on the front side table side of the punch press, and a cross stack table and unloader clamp are installed on the rear side table side of the punch press. Had been placed.

In the apparatus constructed as described above, a punch for cutting small products is provided on the rear side table side of the punch press, the contour is cut by the punch for cutting small products, and the small products are cut from this material to produce small products. Was transferred to the cross field table by the rear side table pipe roller.

Then, a pressure bar provided on the cross field table is pressed in the Y-axis direction for a predetermined amount to position the small products, and the positioned small products are held by an unloader clamp. It was accumulated in the position. In this case, different types of small products are arranged in the same pallet by changing their positions.

[0005]

However, in the conventional small product sorting and stacking apparatus having the above-mentioned structure, the line structure is long because it is installed together with the material shelf, the punch press, the cross field table and the product stacking shelf. Therefore, there is a problem that a large installation area is required.

The object of the present invention was proposed in view of the above-mentioned conventional problems, and it is possible to carry in a material and carry out a product in a space-saving manner, and to manufacture a small product with a simple structure. An object of the present invention is to provide a small product sorting and stacking device that can sort, carry out, and stack the products in the same direction.

[0007]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention accommodates a punch press, a small product cutting punch provided on one side in the vicinity of the punching position of the punch press, and a raw material. A stacking shelf that stores a pallet and a pallet that stores products, and either the pallet that stores the material or the pallet that stores the product is selectively carried out from this stacking shelf, and the processed material or product is placed on the stacking shelf. It has a carry-in / carry-out device for carrying in, a table provided in front of the carry-in / carry-out device in the carry-out direction, and a small product suction tool for sucking and lifting cut small products. The present invention is characterized in that it is provided with a product transfer device which can be rotated around in the horizontal plane and can be moved in the horizontal plane to sort and transfer the product to any position on the table.

[0008]

[Function] The material is loaded into the punch press by the loading / unloading device from the pallet that stores the material placed on the stacking rack, punches at the punching position of the punch press, and a large number of small pieces are cut by the punch for cutting small products from the material. The product is separated. Then, the cut small product is adsorbed and lifted by the small product adsorber of the product transfer device, the small product adsorber moves in the horizontal plane, and further, the small product adsorber moves around its axis in the horizontal plane. By rotating, it is accumulated at the desired position in the pallet on the table, and by the carry-in / out device,
It is stored in a collection shelf.

The small products are thus moved to a desired position on the table by the product transfer device for each product type, and
Since the small product suction tools can be sorted in the same direction by the rotating operation and the moving operation in the horizontal plane, they can be sorted and stacked according to the product type on the pallet of the stacking rack by the loading / unloading device, which is narrow. Space allows for the alignment and accumulation of small products.

[0010]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 is a plan view of the sorting and collecting apparatus, FIG. 2 is a front view thereof, and FIG. 3 is a view taken along the line III-III of FIG. The punch press 1 includes an upper turret 5 having a large number of punches 3, a lower turret 9 having a large number of dies 7, and a striker 11.

On the front side of the punch press 1, there is a device frame.
A center table 1 fixed to the lower frame of the frame 13.
5 are provided, and a front side table 17 and a rear side table 19 are provided on the left and right sides of the center table 15 so as to be movable in the vertical direction (Y-axis direction) in FIG. . The front side table 17 and the rear side table 19 are integrally connected to a carriage base 21 provided in the left-right direction (X-axis direction) in FIG. 1, and the carriage base 21 is a mower. By means of a motor 23, a Y-axis direction moving mechanism (not shown) moves the front side table 17 and the rear side table 19 in the Y axis direction.

The carriage base 21 is provided with a motor 25, and the carriage 29 is moved in the X-axis direction by a screw 27 which is rotationally driven by the motor 25. The carriage 29 has a plurality of work clamps 3 for holding the material W.
1 is installed.

Next to the front side table 17, a table 35 having a large number of bearings 33 projecting from the upper surface is arranged at the same height as the front side table 17.

Next to the table 35, there is provided a stacking shelf 37 for collecting and storing the materials W and products. Accumulation shelf 37
In this case, a plurality of shelves 41 are vertically arranged on the frame frame 39 so that the pallets P for materials W and products can be placed on the shelves 41. A pallet station 43 and an elevator station 45 are provided on the back side and the front side of the stacking shelf 37.

Below the frame frame 39 of the stacking shelf 37, there is provided a slat conveyor 47 which rotates in a rectangular shape when viewed from the front.

The slat conveyor 47 has a pair of endless chains 51 hung around a plurality of sprockets 49 arranged and pivotally supported, and is rotated by a motor 52.
A plurality of pipe rollers 53 are rotatably attached over a part of the length.

A first lifter device 55, which supports the pallet P and moves up and down, is arranged inside the chain 51 of the slat conveyor 47 around which it is hung. The first lifter device 55 has a structure in which a support table 57 is supported by a pair of X-shaped links, and the support table 57 is vertically moved by a fluid pressure cylinder.

Above the slat conveyor 47, a loading / unloading device 59 for loading / unloading the material W placed on the first lifter device 55 in the X-axis direction is provided. The loading / unloading device 59 has a pair of sprockets 61, 63 around which an endless chain 67 is wound, is connected to the chain 67, and is transferred to a transfer loader 69 which is guided by a guide (not shown) and moves in the X-axis direction.
And a plurality of loading / unloading clamps 71 provided on the transfer loader 69, and a motor 73 for rotating the chain 67.

An adsorption lifting device 75 is provided above the loading / unloading device 59. The suction lifting device 75 includes a cylinder 77 attached to the frame frame 39, a pad holder 79 supported by the cylinder 77 so as to be vertically movable.
The suction lifting device 75 is composed of a plurality of suction pads 81 provided on the pad holder 79, and is used to transfer the material W and the product between the first lifter device 55 and the slat conveyor 47. .

The elevator 83 provided on the elevator station 45 is guided by a guide rail (not shown) provided on a column of the frame frame 39 to move up and down. A winch device 85 is provided on the upper portion of 39, and an endless chain 91 is hung around sprockets 87 and 89 of the winch device 85, and a pallet mounting table 93 is attached to the chain 91. A pallet transfer device 95 is provided at the outer end of the pallet mounting table 93, and the hook 97 of the pallet transfer device 95 engages with the pallet P on the pallet mounting table 93, and the shelves 41 of the stacking shelves 37 and the pallet. It is used to transfer this pallet P to and from the mounting table 93.

When the pallet station 43 transfers the pallet P from the shelf board 41 to the first lifter device 55 by the elevator 83, the pallet P placed on the first lifter device 55 is retracted. It is for making it.
The pallet station 43 is provided with a second lifter device 99. The second lifter device 99 has a support table 101 supported by a pair of X-shaped links, and a support table 101 supported by a fluid pressure cylinder. The bull 101 is moved up and down. The support table 101 is adjusted to the same height as the support table 57 of the first lifter device 55, and the hook 105 of the pallet transfer device 103 is engaged with the pallet P on the support table 101. , The pallet P is transferred between the first lifter device 55 and the second lifter device 99.

A punch 10 for cutting small products is provided on the center table 15 on the side of the upper turret 5 and the lower turret 9.
7 is provided, and the small product cutting punch 107 includes a punch 109, a die 111, and a striker 113.

A small product cutting punch 107 holds small products separated from the material W, sorts them to an arbitrary position in the pallet P placed on the table 35, and transfers the products to be used for stacking. The device 115 is provided near the upper position of the punch press 1 and the table 35.

Product transfer device 11 illustrated in perspective view in FIG.
5 is a supporting frame 119 having one side fixed to a gate frame 117 of the punch press 1 and having a rectangular frame shape in a plan view,
The lateral frame 12 parallel to the X-axis direction of the support frame 119.
1 and a moving body 125 that is self-propelled along each of the vertical frames 123 that are parallel to the Y-axis direction, a self-propelled mechanism 127 that performs the above-described self-propelled movement of the moving body 125, and a downward descent from the movable body 125. The extensible rod 129 that can be rotated about the axis in the vertical direction in a horizontal plane, the rod rotation mechanism 131 that rotates the extensible rod 129 about the axis, and the small rod installed at the lower end of the extensible rod 129. The product suction tool 133 is included.

The support frame 119 has a gate-shaped frame on one side.
It is attached to the bracket 135 fixed to the frame 117 via the cushioning material 137, and the other side is fixed to the floor by the support leg 139.

The illustrated self-propelled mechanism 127 includes a lateral rack 141 mounted on the lateral frame 121 in parallel with the X-axis direction.
A vertical rack 143 attached to the vertical frame 123 parallel to the Y-axis direction, a horizontal spline shaft 145 through which the movable body 125 is inserted in parallel to the X-axis direction, and a movable body 125 parallel to the Y-axis direction. A vertical spline shaft 147, which is inserted through the vertical spline shaft 145, and a pinion 149 which is attached to the horizontal spline shaft 145 and meshes with the vertical rack 143, and a pinion 151 which is attached to the vertical spline shaft 147 and meshes with the horizontal rack 141.
And a horizontal shaft drive motor 155 that rotationally drives the horizontal spline shaft 145 via a gear mechanism 153, and a vertical spline shaft 1
And a vertical axis drive motor 159 that rotationally drives 47 through a gear mechanism 157.

The extensible rod 129 illustrated is the moving body 12
5, a cylinder 161 pivotally supported so as to be rotatable around a vertical axis and a small product suction tool 133 are attached to the lower end, and a piston fitted to the cylinder 161 so that only vertical movement is possible. The rod rotation mechanism 131 is constituted by a rod drive motor 167 which rotationally drives the cylinder 161 via a gear mechanism 165.

The small product suction tool 133 is the piston rod 1.
A frame-shaped pad holder 169 fixed to the lower end of 63,
It is constituted by a plurality of suction pads 171 provided on the pad holder 169.

With the above construction, when the vertical axis drive motor 159 is driven, the vertical spline shaft 147 and the pinion 15 are driven.
1 rotates and the meshing action with the lateral rack 141 causes the moving body 125 to move in the X-axis direction. When the lateral-axis drive motor 155 is driven, the pinion 149 rotates along with the lateral spline shaft 145 to move in the longitudinal direction. Due to the meshing action with the rack 143, the moving body 125 moves in the Y-axis direction, whereby the moving body 125 and the small product suction tool 133 can be positioned at arbitrary positions in the horizontal plane.

When the rod driving motor 167 is driven, the telescopic rod 129 is rotated about the vertical axis via the gear mechanism 165, whereby the moving body 125 and the small product suction tool 133 are in a horizontal plane. You can change the direction to any direction. In FIG. 5, the plurality of small products G sucked by the small product suction tool 133 are rotated 180 ° from the position shown by the solid line and turned to the position shown by the chain double-dashed line by the above rotation of the telescopic rod 129. It shows the situation.

When the piston rod 163 is retracted toward the cylinder 161, the small product suction tool 133 rises, and when the piston rod 163 is projected from the cylinder 161, the small product suction tool 133 moves down. The small product G adsorbed by the product adsorber 133 can be lifted or the adsorbed small product G can be placed on the table 35.

Below the product transfer device 115, a scrap short 173 and a scrap discharge conveyor 175 are installed, and the scrap cut by the small product cutting punch 107 and separated from the small product G is adsorbed on the small product. Tool 13
3 is adsorbed by 3 and conveyed to the top of the scrap shoe 173 where the adsorption is released. Is discharged.

Next, the operation of the above configuration will be described. First, the pallet P containing the material W is placed on the first lifter device 55 of the stacking shelf 37, and the empty pallet P for storing the product is placed on the second lifter device 99 of the pallet station 43. I'll do it. Then, the slat conveyor 4 is moved to a position where the pipe roller 53 is retracted from above the first lifter device 55.
7, the material W is adsorbed and lifted from the pallet P on the first lifter device 55 by the adsorbing and lifting device 75, and the slat conveyor 47 is rotated to move the pipe roll.
By placing the material W on the la 53 from the suction lifting device 75, the material W is transferred to the loading / unloading device 59.

The material W is gripped by the loading / unloading clamp 71, and the loading / unloading device 59 is moved to the punch press 1 by the motor 73.
When driven toward, the material W rolls on the pipe roller 53 and the bearing 33 of the table 35 and is conveyed to the punch press 1.

In the punch press 1, the loaded material W is gripped by the work clamp 31, and the front side table 1
7 or rear side table 19 and carriage base
The tool 21 is moved to position it at a predetermined position for processing.

In the case of multi-cavity processing, the contour of a small product is cut by the small product cutting punch 107 and separated from the material W. During this processing operation, the pallet P on the first lifter device 55 of the stacking shelf 37 is transferred to the elevator 83, and the empty pallet P on the second lifter device 99 of the pallet station 43 is moved. , And is transferred to the first lifter device 55.

The small product G separated from the material W by the small product cutting punch 107 is sucked and lifted by the small product suction tool 133 of the product transfer device 115, and the vertical axis drive motor 159 is driven. The small product suction tool 133 is moved in the X-axis direction together with the moving body 125, and the horizontal axis drive motor 1 is used.
55 to drive the small object suction tool 133 together with the moving body 125.
Is moved in the Y-axis direction to position and place the small product G at a predetermined position on the table 35. At the time of this movement, the rod driving motor 167 is driven as necessary to move the movable body 125 and the small product suction tool 133 together with the telescopic rod 129.
Turn to the desired orientation in the horizontal plane.

The small product G placed on the table 35 is
When the loading / unloading device 59 is gripped by the loading / unloading clamp 71 and the loading / unloading device 59 is driven by the motor 73 toward the stacking shelf 37, the small product G moves the bearing 33 of the table 35 and the pipe roller 53 on the X axis. The first lifter device 55 is moved in the axial direction.
Is transported above.

The small product G is sucked and lifted from the pipe roller 53 by the suction lifting device 75, and the slat conveyor 47 is rotated to bring the pipe roller 53 to a position retracted from above the first lifter device 55. , The first lifter device 5
The small products G of the suction lifting device 75 are sorted according to the type of the small products G and accumulated in the empty pallet P on the table 5.

The small product G is thus transferred to the product transfer device 11
5 to the desired position on the table 35 by the small product suction tool 133 for each product type and the small product suction tool 133.
Since the articles can be sorted in the same direction by the turning operation and the moving operation only when necessary in the horizontal plane, the carry-in / out device 59 moves the pallet P to the pallet P of the stacking shelf 37.
It is possible to sort and stack products according to product type.
The problem that the line configuration becomes long due to having to install to the left of, and a large installation area is required,
This embodiment solves this problem, and enables the small products G to be aligned and accumulated with a narrow space.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, but can be implemented in other modes by making appropriate changes. For example, the accumulation shelf 37,
The carry-in / out device 59, the product transfer device 115, and the like can be replaced with various known structures other than the illustrated examples.

[0042]

As described above, according to the present invention, the small products are thus moved to the desired position on the table by the product transfer device for each product type and within the horizontal plane of the small product suction tool. Since the items can be sorted in the same direction by the turning motion and the moving motion only when necessary, the product can be sorted and stacked according to the product type on the pallet of the stacking rack by the loading / unloading device, and the narrow space can be used. It is possible to arrange and collect small products.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing an embodiment of a small product sorting and accumulating device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a view taken along the line III-III in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a product transfer device used in the above embodiment.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a rotation operation of a small product suction tool of the product transfer device in a horizontal plane.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Punch Press 35 Table 37 Stacking Shelf 59 Carrying In / Out Device 107 Small Product Cutting Punch 115 Product Transfer Device 133 Small Product Suction Tool P Pallet W Material G Small Product

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Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A punch press, a punch for cutting small products provided on one side in the vicinity of a punching position of the punch press, a pallet containing a material and a stacking shelf for storing a pallet containing the product, and the stacking stack. A loading / unloading device that selectively unloads either a pallet containing materials or a pallet containing products from the shelves, and loads the processed materials or products into the stacking shelves, and is provided in front of the unloading device in the unloading direction. And a small product adsorber for adsorbing and lifting the cut small product. The small product adsorber can rotate about its axis in a horizontal plane and move in a horizontal plane. And a product transfer device for sorting and transferring the product to an arbitrary position on the bull.