JPH06156651A - Storage magazine for confectionery carrying tray and carrier storage system using this magazine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a storage magazine for confectionery carrying trays and a carrier storage system using this magazine and the trays formed into such structure as to hold stable storage state during a conveying process while being suitable for a washing process after the completion of one process and also to be easy to put the trays in/out of the magazine. CONSTITUTION:A magazine 4 able to store plural trays 2 for placing confectionery or the like has multistage groove parts 5 for holding the trays 2 in the magazine 4 so as to push in and take out the trays 2 from the ends of these groove parts 5. In this case, the tray in/out part at one end or either end of the groove part 5 is provided with an inclined part 6 for preventing the tray 2 from jumping out by acceleration or deceleration applied to the tray 2 during conveyance and also facilitating the takeout of the tray 2. A high-rise warehouse for taking temporary custody of the magazine with the trays enclosed therein is provided between a manufacturing machine and a packer, and the temporary storage function to the packer is directly connected to a manufacturing line.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION In the manufacturing process of a food production line, it is necessary to arrange a large number of confectioneries in a tray and store the tray in a magazine in multiple rows and multiple stages for handling. Further, in this process, the depalletizing work for taking out the tray from the magazine again after the process is processed from the magazine storing these trays as needed, that is, the confectionery and the parts on the tray are again trained after the depalletizing work. -A transport line is required to take out the empty magazine or tray and return it back to the original production line.
According to the present invention, in the manufacturing process of such a food manufacturing line, the tray can be easily moved in and out between the magazine and the tray, and the tray can be effectively prevented from jumping out of the magazine during transportation. Storage magazine,
In the process using the magazine, when there is a difference in capacity between the manufacturing machine for confectionery and the next step of the manufacturing machine, for example, the packaging machine, the magazine is used to temporarily buffer the manufacturing line. The present invention relates to a transportation / storage system that can have functions.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In various conventional depalletizers, for example, in a tire manufacturing line, a method of transporting each tire in a plane from the manufacturing line, raising it 90 ° vertically and arranging them in parallel and mass-handling is known. Has been presented. This has no effect other than to facilitate transportation and storage. On the other hand, when a large number of electronic equipment substrates are stored in a magazine at the same time for transportation, springs are installed on the many shelves provided on both wall surfaces of the rack that stores the substrates in the magazine to prevent vibrations during transportation and during storage. We are trying to prevent the base from slipping out. However, when confectionery waste or sanitation treatment peculiar to the food handling process requires a process including a water washing process, it is difficult to use any of the conventional techniques. For example, the springs on the magazine shelves are clogged with confectionery debris, which makes it difficult to completely remove them by washing with water. Particularly, since both ends of a flat plate-like object such as a base or a tray are placed and stored, a magazine provided with shelves on both wall surfaces is required to have a simple concavo-convex shape suitable for washing with water.

Further, as shown in FIG. 8, for example, a confectionery produced in one high-efficiency confectionery production line in a confectionery production line is packed with a low-efficiency packaging machine (in the figure, three types of packaging machines 2 are provided.
A production-packing line is generally used, in which 6 units are packaged. In this case, the types of products that can be produced at the same time are the packaging machine lines A, B or C that are compatible with the types produced on the upstream production line.
Is selected appropriately and used. In this case, assuming that one production machine and two packaging machines are compatible, each packaging machine A,
When B or C is switched and used, and the packaging machine A is used, a total of four packaging machines B and C are stopped. That is, the operating state was extremely inefficient.

[0004]

In view of the above points, the present invention provides a magazine and a tray which have a stable storage state during the carrying process and are suitable for washing with water after one process is completed. An object of the present invention is to provide a tray storage magazine for transporting confectionery and a transport / storage system using the magazine, which makes it easy to carry out and put in the magazine and tray.

[0005]

A magazine 4 capable of storing a plurality of trays 2 on which a plurality of confectioneries and the like are placed has a multi-stage groove portion 5 for holding the tray-2. In a magazine in which the tray-2 can be pushed in and taken out from the end of the groove portion 5, it is possible to prevent the tray 2 from jumping out due to acceleration or deceleration applied to the tray-2 during transportation to the tray loading / unloading portion at one or both ends of the groove portion 5. The inclined portion 6 is provided for easy removal. A three-dimensional warehouse is provided between the confectionery manufacturing machine and the packaging machine, the magazine can be directly conveyed to the packaging machine via the three-dimensional warehouse, and the temporary storage function for the packaging machine is directly connected to the production line.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention is a process for manufacturing confectionery, and means for arranging a plurality of products such as breads and chocolates on a tray and transporting them between the manufacturing and packaging machines necessary for the manufacturing process according to the purpose. It is related to. In this transportation process, it is effective in transportation to arrange the confectionery items to be placed on the tray and then store them in a magazine for storing a large number of the trays once and mass-handle them. Therefore, the tray in the magazine can be easily inserted and removed before and after the process is conveyed, and at the same time, the tray does not easily pop out of the magazine during the conveyance, and the confectionery scraps can be removed after the process is completed. It is necessary to be able to sufficiently perform water washing treatment for the above.

FIG. 1 is an external view of a tray or magazine according to the present invention. Confectionery 1 is placed on the tray-2 in the manufacturing process. The tray-2 has a structure in which the edge portion 3 is bent to have a larger section modulus than that of the flat plate portion 7 in order to increase strength and rigidity when the tray-2 is stored in the magazine 4. This bending effect can reduce the amount of bending due to the bending moment due to the weight of the confectionery 1 on the tray-2.
2 and 3 show the storage state of the tray. The magazine 4 is provided with a groove 5 of a simple shape on the side wall surface so that a large number of trays 2 can be stored therein, and a tray 1 on which the confectionery 1 is placed from the side opening so as to correspond to the bent edge 3 of the tray-2. Insert 2. Incidentally, the magazine 4 is made of stainless steel or aluminum, and the groove portion 5 is constructed by incorporating a molded article of industrial plastic.

At both ends or one end of the groove portion 5 of the magazine 4, inclined portions 6 are provided which descend inward, whereby after the tray-2 is put in the magazine 4, the tray 4 is accelerated or decelerated during transportation. It is possible to prevent -2 from popping out. In order to explain the pop-out prevention effect, the mechanical equilibrium relationship regarding the tray-2 is analyzed with reference to FIG. In FIG. 4, W = weight of the object on Tre-2 and Torre-2 m = mass of object on Tre-2 and Torre-2 θ = inclination angle of inclined portion 6 from horizontal plane N = normal of inclined surface Component force (perpendicular component of slope) f = friction force applied to inclined surface f ′ = friction force at other end of inclined surface α = tray and acceleration of object on tray

Now, assuming that a force of mα in the tray-2 is generated during acceleration / deceleration during conveyance, the equation of the force is as follows: acceleration force of the tray = horizontal force = friction force at the other end of its own weight + horizontal frictional amount on the slope. Force + horizontal component of slope. Therefore, solving the physical equilibrium state for each of these forces, first, in the contact surface on the slope, the normal force N of the slope, the component force of the horizontal friction force due to the frictional drag of the normal force = Nμcos θ = W / 2 · Cos θ · μ cos θ, horizontal reaction force due to reaction force due to the weight of the slope = W / 2 · tan θ, frictional force at the other end of the tray due to its weight is W / 2 · μ, and the equilibrium conditions for these forces are as follows: Like mα = μ ・ W / 2 + μW / 2 ・ cos ² θ + W / 2 ・ tan θ ∴W / g ・ α = W / 2 (μ + μ cos ² θ + tan θ) ∴α = g / 2 (μ + μ cos ² θ + tan θ) If θ = 0 Then, mα = μ · W / 2 + μW /
It becomes 2 + 0-μW. On a slope where θ ≈ 90 °, m
α = μ · W / 2 + μW / 2 + W / 2 · ∞ = ∞. Therefore, by appropriately selecting the angle of this slope, it is possible to prevent the protrusion due to the acceleration applied to the training-2.
The magazine that specifically satisfies these conditions is transported by the following system and can be used in the confectionery manufacturing process.

Based on FIGS. 5, 6 and 7, the above-mentioned tray-2 is used.
A new transport / storage system using the magazine 4 will be described. In FIG. 5, 10 is a confectionery manufacturing machine. The produced confectionery is transported by tray-2 (FIG. 1) and stored in magazine 4 (FIG. 1) by palletizer-11.
Reference numeral 12 denotes a three-dimensional warehouse, and the magazine 4 storing the tray can be stored in the three-dimensional warehouse 12 by a transport facility (FIG. 6) and can also be directly sent to the packaging machine (see the distribution flow in FIG. 6). . Reference numeral 13 is a depalletizer, and 14 is a packaging machine. In the figure, the line is capable of packaging three types of packaging machines A, B, and C. Reference numeral 15 is a magazine return line, and 16 is a tray return line.

Generally, the processing capacity of the packaging machine 14 is lower than that of the production line of the manufacturing machine 10. In this system, the three-dimensional warehouse 12 is installed in front of the packaging machine so that the function of temporarily storing with a small number of packaging machines is directly connected to the production line. For example, as shown in FIG. 6, 50% of the product is temporarily stored in a three-dimensional warehouse, and the remaining 50% is sent to the packaging machine 14 for packaging without passing through the warehouse. In that way, another product type can be switched next on the production line, and the product type temporarily stored in the three-dimensional warehouse for storage even after the switching can be continuously flowed to the packaging machine 14 after the type switching. . By repeating the operation in sequence, two packaging machines can be operated at one time, and three packaging machines can be operated at the same time to continue production / packaging. That is, even if the number of packaging machines having low productivity is reduced, it is possible to efficiently carry out the production without lowering the production amount.

Generally, the packaging machine for confectionery is relatively expensive, and in a large-scale production plant that accommodates a large number of these, the present invention can save the packaging machine installation cost and the packaging machine installation area. Become. The packaging machine itself is a device for wrapping confectionery, a device for putting the wrapped confectionery in a case, and the case
It is obvious that reducing the number of packaging machine lines will lead to great merit in terms of capital investment, since the model to be combined and connected to the packaging line will be connected to the packaging line.

[0013]

[Effect] A multi-stage groove 5 for holding tray-2 is provided in a magazine 4 capable of storing a plurality of tray-2 on which confectionery or the like is stored, and tray-2 is provided from the end of these grooves 5. In a magazine that can be pushed in and taken out, it is possible to prevent jumping out due to acceleration or deceleration applied to the tray-2 during transportation to the tray loading / unloading portion at one end or both ends of the groove portion 5, and
The inclined portion 6 which is easy to take out 2 is provided. With this configuration, the tray 2 can be easily taken in and out from the magazine 4, and the tray 2 does not jump out even if abrupt acceleration or deceleration is applied during the carrying / storing operation. be able to. A multi-level automatic warehouse was installed between the confectionery manufacturing machine and the packaging machine, and a large number of magazines 4 built into the tray-2
Since it can be stored in this three-dimensional automatic warehouse, the three-dimensional automatic warehouse can function as a buffer area and a plurality of packaging machines with low production efficiency can be operated at the same time to continue production and packaging. In other words, even if the number of packaging machines is reduced, it is possible to carry out efficiently without reducing the production amount.

With the system of the present invention, in a large-scale production plant that takes in a large number of relatively expensive packaging machines,
The packaging machine installation cost and packaging machine installation area can be greatly saved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a tray and a magazine storing the tray according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a view on arrow A in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a view on arrow BB in FIG.

FIG. 4 is an equilibrium maintenance analysis diagram of a tray in the magazine of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a transportation system using a tray and a magazine according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 shows a physical distribution flow of the transportation and storage facility according to the present invention.

FIG. 7 shows a production / packaging diagram.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram of a known confectionery manufacturing system.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Confectionery 2 Tray 3 End edge 4 Magazine 5 Groove 5 Groove 6 Slope 7 Flat plate 10 Manufacturing machine 11 Palletizer-12 Multi-level warehouse 13 Depalletizer-14 Packing machine 15 Magazine return line 16 Tray return line

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Sadao Mikami 1-10-8 Edobori, Nishi-ku, Osaka Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd. Osaka Branch Higobashi Branch Office

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A tray (4) for storing a plurality of trays (2) on which a plurality of sweets and the like are placed.
It has a multi-stage groove portion (5) for holding (2), and the groove portion (5)
In a magazine that can push in and take out the tray (2) from the end of the tray, it is possible to prevent jumping due to acceleration or deceleration applied to the tray (2) during transportation to the tray loading and unloading part at one end or both ends of the groove (5). And, the sloped part that makes it easy to take out the tray (6)
A tray storing tray for transporting confectioneries, characterized in that it has a tray loading / unloading section. 2. A three-dimensional warehouse is provided between the confectionery manufacturing machine and the packaging machine, the magazine can be directly conveyed to the packaging machine with or without the three-dimensional warehouse, and the temporary storage function for the packaging machine is directly connected to the production line. The transport / storage system using the magazine according to claim 1, wherein