JPH06162151A - Integration box designing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To make designing operation efficient by inputting data required to design the integration box, setting design conditions and calculating the storage shape of a product, and designing the integration box on the basis of the calculated data and design conditions. CONSTITUTION:A parameter file is read out of a storage device 14 by an information read means 100 and a figure number is inputted from an input device 11 so as to read design data on the product which are generated by a figure generating and editing device 2 and stored in the storage device 14. In response to the input, figure data on the product corresponding to the figure number are read out of the storage device 14. Further, the figure data on the product which is read out of the storage device 14 are displayed on a display device 13. When the data are figure data on a fixed form pattern, storage shape data on the product are read out of the storage device 14. Then design conditions are inputted to a design condition read means 101 and the storage shape is set by a storage shape setting means 102.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a stacking box designing device for designing a stacking box for storing and transporting products (for example, paper containers) designed by CAD or the like, and particularly design data of CAD or the like. The present invention relates to an integrated box design device for designing an integrated box using the integrated box.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when designing an integrated box,
Design data such as a design drawing of a product designed by CAD or the like is output, and design is performed manually on a desk based on the design data. In addition, when products are stored in a stacking box and loaded on a pallet, which is a transportation means, the way of loading greatly affects the work efficiency and safety of transportation.
What kind of packing was done was left to the workers on site.

[0003]

As described above, in the prior art, the design of the stacking box was manually performed, so that the design work was time-consuming and required a long time. Further, as described above, the operator has been entrusted with the stacking of the stacking boxes on the pallet, etc. Therefore, whether or not the stacking can be effectively carried out during the transportation work depends on the experience of the worker. There was a problem. The object of the present invention is to solve such a conventional problem.
An object of the present invention is to provide an integrated box design device that designs an integrated box by using design data of a product designed by AD or the like. Another object of the present invention is to design a stacking box, and at the same time to automatically determine a method of packing on a transportation means such as a pallet, thereby improving the efficiency of packing work. To provide.

[0004]

In order to achieve the above object, an integrated box designing apparatus according to the present invention is designed to read information for inputting product design data and predetermined data necessary for designing an integrated box for storing the product. Means, design condition input means for setting design conditions necessary for the integrated box design, storage shape calculation means for calculating a storage shape of the product based on design data of the product, calculation data of the storage shape, and An integrated box design means for designing the integrated box based on the design condition and an output means for outputting design data of the integrated box designed by the integrated box design means are provided. Further, the integrated box design device according to claim 2 is necessary for the integrated box based on storage means for storing data on materials of the integrated box, design data of the integrated box designed by the integrated box design means, and data on the materials. It is characterized in that it is provided with a material selection means for selecting various materials. The integrated box design device according to claim 3 is
The data storage means stores the material weight, thickness, and unit price data as data, and the material selection means determines the size, number, and cost of materials required for the stacking box. Further, the integrated box design device according to claim 4 is a strength calculation means for calculating the strength of the integrated box from the design data of the integrated box designed by the integrated box design means and the material data calculated by the material calculation means; There is provided a stacking method calculation means for calculating a stacking method for the stacking box from the dimensions of the carrying means for carrying the stacking box input from the condition inputting means and the strength data calculated by the strength calculating means.

[0005]

In the present invention, the information reading means inputs the graphic data of the product designed by CAD or the like and the parameters such as the calculation conditions necessary for designing the integrated box. Also,
Input the setting conditions required for integrated box design from the outside.
Then, the storage shape setting means calculates the storage shape of the product from the design data of the product. The stacking box design means designs the stacking box from the storage shape of the product set by the storage shape setting means, and outputs the designed design data of the stacking box to an output means such as a predetermined display device or a printer. Further, it is provided with a storage means for storing data on the material of the stacking box, and the material selecting means selects a material required for the stacking box from the design data of the designed stacking box and the data on the material. In addition, the strength calculating means calculates the strength of the stacking box from the design data and material data of the designed stacking box, and the packing method calculating means calculates the strength of the stacking box from the size and strength data of the carrying means for transporting the stacking box. Calculate the stowage method.

[0006]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a configuration block diagram of an integrated box design device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

The integrated box design device 1 according to the present embodiment includes a design processing section 10 for performing data processing for integrated box design, an input device 11 such as a keyboard for inputting design conditions necessary for the integrated box design, and design data. Printer 1 that prints out
2 and a display device 13 such as a CRT for displaying data on the screen
And a storage device 14 such as a magnetic disk device or an optical disk device for storing various information such as graphic data of products to be stored in the stacking box, design data of the stacking box, data regarding materials, and the like. The integrated box design device 1 can be realized by a computer or the like. The stacking box design device 1 is connected to a graphic creation / editing device 2 for designing products to be stored in the stacking box. Design data of a product (for example, a product such as a paper container) created by the graphic creation / editing apparatus 2 is read in for designing an accumulation box.

The design processing section 10 is realized by a microprocessor such as a computer, for example, information reading means 100 for reading product design data from the graphic creation / editing apparatus 2, and data such as design conditions input from the input apparatus 11. Design condition reading means 101 for reading
Storage shape setting means 102 for calculating the storage shape of the product,
Integrated box design means 103 for calculating design data of the integrated box
And output control means 104 for outputting the design data to the printer 12, the display device 13, and the like. The design processing unit 10 achieves the functions of the various means described above by a program stored in a storage unit (not shown). The storage shape setting means 102 obtains a shape (folding shape, etc.) when storing products such as paper containers in a stacking box. The storage device 14 stores the graphic data of the product created by the graphic creation / editing device 2, the data of the storage shape of the product, and the design data of the stacking box, and various parameters such as various calculation conditions necessary for designing the stacking box. Data relating to the materials used in the file and the stacking box (material type, weight, thickness, unit price, etc.) are stored in advance.

The graphic creation / editing apparatus 2 is realized by CAD or the like. The graphic data of the product created by the graphic creation / editing device 2 is stored in the storage device 14 in advance. Further, in the figure data of the product, as for the standard basic pattern figure, since the storage shape in the stacking box is also predetermined, the storage shape data is also stored in the storage device 14 together with the graphic data. FIG. 3 shows an example of specific graphic data of a product. Here, a developed view of the product is shown as graphic data. Further, the graphic creation / editing apparatus 2 does not necessarily have to be connected to this apparatus. For example, the graphic data of the product created by the graphic creating / editing apparatus 2 is stored in a medium such as a floppy disk and the book is created through the medium. It may be read into the integrated box design device 1.

Next, the operation of the integrated box designing apparatus according to the first embodiment described above will be described with reference to the flow chart of FIG. First, parameter files such as various calculation conditions necessary for designing the integrated box are read from the storage device 14 into the information reading means 100 (step 201).
Next, the graphic creation / editing device 2 stored in the storage device 14
In order to read the design data of the product created by, the graphic number (or the data name for identifying the graphic data) attached to the graphic data of the product at the time of storage is input from the input device 11 (step 202). By inputting the figure number, the figure data of the product corresponding to the figure number is read from the storage device 14 (step 203). In addition, the storage device 14
The graphic data of the product 30 read from is, for example, FIG.
It is displayed on the display device 13 in the state as shown in FIG. Next, it is determined whether or not the read graphic data of the product 30 is graphic data of a preset fixed pattern (step 204). If it is graphic data of a fixed pattern, the storage shape data of the product stored in the storage device 14 is read (step 205).

Next, the design condition necessary for designing the integrated box is input to the design condition reading means 101 by operating the input device 11 (steps 206 and 207). An example of design conditions input here is shown in FIG. Here, for example, as shown in the figure, the total number of products, the number of products packed in the stacking box, the stacking condition that specifies how to arrange the products in the stacking box, the stacking box Enter various design conditions such as the size of the pallet, which is the means of transportation. When these design conditions are input, the storage shape setting means 102 sets the storage shape from the graphic data of the product (step 208). FIG. 4 shows an example of the storage shape set based on the graphic data shown in FIG. The storage shape 40 is a shape when the product 30 is stored in the stacking box, and the storage shape 40 is set according to the instruction by instructing the folding position (side or the like) from the input device 11 based on the graphic data. To be done. The data of the storage shape 40 is stored in the storage device 14 together with the graphic data. If the graphic data of the product 30 is a preset standard pattern and the storage shape data is read in step 205, the storage shape need not be set in step 208. Further, the storage shape 40 once set stores the storage shape data together with the graphic data in the storage device 14. By doing so,
When designing the stacking box based on the same graphic data in the next design, the storage shape data is read in step 205, so that the storage shape setting process is unnecessary.

When the setting of the storage shape 40 is completed, the stacking box is designed according to the design condition previously input based on the graphic data of this product and the data of the storage shape (step 209). The result (design data) obtained by the design of the stacking box is displayed by the display device 13 or the printer 12.
Is displayed or output by (step 210). Integrated box 6 output to display device 13 or printer 12
An example of 0 design data is shown in FIG. In this embodiment, a plan view, a front view and a side view of the stacking box are output together with the perspective view. At the same time, the inner and outer dimensions are also output. In addition, the design data also displays the storage state of the product 30 in the stacking box 60. If the number of products to be stored is entered as the design condition, the required number of stacking boxes can be obtained from the design data of the stacking box. As a result, if this design data is printed out by the printer 12, it is possible to easily create a stacking box and also instruct how to store products.

FIG. 7 shows a block diagram of an integrated box design device according to the second embodiment of the present invention. In the stacking box designing apparatus 1 of the present embodiment, in the configuration of the stacking box designing apparatus 1 shown in FIG. 1, the storage device 14 as a storage means is provided with data (type, weight) regarding materials used for creating the stacking box. , Thickness, weight, unit price, etc.) and the design processing unit 10
In addition, a material selection means 105 for calculating the size, the number (number of sheets) and the cost of the material of the stacking box, a strength calculating means 106 for calculating the strength of the stacking box, and a stacking method calculating means for calculating the stacking of the stacking box. The configuration is such that 107 is added. Other components are the same as those in the first embodiment.
The strength calculating means 106 calculates the strength of the stacking box from the design data of the stacking box designed by the stacking box designing means 103 and the data of the material selected by the material selecting means 105. The stacking method calculation means 107 is for calculating a method of stacking on a pallet, which is a transportation means for stacking and transporting the stacking boxes, and designing the stacking boxes and the pallet dimensions input as design conditions. From the strength data of the stacking box, the effective arrangement method of the stacking box with respect to the pallet, the number of stacking stages, and the like are calculated as data of the stacking method.

The operation of the stacking box designing device 1 according to this embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. In addition,
Regarding the processing operation from step 801 to step 809 in FIG. 8, step 20 shown in FIG. 2 in the first embodiment.
Since steps 1 to 209 are the same as those in step 209, description thereof will be omitted. When the design of the stacking box (step 809) is completed, the material selecting means 105 selects the stacking box suitable for the design data and the design condition from the data on the material stored in the storage device 14 based on the obtained design data of the stacking box. A material is selected (step 810). This selection may be automatically calculated, or the material may be designated and selected. The results of selecting the materials are shown in FIGS. 9 and 10. In this embodiment, as shown in a of FIG. 9 according to the dimensions of the design data shown in FIG. 6 among the data of the stacking box, for example, the required number of corrugated cardboard, which is a material necessary for the stacking box, the original fabric size, The weight of each stacking box is selected from the material data, and in addition, the data such as the cost of the material is calculated from the unit price. Further, as shown in FIG. 10, it is possible to individually calculate the number of materials, the cost, the weight, etc. of each part such as the buffer top plate and the base plate used in the stacking box 60. This makes it possible to easily calculate the cost of the material required for the integrated box. It is also possible to determine the amount of material required to create all the integrated boxes.

When the material selection process (step 809) is performed, data of the selected material, design data of the integrated box,
The strength of the accumulation box is calculated by the strength calculation means 106 according to the design condition input in advance (step 811). As a result of the calculation of the strength, the material suitable for the obtained strength is, for example, the corrugated board used for the stacking box as shown in FIG. Selected from the stored table data. Or
It is also possible to give an instruction based on the strength and safety factor calculated for each material. The ⊚ mark in FIG. 11 indicates a state in which a material suitable for the strength calculated from the table data is selected or instructed. That is, the strength calculation means 1
Reference numeral 06 indicates that the strength of the stacking box is calculated from the design data of the stacking box and the design conditions, and the corrugated board made of a material satisfying this value is selected and output to the printer 12 and displayed on the display device 13. . Further, the calculation of the cost of the material can be reviewed again based on the display result and the material selection data.

When the strength calculation is completed, the stacking method calculating means 107 loads the stacking box design data, design conditions (pallet size), and stacking box strength data from the stacking box to the pallet, which is a transportation means of the stacking box. Is calculated (step 812). The calculation result is shown in FIG. FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a stacking method for stacking the assembled stacking box on the pallet 120 for transportation. That is, the number of one stage to be placed on the pallet 120 and the way of placing are calculated based on the calculated data of the stacking box and design conditions
From the strength data, the number of stacks that can be stacked safely and efficiently is calculated and displayed. At that time, the number of pallets required to stack all the boxes is also calculated.

After the completion of the calculation of the packing method, the material selection data shown in FIG. 9 to FIG. 11 and the data showing the packing method shown in FIG. The data is output to the printer 12 and also displayed on the display device 13 (step 812). Thereby, for example, a stacking box can be easily created from the result output by the printer 12. Also, the result of printing out
Efficient packing can be facilitated simply by showing the operator of the stacking box packing work. Further, by using the calculated result data, it is possible to control the loading robot, the transfer robot, and the like. Although the present invention has been described above with reference to the preferred embodiments, the present invention is not necessarily limited to the above embodiments.

[0018]

As described above, according to the stacking box designing apparatus of the present invention, the stacking box can be automatically designed by using the graphic data of the product. And design work can be performed very efficiently. Also,
According to the integrated box design device according to claim 2 and claim 3,
Until now, the design of integrated boxes, the selection of materials and the calculation of costs have been
Although it was done separately, it can be calculated automatically at the same time as the design, so the effort required to create the integrated box can be further reduced. Further, according to the stacking box designing device of the fourth aspect, the packing method is automatically calculated according to the design data of the stacking box, so that the packing on the transportation means can be carried out easily, safely and efficiently. In addition, no experience is required for effective packing.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration block diagram of an integrated box design device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of the integrated box design device according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of graphic data of a product designed by a graphic creation / editing apparatus.

FIG. 4 is a view showing a storage shape of the product shown in FIG.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of design conditions necessary for integrated box design.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a design result of an integrated box.

FIG. 7 is a configuration block diagram of an integrated box design device according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the operation of the integrated box design device according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a result of selection of a material of an accumulation box by the material selection means.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a result of selection of a material of the accumulation box by the material selection means.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of table data showing a relationship between material quality and strength.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an example of a pallet packing method calculated by a packing method calculation unit.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Integrated box design device 2 Graphic creation / editing device 10 Design processing unit 11 Input device 12 Printer 13 Display device 14 Storage device 30 Product 40 Storage shape 60 Stacking box 100 Information reading means 101 Design condition reading means 102 Storage shape calculating means 103 Stacking box Design means 104 Output control means 105 Material selection means 106 Strength calculation means 107 Transportation method calculation means

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. An information reading means for inputting design data of a product and predetermined data necessary for designing an integrated box for storing the product, and a design condition input means for setting design conditions necessary for the integrated box design. Storage shape setting means for calculating a storage shape of the product based on the design data of the product, and stacking box design means for designing the stacking box based on the calculated data of the storage shape and the design condition, An integrated box design device comprising: output means for outputting design data of the integrated box designed by the integrated box design means. 2. A material for selecting a material required for the stacking box from storage means for storing data on the material of the stacking box, design data of the stacking box designed by the stacking box designing means, and data on the material. The integrated box design device according to claim 1, further comprising a selection unit. 3. The means for storing data regarding the material comprises:
Stores material weight, thickness, unit price data as data,
The material selection means is the weight of the material required for the collecting box,
The integrated box design device according to claim 2, wherein the number and the cost are determined. 4. A strength calculation means for calculating the strength of the stacking box from the design data of the stacking box designed by the stacking box designing means and the material data calculated by the material calculating means; and the strength input means inputted from the design condition inputting means. The stacking method calculating means for calculating a stacking method of the stacking box from the size of a carrying means for carrying the stacking box and the strength data calculated by the strength calculating means. Box design equipment.