JPH06236043A - Automatic punching system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To facilitate the restart of a stopped transfer device. CONSTITUTION:Plural skids 14 on which a PS plate 12 is mounted are loaded in a skid loading part 16 in an automatic punching device 10. A rail 100 is arranged adjacently to the skid loading part, and the moving transfer device 110 is moved on the rail. The moving transfer device takes out the PS plate from the specified skid and transfers it to a fixing transfer device 210 arranged at one end of the rail. An operation switch board 89 where a stop switch for temporarily stopping the moving transfer device is provided is installed in the slid loading part. By operating the stop switch, the moving transfer device transfers the attracted and held PS plate to the fixed transfer device and stops, or moves to the end on an opposite side to the fixed transfer device and stops.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an Oart punching system in which laminated photosensitive lithographic printing plates are separated and punch holes are formed at predetermined positions.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A printing plate (hereinafter referred to as a "PS plate") used in a newspaper rotary press or the like has a base material such as aluminum coated with a photosensitive material and is developed after an image is exposed by a printing apparatus. It is designed to be supplied to the rotary press.

In general, many PS plates are stacked in a horizontal or inclined state, mounted on a printing plate mounting table (hereinafter referred to as "skid") and fixedly packed. The PS plate packed in this way is sent together with the skid to a user such as a newspaper company from a printing plate manufacturing company, and the skid is placed in the loading section of the printing apparatus to maximize the PS plate mounted on the skid. The printing plate is supplied to the printing plate printing apparatus in order from the upper layer. Usually, one skid is equipped with PS plates of the same size.

In the process of printing a PS plate in the printing plate printing apparatus, the size of the PS plate is selected according to the size of the original. For this reason, the user selects the most suitable size of PS plates from among various types and supplies them to the printing plate printing apparatus.

[0005] In recent years, in response to the need for automation of the PS plate printing process, a plurality of skids having a large number of PS plates (for example, 500 to 1000) of different sizes are loaded in the printing plate printing apparatus. Aside from the loaded P
Select the PS version of the required size and type from the S version,
A system that automatically performs punching is under study.
In such a system, a plurality of skids loaded with PS plates are loaded, the transfer device is moved between these skids, and a PS plate of a desired size is adsorbed by a suction cup provided in the transfer device. There is a method of taking out and feeding to a punch device. In the punch device, a punch hole is formed at a predetermined position of the PS plate supplied by the transfer device so that the PS plate can be automatically supplied to, for example, a printing plate printing device.

By the way, since the transfer device which moves between the skids and between the skid and the punch device is treated as an industrial robot, a rope or the like is stretched around the moving space of the transfer device to partition the space. It should not be easily accessible and should have an emergency stop function to shut down the device if an attempt is made. Therefore, when it becomes necessary to replace the skid due to lack of the remaining amount of the PS plate, the rope must be removed after stopping the transfer device.

[0007]

However, when the transfer device is stopped regardless of the operating state of the transfer device when the skid is replaced, for example, the transfer device is in a state of adsorbing the PS plate. Then, this PS version will be dropped. Therefore, when the skid replacement is completed and the transfer device is restarted, the PS plate must be removed and the processing procedure must be input again.
It takes time to restart the device.

The present invention has been made in consideration of the above facts, and an object of the present invention is to provide an automatic punching system capable of easily restarting a stopped transfer device or the like.

[0009]

An automatic punching system according to claim 1 of the present invention comprises a mounting table on which a photosensitive lithographic printing plate is mounted, and punch holes are formed at predetermined positions of the photosensitive lithographic printing plate. An automatic punching system comprising: a punching device; and a transfer device that moves between the mounting table and the punching device to transfer the photosensitive lithographic printing plate from the mounting table to the punching device. When the operation of the mounting apparatus is temporarily stopped, the transfer apparatus stops at a predetermined position when the operation of one cycle for transferring the photosensitive lithographic printing plate to the punching apparatus is completed. To do.

An automatic punching system according to claim 2 of the present invention comprises a mounting table on which a photosensitive lithographic printing plate is mounted, a punching device for punching holes at predetermined positions of the photosensitive lithographic printing plate, An automatic punching system comprising: a transfer device that moves between a mounting table and the punching device to transfer the photosensitive lithographic printing plate from the mounting table to the punching device, and temporarily stops the operation of the transfer device. When it is stopped, the transfer device is moved to a predetermined position and stopped before the operation of one cycle for transferring the photosensitive lithographic printing plate to the punch device is started.

An automatic punching system according to claim 3 of the present invention is the automatic punching system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the moving range of the transfer device is enclosed and at least part of the enclosure is released. Sometimes, in any operating state, the protection means for stopping the operation of the transfer device, and after performing a predetermined process according to the operating state of the transfer device, move the transfer device to a predetermined position. And a temporary stopping means for stopping.

[0012]

In the automatic punching system according to the first aspect of the present invention, the transfer device moves from the vicinity of the mounting table to start the suction of the PS plate until the PS plate is delivered to the punch device. If one cycle is set to one cycle, and during the operation of this one cycle, for example, when it is attempted to temporarily stop the table in order to exchange the table, the transfer device is stopped at the time when the operation of this one cycle is completed. As a result, when the next transfer device is activated, the process may be performed from the next process cycle, and the process can be restarted at the same time as the activation.

In the automatic punching system according to the second aspect of the present invention, when the transfer device is not taking out the photosensitive lithographic printing plate from the mounting table, the work is stopped and the device is moved to a predetermined position. Stop. Thus, when the transfer device is restarted, the interrupted cycle may be performed from the beginning.

As described above, the transfer device is at a predetermined position before the transfer device takes out the photosensitive lithographic printing plate from the mounting table or after transferring the photosensitive lithographic printing plate taken out from the mounting table to the punch device. If it is stopped, the movement can be started immediately when the transfer device is restarted. That is, unless it is time to stop the transfer device in an emergency, if the transfer device is stopped before or at the end of a predetermined work cycle, the work of the next transfer device becomes clear and the work is immediately completed. Can be resumed.

At this time, if the position at which the transfer device is temporarily stopped is set to a position that does not hinder the replacement of the mounting table, the mounting table can be easily replaced, and the transfer device is stopped for maintenance or the like. Even at this time, the mounting table does not interfere with the maintenance of the transfer device.

In the automatic punching system according to the third aspect of the present invention, the moving range of the transfer device is surrounded by the protection means so that it cannot be easily entered, and when the protection means is removed, the device is urgent. Stop.
Further, by stopping the transfer device by the temporary stop means, the transfer device is stopped without holding the photosensitive lithographic printing plate at a predetermined position. This makes it extremely easy to restart the transfer device after the suspension.

Further, in the temporary stop state, the transfer device can be prevented from operating similarly to the emergency stop state, so that the safe state can be secured within the moving range of the transfer device.

The transfer device referred to in the present invention is applied to one device judged as an industrial robot for supplying the photosensitive lithographic printing plate taken out from the mounting table to the punching device, for example, , A moving device that conveys the photosensitive lithographic printing plate taken out from the mounting table to the vicinity of the punching device and a fixing device that receives the photosensitive lithographic printing plate from the moving device and actually supplies it to the punching device. The invention may be applied to only the device, or the moving device and the stationary device may be integrated.

[0019]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 shows an auto punching device 10 as an embodiment of the present invention. This automatic punching device 10 is a photosensitive lithographic printing plate that has not been exposed (hereinafter referred to as "PS" when a printing plate used for a rotary press is prepared).
12) is a standard for processing with a plate making machine, and a punch hole for standardizing the plate for winding the developed PS plate 12 around the plate cylinder of a rotary press. It 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.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the skid 14
A back plate 22 and a support plate 24 are disposed above the base 18. 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. When the PS plate 12 is stacked on the back plate 22 with its lower end supported on the support plate 24,
It is arranged at a predetermined position in the width direction of the back plate 22 of the skid 14. For example, a method of aligning the center position of the PS plate 12 in the width direction with the center position of the back plate 22 in the width direction is possible, 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. The package is wrapped in moisture-proof paper, and 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 uppermost layer, and a belt or the like (not shown) is wound in the horizontal or vertical direction for packaging. At this time, no interleaving paper is interposed between the stacked PS 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,
Ball casters 64 are disposed near the side walls 60 on both sides, so that when the skid 14 is loaded into the loading port 44, the skid 14 does not come into contact with the leg portion 20 of the skid 14 and incline in an unstable manner. In addition, it has a role of smoothly guiding the skid 14.

As shown in FIG. 5, a stopper 66 is provided on the inner wall 62 of the loading port 44. The stopper 66 has a buffer plate 68 arranged along the back wall 62,
Shock absorber 7 connected to the central portion of the buffer 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 inserted in front of the back wall 62
Comes into contact with the buffer plate 68 of the stopper 66, is gently guided to a predetermined position near the back wall 62 by the shock absorber 70, and stops.

At the loading port 44, ball casters 74 and 76 for positioning the skid 14 are provided near the back wall 62 and on the opening side. As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the ball casters 74 and 76 are attached to the bracket 7.
A steel ball 78A is rotatably accommodated in 8, and a part of the outer peripheral portion of the steel ball 78A projects from the bracket 78.

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 at the lower side, and is disposed at one end side of the skid 14 in the width direction (arrow W direction) at a substantially central portion in the vertical direction (arrow H direction). ing. The other block 82 is
A triangular groove 82A is formed in which the lower side is opened and the extension line of the top portion 82B is directed toward the center of the concave portion of the block 80.
The skid 14 is arranged at the other end of the skid 14 in the width direction at a substantially central portion in the vertical direction.

With respect to the skid 14 stopped at a predetermined position near the inner wall 62, the block 80 contacts the ball caster 74 and the block 82 contacts the ball caster 76. At this time, when the steel ball 78A of the ball caster 74 is housed 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. Further, the steel ball 78A of the ball caster 76 relatively moves along the inclination of the triangular groove 82A of the block 82 to a position facing the top portion 82B. The relative movement of the ball casters 74 and 76 and the blocks 80 and 82 positions and supports the skid 14 at a predetermined position of the loading port 44. As a result, the P stacked at the predetermined position of the skid 14
The S plate 12 is positioned and arranged at a predetermined position of the skid loading section 16.

As shown in FIG. 4, the skid 1
4, a bar code 36 indicating the size and type of the PS plate 12 installed is attached, and the stage 42
A bar code sensor 38 mounted inside can confirm the type and size of the PS plate 12 mounted in each loading port 44.

As shown in FIG. 1, the skid loading section 1
The rail 100 is disposed adjacent to the rail 6. The rail 100 is provided along the longitudinal direction (H direction in the drawing) of the stage 42 of the skid loading section 16.
A transfer device 110 is arranged at 00.

As shown in FIG. 7, in the rail 100, a pedestal 102 having a substantially rectangular cross section and a hollow interior is fixed to the floor surface by an anchor bolt or the like (not shown). Rail bases 106 projecting outward from both ends in the width direction are fixed. On the lower surface of the rail base 106, the guide rail 104 is
00 along the longitudinal direction. A rack gear 108 is arranged on the upper surface of one rail base 106 along the longitudinal direction of the gantry 102.

Above the base 102 of the rail 100,
A moving transfer device 110 that constitutes a part of the transfer means is provided. The moving transfer device 110 includes a substantially rectangular planographic moving base 112 facing the upper surface of the gantry 102, and a frame 122 having a substantially trapezoidal side surface is arranged on the upper surface of the moving base 112 (see FIG. 9). Shown). A servo motor 114, in which a drive shaft 114A penetrates the move base 112 and projects downward, is attached to the moving base 112, and a pinion gear meshing with the rack gear 108 is attached to a tip end portion of the drive shaft 114A of the servo motor 114. 1
16 are provided.

Further, the movable base 112 has a pedestal 102.
A plurality of pairs of legs 118 each having a substantially U-shaped cross section are provided on the lower surfaces of both end portions along the width direction. The tips of the legs 118 extend below the guide rail 104 and are slidably engaged with the guide rail 104.
0 is attached.

The moving base 112 is supported by the gantry 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.
It is possible to move along the longitudinal direction of the gantry 102 with the relative movement of the meshing position of 16 and the rack gear 108.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 8, the moving transfer device 110 corresponds to each loading port 44 by setting the one end side of the rail 100 as the original position and the number of pulses for driving the servo motor 114 from this original position. While moving to a predetermined position, it moves to a standby position on the other end side of the rail 100. At this standby position, the PS plate 12 adsorbed and taken out from the skid 14 at a predetermined position corresponding to the loading port 44 is transferred to a fixed transfer device 210 described later. In addition, in the vicinity of the original position, the mobile transfer device 110
A control panel 50 for controlling the operation of is attached.

As shown in FIG. 8, the proximity sensor 206 is arranged on the rail 100 at a predetermined position corresponding to each loading port 44 of the skid loading section 16, and at a predetermined position corresponding to the original position. A proximity sensor 205 is arranged at a predetermined position corresponding to the proximity sensor 204 and the standby position. These proximity sensors 204, 205, 206 detect the piece 208 to be detected attached to the moving base 112 of the moving / mounting apparatus 110 when the moving / mounting apparatus 110 moves and face each other, and move and move the detected piece 208. The suitability of the position of the device 110 can be confirmed.

Further, limit switches 201, 202 and a shock absorber 203 are provided on the rail 100 near the original position and the standby position, respectively. The limit switches 201 and 202 are for preventing overrun of the moving transfer device 110, and the shock absorber 203 has the moving transfer device 11 at the original position and the standby position.
0 is gently stopped. The shock absorber 203 is also limited to the limit switches 201, 20.
Similar to 2, the mobile transfer device 110 also has a function of preventing overrun. The transfer device 110 is designed to move to and stop at this original position when the operation is stopped.
4 and the number of pulses for driving the servo motor 114 so as to move to the standby position.

A rack 188 is arranged on the rail 100 between the intermediate portion in the longitudinal direction and the original position, and a cable bear 189 is accommodated in the rack 188. The cable carrier 189 accommodates cables for air piping and electric wiring that are connected to the moving base 112 of the moving transfer device 110 (not shown) and are supplied to the moving transfer device 110. The cable bear 189 accommodated in the rack 188 is adapted to be curved and pulled out as the carriage moves. In the cable carrier 189, a so-called robot cable that is particularly excellent in bending resistance is used as a moving cable.

As shown in FIG. 7, the moving transfer device 11
The frame 122 on the upper surface of the moving base 112 of 0 has a pair of pillars 122A which are erected perpendicularly to the moving base 112. The pair of pillars 122A are mounted on the skid loading section 16 by the moving transfer device 110. When the loaded PS plate 12 is adsorbed, it becomes the PS plate 12 side of the outermost layer.

A guide rail 124 is arranged along the vertical direction on the pair of pillars 122A, and the pair of pillars 122A.
Between A, a ball screw 128 whose one end in the axial direction is rotatably supported by a bracket 126 provided on the upper portion of the frame 122 is arranged parallel to the guide rail 124.

As shown in FIG. 9, a drive shaft of a servo motor 130 attached to the lower portion of the frame 122 is connected to the lower end of the ball screw 128, and the ball screw 12
A moving bracket 132 is arranged in the middle portion of No. 8. The moving bracket 132 has a nut (not shown) screwed into and engaged with the ball screw 128.

A rectangular support base 134 is stretched over the guide rails 124 of the pair of columns 122A.
The support base 134 is engaged with the frame 122 via sliders 136 slidably engaged with the guide rails 124 at the upper and lower portions thereof, and the ball screw 128.
A moving bracket 132, which is screwed into the, is attached. Therefore, when the ball screw 128 that is rotated by the drive of the servo motor 130 is driven to rotate, the support base 134 moves up and down together with the moving bracket 132. The vertical movement of the support base 134 is determined based on the size of the PS plate 12 for adsorbing the PS plate 12, which will be described later, and the number of PS plates 12 stacked on the skid 14, with the uppermost position being the original position. It is controlled to move to a certain height. As shown in FIG. 7, a proximity switch 194 is vertically arranged on one of the columns 122A to detect a standby position where the support base 134 has moved upward and a limit position where the support base 134 can move downward. ing.

As shown in FIG. 9, an arm 140 assembled in a long rectangular shape is arranged on the side of the support base 134 opposite to the frame 122. The arm 140 is arranged along the direction in which the longitudinal direction is orthogonal to the longitudinal direction of the rail 100. Guide rails 144 are attached to the upper end and the lower end of the surface of the arm 140 on the side of the support base 134, and a rodless cylinder 142 is attached between the guide rails 144. A slider 146 slidably engaged with the guide rail 144 is attached to the support base 134, and the guide rail 144 and the slider 1 are attached.
The arm 140 is supported by the support base 134 via 46. Further, the drive block 142 A of the rodless cylinder 142 is engaged with the bracket 138. Therefore, the arm 140 is the rodless cylinder 1.
By driving 42, the guide rail 144 moves relative to the support base 134 along the longitudinal direction.

On the side of the arm 140 opposite to the support base 134, a guide rail 152 and a guide rail 152 are vertically arranged.
The rodless cylinders 148 are attached between the two in the longitudinal direction of the arm 140 along the longitudinal direction of the arm 140. Guide rail 152 and rodless cylinder 148
A support frame 150 assembled in a substantially rectangular shape is connected to the drive block 148A. Support frame 15
A slider 154 slidably engaged with the guide rail 152 is attached to the armature 0, and is supported by the arm 140 from the slider 154 via the guide rail 152. Further, the support frame 150 includes the rodless cylinder 148.
Is connected to a drive block 148A of the armature 140, and the support frame 150 is relatively moved along the longitudinal direction of the arm 140 by driving the rodless cylinder 148.

The rodless cylinders 142 and 148 attached to the arm 140 are controlled so as to simultaneously drive the support frames 150 so as to move in the same direction, and the position where the support frames 150 are most accommodated is the original position. The support frame 150 faces the surface of the PS plate 12 mounted on the skid 14 with the support frame 150 protruding from the original position toward the loading port 44 of the skid loading portion 16.

As shown in FIG. 10, the support frame 1
On the side opposite to the arm 140 of the suction cup support frame 1
60 are provided. The lower portions of the support frame 150 and the suction cup support frame 160 are rotatably connected to each other at a plurality of locations via brackets 162, and the support frame 150 is provided with an air cylinder 156. . A drive shaft 156A of the air cylinder 156 is directed substantially upward, and a tip end of the drive shaft 156A is rotatably provided between a pair of brackets 164 whose both ends are rotatably attached to the suction cup support frame 160. It is rotatably connected to an intermediate portion of the connecting bar 158 that is spanned. As a result, when the air cylinder 156 is driven, the suction cup support frame 160 rotates about the bracket 162.

The suction cup support frame 160 is at its original position when the drive shaft 156A of the air cylinder 156 is contracted.
Although it is substantially parallel to the support frame 150, the upper part of the air cylinder 156 is separated from the support frame 150 by the extension of the drive shaft 156A and is inclined. This tilted state is the back plate 22 and P of the skid 14 loaded in each loading port 44 of the skid loading portion 16.
It is parallel to the surface of the S plate 12.

Support frame 1 of suction cup support frame 160
PS plate 12 mounted on skid 14 on the opposite side of 50
Is provided with a plurality of suction cups.

A suction cup 168 is provided 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, on the outside of the suction cup 170,
Two suction cups 172 are arranged for each. Each sucker 16
8, 170, 172 are attached to the tip of the guide rod 176 via a suction cup support member 174. Each guide rod 176 is supported by the suction cup support frame 160 via a slide bearing 178, and each suction cup 168, 170, 1
72 is provided on the suction cup support frame 160 on the opposite side of the support frame 150 (see FIG. 11).

Sucker support member 174 of guide rod 176
In the vicinity, connecting members 180A, 182 attached to the tips of the drive shafts of the air cylinders 180, 182, 184 are provided.
A and 184A are connected. Therefore, the suction cylinder 168 is moved by the drive of the air cylinder 180, the suction cup 170 is moved by the drive of the air cylinder 182, and the suction cup 172 is moved by the drive of the air cylinder 184 in the contact / separation direction with respect to the suction cup support frame 160. .

At the bottom of the suction cup support frame 160, a plurality of suction cups 1 are arranged in parallel with the rows of the suction cups 168, 170, 172.
92 are arranged at substantially equal intervals (in this embodiment, six are provided as an example). Each suction cup 192 is connected to the tip of a drive shaft that penetrates the support suction cup support frame 160 from an air cylinder 186 attached to the suction cup support frame 160 and projects to the opposite side of the support frame 150. By driving, the suction cup support frame 160 is moved in the contacting / separating direction. The central suction cup 192 is not directly connected to the drive shaft of the air cylinder 186, but is attached to the tip of a guide rod 190 slidably supported by the suction cup support frame 160 via a slide bearing 188. The guide rod 190 is moved by the driving of the air cylinder 186, and the suction cup 192 is moved in the contact / separation direction of the suction cup support frame 160 (see FIG. 12).

The mobile 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. Thereafter, 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, 192 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 suction cups 168, 170 and 17
A vacuum switch is provided in the negative pressure supply means for supplying the negative pressure to 2, 192, and a change in the negative pressure when the PS plate 12 is sucked is detected to detect all the suction cups 168, 170, 1.
It is possible to detect whether 72 and 192 have adsorbed the PS plate 12.

As shown in FIG. 11A, the suction cup 16
8, 170, 172 are the drive shafts 180A of the air cylinders 180, 182, 184 when the PS plate 12 is adsorbed.
It is performed with 182A and 184A stretched. Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 11B, when the PS plate 12 is adsorbed, the air cylinders 180, 182, 18
4 operates at different timings and drive amounts (strokes). As a result, the central portion of the PS plate 12 in the vertical direction (arrow W direction) is curved in a mountain shape, and 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 is a bracket 19
6A, the tip of the air nozzle 196 is arranged so as to blow air from above between the suction cups 170 and 172, and the PS plate 12 of the outermost layer and the next PS
When a gap is formed between the plate 12 and the plate 12, air is ejected toward this gap. As a result, air enters between the outermost PS plate 12 and the next PS plate 12, and the close contact between the PS plates 12 can be released. Further, as shown in FIG. 12 (A), the suction cup 192 on the lower side of the suction cup support frame 160 is
The PS plate 12 of the outermost layer is adsorbed in a state of being projected by the driving of the air cylinder 186.

The PS plate 12 thus adsorbed is
After this, as shown in FIG. 11 (C), FIG. 12 (B) and FIG. 13, air cylinders 180, 182, 184.
At the same time, the air cylinder 186 contracts, and the skid 1
4 It is supposed to be taken out from above. In this embodiment, regardless of the size of the PS plate 12 mounted on the skid 14, the suction cups 168, 170, 172 face each other at a position about 40 mm from the upper end of the PS plate 12.

As shown in FIG. 10, the suction cylinder support frame 160 has an air cylinder 5 for detecting the remaining amount of the PS plate 12 mounted on the skid 14 at the upper and lower portions.
1, 52, 53 are attached. Each of the air cylinders 51, 52, 53 is of the same standard product, and a block 55 is attached to the tip of each drive shaft 54, and a sensor (not shown) that operates when the drive shaft contracts from the extended state to a certain amount is provided. Installed.

As shown in FIG. 14, the air cylinder 51 has a suction cup 17 at the upper portion of the suction cup support frame 160.
It is installed near 0, and the air cylinder 5
2 is attached to the lower central portion of the suction cup support frame 180 side by side with the suction cup 192. These air cylinders 51, 52 are arranged so as to approach the surface of the PS plate 12 together with the suction cup row in a state where the block 55 projects from the suction cup row. As a result, the block 55 comes into contact with the PS plate 12 before the row of suction cups, so that the drive shaft 54 contracts. The contraction of the drive shaft 54 of the air cylinders 51 and 52 is detected by the sensor.

Further, the air cylinder 53 is mounted above the air cylinder 51 so as to project from the suction cup support frame 160, and the block 55 at the tip is sucked by the suction cup support frame 1 from the block 55 at the tip of the air cylinder 51.
It is attached so as to project from 60. This air cylinder 53 skids the suction cup support frame 160.
4 when facing the surface of the PS plate 12 placed on
It is adapted to face the back plate 22 above the plate 12.

Air cylinder 53 and air cylinder 51
The difference X in the amount of protrusion of the block 55 is about 50 PS plates 1
2 corresponds to the thickness of the skid support frame 160. When the suction plate support frame 160 is made to face the PS plate 12 mounted on the skid 14 and is brought close to the PS plate 12, when the sensors (not shown) of the air cylinders 51 and 52 are operated first, P mounted on 14
It can be determined that the S plate 12 has a predetermined amount or more (about 50 sheets or more). In addition, the block 55 of the air cylinder 53 is placed on the skid 14 before the air cylinders 51 and 52.
When the sensor (not shown) is actuated before the sensors of the air cylinders 51 and 52 by abutting against the back plate 22 of the air cylinder 51 and the drive shaft 54 contracts, the thickness of the PS plate 12 mounted on the skid 14 becomes smaller than the air cylinder 51. Is less than the difference X in the amount of protrusion between the air cylinder 53 and the PS mounted on the skid 14.
It is possible to determine that the remaining amount of the plate 12 is insufficient (about 50 sheets or less).

As shown in FIG. 10, a plate detection sensor 200 having a pair of pin probes 198 is provided below the suction cup support frame 160, and while tilting the suction cup support frame 160 to the skid 14. The presence or absence of the PS plate 12 on the skid 14 is detected from the change in the energized state depending on whether or not the non-photosensitive surface of the PS plate 12 is brought into contact with the skid plate 14 when brought close to each other. Further, the suction cup support frame 160 has a pair of air nozzles 19 facing downward.
7 is projected. This pair of air nozzles 197
Is moved to the standby position by the movable transfer device 110 adsorbing the PS plate 12 to the stationary transfer device 210, which will be described later.
When handing over the air, air is jetted so that the lower end of the PS plate 12 is pushed toward the preliminary suction cup 225 of the fixed transfer device 210.

In this way, the moving transfer device 110 that has adsorbed and supported the PS plate 12 moves to the standby position along the rail 100 and transfers the PS plate 12 to the fixed transfer device 210. ing.

As shown in FIG. 1, the skid loading section 1
6, a signal tower 84 is arranged at one end of each skid loading port 44 near the insertion port. A rope post 85 is arranged near the standby position and the original position of the moving transfer device 110 between the signal towers 84 having a space. A rope 86 is stretched between the signal tower 84 and the rope post 85 adjacent to each other.
Unless the rope 86 is removed, the skid 14 can be replaced and the vicinity of the skid loading section 16 and the rail 100 cannot be entered.

Each signal tower 84 and rope post 8
5 is provided with a rope switch (not shown) that operates when the rope 86 is removed.
If this rope switch is operated during the operation of 10, it has the role of an emergency stop switch that forcibly shuts off the supply of power and air to the mobile transfer device 100.

A green lamp 87 and a yellow lamp 88 are arranged in two stages above the signal tower 84. The yellow light 88 of the signal tower 84 blinks when the amount of the PS plate 12 mounted on the skid 14 loaded in the corresponding loading port 44 becomes less than or equal to a predetermined amount, and the remaining amount of the PS plate 12 remains. It is supposed to announce that the number is decreasing. Further, when the PS plate 12 is lost on the skid 14, the blinking state is changed to the lighting state. Further, the green light 87 of the signal tower 84 is turned on when the skid 14 is inserted into a predetermined position of the loading port 44 when replacing the skid 14.

Further, the rope posts 85 surrounding the skid loading section 16 are provided with a plurality of operation switch boards 89 arranged at the upper end (two locations as an example in this embodiment). As shown in FIG. 15, this operation switch board 8
9 includes a stop switch 90 for stopping the operation of the transfer device 110, a start switch 91 and a stop indicator light 92, and the stage 42 of the skid loading section 16 has a melody that operates in conjunction with the stop indicator light 92. A horn is attached (not shown).

In the operation switch panel 89, the stop switch 9
When 0 is operated, the stop indicator lamp 92 blinks, and when the transfer device 110 is adsorbing the PS plate 12 or is in an operation for adsorbing the PS plate 12, the adsorbed PS
The plate 12 is delivered to the fixed transfer device 210, and the supply of power and air is cut off at the standby position to stop. In addition, the moving transfer device 110 does not adsorb the PS plate 12 to the rail 10
When moving along 0, after moving to the standby position or the original position, the supply of power and air is cut off and stopped. Further, in the operation switch panel 89, when the mobile transfer device 110 stops at the standby position or the original position, the stop indicator lamp 92 changes from a blinking state to a lighting state, and a melody horn provided in the skid loading section 16 starts to ring. ing. When exchanging the skid 14 loaded in the skid loading section 16, the rope 86 is removed from the signal tower 84 after the movement transfer device 110 is stopped in this way.

By operating the start-up switch 91 while the mobile transfer device 110 is stopped at the standby position or the original position, the melody horn is stopped and the stop indicator lamp 92 is turned off, and the mobile transfer device is turned off. The operation of 110 is restarted.

A plate size setting panel 350 is arranged on the control panel 50 arranged near the original position of the moving transfer device 110 shown in FIG. As shown in FIG.
The plate size setting panel 350 is provided with a plate type setting switch 358 and a plate size setting switch 360 corresponding to each loading port 44 (each skid No.) of the skid loading unit 16.

The plate type setting switch 358 uses, for example, a dip switch that can be selected in any of three positions, and is a "no water" positive type PS for displaying a waterless PS plate.
The type of the PS plate 12 loaded in the loading port 44 can be set to either "PS positive" for displaying the plate or "PS negative" for displaying the negative PS plate. Further, the plate size selection switch 360 sets a number corresponding to the size of the PS plate 12 in advance, and the number corresponding to the size of the PS plate 12 mounted on each skid 14 is displayed on the display unit 356. It has become. The display number of the display unit 356 can be switched by the down switch 352 and the up switch 354. As a result, the size and type of the PS plate 12 to be loaded can be set for each loading port 44. Also,
Whether or not the type and size of the PS plate 12 loaded in the loading port 44 matches the set type is read from the bar code recorded on the skid 14 and collated. In the present embodiment, as an example, the plate size (width x length) corresponding to the display number is 1157 for the display number 1 respectively.
mm × 940 mm, display number 2 is 1147 mm × 905 mm, display number 3
Is 1115 mm x 940 mm, display number 4 is 1250 mm x 1000 mm, display number 5 is 1313 mm x 1060 mm, display number 6 is 1310 mm x 907 m
m, display number 7 is 681 mm × 1062.5 mm, display number 8 is 605 m
It is set to m x 900 mm. Display numbers 9 and 1
0 is not used in this embodiment.

In the moving transfer device 110, when the plate type and size are input to the control panel 50, the skid loading section 16 in which the skid 14 carrying the corresponding PS plate 12 is loaded is loaded into the loading port 44. The PS plate 12 is moved and adsorbed, and the PS plate 12 is conveyed to a standby position and fixedly transferred to the transfer device 230.
It is designed to be handed over to. In this embodiment, an output from a printing system or the like provided on the downstream side of the automatic punching device 10, for example, including a plurality of printing machines is input to set the plate type and the plate size. ing.

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,
The PS plate 12 is supported by 170, 172, 192 (see FIG. 10). 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 2
The conveyance directions after 40 are opposite to each other (shifted by 180 °).

As shown in FIGS. 17 to 19, the frame body 211 is assembled to the fixed transfer device 210 by a plurality of square members. Frame body 2
The surface of 11 that faces the moving transfer device 110 and the surface plate 400 has two beams 21 that are parallel to each other in the middle portion in the height direction.
Nos. 2, 213 (see FIG. 17) are bridged, and the others are opened.

On the side surface of the upper beam 212, a rodless cylinder 222 is arranged over the entire area in the longitudinal direction of the beam 212. The drive block 222A of the rodless cylinder 222 is configured to move along the side surface of the rodless cylinder 222.

A support frame 216 is attached to the drive block 222A. The upper end of the support frame 216 has an overall upper shape that moves and transfers the transfer device 110 and the surface plate 400.
It is formed into a substantially L-shape that is bent at a right angle to the direction of separating from, and is assembled in a frame shape with a plurality of square members. Further, the support frame 216, the lower beam 213, and the frame body 2
A guide rail 226 is attached to the upper beam 212 of 11 to slidably support the support frame 216 to the frame body 211. Therefore, the support frame 21
6 will also be moved along the beam 212 together with the drive block 222A.

By this movement, the support frame 216
Is a position facing the transfer device 110 and the surface plate 400.
It becomes possible to move to a position facing.

At both lower corners of the support frame 216,
One side of the hinge 224 is fixed. A rotating frame 228 is fixed to the other side of the hinge 224. Therefore, the rotating frame 228 can be rotated in the arrow R direction in FIG. 18 from the vertical state to the horizontal state about 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 is rotatably attached to the back side of the rotating frame 228.

Here, the rod 2 of the air cylinder 214
The rotating frame 228 is held in a vertical state when the 14A is retracted, and the rotating frame 228 is held in a horizontal state when the rod 214A is extended.

As shown in FIG. 19, the rotating frame 22
8 is configured by stacking the base plate 230 and the moving frame 232. The base plate 230 has a pair of hinges 22.
4 is attached to the support frame 216, and is rotatable about the hinge 224 from the vertical position to the horizontal position by about 90 °.

The moving frame 232 includes a suction cup support frame 21.
8 is supported in parallel with the moving frame 232.

This sucker support frame 218 and the moving frame 2
A slide member 234 is interposed between the slide member 232 and 32. The slide member 234 is fixed to the suction cup support frame 218 via a bracket 236 on the back side thereof,
The movable frame 232 is fixed to both widthwise end portions thereof. The slide member 234 includes a pair of substantially C-shaped main bodies 23.
The openings of 4A are opposed to each other and are connected via a slide block (not shown).

As a result, the moving frame 232 and the suction cup supporting frame 218 are relatively movable along the longitudinal direction of the main body 234A of the slide member 234.

The body of the rodless cylinder 238 is attached to the base plate 230, and its slider 238A is
It is attached to the back surface of the suction cup support frame 218. Therefore, by driving the rodless cylinder 238, the suction cup support frame 218 is moved along the longitudinal direction of the main body 234A of the slide member 234.

Here, the PS plate 1 is transferred from the mobile transfer device 110.
This PS plate 12 is punched by the punching device 24 while receiving 2.
When it is laterally moved to a position corresponding to 0, the air cylinder 214 is driven to move the base plate 23 around the hinge 224.
After 0 is rotated (horizontal state), the suction cup support frame 218 is horizontally moved by driving the rodless cylinder 238.

A suction cup 220 is attached to the suction cup support frame 218.
And a preliminary suction cup 225 is attached. Negative pressure supply means (not shown) is connected to these suction cups 220 and 225, and the PS plate 12 supported by the moving transfer device 110.
When they are opposed to each other, a negative pressure is supplied to suck the photosensitive surface of the PS plate 12 to support the PS plate 12. 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, suction cups 168, 17 of the moving transfer device 110 are detected.
Supply of negative pressure to 0, 172, and 192 is released, and PS
The plate 12 is transferred to the fixed transfer device 210.

The preliminary suction cup 225 is a large-sized PS.
It has a role of preventing the PS plate 12 from sagging when the PS plate 12 is placed in a horizontal state with the plate 12 adsorbed.

That is, as shown in FIGS. 19 and 20, the suction cup support frame 218 has three rows of suction cups 2.
20 and preliminary suction cups 225 are arranged, and the suction cups 168, 170, 172, 194 attached to the suction cup support frame 160 on the side of the transfer device 110 are arranged in two rows. Is supported.

Here, the pair of air nozzles 197.
As shown in FIG. 20, corresponds to the arrangement position of the preliminary suction cup 225, and when the PS plate 12 sucked on the moving transfer device 110 side is transferred to the fixed transfer device 210 side and sucked, Curved PS as shown by the phantom line in FIG.
The plate 12 is pressed by the wind pressure in the direction of the preliminary suction cup 225 to make it straight as shown by the solid line in FIG.
It is designed to be closely attached to 5. Therefore, the adsorbability of the PS plate 12 to the preliminary suction cup 225 is improved.

Fixed transfer device 21 that received the PS plate 12
No. 0 sucker support frame 218 is a rodless cylinder 2
It is moved to the position where the surface plate 400 is arranged by the driving force of 22.

As shown in FIG. 21, the surface plate 400 is
A plurality of flat plates are combined to form a substantially rectangular shape. The suction groove 40 is provided on the mounting surface of the PS plate 12 of the surface plate 400.
3 is provided, and the PS plate 12 is fed in and positioned at a predetermined position, and then the negative pressure generating means makes the suction groove 403 negative pressure to hold the PS plate 12.

A plurality of circular grooves 402 (see FIG. 22) are provided on the mounting surface of the PS plate 12 of the surface plate 400. The plurality of circular grooves 402 have a role of reducing the contact area between the back surface of the PS plate 12 placed on the surface plate 400 and the surface plate 400. That is, the PS plate 12 does not reach a predetermined position immediately after being fed from the fixed transfer device 210, and is moved to a predetermined position by sliding on the surface plate 400 by pushers 404 and 406 described later. Has become. If the contact area with the surface plate 400 is large during this sliding, the slidability may be deteriorated due to, for example, the influence of static electricity. Therefore, the circular groove 402 reduces the contact area to prevent the slidability from being deteriorated by static electricity or the like.

Further, by means of this circular groove 402, the PS
The resistance force when the plate 12 is separated (peeled) from the surface plate 400 is also relaxed.

On the surface plate 400, pushers 404 and 406 for pressing the PS plate 12 are arranged. As shown in FIG. 23, the pusher 404 is provided in the air cylinder 2
The drive shaft 282A of No. 82 is pivotally supported by a shaft attached via a moving block 405. The air cylinder 282 is attached to a guide block 407 that guides the moving block 405 via a bracket 409.

Each of the pair of pushers 404 is fixed to a moving support plate 411 provided below the surface plate 400. The movable support plate 411 is movable below the surface plate 400 guided by the pair of rods 413.

A male screw shaft 415 parallel to the rod 413 is provided at the center of the moving support plate 411 in the longitudinal direction.
Is provided. A drive shaft of the motor 421 is connected to one end of the male screw shaft 415, and a moving block 417 is screwed into the male screw shaft 415. Moving block 41
7 is the moving support plate 411 via the bracket 419.
Is fixed to the bottom surface of.

As a result, when the motor 421 is driven,
The moving support plate 411 moves the rod 4 by the ball screw mechanism.
13 along with the pusher 404
Can be moved.

That is, the pusher 404 is connected to the motor 4
The PS plate 12 is moved to a predetermined position (the stop position is detected by a sensor (not shown)) according to the size of the PS plate 12 by 21.
Is configured to be pressed.

As shown in FIG. 21, P of the surface plate 400
Two pairs of punchers 294, 29 are provided on the front side in the S plate transport direction.
6 is provided, and the puncher 2 is provided on the left side in the PS plate conveying direction.
98 and 304 are provided. These punchers 294, 296, 298, 304 are positioned on the surface plate 400 and inserted into the respective accommodating sections 300.
A punch hole for breeding and plate bending is provided at a position corresponding to the size of the PS plate 12 at the end of the.

Punchers 294, 296, 298, 30
Since 4 has the same structure, the structure will be described with reference to FIG. 24 by taking the puncher 294 as an example.

In the puncher 294, a support block 416 that pivotally supports the punch blade 414 is provided at the center in the width direction of the base portion 412 having a surface that coincides with the upper surface of the surface plate 400. The support block 416 and the base portion 41
An accommodating portion 300 that accommodates the PS plate 12 is formed between the accommodating part 300 and the PS plate 12.

On the lower end surface of the base portion 412, the block 4
A cylinder base 420 is attached via 18. The body of the cylinder 422 is fixed to the cylinder base 420, and the cylinder rod 422A is projected upward.

A movable portion 426 of the puncher 294 is attached to the tip of the cylinder rod 422A via a bracket 424.
Are rotatably supported by a shaft 428. The movable part 426 is
It extends onto the base portion 412. In addition, a pair of support columns 430 is extended from both side surfaces of the support block 416, and a shaft 432 is stretched between the support columns 430, and an intermediate portion in the extension direction of the movable portion 426 is an axis. It is supported. Accordingly, the movable portion 426 is rotated around the shaft 432 in a seesaw shape due to the expansion and contraction of the cylinder rod 422A.

A pressing portion 434 is provided at the tip of the movable portion 426.
Is formed and corresponds to the upper end of the punch blade 414. Here, when the cylinder rod 422A extends, the movable portion 426 is rotated about the shaft 432 in the clockwise direction in FIG. 24, and the punch blade 414 is pressed down.

The base portion 412 is provided with a fixed blade (female blade) 436 corresponding to the punch blade 414, and the punch blade 414 is depressed while the PS plate 12 is stored in the storage portion 300. Then, the PS plate 12 can be punched.

In addition, the support plate 416 is provided on the support plate 416.
38 are provided. The retainer plate 438 has a retainer 438.
A pair of support portions 438B extends upward from A, and a pin 438C is stretched over the upper end portion thereof. The pin 438C is supported by the support piece 440 attached to the movable portion 426 when the cylinder rod 422A is retracted. As a result, the holding plate 438
Are held in a lifted state with respect to the base portion 412.

The holding portion 438A is urged toward the base portion 412 by the urging force of the compression coil spring 442 housed in the hole 416A of the support block 416. Pin 4
By releasing the support of 38C, the PS plate 12 can be suppressed by the biasing force of the compression coil spring 442.

That is, the punching holes are punched by the punch blade 414, slightly behind the pressing of the PS plate 12 by the pressing plate 438.

A positioning roller 444 is arranged on the inner side of the movement path of the punch holes of the accommodating section 300. In the positioning roller 444, the shaft 444A has a base portion 41.
The shaft 444A is rotatably supported on the shaft 444A via a bearing (not shown) and is rotatable by sliding contact with the PS plate.

By positioning the PS plate 12 against the positioning roller 444, positioning is performed. That is, since the positioning roller 444 and the punch blade 414 are both provided on the puncher 294, the relative positions of them are not displaced, and accurate positioning can be performed.

Further, as shown in FIG. 21, a surface plate 400
A circular hole 42 is provided near the upper punchers 294 and 298.
3 is provided, and the reflection type photoelectric sensor 4 is provided below the surface plate 400.
25 are provided. The presence or absence of the PS plate 12 can be determined by the detection signal of the photoelectric sensor 425.

As shown in FIG. 25, the puncher 29
4, 296, 298, 304 (8 in total) are provided below the surface plate 400 corresponding to the arrangement positions (including the moving range).
Shooters 446, 448 are provided.

The shooter 446 corresponding to the two punchers 298 and 304 located on the front side surface of the PS plate 12 in the conveying direction has the upper end opening dimension of the punchers 298 and 30.
4 is secured, and the width dimension of the lower end opening is narrowed to form a tapered shape. A scrap receiving box 450 is provided below the shooter 446.

As a result, the punch scraps, which have been punched by the punchers 298 and 304, pass through the inner space of the fixed blade 436 to reach the shooter 446, and are guided by the shooter 446 and stored in the scrap receiving box 450. To be done.

A handle 450A is attached to the waste receiving box 450, and when discarding punch waste, it is sufficient to grasp the handle 450A and pull out the waste receiving box 450.

On the other hand, the shooters 448 corresponding to the two movable punchers 298, 304 located on the rear side of the PS plate 12 in the conveying direction and the four punchers 294, 296 whose positions are fixed are the shooter 446 and the shooter 446. Although having the same shape, the length dimension thereof is about twice that of the shooter 446 in order to accommodate a total of six punchers.

Here, a pair of waste receiving boxes 452, 454 are arranged in series at the lower end opening of the long shooter 448.

Handles 452A and 454A are attached to the pair of waste receiving boxes 452 and 454, respectively, so that they can be used independently.

As shown in FIG. 26, a substantially L-shaped hook 456 is formed on the surface of the front scrap receiving box 452 which faces the rear scrap receiving box 454. This hook 4
The front end of 65 is hooked on the back side scrap receiving box 454, whereby the front side and back side waste receiving boxes 452, 454 are connected. That is, by pulling out the front-side waste receiving box 452, the back-side waste receiving box 454 can also be pulled out accordingly, and is connected when all the front-side waste receiving boxes 452 are pulled out. Is released, and the handle 454A of the waste receiving box 454 on the back side is grasped and pulled out, whereby the pull-out space can be halved.

As shown in FIG. 27, a discharge device 500 is provided from above the surface plate 242 to a pallet 600 for carrying to the next step. This ejector 5
00, a base 502 described later moves above the surface plate 400 and the pallet 600. Figure 2
As shown in FIG. 8, the fixed frame 504 includes a surface plate 4
A pair of guide rails 506 extending from above 00 to above the pallet 600 are arranged. In the vicinity of one guide rail 506, the driving direction is the guide rail 50.
6, a rodless cylinder 508 arranged in parallel with 6 is arranged.

A substantially rectangular base 502 is bridged between a pair of guide rails 506 via a moving frame 530.

Here, as shown in FIG. 29, the leg portion 5 of the moving frame 530 near the other guide rail 506.
A cylinder 534 is attached to 30A, and a drive shaft 534A thereof projects downward. The fixed frame 504 near the guide rail 506 has a base 5
No. 02 surface plate 400 and PS plate 1 to the subsequent process
Positioning cylinders 536 are provided via brackets 538 corresponding to the respective two transfer positions.
The drive shaft 534A of the cylinder 534 has a role as a positioning rod, and when the base 502 reaches a predetermined position, it is extended by the drive of the cylinder 534 and guided and housed in the cylindrical portion 536. Has become. Therefore, the base 502 is securely fixed at the predetermined position.

As shown in FIGS. 28 and 30, the base 502 is fixed to the main body of the horizontally moving sub-cylinder 510 corresponding to the rodless cylinder 508. A drive shaft 510A and a guide shaft 510B of the horizontally moving sub-cylinder 510 are connected to a drive block 508A of the rodless cylinder 508 via a bracket 512.

When the rodless cylinder 508 is driven, the drive block 508A moves, so that the base 502 moves along the guide rail 506. Further, when the horizontally moving sub-cylinder 510 is driven while the rodless cylinder 508 is not driven, the base 50 is moved.
2 will be moved a little horizontally, but in this case,
The drive block 508A and the base 502 are designed to move relative to each other.

The horizontal movement amount by the horizontal movement sub-cylinder 510 is determined by the accommodating portion 300 of the punchers 294 and 296.
Is determined according to the depth dimension of
Since the depth is about 20 mm, the drive rod 508A and the base 502 are relatively moved with a slightly larger movement amount (about 25 mm). As a result, the vertical movement path of the PS plate 12 and the puncher 2
94 and 296 will not be interfered with each other.

A drive shaft 516 is provided at the center of the base 502.
An air cylinder 516 having A projecting downward is fixed, and a drive shaft 516A penetrates the base 502 and is fixed to a suction cup support frame 518 arranged below and parallel to the base 502. In addition, the air cylinder 51
6, a plurality of guide rods 520 whose axial direction is parallel to the drive shaft 516A of the air cylinder 516,
It is slidably arranged on the base 502 via a slide bearing 522. The upper ends of the guide rods 520 are fixed to the rectangular top plate 524, respectively. A rectangular hole 524A is formed in the center of the top plate 524,
The structure does not interfere with the air cylinder 516.

The lower end of the guide rod 520 is fixed to the suction cup support frame 518, and the air cylinder 5
16 is driven to sucker support frame 518 and top plate 5.
Both 24 are raised and lowered in a horizontal state. Suction cups 526 and 527 are attached to the suction cup support frame 518, and these suction cups 526 are connected to a negative pressure supply means (not shown), and the PS plate on the surface plate 400 is supplied with the negative pressure. 12 is adsorbed.
The suction cup 527 is attached via a bracket 529 to a position separated from the suction cup support frame 518, and sucks the vicinity of the punched portion of the punch hole. The suction cup 527 has an outer diameter smaller than that of the suction cup 526 directly attached to the suction cup support frame 518.

Further, as shown in FIG. 31A, a nozzle 531 for air injection is provided near the suction cup 527.
Is provided, and the ejection port thereof is directed to the suction direction of the PS plate 12. From the nozzle 531, guide pins 602 on the pallet 600 described later (see FIG. 31B).
When it is inserted into the punch hole, air is blown out.

As shown in FIGS. 28 and 32, the main body of the lifting sub-cylinder 528 is fixed to the upper end of the base 502 corresponding to the guide rods 520 at the four corners. The drive shaft 5 of this lifting sub-cylinder 528
28A is projected upward, and the tip thereof is fixed to a bracket 532 which is stretched over a pair of moving frames 530 supporting the base 502.

When the sub-cylinder 528 is driven, the drive shaft 528A expands and contracts slightly. The amount of expansion and contraction corresponds to the gap size of the accommodating portion 300 of the punchers 294 and 296.
The amount of expansion and contraction (for example, about 4 mm) is smaller than the gap size of 00 (about 7 mm).

That is, the suction sub-cylinders 528 of the suction cups 526 and 527 of the suction cup support frame 518 are shown in FIG.
In the state of 2 (B), the PS plate 12 is brought into close contact with the PS plate 12, and a part of the PS plate 12 placed on the surface plate 242 is accommodated in the accommodating portion 300, and is driven when adsorbing and lifting ( FIG. 32 (A) (state), which allows the PS plate 12
Is held (lifted) from the surface plate 400 and held without interference with the punchers 294 and 296.

Thereafter, the horizontally moving sub-cylinder 510 is
The PS plate 12 is completely removed from the accommodating portion 300 of the punchers 294, 296 by driving
Interference between the movement locus of the S plate 12 and the punchers 294 and 296 when it is moved up and down is eliminated.

Therefore, the suction plate support frame 518 is raised by the air cylinder 516 and horizontally moved by the rodless cylinder 508, so that the PS plate 12 can be discharged from the surface plate 400 onto the pallet 600 in the subsequent step. It will be possible.

As shown in FIGS. 31A and 31B,
A guide pin 602 is projected on the pallet 600. As for the guide pin 602, the PS plate 12 has a suction cup 52.
6 and 527 are sucked and moved horizontally, and pallet 600
When it is placed on the PS plate 12, the PS plate 12 is arranged at a position corresponding to the punched hole. Therefore, when the PS plate 12 is placed on the pallet 600, the guide pins 602 are inserted into the punch holes, so that the placement position of the PS plate 12 on the pallet 600 is always constant.

Here, the guide pin 602 has an outer diameter L
Is 5.8 mm, which is slightly smaller than the opening diameter M (6 mm) of the punched holes formed in the PS plate 12 for easy insertion, and the air jet from the nozzle 531 In the PS plate 12, the punch hole is pressed in the direction in which it is inserted into the guide pin 602, and the insertability is further enhanced.

Next, the operation of the automatic punching device 10 according to this embodiment will be described. After loading the skid 14 having the PS plate 12 of a predetermined size and type into each loading port of the skid loading unit 16, the PS plate 12 of a desired size and type is loaded by the transfer device 110.
It is taken out from the skid 14 and delivered to the fixed transfer device 210.

The movement of the movement transfer device 110 will be described below (see the flowchart of FIG. 33).

When the power switch (not shown) is turned on to start the operation, the flag G is confirmed (step 90
0), if the flag G is not set, the reference position (original position) is set. In order to pulse-control the drive of the servo motor 114, it is necessary to determine the reference position. This reference position is provided with an original position near the end of the rail 100 opposite to the fixed transfer device 210, apart from the position where the skids 14 are arranged, and corresponds to each skid 14 by the number of pulses from this original position. It is moved to the position where you want to.

A proximity sensor 201 is provided at the original position, the moving transfer device 110 moves toward the original position (step 902), and the detected piece 208 provided at the moving transfer device 110 side. By blocking this, the preliminary position of the moving transfer device 110 is detected (step 904).
Here, the drive of the servo motor 114 is not immediately stopped, but the drive is continued.

That is, if control is performed so that the driving of the servo motor 114 is stopped when the preliminary position is detected,
Due to machine difference (deviation of proximity sensor, deviation of detected piece 208), an error corresponding to one rotation of the drive shaft of the servo motor 114 may occur. Therefore, the drive of the servo motor 114 is stopped and the original position is set at the time when the pulse output every one rotation of the drive shaft of the servo motor 114 is detected among the output pulses accompanying the drive of the servo motor 114 (step 90
6) The flag G is set (step 908). The flag G is reset when the operation of the device is finished (for example, when the power is turned off) or when the device is reset.

In this way, the displacement at the time of positioning the movable transfer device 110 can always be positioned at a fixed position as long as the machine difference is within the range of one rotation of the drive shaft of the servo motor 114.

Here, since the servo motor 114 is pulse-controlled, the movement range of the movement transfer device 110 is determined by the instructed number of pulses, but may overrun due to some factor. For example, as a mechanical factor, a shift in meshing of the teeth of the rack gear 108, a relative shift between the servo motor drive shaft and the pinion gear 116, and the like can be considered.

Therefore, in this embodiment, the movement of the movement transfer device 110 is controlled by pulse control, and limit switches 201 and 202 for confirmation are provided near both ends of the movement range (outside the normal movement range). Limit switch 2
The mobile transfer device 110 is detected at 01 and 202 (step 9
10, 912), the servo motor 114 is forced
Is stopped (step 912). This prevents the mobile transfer device 110 from significantly overrun. Further, since the shock absorber 203 is used together with the limit switches 201 and 202, the shock can be softened when the moving transfer device is forcibly stopped.

As described above, the movable transfer device 110 positioned at the original position is moved to the position corresponding to the predetermined skid 14 in accordance with the instruction by the pulse number thereafter. Also,
In this original position, since the skid 14 does not exist, a maintenance work space can be relatively ensured even when the arm unit such as the suction cup support frame 160 is extended to the maximum extent.

Further, in the moving transfer device 110, the servo motor 114 and the suction cups 168, 170, 172, 19 are provided.
Electrical wiring such as a solenoid valve, air piping, and the like, which are arranged between the negative pressure supply means 2 and the negative pressure supply means, are also provided, and these also move, but in this embodiment, a cable bear 189 or the like is used. Therefore, for example, even if the wiring is frequently deformed, its strength is sufficient and there is no problem such as disconnection.

Next, when the size and type of the PS plate 12 are selected and input to the control panel 50 (step 916),
From the skids 14 loaded in the skid loading section 16, the skid 14 on which the PS plate 12 is placed according to the selection is searched (step 918), and the mobile transfer device 110 is moved to the rail based on the search result. Begin moving along 100 (step 920).

The servo motor 114 is driven based on the number of pulses corresponding to the retrieved skid 14, and when the servo motor 114 reaches a predetermined position, the drive of the servo motor 114 is stopped.
Along with this, a proximity sensor 206 is provided at a position corresponding to each skid 14, and the presence or absence of the moving transfer device 110 can be confirmed by blocking the detected piece 208 (step 922).

That is, the servo motor 11 is controlled by pulse control.
The position corresponding to each skid 14 can be confirmed by controlling the drive and stop of No. 4 and the proximity sensor 206, and the positional deviation by pulse control (that is, feedforward control) can be confirmed by other means. . Therefore, before a serious problem such as interference with the skid 14 due to the subsequent extension of the arm 140 occurs,
Errors can be suppressed to a minimum. If an error occurs, error processing is performed (step 924). This error processing may be performed, for example, by returning the movable transfer device 110 to the original position and then moving it from the original position again. If this does not stop at the predetermined position even after repeating this several times, the manual operation is performed. You may make it position-align by.

The moving transfer device 110 moves on the rail 100 by the drive of the servo motor 114, and the desired PS
When the plate 12 is stopped at a predetermined position of the loading port 44, the moving transfer device 110 starts the suction operation of the PS plate 12 (step 926).

When the PS plate 12 of a desired size is taken out from the skid 14 by the suction operation, the moving transfer device 110
Moves toward the standby position on the fixed transfer device 210 side (step 928). At this time, the mobile transfer device 110
Is decelerated when it reaches the vicinity of the standby position, and the proximity sensor 20
5 detects the detected piece 208 (step 930),
It stops at a predetermined position (standby position) in the same manner as it stops at the original position (step 932). In this way
Mobile transfer device 110 that moved the PS plate 12 to the standby position
Performs the process of delivering the PS plate 12 to the fixed transfer device 210 (step 934).

Here, it is confirmed by the flag F whether or not the stop switch 90 of the operation switch panel 89 is operated (step 936). If the flag F is set, the process proceeds to step 938 and temporarily. Perform stop processing. The suspension will be described later.

Next, the PS plate take-out process will be described (see FIG. 3).
(See the flowchart of 4). The movable transfer device 110 stopped at a predetermined position is contracted and arranged in the original position on the front surface of the support base 134 and the support frame 1 and the support frame 1.
50 is extended by driving the rodless cylinders 142 and 148 (step 1000). At this time, since the rodless cylinders 142 and 148 operate simultaneously so as to extend the support frame 150 in the same direction, the suction cup support frame 160 arranged on the support frame 150 is mounted on the skid 14 in a short time. It can be made to face the surface of the PS plate 12 present. In addition, the support frame 150
Can be accommodated in a compact state even if the difference between the extended state and the contracted state is large because the arm 140 expands and contracts in two stages via the arm 140.

By making the suction cup support frame 160 attached to the support frame 150 face the surface of the PS plate 12, the suction cups 168, 170, 172, 192 attached to the suction cup support frame 160 are moved to the P position on the skid 14.
It can be arranged corresponding to the S plate 12.

Next, the suction cup support frame 160 is moved from the vertical position by 15 by driving the air cylinder 156.
Tilt (step 1002), PS on skid 14
The plate 12 is parallel to the surface of the plate 12. In this state, the air cylinders 180, 182, 184 are driven to suck the suction cups 168,
170 and 172 are projected and the air cylinder 5
After driving 1, 52, 53 to project the block 55 (step 1004), the suction cup support frame 160 is moved to P
It approaches toward the S plate 12 (step 1006). When the suction cup support frame 160 is brought close to the surface of the PS plate 12, the servo motor 114 of the moving transfer device 110 is used.
At the same time, the servomotor 130 is driven to approach while descending, so that the suction cup support frame 160 faces a certain position of the PS plate 12.

In this way, the suction cup support frame 160
When the skid 14 approaches the PS plate 12 of the skid 14, the block 55 of any of the air cylinders 51, 52, and 53 comes into contact with the surface of the PS plate 12 or the back plate 22. As a result, it is confirmed whether or not the remaining amount of the PS plate 12 on the skid 14 is equal to or more than a predetermined amount (about 50 sheets in this embodiment) (step 1).
008, 1010, 1012, 1014).

That is, when a predetermined number or more of PS plates 12 are stacked on the skid 14, the P stacked plates are stacked.
Since the thickness of the S plate 12 is larger than the difference X in the protrusion amount of the block 55 between the air cylinder 51 and the air cylinder 53, the blocks 55 of the air cylinders 51 and 52 first come into contact with the outermost PS plate 12 and are driven. The shaft 54 contracts and an internal switch (not shown) operates. This makes it possible to detect that the remaining amount of the PS plate 12 mounted on the skid 14 is not insufficient.

Further, the remaining amount of the PS plates 12 mounted on the skid 14 is insufficient, and the thickness of the stacked PS plates 12 is smaller than the difference X in the protrusion amount of the blocks 55 of the air cylinder 51 and the air cylinder 53. In this case, when the suction cup support frame 160 approaches the back plate 22 of the skid 14, the block 55 of the air cylinder 53 first comes into contact with the back plate 22 of the skid 14, and the drive shaft 54 of the air cylinder 53 contracts. Thereby, the air cylinders 51, 52
The sensor of the air cylinder 53 operates before the sensor of 1. As a result, the remaining amount of the PS plate 12 mounted on the skid 14 is less than or equal to a predetermined amount (about 50 in this embodiment).
It is possible to detect that the PS plate 12 is insufficient, and output that the remaining amount of the PS plate 12 is insufficient (step 101).
6). As a result, the yellow light 88 of the signal tower 84 provided corresponding to each of the loading ports 44 blinks, and it can be confirmed that the remaining amount of the PS plate 12 mounted on the skid 14 is insufficient. It is like this.

Furthermore, when the blocks 55 of the air cylinders 51 and 52 do not contact the surface of the PS plate 12 at substantially the same time, the PS plate 1 is kept in a predetermined state with the suction cup support frame 160.
When it is determined that the PS plate 12 is not opposed to the second plate, the work for taking out the PS plate 12 is stopped (step 1018).

As described above, in this embodiment, by using the air cylinders 51, 52, and 53 of the same standard, the mounting positions are changed and the remaining amount of the PS plate 12 mounted on the skid 14 is not less than a predetermined amount. Since it is detected whether there is a shortage, it is extremely easy to set and confirm the detection range.

Block 55 of air cylinders 51 and 52
Contact the surface of the PS plate 12 at substantially the same time and determine that the suction cup support frame 160 faces the surface of the PS plate 12 in a predetermined state, a negative pressure is supplied to the suction cups 168, 170, 172 to supply PS. Start adsorption of the plate 12 (step 10)
20). At the same time, the air cylinders 51, 52, 5
The drive shaft 54 of No. 3 is contracted. After that, when it is confirmed that the suction plates 168, 170, 172 have adsorbed the PS plate 12 by a vacuum switch (not shown) (step 102).
2) The air cylinder 186 is operated to cause the suction cup 192 to protrude, and the PS plate 12 is adsorbed by the suction cup 192 (step 1024). At this time, when the plate detection sensor 200 detects the PS plate 12 (step 1026),
A single-wafer process is performed in which only the outermost PS plate 12 is adsorbed and taken out (step 1030). When the plate detection sensor 200 does not detect the PS plate 12, it is determined that there is no PS plate 12 on the skid 14. And suckers 168, 170, 1
The negative pressure supply to 72 and 192 is released, and the taking out of the PS plate 12 is stopped (step 1028).

In the moving transfer device 110, adsorption of the PS plate 12 of the outermost layer is started while confirming the remaining amount of the PS plate 12 mounted on the skid 14 in this way.

As shown in FIGS. 11 (A) to 11 (C), the upper suction cups 168, 172, 174 have different strokes.
The plate 12 elastically deforms into a mountain shape. The elastic deformation of the PS plate 12 is caused between the suction cup 168 and the suction cups 170 on both sides of the suction cup 168.
Two chevron shapes can be formed, and a gap is formed between each of the chevron-shaped portions and the PS plate 12 of the next layer, and air is supplied from the air nozzle 196 to this gap. As a result, air enters between the outermost PS plate 12 and the next PS plate 12, and the suction cup 16 of the suction cup support frame 160 is sucked.
PS plate 12 adsorbed by 8, 170, 172, 192
It is possible to release the close contact state between the PS plate 12 of the next layer.

In this way, the suction cups 168, 170, 1
With the PS plate 12 adsorbed by the 72, 192, the air cylinders 180, 182, 184, 186 are contracted and the suction cup support frame 160 is skided.
By separating from the skid 14, only the outermost PS plate 12 can be reliably taken out from the skid 14.

The sucker support frame 160, which has taken out the PS plate 12 of the outermost layer from the skid 14, is in its original position (vertical state).
And the air cylinders 142 and 148 are driven to return the arm 140 and the support frame 150 to the original position (step 1032). This makes rail 100
The suction cup support frame 160, which has largely protruded from the skid loading section 16 side, is returned to the rail 100 in a state where the PS plate 12 is adsorbed and held.

By the way, the circumference of the skid loading section 16 is
The rope posts 85 and the signal towers 84 are arranged so that the rope 86 is stretched around to prevent entry into the moving range of the moving transfer device 110, thereby ensuring safety within the moving range of the moving transfer device 110. If the rope 86 is detached and the rope is to be inserted into the skid loading section 16, the mobile transfer device 110 is designed to be in an emergency stop. The skid 1 loaded in the loading port 44 of the skid loading section 16
4 is replaced, the stop switch 90 of the operation switch board 89 is operated to stop the mobile transfer device 110 at the original position or the standby position.

Next, the temporary suspension of the moving transfer device 110 will be described (see the flowcharts of FIGS. 37 and 38). In the interrupt routine shown in FIG. 37, it is confirmed whether or not the stop switch 90 of the operation switch board 89 has been operated (step 940). When the stop switch 90 is operated, the operation state of the moving transfer device 110 is confirmed (step 942), and the operation for adsorbing the PS plate 12 is performed, or when the PS plate 12 is adsorbed. Has
The flag F is set (step 944). Also, P
If the suction operation of the S plate 12 is not started, the moving transfer device 110 is moved to the standby position or the original position (step 94
6) Then, a pause process is performed (step 938).

The flowchart of FIG. 38 shows the temporary transfer state of the moving transfer device 110.

In this paused state, the first step 9
At 50, the power and air (including negative pressure) to the mobile transfer device 110 are shut off to bring about the same state as an emergency stop, and a melody phon not shown is sounded to stop the mobile transfer device 110. Notification (step 9)
52). At this time, the stop display of the operation switch panel 89, etc. 9
2 lights up.

In this way, the mobile transfer device 110 is set to P
In a state where the S plate 12 is not adsorbed, the power supply and the air supply are shut off in a state where the S plate 12 is moved to the original position on the control panel 50 side or the standby position on the fixed transfer device 210 side, and the transfer device 11 is moved.
After confirming the stop of 0 by the stop indicator lamp 92 of the operation switch panel 89 or the melody horn,
By removing the rope 86 of 4, the skid 14 can be replaced. Here, in a state where the rope 86 is removed from the signal tower 84 or the rope post 85, the transfer device 110 is not activated.

The skid 14 is replaced to move and transfer device 11
When activating 0, the rope 86 is hung on the signal tower 84 (confirmed in step 954), and then the activation switch 91 of the operation switch panel 89 is operated (step 9).
Confirm with 56). As a result, power and air can be supplied to the moving transfer device 110 (step 958),
In the next step 960, the flag F is reset. As a result, the mobile transfer device 110 can start from the work next to the work completed before the stop.

When the mobile transfer device 110 is stopped, the mobile transfer device 110 is stopped at the original position or the standby position at the end of the rail 100 without the PS plate 12 being adsorbed. It is easy to restart the mobile transfer device 110.

For example, if the mobile transfer device 110 is the PS plate 12
If it is stopped while sucking and holding the PS plate 12, the supply of air (negative pressure) is cut off, so that the PS plate 12 cannot be sucked and held.
Will fall on the floor, for example. In addition, the suction cup support frame 160 may stop in a protruding state.
It is not easy to restart the mobile transfer device 110 from such a state and to continue the processing before the stop, and the suction cup support frame 160 is used by the skid loading unit 1.
When stopped in a state of protruding toward the 6 side, the skid 14
Will hinder the replacement work.

On the other hand, in the present embodiment, the P transfer plate 110 is sucked before or after the transfer device 110 has sucked the PS plate 12.
Since the S plate 12 is transferred to the fixed transfer device 210 and stopped at the time when the work of one cycle is completed, it is extremely easy to shift to the next work when restarted. Further, since the position where the mobile transfer device 110 is stopped can be a position where the skid 14 is not loaded in the vicinity, for example, even when performing maintenance of the mobile transfer device 110, a relatively large work space is provided. Can be secured. Further, even when the skid 14 is exchanged at the loading port 44, the moving transfer device 110 does not interfere with the skid 14 exchange work.

Next, according to the flow chart of FIG. 35, the PS plate 1 from the mobile transfer device 110 to the fixed transfer device 210 will be described.
The second delivery procedure (based on step 980 in FIG. 33) will be described.

First, in step 1100, the rodless cylinder 222 is driven to drive the fixed transfer device 210.
Are moved to the side corresponding to the rail 104.

The fixed transfer device 210 includes the suction cup 16
A suction cup 220 is provided so as to face a part of each of 8, 170, 172, and 192.
In step 1, the moving base 112 is moved with the suction of the suction cup 220 and the preliminary suction cup 225 started (step 1104). As a result, the suction cup 220 becomes the PS plate 12
Contact with the photosensitive surface of. At this time, the mobile transfer device 110
Is moving at a slow speed, and is stopped when the suction by the suction cup 220 is confirmed (for example, detected by the vacuum switch) (steps 1106 and 1107).

Here, the suction cup on the side of the movable transfer device 110 is not opposed to the preliminary suction cup 225 on the side of the fixed transfer device 210, and only the hanging PS plate 12 is opposed to this preliminary suction cup 225. Will be. Therefore, PS version 1
When the curl or the like is generated in 2, the PS plate 12 may not be adsorbed by the preliminary suction cup 225 in some cases. However, in the present embodiment, an air nozzle 197 is provided below the moving transfer device 110 side, and when the PS plate 12 is delivered, air is ejected from the air nozzle 197 (step 1108), whereby the PS plate 12 is blown. Since it is pressed toward the fixed transfer device 210 by means of the pre-sucker 2 even if the PS plate 12 has a curl tendency.
25, and the PS plate 12 can be surely adsorbed by the preliminary suction cup 225. As a result, the PS plate 12 in a horizontal state due to the rotation operation of the PS plate 12 described later is performed.
The dripping is prevented.

In the next step 1110, the suction cups 220,
It is determined whether or not suction has been confirmed in all of the used suction cups of the preliminary suction cups 225, and if a negative determination is made, step 1
The process moves to 112, and processing such as abnormal stop is performed. If an affirmative decision is made in step 1110, the operation moves to step 1114 and the following processing is performed. That is, the discharge of air from the air nozzle 197 is stopped, and the back surface side of the PS plate 12 is sucked while the photosensitive surface of the PS plate 12 is sucked by the suction cup 220 and the preliminary suction cup 225 of the fixed transfer device 210 side. Mobile transfer device 1
The suction of the suction cups 168, 170, 172, 192 of 10 is released. As a result, the PS plate 12 is transferred to the moving transfer device 1
10 can be transferred to the fixed transfer device 210.

In this case, the suction cups 168, 17 of each other are
The suction positions of 0, 172, 192, and 220 are almost the same position on the front and back surfaces of the PS plate 12 (the position where the PS plate 12 is held).
Therefore, there is no problem that the PS plate 12 is deformed by the suction force of these suction cups.

The PS plate 12 adsorbed by the suction cup 220 (and / or the preliminary suction cup 225) on the fixed transfer device 210 side is driven by the rodless cylinder 222 to support the frame 2.
The horizontal movement of 16 causes it to face the punch device 240 (step 1116).

Next, as shown in FIG. 18, when the air cylinder 214 is extended, the rotating frame 228 rotates, but in this state, the PS plate 12 does not reach the surface plate 400 and is in a horizontal state. Held in.

When the PS plate 12 becomes substantially horizontal,
By driving the rodless cylinder 238,
The suction cup support frame 218 is horizontally moved with respect to the moving frame 232. Therefore, the PS plate 12 has a suction cup 220 (and / or
Alternatively, it moves horizontally while being attracted to the preliminary suction cup 225). When the suction by the suction cup 220 is released after the completion of this horizontal movement, the PS plate 12 is placed at a predetermined position on the surface plate 400.

As described above, since the suction cup support frame 218 is horizontally moved after the rotation of the rotation frame 228, P
The S plate 12 can be placed directly on the surface plate 400, and the delivery process from the fixed transfer device 210 to the punch device 240 can be simplified.

Incidentally, as shown in FIG.
By attaching the synthetic resin columnar body 408 to the upstream side corner portion, even if the PS plate 12 is bent when it is rotated from the vertical state to the horizontal state, it does not come into direct contact with the surface plate 400. , As guided by the cylindrical body 408, P
The back surface (lower surface) of the S plate 12 is not scratched.

When the PS plate 12 is mounted on the surface plate 400, the punchers 298 and 304 in the PS plate width direction are pulled in from the surface plate 400. Also, the pusher 404,
Both 406 are in the retracted state.

Therefore, the large-sized PS plate 12 has the surface plate 4
Even when placed on 00, this puncher 304,
There is no interference with the positioning roller 444 and the pushers 404 and 406.

Next, according to the flow chart of FIG. 36, P
The positioning procedure of the S plate 12 on the surface plate 400 will be described.

When the PS plate 12 is arranged at a predetermined position on the surface plate 400, the pusher 404 is driven by the motor 421 to a position corresponding to the PS plate 12 on which the pusher 404 is mounted (step 1200), and the pusher 404. , 406 is
By driving the air cylinder 282, the air cylinder 282 is moved in the direction perpendicular to the axis (step 1202) and the PS plate 12 is pressed.

The side of the pressed PS plate 12 opposite to the side pressed by the pushers 404 and 406 is brought into contact with the positioning roller 444. This positioning roller 444 is used for the punchers 294, 304 (puncher 30
4 is integrally formed with the PS plate 12 only on the back side in the transport direction), so that the punchers 294, 296, 298, 3
Accurate positioning can be performed without causing the relative position of the punching hole 04 to the punching position to change. Further, since the presence or absence of the PS plate 12 is also confirmed by the sensor 425 (step 1204), there is no possibility that a post-process work (perforation work) is erroneously performed in the absence of the PS plate 12.

Here, when the PS plate 12 is placed on the surface plate 400, these are brought into close contact with each other and the pushers 404, 4
When pressed by 06, a large resistance force may be generated. It is considered that one of the factors is that the static electricity charged on the surface plate 400 or the PS plate 12 attracts each other.

Therefore, in this embodiment, a plurality of circular grooves 402 are provided on the surface plate 400 so that the PS plate 12 and the surface plate 400 can be in contact with each other without impairing the flatness of the PS plate 12 on the surface plate 400. Since the area is reduced, the force of attracting each other is reduced, and P by the pushers 404 and 406 is reduced.
The S plate 12 can be pressed smoothly.

In this embodiment, the surface plate 400 is provided with a plurality of circular grooves 402, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, circular holes may be used as long as the contact area can be reduced. .

With the positioning of the PS plate 12 completed (affirmative determination in step 1204), the groove provided in the surface plate 400 is set to a negative pressure (step 1206).
Hold 2 in close contact. This completes the positioning of the PS plate 12.

In this holding state, punch holes are punched by the puncher 294 or the puncher 296 at the leading end of the PS plate 12 in the carrying direction (step 1208). 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.

Here, the punch scraps pass through the through holes of the fixed blade 436 and are guided below the surface plate 400, and the shooter 4
46, 448 through the waste box 450, 452, 454
Housed in. This waste box 450, 452, 454
Has a side surface (a side surface on the side where the punchers 298 and 304 are disposed) that is perpendicular to the PS plate conveying direction of the surface plate 400 as an outlet, and a pair of waste receiving boxes 452 on the back side of the PS plate conveying direction. 454, connected in series (hook 456
In this state, the punch scraps from the two punchers are respectively handled in a state of being connected to each other. Therefore, by grasping and pulling the grip 452A of the scrap collecting box 452 on the front side, the scrap collecting box on the back side is held. 454 can also be pulled out. As a result, scrapping work can be performed from one side surface of the surface plate 400, and workability is improved. Further, since the waste receiving boxes 452, 454 are divided into two, this drawing work space can be small.

When the PS plate 12 is punched, the punchers 298 and 304 are retracted and the surface plate 400 is removed.
The suction of the PS plate 12 is released, and the base 502 of the discharging device 500 is moved on the surface plate 400. At this time, the cylinder 534 is driven and the drive shaft 534A is moved to the cylindrical portion 536.
Guide to and house. This allows the base 502 to be accurately positioned.

Next, the air cylinder 516 is driven,
The suction cup support frame 518 is lowered, and the PS plate 12 is sucked by the suction cup 526. After the PS plate 12 is sucked, the lifting sub-cylinder 528 is driven to raise the suction cup support frame 518 by a slight amount (about 4 mm). That is, since the PS plate 12 after punching holes is partially accommodated in the accommodating portion 300 of the punchers 294 and 296, the PS plate 12 cannot be greatly raised as it is. Therefore, the PS sub-plate 12 is raised by the elevating sub-cylinder 528 to such an extent that it does not interfere with the surroundings of the accommodating portion 300.
Disengage from.

At this time, as described above, since the plurality of circular grooves 402 are provided on the surface plate 400 to reduce the contact area between the PS plate 12 and the surface plate 400, the attraction force between the PS plate 12 and the surface plate 400 is reduced. Therefore, the PS plate 12 has a small resistance force when picked up and lifted up, and there is no action such that the PS plate 12 is forcibly peeled off from the surface plate 400, and deformation or scratching does not occur.

Next, when the horizontally moving sub-cylinder 510 is driven, the driving rod 50 of the rodless cylinder 508 is driven.
8A and the base 502 move relative to each other, the base 502 moves horizontally a little (about 25 mm), and the PS is moved from the accommodating section 300.
The plate 12 can be removed.

After that, the air cylinder 516 is driven to raise the suction cup support frame 518 significantly, so that the PS plate 12 can be smoothly lifted upward without interfering with the punchers 294 and 296.

Next, after removing the drive shaft 534A of the cylinder 534 from the cylindrical portion 536, the rodless cylinder 5
When driving 08, the driving rod 508A is moved,
The PS plate 12 can be conveyed to the next step. In this case, the drive rod 508A and the base 502 are moved integrally.

When the PS plate 12 reaches the delivery position for the next process, the cylinder 534 is driven again to drive the drive shaft 534A.
To stretch. Since the cylindrical portion 536 is also provided at this delivery position, the drive shaft 534A is guided and housed in the cylindrical portion 536 and positioned at a predetermined position.

Next, the drive shaft 51 of the air cylinder 516.
By extending 6A and releasing the suction by the suction cups 526 and 527, the PS plate 12 can be easily placed on the pallet 600 for delivery to the next step.

At the time of this placement, the suction cup 527 and this suction cup 5
The punch holes provided in the PS plate 12 are moved to the pallet 600 by releasing the suction cup 526 opposite to the suction plate 27 first.
The guide pin 602 is inserted into the punch hole because it corresponds (substantially coaxially) with the guide pin 602 provided on the. In this case, since the outer diameter of the guide pin 602 is slightly smaller than the opening diameter of the punch hole, the insertion is facilitated.
Further, since air is ejected from the nozzle 531 during this insertion, the PS plate 12 is pressed in the direction in which it is inserted into the guide pin 602, and the insertability is further improved. afterwards,
The PS plate 12 is placed at a predetermined position on the pallet 600 by releasing the suction of the PS plate 12 by the other suction cups 526.

In this way, the PS plate 12 is transferred to the pallet 600.
Since it is inserted into the punch hole of the guide pin 602 when the sheet is placed, the position of the PS plate 12 on the pallet 600 is always constant, and the subsequent steps (for example, plate-making machine)
Can be smoothly transported to.

In this example, PS is used as the sheet material.
Although an example in which the plate (photosensitive lithographic printing plate) 12 is applied has been described, the sheet material to which the present invention is applied is not limited to the PS plate. For example, it can be applied to a sheet material suction device for taking out other photosensitive materials and sheet materials such as paper one by one from the outermost layer.

[0209]

As described above, in the automatic punching system of the present invention, at the time of temporary stop other than emergency stop such as replacement of the mounting table, before the operation of one cycle for transferring the photosensitive lithographic printing plate, Since the process is stopped when the transfer device is finished, the process of the photosensitive lithographic printing plate can be immediately restarted when the transfer device is restarted, and the stop time of the transfer device can be shortened. At the same time, it has an excellent effect that the next work when it is restarted becomes clear.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view showing an automatic punching device according to an 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 plan view showing a part of the 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 plan view of a rail on which the mobile transfer device travels and the vicinity thereof.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing an arm of the transfer device.

FIG. 10 is a perspective view showing a suction cup support frame of the transfer device.

11 (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.

12A and 12B are schematic plan views in the vicinity of a lower suction cup showing adsorption of a moving transfer device, FIG. 12A showing immediately after adsorption, and FIG. 12B showing after separation.

FIG. 13 is a schematic side view showing a suction cup support frame of the transfer device.

FIG. 14 is a side view of a sensor for detecting the remaining amount of the PS plate on the skid.

FIG. 15 is a perspective view of an operation switch board.

FIG. 16 is a plan view of a plate type setting panel.

FIG. 17 is a perspective view of a fixed transfer device.

FIG. 18 is a schematic side view showing the configurations of a fixed transfer device and a punch device.

FIG. 19 is an enlarged perspective view of a suction cup support frame of the fixed transfer device and its surroundings.

FIG. 20 is a side view showing a state in which the PS plate is transferred from the moving transfer device to the fixed transfer device.

FIG. 21 is a plan view of a surface plate of the punch device.

22 is a sectional view taken along line XXII-XXII in FIG.

FIG. 23 is a schematic perspective view showing a lower portion of a surface plate.

FIG. 24 is a side sectional view of a puncher.

FIG. 25 is a perspective view of the vicinity of a waste container box provided at the lower part of the surface plate.

FIG. 26 is a side view of the waste container.

FIG. 27 is a side view of the ejection device.

FIG. 28 is a perspective view of a discharging device.

FIG. 29 is a front view showing the positioning means of the moving frame of the discharging device.

FIG. 30 is a perspective view of a horizontally moving subcylinder.

FIG. 31 shows a procedure for placing a PS plate on a pallet, (A) is a side view when the discharging device is moved onto the pallet, and (B) is an enlarged view of pins provided on the pallet. is there.

FIG. 32 is a side view showing an operating state of an elevating sub-cylinder of the discharging device, (A) showing an ascending state and (B) showing a working state.

FIG. 33 is a flowchart showing an example of movement of the movement transfer device.

FIG. 34 is a flowchart showing an example of taking out a PS plate by the moving transfer device.

FIG. 35 is a flow chart showing a procedure of delivering a PS plate from a mobile transfer device to a fixed transfer device.

FIG. 36 is a flowchart showing a procedure for positioning the PS plate on the surface plate.

FIG. 37 is a flowchart showing an interrupt routine for temporarily stopping the mobile transfer device.

FIG. 38 is a flowchart showing temporary stop and start operations of the mobile transfer device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 Auto punching device 12 PS plate (photosensitive lithographic printing plate) 14 Skid (mounting table) 16 Skid loading section 84 Signal tower 85 Rope post 86 Rope (protective means) 89 Operation switch board 90 Stop switch (temporary stop means) 91 Start Switch 110 Mobile transfer device (transfer device) 210 Fixed transfer device 240 Punch device

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A mounting table on which a photosensitive lithographic printing plate is mounted,
A punch device for punching a punch hole at a predetermined position of the photosensitive lithographic printing plate, and a transfer for moving the photosensitive lithographic printing plate from the mounting table to the punch device by moving between the mounting table and the punch device. An automatic punching system including a mounting device, wherein the transfer device transfers one cycle of the photosensitive lithographic printing plate to the punch device when the operation of the transfer device is temporarily stopped. An automatic punching system characterized by stopping at a predetermined position when the operation is completed. 2. A mounting table on which a photosensitive lithographic printing plate is mounted,
A punch device for punching a punch hole at a predetermined position of the photosensitive lithographic printing plate, and a transfer for moving the photosensitive lithographic printing plate from the mounting table to the punch device by moving between the mounting table and the punch device. An automatic punching system including a mounting device, wherein the transfer device transfers one cycle of the photosensitive lithographic printing plate to the punch device when the operation of the transfer device is temporarily stopped. An automatic punching system characterized by moving to a predetermined position and stopping it before starting the operation. 3. A protection device for enclosing the moving range of the transfer device and for stopping the operation of the transfer device in any operating state when at least a part of the enclosure is released, and the transfer device. 3. The automatic punching system according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising: a temporary stop means for moving the transfer device to a predetermined position and stopping the transfer device after performing a predetermined process according to the operating state of the automatic punching system. .