JPH0732506Y2 - Plate material transfer equipment with magazines - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial field of application] The present invention relates to a plate material conveying facility using a magazine, and in particular, a plate material cut into a predetermined size by a shear press or the like is subjected to a sheet metal working press in the next step. The present invention relates to a plate material transport facility using a magazine for transporting the material to a magazine or the like.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, a plate material cut into a predetermined size by a shear press is generally loaded manually into a magazine and is conveyed to the next process together with the magazine by a carrier truck, a forklift or a crane, and the next process, for example, a sheet metal working press. In such a case, it is taken out from the magazine and handled by a human power or a plate material take-out robot.

On the other hand, in recent years, automation has progressed in sharp presses and sheet metal working presses, and for example, in sharp presses, a long material set on the entrance side of the sharp press is automatically fed to the sharp press by a predetermined amount, and a predetermined size is successively applied. Since it is cut into plate materials and discharged to the output side, its productivity is extremely high.

[Problems to be solved by the device]

In this way, since the handling of the plate material discharged from the press or loaded into the press is performed by hand against the press with high productivity, the productivity of the press is hindered, and In particular, it is a dangerous work to manually take out fast-moving plate materials discharged from a sharp press and load them into a magazine. Furthermore, the movement of the magazine after loading or the setup change when equipping the equipment of the next process is performed by a carrier truck, forklift or crane, etc., but these operations are generally performed manually, so quick response is not possible. Moreover, especially forklifts and cranes, which are often shared with other work, may lack a quicker response.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances,
It is an object of the present invention to provide a plate material conveying facility by a magazine which eliminates unsafe work due to human power, saves manpower as much as possible, and improves productivity of a plate material processing machine.

[Means for Solving the Problems]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, a plate material conveying facility by a magazine according to the present invention comprises a plurality of magazines capable of stacking plate materials, a conveyer conveyor for transferring these magazines,
A stacking device provided in the transfer conveyor for stacking plate materials into an empty magazine, a take-out device provided in the transfer conveyor for removing plate materials from the actual magazine, and a carry-in of empty magazines into the stacking device. And a magazine loading / unloading device for simultaneously loading / unloading an actual magazine from the stacking device and a magazine loading / unloading device for simultaneously loading / unloading the actual magazine into / from the unloading device and unloading an empty magazine from / into the unloading device. Be prepared.

And, as the above-mentioned laminating apparatus, a plate material loading port provided above the transfer conveyor and supported by a support pillar standing on the side of the transfer conveyor, and a support pillar installed on one side of the transfer conveyor. A lift cylinder provided, a lift bracket that is connected to the rod of this lift cylinder and is slidable up and down along a column, and a lift bracket that is provided on this lift bracket and can horizontally move in and below the plate material inlet And a lift fork provided in the.

Further, as the magazine loading / unloading device, a roller table having transport conveyors provided at the front and rear of the stacking device with a space left and right, and a forward / backward direction of the rod are directed between the left and right roller tables at the front of the stacking device in the transport direction. And a pusher plate whose top end is connected to the tip of the cylinder rod and whose top surface is substantially flush with the top surface of the roller table. It is preferable that a member which is foldable in the carrying direction is provided with an interval longer than the length.

〔Example〕

 Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is an overall layout view of a plate material conveying facility using a magazine according to the present invention. In the figure, 1 is a magazine, 1a
Is an empty magazine with no board P loaded, 1b is board P
2 is a stacking device, 3 is a take-out device, 4 is an empty magazine stock conveyor,
(5a to 5e) are magazine transport direction changing tables, 6 is a magazine loading / unloading device in the stacking device 2, 7a and 7b are real magazine transport conveyors in which plate materials P are stacked, and 8a and 8b are stock real magazines. The reference numeral 9 denotes a conveyor, 9 is a magazine loading / unloading device in the take-out device 3, and 10a and 10b are empty magazine transporting conveyors.

As shown in FIGS. 2 (a) and 2 (b), the magazine 1 is provided with a substrate 12 made of a thick plate having grooves 11 on the front, rear, left, and right end surfaces, and standing on the front, rear, left, and right ends of the upper surface of the substrate 12. The post 13 is configured so that its position can be adjusted according to the size of the plate material P to be loaded.

As shown in FIGS. 3 (a) and 3 (b), the laminating apparatus 2 includes a plate material positioning mechanism 15 provided above the transport conveyor 7a and supported by columns 14 standing upright on the side of the transport conveyor 7a. ,
A plate material stacking mechanism 16 provided on a pillar 14 standing upright on one side of the conveyor 7a, and a plate material positioning mechanism 15
Includes a substrate 18 having a plate material inlet 17 and positioning plates 19, 20, 21, 22 for restricting the front and rear ends and the left and right ends of the plate material P sent from the sharp press A through the shooter S. These positioning plate structures 19, 20, 21, 22 are provided vertically inside the plate material inlet 17 and are moved in and out according to the size of the plate material P by a moving mechanism provided on the upper surface or the lower surface of the substrate 18. It is provided so that it can move in any direction. The plate material accumulating mechanism 16 is connected to the lift cylinder 23 provided on the column 14 standing upright on one side of the conveyor 7a and the rod 24 of the lift cylinder 23, and is provided on the column 14. A lift bracket 26 provided so as to be vertically slidable along the guide rail 25 and a column 13 provided vertically on the magazine 1 by a cylinder 27 provided on the lift bracket 26 so as to face the plate material inlet 17 downward. It is equipped with a lift fork 28 that can be moved in and out horizontally between
For stacking, the rod 24 of the lift cylinder 23 is retracted, the lift fork 28 is projected into the magazine 1 at the raised position, and the lift cylinder 23 is activated and lowered every time a predetermined amount is stacked on the lift fork 28. The plate materials P are stacked by repeating this process.

As shown in FIG. 4, the take-out device 3 is provided with a vacuum suction device 29 which is provided above and below the plate material take-out position of the magazine carry-in / take-out device 9 and a plate material take-out position above the plate material take-out position of the magazine carry-in / take-out device 9 and plate material. A traveling rail (not shown) provided between the processing press B and the upper side of the entry side, and an arm for holding the plate material P that is moved on the traveling rail and that is sucked and lifted by the vacuum suction device 29. And a traveling body (not shown) including 30.

The stock conveyor 4 of the empty magazine is shown in FIG.
As shown in (b), magazines 1 provided on the left and right sides
Fall prevention guide 31 and a roller table 32 arranged in two rows with a space left and right and a slight inclination in the traveling direction.
And a feeding mechanism 33 for feeding the magazines 1 provided at the tip end one by one. The delivery mechanism 33 is a cylinder provided at the lower rear end with the center of an arm 36 having upwardly projecting portions 34, 35 capable of engaging with the grooves 11, 11 at the front and rear ends of the magazine 1 at both front and rear ends as a fulcrum. When the front protrusion 34 of the arm 36 is lifted, the protrusion 34 is provided on the arm 36 so that the groove 11 at the tip of the empty magazine 1a is located on the arm 36.
When the rear protrusion 35 of the arm 36 rises, the rear protrusion 35 causes the rear protrusion 35 of the next empty magazine 1a
Engages 11 and serves as a stopper. As a result, the front protrusion 34
The empty magazine 1a removed from the above moves on the roller table 32 due to the inclination of the roller table 32 and the pressure from the rear portion accompanying the rise of the arm 36, and is sent out onto the conveyance direction changing table 5 (5a). The magazine 1 separated from the rear projecting portion 35 moves until it hits the front projecting portion 34 due to the inclination of the roller table 32, and by repeating this operation, the magazines 1 are successively forwarded.

The carrying direction changing table 5 is for changing the carrying direction of the magazine 1. As shown in FIGS. 5A and 5B, 25 free bears (registered trademark) 38 are arranged on the upper surface. It comprises a base 39 and a cylinder 40 provided on the side of the base 39 for pushing the magazine 1 on the free bear 38 to the next step. A stop plate or guide plate for positioning the magazine 1 and for preventing the magazine 1 from falling is appropriately provided upright around the base 39 according to the place where the transport direction changing tables 5a to 5e are installed.

As shown in FIGS. 3 (a) and 3 (b), the magazine loading / unloading device 6 in the stacking device 2 includes a roller table 41 provided in front and rear of the stacking device 2 and arranged in two rows with a space left and right. , The left and right roller tables of the front part 42 of the laminating apparatus 2
A cylinder 44 provided between the rods 41 with the advancing / retreating direction of the rod 43 facing the conveying direction, and a tip end portion of the cylinder rod 43 is connected to the tip end of the cylinder 44, and its upper surface is substantially flush with the upper surface of the roller table 41. The pusher plate 45 is provided, and two members, which are foldable in the transport direction, are provided at two positions in front of and behind the pusher plate 45 with a space longer than the length of the magazine 1. As shown in FIG. 3C, the member 46 has a rear portion horizontally supported in a groove 47 formed in the pusher plate 45 so that the front portion can be vertically swung, and is always Is provided so that the front portion projects from the upper surface of the roller table 41 by a compression spring 48 provided between the groove 47 and the front portion.

The conveyors 7a and 7b of the real magazines and the stock conveyors 8a and 8b of the real magazines in which the plate materials P are stacked have the same structure as the stock conveyor 4 of the empty magazine described above. Therefore, the conveyors 7a, 7b for these real magazines 1b and the stock conveyors 8a, 8b for the real magazines 1b
The movement of the real magazine 1b by means of was carried out in the same manner as the movement of the empty magazine 1a on the stock conveyor 4.

The magazine loading and unloading device 9 in the unloading device 3 is the fourth
As shown in the figure, the rail 49 is provided around the take-out device 3 and between the transport direction changing tables 5c and 5e, and the carriage 50 running on the rail 49 is provided. On the upper surfaces of both sides, dozens of free bears 51 are provided in the space for placing the magazine 1 fed from both ends in the longitudinal direction.
And a stopper 52 provided inside thereof are symmetrically provided, and when the cart 50 has the actual magazine 1b on one side and the take-out device 3 is in the operating position, the other side has an empty magazine.
1a transfer conveyors 10a, 10b and transfer direction change table 5
Self-propelled to the left and right so that it is in a position to connect with c and 5e.

As shown in FIG. 6, the empty magazine transport conveyors 10a and 10b are provided with drop-off prevention guides 53 for the empty magazines 1a provided on the left and right side portions, and are provided with a space left and right and a slight inclination in the traveling direction. It is provided with a roller table 54 arranged in two rows and a mechanism 55 provided between the roller tables 54 on the loading / unloading device 9 side to take out and take out the empty magazine 1a on the carriage 50. The take-out mechanism 55 includes a cylinder 57 provided between the roller table 54 with the advancing / retreating direction of the rod 56 directed in the counter-conveying direction, and the tip end of the cylinder rod 56 is connected to the top end of the cylinder 57. And a drawer plate 58 configured to be substantially flush with each other, and a member 59 which is foldable in the transport direction is provided at the rear end of the drawer plate 58. This member 59
Is provided on the drawer plate 58 in the same configuration as the member 46 provided on the pusher plate 45 described above.

Next, a method of carrying the plate material by the carrying facility having the above-described configuration will be described.

First, empty magazines 1a are aligned and stocked on the stock conveyor 4. The empty magazine 1a at the top of the stock conveyor 4 is sent by the sending mechanism 33 onto the transport direction changing table 5a. Next, the cylinder 40a pushes the magazine from the transport direction changing table 5a to the magazine loading / unloading device 6 in the stacking device 2. In this way, the empty magazine 1a is sent from the stock conveyor 4 to the magazine loading / unloading device 6 in the stacking device 2.

The empty magazine 1a sent to the magazine loading / unloading device 6 in the stacking device 2 is a retractable member behind the pusher plate 45.
After riding over 46, it stops just before that and is locked to the retractable member 46 at the rear. In this state, by operating the cylinder 44 and advancing the pusher plate 45, the empty magazine 1a is sent on the roller table 41, loaded into the laminating apparatus 2 and fixed at a predetermined position by a stopper (not shown). After this,
The cylinder 44 is operated and the pusher plate 45 is retracted. At this time, the front and rear retractable members 46 on the pusher plate 45 are the magazines 1
After being pushed down by the bottom surface of the foldable member and retracted, the front foldable member 46 is fed into the groove 11 of the empty magazine 1a loaded in the stacking device 2 and the back foldable member 46 is fed into the carry-in / out device 6 and stands by. It engages with the groove 11 of the empty magazine 1a and stops.

Next, the plate material P sent from the sharp press A through the shooter B is loaded into the empty magazine 1a loaded in the laminating apparatus 2 by the laminating apparatus 2 in a predetermined amount. When loading is completed, the stopper of the magazine 1 that has been loaded is removed and the cylinder of the magazine loading / unloading device 6 is removed.
44 is operated and the pusher plate 45 is advanced. As a result, the loaded real magazine 1b is pushed from the stacking device 2 to the real magazine transport conveyor 7a, and at the same time, the next empty magazine 1a is loaded into the stacking device 2 from the rear. This operation is repeated during operation.

The actual magazine 1b pushed out onto the conveyor 7a moves due to the inclination of the conveyor 7a, and at the tip of the conveyor 7a, the empty magazine 1a is sent out from the above stock conveyor 4 of the empty magazine to the conveying direction changing table 5a. In the same manner as described above, it is sent to the transport direction changing table 5b, part of which is pushed to the actual magazine stock conveyor 8a, and part of which is pushed out by the cylinder 40b from the transport direction changing table 5b to the transport conveyor 7b. Then, it is sorted and sent to the stock magazine conveyor 8b through the transport direction changing table 5d.

Further, the real magazine 1b sent to the stock conveyors 8a, 8b of the real magazines is also a transfer direction changing table for the empty magazines 1a from above the stock conveyors 4 of the empty magazines.
Transfer direction change table 5c, 5
The transfer direction change table 5c, 5e
Taking out device 3 by cylinders 40c and 40e from above
Are alternately pushed out onto the carriage 50 of the magazine loading / unloading device 9. The actual magazine 1b placed on the carriage 50 is fixed by a stopper (not shown) and loaded into the take-out device 3. In the take-out device 3, the plate material P in the actual magazine 1b is adsorbed and raised by the vacuum adsorption device 29 in order from the top, and is moved to the entrance side of the plate material processing press B by the traveling body by entrusting to the holding arm 30. . The magazine 1 which is emptied by taking out the plate P is an empty magazine transport conveyor 10a, 10
By the take-out mechanism 55 of the empty magazine 1a provided in b, the empty magazine 1a is pulled out from the carriage 50 onto the transfer conveyors 10a and 10b, and is moved to the leading end portion by tilting. After that, the crane is moved from the tip to the stock conveyor 4 of the empty magazine.

In this way, the fast-moving plate material P discharged from the sharp press B is mechanically loaded into the empty magazine 1a by the laminating apparatus 2, so that the loading operation can be performed safely, and the actual magazine 1b after loading or the next step can be carried out. Since setup is carried out mechanically by the transfer facility when it is installed in the device, it can be carried out reliably and quickly.

Incidentally, in the above embodiment, the stock conveyor 4 of the empty magazine and the conveyors 7a, 7a of the actual magazine in which the plate materials P are stacked are stacked.
b, an example in which the forward movement of the magazine 1 on the stock magazine conveyors 8a, 8b and the empty magazine conveyors 10a, 10b is constituted by a so-called gravity type by sloping the conveyors has been described. A drive conveyor may be used rather than being specific to this example.

Also, an example has been described in which the empty magazine 1a is moved by the crane from the leading end of the transport conveyors 10a, 10b to the stock conveyor 4 of the empty magazine, but a lifter is provided at the leading end and the transport conveyors 7a, 7b. Alternatively, a transfer conveyor may be provided over the stock conveyor 8b, and the transfer conveyor may be connected to the stock conveyor 4 of an empty magazine to form an endless transfer facility.

Further, instead of the magazine loading / unloading device 9 in the unloading device 3, a magazine loading / unloading device having the same configuration as the magazine loading / unloading device 6 in the stacking device 2 may be provided. With this configuration, the transport facility can be more easily configured in an endless manner, and the facility can be configured more compactly.

[Effect of device]

As described above, according to the plate material conveying facility of the present invention, it is possible to mechanically load the plate material into the magazine and take it out of the magazine, and it is safe and labor-saving because human power is not used. At the same time, the work can be performed at a speed corresponding to the plate material processing machine. In addition, a transfer conveyor is laid between the stacking device and the unloading device, and on the input side and the output side of each device, and the loading and unloading of magazines into and out of each device is performed mechanically. Can be carried out promptly and the productivity of the processing machine can be improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall layout view of a plate material conveying facility by a magazine according to the present invention, FIG. 2 (a) is a front view of the magazine,
2 (b) is a top view of FIG. 2 (a), and FIG. 3 (a).
Is a front view of a stacking device and a magazine loading / unloading device in the stacking device, FIG. 3 (b) is a side view of FIG. 3 (a), and FIG. 3 (c) is a view of a retractable member of a pusher plate. FIG. 4 is an enlarged explanatory view, FIG. 4 is a front view of a take-out device and a magazine carry-in / out device in the take-out device, and FIG. 5 (a) is a front view of a stock conveyor and a conveyance direction change table of an empty magazine. b) is a top view of FIG. 5 (a), and FIG. 6 is
It is explanatory drawing of the conveyance conveyor of an empty magazine. 1 ... Magazine, 1a ... Empty magazine, 1b ... Actual magazine 2 ... Stacking device, 3 ... Ejecting device 4 ... Empty magazine stock conveyor 5 (5a to 5e) ... Magazine transport direction change table 6 …… Magazine loading / unloading device 7a, 7b …… Real magazine transport conveyor 8a, 8b …… Real magazine stock conveyor 9 …… Magazine loading / unloading device 10a, 10b …… Empty magazine Conveyor 15 ... Plate material positioning mechanism in stacking device 16 ... Plate material stacking mechanism in stacking device 33 ... Magazine sending mechanism

Claims (3)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A plurality of magazines capable of stacking plate materials, a conveyor for transferring these magazines, a stacking device for stacking plate materials on an empty magazine, which is provided in the conveyor, and also in the conveyor. And a magazine loading and unloading device for simultaneously loading and unloading an empty magazine into and from the stacking device and a loading and unloading device for removing the plate material from the actual magazine A plate material transporting facility using a magazine, comprising: a magazine loading / unloading device for simultaneously loading and unloading an actual magazine into and from the unloading device. 2. A stacking device, which is supported by columns that are erected on the side of a conveyer conveyor, and a plate material inlet provided above the conveyer, and a column that is erected on one side of the conveyer. A lift cylinder, a lift bracket connected to the rod of the lift cylinder and vertically slidable along a column, and a lift bracket horizontally provided on the lift bracket and below the plate material loading port. The plate material transfer facility according to claim 1, further comprising a lift fork provided so as to be possible. 3. A magazine loading / unloading device, wherein a transport table is provided in front of and behind the stacking device with a transport table provided at left and right intervals, and between the left and right roller tables at the front of the stacking device with the rod moving direction in the transport direction. A cylinder provided to face the cylinder rod, and a pusher plate whose tip is connected to the tip of the cylinder rod and whose upper surface is substantially flush with the upper surface of the roller table. The plate material carrying facility according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising a member which is foldable in the carrying direction with a space longer than the length.