JPH0748583Y2 - Plate material storage device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Object of the Invention] (Industrial field of application) The present invention relates to a plate material storage device having a rotary table for supporting a plate material.

(Prior art) Conventionally, in order to temporarily stock the plate processed by a plate processing machine such as a bending machine for the next step such as degreasing process, painting process, etc., in the vicinity of the plate processing machine. The plate material is placed flat on a turret, a trolley, etc. located, or the plate material is accumulated in a plate material storage device provided near the plate material processing machine in a substantially horizontal state.

(Problems to be solved by the invention) However, as described above, when it is placed flat on a turret, trolley, etc. located near the plate processing machine, a large space is required, and effective use of factory space is required. There was a problem that it could not be planned.

In addition, when the plate materials are accumulated in the plate material storage device in a substantially horizontal state, in order to supply the plate material to the next process,
There is a problem in that it is necessary to make the plates in a substantially vertical state one by one, which makes the work difficult.

[Means for Solving the Problem] (Means for Solving the Problem) In order to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, in the present invention, a rotary table having a work supporting portion and an edge supporting portion is provided at a substantially horizontal position. And a substantially vertical position are rotatably and fixedly provided, and a transport means is provided for transporting the plate material supported substantially horizontally by the work supporting portion in the longitudinal direction of the rotary table. In order to bring the end portion of the plate material into contact with the edge support portion before rotating the plate to a substantially vertical position, a vacuum pad capable of adsorbing the plate material is provided so as to approach and separate from the edge support portion, Further, a sending means for sending the plate material supported substantially vertically by the edge support portion in the longitudinal direction is provided, and the plate material sent by the sending means is provided on the sending side of the rotary table. Multiple for vertical storage Housing part is made by providing a storage carriage having a.

(Operation) In the above configuration, the turntable is appropriately turned to fix the turntable to a substantially horizontal position, and the work support portion of the turntable supports the plate member substantially horizontally. Then, the transporting means is appropriately operated to appropriately transport the plate member supported substantially horizontally in the longitudinal direction of the turntable and position it at a predetermined position on the turntable.

Next, the vacuum pad is appropriately operated to adsorb the plate material so that the vacuum pad approaches the edge support portion.
Thus, the end portion of the plate material can be brought into contact with the edge support portion before the turntable is turned to the substantially vertical position. Then, while the end of the plate member is in contact with the edge support portion, the turntable is appropriately turned to be fixed in a substantially vertical position.

Under the condition that the plate material is supported almost vertically by the turntable via the edge support portion, the feeding means is appropriately operated to store the plate material in a predetermined storage portion of the storage carriage substantially vertically.

(Example) Hereinafter, the Example which concerns on this invention is described based on drawing.

With reference to FIGS. 1, 2, and 3, a plate material storage device 1 for storing a plate material W that has been subjected to desired processing until it is sent to the next step such as a degreasing step or a coating step. Is provided on the unloading side of the plate material processing machine 3 such as a plate material bending machine. The plate storage device 1 includes a plate material transfer device 5 for transferring the plate material carried out by the plate material processing machine 3, and a plate material storage carriage 7 for storing the plate material W delivered by the plate material transfer device 5. . Further, the plate material processing machine 3 is provided with a work table 3a and a transport clamp device 3b.

Explaining the details of the plate material conveying device 5, the frame 9 forming a part of the plate material conveying device 5 includes a frame-shaped base member 13 in a rotating table 11 as shown in FIG.
Is rotatably provided through the hinge shaft 15,
In order to rotate the base member 13 about the hinge shaft 15, a plurality of rotating cylinders 17 capable of swinging in the vertical direction are provided at appropriate positions of the frame 9, and
A tip end portion of a piston rod 19 which can freely project from the rotation cylinder 17 is connected to an appropriate position of the base member 13.

With the above configuration, by appropriately operating the rotating cylinder 19, the rotating table 11 rotates about the hinge shaft 15. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 3, the rotating table 11 can move between a substantially horizontal position and a substantially vertical position. It should be noted that, after the rotary table 11 is rotated and positioned at a substantially horizontal position or a substantially vertical position, the rotary table 11 is appropriately immobilized to a substantially horizontal position or a substantially vertical position by an appropriate means. Is something that can be done.

When the rotary table 11 is located at a horizontal position, the base member 13 supports the plate member W in a substantially horizontal direction as a work supporting portion in the left-right direction (the left-right direction in FIGS. 1 and 2). In FIG. 3, a large number of freely rotatable rollers 21 are arranged at appropriate intervals over the front and back of the paper.
It is attached via a support bracket 23 extending in the left-right direction. Further, in order to support the plate material W in a substantially vertical position when the rotary table 11 is positioned in a substantially vertical position, it is provided on the front side of the base member 13 so as to extend in the left-right direction via a plurality of connecting members 25. A plurality of columns 29 are erected on the support member 27 in the left-right direction, and a rotatable roller 31 is attached to the columns 29 as an edge support portion.

In order to convey the plate material W, which is supported on the rotating table 11 substantially horizontally, to the right, the clamp device 33 is used as the conveying means.
Is provided so as to be movable in the left-right direction.

For details of the clamp device 33, refer to the above clamp device 33.
As shown in FIG. 3, the clamp base 35, which forms part of the upper arm, has a U-shaped cross section and the upper arm.
It has a lower arm 35b and a lower arm 35b. Above upper arm 35a
A clamp cylinder 37 is provided on the piston cylinder 39, and a piston rod 39 that can project downward from the clamp cylinder 37
A pressing pad 41 is attached to the.

In order to guide the clamp device 33 in the left-right direction, the pillar 29 is provided with a guide member 43 extending in the left-right direction, and the clamp base 35 is provided with a traveling portion 45 guided by the guide member 43. . In order to move the clamp device 33 in the left-right direction with a predetermined stroke, a plurality of columns 29
Is provided with a rodless cylinder device 47 as an example of a fluid pressure cylinder device.
A slider 49 forming a part of 47 is attached to the clamp base 35 at an appropriate position. The rodless cylinder device 47 can obtain a relatively long stroke and is relatively inexpensive.

With the above configuration, the plate material W supported substantially horizontally by the rotating table 11 is positioned between the upper arm 35a and the lower arm 35b of the clamp base 35. Then, the clamping cylinder 37 is appropriately operated to cause the piston rod 39 to project downward, and the pressing pad 41 and the lower arm 35b cooperate to grip the vicinity of the end of the plate W.

By appropriately operating the rodless cylinder device 47 while the plate material W is gripped by the clamp device 33, the slider 49 and the clamp base 33 can be moved rightward and the plate material W can be conveyed rightward. Is.

In order to convey the plate material W to the right, the clamp device 33 holds the plate material W, and instead of moving the clamp device 33 to the right, the conveyance clamp device 3b holds the plate material W. Thus, it is possible to move the transport clamp device 3b to the right in the upper position of the rotating table 11, and it is also possible to appropriately rotate and drive the plurality of rollers 21.

As shown in FIG. 1, when the plate material W is unloaded from the plate material processing machine 3 to the plate material conveying device 5, the plate material W is positioned on the left side of the rotary table 11 on the upper surface of the rotary table 11 in order to position the plate material W. On the other hand, a stopper member 51 that can freely project and retract is provided. That is, a support bracket 53 is attached to the base member 13, and a stopper member 51 is provided on the support bracket 53 so as to be vertically swingable via a stopper attachment body 55. In order to swing the stopper member 51 in the vertical direction so that the stopper member 51 is projected and retracted with respect to the height position of the rotary table 11, a stopper cylinder (not shown) is provided at an appropriate position of the base member 13.
Is provided swingably in the vertical direction via a hinge pin (not shown), and a piston rod (not shown) projectable from this stopper cylinder is attached to the stopper mounting body 55 via a hinge pin (not shown). is there.

Further, a stopper member 57 is provided on the right side of the rotary table 11 so as to position the plate material W when the conveyance of the plate material W grasped by the clamp device 33 in the right direction is completed. It is provided so that it can appear and disappear with respect to the position. The structure for retracting the stopper member 57 with respect to the height position of the rotating table 11 is the same as the structure for retracting the stopper member 51 with respect to the height position of the rotating table 11. Therefore, the same numbers are given to corresponding components, and the omission of the configuration is omitted.

Before rotating the rotary table 11 substantially vertically, a plate material suction device 61 having a plurality of vacuum pads 59 for bringing the front end of the plate material W into contact with the roller 31 is provided.

More specifically, referring to FIGS. 5, 6, and 7,
The plurality of predetermined connecting members 25 have a front-rear direction (front and back directions toward the paper surface in FIG. 5, vertical direction in FIG. 5,
Guide bars 63 extending in the left-right direction in FIG. 7 are respectively provided via mounting members 65, and a plurality of guide bars 63 are provided with support members 67 extending in the left-right direction in the front-back direction via a traveling member 68. It is movably installed. The support member
In order to move the 67 in the front-back direction, a plurality of first fluid pressure cylinders 69 are provided at appropriate positions of the base member 13, and a piston rod 71 that can project forward from the first fluid pressure cylinder 69 is provided. It is attached to the support member 67.

A plurality of air pipes 73 having vacuum pads 59 as shown in FIG. 7 are provided on the support member 67 so as to be vertically movable, and the plurality of air pipes 75 are connected to an air source (not shown). In order to move the plurality of air pipes 73 up and down at the same time, a connecting member 75 extending in the left-right direction is attached to the plurality of air pipes 73 and projects upward from the plurality of second fluid pressure cylinders 77 attached to the support member 67. A free piston rod 79 is attached to the connecting member 75.

With the above configuration, with the rotary table 11 fixed in a substantially horizontal position, the second fluid pressure cylinder 77 is appropriately operated after the plate material W is positioned at a predetermined position on the rotary table 11. Multiple vacuum pads via connecting members 75
By raising 59 and operating the vacuum pad 59 appropriately, the vacuum pad 59 is made to adsorb to the vicinity of the front end of the plate W. Then, under the condition that the plate material W is attracted by the vacuum pad 59,
By appropriately operating the fluid pressure cylinder 69 to move the support member 67 in the forward direction, the plate material W is moved in the forward direction, and the front end portion of the plate material W is brought into contact with the roller 31.

Referring again to FIG. 1, FIG. 2, FIG. 3, and FIG. 4, in order to feed the plate material W supported almost vertically to the rotary table 11 from the rotary table 11, the clamp base On the right side of 33, there is provided a pusher 81 as a sending means as shown in FIG.

With the above configuration, after the plate material suction device 61 is appropriately operated to bring the front end portion of the plate material W into contact with the roller 31, the rotary table 11 is fixed in a substantially vertical position, and the rotary table 11 is fixed.
The plate material W is thereby supported almost vertically. At this time, the plate material W is located on the right side of the pusher 81. Then, by appropriately operating the rodless cylinder device 47 to move the clamp base 35 and the pusher 81 to the right, the pusher 81 comes into contact with the left end portion of the plate material W, and the plate material W is delivered by the pusher 81 in a predetermined manner. It is sent to the right from the position. Here, the predetermined sending device is a turning table.
This is a predetermined position in the front-rear direction in which the plate material W is supported by the rotary table 11 via the rollers 29 when 11 is positioned in a substantially vertical position.

For details of the plate material storage cart 7, the plate material transfer device 5
In the vicinity of the direction, a traveling direction that is movable in a direction orthogonal to the transport direction of the plate material W, in other words, in the front-back direction (vertical direction in FIG. 1, front-back direction toward the paper in FIG. 2, left-right direction in FIG. 4). A carriage 83 is provided, and the traveling carriage 83 supports the plate material storage carriage 83.

More specifically, the recess 87a of the floor 87 is provided with a rail 89 extending in the front-rear direction, and the traveling carriage 83 has a plurality of wheels 91.
Is guided to the rail 89 via. In order to rotate the wheels 91, at an appropriate position of the traveling carriage 83,
For example, a drive motor 93 such as a three-phase induction motor, a chain
95 etc. are provided. Further, a plurality of lifting cylinders 97 are attached at appropriate positions of the traveling carriage 83, and the piston rod 99 which is capable of projecting upward from the lifting cylinders 97 is a plate member provided with a plurality of wheels 101 via appropriate means. It supports the storage cart 85.

With the above structure, the lifting cylinder 97 is appropriately operated to cause the piston rod 99 to project upward, so that the wheel 101 is fixed to the floor 87.
The plate material storage cart 85 is supported by the traveling cart 83 in a state in which it is positioned slightly higher than the upper surface of the. Then, by appropriately driving the drive motor 93, the wheels 91 appropriately rotate and the traveling carriage 83 moves in the front-rear direction. Therefore, the traveling carriage 83 moves between the plate material storage standby position and the plate material storage end position as shown in FIG.

It should be noted that a positioning recess 103 is provided in the floor 87 at the plate material storage position so as to make the traveling carriage 83 immovable. Therefore, by appropriately operating the lifting cylinder 97 to lower the piston rod 99, the wheel 101 can be engaged with the positioning recess 103 and the traveling carriage 83 and the plate material storage carriage 85 can be made immobile. is there.

In order to store the plate material W delivered from the predetermined delivery position by the pusher 81 substantially vertically, the plate material storage cart 85 is provided with a plurality of plate material storage portions 101.

More specifically, the trolley base 107 of the plate material storage trolley 85.
A plurality of frame-shaped partition members 109 are provided at appropriate intervals in the front-rear direction, and the space between the adjacent partition members 109 serves as the plate material storage portion 105. Further, each partition member 109 has a plurality of rollers.
111 are rotatably attached, and the interval between the partition members 109 can be appropriately changed according to the plate material characteristics such as the plate thickness of the plate material W.

A sensor 113 such as a proximity switch is attached to a predetermined position of the frame 9 and a vertically lower position of the partition member 109 in order to detect that the plate material storage portion 101 is located at a position corresponding to a predetermined delivery position. is there. That is, the sensor 113 is for detecting that the partition member 109 is located at the vertically upper position, and when the sensor 113 performs a predetermined detection, the drive motor 93 is appropriately operated to set the traveling carriage 83 to a predetermined position. Stop time. In addition, the sensor 11
3 is a sensor such as a limit switch, and the mounting position of the sensor 113 is not limited to the vertically downward position of the partition member 109, and can be appropriately changed.

The operation of this embodiment will be described based on the above configuration.

The rotating cylinder 17 is appropriately operated to position the rotating table 11 at a substantially horizontal position, and the stopper member 51 is projected to the upper surface of the rotating table 11. Then, the clamp device 3b for conveyance is appropriately operated to move the plate material W, which has been subjected to the desired processing by the plate material processing machine 3, to the right to be brought into contact with the stopper member 51.

Next, the clamp device 31 is appropriately operated to grip the plate material W, and the transport clamp device 3b is appropriately operated to release the grip state of the transport clamp device 3b. Also, the stopper member
The stopper member 57 is rotated by appropriately operating 51 and 57.
The stopper member 51 is made to protrude from the upper surface of 1 and the stopper member 51 is retracted into the upper surface of the rotating table 11. Then, the rodless cylinder device 47 is appropriately operated to move the clamp device 31 that holds the plate material W to the right, and bring the plate material W into contact with the stopper member 57.

After the plate material W is brought into contact with the stopper member 57, the clamped state of the clamp device 31 is released, and the rodless cylinder device 47 is released.
Is operated appropriately to move the clamp device 31 to the left. At this time, the stopper member 51 is made to project again to the upper surface of the rotary table 11, and the plate material W is positioned between the stopper members 51 and 57. Then, the plate material suction device 61 is appropriately operated to bring the front end portion of the plate material W into contact with the roller 31, and the plate material W is fixed in a state of contacting with the roller 31 by appropriate means.

The rotating cylinder 17 is appropriately operated to position the rotating table 11 at a substantially vertical position. Further, the traveling carriage 83 located at the plate material storage standby position is moved in the front-rear direction via the drive motor 93, and the sensor 111 detects that the plate material storage portion 105 is located at a position corresponding to a predetermined feeding position. Then, the traveling carriage 83 is stopped for a predetermined time.

Then, the rodless cylinder device 47 is appropriately operated to move the pusher 81 to the right to feed the plate material W to the right from a predetermined feeding position, and the plate material W is stored in the plate material storage unit 101.
Is stored almost vertically.

In the above operation, the predetermined number of plate materials W are stored in the plurality of plate material storage portions 10
It is done until it is stored in 5. After the predetermined number of plate materials W are stored, the traveling carriage 83 is moved to the plate material storage end position via the drive motor 93.

According to the present embodiment as described above, since the plate material W is accommodated in a substantially vertical state and three-dimensionally, the space for accommodating the plate material W can be made relatively small, and the space of the factory can be reduced. This makes it possible to make effective use, and the work of supplying the plate material W to the next step is relatively simple.

Further, when the rotary table 11 is rotated from the substantially horizontal state to the substantially vertical state, the front end portion of the plate material W is previously brought into contact with the roller 31 by the plate material adsorbing device 101, so that the plate material W is relatively moved. It does not hurt.

It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the above description of the embodiments, but can be implemented in various other modes by making appropriate changes.

[Effects of the Invention] As can be understood from the above description of the embodiments, according to the present invention, since the plate material is stored in a substantially vertical state and three-dimensionally, it is possible to store the plate material. The space can be made relatively small, the space in the factory can be effectively used, and the work of supplying the plate material to the next process becomes relatively easy.

Also, when the rotary table is rotated to a substantially horizontal state, the vacuum pad is appropriately operated in advance to bring the end portion of the plate material into contact with the edge support portion, so that the plate material is relatively scratched. It is something that is not good.

[Brief description of drawings]

The drawings are for explaining the embodiments according to the present invention.
The drawing is a plan view of the plate material storage device. FIG. 2 is a front view of the plate material storage device. FIG. 3 is a left side view of the plate storage device. FIG. 4 is a right side view of the plate material storage device. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a main part of this embodiment. FIG. 6 is a view taken along line VI-VI in FIG. FIG. 7 is a view taken along the line VII-VII in FIG. FIG. 8 is a view taken along the line VIII-VIII in FIG. 1 …… Sheet material storage device, 5 …… Sheet material transport device 7 …… Sheet material storage cart, 11 …… Rotary table 33 …… Clamping device 59 …… Vacuum pad, 61 …… Sheet material adsorption device 81 …… Pusher, 85 …… Plate material storage cart 105 ... Plate material storage unit

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A rotary table provided with a work support portion and an edge support portion is rotatably and fixedly provided between a substantially horizontal position and a substantially vertical position, and is supported substantially horizontally by the work support portion. A transport means is provided for transporting the rolled plate material in the longitudinal direction of the rotary table, and the end portion of the plate material is brought into contact with the edge support portion before rotating the rotary table to a substantially vertical position. Therefore, a vacuum pad capable of adsorbing a plate material is provided so as to be close to and away from the edge support portion, and a delivery means for delivering a plate material supported substantially vertically by the edge support portion in the longitudinal direction. The plate material sent by the sending means is provided on the sending side of the rotary table.
A plate material storage device comprising a storage cart provided with a plurality of storage portions for storing substantially vertically.