JPH0781829A - Cut-cloth sorting system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To automate sorting-out and transferring from a pickup table onto a sorting table in a system using an automatic cloth cutting device. CONSTITUTION:A cut-cloth sorting system has a number of cut-cloth-raising pin means 14 provided on a pickup table 13, a means 25 for controlling the operation of the required pin means 14, a cut-cloth transfer means 18 for sorting, transferring and placing in a predetermined position on a sorting table 17 a cut cloth 12 raised by the pin means 14, and a means 26 for controlling the operation of the means 18.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cutting material sorting device, and more particularly to a cutting material sorting device for sorting and transferring the cutting material sent from an automatic cutting device onto a pickup table onto a sorting table.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there has been known a cloth automatic cutting device which automatically cuts a raw cloth into a predetermined shape in accordance with a cutting shape which is preset. In the material cutting system using this automatic cutting device, for example, the original material material sent from the spreading machine is automatically cut by the material automatic cutting device according to the cutting shape created by, for example, CAD and set in advance, After the cut material is sent to the pickup table, the cut material on the pickup table is transferred to the sorting table. Automation is realized up to the delivery of the cut fabric onto the pickup table, but the transfer of the cut fabric from the pickup table onto the sorting table relies on manual work. The cut fabrics transferred onto the sorting table are stacked in an appropriate number or bundled in an appropriate combination and sent to the next step.

[0003]

However, in the conventional system as described above, since the transfer of the cut material from the pickup table to the sorting table requires manual work, it is inefficient and It is an obstacle to labor saving of the entire system. Especially, the fabric width is 1.8-2
When it is about m or more, it becomes difficult to take out the cut cloth from only one side of the pickup table, and it becomes necessary to arrange workers on both sides of the pickup table.

The present invention pays attention to the problems in such a conventional system, and in particular, it automatically sorts and transfers the cutting material from the pickup table to the sorting table, and the cutting material can be saved in the whole system. The purpose is to provide a sorting device.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, a cutting material sorting apparatus of the present invention is provided with a sorting table for cutting the cutting material sent from a material automatic cutting apparatus which automatically cuts a raw material material into a predetermined shape. A cutting material sorting device for sorting and transferring to the top, comprising: (a) a large number of pin means for lifting the cutting material, which are provided on the pickup table and move up and down on the upper surface of the pickup table; First control means for controlling only the operation of the pin means for lifting the cutting material from among the plurality of pin means according to the shape of the cutting material sent from the automatic cutting device; and (c) the pin. A cutting material transfer means for lifting the cutting material lifted by the means, transferring it from the pickup table to a predetermined position on the sorting table, and placing it on the sorting table; It consists of having a second control means for controlling the operation of the cross-sectional fabric transfer means.

In the above apparatus, the first control means uses, for example, an input signal or an output signal of the cloth cutting shape signal input to the cloth automatic cutting apparatus. Further, the second control means, when controlling the transfer of the cutting material to the sorting table by the cutting material transferring means, can further stack and transfer the next cutting material on the cutting material transferred to the sorting table. Is preferably configured.

The pin means is composed of, for example, an elastic pin which is capable of projecting and retracting on the upper surface of the pickup table, and the pin is moved up and down by a solenoid valve, for example.

Further, the cutting material transfer means comprises, for example, a claw means for picking up the cutting material on the pickup table lifted by the pin means from below.

[0009]

In the above-described cutting cloth sorting apparatus, the cloth automatically cut by the automatic cloth cutting apparatus is sent out onto the pickup table, and the input signal to the automatic cloth cutting apparatus is used to generate the first cloth. By the control by the control means, only the necessary pin means among the many arranged pin means is raised. A predetermined cutting material is lifted by the lifted pin means, and the cutting material transfer means lifts the cutting material lifted by the pin means by a scooping operation or the like, and then transfers it to a predetermined position on the sorting table. , Sort and place on the sorting table. The operation of the cutting material transfer means is automatically controlled by the second control means.

In this way, a series of operations for sorting and transferring the cut material from the pickup table to the sorting table are automatically performed, and all the work which has hitherto been performed manually is automated.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT A preferred embodiment of the cutting material sorting apparatus of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 and 2
Shows a dough cutting system incorporating a cutting dough sorting device according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure,
Reference numerals 1 and 2 denote a first spreading machine and a second spreading machine, respectively, which feed the raw fabric 3, and reference numerals 4 and 5 denote respective spreading boards. In the present embodiment, each of the spreading bases 4 and 5 is configured to be movable along the rail 6, and each of the spreading machines 1 and 2 attached with the spreading bases 4 and 5 can be selected.

An automatic cloth cutting device 7 is connected to the spreading table (the spreading table 4 in the illustrated example). Automatic material cutting device 7
Above the table 8 is provided a dough cutting means 9, for example, a dough cutting means 9 comprising an ultrasonic vibration knife.
The dough cutting means 9 is moved so as to draw a predetermined locus with respect to the original fabric 3 on the table 8 by the operation of the cutting means moving device (transverse / longitudinal device) 11 based on a signal from the cutting device control device 10. Controlled, by which the original fabric 3
As shown in the figure, the cutting material 12 is cut into each of the predetermined shapes. Each predetermined shape for cutting is
For example, it is created by CAD, and the data is input and set in the control device 10 in advance. The original fabric 3 is usually made of a plurality of (for example, about 100) fabrics, and each layer is simultaneously cut into the same shape in the laminated state. In some cases, sorting paper is inserted between the stacked layers.

A pickup table 13 is connected to the automatic cloth cutting device 7, and the cut cloth 12 cut by the automatic cloth cutting device 7 is picked up by the pickup table 1.
It is designed to be sent to the top 3. Although illustration is omitted, a large number of air ejection holes are provided on the upper surface of the pickup table 13 at an appropriate pitch, and the air is blown by the air blown from the air ejection holes, so that the automatic cloth cutting device 7 moves the pickup table 13 onto The cutting material 12 is smoothly delivered to the.

As shown in FIG.
As also shown in FIG. 5, a large number of pin means 14 for raising and lowering the cut material which are moved up and down on the upper surface are arranged at an appropriate pitch, for example, about 3 cm. In the present embodiment, the pin means 14 is composed of a pin 15 made of an elastic material (for example, rubber) that can be retracted on the upper surface of the pickup table 13, and a solenoid valve 16 that directly moves the pin 15 up and down. ing. In addition, in the present embodiment, the pin 15 is shown as a rod-shaped member, but it may be formed of a needle-shaped member.

A sorting table 17 is provided on the side of the pickup table 13, and a cutting material transfer means 18 is provided above the pickup table 13 from the pickup table 13 to the sorting table 17. The cutting material transfer means 18 is provided on the vertical movement means 20 running along the rail device 19 arranged outside the pickup table 13 and the sorting table 17, the horizontal movement means 21 traversing the vertical movement means 20, and the horizontal movement means 21. It is provided with a vertical movement means 22 which operates in the vertical direction.
Lifting means 23 is provided for lifting the cutting material 12 on the pickup table 13 lifted by 4. In the present embodiment, the lifting means 23 is constituted by the claw means 23 that scoops up the cutting material 12 lifted by the pin means 14 from below, but other means, for example, sucking the cutting material 12 by air suction from above. The above-mentioned means may be used.

The sorting table 17 is composed of a simple table having a flat upper surface, on which the cutting material 12 carried from the pickup table 13 by the cutting material transferring means 18 is placed. . As shown in FIG. 2, the placing method may place only one set of the conveyed cutting material 12, and the next cutting material 12 (the same kind and different kinds) is placed on the placed cutting material 12. May be placed in a stack.

A control device 24 controls the pin means 14 and the cutting material transfer means 18. The control device 24 includes a first control device 25 as a first control means and a second control device 26 as a second control means.

The first control device 25 is an automatic cloth cutting device 7
The cutting material 1 to be lifted from a large number of pin means 14 according to the shape of the cutting material 12 delivered from
Only the operation of the pin means 14 for 2 is controlled. As described above, since the shape signal for cutting created in CAD or the like is input and set in advance in the automatic cloth cutting device 7, the input signal or output signal to this automatic cloth cutting device is sent to the first control device 25. The above control becomes possible by using the input signal of. In the present embodiment, based on the command signal from the first controller 25, only the required solenoid valve 16 is operated,
Only the required pin 15 is lifted and the targeted cutting fabric 12 is lifted.

The second control device 26 is for cutting material transfer means 1
Control the operation of 8. Also in the second control device 26, the signal to the control device 10 for the automatic material cutting device 7 is used. That is, since the shape, size, position, etc. of the cut cloth 12 can be determined from the signal in the control device 10, the position of the cut cloth 12 lifted by the pin means 14 can be determined in the same manner as the control by the pin means 14.
The movement of the lifting means 23 can be controlled.

In the present embodiment, the target cutting material 12
However, as shown in FIG. 2, it is lifted by the pin means 14, a claw 23 as a lifting means is inserted below the pin means 14, and the claw 23 lifts the cut fabric. It is carried to a predetermined position above the sorting table 17 by the lifted cutting material 12, the traversing means 21, and the longitudinal means 20, is lowered by the up-and-down moving means 22, and is placed on the sorting table 17 (the claw 23 is Pulled out). The placement position can be input to the second control device 26 in advance, or can be automatically set in the second control device 26 in accordance with the shape of the cut fabric. Further, for easy bundling, as shown in FIG. 2, it is also possible to stack and place them on the sorting table 17.

In such a cutting material sorting device,
The cutting material 12 delivered onto the pickup table 13 is automatically lifted by the pin means 14,
The cut cloth 12 that has been lifted is automatically carried to the sorting table 17 by the cutting cloth transfer means, and the sorting table 17 is moved.
It is placed in a predetermined position above. Therefore, a series of these operations is automatically performed.

Further, the sorting table 17 is constructed as a movable carriage,
If the movement is also automatically controlled, it is possible to automate the conveyance of the cutting material 12 to the next process.

[0023]

As described above, according to the cutting material sorting apparatus of the present invention, the sorting and transfer from the pickup table to the sorting table can be automatically performed in the automatic material cutting system. Therefore, it is possible to realize an extremely highly efficient system and save labor.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a system using a cutting material sorting device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is an enlarged II arrow view of the device of FIG. 1. FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1, 2 Spreading machine 3 Raw fabric 4, 5 Spreading table 7 Automatic fabric cutting device 8 Table 9 Dough cutting means 10 Cutting device control device 11 Cutting means moving device 12 Cutting fabric 13 Pickup table 14 Pin means 15 Pin 16 Solenoid valve 17 Sorting table 18 Cutting material transfer means 19 Rail device 20 Longitudinal means 21 Traverse means 22 Vertical movement means 23 Claws as lifting means 24 Control device 25 First control means 26 Second control means

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A cutting material sorting device that sorts and transfers the cutting material fed onto a pickup table from an automatic material cutting device that automatically cuts a raw material into a predetermined shape, comprising: (a) It is provided on the pickup table,
Among the many pin means for lifting the cutting material which moves up and down on the upper surface of the pickup table and (b) the shape of the cutting material sent from the automatic material cutting device, From the first control means for controlling only the operation of the pin means for lifting the cutting material,
(C) A cutting material transfer means for lifting the cutting material lifted by the pin means, transferring it from the pickup table to a predetermined position on the sorting table, and placing it on the sorting table, and (d) the cutting material. And a second control means for controlling the operation of the transfer means. 2. The cutting material sorting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first control means uses an input signal or an output signal of a material cutting shape signal input to the automatic material cutting apparatus as an input signal. 3. The second control means, when controlling the transfer of the cutting material to the sorting table by the cutting material transferring means, further cuts the next cutting material on the cutting material transferred to the sorting table. 2. A structure in which the doughs can be stacked and transferred.
Or the cutting material sorting device of 2. 4. The cutting material sorting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the pin means includes a resilient pin that can be retracted from the upper surface of the pickup table. 5. The cutting material sorting apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the pin is moved up and down by a solenoid valve. 6. The cutting material transfer means comprises claw means for picking up the cutting material on the pickup table lifted by the pin means from below.
5. The cutting material sorting device according to any one of 5 to 5.