JPH08276232A - Blank feeding device for shape machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide a blank feeding device for a shape machine which efficiently stock shapes of different cross-section in a few set area, continuously feeds a work in a long term and which can improve the working efficiency. CONSTITUTION: A shape being a work W is carried in a shape machine 101 by a material feeding device 103, and the carried-in work W is machined. In this time, the work W is mounted on a blank pallet 5, this blank pallet 5 is approached to the material feeding device 103, one of the work W is taken out by a transfer means 17 of this blank pallet 5 and it is fed to the material feeding device 103. The blank pallet 5 is separated from the material feeding device 103 and the work W is mounted on the blank pallet 5. Vertical members 7 for preventing the loads from being dropped down are installed on the blank pallet 5, the pallet is sectioned in plural parts, and the work W is mounted in these parts. Because the interval of the vertical members 7 is regulated freely corresponding to the size of the work W to be mounted, the works of many sizes can be mounted together.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a material feeding device for a shaped steel processing machine, and more particularly to a material feeding device for a shaped steel processing machine that can be continuously operated for a long time.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 8 shows a shape-steel processing machine 101 for processing a work W such as an angle-shaped steel or H-shaped steel, a material feeding device 103 for feeding the work W to the shape-steel processing machine 101, Material supply device 1 for supplying the work W to the material supply device 103
05 and the NC controller 107 that controls them are shown.

The material feeding device 103 shown in FIG. 8 will be described. This material feeding device 103 is a shaped steel processing machine 1 described later.
01 for supplying the work W, and has a large number of posts 109 erected on the base G and a roller table 111 provided at the upper end of the posts 109.
On the roller table 111, a large number of free rollers 113 that movably support the work W are rotatably provided.

Further, there is provided a guide rail 115 provided in parallel with the roller table 111, and a material feeding device main body 117 reciprocating on the guide rail 115 in the material feeding direction (left and right direction in FIG. 8). . This material feeding device body 11
A material feeding gripper 119 is provided at the front end of the work W, and the work W is shaped by moving on the guide rail 115 by a driving device (not shown) while gripping the rear end of the work W supplied onto the free roller 113. It is carried into the steel processing machine 101.

Referring also to FIG. 9, the material supply device 1
Reference numeral 05 is for supplying the work W to the above-described material feeding device 103. For example, the work W placed on the chain type supplier 121 by driving the chain type supplier 121 (here, the angle type Steel) is sequentially supplied to the roller table 111.

Next, the outline of the shaped steel working machine 101 will be described with reference to FIG. A base 123 is provided on the base G, and a cutting unit 125 that cuts in the vertical direction, two punching units 127 that intersect each other at an angle of 90 degrees, and a butting member 129 for positioning (see FIG. 8) are provided on the base 123. ) Etc. are provided.

The cutting unit 125 is a work W which is carried in and positioned by the material feeding device 103 described above.
The cutting process is performed. Further, the punching unit 127 performs punching processing on each surface of the work W, which is an angle material carried in and positioned by the material feeding device 103.

Shaped steel processing machine 1 configured as described above
In 01, the work W supplied to the material feeding device 103 by the material feeding device 105 is fed by the material feeding device 103, abuts the abutting member 129 (see FIG. 8), is positioned and fixed, and is cut by the cutting unit 125. Or punching is performed by the punching unit 127.

As another material supply device 131,
As shown in FIG. 11, there is one in which a work gripper 135 is provided at the tip of a rotatable arm 133. In this material supply device 105, the work gripper 135 clamps the loaded uppermost work W to move the arm 133 to the rotary shaft 1.
The work W is reversed by being rotated about 37 and is carried in on the free roller 113.

[0010]

However, such a conventional technique has a problem that a large installation area is required when the above-mentioned chain type supplier 121 is used. Further, it is difficult to set up when processing small lot products. Further, there is a problem that continuous operation for a long time cannot be performed.

Further, the material supply device 131 shown in FIG.
However, it is difficult to continuously operate many kinds of workpieces, and a device capable of continuous operation has a problem that the structure becomes complicated and the cost increases.

The object of the present invention was made by paying attention to the above-mentioned conventional techniques, and it efficiently stocks shaped steels having different cross-sectional shapes in a small installation area and continuously supplies a work for a long time. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a material supply device for a shaped steel processing machine that can improve the operating efficiency.

[0013]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, a material feeding device for a shaped steel processing machine according to a first aspect of the present invention is provided with a material feeding device for carrying in shaped steel as a workpiece. A shape steel processing machine, comprising: a material pallet capable of approaching and separating from the material feeding device while stacking the work; and a conveying means for taking one work from the material pallet to the material feeding device. It is characterized by

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a material feed device for a shaped steel working machine characterized in that the material pallet according to the first aspect is divided into a plurality of parts by a vertical member for preventing load collapse. .

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a material feeding device for a shaped steel machine, wherein the conveying means according to the first aspect has a vertical moving means for picking up one shaped steel and picking it up, and the vertical moving means. And a horizontal moving unit that can freely move toward and away from the material device.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a material supplying device for a shaped steel working machine, wherein the interval between the vertical members according to the second aspect is adjustable in accordance with the size of a work to be loaded. .

[0017]

In the material supplying device for the shaped steel processing machine according to the first aspect, the material feeding device carries the shaped steel, which is the work, into the shaped steel processing machine, and the shaped steel processing machine performs processing on the loaded work. At this time, the work is loaded on the material pallet, the material pallet is brought close to the material feeding device, and the conveying means picks up one work from the material pallet and supplies it to the material feeding device. . Further, the work is loaded on the material pallet at a position where the material pallet is separated from the material feeding device.

In the material feeding device for the shaped steel machine according to claim 2, the material pallet according to claim 1 is provided with a vertical member for preventing load collapse, and is divided into a plurality of parts, and the work is loaded on the divided parts. To do.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a material supplying device for a shaped steel processing machine, wherein the horizontal moving means of the conveying means moves the work onto a desired work loaded on the material pallet, and the vertical moving means moves the work to a single position. Take one. Then, while the work is held, the work is supplied by moving the work up to the material feeding device by the horizontal moving means.

In the material supplying apparatus for the shaped steel machine according to claim 4, since the interval between the vertical members according to claim 2 can be adjusted according to the size of the loaded work, the work of various sizes can be processed at once. Can be loaded.

[0021]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 to FIG. 3 show an embodiment of a material supply device 1 for a shaped steel working machine according to the present invention. Since the above-described conventional shape-steel processing machine 101 and the material feeding device 103 have already been described, the same parts are designated by the same reference numerals and the duplicate description will be omitted.

As described above, the section steel processing machine 10 for cutting and punching the work W which is the section steel.
1 is provided with a material feeding device 103 for loading the work W, and the material feeding device 103 is provided with a material feeding device 1 for supplying the work W.

In this material supply device 1, pallet traveling guide rails 3 extending in a direction (horizontal direction in FIG. 1) orthogonal to the loading direction of the work W are provided on a base G adjacent to the roller table 111 at predetermined intervals. ing.

A material pallet 5 stocked with various works W is provided on the pallet guide rail 3 so as to approach and separate from the roller table 111.
This material pallet 5 is a partition bar 7 as a vertical member for preventing the collapse of the load, the interval of which can be adjusted according to the width of the work W.
A plurality of work pieces W are provided between the partition bars 7.
Are loaded. Referring also to FIG. 4, a block 9 corresponding to the shape of the work W can be attached below the work W, if necessary.

At the positions corresponding to the front and rear ends (left and right in FIG. 2) of the roller table 111, end frames 11A and 11B having a width corresponding to the width of the material pallet 5 and the pallet traveling guide rail 3 are provided. The rail frames 13A and 13B are provided in parallel with each other, and rail frames 13A and 13B projecting above the roller table 111 are provided on the end frames 11A and 11B.

Front and rear rail frames 13A and 13B
Above the wheels are wheels 15 as horizontal moving means (see FIG. 3).
A traveling beam 17 is provided as a transporting means that has both ends at which it can travel freely.

Therefore, the traveling beam 17 has wheels 15 at both ends.
A beam member having substantially the same length as the roller table 111 with the fulcrum as a fulcrum. A vertical guide 19 is vertically provided at a predetermined interval on the traveling beam 17, and a magnet mounting beam 23 having a plurality of magnets 21 as vertical moving means for attracting the work W is attached to the vertical guide 19. It is installed so that it can move up and down along the. An uninterruptible power supply device (not shown) is used to drive the magnet 21, so that the work W is not dropped even during a power failure.

Next, the operation of the material supply device 1 described above will be described.

First, as shown in FIG. 5, workpieces W to be subjected to the next processing are loaded and put together by the jig 25 before or during the processing. Returning to FIG. 1 again, the material pallet 5 is moved along the pallet traveling guide rail 3 to the outer position of the rail frames 13A and 13B (the position shown by the chain double-dashed line in FIG. 1), and the pre-assembled works W are arranged. Is set at a predetermined position on the material pallet 5. At this time, if necessary, a block 9 corresponding to the shape of the work W is attached to the material pallet 5. After setting the work W,
The material pallet 5 is moved to the material supply position (the position shown by the solid line in FIG. 1) along the pallet traveling guide rail 3.

Subsequently, the traveling beam 17 is moved along the rail frames 13A and 13B to position the magnet mounting beam 23 above the desired work W loaded on the material pallet 5. The magnet mounting beam 23 is lowered along the upper and lower guides 19 to a position where the magnet 21 contacts the uppermost work W, and the work 21 is attracted by turning on the magnet 21.

The magnet mounting beam 23 is raised while the work W is attracted, and the traveling beam 17 is moved to position it on the free roller 113 of the roller table 111. The movement / positioning of the traveling beam 17 is performed under the control of the NC control device 107.

Subsequently, the magnet mounting beam 23 is lowered and the work W is placed on the free roller 113.
At this time, a confirmation sensor (not shown) confirms that the work W is properly placed on the free roller 113. And
Magnet 21 is turned off and magnet mounting beam 23
Is raised to complete the work W supply operation.

According to the material supplying device for the shaped steel processing machine, the material pallet 5 is divided into a plurality of parts by the partition bar 7, and the works W are loaded on these parts, so that various works W can be installed in a small installation area. Can be supplied one after another. This enables long-term continuous automatic operation.

Further, the work W is loaded between the partition bars 7 whose intervals are adjusted according to the size of the work W.
Can be supplied in large quantities without the load collapse. Particularly, by using the block 9, the works W can be stably loaded.

Further, since the material pallet 5 can be moved from the material supply position to the material feeding device 103 to the outer position of the rail frames 13A and 13B, the material pallet 5 is moved to the outer position during the machining by the shaped steel machine 101. Work W
Can be loaded on the material pallet 5. For this reason,
The setting time of the work W in the material supply device 1 is shortened, and the operating rate of the shaped steel processing machine 101 can be increased.

Since the work W is supplied to the material pallet 5 at the outer positions of the rail frames 13A and 13B, work such as crane operation and rope removal can be performed easily and safely.

The present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiments, but can be implemented in other modes by making appropriate changes. That is, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the work W is attracted by the magnet 21 has been described, but the attraction means is not limited to this.

Further, in the above-mentioned embodiment, the block 9 having a shape corresponding to the case where the angled steel is loaded on the material pallet 5 is used, but instead of this, the member 27 as shown in FIG. 6 is provided. Therefore, the angle steel W can be stably loaded.

Further, the work W may be supplied by preparing two or more material pallets 5 themselves and exchanging the material pallets 5 together.

Furthermore, although the material pallet 5 in the above-mentioned embodiment is entirely integrated, as shown in FIG. 7, the individual material pallets 5A, 5B ...
The material pallet 5 on which various works W can be stacked may be formed by connecting the above.

[0042]

As described above, in the material feeding device for the shaped steel processing machine according to the invention of claim 1, the shaped steel as the workpiece is carried into the shaped steel processing machine by the material feeding device, and the shaped steel processing is performed. The machine is processed by the machine. At this time, the work is loaded on the material pallet, the material pallet is brought close to the material feeding device, and the conveying means picks up one work from the material pallet and supplies it to the material feeding device. Therefore, a large amount of work can be supplied. Further, since the work can be loaded on the material pallet at a position where the material pallet is separated from the material feeding device, it is possible to set the work on the material pallet at the same time during processing, thereby improving the operating efficiency of the shaped steel processing machine. You can

In the material supplying apparatus for the shaped steel machine according to claim 2, the material pallet according to claim 1 is provided with a vertical member for preventing load collapse, and is divided into a plurality of parts, and the work is loaded on the divided parts. Therefore, a large amount of works can be stacked and stacked in a small installation area without causing a load collapse.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a material supplying device for a shaped steel processing machine, wherein the conveying means according to the first aspect has an up-and-down moving means for picking up and taking up one shaped steel, and the up-and-down moving means. Since the horizontal moving means that can freely move toward and away from each other is provided, desired works at arbitrary positions on the material pallet can be continuously supplied to the material feeding device one by one.

In the material supplying apparatus for the shaped steel machine according to claim 4, since the interval between the vertical members according to claim 2 can be adjusted according to the size of the loaded work, the work of various sizes can be processed at once. It can be loaded and works of different sizes can be processed continuously.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing an embodiment of a material supply device for a shaped steel processing machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view seen from the direction II in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a side view seen from the direction III in FIG.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing blocks of a material palette.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a state where a work is conveyed to a material pallet.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing another embodiment of blocks used for a material palette.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing another embodiment of the material palette.

FIG. 8 is a plan view showing a material supply device of a conventional shaped steel processing machine.

9 is a side view showing the chain type supplier as seen from the direction IX in FIG. 8. FIG.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a shaped steel processing machine.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory view showing another example of the material supply device of the conventional shaped steel processing machine.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Material Supply Device 5 Material Pallet 7 Partition Bar (Vertical Member) 15 Wheels (Horizontal Moving Means) 17 Traveling Beam (Conveying Means) 21 Magnets (Upward and Downward Moving Means) 101 Shaped Steel Processing Machine 103 Feeding Machine W Work

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A shape-steel processing machine equipped with a material-feeding device for carrying in a shaped steel as a workpiece, the material pallet being capable of approaching and separating from the material-feeding device while loading the work. A material feeding device for a shaped steel processing machine, comprising: a conveying means for taking one work from the material pallet to the material feeding device. 2. The material supplying apparatus for a shaped steel machining machine according to claim 1, wherein the material pallet is divided into a plurality of parts by a vertical member for preventing a load collapse. 3. The conveying means comprises an up-and-down moving means for picking up and picking up one shaped steel sheet, and a horizontal moving means having the up-and-down moving means and capable of moving toward and away from the material feeding device. The material supply device for a shaped steel processing machine according to claim 1. 4. The material supplying apparatus for a shaped steel machining machine according to claim 2, wherein the space between the vertical members is adjustable according to the size of the work to be loaded.