JPH08277030A - Plate material push-out devcie and plate material transfer device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To avoid the occurrence of a push-out impossible region which corresponds to the length of a slider in the whole length region of a rodless cylinder in a plate material push-out device. CONSTITUTION: A first pusher 39 and a second pusher 41 which can push out an end of a plate material are provided in a slider 37 in a rodless cylinder 31, and the height position of the first pusher 39 for the slider 37 is higher than the height position of the second pusher for the slider 37. A front end side when viewed from a predetermined direction in the rodless cylinder 31 is connected to a stationary part 29 through a link 33, and an oscillation operation device 45 which oscillates the rodless cylinder 31 in the vertical direction around the link 33 is provided.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a plate material extruding device for extruding a plate material in a predetermined direction along a pass line, and a plate material transferring device equipped with the plate material extruding device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional plate material extruding device 101 for extruding a plate material W forward (leftward in FIG. 3) along a path line will be briefly described with reference to FIG. The rodless cylinder 105 is provided so as to be located below the height position of the pass line (lower side in FIG. 3). The rodless cylinder 105 includes a cylinder body 107 and the cylinder body 107 in the front-back direction. The slider 109 is provided so as to be movable. A pusher 111 capable of pushing the plate material W forward is provided on the front end side of the slider 109.

Therefore, the plate material W can be pushed out by the pusher 111 by moving the slider 109 forward after supporting the plate material W at the height position of the pass line.

[0004]

However, in the conventional plate material extruding apparatus 101 as described above, since the slider 109 of the rodless cylinder 105 is provided with the pusher 111 on the front end side, the rodless cylinder 10 is not provided.
The pusher 11 in the rear end region in the full length region of 5
1 cannot be positioned, and the rear end region in the full length region is a non-extrudable region corresponding to the length of the slider 109 in the front-rear direction. On the other hand, as shown in FIG.
When the pusher 111 is provided on the rear end side of the rodless cylinder 105, the front end region in the entire length region of the rodless cylinder 105 is a non-pushable region corresponding to the length of the slider 109 in the front-rear direction. That is, regardless of the position where the pusher 111 is installed on the slider 109, there is a non-pushable region corresponding to the length of the slider 109 in the front-rear direction in the entire length region of the rodless cylinder 105.
It is necessary to lengthen the length of 05 by a length corresponding to the non-extrudable region than the length corresponding to the actually required extrusion amount, and the space of the factory corresponding to the lengthening of the rodless cylinder 105. There was a problem that it was not possible to use effectively.

[0005]

In order to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, as a first means of the present invention, in a plate material extruding device for extruding a plate material in a predetermined direction along a path line, A rodless cylinder provided with a slider that can be moved to a position below the height of the pass line, and the slider is provided with a first pusher and a second pusher capable of pushing out the end of the plate material. The first pusher is the second when viewed from the predetermined direction.
The first pusher and the second pusher are spaced apart from each other so as to be located on the rear side of the pusher, and the height position of the first pusher with respect to the slider is set to the second position with respect to the slider.
It is configured to be higher than the height position of the pusher, and only the first pusher of the first and second pushers is projected upward with respect to the height position of the pass line.
In order to switch the pusher and the second pusher to a state in which the pusher and the second pusher are projected upward with respect to the height position of the pass line, the front end side of the rodless cylinder when viewed from a predetermined direction is connected to the fixing portion via a connecting tool, and It is characterized in that a swing actuator for swinging the rodless cylinder in the vertical direction about the connecting tool is provided.

As a second means, in addition to the constitutional requirements of the first means, the rocking actuator is a rocking cylinder, and one of the piston rod and the rocking cylinder body of the rocking cylinder is the above-mentioned. It is characterized in that it is connected to the rodless cylinder and the other is connected to the fixing portion.

As a third means, in addition to the constitutional requirements of the first or second means, when the rod cylinder is placed in a substantially horizontal state, the first pusher and the second pusher are located at the height position of the pass line. It is characterized in that it is configured so as to project toward it.

As the fourth means, in addition to the constituent requirements of any one of the first to third means, a work supporting member (which may be used as a fixing portion) for supporting the plate material at the height position of the pass line. ) Is provided.

As a fifth means, in the plate material transfer device for transferring the plate material to a predetermined storage part among a plurality of storage parts provided in the vertical direction in the plate material storage device, any one of the first to fourth means It is characterized in that it is provided with a plate material extruding device having the above constitutional requirements, and an elevating operation device for elevating the plate material extruding device.

[0010]

With the above construction, the plate member is supported at the height position of the pass line (on the work supporting member in the fourth or fifth means). At this time, only the first pusher of the first and second pushers is in a state of protruding upward with respect to the height position of the pass line. Then, by operating the rodless cylinder to move the slider in the predetermined direction, the plate material can be extruded in the predetermined direction by the first pusher.

When the slider moves in the predetermined direction and exceeds the rear end region in the predetermined direction in the entire length region of the rodless cylinder, the operation of the rodless cylinder is temporarily stopped, and the rod operating cylinder operates to operate the rodless cylinder. By swinging the rodless cylinder upwards about the connector (in the third to fifth means, the rodless cylinder is pivoted upwards about the connector to bring it into a substantially horizontal state). By) 1st pusher and 2nd
Set the pusher so that it protrudes upward with respect to the height of the pass line. Then, by operating the rodless cylinder to move the slider in the predetermined direction, the plate material can be extruded in the predetermined direction by the second pusher.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Referring to FIG. 1, a plate material storage / transfer device 1 according to this embodiment has a storage section 3 for storing a plate material W vertically (see FIG.
A plurality of plate material storage devices 5 above and below, and a plate material transfer device 7 for transferring the plate material W to a predetermined storage portion 3 of the plate material storage device 5.

The plate material storage device 5 will be briefly described. The plate material storage device 5 is based on a storage frame 11 provided with a plurality of rotatable wheels 9. The storage frame 11 includes the storage part 3 described above. A plurality is provided above and below.
A plurality of support rollers 13 for supporting the plate material W are provided in each storage section 5.
Are rotatably provided in the front-rear direction (left-right direction in FIG. 1).

The plate material transfer device 7 will be described in detail. A pair of guide rails 1 are provided near the plate material storage device 5.
5 are provided to extend in the left-right direction (the front-back direction toward the paper surface in FIG. 1), and a traveling frame 17 is provided on the pair of guide rails 15 so as to be movable in the left-right direction via a plurality of drive wheels 19. is there. The moving wheel 19 is driven to rotate in the left-right direction by driving a traveling motor (not shown). The traveling frame 17 is provided with an elevating / lowering device 23 having an elevating / lowering platform 21 which can be elevated and lowered. It goes up and down to the Sa position.

The lifting table 21 has a predetermined storage portion 3 for storing a plate material.
A plate material extruding device 27 for extruding the plate material W is provided.

More specifically, referring to FIG. 2, a work support member 29 for movably supporting the plate material W in the front-rear direction (left-right direction in FIG. 2) is provided on the elevating table 21 via an intermediate material 30. The supporting position (upper surface position) of the work supporting member 29 is the height position of the pass line. A front end portion of a rodless cylinder 31 is connected to an appropriate position on the lower front portion of the work supporting member 29 via a connecting pin 33. The rodless cylinder 31 has a cylinder body 3
5 and a slider 37 provided on the cylinder body 35 so as to be movable in the front-rear direction.

The slider 37 is provided with a first pusher 39 and a second pusher 41 capable of extruding the rear end of the plate material W, and the first pusher 39 is the second pusher 39.
The first pusher 39 and the second pusher 41 are separated from each other so as to be located on the rear side of the pusher 41. In addition, the first pusher 39 for the slider 37
Of the second pusher 41 relative to the slider 37.
It is configured to be higher than the height position of. Furthermore,
Of the first and second pushers 39 and 41, only the first pusher 39 is projected upward with respect to the height position of the pass line, and the first pusher 39 and the second pusher 41 are set to the height of the pass line. In addition to connecting the front end of the rodless cylinder 31 to the lower front part of the work supporting member 27 via the connecting pin 33 as described above in order to switch the position to the position where the rodless cylinder 31 is projected upward, The cylinder base 45 of the rocking cylinder 43 is connected to the rear end of the rocking cylinder 21 at an appropriate position via a connecting pin 47 so as to be vertically rockable, and the piston rod 49 of the rocking cylinder 43 is connected to the rodless cylinder 31. It is connected to the rear end of the rear end through a connecting pin 51. In this embodiment, in particular,
When the piston rod 49 is moved upward to bring the rodless cylinder 31 into a substantially horizontal state as shown in FIG. 2B, the first pusher 39 and the second pusher 41
Are configured to project with respect to the height position of the pass line.

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

The traveling frame 17 is driven by the traveling motor.
The plate W is supported on the work support member 27 in the front-back direction by an appropriate robot hand (not shown). Also,
The traveling frame 17 is moved in the left-right direction by driving the traveling motor, and the lifting platform 2 is operated by operating the lifting cylinder.
By raising and lowering 1, the plate material push-out device 27 is positioned at a position corresponding to the predetermined storage part 3 in the plate material storage device 5. At this time, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2A, only the first pusher 39 of the first and second pushers 39 and 41 is projected upward with respect to the height position of the pass line. is there. Then, the rodless cylinder 31
Is operated to move the slider 37 forward, the plate material W can be pushed forward by the first pusher 39.

When the slider 37 moves in the forward direction and exceeds the rear end region in the entire length region of the rodless cylinder 31, the operation of the rodless cylinder 31 is temporarily stopped, and the rocking cylinder 43 is operated to operate the rodless cylinder 31. By swinging 31 upward about the connecting pin 33 and making the rodless cylinder 31 substantially horizontal as shown in FIG. 2B, the first pusher 39 and the second pusher 41 pass. The line is projected upward with respect to the height position. Then, by operating the rodless cylinder 31 and moving the slider 37 in the forward direction, the plate material W can be pushed out in the backward direction by the second pusher 41 and transferred to the predetermined storage section 3.

According to the invention of this embodiment as described above, the slider 37 of the rodless cylinder 31 is provided with the first pusher 39 and the second pusher 41 which are different in height from each other, and the rodless cylinder 31 is rocked. By doing so, the first pusher 39 extrudes the plate material W and the second pusher 39
Since the push-out of the plate material W by the pusher 41 is selectively used, it is possible to avoid the occurrence of a non-extrudable region corresponding to the length of the slider 31 in the front-rear direction in the entire length region of the rodless cylinder 31. Therefore, it is sufficient to set the length of the rodless cylinder 31 to a length corresponding to the required pushing amount, and it is possible to prevent the length of the rodless cylinder 31 from becoming long as much as possible and to effectively use the space in the factory. it can.

Further, the slider 37 in the rodless cylinder 31 includes a first pusher 39 and a second pusher 4.
It is sufficient to move only 1 integrally, and it is possible to suppress the increase in size of the rodless cylinder 31.

[0023]

As can be understood from the above description of the embodiment, according to the present invention, the slider of the rodless cylinder is provided with the first pusher and the second pusher having different heights from each other, and Since the pushing of the plate material by the first pusher and the pushing of the plate material by the second pusher are selectively used by swinging the less cylinder, an unextrudable region corresponding to the length of the slider occurs in the entire length region of the rodless cylinder. Can be avoided. Therefore, it is sufficient to set the length of the rodless cylinder to a length corresponding to the required pushing amount, and it is possible to suppress the length of the rodless cylinder as much as possible and to effectively utilize the space in the factory.

Further, it is sufficient for the slider in the rodless cylinder to integrally move only the first pusher and the second pusher, and it is possible to prevent the rodless cylinder from increasing in size.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view of a plate material storage / transfer device.

FIG. 2 is an operation explanatory view.

FIG. 3 is a side view of a conventional plate material extrusion device.

FIG. 4 is a side view of a conventional plate material extruding device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Plate Material Storage / Transfer Device 3 Storage Unit 5 Plate Material Storage Device 7 Plate Material Transfer Device 23 Elevating / Actuating Device 27 Plate Material Extrusion Device 29 Work Support Member 31 Rodless Cylinder 37 Slider 39 First Pusher 41 Second Pusher 43 Swing Cylinder 45 Cylinder Body 49 Piston rod

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A plate material extruding device for extruding a plate material in a predetermined direction along a pass line, wherein a rodless cylinder provided with a slider movable in the predetermined direction is positioned below a height position of the pass line. And a first pusher and a second pusher capable of pushing out the end portion of the plate member are provided on the slider, and the first pusher and the second pusher are positioned so that the first pusher is located on the rear side of the second pusher when viewed from the predetermined direction. The second pusher is separated from the slider, and the height position of the first pusher with respect to the slider is higher than the height position of the second pusher with respect to the slider. Make sure that only the pusher is projected upward with respect to the height position of the pass line and that the first pusher and the second pusher are opposite to the height position of the pass line. The rodless cylinder is connected to the fixed portion via a connecting tool when viewed from a predetermined direction in the rodless cylinder, and the rodless cylinder is vertically swung around the connecting tool. A plate material extruding device comprising a swinging actuating device for moving the plate material. 2. The swing actuator is a swing cylinder, and one of a piston rod and a swing cylinder body of the swing cylinder is connected to the rodless cylinder, and the other is connected to the fixed portion. The plate material extruding device according to claim 1, wherein 3. The first pusher and the second pusher are configured to project with respect to the height position of the pass line when the rod cylinder is brought into a substantially horizontal state. Alternatively, the plate material extrusion device according to claim 2. 4. A work supporting member for supporting the plate material at the height position of the pass line is provided.
~ The plate material extruding device according to any one of claims 3 to 4. 5. A plate material transfer device for transferring a plate material to a predetermined storage part out of a plurality of storage parts provided in a vertical direction in the plate material storage device, according to any one of claims 1 to 4. A plate material transfer device comprising a plate material extruding device and an elevating operation device for elevating and lowering the plate material extruding device.