JPH08300075A - Panel loading device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To obtain a panel loading device which can be arranged efficiently in a small installation floor area with a simple constitution. CONSTITUTION: This panel loading device is composed of two discharging means 3, 4 on the conveying path of a transfer press, upper and lower switching parts 5, transferring parts 6 on the upper stage, and transferring parts 7 on the lower stage, etc., and it is formed in an F shape when viewed horizontally. The transferring paths are composed parallel, and the upper stream side discharging means 3 can pass the transferring material. Positioning mechanisms 20 are installed on the transferring parts 6, and 7 respectively, a transferring robot 8 and a set of two receiving members 9 are installed on the side of the mechanism 20, and overhead hangers 10 are arranged on the end parts of the lower stage transferring parts 7 respectively.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a panel loading device for loading a panel as a molded product, which is carried out from a transfer press, into a housing member.
The present invention relates to a panel loading device that enables efficient layout with a small floor area.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A transfer press having a plurality of metal molds and transferring processed products one after another to perform predetermined molding is suitable for mass production and is used in the automobile industry and the like. For example,
Since the production efficiency is high when the body parts (panels) are press-molded by the transfer press, piling at the time of stacking and transferring the molded panels on the downstream side becomes a problem. This is because the transfer means such as a robot has a limited processing capacity. Therefore,
The applicant of the present invention has previously proposed Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 5-317998 "Panel automatic loading device". FIG. 10 is a schematic perspective view of a panel loading device according to a conventional technique. The panel loading device includes a transport path 102 for transporting a molded product molded by the transfer press 101, and a vertical sorting conveyor 103 for vertically sorting the transport destination. , A left / right distributing conveyor 104 that distributes each of the upper and lower layers to the left and right, and a transfer unit 10 connected to the side of the left / right distributing conveyor 104.
5 and comprises a loading means such as a robot (not shown)
Is a device for loading the panel-shaped molded products into the respective storage members (not shown).

[0003]

However, although this device can reduce the occupied area by adopting the above-mentioned two-layer structure, it is dead due to the lateral spread of the transfer press 101 around the transfer path 102. Space is unavoidable, and it is desired to improve floor space efficiency.

[0004]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, firstly, a conveying path for discharging a molded product from a transfer press, and a discharging means for discharging a conveyed product to the side of the conveying path, In a panel loading device comprising a transfer section which is connected to each side of these payout means and which is configured to load an article to be transferred onto the accommodation member, the transfer section is disposed on the same side of the transfer path, and The payout means excluding the one on the terminal side of the path was allowed to retreat freely so that the conveyed objects could pass through.

Secondly, an overhead hanger is used as a member for accommodating the conveyed items.

[0006]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, since the transfer parts are arranged on the same side of the transport path, a plurality of transfer parts are centrally arranged,
Further, since the withdrawal operation is freely performed so that the conveyed object can pass through a part of the payout means, the conveyed object is conveyed to the payout means at the terminal side of the conveying path without any trouble, and the conveyed object according to claim 2 Since the accommodating member is the overhead hanger, the hanger accommodates the conveyed object regardless of its shape and size.

[0007]

Embodiments will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. The drawings should be viewed in the direction of reference numerals. FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a panel loading device according to the present invention. The panel loading device 1 includes a linear transport path 2 extending from a transfer press for molding a panel component and the transport path 2.
Above, two payout means 3 and 4 for paying out the conveyed article to the side thereof, up / down switching means 5 and 5 arranged on the respective sides of these payout means 3 and 4, and a conveyed article accommodating member. Upper transfer section 6, 6 and lower transfer section 7,
It consists of 7 mag.

The transfer path 2 of the transfer press is composed of conveyors 2a and 2b, and a transfer path consisting of rows R and L is arranged in parallel between the transfer means 2 and the payout means 4 on the terminal side. The transport path transports large and small molded panels molded by a transfer press individually on the left and right sides or in conjunction with the left and right sides. Further, the payout means 3 on the upstream side of the payout means 3 and 4 is configured to be capable of passing a conveyed product.

The up / down switching means 5 and 5 form a swingable conveyor, and switch up and down the transfer destination of the conveyed product delivered from the delivery means 3 and 4. The transfer units 6 and 7 connected to the destinations of the up / down switching units 5 and 5 are centrally arranged to load the transported items.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of a panel loading device according to the present invention. In the panel loading device 1, the transfer parts 6 and 7 are transferred from the upstream side discharging means 3 and the terminal side discharging means 4 is transferred. The parts 6 and 7 are extended to the same side to have an F-shape in a plan view, and further, the transfer robot 8 for transferring the transferred object and the transferred object are transferred to the lateral sides of the transfer parts 6, 7 ... Baskets are arranged as a pair of accommodating members 9 and 9 for accommodating, and further, overhead hangers 10 and 10 are provided at the ends of the lower transfer units 7 and 7, respectively.

The details of the discharging means and the transfer section of the panel loading device according to the present invention will be described below. FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the payout means on the upstream side according to the present invention,
The payout means 3 includes two rows of steel belt conveyors 11a and 11b arranged in parallel, a gate-shaped frame 12 that allows passage of a conveyed object in front of the steel belt conveyors 11, and a lateral movement mechanism 13 that slides along the gate-shaped frame 12. , This lateral movement mechanism 13
The support part 14 is attached to the support part 14, the payout plate 15 is attached to the support part 14 so as to be able to move up and down, and the stopper 16 that opens and closes the transport path.

The pay-out plate 15 is provided between a supporting portion 14 and a cylinder 17 for raising / lowering drive having a stroke up to a height capable of avoiding a conveyed object, and guide bars 18, 18 for guiding a pay-out force while guiding the raising / lowering operation. In the example of providing and paying out to the right side in the transport direction, the conveyor 11
Wait to the left of b. Further, the stopper 16 is the support shaft 1
The conveyance path is blocked by being supported by 6a and pivoting to the closed position.

FIG. 4 is a side view showing the operation of the upstream side payout means according to the present invention, in which the payout plate 15 is lowered to stand by to the side of the conveying path, and in response to the detection of a conveyed object sensor (not shown). By closing the stopper 16 with the stopper 16, the entering conveyed article is stopped, and the lateral movement mechanism 13 slides the conveyed article to the side (front and back direction in the drawing). When the dispensing is completed, the dispensing plate 15 is set to the position 1
By going up to 5a, it passes above the conveyed article which subsequently enters and returns to the standby position. On the other hand, by holding the stopper 16 at the open position 16b, it is possible to pass the conveyed object.

The delivery means 3 delivers the half of the conveyed articles from the delivery means 3 by selectively performing the delivery operation once every two times when the conveyed articles enter, and the remaining half is delivered. Can be passed. Also, R,
If the sensor detects only one of the L rows, even if the small panels are alternately used for the R and L rows, half of the conveyed articles can be paid out and the other half can be passed. Furthermore, the stopper 16 is set to R, L
If each row is configured to be opened and closed, the conveyed articles in each row can be selected and dispensed corresponding to the opening and closing of the stopper. The stopper 16 can also function similarly as a mechanism that moves up and down by vertical movement.

The dispensing means 4 on the terminal side is the above-mentioned dispensing means 3
It is the same except that the stopper 16 is fixed, and the detailed description of the configuration is omitted. It is also possible to make both the dispensing means 3 and 4 the same, and in that case, the stopper 1
Except for the opening / closing control of 6, the payout operation is performed in the same manner.

FIG. 5 is a detailed plan view of the transfer section. The positioning mechanism 20 of the transfer sections 6 and 7 includes a roller section 21 for receiving a conveyed article and a positioning plate 22 with a guide buffered laterally. And the pushers 23 and 24 at the end of the roller portion 21 and the side portion of the roller portion 21 facing the positioning plate 22. The side pusher 23 includes a swingable pusher plate 25, a cylinder 26 for driving the advancing / retreating drive thereof, and guide bars 27, 27 for guiding the advancing / retreating operation.
Is provided with a pusher plate 28 in a fixed posture in place of the pusher plate 25 of the pusher 23 on the side portion.

The side pusher 23 determines the lateral position of the conveyed product W by pressing the conveyed product W against the positioning plate 22 by the pushed pusher plate 25a, and the end pusher 24 pushes the pushed pusher plate 28b. The front end position of the conveyed article W is determined by. This positioning enables the transfer robot 5 to operate quickly.

FIG. 6 is a view taken along the line AA of FIG. 2, in which the transfer robot 8 as a loading means has its main body part mounted on a pedestal 31.
The articles to be conveyed are accommodated via the transfer robot 8 in the accommodating member 6 which is fixed to the upper portion and comprises a basket 32 for accommodating and accommodating the articles to be stacked and a pantograph lift 33 that supports the baskets 32 so as to be able to move up and down. The accommodating members 9 are a set of two units, and when one of the accommodating articles is carried out, the other accommodating member 6
By using the storage member 6, the conveyed objects can be continuously stored by alternating operation.

The loading means 8 and the accommodating member 9 configured as described above are provided so as to face the upper transfer portions 6 and 6 and the lower transfer portions 7 and 7, and are arranged in a concentrated manner, thereby dead You can save space and use the floor efficiently.

FIG. 7 is a view taken in the direction of arrow B in FIG. 2, and the overhead hanger 10 is composed of a fork-shaped support arm 36 hanging from the trolley conveyor 35. This support arm 36
By suspending the transported article W on the tray, the transported article W can be accommodated regardless of its shape and size. The trolley conveyor 35 facing the transfer section 7, 7 on the lower stage side is arranged in a loop, and the transfer robots 8, 8 transfer the transferred article from the transfer section 7, 7 to the trolley conveyor 3
Overhead hanger 10,10 sent by 5
By sequentially carrying out the articles, it is possible to store the conveyed articles continuously.

The loading operation of the panel loading device thus configured will be described below. FIG. 8 is an explanatory view of a panel loading device for molding a large panel, and the large panel W extending over both R and L rows of the transfer press is the conveyor 2
The payout means 3 is reached by the interlocking operation of a and 2b, and the payout means 3 performs the selective payout operation once every two times, whereby half of the conveyed goods are paid out from the payout means 3 and the other half is paid out. Dispensing means 4 passing through means 3
Paid out from.

The large panels W dispensed from the dispensing means 3 and 4 reach the lower transfer section 7 via the up / down switching means 5 and are transferred by the transfer robot 8 to the respective transfer sections 7.
It is loaded onto the overhead hanger 10 facing the.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory view of a panel loading device in the case where small panels are alternately formed in each row, and if the payout means 3 pays out according to a sensor for detecting the conveyed goods in the R row. , The small panels W1 are formed by R rows of the transfer press, and the small panels W2 are formed by L rows alternately.
When reaching the payout means 3, the small panel W formed in the R row
1 are all discharged to the side, while all the small panels W2 formed in the L row pass through, so that half of the conveyed articles are respectively ejected from the ejection means 3 and 4 according to the rows of the conveyance paths. .

The small panels W1 and W2 delivered from the delivery means 3 and 4 reach the upper or lower transfer portions 6 and 7 through the up / down switching means 5 and are loaded into one basket 9 by the transfer robot 8. In addition, any housing member including the overhead hanger 10 can be selected. In addition, without distinguishing the R and L rows of the transport path,
Similar to the case of the large panel, the discharging means 3 may be selectively operated once every two times, and half of the conveyed articles may be passed through the discharging means 3 to be sorted and loaded into the respective storage members. .

As described above, in the panel loading apparatus of the present invention, the transfer section is arranged only on one side of the conveying path, so that the floor area is significantly smaller than that of the conventional apparatus (see FIG. 8).
In this embodiment, one delivery path is provided with two dispensing parts and is arranged in an F-shape in plan view, but the dispensing parts may be provided in three or more places to have a comb-like tooth profile in plan view. In this case,
All dispensing means except the one on the terminal side are allowed to pass to the downstream side by the movable stopper.

[0026]

The present invention has the following effects due to the above configuration. In claim 1, since the transfer parts are connected to the same side of the conveyance path, a plurality of transfer parts are centrally arranged, and a retracting operation is performed so that a conveyed product can pass through some of the dispensing means. Since it is free, all the transfer parts including the discharging means on the terminal side of the transport path are dispensed, and the transported articles are stored in the storage member.

Therefore, since the transfer section does not generate a dead space due to its concentrated arrangement, the panel loading apparatus according to the present invention can efficiently utilize the floor area by the payout means having a simple structure. it can.

According to the second aspect of the invention, since the article for accommodating the conveyed article is an overhead hanger, the conveyed article can be accommodated regardless of the shape and size of the hanger. A wide range of products can be handled.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a panel loading device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of a panel loading device according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a payout means of the panel loading device according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a side view showing the operation of the payout means according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a detailed plan view of a transfer section of the panel loading device according to the present invention.

6 is a view taken along the line AA of FIG.

FIG. 7 is a view on arrow B of FIG.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory view of a panel loading device when molding a large panel.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram of a panel loading device in the case of alternately molding small panels in each row.

FIG. 10 is a schematic perspective view of a panel loading device according to a conventional technique.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Panel loading device, 2 ... conveyance path, 2a, 2b ... conveyor (conveyance path), 3 ... delivery means, 4 ... delivery means, 5
... Up / down switching means, 6, 7 ... Transfer section, 8 ... Robot (loading means), 9 ... Storage member, 10 ... Overhead hanger, 11a, 11b ... Steel belt conveyor, 12
... Gate type frame, 13 ... Lateral movement mechanism, 14 ... Support part, 1
5 ... Delivery plate, 16 ... Stopper, 17 ... Cylinder, 18 ... Guide bar, 20 ... Positioning mechanism, 21 ... Roller part, 22 ... Positioning plate, 23, 24 ... Pusher, 25 ... Pusher plate, 26 ... Cylinder,
27 ... Guide bar, 28 ... Pusher plate, 35 ...
Trolley conveyor, 36 ... Support arm, W ... Large panel (conveyed object), W1, W2 ... Small panel (conveyed object).

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Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A conveying path for carrying out a molded product from a transfer press, a delivery means for delivering a conveyed article from this conveying path to a side thereof, and a delivery means connected to each side of the delivering means to accommodate the conveyed article. In a panel loading device consisting of a transfer section for loading onto a member, the transfer section is arranged on the same side of the transfer path, and the transfer object passes through a dispensing means excluding the end of the transfer path. A panel loading device characterized by being able to freely retract as much as possible. 2. The panel loading device according to claim 1, wherein the member for containing the transported object is an overhead hanger.