JPS5689309A - Automatic charger-discharger for plug - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To fully automate the charging and discharging work for the plug, in order to improve the workability, by combining a series of conveying device with the automatic plug interchanging drum and the plug charger-discharger of the pipe forming machine. CONSTITUTION:The new plug 16, carried in by the crane or the like, is placed on the pallet 11, which is received from the turntable 13 and is turned to the prescribed stand-by position. In accordance with necessity, the manipulator 21 transfers the plug 16 onto the charging table 17. Next, the cylinders 26, 27, are successively actuated to roll over the plug 16 onto the arms 30, 31, and the plug 16 is charged into the automatic interchanging drum 25. Meanwhile, the old plug 19, transferred from the automatic interchanging drum 25 onto the discharging table 33, is received by the arm 36, driven by the cylinder 34 and and tumbles down onto the carrier truck 37. Next, the old plug 19 is transferred by the action of cylinder 41 onto the fork lift 39, is lifted up, and is transferred onto the pallet 12 on the turntable 13 by the manipulator 21; finally, the old plug 19 is conveyed outward by the crane.