JPS60167752A - Work transfer controller - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To reduce a fear of wrong work setting, by commanding the operation of an unmachined work profile on the basis of size data stored in a memory, while commanding a controller so as to cause a work name corresponding to the profile to be displayed in conformity with the setting order to a pallet. CONSTITUTION:In a loading station, when an unmachined work is set onto a pallet, a main control part 12 seeks for a machining schedule memory 25, making sure of the machining order of a work, and an operator displays a name and a profile of the unmachined work to be set onto the pallet on a display unit 13, while the operator sets the unmachined work onto the pallet on the basis of those displayed. Since the work profile is displayed on the display unit 13 together with the work name, the possiblity of setting a wrong work onto the pallet by the operator is seldom or never.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (a) Technical details of the invention The present invention has one or more machine tools, and one or more multi-stage stockers in which a plurality of work stockers are stacked in multiple stages.
Automatic machining f/li2, which is equipped with a transport means for transporting workpieces between the multistage stocker and the machine tool.
The present invention relates to a workpiece loading/unloading control device in a personnel loading/unloading system.

1)) ,Technical BackgroundRecently, a Kanji system has been proposed in which multiple machine tools and multiple workpiece stockers are installed and machining of multiple workpieces is executed one after another unattended. In such cases, at the loading station that supplies the work to each work stocker, it is necessary for the operator to set the workpiece to be processed on the pallet without fail, and at that time, there is a need to set some kind of workpiece to reduce the possibility of setting the wrong workpiece. The development of a device was desired.

(C) 0 Purpose of the Invention In view of the above circumstances, the present invention provides a workpiece loading/unloading control device that minimizes the risk of an operator setting the wrong workpiece when setting the workpiece on a pallet at a loading station. It is intended for the purpose of

(d) 0 Configuration of the Invention That is, the present invention has a first memory that stores the order in which the workpieces are mounted on the pallet and the name of the workpieces, and a second memory that stores the dimensional data of the workpieces in their unprocessed state.
a workpiece shape calculation means for calculating the shape of the unprocessed workpiece based on the dimensional data in the second memory, and a display means, and further for instructing the calculation means to calculate the workpiece shape. , displaying the calculated workpiece shape and the name of the workpiece in the first memory corresponding to the shape on the display means in accordance with the order in which the workpieces in the first memory are mounted on the pallet; It is configured by providing command means for issuing commands.

(Margin below) (e) 0 Examples of the invention Examples of the present invention will be described below based on the drawings. will be explained in detail.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an example of an automatic processing loading/unloading system, FIG. 2 is a control block diagram showing an example of a workpiece loading/unloading control device used in the automatic processing loading/unloading system of FIG. 1, and FIG. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing one display mode on a display.

As shown in FIG. 1, the automatic processing loading/unloading system 1 has a plurality of multi-stage stockers 3 formed by a plurality of work stockers 2, and these multi-stage stockers 3 are used for machine tools such as machining centers. They are arranged appropriately between w and 5. Each multi-stage stocker 3 has a module configuration consisting of the same number of work stockers 2 arranged in the same manner, and therefore, the addition of multi-stage stockers 3 is performed on a module-by-module basis.

A guideline 7 is formed between the multi-stage stocker 3 and the machine tool 5 to connect the two.
A conveyance lift drawer is movably provided on the top. The conveyance resort is provided with a table 6a that can be raised and lowered in the vertical direction, and the table 6a exchanges the pallet 9 on which the work is mounted between the work stocker 2 and the table 6a, and between the table 6a and the work machine 5. Moreover, while the pallet 9 is being transported by the transport lift 6, it serves to securely hold the pallet 9.

A workpiece loading station 10 is installed in one of the plurality of multistage stockers 3, and the loading station 10
Then, the unprocessed workpieces are mounted on the pallet 9, the pallets 9 on which the unprocessed workpieces are mounted are stored in each work stocker 2, and the processed workpieces are recovered from each stocker 2. The loading station 10 is equipped with a main control box 11 that controls the automatic processing loading/unloading system 1 and is also a stocker management device according to the present invention.
As shown in the figure, it has a main control section 12. The main control unit 12 includes a display device 13, a keyboard device 15,
A processing machine control section 16, a lift control section 20, a machine program memory 22, a processing schedule memory 25, a workpiece shape calculation section 30, etc. that control each machine tool are connected via a bus line 23. Note that the machine tool memory 22 stores a machine program PRO executed by each machine tool 5.

Since the automatic processing loading/unloading system 1 has the above configuration, the automatic processing loading/unloading system 1
The processing work is performed as follows. That is, prior to actual machining, the operator inputs the work name NAME, work number, pallet number, machining order of the work, etc. of the work to be machined from the keyboard device 1115 as machining schedule data 5DTA, and enters the machining schedule data 5DTA. is stored in the machining schedule memory 25. Next, the main control unit 12 drives the lift control unit 2o based on the machining order of the workpieces indicated in the machining schedule data 5DTA in the machining schedule memory 25.
The pallet 9 in each work stocker 2 is moved by the transfer lift 6.
are transported together with the workpiece to a machine tool that processes the workpiece, and further, the workpiece that has been processed by the machine tool is transported from each machine tool to the workpiece stocker 2, where a series of processing is performed.

On the other hand, at the loading station 1°, as already mentioned, unprocessed workpieces are loaded onto the pallet 9, and transferred to a predetermined workpiece stocker 2 by the transfer lift 6.
However, when loading the unprocessed workpiece onto the pallet 9, the main control unit 12 stores the processing schedule memory 2.
5 to check the processing order of the workpieces, and based on the order, the worker displays the workpiece name NAME and shape PRF of the unprocessed workpiece to be mounted on the pallet 9 on the display 1.
3, and the operator mounts the corresponding unprocessed work onto the pallet 9 based on the name and shape PRF of the unprocessed work displayed on the display 13.

More specifically, the main control unit 12 identifies the workpieces to be mounted on the pallet 9 along with the workpiece name NAME from the processing order of the workpieces in the processing schedule data 5DTA in the processing schedule memory 25 (usually at the loading station). The unprocessed workpieces from 10 are stored in each workpiece stocker 2 based on the processing order of the workpieces in the processing schedule memory 25 in order to allow each machine tool 5 to perform processing smoothly.) PR for the work concerned.
O is read out by searching the program memory 22.

Since the dimensional data DATA of the workpiece to be machined in its unprocessed state is stored in the Canadian program PRO, the main control unit 12 transmits the data DATA to the workpiece shape calculation unit 3.
The unprocessed shape PRF of the workpiece is calculated from the dimensional data DATA. When the shape PRF is determined, the main control unit 12 instructs the display device 13 to display the shape PRF and the workpiece name NAME read from the machining schedule memory 25, and in response to this, the display device M13 As shown in the figure, the work name NAME and work shape PRF of the work to be mounted on the pallet 9 next are displayed.

The operator looks at the workpiece name NAME and workpiece shape PRF displayed on the display device 13, searches for a raw workpiece with the corresponding shape, and
It is attached to the pallet 9 on the loading station 10.

Since the shape PRF of the workpiece is displayed together with the workpiece name NAME on the display device 13, the risk of the operator mounting the wrong workpiece on the pallet 9 is extremely low.

In this way, when the unprocessed workpiece is mounted on the pallet 9, the operator instructs the main controller 12 from the keychain device 15 to store the unprocessed workpiece in the predetermined workpiece stocker 2, and the main controller 12 controls the lift. Part 20
The conveyance lift 6 is driven via the lift 6, and the unprocessed work at the loading station 10 is conveyed and stored together with the pallet 9 to a predetermined work stocker 2. When the storage of the rice processing workpieces in the workpiece stocker 2 is completed, the main control unit 12 immediately searches the processing schedule data 5DTA in the processing schedule memory 25, and then stores the processing schedule data 5DTA from the loading station 10 to the workpiece stocker 2, that is, the pallet. The work name NAME etc. of the unprocessed workpiece to be mounted on the display device M13 is read out based on the processing order of the workpiece, and thereafter, the workpiece shape PRF is calculated from the dimensional data DATA using the same procedure and displayed on the display device M13. indicate. In this way, on the display device 13, the unprocessed workpieces that have not been loaded at the loading station 10 are displayed together with the workpiece name NAME and the workpiece shape PRF in accordance with the predetermined processing order, that is, the loading order, and the operator can follow the instructions based on the display. , the work of mounting unprocessed workpieces onto the pallet 9 is carried out.

(f) 9 Effects of the Invention As explained above, according to the present invention, the processing order of the workpieces, the order of mounting the workpieces on the pallet 9, and the processing schedule memory 25 etc. in which the name of the workpiece NAME is stored. The first memory has a second memory such as a program memory 22 in which dimensional data DATA of the workpiece in an unprocessed state is stored, and the dimensional data D A 'I'A in the second memory is stored. A workpiece shape calculation unit 30 that calculates the shape PRF of the unprocessed workpiece based on
A workpiece shape calculation means such as , and a display means such as the display device 13 are provided, and the workpiece shape PR is provided in the calculation means.
At the same time as instructing the calculation of F, the display means displays the calculated workpiece shape PRF and the workpiece name NAME in the first memory corresponding to the shape on the palette of the workpieces in the first memory. Since a command means such as the main control unit 12 is provided to instruct display according to the mounting order, the workpiece name NAME and workpiece shape PRF of one unprocessed node that has not been mounted on the pallet 9 is displayed on the display means, and the mounting order is displayed. By looking at the display means, the worker can easily visually confirm the next workpiece to be attached, thereby minimizing the risk of setting the wrong workpiece. I can do it.

Note that the first memory and second memory are Of course, they may be provided in the same memory space.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an example of an automatic processing loading/unloading system, FIG. 2 is a control block diagram showing an example of a workpiece loading/unloading control device used in the automatic processing loading/unloading system of FIG. 1, and FIG. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing one display mode on a display. 1. Automatic processing loading/unloading system 2 Work stocker 3. Multi-stage stocker 5. Machine tool 6. Transport means (transport lift) 9 Pallet 12. Command means (main control unit) 13 Display means (display device) 22... 2nd memory (cannibal program memory) 25... First memory (machining schedule memory) 30... Workpiece shape calculation means (workpiece shape calculation unit) 31... Workpiece loading/unloading control Equipment PRF...Work shape NAME...Work name DATA...Dimension data Applicant Yamazaki Iron Works Co., Ltd. Agent Patent attorney Phase 1) Shinji (and 1 other person) Procedural amendment (method) Toni. Mr. Kazuo Wakasugi, Commissioner of the Patent Office, May 1981, S.C. 1. Indication of the case, Patent Application No. 18735, filed in 1987. 2. Name of the invention. Workpiece loading/unloading control device. Relationship with the case. Patent applicant address: 1 No. 1, Oaza, Oro-cho, Niwa-gun, Aichi Prefecture Name (
Name) Yamazaki Iron Works Co., Ltd. Representative Teruhiko Yamazaki 4 Agents

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] A machine having one or more machine tools, one or more multi-stage stations and stacks in which a plurality of work stockers are stacked in multiple stages, and furthermore, a workpiece is transferred between the multi-stage stocker and the machine tool. In an automatic processing loading/unloading system equipped with a conveyance means, a first memory stores the order of mounting the workpieces on the pallet and the workpiece name, and a second memory stores the dimensional data of the workpieces in an unprocessed state. a workpiece shape calculation means for calculating the shape of the unprocessed workpiece based on the dimensional data in the second memory, and a display means, and further for instructing the calculation means to calculate the workpiece shape. , displaying the calculated workpiece shape and the name of the workpiece in the first memory corresponding to the shape on the display means in accordance with the order in which the workpieces in the first memory are mounted on the pallet; A workpiece loading/unloading control device configured with a commanding means for issuing commands.