JPS6123123B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides a support V-trough in which disks punched out by a press are arranged and housed in an upright manner, and is fed into a slanted trough row (storage shelf) provided in a storage yard and placed in a circular manner. The present invention relates to a disk supply device for realizing disk storage.

In recent years, as the production volume of automobiles and motorcycles has increased rapidly, there has been a growing demand for cost reductions through rationalization of production equipment and labor and energy conservation. There is also a pressing need to significantly rationalize and reduce costs in the production and storage processes of disks punched from so-called hot coils of hot-rolled steel.

In the current situation where production is becoming more centralized and product types are becoming more diverse, and press lines are becoming faster, hundreds of discs can now be produced per minute from a single press. There is a sense that this has reached its limit. Mechanization of transportation and storage means has been constantly progressing, and various transportation and storage equipment such as pallet forklift systems and conveyor systems have been adopted. To explain an example of the conventional method, as shown in FIG.
1, and the workers located on both sides of the horizontal carrying conveyor 21 use input or a simple crane, etc. to manually load the cargo into the collapsing prevention basket 23 on the pallet 22 (see Fig. 2). The pallets are moved by a forklift 24, loaded onto a pallet truck 25, and stored, and then transported to the next process by the forklift 24 again. In addition, in the case of large quantities, they are stored in an automated warehouse 27 using a stacker crane 26 as shown in FIG.

Manual stacking on pallets as in these methods will soon reach the limit of the production capacity of current presses, and as can be inferred from the explanatory diagrams in Figs. Accidents that occur when loaded discs are transported by a forklift 24 or a stacker crane 26 and cause an obstacle to the next process, and due to the diversification of disc types, warehousing and unloading are done on a pallet basis, making it possible to do so at any time. Problems such as not being able to extract the number of images are occurring. With the method of stacking disks on pallets, the loading efficiency is poor, and when a small number of products are produced in small quantities, it is often the case that the pallets must be stacked in a wasteful manner. However, the biggest problem is the collection of pallets from the next process and the fact that the collected empty pallets occupy space within the factory, impeding production efficiency.

The present invention provides automatic disk supply, which can solve the drawbacks and problems of conventional techniques such as the pallet system as described above.
The purpose is to provide an apparatus for storage, and this purpose can be reliably realized with a configuration having the following points. That is, the present invention has a V-shaped cross section,
A plurality of slopes V fixed at an angle such that the accommodated disks can slide and fall under their own weight.
A storage trough shelf for arranging the troughs in a row, a movable trolley disposed adjacent to the storage trough shelf, a feeding cylinder for a V-trough for storing discs disposed on the trolley, and a tilting means. a tiltable feed table provided with a tiltable feed table, and a feed cylinder movably supported on the feed table via a movable joint, the cross section being V-shaped for a side alignment function, and stoppers provided at the front and rear ends. A supporting V-trough capable of arranging and accommodating the discs in an upright state, a tilting cylinder fixed on the truck, and the cylinder and the feed platform are connected by a link so that the feed platform can be tilted. and a tilting means, which tilts the feed platform to which the support V-trough is attached so that it has the same inclination angle as the storage trough, and then slides it into the storage trough via the front and rear feed cylinders. To solve the problem, a device for supplying disks to a storage shelf is adopted as a means for solving the problem.

In short, the apparatus of the present invention is a press-punching machine for storing discs press-punched from so-called hot coils of hot-rolled steel sheets in a storage trough installed in a storage yard in an inclined state via a supporting V-trough. This is a disc feeding device that has stoppers at the front and back and has a side alignment function for accommodating the discs in an upright alignment (by having a V-shaped cross section, the sides are always aligned regardless of the diameter). It is characterized by the use of a movable supporting V-trough.

That is, the disk punched out with a press is loaded into the supporting V by a separately provided loading means.
They are stored in the trough in an upright position. The supporting V-trough containing the disks is loaded onto the tiltable feeding platform using a crane or the like, and then the traveling means is driven to move the cart to the front of any inclined V-trough in the storage trough row. position and actuate the feed table tilting means associated with a link used to connect the tilt cylinder and the feed table, which will be described later, to tilt the supporting V-trough at the same angle as the tilt storage trough, and then move the feed cylinder to the same angle as the tilt storage trough. Activate and move the supporting V trough with the moving joint to the inclined V of the same shape.
The supporting V-trough is fed into the trough, and then the tip stopper of the supporting V-trough is removed to transfer the disc in the supporting V-trough into the tilting storage trough, and the supporting V-trough itself is moved by removing the feeding cylinder. actuating it in reverse to pull it back to its original tiltable carriage, actuating the tilting means again to return it to the horizontal state, and actuating the traveling means to return the carriage to its new or original position; Replace the empty support V trough with another V that accommodates the new disc.
This is a disk supply device to an inclined V-trough storage shelf that replaces the trough and repeats the same operation as described above to continuously store disks.

Next, the structure and operation of the preferred embodiment of the present invention will be explained based on the drawings showing the preferred embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a side sectional view of the embodiment, and FIG. 6 is a plan view thereof. Furthermore, FIGS. 7 to 10 are explanatory diagrams showing the state at each stage of the operation of using this device to store a disk in a storage trough with a V-shaped cross section in an inclined state of a storage shelf. be.

The aligned discs 2 housed in a movable support V-trough 31 are held upright by front and rear quick-detachable stoppers 33, 34. The supporting V-trough 3 accommodates the discs 2 in an upright state.
1 is placed on a tiltable feed platform 36 installed on a truck 35 using a crane or the like, and the truck is stopped so as to be coaxial with the inclined storage trough 40 of the storage shelf. 37 is a cylinder for feeding the supporting V-trough 31 into the storage trough 40. 38 is a connecting pin provided at the rear end of the supporting V-trough 31; 39 is a movable joint for connecting to the trough 31 via the pin 38 fixed to the tip of the cylinder rod; The V trough 31 is fitted into the storage trough 4 of the storage shelf.
Its role is to send it to 0. Reference numeral 41 denotes a tilting means for the tiltable feed table 36, which is composed of a tilting cylinder and a link pivotally supported by the feed table. 42
Reference numeral 43 indicates a traveling means for the truck 35 such as wheels, and 43 indicates a guide roller for feeding the supporting V-trough 31 (see FIG. 11).

To operate this device, firstly, the disks 2 punched out by a press are lined up and housed in a supporting V-trough 31 using a separately provided loading means, and then the supporting V-trough 31 is moved by a crane (not shown). etc., to load onto a tiltable feed platform 36 installed on a truck 35 (see FIG. 5). At this time, the pin 38 of the V-trough 31 is fitted into the movable joint 39 of the feeding cylinder 37, and the supporting V-trough 31 and the movable joint 39 become integrated. Subsequently, the traveling means 42 of the trolley 35 is driven and stopped at a position facing the storage trough 40 of the storage shelf. Next, the feed table 36
The tilting means 41 is operated to bring the storage trough 40 to the same angle as the storage trough 40, so that the supporting V-trough 31 can be fed (see FIG. 7). Subsequently, the feeding cylinder 37 is operated to feed the supporting V-trough 31 with the disks loaded into the storage trough 40 (see FIGS. 8 and 12).
When this feeding is completed, the stopper 33 is removed and only the V trough 31 is pulled out in the reverse operation, so that the disk 2 remains as it is under its own weight and is transferred to the storage trough 40. Once this is completed, a series of means including a tilting cylinder; the tilting means 41 is operated in the opposite direction to lift and transfer the supporting V-trough 31 onto the waiting feed platform 36, and return it to the horizontal position to complete the work. do.

Therefore, according to the device of the present invention, together with the storage equipment of the other party, a large amount and many types of circular flat products can be easily organized and stored, and the equipment cost is also small. In addition, it is an energy-saving supply device, and its use effect is extremely large.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figure 1 is a layout diagram of conventional disk transport and storage equipment, Figure 2 is an explanatory diagram of pallets and baskets to prevent cargo from collapsing, and Figure 3 is a peak diagram showing an example of a pallet truck.
Fig. 4 is an explanatory diagram of an automated warehouse, Fig. 5 is a side sectional view of an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 6 is a plan view of Fig. 5, and Figs. 7 to 10 show disks stored in storage shelves. An explanatory diagram showing the state at each stage of the operation up to, FIG. 11 is a view from AA in FIG. 5, and FIG. 12 is a view from BB in FIG. 8.
This is a perspective view. 1... Press, 2... Disc, 3... Unloading conveyor, 2
1...Horizontal conveyor, 22...Pallet, 23...A basket to prevent cargo from collapsing, 24...Forklift, 25...
Palette truck, 26...Statzker crane, 2
7...Automated warehouse, 31...V-trough for support, 33,3
4...Stopper, 35...Dolly, 36...Feed stand, 37
...Feeding cylinder, 38...Pin, 39...Movement joint, 40...Storage V trough, 41...Tilt means, 42
...Traveling means, 43...Guide roller.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1 Storage trough shelves that are arranged in a row of a plurality of inclined V troughs that are fixed in a row and have a V-shaped cross section and have an angle that allows the stored discs to slide and fall under their own weight; A movable cart disposed adjacent to the shelf of the trough, a tiltable feed stand provided with a feeding cylinder and a tilting means for a V-trough for storing discs disposed on the cart; A supporting member having a V-shaped cross section for a side alignment function, movably supported via a movable joint of the feeding cylinder, and provided with stoppers at the front and rear ends so that the disks can be aligned and accommodated in an upright state. A V-trough, a tilting cylinder fixed on the truck, and a tilting means that connects the cylinder and the feed platform with a link to make the feed platform tiltable, the support The feeding platform with the V-trough attached thereto is tilted to have the same inclination angle as the storage trough, and then is slid into the storage trough via the feeding cylinder to supply and transfer the disk into the storage trough. A disk feeding device to a storage shelf, characterized in that: