JPS62182215A - Probe conveyor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To rationalize conveyance while assuring the centering accuracy of a probe by providing a probe gripping device and probe centering device to a conveying carriage and moving both devices forward and backward at the same instant. CONSTITUTION:The conveying carriage 2 is stopped in the taking out position of a probe housing and a probe housing cassette is selected. The gripping part 31 and centering part 41 are expanded by actuating opening/closing cylinders 32, 42. A probe gripping carriage 5 is moved by a cylinder 52 for movement to advance the gripping part 31 to an attaching and detaching position P2 until the probe is housed into the gripping part 31, then the gripping part 31 is closed by the cylinder 32. The centering part 41 is closed at the same instant by the cylinder 42 to center the probe gripped by the gripping part 31 in the perpendicular direction and the gripping is thus completed. The probe gripping carriage 5 is then retreated by a cylinder 5 for movement and a traversing position P1 is maintained. The carriage 2 is run and is stopped at a desired converter.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (a) Field of Industrial Application The present invention relates to a device for conveying a temperature measuring probe for molten metal, a sampling probe, etc.

(b) Prior Art The work of transporting and mounting probes used for measuring and sampling molten metal temperature during converter operation has been automated in recent years, improving workability and safety.

As a conventional technology for automatically attaching and detaching a probe, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 53
There is an automatic attachment/detachment device disclosed in Japanese Patent No. 57104. As shown in Fig. 8, a probe hangar is placed next to the probe installation position in converter a, etc., and the probe stored in the horizontal position is dropped onto the pedestal. This is rotated 90 degrees by mounting device C to stand upright above the installation position, and the sublance is lowered from above to mount the probe.After temperature measurement or sampling, the probe is cut and placed in the sample storage box. It is designed to be dropped. Lifting this device requires one probe hangar and one probe attachment/detachment device for each converter, which increases equipment costs and also ensures accuracy due to deformation of the temperature measurement lance, etc. There is a drawback that it is not.

Another conventional technique ((・i, JP-A-57-192785
In the probe detachment device of the publication, a basic base having a detachment device and a six-output device is fixedly installed near the molten metal part, and a short distance between the base base and the molten metal part is controlled by a cart equipped with a holder. The probe is attached to the holder using a fixed position attachment/detachment device, and then the holder with the probe attached moves forward to move in and out of the molten metal section. Also in this device,
One basic base is required for one converter or ladle,
The drawback of high equipment costs is unavoidable.

(c) Problems to be solved by the invention The problem to be solved by the invention is to rationalize the transportation while ensuring the centering accuracy of the probe, which can significantly reduce equipment costs. The object of the present invention is to obtain a probe conveying device.

(d) Means for Solving the Problems The probe conveyance device of the present invention comprises a conveyance rail laid so as to communicate between a probe storage and a probe installation position which are arranged apart from each other; a carrier that reciprocates on a carrier rail, and a probe grip that is mounted on the carrier and is movable in a protruding manner in a direction perpendicular to the traveling direction, and has a protruding tip formed into a half-cylindrical opening/closing part. and a half-split inverted conical opening/closing part arranged directly above the probe gripping device and capable of operating in the same manner as the probe gripping device, the protruding tip of which is gripped by the gripping device. The above-mentioned problem is solved by providing a probe 6-extracting device that vertically brings out the probe, and a moving mechanism 8i that moves the probe forward and backward simultaneously with the probe conveying device and the probe 6-extracting device.

(E) Embodiment The probe transport device of the present invention includes a transport vehicle 2 running on a transport rail 1, a probe gripping device 3 movably mounted on the transport vehicle 2 in vertical alignment, and a probe. 6 output device 4 as the main part.

The transport rail 1 is formed into a molar rail, and the transport cart 2 has upper wheels 21 and side wheels 22 with respect to the transport rail 1.
It is straddled from three directions, upper left and right, to prevent it from coming off. Further, the side wheels 22 are arranged at two locations, upper and lower, so that the engagement state between the transport vehicle 2 and the rail 1 can always be maintained in a vertical position. The transport vehicle 2 is equipped with its own drive means 23 such as an electric motor or an air motor, and is configured to be able to operate this from a remote location and run on rails.

A probe holding cart 5 is provided on the transport vehicle 2 and is capable of moving back and forth in a direction horizontally orthogonal to the traveling direction of the transport vehicle. The gripping device cart 5 has U-shaped guide rails 51 on both sides.
The moving cylinder 524 moves one time.

At the tip of the probe gripping cart 5 in the moving direction, the probe gripping device 3 having a cylindrical gripping portion 31 and the probe core device 4 having an inverted conical core portion 41 have their centers aligned with the same vertical axis. It is fixedly arranged at a position such that the movement cylinder 52 is operated, and can be selectively moved to the three positions shown in FIG. It looks like this.

The gripping part 31 of the probe gripping device 3 has a cylindrical shape suitable for gripping the probe in a vertical position at its center position,
As shown in Figure 4 (B), it is divided in half vertically,
The opening/closing cylinder 32 is actuated to open/close.

The subsoil part 41 of the probe 6 output device 4 is arranged directly above the gripping part 31, and as shown in FIG.
It is divided in half vertically in the same way as the opening/closing cylinder 42.
It can be opened and closed by operating the

The gripping part 31 and the core part 41 can each be opened and closed independently, and are operated by respective opening and closing cylinders. Figure 4 (C) and Figure 5 (C)
As shown in the embodiment, it may be opened and closed by a gear flf7434.44 operated by a motor 33.43.

As shown in FIG. 6, the transport rail 1 that guides the traveling of the transport vehicle 2 is laid in such a way that it can communicate between the multiple converters a and one probe hangar, and connect the probe hangar to the multiple converters. Allow common use for a.

(F) Operation The operation process of attaching and detaching the probe to the installation position a' of the converter sublance or automatic temperature measuring device using the apparatus of the present invention will be explained.

When taking out and transporting the probe, use the transport cart 2.
Stop at the take-out position of the probe hangar and select the probe storage cassette from the hangar.

First, the opening/closing cylinders 32 and 42 are operated to
] and the subsoil part 41 at the same time, the probe gripping cart 5 is moved by the moving cylinder 52, the gripping part 31 is advanced to the attachment/detachment position P2, the probe is housed in the gripping part 31, and the probe is opened and closed. The cylinder 32 closes the grip portion 31 to grip the probe. At almost the same time, the opening/closing cylinder 42 closes the subsoil section 41, and the probe held by the gripping section 31 is removed by this closing operation.
8 in the right direction to complete the grip.

After gripping the probe, the probe gripping cart 5 is moved backward by one step by the moving cylinder 52 to maintain the traversing position P1, and the transporting cart 2 is moved and stopped at a desired converter.

Here, the probe gripping cart 5 is moved forward again to align the gripped probe with the probe installation position a', the subsoil portion 41 is expanded, the sublance of the converter is lowered, and the probe is attached to the sublance. The grip portion 31 is also expanded to deliver the probe to the sublance. During this time, the point at which the sub-lance reaches the inside of the probe and the pressure at which the sub-lance is pressed are detected by a limit switch or back pressure applied to the air cylinder, and the grip portion is opened when the pressure reaches a certain level.

After delivering the probe to the sub-lance, the probe gripping cart 5 is moved backward, and the gripping part 31 is moved to the traversing position P or the standby position P. make it warp.

When the temperature measurement or sampling by the probe is completed and the sublance has risen to a predetermined position, the probe gripping cart 5 is moved forward again to align the gripping part 31 with the attachment/detachment position P2, and the gripping part 31 is closed to grip the probe. . The grip part 31 grips the probe, and when the sublance further rises and leaves the probe, the grip part 31 is moved to the transverse position Pl.
Then, the carrier 2 is moved to a probe recovery position (not shown), and the grip portion 31 is expanded to drop the probe into the recovery chute.

(g) Effects According to the probe transport device of the present invention, a probe hangar can be provided at a collective location for multiple converters and used in common, so work and transport can be streamlined, and equipment costs can be reduced.
- is also reduced. Furthermore, it is possible to transport the probe even to non-linear positions as shown in FIG. 7, and even if the probe mounting positions are scattered, transport and attachment/detachment are possible. Furthermore,
Depending on the arrangement of the transport rails, regardless of conventional constraints,
The method of arranging the probe storage position, mounting position, and collection position can be freely set.

Note that even if the installation axis of the temperature measuring lance is not vertical, by tilting the installation angle of the conveyor rail, non-straight mounting according to the lance angle is also possible.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of the probe transport device according to the present invention, and FIG.
The figure is a plan view. FIG. 3 is a side view of FIG. 1 viewed from the ■-■ direction. FIG. 4 is a side view (A) and a plan view (B) of a probe gripping device, and a plan view (C) of another embodiment. FIG. 5 is a drawing similar to FIG. 4 of the probe 6 extraction device. FIG. 6 is a plan view showing one embodiment of the arrangement of the device of the present invention. FIG. 7 is a plan view showing the arrangement of another embodiment of the device of the present invention. FIG. 8 is a plan view showing the arrangement of a conventional device. 1: Conveyance rail 2. Transfer cart 3 Nibloc 1 nib gripping device 4 Nib lobe centering device 5 Nib lob gripping cart Scene 3 Fig. 4

Claims (1)

[Claims] A transport rail laid so as to communicate between a probe storage and a probe installation position, which are arranged at a distance from each other, a transport vehicle that reciprocates on the transport rail, and a transport rail that is arranged on the transport vehicle in a traveling direction. a probe gripping device that is mounted on the carrier and that is capable of projecting and moving in orthogonal directions, and has a protruding tip formed into a half-cylindrical opening/closing portion; and a probe gripping device that is aligned and arranged directly above the probe gripping device to hold the probe. a probe centering device that has a half-split inverted conical opening/closing part at a protruding tip that can operate in the same manner as the device and vertically centers the probe gripped by the gripping device; A probe transport device comprising a movement mechanism that moves the device and the probe centering device forward and backward at the same time.