JPS63112314A - Article collecting equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To distinctly indicate the articles to be accommodated into a transport device in each article feeding part by installing an article indication means which reads the information memorized in a memory medium and indicates the articles to be collected. CONSTITUTION:When a bucket A approaches a reader R installation position in an article feeding part B, a controller 4 on the tag side operates, and the memory information is automatically read. The list of the collected parts and quantity in the article feeding part B is displayed on a display device 2 on the basis of the memory information on the read-out tag M. Therefore, an operator in each article feeding part B collects the articles on the basis of the list which is automatically displayed as the arrival of the bucket A, and accommodates said articles into the bucket A, and the collected articles can be confirmed in simple ways.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to an article collection facility provided with a conveyance line for conveying a carrier for storing articles via a plurality of article supply sections.

[Conventional technology]

The above-mentioned type of article collection equipment, such as cell-type assembly work equipment, uses a transporter for storing articles in order to collectively supply various parts to be assembled to the main article located at the work site. A conveyance line is provided for conveying the goods through a plurality of article supply sections.

Conventionally, for example, at the starting end of a conveyance line, when assembling is restored based on product specifications, etc., a slip stating the part number and number of articles is attached to each transporter for storing the articles. At the same time, in each article supply department,
The items to be collected are checked while manually referring to the slip, and each item of a plurality of types is stored one after another.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional means, in each article supply section, necessary articles are stored while manually referring to the slip attached to the transporter for storing the articles, so checking the slip is troublesome. Therefore, there was a risk that a work error would occur.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned circumstances, and its purpose is to accurately check the items to be collected in a transporter for storing items transported between a plurality of item supply sections. The goal is to make it possible.

[Means for solving problems]

A characteristic configuration of the article collection equipment according to the present invention is that the carrier is provided with a storage medium that stores and retains information indicating the articles to be collected, and when the carrier arrives at each article supply section, The present invention is provided with article indicating means for reading the information stored in the storage medium and indicating articles to be collected, and its functions and effects are as follows.

[For production]

That is, as a transporter for storing goods arrives at each goods supply section, information indicating the goods to be collected stored in a storage medium attached to the transporter is automatically read,
They will be told what items to collect.

[Effects of the Invention] Therefore, in each of the plurality of article supply sections, information indicating the articles to be stored in the carrier for storing articles is automatically instructed, so that the articles to be stored in the carrier in each article supply section are automatically instructed. It is possible to accurately instruct, and also to easily confirm.

〔Example〕

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below based on the drawings.

As shown in FIG. 1, a conveyor line (L) of a belt conveyor 2 is provided to sequentially convey a plurality of buckets) (A) as a transporter for storing articles, and the buckets) (A) are sequentially conveyed.
) A plurality of article supply sections (B) for supplying various articles to the conveyor line (L) are provided so as to be located on the lateral side of the conveyance line (L).

Furthermore, in each article supply section (B), a tag (M) to be described later that stores information indicating the article to be collected, such as the part number and number of articles to be collected, is attached to the side of the bucket L-(A). Attached to the side and at the starting end of the conveyance line (L), each tag (M) attached to each packet (A) indicates the article to be stored in that packet (A). An information writer (W) is provided, and each article supply section (
B) a reader (R) for automatically reading information stored in a tag (M) attached to the bucket (A) when the bucket (A) arrives; and a display device (2) for displaying information read by the reader (R);
It constitutes an article indicating means (100) that reads information stored in the tag (M) as the (A) arrives at each article supply section (B) and instructs the article to be collected.

Next, the configuration of each part will be explained in detail.

To explain the structure of the tag (M), as shown in FIG.
Controller (4) that controls the input/output of information to (3)
), and an antenna (5) for inputting and outputting various information to and from the controller (4) in an electromagnetic induction manner, respectively, are integrally provided, and the IC card is capable of freely inputting and outputting information in a so-called non-contact manner. It can also be used as an ID card.

Then, in the memory (3), the identification ID number of the packet (A), the product number and number of each of the plurality of collection items to be collected in the bucket (A), etc. are stored as information indicating the collection items. It's Nishide.

To explain the writer (W), the tag (M)
The antenna (
6), and the controller (7) is connected to the transport line (L).
It is connected to a host computer (8) that manages the overall operation, and based on the information transferred from the host computer (8), the material is fed into the transport line (L) at the starting end of the transport line (L). empty packet (A
) The above-mentioned various information is written in the tag (M) attached to each of the tags (M). However, the empty packet (
A) In other words, when the tag (M) arrives, the writer (W)
The controller (7) on the tag (M) side is maintained in a state where it always transmits an operation command to the tag (the controller (4) on the rib side), and the controller (4) on the tag (M) side
) receives the activation command and receives a response signal in response, the information is automatically written.

To explain the league (R) of the article supply section (B), like the writer (-), the tag side antenna (
5), and a readout antenna (9) for the tag side controller (4) via this antenna (9).
) is provided with a controller (10) that issues a command to read out stored information and controls the exchange of information.

Then, like the writer (-), a read command is constantly outputted through the read antenna (9),
As the packet (A) approaches the installation location of the league (R) in the article supply section (B), the controller (4) on the tag side is activated so that the stored information is automatically read out. It is.

Then, based on the stored information of the tag (M) that has been read out, a list of the collected articles and their number in the article supply section (B) is displayed on the display device (2). Therefore, the worker in each article supply section (B) simply collects the articles based on the list that is automatically displayed when the bucket (A) arrives and stores them in the packet (A). This makes it easy to check the collected items.

[Another example]

In the above embodiment, the case where the conveyance line (L) is configured as a belt conveyor is illustrated, but the specific configuration of the conveyance line can be changed in various ways.

Further, in the above embodiment, a bucket (A) is used as a transporter for storing collected items, but a pallet or the like may be used, and the specific configuration of the transporter can be modified in various ways.

Furthermore, in the above embodiments, the storage medium is an IC card or an ID card that can be read and written using an electric m-induction method, but a barcode label or the like may also be used, for example.
The specific configuration can be changed in various ways. Further, the specific contents and attached locations of the information to be stored in the storage medium can be changed in various ways.

Further, in the above embodiment, the article instruction means (100) includes a league (R) for reading the stored information of the tag (M) attached to the bucket l-(A), and a display device for displaying the read information. (2) is provided in each article supply section (B), but for example, the article supply section (B)
A display device for indicating the items to be taken out may be provided on the shelves storing each of the items, and the 4 collected items and their number may be individually displayed. Further, it may be possible to display all information on the collected items, and the specific configuration of the item indicating means (100) can be changed in various ways.

Further, the operation of the transport line (L) may be linked so that the bucket (A) is stopped only in the article supply section (B) where there are articles to be collected for the bucket (A). , the completion of storage of the collected items may be written in the tag (M), and transport may be automatically started toward the next item supply section (B). Furthermore, if there is a shortage or shortage of collected items, the information may be written on the tag (M) in each item supply unit (B), and the specific configuration of each unit may be adapted to the present invention. Various changes can be made depending on the configuration of the article collection equipment.

Incidentally, although reference numerals are written in the claims section for convenient comparison with the drawings, the present invention is not limited to the structure shown in the accompanying drawings by the reference numerals.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show an embodiment of the article collection equipment according to the present invention, and the first
The figure is a plan view showing a schematic configuration of the article collection facility, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a control configuration. (8)...Carrier, (B)...Goods supply section, (L)...Transportation line, (M)...
. . . Storage medium, (100) . . . Goods instruction means.

Claims (1)

[Claims] A transporter for storing goods (A) is connected to a plurality of goods supply units (B).
An article collecting facility is provided with a conveyance line (L) for conveying the articles via the transporter (A), and a storage medium (M) for storing information indicating the articles to be collected is attached to the conveyor (A). , the transporter (A) is provided in each of the article supply units (B).
An article collecting facility comprising an article indicating means (100) for reading the information stored in the storage medium (M) as the articles arrive and instructing the articles to be collected.