KR100435670B1 - Device for attaching RF TAG in car manufacturing line - Google Patents

Abstract

It is an object of the present invention to provide an RFID tag mounting apparatus of a vehicle production line that can solve the various problems caused by manual work by enabling the mechanical mounting of the RFID tag.

Therefore, the present invention includes an RFID tag supply unit installed on one side of the transfer line of the component, an extraction unit for withdrawing the RFID tags one by one from the supply unit, and a fastening unit for fitting the RFID tag from the withdrawal unit into the fastening hole of the vehicle component to be transported. It provides the RFID tag mounting device of the vehicle production line.

Description

Device tag attaching device of vehicle production line {Device for attaching RF TAG in car manufacturing line}

The present invention relates to an RFID tag mounting apparatus installed in a vehicle production line to mechanically attach an RF identification tag to a production vehicle or component.

A typical vehicle production line is equipped with a radio frequency identification reader (RFID), which uses a vehicle tracking system to identify the production vehicle and performs the vehicle production process. For the vehicle tracking system, a radio frequency identification tag is attached to each production vehicle or component.

Therefore, the RF identification tag attached to the component according to the vehicle or the production vehicle completed after the production process is read by the RF identification reader that receives the RF signal during the process, the reader is stored in the RF identification tag After reading the information necessary for the process of the corresponding line among the information, it is controlled to perform the production process corresponding to the information.

That is, the RF tag is a plate that stores information about identification numbers for identifying and confirming the respective production vehicles, production information about the color of the vehicle, the shape of the vehicle body, etc., and a fastening formed at a specific part of the vehicle part at the rear The fastening pin is protruded so that it can be fixed in the hole, and when the part arrives at the line, the operator picks up the corresponding RF tag and inserts it into the fastening hole of the part.

However, the above-mentioned conventional fastening work is made entirely by hand, which takes a lot of time and effort required for work, resulting in a problem of cost increase.

In addition, there is a problem that the risk of industrial accidents is high as the fatigue of the worker is increased as the simple work is repeatedly performed.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the RFID tag mounting apparatus of the vehicle production line that can solve the various problems caused by manual work by enabling the mechanical mounting of the RFID tag. The purpose is to provide.

1 is a schematic perspective view illustrating an RFID tag mounting apparatus installed in a vehicle production line according to the present invention.

Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawings

10 base member 11 cylinder member

12 rack 13 outlet

32: left and right transfer cylinder 33: rotating cylinder

34: rotating member 35: clamp member

36: clamp 37: clamping cylinder

40: pin cylinder 51: front and rear transfer cylinder

53: moving cylinder 54: lifting cylinder

55: seating member

In order to achieve the object as described above, the present invention, the base member is installed on one side of the component transfer line, a cylindrical cylinder member rotatably installed on the base member, vertically installed at regular intervals on the outer surface of the cylinder member An RFID tag loading rack having an RFID tag outlet formed at a lower end thereof, an RFID tag supply part installed inside the base member and including a rotation motor for rotating the cylinder member at an angle; the rack along the guide bar installed on the support bracket of the base member Left and right feed cylinder moved toward the side, the rotating cylinder is installed on the side of the left and right feed cylinder, the rotating member installed on the rotating shaft of the rotating cylinder, the clamp member connected to the rotating member toward the outlet of the rack, the outer surface of the clamp member Clamp to hold fastening pin of RF tag installed and placed in rack And a drawing part for drawing out the RFID tags one by one from the supply part, including a clamping cylinder for operating the clamp; a guide bar installed at the bottom of the facility and extending from the base member to the part conveying line, and the front and rear conveying cylinder moved along the guide bar. Including a moving cylinder which is moved along the guide bar installed in a right angle to the top of the front and rear transfer cylinder, a lifting cylinder installed on the moving cylinder upper and lower, and a seating member installed on the lifting cylinder to receive an RFID tag from the clamp. And a fastening part configured to be fitted into a fastening hole of the vehicle component to be transported by receiving the RFID tag from the withdrawal part.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a schematic perspective view illustrating an RFID tag mounting apparatus installed in a vehicle production line according to the present invention.

According to the above drawings, the RFID tag mounting apparatus according to the present invention receives the RF tag from the RF tag supply unit installed on one side of the transfer line of parts, the withdrawal unit for withdrawing the RFID tag 100 from the supply unit, one by one It includes a fastening for fitting to the fastening hole of the vehicle component to be transferred.

The supply unit, the base member 10 installed on one side of the component transfer line, the cylindrical cylinder member 11 rotatably installed on the base member 10, the outer surface of the cylinder member 11 at regular intervals Rotating motor (not shown) installed vertically in the bottom of the RF tag stacking rack 12, the base member 10, the bottom of the RF tag outlet 13 is installed to rotate the cylinder member 11 at a predetermined angle (not shown) It is made, including.

In addition, the supply unit for detecting the rotation of the cylinder member 11 and the loading state of the RF tag 100, the sensing piece 20 is fixed to the bottom of each case installed on the cylinder member 11, and the base member (10) a detection sensor 21 for detecting the sensing piece 20 installed on the upper bracket, and a rack 12 where the drawing operation is performed at the upper end of the base member 10, and then an outlet 13 of the rack 12; It further includes a photosensor 22 is installed toward to detect the presence of a tag loaded in the rack 12.

In the embodiment of the present invention, all six racks 12 are vertically installed on the cylindrical cylinder member 11 to form a hexagonal cylinder.

The rack 12 has side members bent in a 'c' pocket shape on both sides so as to support the left and right ends of the RFID tag 100 so as to face the left and right sides, and the bottom of the rack is tagged with the front side of the side members. It has a structure in which the discharge port 13 is formed by cutting into a size that the 100 can be drawn out.

On the other hand, the lead portion along the guide bar 31 installed on the support bracket 30 of the base member 10 to the left and right transport cylinder 32, left and right transport cylinder 32 which is moved toward the rack 12 Rotating cylinder (33) to be installed, which is installed on the rotating shaft of the rotating cylinder 33 is connected to the rotating member 34, which is rotated in a vertical / horizontal state, the rotating member 34 toward the outlet (13) of the rack 12 Clamping 36 for holding the clamping member 35, the clamp 36 for holding the fastening pin of the RF tag 100 placed on the rack 12, which is installed on the outer side of the clamping member 35, and clamping 36 Cylinder 37.

In addition, in order to enable the clamp 36 rotated in a horizontal state to maintain the horizontal state as it is until the RFID tag 100 is drawn out, a pin cylinder 40 is installed on the left and right transfer cylinders 32 and the rotating member ( 34 is provided with a pin member 41 formed with a pin insertion hole at a position corresponding to the piston rod of the pin cylinder 40 in a horizontal state.

In addition, a sensing sensor (not shown) is further installed inside the clamp 36 to detect the RFID tag 100 when it is gripped.

And the fastening portion is installed on the bottom of the installation guide bar 50 extending from the base member 10 to the component transfer line, and the front and rear transfer cylinder 51, the front and rear transfer cylinder 51 to be moved along the guide bar 50 The moving cylinder 53 is moved along the guide bar 52 installed at right angles to the upper portion of the upper and lowering cylinders 54, which are installed on the upper and lowering cylinders 53, and are installed on the upper and lower cylinders 54. And a seating member 55 for receiving the RFID tag 100 from the clamp 36.

Hereinafter will be described the operation of the present invention.

When the rotating motor installed in the base member 10 is driven, the cylinder member 11 is rotated to bring the rack 12 to the working position. This state is confirmed as the sensing piece 20 installed at the bottom of the rack 12 is detected by the sensing sensor 21.

Looking at the state before the operation is made here, as shown in Figure 1, the front and rear transfer cylinder 51 is retracted and the moving cylinder 53 is moved to the right, the left and right transfer cylinder 32 to the left It is moved and the clamp member 35 is rotated down and is vertically lowered.

In this state, first, from the drawing operation of the RF tag 100, as the rotation cylinder 33 is operated, the clamping member 35, which has been lowered, is rotated to form a horizontal state, in order to maintain this horizontal state. The pin cylinder 40 is operated to fix the piston rod tip to the pin hole of the pin member 41 installed in the pivot member 34.

When the clamp member 35 is fixed in a horizontal state, the left and right transfer cylinder 32 is operated to move the clamp member 35 toward the rack 12, and when the left and right transfer cylinder 32 is completely moved to the right side, the clamp member 35 The clamp 36 installed at the tip is positioned above and below the fastening pin of the RF tag 100 placed at the bottom of the rack 12.

When the operation of the left and right cylinder is stopped, the clamping cylinder 37 installed in the clamp member 35 is operated so that the clamp 36 grips the fastening pin of the RF tag 100.

The fastening pin is correctly bitten by the clamp 36 is detected by a sensor installed inside the clamp 36.

When the RFID tag 100 is clamped, the left and right transfer cylinder 32 is operated again to move the clamp member 35 to the outside of the rack 12, thereby pulling the RFID tag 100 out of the rack 12.

On the other hand, looking at the process of mounting the extracted RFID tag 100 in this way as follows.

When the left and right cylinders are fully retracted and moved to the left side, the pin cylinder 40 is contracted to release the clamping state of the clamp member 35, and the rotation cylinder 33 is operated to lower the clamp member 35 to the vertical state. do.

As the clamp member 35 is vertical, the RF tag 100 held by the clamp 36 at the lower end is positioned above the seating member 55.

In this state, as the lifting cylinder 54 of the fastening part is lifted and operated, the RF tag 100 is placed on the seating member 55 and the clamping cylinder 37 is unclamped to hold the clamp 36 while being held. The RFID tag 100 was put on the seating member 55.

When the clamp 36 is placed on the seating member 55, the lifting cylinder 54 is lowered again, and then the RFID tag placed on the seating member 55 according to the movement of the movable cylinder 53 and the front and rear transfer cylinder 51 ( 100) to the RF tag 100 mounting position of the part.

When the seating member 55 reaches the correct position, the lifting cylinder 54 is lifted up again to insert the fastening pin of the RF tag 100 into the fastening hole formed in the component, thereby completing the fastening operation.

According to the RFID tag mounting apparatus of the vehicle production line according to the present invention as described above, it is possible to eliminate the element of manpower waste generated in the conventional tag mounting structure by hand.

In addition, the mechanical work can reduce the working time, there is an effect that can increase the reliability of the work.

Claims (5)

A base member installed at one side of the component transfer line, a cylindrical cylinder member rotatably installed on the base member, an RFID tag stacking rack having vertically installed at an interval on the outer surface of the cylinder member, and having an RFID tag outlet at the bottom thereof; An RF tag supply unit installed inside the base member and including a rotation motor for rotating the cylinder member at a predetermined angle; The left and right feed cylinder moved toward the rack along the guide bar installed on the support bracket of the base member, the rotating cylinder installed on the side of the left and right transfer cylinder, the rotating member installed on the rotating shaft of the rotating cylinder, the rack connected to the rotating member A clamp member directed toward the outlet of the clamp member, a clamp installed on an outer surface of the clamp member, a clamp for holding a fastening pin of an RFID tag placed in a rack, and a clamping cylinder for operating the clamp. Withdrawal unit; A guide bar installed at the bottom of the facility and extending from the base member to the component transfer line, the front and rear transfer cylinder moved along the guide bar, and the moving cylinder moved along the guide bar installed at right angles to the top and rear transfer cylinder, and installed on the upper cylinder. And a fastening part configured to be lifted and lowered, a fastening part installed at an upper part of the lifting cylinder and including a seating member for receiving an RFID tag from the clamp and fitted into a fastening hole of a vehicle component that receives the RFID tag from the lead-out part. RF tag mounting apparatus of the vehicle production line characterized in that. delete delete delete According to claim 1, wherein the supply unit is provided with a sensing piece fixed to the bottom of each case, a sensing sensor is installed on the upper end of the base member to detect the sensing piece, the outlet of the rack next to the rack is pulled out from the upper end of the base member; The tag mounting apparatus of the vehicle production line, characterized in that it further comprises a photosensor for detecting the presence of the tag installed in the rack.