KR100622412B1 - Tray Sending Machine - Google Patents

Abstract

The disclosed tray feeder is installed on the main body and the upper surface of the main body, and the upper and lower ends thereof are fixed by a fixing plate and installed to move up / down of the guide part and the guide part installed to be perpendicular to the upper surface of the main body. It is installed horizontally so as to have a predetermined length in the lifting / lowering drive part and the lifting / lowering drive part, and the suction part for lifting and lowering in the vertical direction to adsorb the adsorbate such as a tray and the rotating means is installed at the lower part of the guide part. It includes a rotating unit for moving to and an operation control unit for controlling the operation of each component.

Conveyer, Tray

Description

Tray Sending Machine {Tray Sending Machine}

1 is a perspective view showing a tray conveying apparatus of the present invention,

2 is a partial perspective view showing an adsorption unit shown in FIG. 1;

Figure 3 is a partial perspective view showing the operation of the elevating drive unit shown in FIG.

4 is a partial cross-sectional view along the line II ′ shown in FIG. 1, FIG.

Figure 5 is a block diagram showing the operation of the tray transport apparatus of the present invention.

** Explanation of symbols for main parts of drawings **

100: tray feeder 120: adsorption unit

130: adsorption unit 140: up and down driving unit

156: guide portion 180: rotating portion

210: adsorption detection unit 220: motion detection unit

The present invention relates to a tray conveying apparatus, and more particularly, to a tray conveying apparatus which stacks a tray and a conveyed position in a straight line when the empty tray is absorbed and transported to another position. It is about.

In the process of welding and installing nickel plates and electrodes, which are generally installed to supply electricity to a battery cell or a battery pack, an operator may install a battery in a tray in which several battery cells are seated. The cell is taken out and sent to a welding device in which the welding process as described above is carried out and is supplied on a conveying means such as a conveyor.

After supplying several battery cells on the conveyor as described above, the tray becomes a bin tray, the worker moves it to another place, and then removes the battery cells from the new tray and repeats the above process.

In such a case, the worker must move the bin tray to another place, and then retake the process of taking out the battery cell from the new tray and supplying it to the conveying means. There is a problem of this deterioration.

In addition, an automated tray feeder may be used to reduce the time loss caused by the worker manually moving the bin tray as described above.

The tray conveying apparatus picks up the bin tray at the upper end of the tray group stacked in multiple stages, and transfers the tray to another place.

However, the transfer arm for picking up and transporting the bin tray is installed to pick up only the tray located at a certain height by being installed on the body of the device. The position of the arm must be vertically moved upward to stand at a certain height.

In addition, even in the position where the bin tray is stacked, as the bin tray to be transported is to be stacked vertically downward operation.

Therefore, when transferring the bin tray by the transfer arm as described above, the elevating device for lifting and lowering operation should be additionally installed so as to maintain a certain height at the position where the tray is loaded and the conveyed position, There is a problem that leads to an increase in manufacturing costs.

Therefore, the present invention was devised to solve the above problems, the first object is to allow workers to automatically transfer to other places without directly moving the bin tray, thereby reducing the working time and increase the product yield The second purpose is to install an adsorption unit for adsorbing and transporting bin trays, thereby maintaining the position where the tray group is loaded and the position where the tray is transported in a straight line. It is to provide a tray feeder to reduce the cost.

The present invention provides a tray conveying apparatus for solving the problems described above.
The tray feeder includes a main body; A guide part installed on an upper surface of the main body, the upper and lower ends of the main body being fixed by a fixing plate to be perpendicular to the upper surface of the main body; An up / down driving part installed to be up / down of the guide part; A fixed bar installed horizontally to have a predetermined length in the elevating driving part and having a sliding hole of a predetermined size; An adsorption part inserted into the sliding hole and lifting up and down in the vertical direction to adsorb the adsorbate; A rotating unit installed below the guide unit to move the suction unit in a predetermined direction; And an operation control unit for controlling the operation of each of the components.

Here, the adsorption unit is inserted into the sliding hole formed in the fixed bar to be moved up and down, the adsorption unit is installed at the lower end, the vacuum forming unit for forming a vacuum in the adsorption member and the vacuum for controlling the operation of the vacuum forming unit It includes a control unit.

In addition, it is preferable that an adsorption sensing unit sending a predetermined signal to the vacuum control unit is installed so that the adsorption member detects the contact with the adsorbent and controls the vacuum formation through the vacuum forming apparatus.

In addition, the sliding hole is preferably formed in an elliptical shape having a predetermined length so that the suction unit is fitted into a horizontal position.

Here, the sliding hole is preferably provided with a fixing means such as fastening bolts to fix the variable position of the adsorption unit.

In addition, it is preferable that the motion detecting unit is installed at a predetermined position of the guide unit and detects the elevating driver in a state in which the elevating driver reaches the predetermined position and sends a predetermined signal to stop the raising operation.

In addition, the adsorption detection unit and the motion detection unit preferably includes any one of an optical sensor, an ultrasonic sensor and a proximity sensor.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in more detail the configuration of the tray transport apparatus of the present invention.

Figure 1 shows the overall configuration of the tray feeder of the present invention.

Referring to Figure 1, the tray transport apparatus 100 of the present invention is installed on the main body 101, the upper surface of the main body 101, the upper and lower ends of each of the fixed plate 160 is fixed to the main body A guide part 156 installed to be perpendicular to the upper surface of the 101, a lifting / lowering drive part 140 such as a pneumatic cylinder installed to move up / down on the guide part 156, and a lifting / lowering drive part ( 140 is installed horizontally to have a predetermined length on one side, the fixed bar 110 is formed with a sliding hole 111 having a predetermined size, and is fitted into the sliding hole 111 of the fixed bar 110, in a vertical direction A motor is mounted between the adsorption part 130 which is lifted and lowered to adsorb the adsorbents such as the tray 10, and the fixing plate 160 fixed to the lower end of the guide part 156 and the support plate 181 installed on the main body 101. Or rotating means 185, such as a rotating cylinder is installed to rotate the guide portion 156 to the adsorption portion 130 Moving a forward direction and a rotating portion 180, and operation controller 300 for controlling the operation of each component.

Here, the guide portion 156 is a guide rod that is fitted to the lifting / lowering driving unit 140, the lifting / lowering driving unit 140 is installed to drive the lifting / lowering.

In addition, the elevating drive unit may be used by applying a composite air cylinder (Roadless), model name CY1 series of SMC Co., Ltd., which is driven as described above.

In addition, the adsorption part 130 is fitted to the fixed bar 110 and the sliding hole 111 formed in the fixed bar 110, horizontally installed in the lifting / lowering driving unit 140 is installed to be vertically variable, the bottom An adsorption unit 120 provided with an adsorption member 122, a vacuum forming unit 400 for forming a vacuum in the adsorption member 122, and a vacuum control unit 310 for controlling operations of the vacuum forming unit 400. It includes.

Referring to FIG. 4, the adsorption unit 120 includes a cylindrical guide member 123 installed over the upper surface of the sliding hole 111, and a head portion formed over the upper surface of the guide member 123, and connected to the head. It is composed of a suction rod 121 is inserted into the guide member 123 having a predetermined length and the suction member 122 is installed on the lower end of the suction rod 121.

In addition, the adsorption detecting unit 210 sends a predetermined signal to the vacuum control unit 310 so that the adsorption member 122 detects the contact with the tray 10 and controls the vacuum formation through the vacuum forming unit 400. ) Is installed.

Referring to FIG. 2, the adsorption detection unit 210 is in contact with the adsorption detector 211, such as an optical sensor installed at the head of the adsorption rod 121, and the head of the adsorption rod 121 closely adheres to the guide member 123. It will be preferable that the adsorption sensor is composed of a metal piece 212 installed on the upper guide member.

Referring to FIG. 4, the sliding hole 111 formed in the fixing bar 110 is formed to have a predetermined length so that the adsorption unit 120 is fitted and the position thereof is changed horizontally.

Here, the fixing means 112, such as fastening bolts are further installed in the sliding hole 111 to fix the variable position of the adsorption unit 120 by fixing a portion of the guide member 123 in the lower portion thereof.

Referring to FIG. 3, the lifting operation of the lifting / lowering driving unit 140 is stopped by detecting a position of a state where the lifting / lowering driving unit 140 is raised to reach the predetermined position by being installed at a predetermined position of the guide unit 156. The motion detection unit 220 which provides a predetermined signal to the motion control unit 300 is installed.

Here, the motion detection unit 220 is spaced apart a predetermined distance to detect the metal piece 221 and the metal piece 221 installed on the elevating driving unit 140, which is lifted / lowered, the guide portion 156 to have a predetermined height. It may be preferable that the installed light sensor or the like is composed of a motion sensor (222).

In addition, the adsorption sensor 210 and the motion sensor 220 may be an ultrasonic sensor for sensing an object in addition to the optical sensor.

Next will be described the operation and effect of the tray feeder of the present invention having the above configuration.

Referring to FIG. 1, when an operation signal is given from the operation control unit 300, the adsorption unit 130 performs a lowering operation on the upper surface of the tray 10 stacked in multiple stages on the upper surface of the main body 101.

The lowering operation of the adsorption part 130 is lowered while the lifting / lowering driving part 140, such as a pneumatic cylinder in which the fixing bar 110 is installed, is fitted to the guide part 156, and is installed perpendicular to the fixing part 110. As the adsorption member 122 of the adsorption unit 120 contacts the upper surface of the tray 10, the adsorption rod 121 protrudes upward while being fitted to the guide member 123.

Referring to FIG. 2, the suction detector 211, such as an optical sensor installed at the head of the suction rod 121, is spaced upward from the metal piece 212 of the guide member 123, and receives a predetermined signal from the vacuum control unit ( 310, the vacuum control unit 310 may provide a vacuum to the adsorption member 122 through the vacuum forming unit 400.

As described above, the vacuum is formed on the adsorption member 122, and the lifting / lowering driver 140 stops the lowering operation by the operation control unit 300 while the upper surface of the tray 10 is adsorbed.

Next, in the state in which the tray 10 is adsorbed to the adsorption member 122, the ascending / lowering drive unit 140 performs the ascending operation through the operation control unit 300.

Referring to FIG. 3, when the raising / lowering driving unit 140 vertically rises to a predetermined height when the raising / lowering driving unit 140 performs an ascending operation, the light installed at the guide unit 156 is spaced a predetermined distance from the raising / lowering driving unit 140. The motion detector 222 such as a sensor detects the metal piece 221 of the lift / fall driver 140 and transmits a predetermined signal to the motion controller 300 to stop the lift operation of the lift / fall driver 140.

In addition, the guide unit 156 provided with the adsorption unit 130 performs a rotation operation through a rotation means 185 such as a motor or a rotation cylinder installed under the fixed plate 160 that fixes the lower end of the guide unit 156. It is rotated at an angle and then stopped.

Subsequently, the operation control unit 300 lowers the lift / lower driving unit 140, and thus the tray 10 adsorbed by the adsorption member 122 of the adsorption unit 120 is lowered to a predetermined position of the main body 101.

At this time, when the tray 10 is placed in a predetermined value of the main body 101, the adsorption rod 121 of the adsorption unit 120 ascends, and the adsorption rod 121 head having the adsorption detector 212 is provided with a guide member 123. ) Is projected upward in the state of being fitted into the ()), and transmits a predetermined signal to the vacuum control unit 310, and the vacuum control unit 310 loses the vacuum formed in the adsorption member 122.

After the tray 10 is seated at the predetermined position of the main body 101 as described above, the operation control unit 300 lifts the lift / lowering drive unit 140 again, and the adsorption unit 130 is moved to the position before the tray 10 is adsorbed. ).

Therefore, when the plurality of trays 10 are stacked as described above, when the upper tray 10 is sequentially adsorbed and transferred to the other position through the adsorption unit 130, and seated, the positions form a straight line. It is possible to reduce the manufacturing cost by eliminating the need for a separate device, such as a lifting device for correcting a certain height at each position.

Next will be described the operation of the adsorption unit 120 installed in the fixing bar 110 to correspond to the width of the tray 10.

Referring to FIG. 4, according to the width of the tray 10, a sliding hole 111 having a predetermined length is formed in the fixing part 110 to adjust the adsorption width of the upper surface of the tray 10. The position of the adsorption unit 120 installed through the hole 111 is variable.

The structure for fixing the variable position of the adsorption unit 120 is fixed to the lower end portion of the guide member 123 over the sliding hole 111, the fastening hole 123a is formed, the head portion in the lower end of the sliding hole 111 A bolt and the like, which are installed to penetrate the sliding hole 111, can be fixed by being fastened to the fastening hole 123a by fastening means 121.

In addition, when the position of each guide member 123 is changed horizontally, the fixing means 121 may be slightly loosened and moved to an appropriate position, and then the position may be fixed in the same manner as described above.

Therefore, according to the tray conveying apparatus of the present invention, in the process of welding the nickel plate to the battery cell, it is possible to shorten the working time by automating the moving of the empty tray of the battery cells exhausted to another position, thereby increasing the yield It can be effective.

In addition, in the case of transporting the tray stacked in multiple stages to another position, the adsorption part is vertically variable so that the position can be made in a straight line, so that a separate position correction is performed at the position where the tray is loaded or seated. Since the lowering device does not need to be manufactured separately, there is an effect of reducing the manufacturing cost.

Claims (7)

main body; A guide part installed on an upper surface of the main body, the upper and lower ends of the main body being fixed by a fixing plate to be perpendicular to the upper surface of the main body; Lifting / lowering driving unit is installed to be raised / lowered to the guide portion; A fixed bar installed horizontally to have a predetermined length in the elevating driving part, and having a sliding hole having a predetermined size; An adsorption part inserted into the sliding hole and lifting up and down in the vertical direction to adsorb the adsorbate; A rotating unit installed below the guide unit to move the suction unit in a predetermined direction; And Tray conveying apparatus comprising an operation control unit for controlling the operation of the respective components. The method of claim 1, The adsorption unit is fitted to the sliding hole formed in the fixed bar is installed so as to be vertically variable, the adsorption unit is installed at the lower end, the vacuum forming unit for forming a vacuum in the adsorption member and the vacuum to control the operation of the vacuum forming unit Tray feeder comprising a control unit. The method of claim 2, And a suction detection unit configured to detect whether or not the suction member is in contact with the absorbent material and to send a predetermined signal to the vacuum control unit so as to control vacuum formation through the vacuum forming apparatus. The method of claim 2, The sliding hole is a tray conveying apparatus, characterized in that the suction unit is formed to have a predetermined length so that the position is changed horizontally. The method of claim 4, wherein Tray sliding device characterized in that the fixing means is further installed to fix the variable position of the suction unit in the sliding hole. The method of claim 1, A tray transfer, characterized in that the movement detection unit is installed at a predetermined position of the guide portion to detect the lifting / falling driving unit which has risen and reached the predetermined position and sends a predetermined signal to stop the raising operation. Device. The method according to claim 3 or 6, wherein The adsorption detection unit and the motion detection unit tray transport apparatus comprising any one of an optical sensor and an ultrasonic sensor.

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