KR101197954B1 - Tower Buffer Equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A tower buffer device is provided to enable the continuous transfer flow of intermediary products and to improve work efficiency and productivity by increasing the operational rate of a line. CONSTITUTION: A tower buffer device comprises a lifting device, a first plate, a second plate, a first pinion gear, a second pinion gear, an upper unit, a lower unit, an intermediate transferring device, an elevator device, a conveyor(400), and a control part. The lifting device is composed of a plate(120) on which four supporting rods(110) are mounted. The first plate comprises a fixing plate, a rack gear, and multiple guide rollers. The second plate comprises a rack gear and multiple guide rollers. The first pinion gear is engaged with the rack gear of the first plate. The second pinion gear penetrates the center of the second plate. The upper unit is coupled to an operational motor. The lower unit comprises a cylinder, a hydraulic device, and a supporting pillar. The intermediate transferring device is composed of the upper unit and the lower unit. The elevator device vertically moves the transferring bucket. The transferring bucket loads the intermediary products passing through a process. The conveyor transfers the intermediary products on a belt.

Description

 Tower Buffer Equipment {Tower Buffer Equipment}

The present invention relates to a tower buffer device for storing intermediate materials for continuous and smooth product transfer flow when multiple processes having different working times are performed on one production line, and more specifically, between each step process in one production line. The present invention relates to a vertical elevator buffer device capable of automatically buffering and storing products and extracting them in a timely manner, and a tower buffer device having a device for automatically transporting intermediate products from a conveyor.

The background technology of the present invention is disclosed in Republic of Korea Patent Publication No. 10-0262330 (2000.5.01).

In general, when manufacturing a product from a manufacturer to produce a finished product through a number of processes, using a conveyor system for work efficiency and mass production. Conveyor systems here are rational conveying systems that use conveyor devices to transport materials or semi-finished products. An important point in the production efficiency of the entire production line of the conveyor system is that the product transfer flow must not be continuously disconnected so that parts supply can be made quickly. In addition, since the work speed is different for each process step in a factory equipped with such a production line, if parts are supplied at the work speed as in the conventional parts supply method, when the work speed is delayed, inventory of intermediate materials accumulates and the previous process is paused. On the contrary, when the working time is short, on the contrary, it is very difficult to implement the continuous flow of the production line, such as the supply of intermediate materials and the interruption of the process work.

Due to this problem, an apparatus for increasing the efficiency of work by storing the assembled parts after a certain process without interruption of work and supplying them to a desired assembly line is disclosed in Korean Patent Publication No. 10-0262330 (2000.5.01). The invention relates to a component storage and transfer device of the registered patent publication, the component rail and the storage device is installed on the side in parallel to the production line in the longitudinal direction and the parts gathered in a certain number by using the adsorber and various cylinders installed in parallel with the buffer rail The cylinder is configured to be stored and unloaded in a buffer by allowing the cylinder to operate via a sensor and a stopper.

However, the parts storage and transfer device disclosed in the Republic of Korea Patent Publication No. 10-0262330 (2000.5.01) is installed in parallel with the production line, the parts storage device is installed in a number of parts on the conveyor of the parts storage device Since the structure is transferred to and stored in the buffer rail, the number of parts stored inevitably is limited by the length of the buffer rail, and the length of the buffer rail is limited by space. In addition, since only the products transported from the conveyor installed at the same location are stored and exported, it is not possible to load only the products of several processes in one process in one production line.

KR 10-0262330 B1 2000. 5. 1.

In order to solve the problems as described above, the present invention provides a system device for automatically loading and extracting the intermediate material in the vertical elevator buffer device so as not to affect the operation of the neighboring process when the supply and demand of the intermediate material is overflowed or capped In the normal case, if the working time of each process is similar, the inflow into the buffer does not occur, but the intermediate material is stored in the buffer device when the supply of intermediate material is faster or slower than the working speed, or in case of failure or momentary stop of equipment before and after. The entire production line can flow smoothly without interruption or extraction, and the buffer device is installed vertically, so that a large number of products can be handled in a small space of the factory, so that the space efficiency can be increased. But not in the production lines of other processes The purpose is to provide a device that can be stored arbitrarily buffered storage and extraction of the intermediate material is configured to be used in common because it can be stored arbitrarily.

In order to achieve the purpose, the lifting device is composed of a plate equipped with four support rods capable of lifting and lowering operation and mounted on the production line conveyor lower part of the workshop; The first and second plates of the upper unit are slidable and the upper unit equipped with the first and second plates is installed in the side position of the conveyor, and the upper unit is moved up and down, and the first plate is slidably moved from the front to the left and right. A rack is mounted at the center of the lower part of the first plate so as to be parallel to the slide moving direction of the first plate, and a plurality of guide rollers are mounted at the lower edge of the first plate in parallel to the slide moving direction of the first plate. A fixing plate capable of fixing the plate is mounted at an upper edge of the first plate and fastened with the upper portion of the second plate, and the second plate is provided at the lower center of the second plate so that the second plate can slide from side to side. The rack is mounted parallel to the direction of slide movement and the bottom edge of the second plate A plurality of guide rollers mounted in parallel with the slide moving direction of the second plate and engaged with the rack of the first plate in parallel with the slide moving direction of the second plate; Two pinion gears penetrate through the center of the second plate, and a plurality of them are mounted and fastened to the upper part of the mounting frame. A rack is mounted at the center of the upper surface of the mounting frame in parallel with the slide movement direction of the second plate and a gear is located below the mounting frame. The upper unit and the upper unit including a mounting frame mounted with the first and second drive gears with the mounting plate as a medium, the operating motor mounted with the motor mounting plate as the medium, and fixed to the support pillar to be moved up and down. To operate cylinders and cylinders mounted on the top edge of the mounting plate. An intermediate conveying device comprising a lower unit comprising a hydraulic device mounted on a lower surface of the mounting plate and a support column for supporting the mounting plate; A vertical elevator apparatus having a plurality of transfer buckets mounted with intermediate materials passed through a series of process steps, the plurality of transfer buckets rotating vertically and installed at an extension of the intermediate transfer apparatus; A conveyor for transporting the intermediate materials on a conveyor belt and equipped with the lifting and lowering device at a lower portion of the conveyor; And a control unit for controlling the transfer flow and loading and unloading of the product.

In another aspect of the present invention, the lifting device, the lifting device has four support rods for supporting the lower four corners of the product to move the product vertically; The support rods are respectively mounted on four corners of the upper surface of the upper plate, and the upper plate is fastened to the end of the working cylinder at the center of the lower surface of the upper plate, and the ends of the cylinder are fastened to the left and right sides of the working cylinder; A mounting plate mounted on the inner surface of the support column of the production line conveyor via a side mounting plate; Two cylinders penetrated through the left and right sides of the mounting plate and connected to the cylinder nozzles to be mounted; An operating cylinder penetrating through the center of the mounting plate and having an upper end connected thereto and connected to the operating cylinder nozzle; A lower plate to which the lower end of the cylinder is fastened and the operation cylinder nozzle is fastened to the side to be mounted; And a side plate fastened to the lower right side of the mounting plate and fastened to the right side of the lower plate.

As described above, the present invention is a vertical elevator buffer device capable of automatically buffering and storing and timely extraction of products between steps in each production line in one production line and an apparatus capable of automatically transporting intermediate products from conveyors. The installation speed of the intermediate material prevents the stopping of the production line and the interruption of the product supply for waiting for the resumption of intermediate material supply due to the different production speeds and for loading the remaining intermediate material. Increased line operation rate increases work efficiency and product productivity, and vertical elevator type buffer device is installed vertically in a narrow space to reduce installation space, thus increasing the space utilization of the workplace and correlating with product types. Elevator type buffer device can be used as intermediate There are effective.

1 is a plan view of a tower buffer device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 2 is a plan view and side view of the lifting device, according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a plan view and side view of the intermediate transfer apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a front view and a side view and a plan view of a vertical elevator buffer according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is an operational state diagram of the lifting device 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
6 is an operational state diagram of the intermediate transfer device 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

1 is a plan view of a tower buffer device according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 2 is a plan view and a side view of the lifting device 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 3 according to an embodiment of the present invention 4 is a front view and a side view of a vertical elevator buffer 300 according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 5 is a lifting and lowering device according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 is an operational state diagram of FIG. 6, and FIG. 6 is an operational state diagram of the intermediate transfer apparatus 200 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, the components will be described with reference to the drawings.

Tower buffer device according to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in Figure 1, in the order of the lifting and lowering device 100, the intermediate transfer device 200, the vertical elevator buffer 300 along the movement path of the product Installed and configured is further comprises a conveyor 400, the control unit 500 of the production line of the product.

The lifting and lowering device 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention, as shown in Figures 1 and 2, the intermediate conveying apparatus 200 for products that are installed and transported in the lower portion of the conveyor 400 of the production line In order to transfer to) to act to lift the product apart on the conveyor 400 of the production line.

Here, the lifting device 100, as shown in Figure 2a, the support rod 110, the upper plate 120, the mounting plate 121, two left and right cylinders 130 and the central operating cylinder ( 140 and the lower plate 150 of the lower portion and two cylinder nozzle 131 and the operating cylinder nozzle 141, respectively, it can be seen that large.

Specifically, four support rods 110 holding four corners of the intermediate material to lift the product passing on the conveyor 400 of the production line are respectively mounted at the four corners of the upper surface of the upper plate 120, The upper and lower ends of the upper plate 120 are fastened to the upper ends of the cylinders 130, respectively, and the upper ends of the working cylinders 140 are fastened to the center of the upper plate 120.

In addition, as shown in Figure 2a between the two support pillars of the lower conveyor 400 of the production line side mounting plate 122 is mounted to the mounting plate 121 via the side mounting plate 122 as a medium Is fastened and mounted.

And the left and right sides of the mounting plate 121, the cylinder 130 passes through the mounting plate 121 and is fastened to the upper portion of the cylinder 130, respectively, and the operating cylinder 140 is the mounting plate 121 The upper end portion of the working cylinder 140 is fastened through the mounting plate 121 to be mounted to the center portion of the).

In addition, two cylinder nozzles 131 and two cylinder nozzles 141 are mounted on upper and lower sides of the cylinder 130 and the working cylinder 140, respectively.

The lower ends of the two cylinders 130 and the operation cylinders 140 are fastened to the lower plate 150.

Again, the side plate 151 is fastened and mounted between the lower surface of the mounting plate 121 and the left side of the lower plate 150. In addition, the cylinder nozzle 131 is penetrated and fixed to the upper and lower sides of the side plate 151, respectively.

The intermediate transfer device 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in Figures 1 and 3, immediately next to the conveyor 400 of the production line is installed, the lifting device 100 is installed It is installed in, and transports the product spaced up from the conveyor to act to mount on the transport bucket 310 of the vertical elevator buffer (300).

And, the intermediate transfer device 200, as shown in Figures 3a, 3b, the upper unit 201 and the upper unit 201 is a component that performs a slide operation in two stages, and the upper unit 201 is a lifting operation It can be seen that it is largely composed of a cylinder 241 mounted between the upper unit 201 and the lower unit 202 and the lower unit 202 supporting the components.

Herein, the upper unit 201 includes a first plate 210 mounted with a rack on a lower portion, a guide roller 211 mounted therein, and fastened to an upper portion of the second plate 220. The first pinion gear 222 meshing with the rack of the first plate 210 and the second pinion gear 223 meshing with the lower first driving gear 231 are mounted in the longitudinal direction through the center thereof, and the mounting frame ( 230, the second plate 220 is fastened to the upper part, the rack is mounted on the upper part, and the first and second drive gears 231 and 232 are mounted on the lower part using the gear mounting plate 233 as a medium, and the motor mounting plate 235 is mounted. ) Is configured as a mounting frame 230 to which the operating motor 234 is mounted.

In addition, a cylinder 241 connecting the upper unit 201 and the lower unit 202 so that the upper unit 201 moves up and down is provided between the upper unit 201 and the lower unit 202. Is fastened to.

In addition, the lower unit 202 is composed of a mounting plate 240 on which the hydraulic device 242 is mounted on the lower part and a support column 243 for supporting the components.

The vertical elevator buffer 300 according to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in Figures 1 and 4a, 4b, is installed in the next position of the intermediate transfer device 200, the intermediate transfer device 200 ) Buffers and stores the product being transported.

In addition, the vertical elevator buffer 300, as shown in Figure 4a, 4b, the main frame 350 is first installed in the workplace.

The upper frame 351 and the lower frame 352 are mounted on upper and lower portions of the main frame, respectively. Each of the upper and lower frames 351 and 352 is equipped with a rotating shaft 331 on the top. Drive sprockets 330 are mounted at both ends of the rotation shaft 331, and each drive sprocket 330 is connected to each other by a rotation chain 332. The rotary chain 332 is equipped with a plurality of transfer bucket 310 and the transfer bucket 310 is a space for loading the product vertically moved vertically in the counterclockwise direction along the operating direction of the rotary chain 332 Do it. In addition, an operation motor 340 on which the motor sprocket 342 is mounted is mounted on the upper left side of the main frame 350 using a plate as an upper portion of the main frame 350. Here, the main sprocket 341 and the motor sprocket 342 mounted at one end of the upper rotating shaft 331 are fastened by the motor chain 343.

Here, the transfer bucket 310 is fastened to the rotating chain 332 by the bucket arm 322, the upper portion of the bucket frame 320 and the bucket arm 322 is fastened by the hinge 321 connection It further includes a product fixing plate 323 that serves to fix the product mounted on the bucket frame 320 is loaded.

The conveyor 400 according to an embodiment of the present invention further includes a sensor and a stopper so that the product to be loaded in the vertical elevator buffer 300 is stopped at a position where the lifting and lowering device 100 is installed.

Hereinafter, the operation and operation of the tower buffer device according to the embodiment of the present invention configured as described above will be described in detail.

First, when the corresponding process is finished and the intermediate material is transferred to the production line conveyor 400, the tower buffer device is stopped at the position where the tower buffer device is installed by the action of the sensor and the stopper mounted on the conveyor 400.

Here, the operation of stopping the intermediate product in the corresponding position is by the action and operation of the sensor and the stopper, the operation of the conveyor by the sensor and the stopper is composed of the conveyor operation of the known technology widely used in the art Detailed description of overaction will be omitted.

It can be seen that in order for the intermediate transfer device 200 to transfer the product stopped on the conveyor 400, the product contacting the conveyor 400 should be spaced apart upward.

Here, four support rods 110 of the lifting and lowering device 100 mounted below the conveyor 400 rise through the rollers of the conveyor 400, wherein the four support rods 110 are products It is located at the point where it is in contact with the four corners of.

And, as shown in Figure 2 and 5, the support rod 110 is mounted on the upper plate 120, the lower surface of the upper plate 120, two cylinders 130 and one operation cylinder, respectively It is fastened to the (140) by the action of the cylinder 130 and the working cylinder 140, the support rod 110 and the upper plate 120 to support the product rises up and fit on the production line conveyor 400 The contacted product is spaced apart from the conveyor 400. (s10)

When the intermediate transfer device 200 transfers the product, which is the intermediate material, the lifting and lowering device 100 descends to return to its original position.

The intermediate transfer device 200, as shown in Figure 6, the first operation is first and second plates (210, 220) in the right direction when viewed from the front first by the lifting and lowering device 100 The slide moves between the products spaced above the conveyor 400. When the first plate 210 ends the slide operation down the product held by the lifting and lowering device 100, the first plate 210 moved in the right direction stops the product on the conveyor 100. (S20)

The second operation is then lifted by the cylinder 241 and hydraulic device 242 mounted between the upper unit 201 and the lower unit 202 of the intermediate transfer device 200. It works. In this case, the product stopped on the conveyor 400 by the fixing plate 212 mounted on the first plate 210 is fixed on the first plate 210 and loaded on the upper unit 201 and moved upward. (s21)

Then, the third operation is a position inside one transport bucket 310 in which the first and second plates 210 and 220 are mounted to the vertical elevator buffer 300 in the left direction when viewed from the front again. Slide until Once the slide operation is completed, the first plate 210 moved in the left direction is exactly positioned at the lower portion of the transfer bucket 310.

Then, the fourth operation is lowered by the cylinder 241 and the hydraulic device 242 mounted between the upper unit 201 and the lower unit 202 of the intermediate transfer device 200. It works. At this time, the product fixed to the first plate 210 also moves downward.

Then, the product is positioned and fixed between the product holding plate 323 mounted under one of the transfer bucket 310 of the plurality of transfer bucket 310 of the vertical elevator buffer (300) (s23).

Then, the fifth operation ends the series of conveying and stacking processes by sliding the first and second plates 210 and 220 to the original position of the intermediate conveying device 200 in the right direction when facing the front again. (s34)

Here, the slide operation of the first and second plates 210 and 220 is operated by the action of the rack and pinion gear mounted on each plate, and the slide movement of each plate by the action of the rack and pinion gear is widely used in the art. Detailed description of the construction and operation of the slide operation of the known technique used will be omitted.

When the mounting of the product is completed in the transfer bucket 310 of the vertical elevator 300, the operation motor 340 is driven to rotate to rotate the rotating chain 332 in the counterclockwise direction. Then, the transfer bucket 310 fastened to the rotary chain 332 also moves in rotation.

Here, while the vertical elevator buffer 300 rotates, the bucket arm 322 mounted on the rotating chain 332 and the upper portion of the transfer bucket 310 are fastened by a hinge 321 connection to the transfer bucket 310. In the middle of vertical rotational movement, the product loaded in) is kept stable in the vertical direction to prevent the product from swinging from side to side.

Thereafter, the product mounted on the transfer bucket 310 is loaded and stored in the vertical elevator buffer 300 until it is extracted by the intermediate transfer device 200 by the control command of the control unit 500.

When the control command by the control unit 500 to extract the product is transmitted, the intermediate transport device 200 in the reverse order and the same operation and operation as the intermediate transport device 200 loads the product into the vertical elevator buffer 300. The product mounted in the transfer bucket 310 by the () is extracted onto the conveyor (400).

That is, the tower buffer device according to the embodiment of the present invention continuously performs the operation as described above under the command of the control means 500 to store and extract the appropriate amount of intermediate material product in the vertical elevator buffer 300, thereby operating time. The buffering of the supply and supply of products between these different step-by-step processes allows the product flow of the production line to flow smoothly and continuously without interruption.

Therefore, when the tower buffer device according to the embodiment of the present invention configured as described above is applied, a vertical elevator buffer device capable of automatically buffering and timely extracting and storing products between steps in each production line in one production line And intermediary products can be automatically transported from the conveyor, and the production speed is different, so that the waiting for the resumption of the supply of intermediate materials and the processing of remaining intermediate materials, and the failure of the equipment before and after failure It prevents the suspension of the production line and the interruption of product supply for loading in case of occurrence, which enables continuous conveying flow of intermediate materials, increases the line utilization rate, improves work efficiency and product productivity, and is narrow due to the characteristics of the vertical elevator buffer device. Since it is installed vertically in the space, the installation space can be reduced There is space to increase the utilization of the effect.

Although the present invention has been shown and described with respect to specific embodiments thereof, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims. Anyone who can afford it will know.

100: lifting and lowering device 110: support rod
120: upper plate 121: mounting plate
122: side mounting plate 130: cylinder
131: cylinder nozzle 140: operation cylinder
141: operation cylinder nozzle 150: lower plate
151: side plate 200: intermediate feed device
201: upper unit 210: first plate
211: guide roller 212: fixed plate
220: second plate 221: guide roller
222: first pinion gear 223: second pinion gear
230: mounting frame 231,232: drive gear
233: gear mounting plate 234: operating motor
235: motor mounting plate 236: lower plate
202: lower unit 240: mounting plate
241: cylinder 242: hydraulic device
243: support pillar 300: vertical elevator device
310: transfer bucket 320: bucket frame
321 hinge 322 bucket arm
323: product fixing plate 330: drive sprocket
331: rotating shaft 332: rotating chain
340: operating motor 341: main sprocket
342 motor sprocket 343 motor chain
344: motor mounting plate 350: main frame
351: upper frame 352: lower frame
400: conveyor 500: control unit

Claims (3)

In the tower buffer device for buffering and storing the intermediate material to continuously and smooth the product transfer flow when a number of processes having different working time is performed in one production line,
Up and down device 100 consisting of a plate 120 is equipped with four support rods 110 capable of lifting, lowering operation is mounted on the production line conveyor 400 of the workplace; and
A first plate 210 comprising a fixing plate 212 capable of fixing the product and a rack gear and a plurality of guide rollers 211 to move left and right; and
A second plate 220 composed of a rack gear and a plurality of guide rollers 221 to move left and right; and
A first pinion gear 222 meshing with the rack gear of the first plate 210; and
A plurality of second pinion gears 223 penetrating the center of the second plate 220; and
The upper surface is composed of a rack gear in parallel with the second plate 220, the lower drive two drive gear 231 is coupled to the mounting plate 233, the mounting frame 230 is coupled to the operating motor 234 Upper unit 201 consisting of; And
A lower unit 202 composed of a cylinder 241 for moving the upper unit 201 up and down, a hydraulic device 242, and a support column 243; and
An intermediate transfer device 200 composed of the upper unit 201 and the lower unit 202; and
Elevator device 300 for vertically moving a plurality of transfer buckets 310 mounting the intermediate material after the process; And
Conveyor 400 for transporting the intermediate material on the belt, the lower portion is configured to combine the lifting, lowering device (100); And
Tower buffer device, characterized in that consisting of; control unit 500 for controlling the transport flow and export of the product. The method of claim 1,
The raising and lowering device 100
Four support rods 110 supporting the lower four corners of the product such that the product moves vertically;
The support rods 110 are respectively mounted at four corners of the upper surface of the upper plate 120, and are engaged with the ends of the operating cylinder 140 at the center of the lower surface of the upper plate 120, and the left and right ends of the operating cylinder 140. An upper plate 120 on which both ends of the cylinder 130 are fastened and mounted;
A mounting plate 121 mounted on the inner surface of the support column 402 of the production line conveyor 400 by using the side mounting plate 122 as a medium;
Two cylinders 130 connected through the left and right sides of the mounting plate 121 and connected to the cylinder nozzle 131 to be mounted;
An operating cylinder 140 penetrating through the center of the mounting plate 122 and connected to an upper end and connected to the operating cylinder nozzle 141 for mounting;
A lower plate 150 to which the lower end of the cylinder 130 is fastened and the operation cylinder nozzle 141 is fastened to the side to be mounted; And
Tower buffer device, characterized in that it comprises a side plate 151 is fastened to the lower right surface of the mounting plate 121 and is fastened and mounted with the right surface of the lower plate (150). The method of claim 1,
The vertical elevator device 300
A main frame 350 installed at the left side of the intermediate conveying apparatus 200 from the front of the entire equipment and having upper and lower frames 351 and 352 respectively mounted on the upper and lower parts thereof;
Drive sprockets 330 are mounted at both ends of the upper and lower rotary shafts 331 mounted on the upper and lower frames 351 and 352 of the main frame 350, respectively, and are coupled to the rotating chain 332. At the far end of one side of the rotating shaft 331, the main sprocket 341 is fastened and mounted to the motor chain 343, the upper and lower rotary shaft 331;
An operating motor 340 mounted with a motor sprocket 342 fastened to the motor chain 343 and mounted on the upper left surface of the main frame 350 by using a motor mounting plate 344 as a medium; And
The bucket frame 320, which is a structure on which the product is mounted, fixes the product when the product is mounted, and the product fixing plate 323 and one side of the product fixed plate 323 mounted below the bucket frame 320 are connected to the top of the bucket frame 320 and the hinge 321. The other side is configured as a bucket arm 322 fastened to the rotary chain 332 and tower buffer device, characterized in that comprises a plurality of transfer bucket 310 is mounted to the rotary chain (332).

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