KR101218197B1 - Disc loading device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A disc loading device is provided to reduce work time by inputting discs into a processing part after a disc input direction is inspected and corrected. CONSTITUTION: A disc loading device(100) comprises first and second transfer parts(110,140), a centering part(120), a direction changing part(130), and a third transfer part. A guide of the first transfer part is installed in both side ends of a transfer rail to guide discs(D). The centering part comprises a push rod and sensors. The push rod moves back and forth so that the discs can be aligned in a proper position. The sensors check the input of the discs and sense the direction of the discs. A rotary shaft in one side of the direction changing part is supported by a supporting bracket. The other side of the direction changing part is interlocked with a motor to rotate a rotary guide. A transfer block of the second transfer part is moved back and forth by a cylinder to move the discs. The third transfer part transfers the discs transferred by the second transfer part to a processing machine.

Description

Disk loading device {DISC LOADING DEVICE}

The present invention relates to a disk loading apparatus, which is a kind of automobile or train component, and more particularly, by loading a disc indiscriminately transported into a fixed position and supplying it to a processing apparatus, thereby improving workability and productivity according to automation. It relates to a disk loading apparatus that provides excellently.

Generally, wheels and discs of automobiles or trains are made of cast iron.

Such wheels or disks are often required to be inspected and inspected for post-machining of the outer surface to have a certain quality due to wear, corrosion, etc., occurring during the manufacturing stage or in use.

Such wheels or disks are difficult to carry or work for a long time due to the heavy weight, and the wheels and disks are transported and processed by the automation system in consideration of the safety of the worker to increase productivity.

As such a material input and recovery apparatus, as described in Patent No. 923091, which was previously filed and registered by the present applicant, there is a loading input by a pallet and an artificial input method by an operator. The wheels and disks are then moved to a processing device to perform processing.

At this time, the wheels loaded on the pallets have a problem in that the work time can not be shortened by a method of aligning the pallets by the centering device or by aligning the direction of the material to be supplied.

Also, the pallet must be correctly positioned so that the robot can accurately grasp and move the center of the wheels and disks. Thus, the center of the pallet cannot be shortened due to the time-consuming problem of centering the pallet.

In addition, when artificial input of materials and working hours are made by workers for a long time, there is a problem that may cause workers' safety and musculoskeletal diseases.

As described above, it is urgent to develop a handing system capable of sequentially processing and setting wheels and disks to be processed.

The present invention is to solve the conventional problems, has the following object.

It is an object of the present invention to center the center of the disk in the centering unit indiscriminately inserted into the first transfer unit, and to identify whether it is supplied in the forward or the other direction to correct this by changing the direction and demagnetizing the remaining magnetic force It is an object of the present invention to provide a disk loading device that can improve the workability and work precision according to the transfer to the processing unit.

In the disk loading apparatus of the present invention for achieving the above object, is the first conveying part for moving the loaded disk by a robot and conveying it, and centering the disk conveyed through the conveying part and putting it in the forward or reverse direction? By providing a centering unit for detecting the direction, the direction change unit for changing the direction when the disc passed through the centering unit in the forward direction, and the second transfer unit for transferring the disk from the direction switching unit, Can be achieved.

The first transfer unit is preferably composed of a rail operated by a motor, and a guide guide for guiding the disk carried by the rail, the guide guide is preferably made to allow the left and right width adjustment.

In addition, the rail has a long length at both ends and a rail length in the center is preferably shorter than the length at both ends.

In addition, the rail is preferably configured so that the front and rear length is variable.

The centering unit is preferably provided with a sensing sensor for detecting the forward or reverse direction of the incoming disk, it is configured so that the disk introduced by the push rods installed on the left and right sides and the push rod is operated by the cylinder.

The turning unit is configured to rotate by a motor, and preferably rotates only when the disc is inserted in the reverse direction.

In addition, when the disk is rotated in the forward direction when the disk flows in the reverse direction, the flow prevention pin is preferably configured to hold the disk.

After the setting is completed, the disk moves backward through the second transfer part, and a demagnetizer for removing the magnetic force remaining during the movement is installed at the bottom of the rail.

As described above, according to the loading apparatus of the present invention, the discs to be inserted indiscriminately can be arranged sequentially through the first transfer unit, and the discs are inserted into the processing unit by checking whether the discs are inserted in the forward and reverse directions and correcting them. By doing so, it is possible to obtain the effect of reducing the working time, thereby improving the work efficiency.

1 is a side view for explaining the overall configuration of a disk loading apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 2 is an enlarged view of the main portion for explaining the first drive unit of the loading device of the present invention.
3 is an enlarged plan view of the main portion of the first driving unit;
Figure 4 is a view showing another disk is transferred to the centering portion in the transfer rail in the present invention.
Figure 5 shows a centering portion of the loading apparatus according to the present invention, 5a is an initial state and Figure 5b is a view showing the center of the disk.
Figure 6 is an enlarged view of the main portion showing the centering portion and the turning portion of the loading device according to the present invention.
Figure 7 shows that the disc is inserted into the direction change section, 7a is a state in which the state is inserted in the forward direction, 7b is a state in which the state is inserted in the reverse direction.
FIG. 8 is a view illustrating an operating state of the second transfer unit, 8a is a view in which the transfer unit is advanced to move the disc in the direction change unit, and 8b is a view in which the disc is returned to its original state after transferring the disc to the rear;

Hereinafter, a disk loading apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings.

In the following description of the present invention, if it is determined that detailed descriptions of related known functions or configurations may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention, the detailed description will be omitted. In addition, the terms to be described later are terms set in consideration of functions in the present invention, and these terms may vary according to the intention or custom of the producer producing the product, and the definition of the terms should be made based on the contents throughout the present specification.

(Example)

The disk loading apparatus 100 of the present invention includes a first transfer unit 110 for seating and sequentially supplying a disk transferred by a robot,

Centering unit 120 for identifying whether the transferred disk is inserted in the forward direction or in the reverse direction while setting the forwarded disk to the center, and

A direction changing unit 130 for rotating the disk passing through the centering unit 120 to change direction in the forward direction;

It is composed of a second transfer unit 140 for transporting the disk converted in the forward direction by the redirection unit 130.

The first conveying unit 110 is driven by a driving motor M1 and is provided with a conveying rail 111 for conveying the disk D, and installed at both side ends of the conveying rail 111 to guide the disk D. Guide guides 115 and 115-1 are provided.

The conveying rail 111 is configured to each rail, it is preferable to configure the rail provided in the center shorter than the length of the rail provided on both sides.

The conveying rail 111 is made to be adjustable in length, the length adjustment can be varied by the side rail length adjustment port 113-1 and the central rail length adjustment port 113-2.

On the other hand, the guide guide 115 for guiding the disk is preferably variable depending on the type of disk (size of diameter).

The conveying rail 111 is preferably configured as a chain, but is not limited thereto, and may be configured as a belt.

The guide guide 115-1 installed at the rear side is preferably composed of a full width rear narrow. The width of the guide guide 115 can be adjusted by moving the guide guide 115a from side to side as the width adjusting port 115a is loosened and tightened.

The centering unit 120 is provided with cylinders 122 at both sides, and is composed of a push rod 121 for pushing the disc inserted and moved back and forth by the cylinder to the center.

Between the push rod 121 is provided with a mounting table 123 for mounting the disk.

The side of the cylinder 122 is provided with a detection sensor (S1) for detecting whether the disk is inserted and a detection sensor (S2) for identifying whether the disk is forward or reverse.

On the other hand, the lower end of the conveying rail 111 is provided with a conveying table 125 for feeding the disc located in the centering portion 120 to the direction changing section 130, the conveying block 128 is installed 126 and a cylinder 127 for raising and lowering the transfer rod 128 are installed at a lower end of the transfer block 126, and include a cylinder 129 for directly and backwardly moving the transfer block 126.

And the direction switching unit 130 is provided with a rotation guide plate 131, the center of which is opened so that the disk (D) is inserted, both sides of the rotation guide plate is provided with a rotating shaft 133, one side of the rotating shaft support bracket Supported by 132, the other side of the rotary shaft is installed in conjunction with the motor (M2).

Rotation of the rotation guide plate 131 of the direction switching unit 130 does not rotate when the disk is inserted in the forward direction from the sensor (S2) provided in the centering unit 120, the disk is inserted in the reverse direction Only when it is done, it is preferable that the disc is rotated in advance.

On the other hand, the rotation guide 131 of the redirection unit 130 has a flow preventing pin 135 which is raised and lowered by the cylinder 134 at both side ends, the flow preventing pin 135 is a disk (D) When the flow in the reverse direction, the flow prevention pin 135 is pressed by the disk (D) is made to prevent the flow of the disk when the rotation guide is forward rotation.

The second transfer unit 140 is to transfer the disk (D) located in the direction change unit 130, the guide rail 141 is provided at both side ends, the transfer plate 142 forward and backward along the guide rail And a transport block 144 installed at a lower end of the transport plate to move the disk forward and backward by a cylinder.

The transfer block 144 is further provided with a cylinder 145 and a transfer pin 146 that is lifted / lowered by the cylinder.

In addition, a demagnetizer 148 for removing the magnetic force remaining on the disk is provided at the bottom of the line passing through the second transfer unit 140 so as to remove it when the disk moves.

The operation and operating state of the disk loading apparatus 100 having the above configuration will be described.

First, the disk (D) to be put into the disk loading device is formed in a disc shape in a multi-step bent and integrally, the diameter of the upper end is smaller than the diameter of the lower end.

Discs of the raw material irregularly loaded in the loading box 200 is input to the first transfer unit by the robot.

In this way, the disk is indiscriminately seated in the forward or reverse direction when seated in the transfer rail 111 of the first transfer portion.

That is, in the present invention, the forward direction is expected when the large diameter portion of the disk is seated on the bottom surface, and the reverse direction is expected when the small diameter portion is seated on the bottom surface.

For example, when the disk is seated in the forward direction, the disk seated by the transfer rail 111 is directed to the centering portion 120 by the operation of the rail, at this time guided to the center primarily by the guide guide 115 to centering It is injected into the disk seat 123 of the unit 120.

When the input to the centering unit 120 as described above, the detection sensor (S1) detects whether the disc is inserted, and whether the input in the forward direction or the reverse direction from the detection sensor (S2) is identified.

In this state, the push rod 121 is moved inward by the operation of the cylinders 122 provided on both sides to center the disk D. As such, the cylinder 127 of the feed table 125 is operated to raise the feed rod 128 while the disk is centered, and the cylinder 129 is moved forward to move the centered disk D to the direction change unit 130. After returning to the rotation guide 132 of the) is returned to the original.

The disk centered in the forward direction and the center as described above is transferred to the second transfer unit 140. That is, when the cylinder 143 installed at the lower end of the transfer plate 142 of the second transfer unit 140 operates to move the transfer block 144 and the cylinder 145 operates while the transfer block is advanced, the transfer pin ( 146 lowers the disk D to the inner inner diameter.

In this state, the transfer plate 142 backwards along the guide rail 141 and at the same time, the transfer block 144 moves backward to move the disc D to the rear.

The disk (D) conveyed as described above is moved backward while removing the remaining magnetic force by the demagnetizer 148 installed at the bottom.

In this way, the setting of the completed disk (D) is transferred to the processing device is made.

On the other hand, while the transfer state of the disk introduced in the forward direction has been described, the transfer of the disk introduced in the reverse direction is carried out as follows.

When the disk is seated in the reverse direction, the disk seated by the conveying rail 111 is directed to the centering portion 120 by the operation of the rail, at this time guided to the center primarily by the guide guide 115 to the centering portion ( 120 is inserted into the disk seat 123.

At this time, the input disk is in a state where the lower end is protruded and the diameter is small, this portion is introduced into the center portion of the rail 111. That is, the central portion of the rail 111 may be shorter than the rails at both side ends, and the protruding portion may be smoothly introduced into the disk seat 123 of the centering portion 120 in a state in which the protruding portion flows into this portion.

When the input to the centering unit 120 as described above, the detection sensor (S1) detects whether the disc is inserted, and whether the input in the forward direction or the reverse direction from the detection sensor (S2) is identified. At this time, the inserted disc is projected to the bottom position is detected by the detection sensor (S2) in the reverse direction is sent to this control unit, the control unit (not shown) is sent to the direction change unit 130 to rotate the guide Rotate 131.

On the other hand, the push rod 121 is moved inward by the operation of the cylinder 122 provided on both sides to center the disk (D). As such, the cylinder 127 of the feed table 125 is operated to raise the feed rod 128 while the disk is centered, and the cylinder 129 is moved forward to move the centered disk D to the direction change unit 130. After returning to the rotation guide 132 of the) is returned to the original.

The disk centered as described above is transferred to the second transfer unit 140. After the transfer is completed, the flow prevention pin 135 embedded in the rotation guide 131 is lowered by the operation of the cylinder 134 to closely adhere to the disk D, and the rotation guide 131 is rotated and returned to its original shape so that the disk is returned. Rotate in the forward direction.

 In addition, the cylinder 143 installed at the lower end of the transfer plate 142 of the second transfer unit 140 operates to move the transfer block 144, and when the cylinder 145 operates in the state in which the transfer block is advanced, the transfer pin 146. ) Lowers the disk D to the inner inner diameter.

In this state, the transfer plate 142 backwards along the guide rail 141 and at the same time, the transfer block 144 moves backward to move the disc D to the rear.

And the disk to be transported is removed by the magnetic force remaining by the demagnetizer 148.

In this way, the disk is completed is transferred to the processing device is processed.

As described above, the disks supplied indiscriminately can be changed to the correct position and the forward direction to be sent to the processing unit for processing, thereby reducing work time and improving work efficiency.

The specific embodiments of the present invention have been described above.

However, the spirit and scope of the present invention is not particularly limited to these specific embodiments, and it is common knowledge in the art that various modifications and variations can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention. Those who have a must understand.

Therefore, the above-described embodiments are provided to fully inform the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains, and therefore, it should be understood that the embodiments are illustrative and not restrictive in all respects. Is only defined by the scope of the claims.

100: loading device 110: first transfer unit
111: transfer rail 115: guide
120: centering portion 121: push rod
123: disk seat 130: direction switching unit
131: rotation guide 135: flow prevention pin
140: second transfer unit
D: disc

Claims (10)

It is for seating and sequentially supplying the disk transported by the robot, and is installed at both side ends of the transport rail 111 and the transport rail 111 driven by the drive motor M1 to transport the disk D. A first transfer part 110 provided as a guide guide 115 for guiding the disk D,
Disc to be transferred in the right position or the forward / reverse direction, the cylinder 122 is provided at both ends, and installed in conjunction with the cylinder 122, the disc inserted into the back and forward in accordance with the drive (D ) Is provided with a push rod 121 for correcting the position, a detection sensor (S1) (S2) installed at the side of the cylinder to check whether the disc is inserted and detecting the forward or reverse direction, and the disc (D) corrected to the correct position. A centering unit 120 including a transfer table 125 which is transferred to the turning unit 130, and
Rotating the disc is rotated in the forward direction, the rotation guide 131, the center of which is opened so that the disk (D) is introduced and the rotating shaft is provided on both sides of the rotation guide, one side of the rotating shaft to the support bracket 132 Supported by the, the other side is installed in conjunction with the motor (M2) and the turning section 130 made to rotate the rotation guide 131,
In order to transfer the disk located in the direction change unit, the guide rail 141 is provided at both side ends, and the transfer plate 142 which is moved forward and backward along the guide rail and installed at the lower end of the transfer plate are moved by a cylinder. A second conveying part 140 provided with a conveying block 144 for conveying the disk by reversing, and a demagnetizing part 148 for removing the magnetic force remaining on the disk during the conveying by the second conveying part;
And a third transfer unit (150) for transferring the disc transferred by the second transfer unit to the processing apparatus (400). The method of claim 1,
The conveying rail (111) is a disk loading device, characterized in that composed of a chain or belt. 3. The method according to claim 1 or 2,
The transfer rails 111 are installed in a plurality in the width direction, the length of the rail is installed in the center of the disk loading apparatus, characterized in that the centering direction is configured to be shorter than the length of the rail of both ends. The method of claim 1,
The disk loading device, characterized in that the length of the conveying rail (111) is variable. The method of claim 1,
The guide guide 115 is a disk loading device, characterized in that the variable left and right according to the type of the disk. The method of claim 1,
The transfer table 125 may include a transfer block 126 having a transfer rod 128 and a cylinder 127 and a transfer block 126 installed at a lower end of the transfer block to raise and lower the transfer rod 128. Disc loading device, characterized in that consisting of a cylinder (129) for moving forward and backward. The method of claim 1,
The direction switching unit 130 is a disk loading device, characterized in that the rotation in the reverse direction in advance when the sensing sensor (S2) detects that the disk is introduced in the reverse direction. The method of claim 1,
Both sides of the rotation guide 131 of the redirection unit 130, the disk loading device, characterized in that the flow prevention pin 135 is raised and lowered by the cylinder (134). According to claim 8, The flow prevention pin 135 is characterized in that the flow prevention pin 135 when the disk (D) flows in the reverse direction to press the disk (D) to prevent the flow of the disk when the rotation guide is forward rotation Disk loading device. The method of claim 1,
The transfer block (144) is a disk loading device, characterized in that the cylinder (145) and the transfer pin (146) to increase / decrease by the cylinder is further provided.

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