KR101489454B1 - Apparatus and method for drum capping system - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a drum capping system and method. According to the present invention, a drum is transported, an inlet is arranged, and then a cap of the drum is removed. Then, the drum is capped before the cap is discharged through locking processing. According to the present invention, a drum capping operation can be automatically and smoothly carried out and the drum capping can be carried out within a reduced period of time.

Description

[0001] Apparatus and method for drum capping system [0002]

In particular, the present invention relates to a drum filling system and a method thereof, and more particularly, to a drum filling system and method thereof, in which a drum is capped and discharged by removing a drum cap after the drum is transferred, And to reduce the filling time of the drum, and a method thereof.

Generally, drums are cylindrical containers made of steel that are used to store or transport liquids such as gasoline or alcohol. They usually have a capacity of 200 liters, and some have capacities ranging from 20 liters to 400 liters. Such drums are manufactured by bending a thin steel plate into a cylindrical shape and making a corrugation of two or more lines on the fuselage, welding the seams and clamping the upper and lower plates as the lid and the bottom.

As a technique for capping a cap which is a lid of such a drum, there is a "drum automatic capping device" of Korean Patent Application Publication No. 10-2011-0117542.

The invention disclosed in the above-mentioned publication discloses that the drum containing the radioactive waste is disposed at a proper position, the capping unit sucks the cap to move to the work place where the drum is disposed, and then the cap is automatically engaged with the drum, The safety of the operator is ensured by automatically joining the cap to the drum containing the radioactive waste in the work place where the operator's accessibility is difficult, and it is possible to work in the automation process especially in the harsh working environment. .

However, there has been a problem that the invention of the prior art can not uncap the drum. In addition, the present invention has a limitation in that capping is performed only after filling waste materials such as radioactive waste, but it is not used for filling gas such as gasoline or alcohol into drums. In addition, there was a limit in not aligning the injection port according to the transferring of the drum, filling and then carrying out the un-capping process.

KR 10-2011-0117542 A KR 10-2009-0016669 A

Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems of the related art, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a drum type washing machine, a drum type washing machine, Thereby automatically performing the filling operation of the drum smoothly and shortening the filling time of the drum, and a method thereof.

It is a further object of the present invention to provide a method and apparatus for carrying out the steps of sequentially aligning the drums in a stepwise manner by means of a conveyor to perform the filling port alignment, the capping process, the nitrogen filling process, the drum filling process, the uncapping process and the drum discharging process on separate conveyor lines Thereby improving the speed of operation and reducing the possibility of occurrence of a work error, and a method thereof.

The present invention relates to a capping unit, a nitrogen injection unit, a drum filling unit, and a drum discharging unit, which are sequentially connected to each other via a conveyor, A drum conveying unit for sequentially conveying the sheet to the drum discharge unit side;

When the drum is transferred to the cap removal position in the capping unit by the drum transfer unit, the injection port aligning member installed in the capping unit grasps the cap position of the drum to align the injection port. When the injection port positions are aligned, The capping treatment member is lowered to remove the drum cap from the drum, and when the nitrogen and the raw material are injected into the drum by the nitrogen injecting unit and the drum filling unit, the drum is forwardly transferred by the drum conveying unit, A capping unit adapted to be received and mounted on the drum to be locked;

A nitrogen injection unit for injecting nitrogen while the injection member installed in the nitrogen injection unit moves up and down with respect to the drum transferred from the capping unit;

A drum filling part for filling the raw material with the filling nozzle installed in the drum filling part up and down with respect to the drum transferred from the nitrogen injection part;

A drum discharge unit for discharging the drum to the outside of the drum filling system when the drum is filled with the drum filling unit and the drum cap is locked by the capping unit;

And a control unit for controlling operations of the drum transferring unit, the capping unit, the nitrogen injecting unit, the drum filling unit, and the drum discharging unit.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a drum transfer apparatus comprising: a drum transferring step of transferring a drum to a capping unit by operating a conveyor under the control of a control unit when the drum is loaded in the drum transferring unit;

And aligning the drum cap to a state in which the drum cap can be removed by the injection port aligning member when the drum is transferred to the capping processing unit;

A drum detaching step for detaching the drum cap from the drum when the capping member is lowered to contact the drum cap when the injection port positions of the drum cap are aligned;

A drum cap transferring step of dropping the drum cap detached in the drum detaching step to the conveying conveyor side and forwarding the drum cap forward;

A nitrogen injecting step of injecting nitrogen into the drum transferred from the drum removing step while the injection member is lifted and lowered;

A drum filling step of filling the raw material while the filling nozzle is lifted and lowered on the drum to which the nitrogen is injected and transferred;

After the drum filling step, the drum transporting part transfers the drum to the drum discharging position. Then, the drum cap transferred through the drum cap transporting step is received and mounted on the drum to be locked, and by the drum discharging part, And a drum discharging step of discharging the drum.

The present invention can automatically and smoothly perform filling operation of the drum and shorten the filling time of the drum by discharging the drum after the drum is transferred to align the injection port, then the drum cap is removed, the drum is filled, There is an advantage.

In addition, the present invention is characterized in that the drums are sequentially conveyed by a conveyer at every step so that each of the inlet aligning, capping, nitrogen injection, drum filling, un-capping and drum discharging operations can be performed on separate conveyor lines It has the advantage of improving the speed of operation and reducing the possibility of work errors.

1 is a front view of the drum filling system of the present invention.
2 is a plan view of the drum filling system of the present invention.
3 is a configuration diagram of a capping treatment member of the capping treatment unit of the present invention.
4 is a configuration diagram of an injection port aligning member of the capping treatment section of the present invention.
5 is a configuration diagram showing another embodiment of the capping processor of the present invention.
6 to 12 are operational states of the drum filling system of the present invention.
13 is a flowchart showing the drum filling method of the present invention.

The drum filling system and method according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description of the present invention, a detailed description of known functions and configurations incorporated herein will be omitted when it may make the subject matter of the present invention rather unclear. It is to be understood that the following terms are defined in consideration of the functions of the present invention, and may be changed according to the intention of the user, the operator, or the precedent, and the meaning of each term should be interpreted based on the contents will be.

In the present invention, the drum is transferred to align the injection port, then the drum cap is removed, the drum is filled, and the cap is locked and discharged to automatically and smoothly fill the drum and shorten the filling time of the drum It is.

The drum filling system 100 according to the present invention includes a capping unit 120, a nitrogen injecting unit 130, a drum filling unit 140, and a drum discharging unit 150, ) For sequentially transferring the drum (D) sequentially supplied through the drum (130) to the capping unit (120), the nitrogen injection unit (130), the drum filling unit (140) When the drum D is transferred to the cap removal position by the drum transfer unit 110, the injection port aligning member 122 grasps the position of the cap of the drum D so that the injection port alignment is performed The capping treatment member 123 descends to detach the drum cap C from the drum D and the nitrogen and the raw material are injected by the nitrogen injecting unit 130 and the drum filling unit 140 The drum cassette C is conveyed forward by the drum conveyance unit 110 to receive the detached drum cap C, And a nitrogen injection unit 130 for injecting nitrogen while the injection member 131 is lifted and lowered into the drum D transferred from the capping unit 120, And a drum filling part 140 for filling the raw material while the filling nozzle 141 is lifted and lowered to the drum D transferred from the nitrogen injecting part 130. The drum filling part 140 is formed of, And a drum discharging unit 150 discharging the drum D when the drum C is locked by the capping unit 120. The drum conveying unit 110, And a control unit 160 for controlling operations of the capping unit 120, the nitrogen injection unit 130, the drum filling unit 140, and the drum discharge unit 150. More specifically, Respectively.

The capping unit 120 is provided with a feed rail 121 installed on the frame and is guided by the feed rail 121 to locate the drum cap C and align the injection port of the drum D. And the injection port aligning member 122 is provided at the front and the rear of the nitrogen injecting unit 130 and the drum filling unit 140. When the injection port aligning member 122 aligns the injection port positions, The drum cap C is detached by vacuum suction of the drum cap C by driving the air motor 123b while descending to the drum cap C or a capping process for mounting the drum cap C to the drum D And a conveying conveyor 124 having a member 123 and for forwardly transferring the drum cap C detached from the capping processing member 123 so that the drum cap C can be mounted on the drum D.

The injection port aligning member 122 includes a guide rail 122a and a sensor 122b 'for ascending and descending along the guide rail 122a to sense the position of the drum cap C of the drum D The rotation support plate 122c '' is driven by the motor 122c 'until the position of the drum cap C is detected by the sensor 122b' of the detection plate 122b And a rotating element 122c that rotates.

The capping processing member 123 includes a bracket 123a provided on the conveying rail 121 and an air motor 123b provided on the bracket 123a for detaching or mounting the drum cap C And a universal joint 123c connected to the air motor 123b for rotating the drum cap C and having a plurality of rods 123d coupled to a lower portion of the bracket 123a, A pressure plate 123e that presses the cap contact head 123h so as to be in a vacuum state while being raised and lowered along a plurality of rods 123d is provided and the spring 123e for relieving the impact when the pressure plate 123e moves up and down And a vacuum hose 123g for maintaining the vacuum when the air is driven by the air motor 123b is provided on the lower side of the main body 123. The contact hole 123h 'is connected to the universal joint 123c, (C) to be vacuum-adsorbed upon contact with the drum cap It is provided, including the tip head (123h).

And a magnet 123i mounted on the contact groove 123h 'of the cap contact head 123h for attracting the drum cap C by magnetic force.

The drum filling part 140 is configured such that the filling nozzle 141 descends to the lower end of the drum D and performs filling so that the material to be filled in the drum D begins to be filled, The filling nozzle 141 rises at a slow speed and performs precise filling.

And a drum metering unit 170 for measuring the weight of the drum D to be filled with a predetermined amount of the raw material at a lower portion of the drum D conveyed to the drum filling unit 140.

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

When the drum is loaded on the conveyor 111 of the drum conveyance unit 110, the conveyor 111 is operated under the control of the controller 160 to transfer the drum D to the capping unit 120. (ST1)

When the drum D is conveyed to the capping unit 120 by the drum conveyance unit 110, the drum D is positioned on the rotation support plate 122c ', and the detection plate 122b' Is lowered along the guide rails 122a.

At this time, if the drum cap C of the drum D is not in the detachable position, the motor 122c 'of the rotating element 122c rotates the rotation support plate 122c' 122b. After the alignment of the injection ports is completed, the detection plate 122b is raised to the initial state (ST2)

When the position of the injection port of the drum cap C is aligned as described above, the capping processing member 123 is moved along the feed rail 121 installed on the frame F to be positioned above the drum cap C, The cap contact head 123h comes into contact with the drum cap C while the bracket 123a moves down along the guide rail 123a '

When the cap contact head 123h comes into contact with the drum cap C, the pressure plate 123e descends along the rod 123d to pressurize the inside of the cap contact head 123h to a vacuum state and the vacuum hose 123g Is maintained by the air motor 123b while the air is driven by the air motor 123b.

In this state, the air motor 123b is driven so that the universal joint 123c rotates the drum cap C counterclockwise to remove the drum cap C from the drum D. (ST3)

The capping processing member 123 is mounted on the contact groove 123h 'of the cap contact head 123h and controls the magnet 123i under the control of the controller 160 to control the drum cap D ) May be adsorbed by the adsorbent.

Also, the capping processing member 123 may move the cap removal position and the drum discharge position with a single device to simultaneously perform detachment of the cap and locking of the cap, It can be configured using two devices: a dragon and a lock.

That is, the equipment of one capping processing member 123 performs only the cap removing operation by using two pieces of equipment fixed at the cap removal position and equipment fixed at the drum discharge position, and the other capping processing member 123 ) May be allowed to perform only the cap fixing operation. In this case, the equipment fixed at the cap removal position and the equipment fixed at the drum discharge position may have the same configuration.

When the drum cap C is detached by the capping member 123 as described above, the vacuum state of the capping member 123 is released and the detached drum cap C is dropped to the guide plate 124 ' So that the drum cap C is fed forward. (ST4)

When the drum cap C is detached from the drum D as described above, the drum D is transferred to the nitrogen injection unit 130 by the drum transfer unit 110, and the injection member 131 is inserted into the transferred drum D, The nitrogen is injected into the drum D. (ST5)

The drum D into which the nitrogen is injected is transferred to the drum filling part 140 and the filling nozzle 141 descends into the drum D to fill the raw material with the nitrogen D injected into the drum D. ST6)

When the raw material is filled in the drum filling part 140, the filling nozzle 141 is lowered to the lower end of the drum D by the control of the controller 160, When the weight of the drum D to be filled in the drum D starts to be filled and the weight of the drum D to be filled is measured by the metering section 170 to increase the weight of the drum D, ) Is raised at a slow rate to perform precise filling of the raw material.

The drum metering unit 170 is installed at a lower portion of the drum filling unit 140 to measure the weight of the raw material to be filled in the drum in a fixed amount. 160 controls the drum filling part 140.

When the drum D is filled with the raw material and is conveyed to the drum discharge unit 150 side by the drum conveyance unit 110 as described above, the capping treatment member 123 is conveyed along the conveyance rail 121 to the conveyance conveyor 124 side So that the cap contact head 123h sucks the drum cap C to be conveyed through the conveying conveyor 124.

The capping processing member 123 which has received the drum cap C and is transferred is conveyed along the conveying rail 121 to be positioned above the injection port of the drum D and at the same time the guide rail 123a ' The cap contact head 123h to which the drum cap C is sucked comes into contact with the injection port of the drum D. [

In this state, the universal joint 123c rotates the drum cap C clockwise by driving the air motor 123b so that the drum cap C is mounted on the drum D to be locked (ST7)

Then, the control unit 160 controls the drum discharge unit 150 to discharge the locked drum D to the outside. (ST8)

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not to be limited to the details thereof, and various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Therefore, the embodiments disclosed in the present invention are not intended to limit the technical spirit of the present invention, but are intended to illustrate and not limit the scope of the technical spirit of the present invention. The scope of protection of the present invention should be construed according to the claims, and all technical ideas which are within the scope of the same should be interpreted as being included in the scope of the present invention.

100: drum filling system 110: drum conveying part
120: Capping processor 121: Feeding rail
122: Injection port aligning member 123: Capping treatment member
124: conveying conveyer 130: nitrogen injection unit
140: drum filling part 150: drum discharge part
160: control unit 170: drum metering unit

Claims (9)

The drum is sequentially connected to a capping unit, a nitrogen injector, a drum filling unit, and a drum discharging unit. The drum is sequentially supplied through a conveyor to the capping unit, the nitrogen filling unit, the drum filling unit, A drum conveying part for sequentially conveying the recording medium to the sub side;
When the drum is transported to the cap removal position in the capping unit by the drum transfer unit, the injection port aligning member installed in the capping unit grasps the cap position of the drum to align the injection port. When the injection port positions are aligned, The capping treatment member is lowered to remove the drum cap from the drum, and when the nitrogen and the raw material are injected into the drum by the nitrogen injecting unit and the drum filling unit, the drum is forwardly transferred by the drum conveying unit, A capping unit adapted to be received and mounted on the drum to be locked;
A nitrogen injection unit for injecting nitrogen while the injection member installed in the nitrogen injection unit moves up and down with respect to the drum transferred from the capping unit;
A drum filling part for filling the raw material with the filling nozzle installed in the drum filling part up and down with respect to the drum transferred from the nitrogen injection part;
A drum discharge unit for discharging the drum to the outside of the drum filling system when the drum is filled with the drum filling unit and the drum cap is locked by the capping unit;
And a control unit for controlling operations of the drum transferring unit, the capping unit, the nitrogen injection unit, the drum filling unit, and the drum discharge unit.
The capping device according to claim 1,
A conveying rail installed in the frame;
An injection port aligning member guided by the conveying rail to align the injection port of the drum by detecting the position of the drum cap;
When the injection port positions are aligned by the injection port aligning member, the bracket is lowered to the drum cap, and the drum cap is vacuum-adsorbed by driving the air motor to remove the drum cap, A capping treatment member mounted on the drum;
And a transfer conveyor for transferring the drum cap detached from the capping processing member to the drum so that the drum cap can be mounted on the drum.
The injection apparatus according to claim 2,
A guide rail;
A sensing plate on which a sensor is mounted to ascend and descend along the guide rail to sense a drum cap position of the drum;
And a rotation element for rotating the rotation support plate by driving the motor until the position of the drum cap is sensed in the sensor of the detection plate.
The capping member according to claim 2,
A bracket installed on the conveying rail;
An air motor installed on the bracket for detaching or mounting the drum cap;
A universal joint connected to the air motor to rotate the drum cap;
A plurality of rods coupled to a lower portion of the bracket;
A pressure plate that presses the cap contact head to a vacuum state while raising and lowering the plurality of rods;
A spring for relieving an impact when the pressure plate moves up and down;
A vacuum hose for maintaining the vacuum when the air motor is driven by the air motor;
And a cap contact head connected to the universal joint and having a contact groove formed at a lower portion thereof to be vacuum-adsorbed upon contact with the drum cap.
The method of claim 4,
And a magnet mounted on the contact groove of the cap contact head to attract the drum cap by a magnetic force.
[2] The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the drum-
Wherein the filling nozzle is lowered to the lower end of the drum to perform filling, thereby starting to fill the drum, and when the weight of the drum to be filled is increased, the filling nozzle performs a precise filling while rising at a slow speed. Filling system.
The method according to claim 1,
Further comprising a drum metering unit for measuring a weight of the raw material transferred to the drum filling unit so that the raw material is filled in a predetermined amount.
A drum transporting step of transporting the drum to the capping processing unit by operating the conveyor under the control of the control unit when the drum is loaded on the drum transporting unit;
And aligning the drum cap to a state in which the drum cap can be removed by the injection port aligning member when the drum is transferred to the capping processing unit;
A drum detaching step for detaching the drum cap from the drum when the capping member is lowered to contact the drum cap when the injection port positions of the drum cap are aligned;
A drum cap transferring step of dropping the drum cap detached in the drum detaching step to the conveying conveyor side and forwarding the drum cap forward;
A nitrogen injecting step of injecting nitrogen into the drum transferred from the drum removing step while the injection member is lifted and lowered;
A drum filling step of filling the raw material while the filling nozzle is lifted and lowered on the drum to which the nitrogen is injected and transferred;
After the drum filling step, the drum transporting part transfers the drum to the drum discharging position. Then, the drum cap transferred through the drum cap transporting step is received and mounted on the drum to be locked, and by the drum discharging part, And a drum discharging step of discharging the drum.
9. The method of claim 8,
Wherein the filling nozzle is lowered to the lower end of the drum to perform filling, thereby starting to fill the drum, and when the weight of the drum to be filled is increased, the filling nozzle performs a precise filling while rising at a slow speed. Filling method.

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