KR101556505B1

KR101556505B1 - Facility for crimping opening members of motor vehicles

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Publication number: KR101556505B1
Application number: KR1020107014180A
Authority: KR
Inventors: 프레데릭 데스마르드; 에르베 르그로
Original assignee: 르노 에스.아.에스.
Priority date: 2007-11-29
Filing date: 2008-11-14
Publication date: 2015-10-01
Also published as: RU2476305C2; MA31912B1; FR2924368A1; KR20100099215A; WO2009068447A1; FR2924368B1; RU2010126471A

Abstract

The invention relates to a device for crimping open members of an automobile, the device comprising at least one handling robot (1) designed to carry parts constituting open members to be crimped with crimping piles ), At least one robot (4) with crimping rollers designed to crimp portions of the opening member located in the crimping pile (3), and at least one And a handling robot (2). The arrangement comprises at least two horizontal and parallel elongated supports 5, 6 for adjusting and fixing the position of each robot 1, 2, 4 along the longitudinal axis of the two supports 5, 6, And an aligned series of crimping piles (3) between the two long supports (5, 6), each of the piles (3) being designed to hold a predetermined type of opening member to be crimped , The number of the files 3 corresponds to the number of different vehicles to which the opening members are to be mounted, each of the two long supports 5, 6 supports a plurality of robots provided with crimping rollers, 5 and 6 support the first handling robot 1 at one of its ends and the second handling robot 2 is supported at a corresponding opposite end of the other support.

Description

Technical Field [0001] The present invention relates to a facility for crimping open members of motor vehicles,

The present invention relates to a device comprising at least one handling robot adapted to move parts constituting openings to be crimped on crimping heaps, a part of an opening member disposed on the crimping heap, Comprising at least one robot having crimping wheels adapted to crimping crimped openings and at least one handling robot adapted to move crimped openings into a storage zone, To an apparatus for crimping an opening member.

"Opening member" means a front door, a rear door, an engine hood, a tailgate or a rear trunk door of an automobile.

The crimping operation consists of crimping together several metal sheet portions of the opening member, e.g., the outer panel of the door and the structural frame.

Examples of such types of crimping installations are described in patents FR 2 651 699 and US 6 112 390.

The problem of forming the basis of the present invention is the ability to quickly install a crimping line for an open member that can crimp open members for several different vehicles within factories spread across the world.

Such crimping equipment must be able to quickly adapt to new vehicle models, i.e., vehicle models having openings with new dimensions and shapes.

Another important issue is that it should be able to increase production speed.

Finally, because of the high cost of flooring available in the plant, production equipment must be made as small as possible.

The present invention aims to provide a solution to the above-mentioned technical problems.

This object is achieved by a device according to the invention for crimping open members of an automobile, the crimping arrangement comprising at least two long, horizontal, And a series of crimping heps arranged between two elongate supports, each of the heps being adapted to support an open member of a determined type to be crimped, the number of heps Wherein each of the two long supports has a plurality of robots with crimping wheels and one of the supports comprises a first handling robot at one of its ends, And a second handling robot is retained at a corresponding opposite end of the other support.

Such a facility can crimp a left front door for a given type of opening member, e.g., several different vehicles, at a high speed.

Therefore, with four crimping heps, it is possible to crimp four open members of the same type for four different vehicles.

According to one embodiment, the long supports are secured to the ground.

However, they may be fixed to the ceiling of the factory.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, the crimping arrangement comprises three elongate supports, with a series of crimping heaps disposed between each adjacent pair of elongate supports.

According to one embodiment of the invention, one of the aligned series of hives is adapted to hold a first type of crimped open members for different vehicles, and the other series of hives are suitable for holding different types of hives for different vehicles And are suitable for holding open members to be crimped.

Hence, thanks to the two aligned series of hives, the installation can be divided into two different opening members, for example a front left door for the front and a front right door for several different vehicles, The door can be crimped at the same time.

Further, according to one embodiment of the present invention, each of the long supports has one or more robots with crimping wheels, the number of which is adapted as a function of the production rate.

According to an advantageous embodiment of the invention, one of the ends of the intermediate positioned long support has a handling robot, and the opposite ends of the two outwardly positioned supports have different handling robots.

The first handling robot located at the beginning of the production line is used to place parts of the opening member to be crimped on the hips and the two handling robots positioned at the end of the line are used to hold the crimped open members As shown in FIG.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, the other handling robot is also suitable for performing the finishing work on the crimped open members.

According to another particularly advantageous advantage of the present invention, robots or robots with crimping wheels located on one of the two outer longer supports are adapted to crimp portions of the opening member located on the corresponding heap , The robots or robots located in the middle long support portion are connected to the other portion of the opening member and one of the portions of the opening member disposed on the hip between the intermediate long support portion and the other outer support portion after the 180 rotation, It is suitable for crimping.

The crimping apparatus according to the present invention may include several production lines, each of which comprises two or three long supports and crimping hips for supporting the robots, Are all suitable for crimping all of the openings for several types of vehicles.

For example, with three production lines, it is possible to crimp all of the open members (front right door, front left door, rear right door, rear left door, front hood, rear door) for several different vehicles Do.

Other features and advantages of the present invention are described in the following detailed description.

A solution to the technical problems of the prior art is provided by the present invention.

The invention will now be described with reference to the following non-limiting Figures.
Figure 1 is a schematic plan view of a first embodiment of a crimping facility according to the present invention,
Fig. 2 is a view seen from the end of Fig. 1,
3 is a schematic plan view of a second embodiment of a plant according to the invention.

1 there is shown a facility for crimping open members of a motor vehicle comprising a handling robot 1 suitable for moving the parts constituting the open members to be crimped onto the crimping heifs 3, Robots 4 with crimping wheels adapted to crimp portions of the opening member located on the crimping heifs 3 and robots 4 suitable for moving the crimped openings into the storage zone ).

According to the invention, the installation comprises a series of crimping hives 3 arranged and arranged to adjust and fix the position of each robot 1, 2, 4 on the longitudinal axis of the two supports 5, At least two horizontal, parallel, long supports (5, 6).

Each of the hives 3 is suitable for supporting a determined type of opening member to be crimped, for example a front left door or a right door.

The number of four hives 3 in the illustrated example corresponds to the number of different vehicles (i.e., four) to which the opening member is to be mounted.

Each of the two elongate supports 5, 6 has a plurality of crimping wheels (two in the illustrated example) sufficient to crimp at least a portion of the opening member located on the front side of the heel 3 Of robots (4).

One of the supports 5 and 6 has the first handling robot 1 at one of its ends (the beginning of the facility) and the counterpart of the opposite end of the support (i.e., the end of the facility) And holds the second handling robot 2 at the opposite end.

The long supports 5, 6 are fixed to the ground.

They can be made of metal rails.

The robots 1, 2 and 4 are releasably secured to the supports 5 and 6 so that one or more robots can be easily separated or used to crimp open members for additional vehicles or to increase production speed Other robots can be added there.

The arrangement according to one embodiment of the present invention shown in Figure 3 includes three long supports 5,6,7.

A series of crimping heps (3, 3a) are disposed between each long pair of adjacent pairs of supports.

One of the aligned series of hives 3 is suitable for holding the first type of crimping open members for four different vehicles and the other series of hives 3a are suitable for holding different types of four different vehicles Of the openings to be crimped.

For example, a series of hives 3 are designed to crimp the left front door, and a series of hives 3a are designed for the right front door of four different vehicles.

Each of the long supports 5, 6, 7 has several robots 4 with crimping wheels.

The number of these robots 4 is a function of the production rate.

At least one end of the long supports 5, 6 and 7 holds the handling robot 1, and at the opposite end of the support and / or the other support it holds another handling robot 2.

The handling robot 2 suitable for moving the crimped open members disposed at the end of the installation is also suitable for performing a finishing operation on the crimped open members.

Robots 4 with crimping wheels located at one of the two outer longer supports, i. E. The supports 5,7, crimp the portion of the opening member disposed on the corresponding heave 3 And the robots arranged on the intermediate long support portion 6 are located between the other portion of the opening member and the intermediate long support portion 6 and the other outer support portion after the rotation of 180 degrees, And is suitable for continuously crimping one of the portions of the open member disposed on the hip.

The facility shown in Figure 3 operates in the following manner:

The handling robot 1 disposed at the beginning of the facility in the intermediate support part 6 places the opening member, for example the left door, on the hive 3 positioned between the support part 5 and the support part 6 .

The robot 1 then returns to its home position to pick up the right door and place it on the hip 3a placed between the intermediate support 6 and the outer support 7.

Thereafter, the two hives 3 supporting the opening members proceed towards the crimping robots 4.

Crimping robots 4 located on the outer support 7 will then crimp an opening on the top of the hood between the supports 6 and 7 and a robot 4 positioned on the intermediate support 6 ) Will crimp different portions of the same open member.

These robots placed on the intermediate support portion 6 will then rotate 180 degrees to crimp the openings located on the support portion 6 and on the heel 3 resting on the other support portion 5.

At the same time, the other part of the same opening member is crimped by the robots located on the support 5.

The handling robots 2 located at the end of the equipment then take the two crimped open members into the storage area.

These handling robots may also perform other tasks, for example, finishing operations on crimped open members, such as spot welding or other crimping operations .

If the production speed is low, the number of crimping robots can be reduced.

Conversely, if production speed is high, one to three crimping robots may be added to the installation.

The installation may include several production lines, each of which may comprise two or three long supports 5,6,7 supporting the robots 1,2,4, Hives 3, all of which are suitable for crimping all of the openings for various types of automobiles.

Thus, according to the three production lines as shown in Fig. 3, all of the opening members, such as the trunk door, the front hood, the front right door, the front left door for four different vehicles, It is possible to ping.

1, 2, 4: Robot
3: Crimping hip
5, 6: Support

Claims

At least one handling robot 1 capable of moving parts constituting the opening members to be crimped on the crimping heaps 3 and 3a, At least one robot (4) with crimping wheels capable of crimping portions of the open member disposed in the at least one robot, and at least one robot (4) capable of moving the crimped open members into a storage zone 1. Equipment for crimping an opening member of a motor vehicle, comprising a single handling robot (2)
The crimping apparatus comprises at least two long, horizontal and parallel supports 5, 6 for adjusting and fixing the position of each robot 1, 2, 4 on the longitudinal axis of the two supports 5, 6, And an array of crimping heps (3, 3a) arranged between two elongate supports (5, 6), each of the heps (3, 3a) And the number of hives 3, 3a corresponds to the number of different vehicles to which the opening members are to be mounted, and each of the two long supports 5, 6 has a plurality of robots One of the supports 5 and 6 has a first handling robot 1 at one of its ends and a second handling robot 2 is held at a corresponding opposite end of the other support Characterized by crimping equipment.

The method according to claim 1,
Characterized in that the long supports (5, 6) are fixed to the ground.

3. The method according to claim 1 or 2,
The crimping arrangement comprises three long supports 5,6 and 7 and a series of crimping hives 3 and 3a are arranged between each adjacent pair of long supports 5,6 and 7 Wherein the crimping device is a crimping device.

The method of claim 3,
One of the aligned series of hives 3, 3a may have a first type of crimped open members for different vehicles and another series of hives 3, 3a may have different forms for different vehicles Wherein the crimping device is capable of holding open members to be crimped.

The method of claim 3,
Characterized in that each of the long supports (5,6,7) has one or more robots (4) with crimping wheels, the number of which is determined as a function of the production rate Ping facility.

The method of claim 3,
Characterized in that one of the ends of the long supports (5, 6, 7) holds the handling robot (1) and the opposite ends of the other two supports hold the other handling robot (2) equipment.

3. The method according to claim 1 or 2,
Characterized in that the handling robots (2) capable of moving the crimped open members are also capable of performing a finishing operation on the crimped open members.

The method of claim 3,
A robot 4 or robots with crimping wheels located on one of the two outer longer supports 5,7 may crimp the portion of the opening member located on the corresponding heave 3, And the robots or robots 1, 4 located in the intermediate long support 6 are connected to the other part of the opening member with the intermediate long support 6 after the 180 rotation and the other outer support 5 or 7 Characterized in that it is capable of successively crimping one of the parts of the opening member arranged on the heels (3, 3a) between the two sides (3, 3a).

3. The method according to claim 1 or 2,
The crimping apparatus comprises several production lines each of which comprises two or three long supports 5,6,7 supporting the robots and crimping hives 3,3a, Characterized in that all of these production lines are capable of crimping all of the openings for several types of vehicles.