KR20100099215A

KR20100099215A - Facility for crimping opening members of motor vehicles

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Publication number: KR20100099215A
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: 2010-09-10
Also published as: RU2476305C2; MA31912B1; FR2924368A1; KR101556505B1; WO2009068447A1; FR2924368B1; RU2010126471A

Abstract

The present invention relates to a facility for crimping open members of a motor vehicle, wherein the facility comprises at least one handling robot (1) designed to convey parts of the open members to be crimped into crimping piles (3). ), 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 designed to transport the crimped opening members to the storage area. A handling robot 2. The installation 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 ordered series of crimping piles 3 between two elongated supports 5, 6, each of which is designed to hold an open member of a predetermined shape to be crimped and , The number of piles 3 corresponds to the number of different vehicles on which the opening members are to be mounted, each of the two long supports 5, 6 supports a number of robots equipped with crimping rollers, One of 5, 6 is characterized in that it supports the first handling robot 1 at one of its ends, and the second handling robot 2 is supported at the corresponding opposite end of the other support.

Description

Facility for crimping opening members of motor vehicles

The invention relates to at least one handling robot suitable for moving parts of the open members to be crimped on crimping heaps, a portion of the open member disposed on the crimping heap. At least one robot with crimping wheels suitable for crimping the teeth, and at least one handling robot suitable for moving the crimped opening members to a storage zone. A facility for crimping an opening member.

"Open member" means a front door, rear door, engine hood, rear door or rear trunk door of a motor vehicle.

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

Examples of crimping equipment of this type are described in patents FR 2 651 699 and US 6 112 390.

A problem underlying 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 in factories spread around the world.

Such crimping installations must be able to be quickly adapted to new vehicle models, ie vehicle models with open members with new dimensions and shapes.

The other major issue is to be able to increase production speed.

Lastly, due to the high cost of floor complexes available in the plant, production facilities should be made as compact as possible.

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

The object is achieved by an arrangement according to the invention for crimping the opening members of an automobile, the crimping arrangement being at least two long and horizontal for adjusting and fixing the position of each robot on the longitudinal axis of the two supports. A series of crimping hips aligned between the parallel supports and two elongate supports, each of which is suitable for supporting an open member of the determined form to be crimped, the number of hips Corresponds to the number of different vehicles on which the opening members are to be mounted, each of the two long supports holding a number of robots with crimping wheels, one of which supports the first handling robot at one of its ends. And a second handling robot at a corresponding opposite end of the other support.

Such a facility can crimp high speeds on a given type of opening member, for example the left front door for several different vehicles.

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

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

But they may be fixed to the ceiling of the factory.

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

According to one embodiment of the invention, one of the aligned series of hips is suitable for retaining the first type of crimped opening members for different vehicles, and the other series of hips is of another type for different vehicles. It is suitable for holding open members to be crimped.

Therefore, thanks to the two aligned series of heaps, the installation is dependent on the number of hips in each series, the front left door and the front right for two different opening members, for example several different vehicles. You can crimp the door at the same time.

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

According to one advantageous embodiment of the invention, one of the ends of the elongated support located in the middle holds the handling robot, and each opposite end of the two supports located on the outside holds the other handling robot.

The first handling robot located at the beginning of the production line is used to place the parts of the opening member to be crimped on the hips, and the two handling robots located at the end of the line store the crimped opening members in the storage area. It is used to move to.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the other handling robot is also suitable for performing a finishing operation on the crimped opening members.

According to another particularly advantageous advantage of the invention, the robot or robots with crimping wheels located on one of the two outer elongated supports are suitable for crimping a part of the opening member located on the corresponding hip. The robot or robots positioned in the middle elongated support continuously continually replace the other part of the opening member and one of the parts of the open member disposed on the hip between the middle elongated support and the other outer support after 180 ° rotation. Suitable for crimping

The crimping plant according to the invention can comprise several production lines, each of which comprises two or three elongated supports and crimping hips supporting the robots, which production line Both are suitable for crimping all of the opening members for several types of vehicles.

For example, with three production lines, it is possible to crimp all of the opening 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 invention are set forth in the detailed description below.

The present invention provides a solution to the technical problems of the prior art.

The invention will now be described with reference to the following non-limiting figures.
1 is a schematic plan view of a first embodiment of a crimping facility according to the invention,
FIG. 2 is a view of FIG. 1 seen from the end;
3 is a schematic plan view of a second embodiment of the installation according to the invention.

1 shows an arrangement for crimping the opening members of a motor vehicle, the arrangement comprising a handling robot 1 suitable for moving the parts constituting the opening members to be crimped onto the crimping hips 3, Robots 4 with crimping wheels suitable for crimping portions of the opening member located on the crimping hip 3, and handling robot 2 suitable for moving the crimped opening members to the storage area. ).

According to the invention, the plant is adapted to adjust and fix the position of each robot 1, 2, 4 on the longitudinal axis of the two supporting parts 5, 6 and the aligned series of crimping hips 3. It comprises at least two horizontal, parallel and elongated supports 5, 6.

Each of the hips 3 is suitable for supporting an open member to be crimped in a determined form, for example a front left door or a right door.

In the example shown, the number of four hips 3 corresponds to the number of different vehicles (ie four) to which the opening member is to be mounted.

Each of the two elongated supports 5, 6 is provided with a number of crimping wheels (two in the example shown) which are sufficient to crimp at least a part of the opening member located on the hip 3 placed in front of it. Hold the robots (4).

One of the supports 5, 6 holds the first handling robot 1 at one of its ends (the beginning of the installation) and corresponds to the opposite end of the support (ie the end of the installation) or the other support. 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, 4 are detachably fixed to the supports 5, 6 so that one or more robots can be easily separated or to crimp open members for additional vehicles or to increase production speed. Other robots can be added therein.

The installation according to an embodiment of the invention shown in FIG. 3 comprises three elongated supports 5, 6, 7.

A series of crimping hips 3, 3a is arranged between each of the adjacent pairs of elongated supports.

One of the aligned series of heaps 3 is suitable for holding the first type of crimped opening members for four different vehicles, and the other series of heaps 3a have another type for four different vehicles. Suitable for retaining the opening members to be crimped.

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

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

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

The end of at least one of the elongate supports 5, 6, 7 holds the handling robot 1, the opposite end of the support and / or the other support that holds the other handling robot 2.

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

Robots 4 with two outer elongated supports, i.e. crimping wheels located on one of the supports 5, 7, are used to crimp the part of the opening member disposed on the corresponding hip 3; Robots arranged on the intermediate elongated support 6 are located between the other part of the opening member and between the intermediate elongated support 6 and the other outer support, i.e. the support 7, after 180 ° rotation. It is suitable for continuously crimping one of the portions of the opening member disposed on the bottom.

The installation shown in FIG. 3 operates in the following manner:

The handling robot 1 arranged at the beginning of the installation in the intermediate support 6 places an opening member, for example a left door, on the hip 3 located between the support 5 and the support 6. .

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

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

The crimping robots 4 located in the outer support 7 will then crimp the opening member on the hip placed between the supports 6, 7 and the robot 4 located on the intermediate support 6. ) Will crimp other portions of the same opening member.

These robots placed on the intermediate support 6 will then rotate 180 ° to crimp the opening member located on the hip 3 placed between the support 6 and the other outer support 5.

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

Then, the handling robots 2 located at the end of the installation bring the two crimped opening members into the storage zone.

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

At low production rates, the number of crimping robots can be reduced.

In contrast, at high production rates, one to three crimping robots can be added to the installation.

The installation may comprise several production lines, each of which is crimped and two or three elongated supports 5, 6, 7 supporting the robots 1, 2, 4. The bottoms 3 are all of which are suitable for crimping all of the opening members for various types of motor vehicles.

Therefore, according to three production lines as shown in FIG. 3, all the opening members such as trunk door, front hood, front right door and front left door for four different vehicles are creamed. It is possible to ping.

1, 2, 4: robot
3: crimping bottom
5, 6: support

Claims

On at least one handling robot 1, crimping heaps 3, 3a suitable for moving the parts forming the open members to be crimped on crimping heaps 3, 3a. At least one robot 4 with crimping wheels suitable for crimping portions of the opening member disposed therein, and at least suitable for moving the crimped opening members to a storage zone. A facility for crimping an opening member of an automobile, comprising one handling robot 2,
The crimping installation 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 ordered series of crimping hips 3, 3a between two elongate supports 5, 6, each of the hips 3, 3a each having a determined shaped opening member to be crimped. The number of hips 3, 3a corresponds to the number of different vehicles on which the opening members are to be mounted, each of the two long supports 5, 6 having a plurality of crimping wheels. Robots, one of the supports 5, 6 holds the first handling robot 1 at one of its ends, and a second handling robot 2 at the corresponding opposite end of the other support. Crimping facility, characterized in that.

The method of claim 1,
Crimping installation, characterized in that the long supports (5, 6) are fixed to the ground.

The method according to claim 1 or 2,
The crimping arrangement comprises three elongated supports 5, 6, 7, with a series of crimping hips 3, 3a disposed between each adjacent pair of elongated supports 5, 6, 7. Crimping facility, characterized in that.

The method of claim 3, wherein
One of the aligned series of hips 3, 3a is suitable for holding a first type of crimped opening members for different vehicles, and the other series of hips 3, 3a are different for different vehicles. Crimping arrangement, characterized in that it is suitable for holding open members to be crimped in form.

The method according to claim 3 or 4,
Each of the long supports 5, 6, 7 has one or more robots 4 with crimping wheels, the number of which is adapted as a function of production rate, Crimping equipment.

The method according to any one of claims 3 to 5,
Crimping, characterized in that one of the ends of the elongate supports 5, 6, 7 holds the handling robot 1, and each opposite end of the other two supports carries the other handling robot 2. equipment.

The method according to any one of claims 1 to 6,
Crimping installation, characterized in that the handling robots (2) suitable for moving the crimped opening members are also suitable for performing a finishing operation on the crimped opening members.

The method according to any one of claims 3 to 7,
Robots 4 or robots with crimping wheels located on one of the two outer elongated supports 5, 7 may crimp a portion of the opening member positioned on the corresponding hips 3, 3a. Robot or robots 1, 4, which are located in the intermediate elongated support 6, are fitted with the other part of the opening member, the intermediate elongated support 6 and the other outer support 5 or after 180 ° rotation. 7) Crimping arrangement, characterized in that it is suitable for continuously crimping one of the parts of the opening member disposed on the hips (3, 3a) in between.

The method according to any one of claims 1 to 8,
The crimping plant comprises several production lines, each of which has two or three long supports 5, 6, 7 and crimping hips 3, 3a supporting the robots. Wherein all of these production lines are suitable for crimping all of the opening members for several types of vehicles.