KR20140112420A - Method and apparatus for conveying workpieces - Google Patents
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
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- B65G21/00—Supporting or protective framework or housings for endless load-carriers or traction elements of belt or chain conveyors
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- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
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- B65G49/05—Conveying systems characterised by their application for specified purposes not otherwise provided for for fragile or damageable materials or articles
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- H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- H05K—PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS
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Abstract
The object of the present invention is to transport a plurality of unaligned workpieces in a short time. In the means for solving the problem, the workpiece carrier device (1) comprises a holding / 12b, 12c, 12d, 12e, 12f, 12g, 12h and one adsorption nozzle 12a to 12h independently rising and falling between the lift height and the lift height elevating from the holding / And the remaining suction nozzles 12a to 12h can be raised or lowered from the raised height to the partially elevable or not possible state or the partially elevated and unloaded state and all the suction nozzles 12a to 12h can be elevated or lowered And a lifting and lowering flange 202 for lifting the lifting and lowering suction nozzles 12a to 12h by raising and lowering the lifting and lowering mechanism.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE
In a line for assembling a workpiece and manufacturing an electronic component or the like, the workpiece is taken out from the tray on which the workpiece is stocked and is transported to a predetermined position. When a multi-nozzle head having a plurality of suction nozzles is used, a plurality of workpieces can be conveyed at the same time by sucking a plurality of workpieces at the same time. Further, the time required for conveyance can be shortened (see Patent Document 1).
However, when the workpiece is not aligned on the tray, the plurality of workpieces can not be sucked at the same time and can not be transported at the same time. In other words, it is not possible to shorten the time required for conveyance.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a conveying method and apparatus capable of conveying a plurality of unaligned works in a short time.
As a result of intensive studies by the present inventors, the above object is achieved by the following means.
(1) According to the present invention, there are provided a plurality of holding means for independently ascending and descending between a holding and releasing height for holding or releasing a work and a rising height rising from the holding and releasing height, A partly-elevatable state in which the supporting means can be raised and lowered and a remaining part of the holding means is made impossible in the elevation height, and an elevating / lowering state in which all the elevating and lowering- And a raising and lowering means for raising and lowering the holding means capable of raising and lowering by raising and lowering the raising and lowering means.
(2) In the present invention, it is preferable that the elevation restricting means includes a stopper stopping the elevation height by directly or indirectly hitting the plurality of holding means located at the elevation height. Is a work carrier.
(3) In the present invention, it is preferable that the stopper is provided with a plurality of effective portions for enabling the retaining means to be engaged and a plurality of releasing portions for releasing the engagement of the retaining means, And a part of the workpiece is transferred to the workpiece carrying device. The workpiece carrier device according to (2), wherein the partly movable, partially movable,
(4) In the present invention, it is preferable that the stopper includes the plurality of effective portions and the plurality of releasing portions arranged in the circumferential direction in the horizontal plane, and rotates itself in the horizontal plane, State and the fully-elevatable state are switched.
(5) In the present invention, the stopper is the work carrier described in (3) or (4), wherein the plurality of effective portions and the plurality of releasing portions are arranged alternately.
(6) In the present invention, it is preferable that the plurality of holding means is rotatably provided about a vertical axis, and the elevation restricting means is interposed between each of the holding means and the stopper, (2) to (5), further comprising a plurality of rotating bodies that rotate as they rotate about the axis of rotation and reduce the frictional force between the holding means and the stopper.
(7) In the present invention, it is preferable that, when the holding means supports the holding means, the elevation limiting means is brought into the partially elevatable or partially unembroWable state and then the elevating means is lowered, (1) to (6), characterized by further comprising a control unit for lowering the retaining / releasing height of the retaining / releasing height of a part of the retaining / releasing means.
(8) In the present invention, it is preferable that, in the case where the holding means releases the holding means, the control unit causes all the holding means to descend by lowering the elevator means after bringing the elevator limiting means into the fully elevatable state And all of the holding means is set to the holding / releasing height.
(9) In the work carrier according to any one of (1) to (6), when the holding means supports the holding means, the elevating / And a part of the holding means is lowered to the holding / releasing height by lowering the elevating means after the state is made impossible.
(10) According to the present invention, in the case where the holding means releases the holding means, all of the holding means are lowered by lowering the elevating means after bringing the elevation limiting means into the fully elevable state, (9), wherein the holding means is the holding / releasing height.
According to the present invention, it is possible to obtain an excellent effect that a plurality of unaligned works can be transported in a short time.
1 is a front view of a work carrier according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a plan view showing the suction nozzle and the air piping.
Fig. 3 is a front view showing the structure of the nozzle head, Fig. 3 (A) shows a state where the suction nozzle is located at the holding / releasing height, (B) shows a state in which the suction nozzle is located at a rising height, (C) shows a state in which one adsorption nozzle is located at the holding / releasing height and the other adsorption nozzle is located at the elevation height.
Fig. 4 is a plan view for explaining the state of the ascending / descending means. Fig. 4 (A) shows a state in which some of the objects can be raised and lowered, and Fig.
5 is a block diagram showing the functional configuration of the control unit.
Fig. 6 is a plan view of a line to which the workpiece transport device is applied.
Fig. 7 is a front view of a workpiece carrier according to a second embodiment of the present invention. Fig.
Fig. 8 is a front view showing the structure of the nozzle head, Fig. 8 (A) shows a state in which the suction nozzle is located at the holding / releasing height, Fig. 8 , And (C) are positioned at the holding / releasing height of one adsorption nozzle and the remaining adsorption nozzles are positioned at the elevation height.
Fig. 9 is a plan view for explaining the state of the lifting / lowering means. Fig. 9 (A) shows a state in which some lifting / lowering is possible, and a part in which no lifting / lowering is possible.
10 is a plan view showing the nozzle rotating mechanism.
11 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of the control unit.
Fig. 12 is a front view showing a modified example of the workpiece conveying apparatus, Fig. 12 (A) showing a modification of the first embodiment, and Fig. 12 (B) showing a modification of the second embodiment.
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In the following description, the directions will be described with reference to the X-axis, Y-axis, and Z-axis shown in the drawings. The X axis and the Y axis are horizontal axes approximately perpendicular to each other, and the Z axis is a vertical axis perpendicular to the X axis and the Y axis. In the drawings, some of the configurations and cross-sections of hatching are omitted as appropriate to simplify the drawing. In addition, the size of each configuration may be exaggerated in each drawing.
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The storage tray transport robot 430 transports the storage tray 431 in the X axis direction. The conveyance tray 431 has a plurality of
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The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications are possible without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.
That is, the arrangement, size, shape, material, direction, quantity and the like of each component in the above embodiments can be appropriately changed. For example, the arrangement and quantity of the adsorption nozzle. In addition, only one
Alternatively, the configurations of the other embodiments in the above-described embodiments may be applied as far as possible.
The
In the above embodiments, the suction nozzles (12a to 12h) (52a to 52e) are descended by their own weights. However, the present invention is not limited to this, It may be positively lowered.
Specifically, in the modification of the first embodiment, as shown in Fig. 12 (A), a
The work transport apparatus of the present invention can be used in the manufacture of electronic devices, electronic parts or other various articles, or in the field of logistics.
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12a, 12b, 12c, 12d, 12e, 12f, 12g, 12h.
202 Lifting flange (lifting means)
210 Lift limiter (lift limiter)
211 Stopper
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230 Lifting flange (lifting means)
300 control unit
52a, 52b, 52c, 52d, 52e adsorption nozzles
56a, 56b, 56c, 56d, and 56e An engagement rotation body (rotation body)
602 Lifting flange (lifting means)
610 Lifting / restricting mechanism (lifting / restricting means)
611 stopper
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650 nozzle rotation mechanism
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A partly elevatable state in which some of the holding means can be raised and lowered and a remaining part of the holding means is made impossible in the elevation height; An ascending / descending restriction means for switching,
And elevating means for elevating and lowering said holding means capable of ascending and descending by raising and lowering itself.
Wherein the elevation restricting means includes a stopper for stopping the elevation height by directly or indirectly hitting the plurality of holding means located at the elevation height.
Wherein the stopper includes a plurality of effective portions for making engagement of the holding means and a plurality of releasing portions for releasing the engagement of the holding means, and by moving the plurality of effective portions and the plurality of releasing portions Wherein said switching means switches between said partial elevation possible state and partially elevable state and said fully elevable state.
Wherein the stopper includes the plurality of effective portions and the plurality of releasing portions arranged along the circumferential direction in the horizontal plane and rotates itself in a horizontal plane so that the partial liftable state, And the workpiece is transferred.
Wherein the stopper is constituted by alternately arranging the plurality of effective portions and the plurality of release portions.
Each of the plurality of holding means is rotatably installed around a vertical axis,
The lifting and lowering restricting means includes a plurality of rotating bodies interposed between each of the holding means and the stopper so as to reduce the frictional force between the holding means and the stopper as the holding means rotates about the vertical axis And a workpiece carrying device.
When the holding means supports the holding means, the elevating / lowering means is lowered after the elevating / lowering restricting means is brought into the partially elevatable / partially unembroachable state so that a part of the holding means is lowered, To the holding / releasing height of the workpiece carrier.
The control unit causes all of the holding means to be lowered by lowering the elevating means after bringing the elevation limiting means into the fully elevable state when the holding means releases the releasing means, And the holding / releasing height is set to the holding / releasing height.
Wherein when the holding means releases the holding means, all the holding means are lowered by lowering the elevator means after bringing the elevation limiting means into the fully elevable state, The height of the workpiece is increased.
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