US20080247847A1 - Unit and Method for Conveying Workpieces Along a Processing - Google Patents

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US20080247847A1
US20080247847A1 US11/597,039 US59703908A US2008247847A1 US 20080247847 A1 US20080247847 A1 US 20080247847A1 US 59703908 A US59703908 A US 59703908A US 2008247847 A1 US2008247847 A1 US 2008247847A1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
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    • B65G49/0409—Conveying systems characterised by their application for specified purposes not otherwise provided for for conveying workpieces through baths of liquid the workpieces being immersed and withdrawn by movement in a vertical direction specially adapted for workpieces of definite length
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    • B65G49/044—Conveying systems characterised by their application for specified purposes not otherwise provided for for conveying workpieces through baths of liquid the workpieces being immersed and withdrawn by movement in a vertical direction specially adapted for workpieces of definite length arrangements for conveyance from bath to bath along a continuous circuit
    • B65G49/045—Conveying systems characterised by their application for specified purposes not otherwise provided for for conveying workpieces through baths of liquid the workpieces being immersed and withdrawn by movement in a vertical direction specially adapted for workpieces of definite length arrangements for conveyance from bath to bath along a continuous circuit the circuit being fixed
    • B65G49/0454—Conveying systems characterised by their application for specified purposes not otherwise provided for for conveying workpieces through baths of liquid the workpieces being immersed and withdrawn by movement in a vertical direction specially adapted for workpieces of definite length arrangements for conveyance from bath to bath along a continuous circuit the circuit being fixed by means of containers -or workpieces- carriers
    • B65G49/0459—Conveying systems characterised by their application for specified purposes not otherwise provided for for conveying workpieces through baths of liquid the workpieces being immersed and withdrawn by movement in a vertical direction specially adapted for workpieces of definite length arrangements for conveyance from bath to bath along a continuous circuit the circuit being fixed by means of containers -or workpieces- carriers movement in a vertical direction is caused by self-contained means
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
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    • B65G49/0454—Conveying systems characterised by their application for specified purposes not otherwise provided for for conveying workpieces through baths of liquid the workpieces being immersed and withdrawn by movement in a vertical direction specially adapted for workpieces of definite length arrangements for conveyance from bath to bath along a continuous circuit the circuit being fixed by means of containers -or workpieces- carriers
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
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  • the invention relates to a unit for conveying workpieces on a processing run.
  • Such a processing station may, for example, be a dipping bath containing a processing liquid, the expression processing station may, however, also be understood to be any other kind of cabin or basin in which processing of the workpiece takes place.
  • Such treatment may, for example, also encompass a washing process.
  • Other examples of processing are dipping-phosphatizing, pre-treatment for immersion-painting, powder-coating, wet-painting or the like.
  • Units known so far for the surface treatment of workpieces are divided into continuously conveying units and non-continuously conveying units.
  • the car bodies are conveyed in a conveying direction along the processing run using a chain drive and are at the same time lowered into the dipping baths, conveyed through said dipping baths and lifted out of said dipping baths again.
  • a continuously conveying unit for the surface treatment of car bodies is described in DE-A-196 41 048.
  • the car bodies are held by mounts which are guided, at a fixed distance from each other, for example by means of a revolving chain, above the processing basins along a guiding way.
  • the mounts are turned for introducing or removing the car bodies into and from the basins respectively.
  • the corresponding rotating axes of the mounts are thereby oriented in parallel with the conveying direction.
  • cycle units There are also known in the art non-continuously conveying units which are referred to as cycle units.
  • cycle units the car bodies are transported on carriers over the dipping basins, are stopped there and dipped into the processing bath using lifting devices, for example lifting units or rotating means, and are lifted or rotated thereout after lapse of the process time. Examples of such a unit are described in DE-C-43 04 145 and DE-U-200 22 634 as well as PCT/EP 2002/001782.
  • the introduction of the car bodies into the dipping basins and the removal of the car bodies from the dipping bath is realized by means of rotation of the car bodies which are eccentrically arranged on the car body carrier around a rotating axis which is located transversely to the conveying direction.
  • the movement carried out by the workpiece through the dipping bath is thereby completely different from the one in the unit of DE-A-196 41 048 described above, in which the rotating axis runs parallel to the conveying direction.
  • the car body carriers are then supported, for example, on two guiding ways located on the left and the right of the dipping basins.
  • the car body carriers can then be fixed for conveying on two revolving chains which are driven or diverted via chain wheels with a horizontal rotating axis and which are arranged at the start and the end of the processing run. At the end of the processing run the unloaded car body carriers are diverted via the chain wheels and returned underneath the dipping bath.
  • the choice between a continuously conveying and a non-continuously conveying unit needs to be made in consideration of the specific advantages and disadvantages of both basic concepts.
  • the continuously conveying units are more reliable since the units run using few driving motors, while the individually-cycled carriers of cycle units show an increased likelihood of breakdowns due to several individually controlled motors.
  • the maximum capacity of workpieces per time unit is also greater in continuous units than is the case in cycle units.
  • the advantage of cycle units lies in the high degree of flexibility of workpiece processing due to the possibility to individually drive the individual carriers.
  • the present invention is mainly directed at continuously conveying units it, can, however, also easily be applied in non-continuously conveying units.
  • the present invention is based on the object to create a unit as well as a method for conveying a workpiece along a processing run by means of which return of the unloaded workpiece carriers can be effected in a space-saving manner.
  • the unit according to the invention comprises at least one transport car for conveying a workpiece along a processing run, said transport car is movable along the processing run in a conveying direction.
  • a rotating shaft is supported on the transport car close to a first of its ends and at right angles to the conveying direction to rotate around its axis.
  • a mounting for the workpiece which is to be processed is provided on the rotating shaft.
  • the rotating shaft is only supported close to its first end on the transport car and is thus drivable in the conveying direction, whereas its second, free end is moved along passively in the conveying direction.
  • Driving and diverting wheels at the start and the end of the processing run can thus be implemented either with a horizontal or with a vertical axis.
  • the rotating shaft is preferably arranged in such a manner that it is at least in part pivotable in a plane running at right angles to the conveying direction.
  • the transport car may be arranged to be pivotable in said plane together with the entire rotating shaft, and/or the rotating shaft may include a folding mechanism, by means of which the second end of the rotating shaft is pivotable in said plane.
  • the latter-mentioned variant facilitates pivoting the shaft with comparably small constructional complexity.
  • the second end of the rotating shaft can be provided with a non-driven support member which may run on a supporting surface, for example on an already provided rim of a dipping basin. In the case of such a support of the free end of the shaft, the loads acting on the workpiece carrier are reduced.
  • the rotating movement of the rotating shaft around its axis may be suitably coupled, using a rotation drive, with the movement of the transport car in the conveying direction; this brings about the advantage that no separate drive is required for the creation of this rotating shaft and the energy required is reduced.
  • the rotating drive may thereby for example be a roller lever. Variants are also possible with a gear which facilitates certain adaptation of the rotating movement of the rotating shaft.
  • a separate rotating drive for example, an electric drive, for creating the rotation of the rotating shaft around its axis. Said rotation may then occur completely independently of the movement of the transport car in the conveying direction.
  • the unit according to the invention is preferably provided with means for compensating for the torque created at the workpiece which is connected to the rotating shaft.
  • means for compensating for the torque created at the workpiece which is connected to the rotating shaft.
  • the above-mentioned object is, on the other hand, also solved by a method for conveying a workpiece along a processing run as according to claim 18 .
  • a transport car is first driven into a starting position. There, a workpiece which is to be processed is fixed on a rotating shaft which is rotatably supported in the area of a first of its ends on the transport car. Said transport car is now moved along a processing run in a conveying direction, with the rotating shaft being oriented at right angles to said conveying direction. In a disposal position the workpiece is detached from the rotating shaft following processing. Following thereafter, according to the invention, the rotating shaft is pivoted in a plane running at right angles to the conveying direction and the transport car is returned with the rotating shaft to the starting position.
  • the rotating shaft can thus be pivoted into a space-saving orientation for its return.
  • the transport car can be diverted during pivoting or following pivoting on a return run, can be returned there and again diverted in order to reach the starting position and can be pivoted into its original position. This sequence facilitates returning the transport car with the rotating shaft in a particularly space-saving manner.
  • a partial area of the rotating shaft which includes the second end of the rotating shaft is pivoted in said plane, said partial area of the rotating shaft may be diverted during pivoting or following pivoting to a return run, it may be oriented parallel with the conveying direction for return, and may be diverted again to reach the starting position and can be pivoted into its original position.
  • the orientation of the shaft in parallel with the conveying direction during return results in by far less space being required perpendicular to the conveying direction.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic overall view of a unit according to the invention for transporting workpieces
  • FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a first embodiment of a transport car which is part of the unit according to the invention
  • FIG. 3 a shows the transport car of FIG. 2 in combination with a rotating shaft and a roller lever
  • FIG. 3 b shows the transport car of FIG. 2 in combination with a rotating shaft and an electric drive
  • FIG. 4 a shows a first possibility of creating the rotation of the rotating shaft in a front view
  • FIG. 4 b is the pertinent side view
  • FIG. 5 a shows a second possibility of creating the rotation of the rotating shaft in a front view
  • FIG. 5 b is the pertinent side view
  • FIGS. 6 a to e are different views of a 45° diversion mechanism
  • FIGS. 7 a to d are different views of a 90° diversion mechanism
  • FIG. 8 a is a side view of a unit according to the invention comprising a foldable rotating shaft
  • FIG. 8 b is the pertinent top view
  • FIG. 8 c is the same view as is shown in FIG. 8 a , but shows the rotating shaft in the folded state
  • FIG. 9 shows different embodiments of a mechanism for torque compensation.
  • FIG. 1 A schematic overall view of a unit according to the invention is shown in FIG. 1 .
  • a unit of this type may serve to guide car body parts through a dipping bath in order to varnish the same.
  • the unit comprises a plurality of tool carriers, two of which are shown in FIG. 1 , and which are each formed by a transport car 10 and a rotating shaft 20 as essential parts.
  • Rotating shafts 20 each show mounts 40 , on which the car body parts which are to be varnished can be fixed directly or using so-called skids.
  • Rotating shafts 20 are rotatably supported on transport car 10 and move together with transport car 10 in a conveying direction characterized by “FR” along a guiding way 70 .
  • transport cars 10 are driven, for example using a conveying chain, a rope or a belt.
  • a dipping bath (not shown), into which the car body parts which are fixed to mounts 40 are to be dipped for varnishing, is located adjacent to guiding way 70 and below the plane, in which rotating shafts 20 are moving; rotating shafts 20 are thus guided over the dipping bath using transport cars 10 .
  • this mechanism is a roller lever 30 .
  • Said roller lever is connected or can temporarily be connected to rotating shaft 20 in a rotationally stiff manner and causes rotating shaft 20 to rotate as soon as the same is in a suitable position above the dipping bath so as for the car body part on mounts 40 which is to be varnished to be rotated into the dipping bath while, at the same time, being drawn through the dipping bath since transport car 10 continuously moves further along the guiding way 70 .
  • Guiding way 70 may in any case form an endless loop.
  • a certain position of this loop is a starting position where the car body part is fixed, with or without interposition of a skid, on mounts 40 of rotating shaft 20 .
  • it is conveyed along a processing run of guiding way 70 through the dipping bath, and is detached from mounts 40 at a disposal position and removed for further processing.
  • Transport car 10 with unloaded rotating shaft 20 is then returned along a return run of endless guiding way 70 into the starting position.
  • the return run of guiding way 70 may thereby extend adjacent to the processing run and may be connected thereto via diversion areas.
  • the unit according to the invention requires only a single guiding way 70 and, according to the invention, rotating shaft 20 is supported on transport car 10 only on its first end and is driven in the conveying direction FR in this manner, whereas its second, free end is passively moved along.
  • this is carried out in a manner contrary to conventional units, in which both ends of the rotating shaft are guided along a guiding way respectively.
  • this second, free end of rotating shaft 20 is merely provided with a non-driven support roller 80 which rolls on a support surface 90 .
  • Said support surface 90 may be formed for example by the anyway provided rim of the dipping bath.
  • Support roller 80 or a corresponding support element is, however, not necessarily required; in a suitable design of the remaining constructive elements, the free end of rotating shaft 20 is also capable of free spatial movement.
  • a counter-weight 50 is provided for this purpose on a carrier 60 which, in turn, is supported on the end of rotating shaft 20 which faces away from mounts 40 .
  • Arranging counter-weight 50 at a certain distance from the rotating axis of rotating shaft 20 compensates at least in part for the torque of the workpiece.
  • the distance of counter-weight 50 to said rotating axis may be variable. This can also be taken from FIG. 1 .
  • the counter-weight is at a relatively large distance from the rotating axis of rotating shaft 20 and could thus balance the torque of a workpiece fixed to pertinent mounts 40 .
  • counter-weight 50 is, on the other hand, shifted into the axis of rotating shaft 20 and thus does not exert a compensation torque.
  • Counter-weight 50 should then be neutralized. This can alternatively also be effected by decoupling counter-weight 50 from the rotating axis or by decoupling roller lever 30 from the rotating axis.
  • the compensation of the torques significantly reduces the forces acting upon the conveying chain and the fluctuations in load are reduced.
  • the solutions for the compensation of the torques thus support at the same time the restriction to a single chain, rope or belt line.
  • FIG. 2 a shows a first embodiment of a transport car 10 which can be used in the unit according to the invention. It is also implied in FIG. 2 a that conveying car 10 is movable along guiding way 17 using a conveying chain 15 or a rope 15 ′. Reception 25 serves to support rotating shaft 20 .
  • FIG. 3 a shows the transport car 10 illustrated in FIG. 2 in combination with a rotating shaft 20 .
  • roller lever 30 already described with reference to FIG. 1 , the movement of which causes rotating shaft 20 to rotate during the conveying movement of transport car 10 along a guiding way.
  • rotating shaft 20 may also be driven independently of the conveying movement, for example using an electric auxiliary power, and may also have corresponding mechanical and/or hydraulic or pneumatic transmission elements.
  • Said rotating mechanism may be arbitrarily switched using a corresponding control and may be changed with regard to a rotating direction and rotating speed. This is illustrated in FIG. 3 b : Instead of roller lever 30 , in this case there is provided an electric drive 35 which creates the rotating movement of rotating shaft 20 independently of the conveying direction.
  • the rotating movement of rotating shaft 20 may also be facilitated, instead of using roller lever 30 , in a flexible manner by means of the rotating mechanisms illustrated in FIGS. 4 a , 4 b and 5 a , 5 b and described below, namely using a spur gear unit ( FIGS. 4 a , 4 b ) or a chain drive ( 5 a , 5 b ) arranged on transport car 10 and using a rack and pinion gear pair ( 120 , 130 ) via the conveying movement of transport car 10 initiated by the chain.
  • a spur gear unit FIGS. 4 a , 4 b
  • a chain drive 5 a , 5 b
  • the rotating speed may thereby be modified by means of a gear box control or by changing the diameters of the pinion.
  • the rotating direction may in particular also be changed using a gear box control or by changing the arrangement of the rack with regard to the pinion (above-below). Stopping positions of the rotating shaft can be realized by means of decoupling the drive or by interrupting rack 120 .
  • Reference number 100 in FIGS. 4 a and 5 a designates a disc brake, 110 designates a ratch coupling.
  • the advantage of this gear lies in that the rotating speed is not necessarily connected in a 1:1 manner to the conveying speed of transport car 10 .
  • the unit according to the invention is characterized in that only one end of rotating shaft 20 is supported on transport car 10 , the other end is free. This results in a number of advantages. It is in particular possible to pivot rotating shaft 20 due to its free end in the unloaded state also and in particular for its return in various manners and therefore the return can be carried out in a particularly space-saving manner.
  • the entire workpiece carrier which consists of transport car 10 and rotating shaft 20 may be pivoted around a joint point arranged in the coupling area between the chain and the workpiece carrier, either using a separate pivoting mechanism or using rollers which run in guiding ways formed in a spiral manner and which are attached on the car body carrier.
  • FIG. 6 shows such a separate pivoting mechanism: The entire transport car 10 is pivoted together with a pivoting mount 200 vis-à-vis stationary circular arc ways 210 . In the embodiment of FIG. 6 , pivoting is possible by 45°.
  • FIG. 6 a is a side view
  • FIG. 6 b is a rear view
  • FIG. 6 c is a front view
  • FIG. 6 d is a perspective view
  • FIG. 6 e is a top view.
  • FIG. 7 The pivoting mechanism of FIG. 7 is similar to the one shown in FIG. 6 .
  • FIG. 7 a is a side view
  • FIG. 7 b is a rear view
  • FIG. 7 c is a perspective view
  • FIG. 7 d is a top view.
  • the pivoting mechanism of FIG. 7 facilitates pivoting by 90°. This is carried out in the following manner: After the workpiece has been conveyed on mounts 40 through the dipping bath and has been detached from said mounts 40 at the disposal station, transport car 10 is driven together with empty rotating shaft 20 into the pivoting station shown in FIG. 7 and is pivoted there by 90° together with pivoting mount 200 so as for rotating shaft 20 to face downwards.
  • transport car 10 With this orientation of rotating shaft 20 , transport car 10 can then be moved through a diversion area (not shown) of the guiding way to the return run of the guiding way.
  • Rotating shaft 20 remains in this downwardly-directed position during the return of transport car 10 so that significantly less space is required than would be the case if the shaft was returned in its horizontal orientation—as is the case in conventional units in which the shaft is supported at both ends and is thus always transported in a horizontal manner.
  • transport car 10 Before fixing a new car body part to mounts 40 in the starting position, transport car 10 is again pivoted with rotating shaft 20 in a further pivoting station so that rotating shaft 20 adopts its horizontal position again.
  • FIG. 8 An alternative to the pivoting stations lies in designing rotating shaft 20 to be foldable itself. This is shown in FIG. 8 .
  • FIGS. 8 a and 8 b show rotating shaft 20 in its horizontal position. Following unlocking of a locking mechanism 300 , the shaft can be unfolded downwardly in a pivoting range 22 . The position unfolded downwardly by 90° is shown in FIG. 8 c .
  • FIGS. 6 and 7 here not the entire transport car 10 as well as rotating shaft 20 are pivoted, but only the largest part of rotating shaft 20 which is arranged on the right-hand side in FIG. 8 .
  • rotating shaft 20 can also be brought in a vertical position which is directed downwardly for diversion and return thereof along the guiding way. Folding and unfolding of rotating shaft 20 at mount joint 22 is realized by forming a cam track, the position of the mount joint and the weight of the rotating shaft part itself without any external drive.
  • this foldable design of rotating shaft 20 also facilitates pivoting rotating shaft 20 on the return run from the vertically downwardly directing orientation into an orientation in parallel with the return run which further reduces the space required for rotating shaft 20 on the return run.
  • the pivoting step is also facilitated either by means of a separate pivoting mechanism’ or by means of rollers which run in spirally formed guiding ways and which are fixed to the workpiece carrier or, however, by designing a corresponding rotating lever guiding way which realizes the pivoting step of the rotating shaft.
  • FIGS. 9 a ) and b ) show a lever-spring mechanism with a curve disc, FIGS. 9 c ) and d ) with eccentrically designed springs, and FIGS. 9 e ) and f ) with a batch crank or a crank loop.
  • M is the rotating axis of the rotating shaft and S is the point of application of the weight force of the workpiece at the rotating shaft.

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