JPH085518A - Facility for testing internal-combustion engine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To reduce assembling and disassembling steps during operation and transfer an internal-combustion engine between lines easily and quickly by forming a transporting container by a sound-proof enclosing body and preparing a testing apparatus for internal-combustion engine inside the container. CONSTITUTION:A transportation container 10 is formed of a sound-proof enclosing body 11, which is made to be rectangular-parallelopiped by a pair of right and left side wall parts, front wall part 13, rear end part 14, top wall part 15, and bottom wall part 16. A sound--proof partitioning wall part 17 is prepared inside the container 10, and an operation room 18 is provided between a wall part 17 and part 13, further a control room 19 is provided between the part 17 and part 14. The room 18 within the container 10 is provided with a testing apparatus 40 for an internal-combustion engine l. A carrying-in and -out device 42 and a starter 51 are arranged on a base plate 41 in the apparatus 40. The device 42 consists of a conveyor 43 that can be freely driven forwards or backwards for shipping in/out, a lifting device 44, and a supporting device 48 that can freely transfer the engine 1 to from the conveyor 43.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an internal combustion engine test facility used for performing a performance test on an internal combustion engine before it is incorporated into a vehicle body, for example, in an automobile assembly plant.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Heretofore, as a facility of this kind, a structure disclosed in, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 126131/1990 has been provided. In this conventional configuration, the first test device for the internal combustion engine is provided at a plurality of positions on the turntable in the circumferential direction, the carry-in route and the carry-out route of the internal combustion engine are provided outside the turntable, and side parts of the carry-out route are provided. Is provided with a test chamber having a second test device. The test chamber is defined by the surrounding wall and the partition wall.

According to this conventional configuration, after the line setting for the carry-in route and the carry-out route is performed, the surrounding wall or partition wall is constructed on the floor at a predetermined position on the side of the carry-out route, and the entrance / exit and transfer are performed. The second test device, the control device, and the like are carried into the test chamber through the loading port and installed at a predetermined place.

[0004]

According to the above-mentioned conventional structure, the various devices and equipment such as the second test device, the control device, and the various pipes are assembled in the manufacturing factory for trial operation, and are easy to carry. After being disassembled, packaged, transported to the installation site, and then reassembled, the work from the trial run to the installation is troublesome and takes a considerable period of time.

When the number of second test devices used in one line is reduced and the second test device is used in another line with the progress of use after installation, the second test device itself can be moved (relocated), but the enclosure wall The body cannot move, so in one line an empty enclosure (test room) is left to become a dead space, and in another line a new enclosure has to be constructed.

It is an object of the present invention to reduce disassembly and assembly during transportation, and the relocation between lines over the course of use does not create dead space or new construction, The point is to provide an internal combustion engine test facility that can be easily and quickly performed.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, in the internal combustion engine test equipment of the first aspect of the present invention, a container for transportation is formed by an enclosure of a soundproof structure, and an internal combustion engine test device is installed in the container for transportation. It is installed.

The second aspect of the present invention is the internal combustion engine test facility according to the first aspect of the present invention, wherein a partition wall portion of a soundproof structure is provided in a shipping container, and an internal combustion engine test apparatus is installed in the driver's cab and an operation room. The control panel for the test equipment is provided in each of the two compartments.

A third aspect of the present invention is the internal combustion engine test facility according to the first or second aspect of the invention, wherein a plurality of pipes connected to the internal combustion engine test device are provided in the shipping container.
The free end side of these pipes penetrates the surrounding wall body.

Further, the fourth invention is the above-mentioned first to third inventions.
In the internal combustion engine test equipment according to any one of the inventions, the transportation container has a loading / unloading port formed in a vertical wall portion facing the internal combustion engine testing device, and has a door body capable of opening / closing the loading / unloading port.

Moreover, the fifth invention is based on the above-mentioned first to fourth inventions.
In the internal combustion engine test equipment according to any one of the inventions, an internal combustion engine transportation means for the internal combustion engine test apparatus is provided in a transportation container.

The sixth aspect of the present invention is the internal combustion engine test facility according to any one of the first to fifth aspects of the present invention, wherein a level adjusting device is provided in the shipping container.

[0013]

According to the structure of the first aspect of the present invention described above, the internal combustion engine test facility, which has completed the test run in the installed operating condition in the manufacturing plant, has many devices such as a test device and devices installed at predetermined positions. , Can be transported from the manufacturing plant to the installation site. Then, the internal combustion engine test equipment transported to the installation site can be installed facing the predetermined line by landing the bottom wall portion, and at the installation site, the installation floor surface can be flattened to a new level. Requires almost no constructs.

When the number of test devices used in one line is reduced and the test device is used in another line with the progress of use after installation, the connection with external piping is disconnected and then the transport container is moved ( By relocating), various devices and equipment including the test device can be moved together with the enclosure.

According to the structure of the second aspect of the present invention, the test facility for the internal combustion engine, which has completed the test run, is installed from the manufacturing plant with many devices such as the test device and both operation panels installed at predetermined positions. Can be transported to the scene. The measurement by the intended operation can be performed by the operator who entered the operation room operating the operation room side operation panel or by the operator who entered the operation room operating the operation room side operation panel. Can be done in the room.

According to the structure of the third aspect of the present invention, the internal combustion engine test facility that has completed the test run is transferred from the manufacturing plant to the installation site with many devices and equipment such as test equipment and pipes being arranged at predetermined positions. Can be transported. After the installation, the pipe outside the equipment can be easily connected to the pipe.

Further, according to the structure of the fourth aspect of the present invention, in the internal combustion engine test equipment after the trial run, the door body protruding from the outer surface of the enclosure is removed, and then the opened loading / unloading port is closed by, for example, a temporary lid body. By doing so, it can be transported from the manufacturing plant to the installation site. At the installation site, the temporary lid is removed and the door is attached.

Moreover, according to the configuration of the fifth aspect of the present invention, the delivery of the internal combustion engine between the test apparatus and the loading / unloading conveyor is
This can be done via the transport means. According to the structure of the sixth aspect of the present invention, the level of the shipping container can be adjusted by operating the level adjusting device after the shipping container is installed so as to face a predetermined line. It can deal with the level of a given line.

[0019]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A first embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. Here, FIGS. 1 to 4 show an installation state at the installation site or a trial operation state at a manufacturing factory.

In FIGS. 1 to 3, reference numeral 10 denotes a shipping container formed by a soundproof enclosure wall 11.
Is a pair of left and right side wall portions 12, a front wall portion 13, a rear wall portion 14,
The top wall portion 15 and the bottom wall portion 16 are formed into a rectangular parallelepiped shape. Further, a partition wall portion 17 having a soundproof structure is provided in the shipping container 10, whereby a cab 18 is formed between the partition wall portion 17 and the front wall portion 13, and the partition wall portion 17 and the rear wall portion are formed. Department
An operation room 19 is formed between the operation room 19 and the control room 14.

The bottom wall portion 16 does not necessarily have a perfect soundproof structure, and in this embodiment, the base body 20, the flat frame body 21 arranged on the base body 20, and the cab 18 are provided. It is formed by a grating plate 22 arranged on both sides and a floor plate 23 arranged in the central portion of the operator's cab 18 or the operation room 19.

A rectangular loading / unloading port 24 is formed in a front wall portion 13 which is a vertical wall portion facing an internal combustion engine testing device (described later) installed in the shipping container 10 and a rear wall portion. A rectangular inlet / outlet 26 having an opening / closing door 25 is formed at 14, and a rectangular communication opening 28 having an opening / closing door 27 is formed at the partition wall portion 17. Further, a transparent window 29 is formed at a predetermined position of the partition wall portion 17. Both doors 25
27 has a soundproof structure.

At the four corners of the ceiling wall 15 of the shipping container 10, a vertical container for joining the shipping containers 10 stacked vertically or for joining the shipping containers 10 arranged side by side. A stacker 30 is provided.

A door 35 is provided which can open and close the loading / unloading port 24 of the shipping container 10. The door body 35 has a soundproof structure, and is set with a mounting frame 36 having a guide function and a winch type lifting device 37, and the enclosure 11
It is configured to be removable.

A test device 40 for the internal combustion engine 1 is installed in the cab 18 in the transportation container 10. This test equipment
40 is configured by disposing the loading / unloading device 42, the starting device 51, and the like on the base plate 41. The carry-in / carry-out device 42 has a conveyor 43 whose forward and backward directions are forward and backward directions and which can be driven forward and backward.
And a lifting device 44 interlocking with the conveyor 43, and a supporting device capable of transferring the internal combustion engine 1 to and from the conveyor 43.
It is composed of 48 etc.

The lifting / lowering device 44 includes a plurality of swing links 45 supported on the base plate 41 side, and a push / pull actuating device (push / pull rod) that swings in synchronization with the lower ends of the swing links 45. And cylinders) 46, and rollers 47 attached to the upper ends of the swing links 45 and contacting the frame of the conveyor 43 from below. Also support device
The reference numeral 48 is composed of a support rod 49 that can move up and down, a lifting cylinder 50, and the like. The starting device 51 is the internal combustion engine 1
An output shaft 52 that is connectable and separable with respect to the main shaft 2 side, an operating device 53 that connects and disconnects the output shaft 52, and the output shaft 52.
It is composed of a motor 54 and the like interlocked with the side.

A cab side operation panel 57 is provided in the cab 18 in the transportation container 10, and the cab side operation panel 57 is
It is held on one of the side wall portions 12 via a universal arm 58 so that its position and orientation can be changed. In addition, an operation room side operation panel 59 is provided in the operation room 19, and the operation room side operation panel 59 is provided in a fixed position by a desk type and through the see-through window 29 so that the operator's room
It is configured so that it can be operated while checking 18.

In the cab 18 in the shipping container 10,
Plural pipes 60 connected to the test apparatus 40 are provided. These pipes 60 are for supplying oil, supplying or discharging cooling water to the internal combustion engine 1, and the free end side thereof is penetrated by the one side wall portion 12. A connection flange 61 is provided at the free end of each pipe 60 with the end surface exposed. The piping unit is attached to the outer surface of the one side wall 12.
62 is detachably provided, and the plurality of external pipes 63 of the pipe unit 62 are configured to be connectable and separable to the connecting flange 61 via the connecting flange 64.

A plurality of exhaust gas pipes 65 connected to the test apparatus 40 are provided in the cab 18 in the transportation container 10. These exhaust gas pipes 65 are passed through the inside of the bottom wall portion 16 and are connected to an exhaust gas conduit 66. This exhaust gas conduit 66
Is positioned upright in the corner of the operator's cab 18, and a connecting flange 67 is arranged at the upper end (free end) of the upper end (free end) on the outer surface of the top wall portion 15 in an end face exposed state.

A gas detector is installed on the ceiling 15 in the cab 18.
68 and a light 69 are arranged, and in the operation room 19, a control device 70, a washbasin 71 and an air conditioner internal device 72 are arranged. Outside the enclosure 11, an air conditioner external device 73 and a ventilation device 74 are arranged. The internal combustion engine 1 is handled via the pallet 3.

In the above-described first embodiment, a trial operation is performed in the manufacturing factory in the installation operation state as shown in FIGS. That is, in a state where the external pipe 63 and the exhaust gas pipe 66 are connected to the external pipe of the facility, the door body 35 is raised by the operation of the lifting device 37, and the loading / unloading port 24 is opened, and the internal combustion engine is passed through the loading / unloading port 24. 1 is carried on the conveyor 43 of the test apparatus 40 while being supported by the pallet 3. Then, the pipe 60 and the exhaust gas pipe 65 are connected to the internal combustion engine 1.

Then, the supporting rod 49 is raised by the lifting cylinder 50 of the supporting device 48 to lift and support the internal combustion engine 1 from the pallet 3, the main shaft 2 thereof is opposed to the output shaft 52, and the output shaft 52 is projected. Move it to work with spindle 2. Thus, before and after the internal combustion engine 1 is set, the door body 35 is lowered by the reverse operation of the lifting / lowering device 37, so that the carry-in / out port 24 can be closed and the inside of the enclosure 11 can be sealed.

In the sealed state, the warm-up operation of the internal combustion engine 1 is first performed, and then the operating conditions such as idle adjustment, ignition timing adjustment and exhaust gas adjustment are performed. More noise,
Vibration, response, etc. are inspected by an automatic measurement method, and at that time, the internal combustion engine 1 is located in an operator's cab 18 which is partitioned and sealed by the surrounding wall 11, the partition wall 17 and the like. Therefore, accurate measurement (judgment) can be performed without being affected by the sound of the adjacent internal combustion engine 1 or external noise.

For measurement, a worker who enters the operation room 19 through the doorway 26 by opening / closing the opening / closing door 25 operates the operation room side operation panel 59, or opens / closes the opening / closing door 27 to establish a communication port. A worker who has entered the cab 18 through the operation panel 28 operates the cab-side operation panel 57 to perform the operation in any room.

The internal combustion engine 1 which has been subjected to the intended test in this manner is stopped, and the output shaft 52 with respect to the main shaft 2 is rotated.
Is disconnected, water is drained, and the pipe 60 and the exhaust gas pipe 65 are disconnected, and then the internal combustion engine 1 is unloaded through the open loading / unloading port 24.

The internal combustion engine test equipment, which has undergone the trial run as described above, is transported from the manufacturing plant to the installation site. At that time, the portion protruding from the outer surface of the surrounding wall body 11 is removed. That is, as shown in FIG. 5, a unit including the door 35, a piping unit 62, an air conditioner external device 73, a ventilation device.
74 and the like are removed, and these are loaded and fixed by utilizing the empty space of the operation room 19 or the operator's room 18, or loaded and fixed in a container prepared separately. Then, in order to close the opened loading / unloading port 24, the temporary lid body 75 is applied to the front wall portion 13 and is fixed by an appropriate means. This temporary lid 75 is removed during installation.

The shipping container 10 from which the projecting portion has been removed in this way is loaded into, for example, a container ship, and in this case, stacking or paralleling is performed firmly and stably using the vertical stacker 30. Be seen. Then, the transportation of the transportation container 10 is performed with many devices and equipment such as the test device 40 and both operation panels 57 and 59 arranged at predetermined positions.

The shipping container 10 is transported to the installation site and installed with its loading / unloading port 24 facing a predetermined line, for example, the loading / unloading conveyor 77 shown in phantom in FIGS. 1 and 2. . At that time, the installation can be easily performed by landing the bottom wall portion 16, and at the installation site, the installation floor surface is flattened, and almost no new construction is required.

After installation, each device and equipment removed before transportation, that is, the unit including the door body 35, the piping unit 62, the air conditioner external equipment 73, the ventilation device 74, etc. are attached and connected to the piping outside the facility. Is done. Further, a plurality of installations are performed in parallel as shown in FIG.

As a result, the desired operation can be performed in the same manner as the trial operation described above, and at that time, the internal combustion engine 1 is transferred between the loading / unloading conveyor 77 and the conveyor 43 via the pallet 3. Be seen. At the time of this transfer, the conveyor 43 is moved up and down by the operation of the elevating device 44, so that the level adjustment with respect to the carry-in / out conveyor 77 is performed.

When the number of test devices 40 used in one line is reduced and the test device 40 is used in another line with the progress of use after installation, the connection with the external piping is cut off, and then the shipping container 10 is installed. By moving (relocating), various devices and equipment including the test device 40 can be moved together with the enclosure 11.

FIG. 6 shows a second embodiment of the present invention. That is, the transportation means 80 of the internal combustion engine 1 for the test apparatus 40 is provided in the transportation container 10. Here, as the conveying means 80, a free roller conveyor 81 arranged to face the loading / unloading port 24, the free roller conveyor 81 and the conveyor.
A winch device 82 that can freely transfer the internal combustion engine 1 to and from 43
Although a combination configuration with is shown, only one of them may be configured.

According to this second embodiment, the transfer of the internal combustion engine 1 between the test apparatus 40 and the loading / unloading conveyor 77 is
This can be done via the transport means 80. In the second embodiment, the operation room 19 is not formed without the partition wall portion 17, and the worker can enter and exit the operator's cab 18 through the entrance / exit 26.

FIG. 7 shows a third embodiment of the present invention. That is, the level adjusting device 90 is provided below the shipping container 10. The level adjusting device 90 is, for example, a jack type including a screw shaft 91 and a landing body 92, and is operated by jacking the landing body 92 after landing the landing body 92.
It is possible to adjust the level in 10 levels, so that it is possible to deal with the unevenness of the floor surface and the level of the carry-in / carry-out conveyor 77.

When the idle wheels 93 are arranged as shown by the phantom line, the idle wheels 93 can be landed by moving the landing body 92 upward, whereby the transportation container 10 is moved (relocated). ) Can be performed in a dolly form.

[0046]

According to the first aspect of the present invention having the above-described structure, the internal combustion engine test facility that has completed the trial run in the manufacturing plant is installed in the manufacturing plant while many devices and equipment such as a test device are kept in predetermined positions. It can be transported to the installation site, and at the installation site, it can be installed facing the predetermined line by landing. Therefore, disassembling and assembling during transportation can be reduced, and the work from the trial run to the installation can be performed easily and quickly. At the installation site, the installation floor surface is flattened, and almost no new construction is needed.

When the test device in one line is used in another line with the progress of use after installation, the transport container is moved (moved) to enclose various devices and equipment including the test device in the enclosure wall. It is possible to move with the body all at once, and therefore the relocation can be performed easily and quickly without creating a dead space in one line and without constructing a new enclosure in another line.

Further, according to the second aspect of the present invention having the above-described structure, the internal combustion engine test facility that has completed the test run is installed in a predetermined position with many devices and equipment such as a test device and both operation panels installed in the manufacturing plant. It can be transported to the installation site, and measurements such as intended operation can be performed in any room by operating the operation panel of the operation room or the operation panel of the operation room.

Further, according to the third aspect of the present invention having the above-described structure, the internal combustion engine test facility after the trial run is installed from the manufacturing plant to the installation site while many devices such as test devices and pipes are arranged at predetermined positions. It can be transported to and the external pipe can be easily connected to the pipe after installation.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention having the above-mentioned structure, the internal combustion engine test equipment after the trial run is completed by removing the door body protruding from the outer surface of the enclosure and then opening the loading / unloading port opened.
For example, by closing the temporary lid, it can be transported from the manufacturing plant to the installation site, and at the installation site, it can be operated by removing the temporary lid and attaching the door.

Moreover, according to the fifth aspect of the invention having the above-mentioned structure, the delivery of the internal combustion engine between the test apparatus and the carry-in / carry-out conveyor can be carried out easily and quickly through the carrying means.
According to the sixth aspect of the present invention having the above structure, the level of the shipping container can be adjusted by operating the level adjusting device after the shipping container is installed so as to face a predetermined line. It is possible to quickly and accurately cope with surface irregularities and level changes of predetermined lines.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a vertical sectional side view of an internal combustion engine test equipment according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a partially cutaway plan view of the internal combustion engine test equipment.

FIG. 3 is a vertical sectional front view of the internal combustion engine test equipment.

FIG. 4 is a schematic plan view of the internal combustion engine test equipment when installed.

FIG. 5 is a vertical cross-sectional side view of the internal combustion engine test equipment during transportation.

FIG. 6 is a partially cutaway perspective view of the internal combustion engine test equipment according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 shows a third embodiment of the present invention and is a vertical cross-sectional side view of a main part of an internal combustion engine test facility.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Internal Combustion Engine 10 Transport Container 11 Enclosure 13 Front Wall (Vertical Wall) 17 Partition Wall 18 Operator's Room 19 Operation Room 24 Carrying Out 26 Outlet 26 Outlet 28 Communication Port 29 Perspective Window 30 Vertical Stacker 35 Door 36 Mounting Frame 37 Lifting device 40 Internal combustion engine testing device 42 Loading / unloading device 44 Lifting device 48 Support device 51 Starter device 57 Operator's side operation panel 59 Operator's room side operation panel 60 Piping 62 Piping unit 65 Exhaust gas pipe 66 Exhaust gas conduit 70 Control device 72 Air-conditioner internal equipment 73 Air-conditioner external equipment 74 Ventilation device 80 Conveying means 90 Level adjusting device 93 Idling wheels

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. An internal combustion engine test facility, characterized in that a container for transportation is formed by a soundproof enclosure, and an internal combustion engine testing device is installed in the container for transportation. 2. A partition wall portion having a soundproof structure is provided in a shipping container to divide into a driver's cab in which an internal combustion engine test device is installed and an operation room, and an operation panel for the test device is provided in each of the two rooms. The internal combustion engine test facility according to claim 1, wherein the test facility is provided. 3. The internal combustion engine according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of pipes connected to the internal combustion engine test device are provided in the shipping container, and the free end sides of these pipes are passed through the enclosure. Institutional testing equipment. 4. The transportation container has a loading / unloading port formed in a vertical wall portion facing the internal combustion engine test apparatus, and has a door body capable of opening / closing the loading / unloading port. An internal combustion engine test facility according to claim 1. 5. The internal combustion engine test facility according to claim 1, further comprising an internal combustion engine transport means for the internal combustion engine test device, which is provided in the shipping container. 6. The internal combustion engine test facility according to claim 1, wherein the transportation container is provided with a level adjusting device.