JPS58132331A - Transporting apparatus of press working material - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To reduce a manufacturing cost remarkably, by providing a pair of holding arms on a transporting apparatus for transferring a press working material along a working path, and supplying the working material to each press position and transporting it out sequentially. CONSTITUTION:Holding heads 21, 23 being suitable for holding a working material are installed to holding arms 8, 9, and at first, when the working material is held in a supply station 22 by the holding head 21, a transporting apparatus 5 runs by itself, moves the holding arm 8 to the first working position of a press machine 1, and leaves the material on a bolster 2. Subsequently, the transporting apparatus 5 moves to the supply station 22 again, and holds the following material by the holding arm 8, but the holding arm 9 stays at the first working position along a long hole 10, and transfers the material which has finished the first working, to the second working position. In this way, by the holding head 21, the material is transported sequentially to the first working position, and by plural holding heads 23, the material is transported sequentially to the second, the third...working positions, and the final product is transported to a taking-out position 24 by the holding head 23.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention [Technical Field of the Invention] The present invention relates to a press-processed material for supplying the material to a predetermined press position in press processing, and transporting the material to the predetermined position after completing the predetermined press process. Regarding a conveyance device.

[Technical background of the invention] In order to mass produce various mechanical elements, coiled materials,
Pressing methods such as punching, bending, and deep drawing are widely used using standard length materials, sketch materials, etc. In recent years, production automation has also been introduced in press processing.

In order to promote labor saving, automated equipment is widely used that supplies pressed material into a press and discharges the processed material outside the press after pressing.

In particular, the use of intelligent automatic machines incorporating converters, so-called industrial robots, is rapidly expanding.
The press processing industry is undergoing a transformation toward further automation of work.

A press processing robot has a suction function for press processing materials and an operation function for two-dimensional or three-dimensional movement, and is used to supply and take out processing materials to and from press machines. A method in which the robots are connected together.

Multiple molds are installed in the bolster of one press machine,
There is also a method of transporting by a single robot.

[Problems with background technology]

However, because press work is originally a single, repetitive process, conventional robots often have a single function, that is, a simple movement function. Therefore 1
The ability to flexibly accommodate various types and shapes of processed materials and to hold processed materials resulted in drawbacks such as lack of color.

[Purpose of the invention]

The present invention company has removed the drawbacks of the conventional ones mentioned above.
To provide a press-processed material conveying device that supplies press-processed materials made of various materials and shapes into a press machine without manual intervention, and automatically discharges the press-processed materials after completing a predetermined pressing process within the press machine. The purpose is to

[Summary of the invention]

According to the present invention, the above-mentioned purpose is to provide a processing route for press-formed materials? B. has a main body that can be moved and a pair of holding arms supported by the main body and having a replaceable holding part for holding at least one sheet of pressed material;
This is achieved by allowing at least one of the holding arms to move relative to the main body in the direction of movement of the main body.

[Embodiments of the invention]

The present invention will be explained below with reference to embodiments shown in the drawings. In the drawings, reference numeral 1 denotes a press machine, and a polstaco is formed on the front surface of this press machine 1. Also.

Above the pole staco of this press l, a slide J is arranged so as to be able to move up and down and move toward and away from the polstaco. (not shown) are formed in the order of steps from 21i: to the right in the figure. On the floor in front of the press l, a pair of rails are provided along the processing direction, that is, the longitudinal direction of the pole starch. The rails are laid parallel to each other.

Introducing this rail, a press processing material conveyor! K so that it can move. This transport device! It has a box-shaped main body 1, and on this main body there are mounted a pair of wheels 7, 7, . and.

The wheel 7 has a motor (not shown) installed inside the main body.
Therefore, when the conveyance device I moves by itself on the rail, it becomes K.

A pair of holding arms t and ri protrude from the upper surface of the main body 4 at intervals on the left and right, and the holding arms t and ri are provided on the upper surface of the main body 4. Elongated hole 1 in the moving direction of
0 and obtain lI[, for the other holding arm t. This movement of the holding arm is accomplished by another motor (not shown) provided within the main body.

The holding arms r, de are connected to the upper ends of the vertical portions //, , /co and the vertical portions l/, /co, respectively, and extend in one direction of the bolster, horizontal portions /3. /4A.

The above-mentioned vertical parts // and l each have a lifting cylinder 7/j.

11 are provided, and these cylinders IS, /Al
The main body of the IC is supplied with fluid from a fluid pressure pump (not shown) located therein, and the holding arms r and ri are individually raised and lowered. Further, the horizontal portions /J and /4' have forward and backward movement cylinders /? , /I are provided, and these cylinders /'iF, /l are also supplied with fluid from a hydraulic pump in the main body, and the holding arm l.

horizontal part/3. /44 can be moved forward and backward individually.

At the tips of the horizontal parts /J and /4C of the holding arms r and ri, respectively, holding parts /9. This holding arm is designed to be detachably attached.
One holding head 1 is provided in the holding part 1 of the press machine 1, and this holding arm R is used to feed the press work material in the press work material supply stage 1/n located on the left side of the press machine l. It is designed to be transported to the processing position @l on the pole staco of l. In addition, the holding part 3 of the holding arm is equipped with three holding head forces, as an example, corresponding to the number of machining processes.
. . is provided with a holding arm, and this holding arm is connected to the holding arm.
)K/ The press-formed material supplied to the processing position is sequentially conveyed to the next processing position, and finally the product after press-forming is discharged to a predetermined position.

As mentioned above, the holding arms Is/q and J are removably attached to the holding arms t and D, respectively, but the holding heads ν, - which are suitable for the material, shape, etc. of the press-processed material are used.
This is to hold the pressed material.

In other words, the holding head/force is designed to attract and release the press-processed material using a vacuum adsorption method or an electromagnetic force method, and the holding method is adapted to the material and shape of the press-processed material. Holding part/9. :W is automatically exchanged. Therefore, the pressed material is a magnetic material,
Any non-magnetic material can be properly attracted and released. Ota. At the same time, a retaining section X having a number of holding heads corresponding to the number of processing steps of the press l is automatically selected.

In addition, the drive system and holding part /l, X of the present invention described above
The replacement work and the like are all controlled by the converter.Next, the operation of the above-mentioned embodiment will be explained.

First, the holding head 1. Holding part with force/f, m
Holds arm 1. It is attached to the de, but for this purpose it is a transport device! The rail 4L is driven by an internal motor (not shown).
, $1 It moves on its own until it reaches the beginning of the exchange stage, stops there and moves to the holding part/9. The attachment of X) to the holding arms r and de is automatically performed.

After that, the conveyor! moves again and stops at a position where the holding arm t faces the supply stage.

Here, due to the action of the cylinders /j and /7, the holding head / at the tip of the holding arm t comes into pressure contact with the press work material, and when the press work material is attracted by the vacuum adsorption method or the electromagnetic magnet method, it is conveyed again. Device! moves the holding arm t to the first processing position of the press l, thereby causing the holding head ν of the holding arm t to leave the pressed material on the pole starch of the press l. After that, one holding arm r, de is its cylinder/7. By the action of /I, it is evacuated from above the bolster 4 of the shiveless machine 1, and the 19th press process is performed there by the descent of the slide 3. After this slide J is raised, the conveyor j is placed on the supply stage.

The cylinder starts moving in one direction, and at the same time the cylinder /'?
, /I move both holding arms t and ri forward in the direction of the press machine. And a transport device! When the holding head force at the left end of the holding arm D assumes a position facing the press-formed material that has completed the first stage of processing, the conveying device continues to move. continues to move until the holding arm t assumes a position opposite to the supply stage, but the holding arm t is connected to the long hole 10 of the main body
The conveying device moves in the opposite direction to the moving direction of the conveying device I along the!
Transport device at Misaki speed! The holding arm remains in a position where the holding head force at its left end faces the press material.

After that, the holding arm t stops at a position facing the supply stage and snow n, and the holding head 1 of the holding arm t sucks and holds the ungrasped pressed material, while the holding head on the left end of the holding arm d stops. sucks and holds the pressed material that has been processed on the 1st R floor. Next.

Transfer device j is moved to the holding arm t to position the rad U at the processing position on the 1st JR floor.However, the holding arm is moved independently relative to the main body t of transfer device j.

The holding head at the left end moves only until it faces the machining position at the machining stage. Then, the holding arm t is held so as to leave the aforementioned processing material at the first and third processing positions.
De retreated from the press l.

Pressing is performed by lowering the slide 3 again.

In this way, since the holding arm D can move relative to the main body B, the holding arms R and F have their own strokes even though they are both installed on the main body T. Therefore, while the holding head 1 of the holding arm t repeats the supply of the press working material from the beginning of the supply stage to the position of the building, the holding head force of the holding arm 2 increases from the position 4 at the left end of the holding head 1 of the holding arm T. The material being press-formed on the right side can be transferred to the next processing step, and by repeating the above-mentioned operations, the press-forming material is processed in the final stage. , and is finally conveyed to a predetermined ejection position by the holding head at the right end of the holding arm.

Therefore, the press processing material is supplied to the press machine l.

Moving the material into the press machine to the processing position,>
A single transport device handles both the loading and unloading of finished products!
This makes it difficult to do anything.

In addition, in the above-mentioned embodiment, it was explained that the conveyance device j moves on rails.

Transport device! It is also possible to suspend and support it from a rail placed in the air. If not only the holding arm D but also the holding arm t is made movable relative to the main body jK, great self-reliance can be obtained by holding the press-formed material.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, the press processing material conveying device according to the present invention includes a main body that can move along the processing path of the press processing material, and a holding section that is supported by the main body and is replaceable, and includes at least one press processing material conveying device. and a pair of holding arms for holding the pressed material, and at least one of the holding arms is movable relative to the main body in the direction of movement of the main body, so that it can be made of various materials and shapes. It is possible to automatically feed the press-processed material consisting of
Manufacturing costs can be significantly reduced.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The figure is a schematic perspective view showing an embodiment of the press processing material conveyance device according to the present invention.
el[De...holding arm, ko1,2J...holding head,
n...Supply stage seal〇Applicant's agent Kiyoshi Inomata

Claims (1)

[Claims] a body movable along a processing path of the pressed material;
The main body has a convertible holding part supported by the main body, and a pair of holding arms for holding at least one sheet of pressed material, and at least one of the holding arms is connected to the main body. A pressed material conveying device capable of relative movement in a moving direction.