TW201938030A - Confectionary production system comprising parallel link mechanism - Google Patents

Abstract

Provided is a confectionery production system that comprises two frames and a confectionery production unit replacably installed on the frames so as to straddle a conveyance device, the confectionery production unit performing a prescribed closed loop operation. This confectionery production system comprising a parallel link mechanism has: two frames respectively provided to both sides of a conveyance device; and a confectionery production unit provided above the frames. At least one frame has: two servo motors; and a parallel link mechanism comprising a first link part which includes five arm parts connected in series between the two servo motors, and a second link part which includes two arm parts connected so as to form a substantially parallelogramic shape with a part of the first link part. The first and fifth arm parts respectively connected to the two servo motors extend in a direction separating from each other; and the second and fourth arm parts respectively connected to the first and fifth arm parts extend in a mutually approaching direction, and support the load of the confectionery production unit while horizontally holding the confectionery production unit above the third arm part.

Description

Pastry manufacturing system with parallel connection mechanism

The present invention relates to a confectionery manufacturing system provided with a parallel connection mechanism, and particularly relates to a confectionery manufacturing system provided with a parallel connection mechanism. The confectionery manufacturing system includes: ), And has: a parallel connection mechanism, the confectionery manufacturing unit can perform a predetermined closed loop operation.

In the mass production type pastry manufacturing line, the pastry raw materials are conveyed by a conveying device such as a belt conveyor, and various pastry manufacturing devices assembled on the conveying device are processed to complete the pastry.
Even if it is a mass production type, it is based on the premise that space-saving and efficient mass-produced equipment is required. However, in addition to this, the sales period of goods has become shorter, and the products produced also require diversification. Most production lines have been mass-producing the same product for decades, and most production lines cannot consider product switching or re-routing at any time in advance. In addition, inadequate manpower and convenience stores require different goods to be supplied in units of 24 hours, and the reduction of time and labor for switching has also become an important issue for confectionery manufacturers. In addition, no matter what scale you want to produce on the food manufacturing line, safety and health countermeasures are an absolute condition. Even if you can manufacture in large quantities, save space, and operate at will, you must also consider safety and hygiene.

Fortunately, even if the demand for manufactured goods increases, we want to expand the scale of mass production as described above. At present, the commodity cycle is short and there is a problem of insufficient manpower, and we do not know when the demand will continue. In addition, after manufacturing, in order to supply goods in a short time, it is impossible to stop the production line for a long time due to the transformation. As a result, in order to improve the production capacity in a limited time and space efficiency, and to eliminate the elements of dual use, it is necessary to use a specific dedicated product for this specific product. It is not easy to rearrange the lines to meet all the conditions.

However, in the confectionery manufacturing apparatus, it is necessary to install a device, such as a filling machine (filling cream on the confectionery), to remain in the upper portion of the confectionery for a certain period of time for filling.
Generally, a filling machine keeps filling materials in a container called a hopper, and fills a certain amount of filling materials for the cakes conveyed under the filling machine. However, at this time, if the viscosity of the filling materials is high, In the stage of filling raw materials, there must be an action of separating pastry from the filling machine to cut off excess raw materials such as filling materials.

In the above case, if production efficiency is taken into consideration, it is originally best to perform the filling operation while synchronizing the filling machine with the conveying speed. However, from the perspective of the scale and cost of the device production, most of them are performed intermittently, that is, filling the product raw materials. During this period, the transportation is temporarily stopped, and after the filling is completed, the next row of cakes is transferred to the bottom of the filling machine.
At this time, the filling section of the filling machine is moved up and down for each row of pastry processed, and the filling machine with weight must be fixed in advance, which must correspond to the up and down movement of the belt conveyor. However, if this intermittent conveyance is used, processing is performed. For each row of cakes, the portion of the cake making operation is reduced in the production capacity (production capacity) of the cake.

In addition, in order to increase the value of a product, a complicated filling operation may be performed. However, as the operation becomes more complicated, the time for stopping the transportation also becomes longer, which further reduces the production efficiency.
If the processing can be carried out continuously without stopping the delivery of the confectionery, products with higher commodity value can also improve production efficiency and increase production capacity with higher efficiency.

Patent Document 1 discloses that the arranging device for arranging confections during conveyance is not a filling machine. The arranging plate is lowered on the rear side of the confectionery and then pushed out in the conveying direction. After arranging the confectionery, the arranging plate is raised. Return to the original position and use this to arrange the pastry while arranging pastry. This two-dimensional motion is called box motion.

In the aligning device of Patent Document 1, the aligning plate is moved up and down with an air cylinder, and the rotation of the rotary actuator is converted into a linear motion by a crank, thereby sending out in the conveying direction. When the lighter alignment plate is operated like the alignment device, it can be realized by the simple driving device described above, but it is not easy to move the filling machine with a heavier weight in the up-down and conveying directions.

The combination of up and down movements and conveying direction movements combined with a linear motion drive system such as a screw can achieve shuttle box movement. However, if it is suitable for a heavy-weight filling machine, the accuracy of the component parts is required, but if it is not stable or vibration In many places, the service life of parts becomes shorter, which is not conducive to long-term stable operation. In addition, because the device is complicated, adjustment is also complicated, it is often difficult to clean, and it is not easy to ensure safety and hygiene. Moreover, the relatively expensive price makes most producers dare not invest easily.
In addition, even if the filling machine is suitable for shuttle box motion, the required motion of the aligning plate of the aligning device is not necessarily the same as that of the filling machine, and it is necessary to cooperate with the product change operation.

If the scale of mass production is increased in this way, it will become a dedicated product-specific line. Although it is not easy to use multiple products for production, even if it is possible, the safety of the sanitary measures is fully implemented, and the transport device is the center. The manufacturing equipment is interchanged, and a mass production confectionery manufacturing system that can be easily set is required.

Patent Document 1: Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2016-44062

The present invention was conceived in view of the problems of the conventional pastry manufacturing system, and an object of the present invention is to provide a high-throughput pastry manufacturing system, which is compatible with various pastry manufacturing devices (including large-scale pastry manufacturing devices), The mechanism that can achieve the best action separately, that is, it has: a parallel connection mechanism that includes two stands and a pastry manufacturing unit; the pastry manufacturing unit is easy to set up and reset, and easy to clean / maintain, across the conveying device to It can be installed on two stands interchangeably; the pastry manufacturing unit can perform the predetermined closed loop operation.

In order to achieve the above object, the confectionery manufacturing system provided with a parallel connection mechanism according to the present invention includes: a parallel connection mechanism; the parallel connection mechanism includes: two stands facing each other in a direction orthogonal to the conveying direction of the conveying device, and provided on the conveying device (will be The confectionery in the manufacturing process is transported to both sides); and the confectionery manufacturing unit is placed on the stand in an interchangeable manner across the conveying device; it is characterized in that at least one of the two stand has: two servo motors In the direction orthogonal to the conveying direction of the conveying device, there is a rotation axis, which is isolated along the conveying direction; a parallel connection mechanism is composed of a first connection portion and a second connection portion; the first connection portion is formed by the first The fifth to fifth arm portions (connecting the two servo motors in series) and the first to fourth four joint portions (rotatingly connecting the arm portions to each other) are configured; the second connecting portion Contains: the sixth and seventh arm portions (connecting one of the second and third arm portions into a substantially parallelogram), and the eighth arm portion (which is supported while being linked to the first arm portion) The fifth section of the sixth and seventh arm sections); and the control section, through the parallel connection mechanism, controls the two servo motors, so that the pastry manufacturing unit performs a predetermined closed loop operation corresponding to the conveying speed of the conveying device; The first and fifth arm portions respectively connected to the two servo motors extend in directions separated from each other, and the second and fourth arm portions respectively connected to the first and fifth arm portions extend in directions close to each other, whereby The confectionery manufacturing unit provided on the third arm supports the load while keeping it horizontal.

Preferably, the control section stores a program for controlling the two servo motors in a pastry manufacturing unit (set in an interchangeable manner), and a display panel provided with the control section can selectively display conforming to the pastry manufacturing unit ( Set in an interchangeable manner).
The confectionery manufacturing unit provided in this interchangeable manner is preferably an alignment device, a disinfection solution dripping device, a filling machine, an alignment device, a demolding device, a cutting device, a transfer device, an overlapping device, a pitch conversion device, and a branding device. Any of the direction changing devices.

The two racks each have the two servo motors and the parallel connection mechanism, and the control unit controls the two servo motors of the two racks through the parallel connection mechanism, so that the confectionery manufacturing unit performs a transfer speed with the transfer device. Corresponding to the predetermined closed-loop operation, the pastry manufacturing unit is a filling machine. The filling machine is provided with: a feeding hopper to maintain the filled raw materials; and a valve and a piston, which are linked with the predetermined closed-loop operation to supply a quantitative raw material.

According to the present invention, a pastry manufacturing system equipped with a parallel connection mechanism does not need to modify the existing conveying device to cover the conveying device. After that, a pastry manufacturing unit with various functions can be selected, which can be easily set, moved, and removed. The pastry manufacturing unit provides a control program for the best action in a selective manner, so the pastry manufacturing line manager can easily reassemble and set the manufacturing line.

In addition, the present invention has a confectionery manufacturing system with a parallel connection mechanism. As described above, the confectionery manufacturing system can be installed independently from the conveying device, and can be installed in a manner that covers the conveying device. Therefore, compared with a general confectionery manufacturing system, the conveyance is covered. The device and the structure below the device have fewer structures and can be easily cleaned and inspected.

According to the present invention, a confectionery manufacturing system provided with a parallel connection mechanism, the confectionery manufacturing unit performs a movement along the conveying direction of the conveying device and a combination of up and down movements. Therefore, the belt conveyor of the conveying device does not need to be conveyed intermittently, and the belts need not be changed periodically The height of the conveyor can handle cake manufacturing projects with high efficiency.

In addition, when the pastry manufacturing system provided with a parallel connection mechanism of the present invention is used as a filling machine, the capacity is maintained, and filling operations that require unique shapes and aesthetics can be performed (for example, rotating the shape of a star-shaped biscuit, extruding cream, etc.) Ring / wave, decorative filling with large vertical movement on one side and filling on the other), because it is easy to switch, it is used for large-scale manufacturing instead of specific products, and can be used for various products, even if the product cycle is shortened, it can also be used for a long time. Use manufacturing equipment system.

In addition, the pastry manufacturing system provided with a parallel connection mechanism according to the present invention can provide a device that controls the rotation of the servo motor to realize the shuttle box movement without converting to linear back and forth motion. Therefore, as a pastry manufacturing unit, The filling machine (650 kg in the embodiment) can also operate smoothly with less vibration.

Next, a specific example of a pastry manufacturing system provided with a parallel connection mechanism for implementing the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a schematic view showing a stand and a confectionery manufacturing unit of a confectionery manufacturing system provided with a parallel connection mechanism according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a schematic plan view showing the stand and the pastry manufacturing unit of FIG. 1.

1 and 2, a pastry manufacturing system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes two shelves (10, 15), two orthogonal to the conveying direction of the conveying device 50 (including a conveying belt 51 for conveying pastry 55). The sides face each other; and the confectionery manufacturing unit 40 is provided on the two stands (10, 15) in an interchangeable manner across the conveying device.

Above the stand (10, 15), in addition to functioning as a base on which the pastry manufacturing unit 40 is mounted, a driving mechanism is provided to realize the function of a driving device that causes the mounted pastry manufacturing unit 40 to operate in a predetermined closed loop. Therefore, two servo motors (11, 12) are provided in at least one of the two stages (10, 15). The two servo motors (11, 12) have a rotation axis in a direction orthogonal to the conveying direction of the conveying device 50, and are separated along the conveying direction. The first to fifth five arm portions (21, 22, 23, 24, 25) and the first to fourth four node portions (31) that rotatably connect the arms to each other are arranged in series. , 32, 33, 34) are connected between the two servo motors (11, 12). The five arm portions (21, 22, 23, 24, 25) of the first to fifth and the four node portions (31, 32, 33, 34) of the first to fourth constitute a first connection portion.

Next, the first connection portion will be described in more detail. One end of the first arm portion 21 is connected to the first servo motor 11, and one end of the second arm portion 22 is connected to a node portion 31 located at the other end of the first arm portion 21. One end of the third arm portion 23 is connected to the node portion 32 at the other end of the second arm portion 22, and one end of the fourth arm portion 24 is connected to the node portion 33 at the other end of the third arm portion 23. One end of the fourth arm portion 24 is connected to the node portion 33 at the other end of the arm portion 23. Further, one end of the fifth arm portion 25 is connected to the node portion 34 located at the other end of the fourth arm portion 24, and the other end of the fifth arm portion 25 is connected to the second servo motor 12.

In the arms connected in this way, the first arm portion 21 and the fifth arm portion 25 directly connected to the servo motors (11, 12) extend from the servo motors (11, 12) as directions starting from each other. The second arm portion 22 and the fourth arm portion 24 connected to the first arm portion 21 and the fifth arm portion 25 extend in a direction approaching each other starting from the node portions 31 and 34 respectively connected. Above the third arm portion 23 connected to the second arm portion 22 and the fourth arm portion 24 is a portion on which the confectionery manufacturing unit 40 is mounted.

A confectionery manufacturing unit 40 is mounted above the third arm portion 23. As long as the load of the confectionery manufacturing unit 40 is added vertically downward, a clockwise rotation force is applied to the second arm portion 22 with the first joint portion 31 as a center. In the fourth arm portion 24, a counterclockwise rotation force is applied around the fourth joint portion 34, but the rotation is controlled by the third arm portion 23. As a result, the load of the pastry manufacturing unit 40 can be supported by the first connection portion. .

In addition, the pedestal 10 is further provided with a second linking portion for controlling the operation range of the first linking portion. Specifically, the second linking portion achieves the function of keeping the third arm portion 23 horizontal, and includes: and One of the second arm portion 22 and the third arm portion 23 is connected to the sixth and seventh arm portions (26, 27) of a substantially parallelogram, and the fifth arm portion 35 is connected while interlocking with the first arm portion 21 (connection The eighth arm portion 28 of the sixth arm portion 26 and the seventh arm portion 27).

One end of the sixth arm portion 26 is connected to the first arm portion 21 and the second arm portion 22 through the first node portion 31, and a seventh arm portion 27 is connected to the fifth node portion 35 located at the other end of the sixth arm portion 26. One end and one end of the eighth arm portion 28. The other end of the seventh arm portion 27 is connected to the sixth node portion 36 at the substantially central position of the two node portions (32, 33) at the two ends of the third arm portion 23. At this time, the lengths of the respective arm portions are adjusted so that the quadrilaterals having the first node 31, the second node 32, the sixth node 36, and the fifth node 35 as vertexes are parallelograms. In addition, the arm portion is not necessarily limited to a straight shape, and a curved shape can also achieve the same function.

The other end of the eighth arm portion 28 is rotatably connected to a node portion 37 located at a substantially central position of the two servo motors (11, 12). The eighth arm portion 28 is connected to the first arm portion 21 through the sixth arm portion 26, and therefore rotates in conjunction with the rotation of the first arm portion 21 following the rotation of the servo motor 11. Thereby, even if the servo motor 11 rotates the sixth arm portion 26, the level can be maintained, and the third arm portion 23 that forms a parallelogram-shaped opposite side to the sixth arm portion 26 can also maintain the level.

In this way, the stand 10 supports the load of the confectionery manufacturing unit 40 through the first connection portion, and can drive the confectionery manufacturing unit 40 while maintaining the level of the confectionery manufacturing unit 40 through the second connection portion. That is, a predetermined operation can be achieved by combining the first connection portion and the second connection portion. Here, the combination of the first connection portion and the second connection portion is referred to as a parallel connection mechanism.
The gantry 10 has a control unit for controlling the two servo motors, and through a parallel connection mechanism, the confectionery manufacturing unit performs a predetermined closed-loop operation corresponding to the transfer speed of the transfer device.
The other stand 15 facing the clamping device 50 may be the same as the stand 10 described above. When the weight of the pastry manufacturing unit 40 is light, the configuration of the servo motor section may be changed. When there are two servo motors (13, 14) on the rack 15, the control unit controls each of the two servo motors of the two racks through the parallel connection mechanism, so that the pastry manufacturing unit performs a predetermined closed circuit corresponding to the conveying speed of the conveying device. action.

1 and 2 show an embodiment when the filling machine 41 is installed in the confectionery manufacturing unit 40 mounted thereon. Referring to FIG. 1, the filling machine 41 includes a hopper 42 (for holding a filling material), a valve 43 (for supplying a fixed amount of material), and a piston 44. The filling machine 41 supplies filling materials (such as butter) between the rows of cakes 55 that have just been baked and transported. As shown in FIG. 2, the delivered cakes 55 are generally arranged in a pretreatment process and are brought in in a neat array. However, due to the vibration of the conveying belt 51 and the like, the position may be slightly deviated during the conveyance. Therefore, although the filling machine 41 is not shown, it is provided with a positioning pin for correcting the position of the cake 55 to be transported before filling. In the embodiment, the positioning pin can be lowered after the confectionery 55 and pushed out in the conveying direction to perform position correction. The filling machine 41 can also perform a closed-loop operation mechanism through the motor provided.

The filling machine 41 includes an open bucket type piston filling machine and a branch pipe type filling machine as shown in FIG. 1 (pressurizing the raw material contained in the container, and controlling the filling of the raw material by opening and closing the valve). Since the branched tube type filling machine can transport raw materials by pipes, the container can be set on a fixed table, which can reduce the load on the operation part. However, the disadvantage is that after the raw materials are put into the container, it takes time before the filling amount stabilizes. The loss is large. In contrast, the piston filling machine introduces a fixed volume of filling material into the piston in the piston box, presses it into the piston after division, and discharges the filling material, so the filling operation can be started immediately and the filling amount is stable. However, since the raw materials are not pressurized, it is difficult to carry them by pipe, and the supply hopper 42 must be located at the upper position of the cake 55. When mass production is carried out, the amount of raw materials fed into the supply hopper 42 is also large. The total weight of the filler 41 when the raw materials are fed exceeds 600 kg. For example, in one embodiment, the total weight is 650 kg.
In order to move the raw material of this weight in accordance with the speed of the conveying belt 51 at a high speed, a relatively strong driving force is required. Therefore, in the embodiment, the two stands (10, 15) are provided with two servo motors. That is, a predetermined closed loop operation is performed on the filler 41 by a total of four servo motors (11, 12, 13, 14). The combined operation of the gantry (10, 15) and the filler 41 will be described using FIG. 3.

The confectionery manufacturing unit 40 mounted on the two stands (10, 15) can select various modes according to the type of confectionery 55. The types of the confectionery manufacturing unit 40 include an alignment device, a disinfectant dripping device, a filling machine, an alignment device, a demolding device, a cutting device, a transfer device, an overlapping device, a pitch conversion device, a branding device, and an orientation conversion device . Since the pastry manufacturing unit 40 is provided in an interchangeable manner, when the type of the manufactured pastry 55 is changed, the pastry manufacturing unit 40 installed once can be changed to another pastry manufacturing unit 40 required for the newly manufactured pastry 55. If you want to change the configuration of such a manufacturing line, the parts of the stand (10, 15) can be used in common, so it is possible to suppress the increased investment cost for changing the manufacturing line.

Moreover, since the confectionery manufacturing system 1 of the combination stand (10, 15) and the confectionery manufacturing unit 40 is comprised so that it may cross the conveyance apparatus 50, the installation position can also be adjusted freely. In addition, it is not necessary to provide a mechanism for driving the confectionery manufacturing device under the conveying belt 51 like the conventional equipment, so that the conveying belt 51 can be easily cleaned and maintenance can be easily performed.
It is one of the most important management items to maintain the cleanliness of the confectionery manufacturing equipment in terms of safety and hygiene. This kind of management is very effective in ensuring the cleaning and maintenance of the conveying belt 51.

FIG. 3 is a closed-loop operation diagram for explaining a parallel connection mechanism according to an embodiment of the present invention, and illustrates the operation position and operation content in the order of (a), (b), (c), and (d). .
As shown in FIG. 3 (a), the filling machine 41 installed on the stand 10 is installed so as to cover the confectionery 55 conveyed on the conveyance belt 51. For ease of understanding, only the parallel connection portion is described on the stand 10, and the main body portion is omitted. In addition, the symbols are only represented as shown in FIG. 3 (a), and the constituent elements of FIGS. 3 (b), (c), and (d) are the same as those of FIG. 3 (a). Therefore, the symbols of FIG. 3 (a) are used for explanation.

FIG. 3 (a) is a positional state at which the closed-loop operation start point is reached, specifically, a state where the conveying belt 51 is a rising position and a conveying direction of the conveying belt 51 is an upstream position.
The supply hopper 42 is kept filled with raw materials, and the valve 43 is rotated at a position where the upper passage is closed in order to avoid supply of new raw materials. Since the lower passage is released at this position, if the piston 44 is pressed in this state, it is possible to supply the filling material. In order to introduce a given amount of filling material, the piston 44 is retracted backward.

Arrows 16 and 17 indicate a movement below the servo motors 11 and 12, respectively. Arrow 18 indicates a movement under the third arm portion 23 and a filler 41 provided in the third arm portion 23. Aiming at the transfer position of the confectionery 55 supplied with the filling material, the filling machine 41 descends from the position of FIG. 3 (a) as shown by arrow 18 and shifts to FIG. 3 (b). At this time, the servo motor 11 is rotated in a counterclockwise direction as shown by an arrow 16, and the servo motor 12 is rotated in a clockwise direction as shown by an arrow 17.

As long as it is lowered to the position where the filling material is supplied, as shown in FIG. 3 (b), the piston 44 is pushed in and starts supplying the filling material. At this time, the filler 41 maintains its height while supplying the filling material through the piston 44 and moves in the conveying direction of the conveying belt 51 in accordance with the conveying speed of the conveying belt 51. As a result, the confectionery 55 to which the filling material is supplied can be maintained above the confectionery during transportation. Therefore, the time required from the start of supply of the filling material to the end of the supply of the filling material does not need to stop conveying the confectionery 55, and high productivity can be obtained.

From the state of FIG. 3 (b), the servo motors 11 and 12 are rotated clockwise as shown by arrows 16, 17 to move the filling machine 41 horizontally. The point at which the supply of the filling material is finished is shown in Fig. 3 (c). At this point, the valve 43 of the filler 41 is turned counterclockwise to close the lower passage and open the upper passage. In order to return from this state to the state of FIG. 3 (a), first, a raising operation is performed. Therefore, the servo motor 11 rotates in a clockwise direction as shown by an arrow 16, and the servo motor 12 rotates in a counterclockwise direction as shown by an arrow 17. Fig. 3 (d) shows a state where the height is the same as the state shown in Fig. 3 (a).

From the state of FIG. 3 (d), it moves to the opposite direction to the conveying direction of the conveying belt 51, and returns to the position where the closed-loop operation starts. However, during this period, it is ready to supply the next filling material. Raw materials while falling.
As shown in Figures 3 (a) to (d), in conjunction with the closed-loop operation, the valve 43 is rotated and the piston 44 is moved forward and backward, so that the cake 55 is not stopped and the filling corresponding to the cake 55 can be filled. action.
The horizontal movement in the direction opposite to the conveying direction of the conveying belt 51 is as shown by arrows 16 and 17 in FIG. 3 (d), and the servo motors 11 and 12 rotate in the counterclockwise direction at the same time.

In this way, the closed-loop operation of the filling machine 41 is composed of four kinds of operations: descending, horizontal movement, upward, and horizontal movement. The trajectory of this movement is to describe the quadrangle, so it is also called shuttle box movement.
As explained here, the embodiment is to control the rotation of the servo motor, and it is possible to realize the shuttle box movement without changing the linear movement. Therefore, even if the cake manufacturing unit 40 weighs more than 600 kg, its movement is stable and there is less vibration.

As shown in FIGS. 3 (a) to (d), during the closed-loop operation, the following positional relationship is maintained, and the first arm portion 21 and the fifth arm portion 25 directly connected to the servo motor (11, 12) are servo-driven. The motors (11, 12) are starting points and extend in directions separated from each other. The second arm portion 22 and the fourth arm portion 24 connected to the first arm portion 21 and the fifth arm portion 25 are respectively connected to the node portion 31. And 34 is the starting point and extends in a direction approaching each other.

This operation can be realized by a control unit (not shown). The confectionery manufacturing unit 40 of FIGS. 1-3 is demonstrated using the filling machine 41 as an embodiment, As mentioned above, as the confectionery manufacturing unit 40, various confectionery manufacturing apparatuses can be applied. Depending on the type of confectionery manufacturing unit 40, the same shuttle box movement as the filling machine 41 does not necessarily limit the optimal movement. Also, even if the same shuttle box movement is performed, the height and the movable range in the horizontal direction may be different.
Therefore, in the embodiment, the control section stores a program for controlling the two servo motors (11, 12), which has a type of the pastry manufacturing unit 40 mounted on it. The display panel provided with the control section can select display cooperation to be interchangeable The pattern of the pastry manufacturing unit 40 set by the way.

4 is a diagram showing an example of a touch panel display of a confectionery manufacturing system provided with a parallel connection mechanism according to an embodiment of the present invention.
As shown in FIG. 4, the display panel 90 that also functions as an input device, that is, the display panel 90, includes: a selection device button 91 (for selecting a device), a selection action button 92 (for selecting an action of the selected device), and adjustments. Button 93 (adjust various motion settings as needed).

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 4, as optional devices, although four types of alignment devices, disinfection liquid drip devices, filling machines, and aligning devices are displayed, they are not limited to this, and all of the pastry manufacturing units 40 that can be mounted can be displayed. Alternatively, only the applicable pastry manufacturing unit 40 may be selectively displayed.
The selection action cooperates with the optional device, although it displays four kinds of alignment action, filling action, horizontal back-and-forth action, and alignment action, but even for the same filling action, the action is also different due to the characteristics of the filling material, which can be divided into, for example, high Viscosity filling action and low viscosity filling action can be displayed selectively.

As long as the desired button is selected from the selection device button 91 and the selection action button 92 respectively, the setting value of the basic action of the program is displayed in the action setting column. If you want to change the preset value, you can use the adjustment button 93 to adjust.
Here, although the device and action are selected using the selection device button 91 and the selection action button 92, when the operation of the device is determined, the selection action button 92 may only be an action indicator, for example, as long as the filling is selected from the selection device button 91 Machine, the action indicator of the filling action will light up. At the same time, the setting value required for the filling action can also be displayed in the action setting column, and a unique identification code such as a two-dimensional code is set in each pastry manufacturing unit 40 to manufacture the pastry. When the unit 40 is set on the stand (10, 15), the identification code can also be identified by a recognition means such as a code reader (reader) provided on the stand (10, 15) and displayed on the touch panel 90. Programs and setting values corresponding to the pastry making unit 40.

In addition, even in the same pastry manufacturing unit 40, when the closed-loop operation setting is different among various types of pastry manufacturing 55, the set value can be registered in advance for each kind of pastry 55, and can be displayed simultaneously on the touch panel 90 Select button for pastry 55.
In addition, basically, the closed-loop operation applied to the confectionery manufacturing unit 40 is in accordance with the conveying speed of the conveying device 50. Therefore, the set value displayed in the action setting column is preferably the set value of the conveying speed (as a reference) or the current state of cooperation. Any one of the set values converted from the set conveying speed.

5 is a block diagram showing a confectionery manufacturing system having a parallel connection mechanism according to the embodiment of the present invention.
As shown in FIG. 5, four types of confectionery manufacturing systems are arranged in order along the conveyance direction of the conveyance device 50 (different confectionery manufacturing units 40 are provided). The baked cake 55 is transferred from the left side to the right side in FIG. 5 through the transfer belt 51. In the pastry manufacturing system located at the most upstream of the conveyance, an arrangement device 80 is provided as the pastry manufacturing unit 40.

The arranging device 80 is a device for arranging the confections 55. After the confections 55 are conveyed, the arranging plate (having a substantially semicircular opening) is lowered and pushed out in the conveying direction, thereby arranging the confections 55 at a certain pitch. The closed loop operation of the arranging device 80 also becomes a shuttle box movement of descending, horizontal movement (pushing out), rising, and repeated horizontal movement (returning). It is different from the shuttle box movement of the filling machine 41, and the horizontal movement (push out) is controlled in a manner of moving faster than the conveying speed of the conveying belt 51.

The arrayed confectionery 55 is further conveyed to the confectionery manufacturing system provided with the disinfectant dripping device 70 through the conveyance belt 51. Disinfection solution dripping device 70 is a device for dripping disinfection alcohol. It drops directly above the transferred cake 55, while moving with the cake 55, it drops the disinfecting alcohol on the cake 55. After dripping, it rises and moves horizontally to the original position. To return.

The sterilized cake 55 is then transferred to the filling machine 41. The operation of the filling machine 41 is as described in FIGS. 1 to 3.
Finally, an alignment device 60 is provided. After the processing by the filling machine 41 is completed, the confectionery 55 is supplied with filling materials (such as butter sandwiched in a row). The alignment device 60 is a device that picks up the pastry 55 that has not been supplied with filling materials, and places it on top of the pastry 55 that has been supplied with filling materials, and processes it into a pastry shape sandwiched with the filling materials. As shown in FIG. 5, it is lowered, and it is picked up along with the pastry 55 that has not been supplied with filling materials, and moved above the pastry 55 that has been supplied with filled materials. The cake 55 forms a complicated closed loop operation.
In the example of FIG. 5, although it has been explained that the cake 55 which has been processed by the filling machine 41 is directly transferred to the alignment device 60, in order to sterilize the filled material before the alignment, the filling machine 41 and the alignment device may be used. Between 60, a new disinfection solution dropping device 70 was added.
When filling the raw material with the filling machine 41, when the filling machine 41 rises in accordance with the characteristics of the raw material, the confectionery may shift. Therefore, the disinfection solution dropping device 70 may be provided with a positioning pin for correcting the position of the cake 55 with respect to the filling machine 41.

In this way, different types of pastry manufacturing units 40 are combined to form a series of manufacturing lines, but the racks and bases shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 can be commonly used as the bases (10, 15).
In addition, when rearranging the manufacturing lines configured as shown in FIG. 5, the racks (10, 15) can be directly used, and therefore, the configuration can be easily changed only by exchanging the confectionery manufacturing unit 40.

Although the confectionery manufacturing system according to the embodiment can be additionally installed in the existing conveyance device 50, it must operate in synchronization with the conveyance speed of the conveyance belt 51. In the embodiment of FIG. 5, a belt speed detector 100 is provided above the conveying belt 51 to detect the conveying speed. The detected conveying speed is fed back to the control section of each pastry manufacturing system, and the servo motors of each stand (10, 15) are controlled in accordance with the conveyed speed feedback.

In FIG. 5, as shown in the control section of each pastry manufacturing system directly fed back from the belt speed detector 100, when the manufacturing line (combining multiple pastry manufacturing systems) is configured, it further includes: a control computer for uniformly managing multiple pastry manufacturing In the system, the detection signal from the belt speed detector 100 can also be converted to a common electronic cam rotation speed using timing control by a variety of pastry manufacturing systems through a control computer, and then fed back to each pastry manufacturing system.
In another embodiment, the belt speed setting data or control signal may be directly taken out from the control section of the conveying device 50 and then fed back to each pastry manufacturing system.

Therefore, the embodiment of the present invention can be additionally installed in the existing conveying device 50, and it must be synchronized with the conveying speed of the conveying device 50. However, in addition to this, it is not necessary to separately process the conveying device 50, and it can provide confectionery manufacturing that can be easily set system. This does not affect the cleaning and maintenance workability of the conveying device 50.
In addition, the pedestal (10, 15) as the base is common, and a confectionery manufacturing unit 40 installed on the pedestal (10, 15) in an interchangeable manner is selected, whereby various confectionary manufacturing lines can be established, and the action settings can also be selectively The preset program is displayed, so even an unskilled person can easily set it.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail with reference to the drawings, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and various changes can be made without departing from the technical scope of the present invention.

1‧‧‧ Pastry Manufacturing System

10, 15‧‧‧ stand

11, 12, 13, 14‧‧‧ (first to fourth) servo motors

16, 17, 18‧‧‧ arrows

21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28‧‧‧ (first to eighth) arms

31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37‧‧‧ (first to seventh) sections

40‧‧‧ Pastry Manufacturing Unit

41‧‧‧ filling machine

42‧‧‧feed hopper

43‧‧‧ Valve

44‧‧‧ Pistons

50‧‧‧ transport device

51‧‧‧ transport belt

55‧‧‧ pastry

60‧‧‧Alignment device

70‧‧‧ Disinfectant dripping device

80‧‧‧ arrangement device

90‧‧‧ display panel

91‧‧‧select device button

92‧‧‧Select action button

93‧‧‧Adjustment button

100‧‧‧ belt speed detector

FIG. 1 is a schematic view showing a stand and a confectionery manufacturing unit of a confectionery manufacturing system provided with a parallel connection mechanism according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic plan view showing the stand and the pastry manufacturing unit of FIG. 1.

FIG. 3 is a closed-loop operation diagram for explaining a parallel connection mechanism according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a diagram showing a display example of a touch panel of a confectionery manufacturing system provided with a parallel connection mechanism according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 5 is a block diagram showing a confectionery manufacturing system having a parallel connection mechanism according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Claims (4)

A confectionery manufacturing system provided with a parallel connection mechanism, comprising: two stands opposite to a direction orthogonal to the conveying direction of a conveying device, provided on both sides of the conveying device (conveying the confectionery being manufactured in a certain direction); and a confectionery; The manufacturing unit is arranged on the rack in an interchangeable manner across the conveying device, and is characterized in that at least one of the two racks has: Two servo motors have a rotation axis in a direction orthogonal to the conveying direction of the conveying device, and are separated along the conveying direction; The parallel connection mechanism is composed of a first connection portion and a second connection portion; the first connection portion is composed of five arm portions (connecting the two servo motors in series) and the first The first to fourth four joints (rotately connect the arms to each other) are formed; the second link includes: the sixth and seventh arms (a part of the second and third arms) Connected into a substantially parallelogram), and an eighth arm (supporting the fifth joint of the sixth and seventh arms while interlocking with the first arm); and The control unit controls the two servo motors through the parallel connection mechanism, so that the pastry manufacturing unit performs a predetermined closed-loop operation corresponding to the conveying speed of the conveying device; The first and fifth arm portions respectively connected to the two servo motors extend in directions separated from each other, and the second and fourth arm portions respectively connected to the first and fifth arm portions extend in directions close to each other, thereby The confectionery manufacturing unit provided on the third arm supports the load while keeping it horizontal. The pastry manufacturing system provided with a parallel connection mechanism according to item 1, wherein the control section stores a program for controlling the two servo motors in the pastry manufacturing unit provided in an interchangeable manner, and the The display panel of the control section can selectively display the program conforming to the pastry manufacturing unit (set in an interchangeable manner). The pastry manufacturing system provided with the parallel connection mechanism according to item 1 or 2, wherein the pastry manufacturing unit provided in the interchangeable manner is an alignment device, a disinfection liquid drip device, a filling machine, an alignment device, a Any of die device, cutting device, transfer device, overlap device, pitch conversion device, imprinting device, and direction conversion device. The pastry manufacturing system provided with a parallel connection mechanism according to item 1 or 2, wherein the two stands have the two servo motors and the parallel connection mechanism, and the control unit controls the parallel connection mechanism through the parallel connection mechanism. The two servo motors of the two stands enable the pastry manufacturing unit to perform a predetermined closed loop operation corresponding to the conveying speed of the conveying device, The pastry making unit is a filling machine, The filling machine is provided with: a feeding hopper for maintaining the filled raw materials; and a valve and a piston, which are linked with the predetermined closed-loop operation, and are used for supplying quantitative raw materials.