JP5637616B2 - Parts supply equipment - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a component supply facility, and more particularly to a facility for supplying components to an assembly line.

  In recent years, the required clean level in a production line in a factory has increased along with the improvement in the quality of required products, and measures to achieve the required clean level have become necessary.

  For example, in an automobile assembly factory, a part of parts constituting an automobile is manufactured outside (another factory) and delivered to the assembly factory. At this time, for parts that require a high level of cleanliness, the area where the delivered parts are sorted and the area where the sorted parts are supplied on the assembly line will be converted into a clean room. Therefore, it is possible to maintain a clean level by avoiding dusts and the like as much as possible when handling parts manually.

JP-A-6-219537

An example will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 4. A plurality of parts P delivered from the outside are delivered to the factory in a state of being placed on the pallet 101. Specifically, the part P is received into the receiving space 102 in the factory. The parts P delivered into the factory in this manner are separated one by one by the hand of the worker W ₁ and are put into the adjacent chute 103 so as to be carried into the sorting room 104. Then, in the sorting room 104 within the or Ki as fine load work by another hand of the worker W _2, again summarizes the parts P in each dispensing location (sort) the work is performed, part P 'which completes the sorting work Is carried out of the sorting room 104 through the chute 105. The sorted parts P ′ carried out in this way are transferred onto the carriage 106 one by one by another operator W ₃ and conveyed toward a predetermined assembly room 107. The part P ′ that has arrived at the target location (the assembly room 107) passes through the gate 108 together with the carriage 106 and is carried into the assembly room 107. The loaded part P ′ is set in a state where it can be supplied to the assembling line 110 by, for example, being put into the chute 109 by the hand of another worker W ₄ , and thereafter, by the assembling worker W ₅ . The part P ′ is supplied onto the assembly line 110, and a predetermined assembly operation is performed.

  Therefore, in the case of the above equipment, the sorting room 104 and the assembly room 107 are managed at a predetermined clean level so that the parts P kept clean can be supplied to the assembly work.

By the way, in the above equipment, the sorted parts P ′ are carried into the assembly room 107 together with the carriage 106, while the carriage 106 is managed at a predetermined clean level (sorting room 104, assembly room 107). ) Will travel in areas other than. Therefore, when the part P ′ is carried into the assembly room 107 together with the carriage 106, foreign matter such as dust adhering to the wheels of the carriage 106 may enter the assembly room 107 and transfer to the part P ′. There is. Further, by providing a chute 105 for transferring the part P ′ to the carriage 106 outside the sorting room 104, or providing a gate 108 for carrying the carriage 106 in the assembly room 107, the sorting room is provided. A part where the 104 and the assembly room 107 and the surrounding area are connected to each other is inevitably generated. For this reason, dust or the like may enter the cleaned rooms 104 and 107 and adhere to the component P ′. Furthermore, in the above equipment using the chute 105 for transfer to the carriage 106, the worker W ₃ transfers the parts P ′ one by one to the carriage 106 outside the sorting room 104. There is also a concern that dust on the floor may rise and adhere to the component P ′ during loading.

  Here, in the above-mentioned Patent Document 1, there is a method for providing small parts by moving the small parts for assembly to the taking-out part by using a taking-out device provided with a taking-out part and a nozzle for sending out compressed air. Proposed. However, when the foreign matter adhesion preventing means for the assembly parts as in Patent Document 1 is adopted in the assembly line for automobile parts and the like, the foreign matter adhesion prevention means ( It is necessary to provide a take-out device), and enormous capital investment is required.

  In view of the above circumstances, the present invention should provide a low cost component supply facility that can supply parts delivered from the outside to the assembly line while maintaining a predetermined clean level. Technical issue.

The solution to the above problem is achieved by the component supply facility according to the present invention. That is, this parts supply equipment carries out assembly work by feeding a plurality of types of parts delivered from the outside and carrying out a predetermined sorting work, and supplying the parts sorted in the sorting room to the assembly line. The assembly room is provided with a parts outlet on the side wall of the sorting room, and a part inlet is provided on the side wall of the assembly room. Partitions that divide the floor of the room from the surrounding floors are erected. The sorting room accommodates the sorted parts and can be transported out of the sorting room through the exit without interfering with the partition. container that can be disposed, the housing body is a chute carriage having a chute portion integrally, between the room and assembly sorting room, assembled by placing the shoots carriage carried out from the sorting room Transport carriage for transporting the over arm is arranged, on the floor of the room, stand for chute truck and unloaded or can carry for each room to pass over the partition is disposed, which As a result, the chute cart rides on the platform from the floor of the sorting room, is unloaded from the exit, moves with the transport cart while being placed on the transport cart, and is loaded from the entrance to the platform of the assembly room. Characterized by the point that it can move from the floor to the floor .

As described above, in the present invention, the floor surface of each room is partitioned from the surrounding floor surface by the partition erected below the sorting room carry-out port and the assembly room carry-in port. It is possible to prevent foreign matters such as dust from entering the sorting room and the assembly room. In addition, the entrances and exits of the above-mentioned rooms are made to enter and exit each room (for example, the workers W ₃ and W ₄ can pass through the gate 108 of the assembly room 107 shown in FIG. (The act of entering and leaving the assembly room 107) can be regulated, so that it is possible to prevent a situation in which dust or the like enters through the worker. In addition, in the present invention, since the parts are accommodated in the container, the parts are unloaded from the sorting room to the outside of the sorting room, and the unloaded container is placed on the carriage and transported to the assembly room. Parts arriving in the room can be carried into the assembly room together with the container from the carry-in entrance. Therefore, the parts can be transported from the sorting room to the assembly room while preventing dust or the like adhering to the wheels of the carriage from entering the assembly room. In addition, according to the above equipment, the transfer work (containment work in the container) for carrying out the parts can be carried out in the sorting room, and the unloading work of the parts from the container is carried out in the assembly room. it can. For this reason, it is also possible to prevent dust and the like from adhering to the parts during the transfer operation. Also, if parts are transported in a state where they are housed in the container, the parts can be carried out from the sorting room and the parts can be carried into the assembly room only once. Or it hardly adheres to the container. In addition, with the above configuration, it is sufficient to manage the clean level in the sorting room and the assembly room to a predetermined level, so the clean level of the entire factory including the assembly room is managed ( For example, it is significantly advantageous in terms of cost compared to a case where the entire factory is made into a clean room) and a case where all parts provided to the assembly line are air-cleaned.

  By the way, the plurality of types of parts supplied to the assembly line is an outer box (in the sense of indicating the outermost box-like body when packed in a plurality of box-like bodies, and the component main body is 1 It is not excluded that the product is packed only in a heavy box-like body.) This outer box is packed or packed with the above parts while transporting the above parts manufactured at another factory to the factory equipped with the assembly line, so that the surface has many foreign matters including dust. Often attached. In view of this point, for example, in the case of a parts supply facility according to the present invention, when multiple types of parts (main bodies) are delivered in a state of being accommodated in an outer box, in addition to the sorting room and the assembly room, It is possible to provide an outer box exchange room for exchanging the outer box with a new outer box. Alternatively, this outer box exchange room can be provided in the sorting room. According to this, since the parts once switched to a clean outer box can be transported to the assembly room, each room does not need to be contaminated by the outer box delivered from the outside. In addition, if the outer box replacement area is provided in the sorting room as in the latter, simple sorting (reorganization of multiple parts for each supply location) along with outer box replacement (so-called packing change) )It can be performed. Therefore, compared with the case where the exchange of the outer box and the simple sorting are performed separately, the number of times of manual handling of the parts can be reduced, and this can also suppress the adhesion of dust and the like. In addition, since the number of personnel required for work can be reduced while improving work efficiency, the manufacturing cost can be reduced.

  In addition, when the outer box replacement area is provided in the sorting room, by installing a partition on the floor surface of the outer box replacement area, the outer box replacement area has a space for carrying the outer box at the time of delivery and a new outer box. It may be partitioned into a space for handling boxes. By partitioning the outer box replacement area in this way, operators handling the outer box at the time of delivery are restricted from entering the new clean outer box handling space. It is possible to reliably avoid the situation of being brought into the handling space of the outer box. As a result, even when the outer box is exchanged in the same room, it is possible to prevent foreign matter such as dust adhering to the outer box at the time of delivery from adhering to the clean outer box after replacement. It is possible to keep the dust level of the parts at the time of being carried in better.

  As described above, according to the component supply facility according to the present invention, components delivered from the outside can be supplied to the assembly line at a low cost while maintaining a predetermined clean level. Therefore, it is possible to keep the quality of the assembled product good.

It is a top view which shows roughly the principal part of the assembly process equipment which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is the figure which looked at the components supply equipment which concerns on this invention from the side view along the line A shown with the dashed-dotted line of FIG. It is a side view of the conveyance trolley in the state which mounted the container. It is a side view of the conventional component supply equipment.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of a component supply facility according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In this embodiment, a case where the component supply equipment according to the present invention is applied to a component assembly process of an automobile engine will be described as an example. In the following description, the vertical direction is simply referred to as the vertical direction unless otherwise specified.

  FIG. 1: has shown the principal part top view of the assembly process equipment which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. As shown in this figure, this assembly process equipment is manufactured in another factory or the like, and receives a part P received in the assembly factory and receives the part P received in this receiving space 10. Then, a sorting room 20 for performing a predetermined sorting operation and an assembled room for supplying the sorted parts (not shown in FIG. 1) to the assembly main line 50 or the assembly sub-line 60 to perform a predetermined assembly operation. 40 mainly. As will be described in detail later, a transport cart 30 is disposed between the sorting room 20 and the assembly room 40 so that parts carried out from the sorting room 20 can be carried into the assembly room 40. It is configured.

  The component supply facility according to the present invention constitutes a part of the assembly process facility, and includes a sorting room 20, a transport cart 30, and an assembly room 40. Referring to FIG. 2 in detail, first, a chute 12 is disposed on the side of the sorting room 20 on the receiving space 10 side, and the component P placed on the pallet 11 is loaded. By doing so, the part P can be carried into the sorting room 20.

As shown in FIG. 2, the sorting room 20 includes a top portion 20a and a side wall portion 20b erected from the floor surface. A carry-out port 29 of a chute carriage 27 (described later) is formed in the side wall portion 20b at a predetermined height from the floor, and a partition 23 is provided directly below the carry-out port 29. This partition 23 divides the floor surface in the sorting room 20 and the floor surface region to which the transport carriage 30 can be transferred (see FIG. 1). Here, from the functional aspect, the sorting room 20 is an outer box replacement for exchanging the outer box B ₁ of the part P carried in via the chute 12 with a new clean outer box B ₂ . The area is roughly divided into a sorting work area for performing a predetermined sorting work on the part P for which the outer box has been replaced. On the other hand, from the structural aspect, the sorting room 20 should be replaced with a space 21 for carrying the outer box B ₁ at the time of delivery before replacement by a partition 24 provided on the floor surface in the outer box replacement area. It is partitioned into a space 22 for handling a new outer box B _2. In this embodiment, via a divider 24, the carry-space 21 side of the outer box B ₁ for shipment is placed the outer box B ₁ for shipment of packaged component body p (bag-like body constituting the inner pages is does not matter whether.) with the work table 25 is installed for taking out a partition 24, the handling space 22 side of the new outer box B _2, placing a new outer box B ₂ and, workbench 26 for housing the component body p is placed in the outer box B _2. Therefore, the partition 24 is formed to a height that can restrict at least the outer box B ₁ at the time of delivery from entering the handling space 22 of the new outer box B ₂ in a state of being placed on the work table 25. The In addition, as shown in FIG. 1, the partition 24 is provided with a carry-in space 21 for the outer box B ₁ at the time of delivery and a handling space 22 for the new outer box B ₂ over the entire outer box replacement area of the sorting room 20. It is partitioned. For this reason, the worker W ₂ who works in the carry-in space 21 of the outer box B ₁ at the time of delivery and the worker W ₃ who works in the handling space 22 of the new outer box B ₂ are mutually opposed by the partition 24. Intrusion into the spaces 21 and 22 is restricted.

The internal space of the sorting room 20 partitioned as described above is managed at a predetermined clean level. Here, the creel level in the handling space 22 of the outer box B ₂ (the number of dust contained in a predetermined volume) is higher than the clean level in the carry-in space 21 of the outer box B ₁ (the number of dust is reduced). In this way, the clean level in the sorting room 20 is managed. In addition, a well-known means can be used for the management means (control means) of a clean level, for example, the ventilation exhaust means by an air filter, an atmospheric pressure adjustment means, etc. can be used.

Although not shown, the sorting work area is formed in the handling space 22 of the new outer box B ₂ partitioned by the partition 24. Then, on the component unloading side of the sorting work area, a container for storing and unloading the sorted component P ′ is placed. In this embodiment, the container is a chute cart 27 that integrally has a chute portion, and is disposed in the sorting work area so that a later-described carry-out port 29 side becomes a chute outlet side. The chute cart 27 can be transported on the floor surface of the sorting work area in a state in which the part P ′ is accommodated, and can be mounted on the mount 28 installed in the vicinity of the carry-out port 29. Further, in this embodiment, the chute carriage 27 is covered with a predetermined cover portion, and the contact between the component P ′ housed inside and the outside air is prevented. The cover portion may be provided integrally with the chute carriage 27 or may be provided separately. On the side of carrying out the part P in the side wall portion 20b of the sorting room 20, an outlet 29 for the part P ′ is opened (see FIGS. 1 and 2). The carry-out port 29 is formed at a position and a size at which the chute cart 27 that accommodates the component P ′ can be carried out of the sorting room 20. In this embodiment, the part which comprises the lower part of the outlet 29 among the side wall parts 20b comprises the said partition 23. FIG. In addition, an openable / closable shutter (not shown) may be provided at the carry-out port 29. In this case, the shutter can be controlled to be opened when the chute carriage 27 is carried out and closed when the chute cart 27 is not carried out. .

  The transport cart 30 disposed between the sorting room 20 and the assembly room 40 is mounted with a chute cart 27 carried out from the carry-out port 29 of the sorting room 20, and a plurality of parts accommodated in the chute cart 27. It is configured so that P ′ can be transported to the carry-in entrance 44 of the assembly room 40. Referring to FIG. 3 in detail, the transport carriage 30 is provided at a placement surface 31 on which the chute carriage 27 is placed, and both ends of the placement surface 31 in the transport direction (left and right ends in FIG. 3). It has integrally the collar part 32 which can move from a flat state to a standing state. When the flange 32 is opened in the horizontal direction (indicated by a two-dot chain line in FIG. 3), it is positioned at a height that is substantially flush with the upper surface of the gantry 28 of the sorting room 20 and stands in the vertical direction. In the installed state (the state indicated by the solid line in FIG. 3), it functions as a stopper for the mounted chute cart 27. In this embodiment, both the left and right collar portions 32 are formed at a predetermined height so as to be substantially flush with the upper surface of a gantry 45 of the assembly room 40 described later.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the assembly room 40 is disposed at a position away from the sorting room 20 by a predetermined distance, and includes a top 40 a and a side wall 40 b erected from the floor (see FIG. 1). 2). On the side wall 40b, a carry-in port 44 of a chute carriage 27, which will be described later, is formed at a predetermined height from the floor surface, and a partition 43 is erected directly below the carry-in port 44 (see FIG. 2 and FIG. 2). (See FIG. 3). This partition 43 divides the floor surface in the assembly room 40 and the floor surface region to which the transport carriage 30 can be transferred.

Further, in this embodiment, the assembly room 40 includes an assembly preparation area 41 for preparing to perform the assembly operation of the component P ′ by a partition 46 provided on the floor surface in the assembly room 40, and The assembly preparation area 41 is divided into an assembly work area 42 in which the part P ″ for which assembly preparation has been completed is supplied to the assembly main line 50 to perform assembly work. Further, as shown in FIG. 1, the partition 46 divides an assembly preparation area 41 and an assembly work area 42 over substantially the entire length of the assembly main line 50. Therefore, the workers W ₄ and W ₅ working in the assembly preparation area 41 and the worker W ₆ working in the assembly work area 42 enter each other's areas 41 and 42 by the partition 46. Is regulated.

  Like the sorting room 20, the internal space of the assembly room 40 partitioned as described above is managed at a predetermined clean level. In this embodiment, each space 21, so that the clean level of the assembly preparation area 41 and the assembly work area 42 of the assembly room 40 is higher than at least the carry-in space 21 and the handling space 22 of the sorting room 20. 22 and the clean levels of the areas 41 and 42 can be managed by the above means.

  On the carry-in side (left side in FIG. 1) of the component P ′ in the side wall portion 40b of the assembly room 40, a carry-in port 44 for the component P ′ is formed to open to the side wall portion 40b. The carry-in entrance 44 is formed at a position and a size at which the chute carriage 27 containing the component P ′ can be carried into the assembly room 40. A gantry 45 is installed in the vicinity of the carry-in entrance 44 so that the part P ′ conveyed by the conveyance cart 30 can be carried into the assembly room 40 together with the chute cart 27 (see FIG. 3). . The carry-in port 44 can also be provided with an openable / closable shutter (not shown). In that case, the shutter can be controlled to open when the chute carriage 27 is carried in, and to be closed when the chute carriage 27 is not carried in. it can.

In the parts supply facility configured as described above, a plurality of types of parts P manufactured in another factory and delivered to the present assembly factory (received in the receiving space 10) are first of the first worker W ₁ . One by one from the state of being aligned on the pallet 11 by hand and put into the adjacent chute 12. Thereby, the components P are carried into the carry-in space 21 of the sorting room 20 (see FIG. 2). Then, the part P carried by another worker W ₂ in the carry-in space 21 is placed on the work table 25, and the upper part of the outer box (outer box B ₁ at the time of delivery) of the part P is opened. Keep it. At this time, another worker W ₃ is waiting in the space (the handling space 22 of the new outer box B ₂ ) facing each other across the partition 24, at least as compared with the outer box B ₁ at the time of delivery. A clean new outer box B ₂ is placed on the work table 26 on the handling space 22 side, and the upper part of the outer box B ₂ is opened. Thus, after the outer boxes B ₁ and B ₂ are placed on the work tables 25 and 26, the worker W ₃ on the side of the handling space 22 of the outer box B ₂ passes through the frontage provided above the partition 24. Then, the component body p is taken out from the outer box B ₁ on the carry-in space 21 side, and the taken-out component body p is stored in the outer box B ₂ on the handling space 22 side (see FIG. 2).

In this manner, the outer box replacement operation, in other words, the transfer operation of the component main body p is performed in a state where a predetermined clean level is maintained. Then, a predetermined sorting operation is performed on the part P for which the outer box has been replaced by the same worker W ₃ , and a plurality of parts P ′ that have undergone the sorting work are installed on the chute cart 27 in units of supply locations. Are accommodated (injected) in the corresponding chute cart 27. In this way, the chute cart 27 that accommodates the component P ′ is moved to the top of the gantry 28 and transferred to the conveyance cart 30 adjacent to the outside of the carry-out port 29, so that the sorted component P ′ It is placed on the transport carriage 30 while being accommodated in the carriage 27. Therefore, the transport cart 30 is transferred along the predetermined route to the front of the corresponding carry-in port 44 (see FIG. 1), and only the chute cart 27 is allowed to pass through the carry-in port 44, so that the part P ′ is moved to the chute cart 27. Each is carried into the assembly preparation area 41 of the assembly room 40 (see FIG. 2). From the standpoint of maintaining a clean level, the carry-out work of the chute cart 27 is preferably performed by the worker W ₃ in the sorting room 20, and the hand-working work (assembly room) of the chute cart 27 carried out is carried out. 40 (including the work of carrying in the interior of the room 40) is preferably performed by an operator (not shown) outside the rooms 20 and 40. From the same viewpoint, the unloading operation of the part P ′ from the chute cart 27 is preferably performed by the worker W ₄ in the assembly room 40.

As described above, the part P ′ carried into the assembly preparation area 41 is thrown into the chute 47 by the hand of another worker W ₄ waiting in this area 41 and is further separated. It is set in a state where it can be supplied to the assembly main line 50 by the hand of the worker W ₅ . Here, a plurality of parts P ′ used for one assembly operation performed on the assembly main line 50 are set together (SPS process). The part (group) P ″ that has completed preparation for assembly in this way is conveyed to the assembly work area 42 and is assembled by the assembly worker W ₆ waiting in the assembly work area 42. 110 is supplied and a predetermined assembling work is performed.

In this manner, the floor surfaces of the rooms 20 and 40 are separated from the surrounding floor surfaces by the partitions 23 and 43 that are erected directly below the carry-in port 29 of the sorting room 20 and the carry-in port 44 of the assembly room 40. Further, foreign matter such as dust can be prevented from entering the sorting room 20 and the assembly room 40 along the floor surface. Moreover, since the entrances and exits of the workers W _{3 to} W ₅ into and out of the rooms 20 and 40 can be restricted by the partitions 23 and 43 standing directly below the carry-out port 29 and the carry-in port 44, the workers W _{3 to} W _The situation where dust etc. penetrate | invade through ₅ can also be prevented. In addition, the transfer work for carrying out the parts P ′ (accommodating work in the chute cart 27) can be carried out in the sorting room 20, and the unloading work of the parts P ′ from the chute truck 27 is carried out in the assembly room 40. Can be implemented. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the dust and the like from adhering to the component P ′ during the transfer operation. Further, when the above configuration is adopted, the clean level of the assembly work area 42 can be maintained at a required level only by managing the clean levels in the sorting room 20 and the assembly room 40. The clean level can be managed at a lower cost as compared with the case where the whole is made into a clean room or all the parts P ′ and P ″ provided to the assembly main line 50 are air-cleaned.

In addition, a plurality of parts P ′ having been sorted are unloaded from the sorting room 20 in a state of being housed in a chute cart 27 as a container, and the unloaded chute cart 27 is placed on the transport cart 30 to the assembly room 40. Since the parts P ′ that have arrived at the assembly room 40 are conveyed, the chute carriage 27 can be carried into the assembly room 40 together. Therefore, it is possible to convey the part P ′ from the sorting room 20 to the assembly room 40 while avoiding the situation where dust or the like adhering to the wheels of the transport carriage 30 enters the assembly room 40 as in the past. . Moreover, in this embodiment, since the chute cart 27 is adopted as the container, all parts P (P ′) are delivered to the workers W _{1 to} W ₅ via the chute cart 27. The first-in first-out of the component P (P ′) can be performed while improving the conveyance efficiency of the component P (P ′). Therefore, the working efficiency of each worker (especially, workers W ₂ , W ₄ , W ₅ located on the chute outlet side) can be increased.

In this embodiment, since the outer box replacement area is provided in the sorting room 40, the simple sorting (the supply of the plurality of parts P to the main line 50 is performed together with the replacement of the outer boxes B ₁ and B _2. The work can be reorganized for each place. Therefore, compared with the case where the replacement of the outer boxes B ₁ and B ₂ and the above simple sorting are performed separately, the number of times of manual handling of the parts P (P ′) can be reduced, and this also prevents the adhesion of dust and the like. Can be suppressed. In addition, the number of personnel required for work can be reduced while improving work efficiency, leading to cost reduction.

Furthermore, in this embodiment, the partition 24 is set up on the floor surface of the outer box replacement area provided in the sorting room 20, and the outer box replacement area (sorting room 20) is a space for carrying the outer box B ₁ at the time of delivery. 21 and a space 22 for handling the new outer box B ₂ , so that the worker W ₂ handling the outer box B ₁ at the time of delivery to the handling space 22 for the clean new outer box B ₂ Access is restricted. Thereby, it is possible to prevent a situation in which the outer box B ₁ at the time of delivery carried into the sorting room 20 is brought into the handling space 22 of the new clean outer box B ₂ . Therefore, even when the outer boxes B ₁ and B ₂ are exchanged in the same room 20, foreign matters such as dust attached to the outer box B ₁ at the time of delivery adhere to the clean outer box B ₂ after replacement. The situation can be prevented, and the clean level of the assembly room 40 can be kept better.

Furthermore, in this embodiment, as it approaches the assembly main line 50 for performing the assembly work, the areas defined by the partitions 23, 24, 43, and 46 (the carry-in space 21 of the outer box B ₁ and the outer box B ₂ The clean level of the handling space 22, the assembly preparation area 41, and the assembly work area 42) was increased. By increasing the clean level step by step in this way, the final clean level required for the assembly work space can be prevented from being satisfied in all the partitioned areas. Therefore, it is possible to reduce both the equipment cost and the clean level management cost while satisfying the clean level required for the assembly line.

  As mentioned above, although one Embodiment of the components supply equipment which concerns on this invention was described, this components supply equipment is not limited to the form of the said illustration, It is possible to take arbitrary forms within the scope of the present invention. is there.

For example, the sorting room 20 can take any form as long as it can be partitioned from the surrounding floor surface by the partition 23 standing below the carry-out port 29. For example, removal of dust or the like from the outer box B ₁ during delivery, in the case may without much consideration of the sticking to the surroundings, it is not always necessary to provide the partition 24 to the outer box exchange area. Although not shown, the outer box replacement area may be provided as a separate room independent of the sorting room 20. In this case, between the outer box exchange room and the sorting room 20, it is preferable to take a form in which the chute carriage 27 containing the component P is conveyed by the conveyance carriage 30 as described above. Further, if the outer box B ₁ at the time of delivery satisfies a predetermined cleanliness (dust level), it is not necessary to provide an outer box replacement area (room).

  In the above-described embodiment, the case where the chute carriage 27 is used for the conveyance work of the part P ′ outside the clean room has been described, but this is only an example. As long as the part P (P ′) can be accommodated and can be placed on the transport carriage 30, an accommodation body other than the chute carriage 27 can be used. As long as transfer work can be performed between the rooms 20 and 40 and the transport carriage 30 without any delay, the presence or absence of wheels may be used.

  Further, the assembly room 40 has an assembly work area 42 and can take any form as long as it is partitioned from the surrounding floor surface by a partition 43 erected below the carry-in port 44. For example, in preparation to be performed in the assembly preparation area 41, in addition to the above-described exemplary form (SPS), when a plurality of parts P ′ are assembled and supplied to the main line 50, they are sub-assembled. Work to be included. Of course, the assembly preparation area 41 can be provided as a separate room from the assembly work area 42 (assembly room 40), or can be omitted. Further, the assembly line installed in the assembly work area 42 is not limited to the assembly main line 50 but may be an assembly subline 60 (see FIG. 1). That is, the component supply facility according to the present invention can be applied to a facility for supplying the component P ′ to the assembly work area 42 having the assembly subline 60.

  Moreover, although the said embodiment demonstrated taking the case where the components supply equipment which concerns on this invention was applied to the components assembly process of a motor vehicle engine as an example, naturally this invention is also in components assembly processes other than a motor vehicle engine. It is possible to apply to.

  Of course, other specific forms can be adopted for matters other than the above as long as the technical significance of the present invention is not lost.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Receiving space 11 Pallet 12 Chute 20 Sorting room 20b Side wall 21 Carrying space for outer box at delivery 22 Handling space for new outer box 23, 24 Partition 25, 26 Work table 27 Chute cart 28 Stand 29 Unloading port 30 Carriage cart 31 Mounting surface 32 Gutter part 40 Assembly room 40b Side wall part 41 Assembly preparation area 42 Assembly work area 43 Partition 44 Carriage entrance 45 Mounting base 46 Partition 47 Chute 50 Assembly main line 60 Assembly subline 101 Pallet 102 Reception space 103 Chute (for carrying in)
104 Sorting room 105 Chute (for carrying out)
106 Carriage 107 Assembly room 108 Gate 109 Chute 110 Assembly line B ₁ Outer box B ₂ upon delivery New outer box P, P ′ Parts p Parts body W ₁ , W ₂ , W ₃ , W ₄ , W ₅ , W ₆ worker

Claims (2)

A sorting room for carrying in a predetermined sorting work by carrying in a plurality of types of parts delivered from the outside, and an assembling room for supplying the parts sorted in the sorting room to the assembling line and performing the assembling work,
A side wall of the sorting room is provided with a carry-out port for the parts, a side wall of the assembly room is provided with a carry-in port for the parts, and each room is provided below the carry-out port and the carry-in port. A partition that divides the floor surface from the surrounding floor surface is erected,
The sorting room is provided with a container that accommodates the sorted parts and can be carried out of the sorting room from the carry-out port without interfering with the partition.
The container is a chute cart integrally having a chute portion,
Between the sorting room and the assembly room, a transport carriage for placing the chute cart carried out from the sorting room and transporting it to the assembly room is disposed ,
On the floor surface of each room, a stand for allowing the chute cart to pass above the partition and to be carried out or carried into each room is arranged.
The chute cart rides on a pedestal from the floor of the sorting room and is carried out from the carry-out port, moves with the carry cart while being placed on the carry cart, and is carried in from the carry-in port, A parts supply facility that can be moved from a base of the assembly room to the floor . The plurality of types of parts are delivered in a state of being housed in an outer box,
The component supply facility according to claim 1, wherein the sorting room has an outer box replacement area in which the outer box at the time of delivery is replaced with a new outer box before the sorting operation.

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