JPS6219518B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to an electrolytic pretreatment facility that smoothly and automatically transfers seed plates from a seed plate alignment line to lines for aligning and stocking seed plates or both electrodes in a small space. This invention relates to a seed plate transverse feed line switching device that is installed between the seed plate sorting machine and the above-mentioned lines and adjacent to the seed plate sorting machine, in order to improve the efficiency of the entire electrolytic pretreatment operation. .

In conventional electrolytic equipment, a hanging ribbon and a beam are attached to the metal sheet for the seed plate, and a seed plate straightening line is installed between the seed plate straightening machine and the electrolytic tank to improve the straightness of the plate by pressing. An alignment conveyor is installed on the extension line to arrange the manufactured seed plates at a fixed pitch, and after arranging a predetermined appropriate number of seed plates on the conveyor, they are lifted all at once by a crane with a lifting hook to the desired location. The seed plate supply and feed line is switched by directly supplying the seed plate or both electrodes to the above-mentioned lines where they are aligned and stocked before being supplied to the electrolytic cell. Therefore, in this method, the seed plate sorting machine must be stopped during the time when the seed plates in constant alignment are hooked onto a hanging hook and lifted by a crane, which reduces the efficiency of seed plate arrangement. In order to improve throughput with this method, the number of sheets lifted by the crane at one time can be increased and the stop time of the plate sorting machine can be shortened, but it is not possible to completely eliminate the stop time of the plate sorting machine. On the other hand, it has the disadvantage that it requires a large space for arranging and installing the seed plates.

In view of this, the present invention requires less installation space,
In addition, the seed plate is capable of automatically supplying a set number of seed plates to the lines with receiving space among the various lines in a predetermined priority order without stopping the seed plate sorting machine. This system provides a line switching conveyance device in which a cross-feeding conveyor is installed at the end of a seed plate sorting line that continuously sorts and feeds seed plates, and also temporarily transfers several sheets between the line and the conveyor. An extrusion device and a temporary stock rail are provided for stocking the seed plates and transferring them to a transverse conveyor, and multiple rows of seed plate supply lines are arranged in parallel on the side of the transverse conveyor with pitches approximately the width of the seed plates. The gist is that the seed plate is selectively supplied to each line.

An example in which the present invention is applied to a copper electrolysis factory will be described below based on the illustrated embodiment.

In the figure, A is a seed plate preparation line, where a ribbon is attached to the upper edge of a pure copper thin plate at the starting end of the line A, and a seed plate is continuously produced with a beam inserted through the ribbon. A seed plate transverse feed conveyor C is installed at the end of the line A for arranging the manufactured seed plates on two or more parallel lines for each predetermined number of seed plates. Only a predetermined number of seed plates h are supplied to the electrolytic cell by a crane with a hanging hook (electrolytic crane) from at least one of the seed plate supply lines adjacent to the feed conveyor C in the orthogonal direction, This seed plate h and anode a
After arranging them in alternating combinations, they are supplied to the electrolytic cell.

The seed plate horizontal feed conveyor C is the seed plate arrangement line A.
At the terminal end of the line A, the seed plate h is conveyed horizontally, and on the lateral conveyor C, it is suspended vertically. At the end of this line A, a tilting device and a hanging lifting device are provided to raise the seed plate upright. That is, when the seed plate h is conveyed horizontally on the seed plate adjustment line A and reaches the end of this line, the tilting device 1, which is waiting in a horizontal state on the same horizontal line as the line A, is tilted. When it is naturally transferred onto the pedestal 1a, the pedestal 1a, which is pivotally supported by the main body frame F, changes from a horizontal state to a vertical state via the cylinder 1b and link 1c provided thereon, and the seed plate h becomes vertical. In this state, the seed plate h is raised to the traverse conveyor position by the beam Ka lifting device 2. This elevating device 2 has an endless chain 2 between sprocket wheels that face each other vertically.
A is stretched, and a large number of hooks 2b are protruded from this chain 2a, with one pitch being the length of one seed plate h, or one pitch having a length slightly larger than the length of the seed plate h,
When the tilting pedestal 1a is vertically erected, the end of the beam of the seed plate is hooked onto the hook 2b located at the bottom of the chain and hung. Therefore, this chain 2
A is slightly larger than the width of the seed plate, and two parallel strips are provided, and the beams at both ends of the seed plate are suspended. When the seed plate h is hooked and suspended by the hook 2b, the tilting pedestal 1a returns to its original horizontal state. The tilting of the tilting pedestal and the driving operation of the chain of the lifting device are adjusted to the pitch at which the seed plate is produced in the seed plate sorting machine. And the seed plate h was suspended from the chain hook.
is set at the upper part of the chain facing the lateral conveyor C at the same height, and is sent out to the lateral conveyor C side by the extrusion cylinder 3 provided on the frame F. This is done by pushing the beam horizontally onto the seed plate suspended above the hook 2b with an extrusion tool 3a provided at the tip of the rod of the extrusion cylinder 3, the beam slides on the hook, and the hook at the upper setting position is pushed horizontally. It is transferred onto the temporary stock rail 4 provided on the main body frame F so as to be on the same horizontal line as the hook and on the extension line of the hook. A plurality of seed plates, for example, three to several pieces, can be temporarily stored on this temporary stock rail 4, and the seed plates h that are continuously manufactured by the seed plate sorting machine K are placed on the line A. From the device 1 and the lifting device 2, a relatively small number of sheets, for example, 4 or 5 sheets, are ejected at a time through the temporary stock rail 4 using the extrusion cylinder 3, and are then ejected beyond the temporary stock rail position to the traverse conveyor. Then, the one sheet on the hook and the three or several seed plates that were previously temporarily transferred to the stock rail are transferred to the lateral conveyor together.

This lateral feed conveyor C is arranged in a straight line with at least the beam length of the seed plate h as one pitch, and has a length of several pitches, for example, four pitches as shown in the figure, so that the facing sprocket Two parallel endless chains 5c are stretched between the wheels 5a and 5b, and trays 5d are protruded from each pitch of the chain 5c.
At d, the ends of the beams of the seed plates adjacent in the front and back are simultaneously hooked and suspended, and one end of this chain 5c is made perpendicular to the seed plate adjustment line A, and is parallel to this line A. Moreover, the seed plate supply line BDE is arranged with one pitch approximately equal to the width of the seed plate, and the chain 5c is driven to perform tact feeding for each pitch. These lines A and B are arranged so as to sandwich the traverse conveyor, that is, on both sides of the traverse conveyor, but the supply lines D and E are arranged on the line B side in addition to the line A side as shown in Fig. 1, or on the line AB side.
They may be arranged alternately on both sides. The tray 5d protruding from the chain 5c is linked 5e to two parallel chains 5c as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6.
are pivotally connected to each other, and the tray 5 is attached to the lower end of this link 5e.
d, but this tray 5d has a width that can hook the beam of a plurality of seed plates, that is, a plurality of seed plates on the temporary stock rail that are pushed out at once by the extrusion cylinder, and this one tray 5d The rear end of the beam of the seed plate group (relative to the direction of movement of the seed plate) and the front end of the beam of the seed plate group in the rear direction can be simultaneously hooked and hung.

Seed plate supply line BDE arranged on one side or both sides of this traverse conveyor in a direction perpendicular to the conveyor.
are located at the same height as the seed plate hanging line of the conveyor C, and extrusion devices 6 are provided opposite each line BDE. This extrusion device is configured to extrude the beam of the seed plate h suspended from the tray 5d from the rod end of the cylinder 6a provided on the main body frame to the side of line B or DE. This line BDE consists of two parallel endless chains, and the ends of the beams are placed on these chains so that the seed plate can be suspended and supported. Tact feeding is performed with the number of seed plates extruded at one time as one pitch, and in this way, the seed plates of each plurality of sheets sequentially extruded by the extrusion device 6 are aligned on each line. When a predetermined number of sheets is reached, they are transported by a crane and supplied to the electrolytic cell, or they are alternately combined with anodes.

To supply only the seed plates h to the electrolytic cell, first insert the seed plates one by one between the anodes supplied into the electrolytic cell on the seed plate supply line B, but at a fixed pitch (not shown). After arranging the seed plates, they are suspended by a crane and supplied to the electrolytic cell. In this case, it can be done not only from line B but also from DE.

In addition, in order to supply seed plates and anode groups at once to the electrolytic cell by arranging the seed plates h and anodes alternately in advance, the required number of anodes are supplied from the anode supply line G shown in Fig. 1 to the seed plate and anode combination device. At the same time, the seed plates are supplied from the seed plate supply line D or E to the combination device H by the seed plate transfer device 7, where the seed plates and anodes are arranged alternately at a constant pitch and combined. After that, it is supplied to the electrolytic tank using an electrolytic crane.

When this seed plate h is combined with an anode, the seed plate transfer device 7 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 is used. A traveling trolley 7a that travels to the device H, and an elevating frame 7c that is provided on the traveling trolley so that it can be raised and lowered by a cylinder or the like 7b,
The lifting frame 7c is lowered at the position of line D or E, and the beam of the seed plate is hooked with the hanging hook, and then the frame is moved to the line D or E. E to move the traveling trolley 7a upward to the assembly device H, and then lower the elevating frame and insert it between the aligned anodes supplied earlier to combine the desired seed plate and anode. However, this method can also be performed in other ways.

According to the present invention, a transverse feed conveyor is disposed above the terminal end of the seed plate conditioning line so as to be perpendicular to the end of the seed plate conditioning line, and the seed plates continuously conveyed in the seed plate conditioning line are conveyed. A plurality of seed plates are temporarily stored before being fed to the lateral conveyor, and when a certain number is reached, they are fed to the lateral conveyor. Even if the seed plates on the plate supply line are supplied to the electrolytic tank by an electrolytic crane, etc., if this electrolytic crane is operated within the time period during which the seed plates are temporarily stocked on the stock line, the seed plate sorting machine will be stopped. Since this eliminates the need for seed plate sorting machines, the production capacity is improved by continuously driving the seed plate sorting machine, and the size of the seed plate supply line can be determined in consideration of its workability, eliminating the need for an unnecessarily large space. It has the advantage that throughput can be improved by sequentially switching the transfer lines.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figure 1 is a schematic plan view of the whole, Figure 2 is a side view,
Figure 3 is a front view of the lateral feed conveyor, Figure 4 is the
5 is an explanatory view of the tray, FIG. 6 is a side sectional view of the tray section, and FIG. 7 is an explanatory view of transferring the seed plate from the seed plate straightening line to the traverse conveyor. A... Seed plate preparation line, C... Horizontal feed conveyor, k
... Seed plate, 6... Extrusion device, 4... Temporary stock rail, BDE... Seed plate supply line.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A lateral feed conveyor is installed at the end of the seed plate preparation line that continuously manufactures, supplies and conveys seed plates, and after temporarily storing several seed plates between the line and the conveyor, the seed plates are transferred to the lateral conveyor. An extrusion device for feeding and transferring and a temporary stock rail are provided, and multiple rows of seed plate supply lines are arranged in parallel on the side of the above-mentioned traversal conveyor with pitches approximately equal to the width of the seed plates to selectively supply various types of seed plates. A transverse feed line switching device for seed plates that is supplied to the line.