JPH0635305B2 - Winding package transportation system - Google Patents

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a winding package conveying system.

[Conventional technology]

For example, there is an automatic winder used in the rewinding process of a spinning bobbin. The automatic winder is of a type called a single spindle type in which a plurality of winding units are arranged side by side and fixedly installed, or a patrol type in which each winding unit moves along a fixed trajectory, etc. A large number of such automatic winders are installed in a factory to produce a wound package of a predetermined shape and amount of yarn, and a fully wound package that is doffed from the winder passes through various conveying means to the next step, Or inspection, packing,
Transported to a work station for shipping, etc.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] In the above-described transport system, particularly in a package inspection station, the yarn layer surface state of the package is checked visually by an operator or by an optical inspection device, and the defective package is removed from the transport line. It is stored and stored, and the produced package is simply checked. In particular, if the cause of a package defect is a mechanical defect of the automatic winder, the packages produced by the winder will continue to be defective products, and a large amount of defective packages to be checked and delivered will be stored. become.

The present invention is intended to solve the above-mentioned problems, and provides a transport system capable of tracking and managing a package from a doffing to an inspection station.

[Means for solving problems]

The present invention is a system for automatically transporting a winding package produced by an automatic winder in which a large number of winding units are arranged in parallel to the next process, in which each of the packages is individually placed and a display for displaying identification information of the package. A transport medium having a member, means for transporting the doffed packages in a fixed order from the winder to the package transfer position to the transport medium, and package identification information writing means provided at the transfer position, And a control device for instructing the writing means of the identification information written on the identification information display member of the carrier medium.

〔Example〕

 Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows an example of the layout of the package transport system. (W1) (W2) (W3) are automatic winders, each automatic winder consists of multiple winding spans (W1A) to (W1D), and each span has multiple winding units, which are the minimum unit, arranged side by side. Is.

Full-winding packages (P1) to (Pn) fried in each winder (W1) (W2) (W3) are transported to the machine end by transport conveyors (C1) to (C3) laid along the unit. The packages are lifted one by one by the package lifting devices (1a) (1b) (1c) provided at the position and are transferred to the package hanger (3) of the overhead conveyor (2) which travels upward.

The package (P) transported by the rotation of the conveyor (2) in the direction of the arrow (4) is on the package transport tray (T) waiting on the lower conveyor (6) at the position of the unloading device (5). It is transferred and attached to. After this, the package is conveyed integrally with the tray (T) in the direction of the arrow (7) and supplied to the package inspection station (8). In the package inspection station (8), passing packages and rejecting packages are selected from packages that have been inspected for predetermined check items, and the rejecting packages are sent to the branch path (9) by the movable guide (10), for example. The package (Pi) extracted from the tray by the extracting device (11) is housed in the box (12). On the other hand, the packages judged to be acceptable are discharged from the inspection station (8), transferred on the conveyor (13), and taken out to the package stock lines (14a) to (14c) with the extracting devices (15a) to (15c).
Is separated from the tray (Tr) and stocked. The trays (Tr) (Ti) that have been emptied by removing the packages are again transported to the package receiving position (R) by the conveyors (16), (17), (18) and the like to prepare for receiving the packages.

An example of the package hanger (3) suspended on the overhead conveyor (2) and the tray (T) for transferring the package to the inspection station (8) is shown in FIGS. 2 to 7.
Shown in the figure. FIGS. 2 and 3 show a hanger (3), in which a support (2) is attached to a chain (21) traveling along a track (20).
The hanger (3) suspended in 2) is the upper substrate (23).
And package supporting members (24a) (24b) (25a) (25b) fixed to the lower surface of the substrate (23) and package mounting rods (26) (27) connected between the lower ends of the supporting members. ) And an intermediate support rod (28) (29), and both sides in the package transport direction are openings (30) that can separate the hanger and the package. The distance (l) between the package support rods (26) and (27) is set such that the lifting support (31) (31) for delivering the package and the hanger can pass through, and the size (PL) of the package. (PS) regardless of
The package yarn layer is dimensioned so that the lower end position of the package yarn layer at the delivery position of the package is substantially constant. According to such a hanger (3), all packages can be transported regardless of the size of the package or the shape of corn, cheese, etc. For example, in the case of a hanger using an L-shaped hook, when the hanger moves. At the receiving position and the unloading position of the package, it is necessary to reverse the direction of the support peg of the L-shaped hook, or even when not inverting, the delivery device at the receiving and unloading position has a complicated configuration.

According to the hanger (3), the package can be easily delivered only by receiving the elevating body (31) shown in FIG. 2 and providing the elevating body (31) at each position for unloading.

In Fig. 2, (32) is the package delivery position in Fig. 1.
(1a) (1b) (1c), the identification member (3) of the hanger (3)
3) Write devices (32a), (32b) and (32c) for writing to. In addition,
The reading device (34) provided at the unloading position (5) in FIG. 1 has substantially the same structure. That is, the guide rollers (36) and (37) are rotatably supported by the brackets (35) and (35) fixed to the guide rail (20) and contact the upper surface (23a) of the hanger board to fix the board (23). Position it horizontally. Further, a write head (38) for writing the information is provided at a position corresponding to the package manufacturer information display member (33) fixed to the upper surface of the substrate of the hanger. The writing head (38) is fixed to a bracket (40) which is vertically swingable about a shaft (39) of the bracket (35), and the bracket (40) is slightly biased downward by a spring (41). Guide roller (4
By 2), the distance between the writing head (38) and the surface of the display member (33) is kept constant, and the writing operation is ensured. (43) uses a proximity sensor to confirm the arrival of the hanger (3) at a fixed position and issues a write timing signal.

For the display member (33), for example, a rubber magnet that can be magnetized and demagnetized is applied. That is, the rubber magnet is divided into a plurality of sections, and the manufacturer of the package can be displayed by magnetizing or not magnetizing N, S, etc. in each section. For example, in the case of FIG. 1, if the produced package is shown in which span of which machine, as shown in FIG. 4, the rubber magnet (33) is divided into 6 sections and the first 2 Compartment machine No.
(Wi) and the following 4 sections represent spans (SPi). When transferring the package (Pi) fried on the span (SP3) of the winder (W2) in Fig. 1 to the hanger, NSNNSN
It is magnetized by the head (38) like this. Of course, it is also possible to write the winding unit number instead of the span (SPi).

5 to 7 show an example of a display member and a writing / reading device provided on the package transport tray (T) applied in the inspection station (8).

That is, the tray (T) is a disc-shaped base body (45) on which a bobbin insertion peg (46) is formed, and is preferably integrally formed of a non-conductive member such as a synthetic resin. .

An annular groove (47) is formed on the upper surface of the disk-shaped base body (45) of the tray (T), and an iron plate (48) for strengthening the magnetization is fixed in the groove, and further the iron plate ( An identification information display member made of a rubber magnet sheet (49) is fixed on the surface of 48). Ferrite powder is contained in the rubber magnet sheet (49), and arbitrary magnetization is performed by bringing the magnets close to each other.

In FIG. 5, a magnetized portion (50) is formed as a start signal for writing or reading information at one location on the circumference of the radius of the tray (r1), and it is formed on the circumference of the radius (r2). Is a portion (51a) to (51a) magnetized as a clock signal indicating the writing position or reading position of information at equal pitch.
m) is preformed.

Further, it is formed as a magnetizable portion (52) for writing the identification information of the package on the circumference of the radius (r3).
In the fifth embodiment shown in the figure, the identification information writing portion is composed of three sections (S1) to (S3), and in this selection, the machine base and span number of the package to be inserted into the tray are written. .

As the writing head (53) for the tray, as shown in FIG. 6, two magnetic sensors (54) (5) are provided in the radial direction of the tray.
5) and a writing electromagnet (56), and as a read head (57), three magnetic sensors (58) (59) (60) are arranged in the radial direction of the tray as shown in FIG. Such a head (53) (57) is a rubber magnet (49) on the upper surface of the tray at the writing position and the reading position of the tray.
It is moved or fixedly installed with a certain distance from the surface. Magnetic sensors (54) (58) read the start signal (50) on the tray, magnetic sensors (55) (59) read clock signals (51a) to (51m), and magnetic sensors (6
0) is for reading the bobbin identification information. The tray is rotated in the direction of the arrow (61) when writing and reading the information on the tray.

The reading device (3
In contrast to 4), a reader for reading the information written on the tray can be provided at the package inspection station (8). In this case, it is convenient to provide a reading device when the distance between the unloading position (5) and the inspection station (8) is large, and there are two or more packages between the above, and it is convenient to immediately read from the unloading position. When supplied to the inspection station, the unloading position reading device (34) makes it possible to know the manufacturer information of the package under inspection.

In addition, when sorting the packages that have passed the inspection station (8) to the stock lines (14a) to (14c) of acceptable products, the reading device (62) is provided in front of the take-in position of the line closest to the inspection station of the stock line. To be

That is, when the information read by the reading device (62) is the third span (SP3) of the winder (W2) and the package should be stocked in the stock line (14b), the package (P) is the line ( Passing through the entrance of (14a) and stopping at the package extraction position (15b) of the stock line (14b), which comes into contact with a stopper (not shown), the package is extracted from the tray by the extraction device (15b) and the line (14b) ) Uploaded.

If there are many stock lines, the transport path (1
By disposing the reading device in the middle of 3), it becomes possible to simultaneously convey a plurality of packages into the conveying path (13). Although the above stock lines (14a) to (14c) are provided on one plane in the layout shown in FIG. 1, they can be installed in a plurality of stages in the vertical direction. ), That is, a conveyor for one package is separated, and the conveyor is moved up and down in an elevator manner, so that the package can be transferred to a predetermined stock line of a plurality of stages and a plurality of rows of stock lines. It is possible.

Next, the operation of the above system will be described. Examples of automatic winders applied to this system include the eighth to
The winder shown in Figure 10 is convenient. That is, one automatic winder (W1) has a plurality of winding units as one group, and the group is referred to as a span. The illustrated winder (W1) has four spans (SP1) to (SP4).
Stock devices (70a) to (70d) that consist of the following items and that stock each package with a full roll in each span:
Is provided. The stock device has a stock bar that extends over one span, a position where the stock bar contacts the package, and a fluid cylinder (71a) that separates the stock bar from the package and discharges the stocked packages onto the conveyor (C1) all at once. ~ (71d) etc. Stock bar operation source. The cylinders (71a) to (71d) are operated sequentially or randomly for each span. For example, the eleventh
In the figure, the average winding time (T) required to wind one full winding package is 60 minutes, the opening operation time interval (t) of the stock bar is 50 minutes, the deviation time (dt), that is, the stock bar of a certain span. It is assumed that the time interval until the stock bar of the next span operates after the operation of is set to 10 minutes.

Now, in the span (SP1) of FIG. 8, the fluid cylinder (7
The stock bar (70a) is actuated by the drive of 1a), and the plural stocked packages (PA) are simultaneously discharged onto the conveyor (C1) (Fig. 9) and the conveyor (C1) is rotated. By the movement, the package is conveyed in the direction of the arrow (72) and then to the position of the lifter (1a). The package (PA) is transferred to the upper hanger (3) one after another by the lifter (1a), and every time the package (PA) is transferred, the span (SP1) is displayed on the display member (33) of the hanger. The identifying symbol is written by the writing device (32a). That is, it is identified that the package being transferred on the current conveyor by the operation of the fluid cylinder (71a) of the span (SP1) is the one produced on the span (SP1), and the control device on the winder side ( 73) command the identification symbol to be written to the writing device (32a).

It is necessary to set the above-mentioned time (dt) to the time required to transfer the above-mentioned one-span package onto the hanger in order to avoid mixed numbers.

After completion of package transportation of the above span (SP1), Fig. 10,
As shown in Fig. 11, the stock bar of the span (SP2) is activated and the packages (PA2) that have been doffed at the span (SP2) are simultaneously discharged onto the conveyor (C1), and the arrow (7
It is conveyed in the 2) direction and transferred one by one onto the overhead conveyor (2) by the lifter (1b). At this time, the control device (73) informs the writing device (32b) that the package is the span (SP2), and the identification symbol indicating the span (SP2) is written on the display member (33) of the hanger.

In this way, overhead conveyors (2)
The full-wound package delivered from the winders (W1) to (W3) is transferred to the hanger (3) and is transported integrally with the production winder of the package and the identification code of the span.

When the package reaches the unloading position (5) in FIG. 1, the package is transferred to the tray (T) on the conveyor belt (6) connected from the hanger to the inspection station (8). At this time, the identification symbol displayed on the hanger on which the package to be unloaded is placed is read by the reading device (34), and at the same time the display member (first The central control unit (74) commands the writing of the identification symbol in FIG. 6 (49), and the transcription of the identification symbol is performed by the writing unit (75).

Therefore, the manufacturer span of the package on the tray (T) is displayed on the tray (T), or the package identification device (8) or the device for reading the identification code of the tray is installed at an appropriate position on the transportation or storage line. By providing it, the manufacturer of the package on the tray can be recognized.

12 and 13 show an example of a doffing method for identifying the package manufacturer as a winding unit which is the minimum unit of the winder. That is, as shown in FIG. 12, a stock bar (76) extending over all the units (UI) to (Un) of the winder (Wn) is provided, and the bars are actuated simultaneously by the fluid cylinder (77), The lifted packages move to the conveyor (Cn) all at once. In this case, the control unit (73) uses the constant length device installed in the winder to determine in which unit all the doffed packages from the previous stock bar operation to the current stock bar operation were wound up. Is stored in the memory of. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 13, all the packages moved on the conveyor (Cn) are conveyed in the direction of the arrow (78) without changing the order, so that the winding units (U1) to (U1)-( It is possible to associate the unit that has performed the doffing operation with the package that has been transported. That is, in the illustrated case, the package (12P) produced in the unit (U2) is first transferred to the hanger, then the package of the unit (U3), and finally the package of the unit (Uk). The unit, which is a package and is stored in the memory of the control device (73), is then written in the display member of the hanger of the overhead conveyor (2).

Of course, the method of grasping the manufacturer of the package when it is paid out from the winder in units of spans and the method of grasping in units of winding units are not limited to the above method,
Various other methods are possible, and the grasping method naturally differs depending on the difference in the automatic doffing system of the winder.

The package conveyed to the unloading position (5) by the overhead conveyor (2) is transferred onto the tray (T) as described above, and the manufacturer information of the package is written in the tray and conveyed integrally with the tray. The formed package is checked for its shape, weight, mixed number, etc. by a known inspection device at the inspection station (8). By reading the manufacturer information of the tray on which the package determined to be unsuccessful as a result of the inspection at the station is read, the machine No., span No. or winding unit No. of the automatic winder that has wound the package. You can know etc.

By processing the inspection results at the inspection station with the processing device (8a), it is possible to list the inspection results of various packages, and it is possible to easily know the package manufacturer who frequently has defective packages. You can do it.

〔The invention's effect〕

As described above, according to the present invention, while the package produced by the automatic winder is transported to the next process such as the inspection station, it can be transported integrally with the transport medium displaying the manufacturer of the package, and defective packages frequently occur. The manufacturer, that is, the winder or the winding unit, can be recognized, and the inspection process of the package can not only judge the quality of the package but also manage the winder at the same time.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan layout view showing an embodiment of the system of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a side view showing an example of a hanger which is a carrier medium of a package, FIG. 3 is a front view of the same, and FIG. FIG. 5 is a schematic view showing an example, FIG. 5 is a plan view showing an example of a tray as a transport medium, FIG. 6 is a sectional view showing a relationship between a writing device and a tray, and FIG. 7 is a sectional view showing a relationship between a reading device and a tray. FIGS. 8 to 10 are schematic diagrams showing an example of a doffing method in a winder of a system in which a package manufacturer is grasped as a span of the winder, and FIG. 11 is a time chart diagram thereof, 12th and 13th figures. The figure is a schematic diagram showing an example of a doffing method of a system for grasping the manufacturer of a package as a winding unit. (3) …… Hanger (8) …… Inspection station (32) (75) …… Writing device (33) (49) …… Manufacturer display member (34) (62) …… Reading device (W1) ~ ( W3) …… Automatic winder (W1A) to (W1D) …… Winding span (U1) to (Un) …… Winding unit (P1) to (Pn) …… Winding package

Continuation of front page (51) Int.Cl. ⁵ Identification code Office reference number FI technical display location B65H 49/00 7814-3F 54/70 Z 7814-3F

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A system for automatically transporting a winding package produced by an automatic winder having a number of winding units arranged in parallel to the next step, wherein the packages are individually placed and identification information of the packages is displayed. A transport medium having a display member, a means for transporting the doffed packages in a fixed order from the winder to the package transfer position on the transport medium, and a package identification information writing means provided at the transfer position. And a controller for instructing the writing means of the identification information to be written on the identification information display member of the transport medium.