JPH0676137B2 - Transport equipment - Google Patents

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a suspending and conveying facility used for supporting and conveying a side panel, an underbody and the like in an automobile assembly line, for example.

2. Description of the Related Art As a transfer facility of this type, a hanging transfer type is adopted, and a hanger capable of supporting different objects to be transferred, such as a right side panel and a left side panel, on a moving body such as a trolley device. A large number of different types of moving bodies are prepared for each moving body. In the prior art, as shown, for example, in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 49-31715, a moving body supported and guided by a rail is provided, a hanger capable of swinging to the left and right of the moving body is provided, and a receiver is integrated with the hanger. Configurations are provided.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention According to the above-described conventional configuration, since each moving body has a constant support form, only one kind of object can be conveyed, and therefore, there are a plurality of kinds of hanging lines with many merging and branching. When transporting the object to be transported, the number of types of moving bodies required is increased, which not only makes the entire equipment expensive, but also
Storage lines for unused parts must be provided long.

The object of the present invention is to join a plurality of types of moving bodies,
Despite being a hanging line for branching, the plurality of types of moving bodies provide a transfer facility that can change the common moving body arbitrarily by simple switching.

Means for Solving the Problem In order to solve the above problems, the transportation facility in the present invention has a plurality of moving lines in which different types of moving bodies move according to type, and a good merging portion where these moving lines join,
The above-mentioned moving body of the lower merging line and the lower merging section that merges the working section line and the non-working section line with each other, and the lower merging section that joins the working section line and the non-working section line, A suspension line is configured by a lower branching portion that branches into a plurality of moving lines according to type, and the moving body is supported and guided by rails, and a hanger frame that can swing left and right is provided on both sides of the moving body. Mounting frames are provided at a plurality of locations on the frame, and a plurality of receiving members that can be switched between an operating position and a non-operating position are provided on these mounting frames.

Operation According to the above-described configuration of the present invention, among a plurality of types of moving bodies that move on the common upper merging line, only a moving body that requires work branches to the work section line, and a moving body that does not require the remaining work. Can branch to a non-working section line, and the moved moving bodies can be rejoined, and then branched to each moving line by type. The movable body can engage and disengage the non-conveyed object by swinging the hanger frame to the left and right. The locking position of at least one of the plurality of receiving members acts on each mounting frame. By changing the position and the rest to the non-acting position, it can be arbitrarily changed.

Embodiment One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

In FIG. 1, 1A is a first moving line on which the first moving body 2A moves, 1B is a second moving line on which the second moving body 2B moves, and the wholesaler 3A is located near the ends of these moving lines 1A, 1B. , 3B
Are provided so that the respective conveyed objects can be wholesaled. The ends of both moving lines 1A and 1B reach the upper merging section 4, from which both moving bodies 2A and 2B can move to the upper merging line 5. An inspection section 6 is formed on the upper merge line 5. At the end of the good merging line 5, a good branch 7
The working section line 8 and the non-working section line 9 are connected via the. The working section line 8 and the non-working section line 9 merge into a lower merging line 11 through a lower merging section 10, and the lower merging line 11 is connected to the first moving line by a lower diverging section 12.
1A and the second moving line 1B are branched. In addition, loading sections 13A, 13 are provided near the start ends of the first moving line 1A and the second moving line 1B.
B is provided.

The line structure thus formed operates as follows. That is, the first moving body 2A and the second moving body 2B, which respectively support different objects to be conveyed, have the respective first
The moving line 1A and the second moving line 1B are moved, and stopped facing the wholesalers 3A, 3B. During this stop, the transported objects are unloaded from both the moving bodies 2A and 2B and moved again in an empty state. The empty moving bodies 2A and 2B merge one by one in the upper joining portion 4, and move on the upper joining line 5.
At this time, the inspection unit 6 checks, for example, whether the hanger or the receiver is damaged, and the upper branch unit 7 is operated by a command based on the check. As a result, the damaged moving bodies 2A, 2B are branched to the working line 8 and the normal moving bodies 2A, 2B are broken into the work line 9.
Branched to. The moving bodies 2A and 2B of the non-working section line 9 and the normal moving bodies 2A and 2B that have been worked (reworking, etc.) in the working section line 8 join the lower joining section 11 one by one in the lower joining section 10. To be done. The moving bodies 2A, 2B of the lower merging line 11 are operated, for example, by activating the lower branching section 12 by detecting the integrated pin by changing the position for each type.
The first moving line 1A and the second moving line 1B are branched and moved according to their corresponding types. And moving body 2A, 2B
Stops while facing the loading sections 13A and 13B, and new transported objects are loaded during this stop and then moved again.

In the above embodiment, the empty moving bodies 2A and 2B are moved in the working section line 8 and the non-working section line 9, but this is also the case in which the actual moving bodies 2A and 2B are moved. Good. That is, for example, of the moving bodies 2A and 2B that have been automatically operated from the assembly process, the moving bodies 2A and 2B that are insufficiently assembled such as non-conveyed objects are branched to the work section line 8 and the sufficient moving bodies 2A and 2B are You may make it branched to the work part line 9.

In the above embodiment, two moving lines 1A and 1B and two moving bodies 2 are used.
Although A and 2B are shown, this may be a combination of three or more moving lines and three or more moving bodies.

Hereinafter, the suspended conveyance type will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 to 4.

Reference numeral 15 is a rail having an I-shaped cross section which is erected on the ceiling side, and movable bodies 2A, 2B supported and guided by the rail 15 are provided. That is, the moving bodies 2A and 2B are a frame-shaped plate-shaped main body 16 that is rectangular in a plan view, brackets 17 and 18 that are connected upward from the front and rear end upper surfaces of the main body 16, and the rails that are attached to the brackets 17 and 18 and the rails. Wheels 19 and 20 that can be placed on the upper surface of 14; lateral shake prevention roller 21 that is attached to one bracket 17 and can contact both sides of the lower end of rail 14; and one bracket
It is configured to be self-propelled by a drive device 22 attached to 17 and interlocking with a wheel 19. It should be noted that the moving bodies 2A and 2B may be of a type that travels by receiving other power such as a drive chain. Rollers 23 are mounted on the upper surface of the main body 16 and on both sides in the center in the front-rear direction.
On the other hand, a steady rest rail 24 is provided which can approach and separate from above. Hanger frames 30 and 40 that can swing to the left and right are provided on both sides of the moving bodies 2A and 2B. That is, the hanger frames 30 and 40 respectively include a pair of front and rear vertical rods 31, 32, 41 and 42.
And the horizontal rods 33, 43 that connect the longitudinal rods 31, 32, 41, 42 facing each other in the front and rear, and the upper ends of the vertical rods 31, 32, 41, 42 are mounted on the main body 16 at the bearings 25, 26. It is fixed to rotating shafts 27, 28 in the front-rear direction supported via. Each vertical rod 31, 32, 41,
Box-shaped mounting frames 34, 35, 44, 45 are fixed to the lower end of 42, and the rotary shafts 27, 28 are attached to these mounting frames 34, 35, 44, 45.
Front and rear pins 36,37,46,47 along are attached. A plurality of (three in the embodiment) receivers 38, 39, 48, 49 are attached to the front-rear direction pins 36, 37, 46, 47, respectively, and these are erected around the pin axis. The movable non-action position and the horizontally oscillated action position received by the stopper plates 50, 51, 52, 53 are individually switchable. Brackets 54.55 are continuously provided inward from the rotary shafts 27 and 28. Wholesale section 3A, 3B and loading section 13A, 13B in FIG.
Cylinder devices 56 and 57 for operating a hanger that are opposed to the brackets 54 and 55 from above are provided in the. Reference numeral 58 is a side panel, which is an example of the transported object, and 59 is a positioning guide.

The moving bodies 2A and 2B are supported and guided by the rail 15 by the operation of the drive device 22 and travel on the respective lines 1A, 1B, 5, 8, 9 and 11. And in the wholesale section 3A, 3B and the loading section 13A, 13B,
Since 23 is guided by the steady rest rail 24, the steady rest stops and stops. Then, by operating the cylinder devices 56 and 57, the hanger frames 30 and 40 are swung so as to move toward and away from each other around the axes of the rotary shafts 27 and 28, whereby the side panels 58 are loaded and unloaded. Prior to stacking, the receivers 38, 39, 48, 49 are manually adjusted according to the shape and size of the side panel 58 to be stacked. That is, at least one receiving member most suitable for receiving the side panel 50 is horizontally rocked in each of the mounting frames 34, 35, 44, 45, and is brought into contact with the stopper plates 50, 51, 52, 53. To the operating position. Then, the rest of the receiving members are oscillated in an upright position to the non-acting position. After that, the side panel 58 is supplied, and the hanger frames 30 and 40 are closed to perform the stacking.

In the above-described embodiment, the first moving body 2A and the second moving body 2B actually support and convey the right side panel and the left side panel as the side panel 58, and therefore, the receiving member 38 is symmetric. , 39, 48, 49 are arranged at different positions, so that different types of moving bodies are obtained.

EFFECTS OF THE INVENTION According to the transfer facility of the present invention having the above-described configuration, among a plurality of types of moving bodies that move on the common upper hand merging line, only the moving body that needs the work branches to the work section line and the remaining work is required. The moving bodies that do not work can be branched to the non-working section line, and the moving bodies that have been subjected to the working section can be branched again to each moving line according to the type after rejoining. Therefore, since only one working line is required, it is advantageous from the viewpoint of working personnel and workability. Furthermore, the working part line and the non-working part line, including the juxtaposed part, can be compactly assembled in a small area. You can Further, according to the present invention, as described above, a plurality of types of moving bodies are efficiently branched,
Despite being a hanging line type that merges, the multiple types of moving bodies can be engaged and disengaged from the transported object by swinging the hanger frame to the left and right. In the frame, at least one of the plurality of receivers is set to the working position, and the rest is switched to the non-working position, so that it can be arbitrarily changed.
Therefore, a plurality of types of objects to be transferred can be transferred on the same transfer line by using a common moving object, and the cost of the entire equipment can be reduced and the storage line can be shortened.

[Brief description of drawings]

The drawings show one embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 1 is a schematic plan view showing a line form, FIG. 2 is a side view showing an example of a transport type, FIG. 3 is a rear view of the same, and FIG. It is a top view. 1A …… First movement line, 1B …… Second movement line, 2A ……
1st mobile, 2B ... 2nd mobile, 3A, 3B ... wholesaler, 4
…… Good merging section, 5 …… Good merging line, 6 …… Inspection section, 7 …… Good branching section, 8 …… Working section line, 9 …… Non-working section line, 10 …… Lower merging section, 11… … Lower confluence line, 12 …… Lower branch, 13A, 13B …… Loading section, 15 ……
Rails, 16 …… Main body, 22 …… Drive unit, 27,28 …… Rotary shaft, 30,40 …… Hanger frame, 34,35,44,45 …… Mounting frame, 36,37,46,47 …… Front-rear direction pins, 38, 39, 48, 49 …… Receiving device, 58 …… Side panel (object to be conveyed).

Continuation of front page (51) Int.Cl. ⁵ Identification number Reference number within the agency FI Technical indication location // B05C 13/00 6804-4D (72) Inventor Masao Kasagi 2-14-5 Shiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo Stocks Daifuku Co., Ltd. Tokyo Head Office (72) Inventor Tomoyuki Sasaki 3-21-11 Minejima, Nishiyodogawa-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka Daifuku Co., Ltd. (56) Reference JP-A-49-31715 (JP, A) JP-A-57 -203607 (JP, A) JP 57-203608 (JP, A) Actual opening Sho 55-105528 (JP, U) Actual opening Sho 58-84822 (JP, U) Actual opening Sho 58-192766 (JP, U) ) Japanese Patent Publication Sho 48-38831 (JP, B1)

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A plurality of moving lines in which different types of moving bodies move according to type, an upper merging portion where these moving lines join, and a moving body of the upper merging line is branched into a working section line and a non-working section line. A good branch part to do, a lower join part that joins the working part line and the non-work part line, and a lower branch part that branches the moving body of the lower join line into the plurality of moving lines according to the type, to form a suspension line. The movable body is supported and guided by rails, and hanger frames that can be swung to the left and right are provided on both sides of the movable body, and mounting frames are provided at a plurality of positions on these hanger frames. Conveying equipment characterized in that it is provided with a plurality of receiving devices that can be switched to operating positions.