JPH07100521B2 - Powder handling equipment - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Industrial field of application) The present invention relates to semiconductor encapsulating materials, electronic materials such as ceramics, silicon and epoxy, milk powder, cocoa powder, coffee beans, and so on.
Foods such as sugar, tea, wheat flour, powdered foods, food additives, various drinks, anticancer agents, antibiotics, interferons, analgesics, vitamins, gastrointestinal medicines, cement, lead oxide, porcelain clay, titanium, asbestos, magnesia・ Mining of metal powder, etc. ・ Metal, polyethylene, polycarbonate, acrylic, photographic film materials, powder soap, detergent, chemicals such as powder coating, petrochemistry, fibers of nylon, acrylic, polyester, etc., carbon, latex, vulcanizing agent The present invention relates to a powdery or granular material handling facility capable of efficiently performing work by filling, mixing, storing, and discharging powdery or granular materials used in various fields such as rubber, fish meal, feed, and other livestock.

(Prior Art) Generally, the handling of the above-mentioned powdery particles is carried out by filling the powdery particles into a paper bag, a polyethylene bag, a flexible container or a metal can.

Of these, forklifts, cranes, etc. have usually been used when filling and handling metal cans with powders,
With a forklift, it was necessary to secure a sufficient passage for it, and the stacking was limited to two steps, which made handling inconvenient.

In addition, workability was poor with the crane because manpower was required even if the hoisting equipment and hoisting rope were devised.

Further, as is common to both, there is a disadvantage that an arbitrary container cannot be taken out during storage, a work space is large, and space efficiency is poor.

On the other hand, powder and granules need to be filled and discharged into containers, but these processes were performed manually by installing and connecting a forklift, crane, etc. to the powder and granule processing equipment. Was scattered, and the workability was deteriorated.

In addition, recently, we measured and filled powder into a container, stored this container in an automated warehouse, and carried out the container from this automated warehouse.
A powder / granular handling facility for shipping powder / granular material together with this container has been proposed (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 50-69754).

This equipment is a so-called warehouse that carries out the powder and granules together with the container.
In the case of the next treatment step, for example, mixing treatment, separate powder and granular material handling equipment and container unloading device are required. In addition, this equipment is an in-warehouse transporter that stores containers freely in and out of an automated warehouse, a storage transporter that transports powder-filled containers from a weighing and filling machine to an automated warehouse, and powder particles sent from an automated warehouse. It is necessary to separately install a delivery carrier for transporting the body-filled container for shipping. Therefore, the facility becomes complicated and large, the space efficiency is low, and the operation control of each carrier becomes complicated, and There was a drawback that it was troublesome to handle.

(Object of the Invention) An object of the present invention is to enable powder, granules to be packed, mixed, stored, discharged, etc. mechanically and efficiently even in a narrow space, and to be easily managed. To provide handling equipment.

(Structure of the Invention) The powder / granule handling facility of the present invention is a storage rack having a plurality of shelves for storing a plurality of powder / granule containers filled with powder / granule, and is carried in / out from the storage rack in a lateral direction. From a combination of a granular material processing device for processing the granular material of the granular material container, the storage rack and the container loading / unloading device for laterally loading / unloading the granular material container to / from the granular material processing device. The granular material container is provided with a granular material discharge port and a lid for opening and closing the discharge port at a lateral lower part of the container body, and the granular material processing device is provided from above the granular material container. Granule filling machine for filling the granules in the container, powder blender for rotating the granule container to mix the granules in the granule container, and powder in the granule container At least a powder and granule discharging machine for discharging granules is installed between the storage rack and the outside of the storage rack or the storage rack. The container loading / unloading device is arranged at a position corresponding to delivering and receiving the granular material container, and the granular material container is provided between each shelf of the storage rack and each machine of the granular material processing device. It is characterized in that it is equipped with a stacker that runs along the storage rack so as to carry in and out from the lateral direction and deliver it.

With this facility, filling, mixing, storage, and discharging of powder and granules are performed mechanically, and the powder and granule processing equipment and storage rack can be combined to easily perform powder and granule processing and inventory control. it can.

Further, as the granular material container, a container provided with a granular material discharge port and a lid for opening and closing the discharge port at a lateral lower portion of the container body is used, and a storage rack, a granular material filling machine, and a granular material container are used. Mixer,
Since the container loading / unloading device equipped with the stacker that runs along the storage rack is used as the means for delivering the powder / granular container between the powder / granular processing device having at least the powder / granular discharging device, The container is not bulky up and down compared to a container provided with a powder discharge port at the bottom thereof, and is carried in and out laterally between each shelf of the storage rack and each machine of the powder processing device. In addition to being easy to hand over, filling of powder and granules can be achieved by using many transporters that require labor and installation space, such as conventional forklifts, cranes with hanging wires and container grippers, and have poor work efficiency. There is no need to perform mixing, storage, and discharge, and therefore, the loading and unloading and transportation of the powdery or granular material container can be smoothly performed, and the powdery or granular material can be efficiently processed. In addition, the equipment also uses the stacker,
Since it is possible to arrange them in a small space as a whole as a whole, the equipment of the present invention can be widely used for treating various powder and granules.

(Embodiment) An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. Fig. 1 shows a powder and granular material handling facility 10 according to the present invention. Multiple granular containers to be filled
A storage rack 16 having a plurality of shelves 14 for storing 12 and a storage rack that is outside the storage rack 16 and is as close to the storage rack 16 as possible or is incorporated in a part of the shelves in the storage rack 16. A granular material processing device 18 arranged at a position corresponding to delivering the granular material container 12 loaded and unloaded laterally with respect to 16, and processing the granular material of the granular material container 12, and the storage rack. 16 and the granular material processing device 18 to the granular material container 12
Is combined with a container loading / unloading device 20 for loading / unloading and delivering from the lateral direction.

As shown in FIG. 2, the powder and granular material container 12 is to be loaded into the powder and granular material discharger 36 to be described later from the lateral direction and arranged.
The granular material discharge port 22a provided in the lower side portion of the rectangular tube-shaped container body 22 and the granular material discharge port 22a when the granular material container 12 is tilted counterclockwise as illustrated. Is inclined downwards, and normally the lid 24 is pivotally supported on the edge of the granular material discharge port 22a of the container body 22 so as to open the granular material discharge port 22a by its own weight.
And a cam 26 that is provided inside the lid 24 and rotatably supported, and the periphery of the cam 26 is rotated from the outside of the lid 24 by the rotation of the rotating shaft 28 that engages with the cam 26. It is composed of a lid opening / closing means 32 which engages with the latching piece 30 to close and open the powdery or granular material discharge port 22a in an airtight manner (for details, see Japanese Patent Application No. 59-129344). The lid opening / closing means is not limited to such an automatic opening / closing mechanism, and may be a manual opening / closing mechanism by engagement of a normal hooking claw.

As shown in FIG. 1, the powder and granular material processing apparatus 18 is a storage rack.
A granular material filling machine 34 which is arranged at a lower position of 16 and which fills the granular material container from above the granular material container with the granular material container 34 by rotating the granular material container. At least a powder and granular material mixer 38 that mixes the powder and granular materials and a powder and granular material discharger 36 that is disposed above the storage rack 16 and discharges the powder and granular materials in the powder and granular material container are provided. The powder / granule filling machine 34, the powder / granular material mixer 38, and the powder / granular material discharger 36 are located outside the storage rack 16 and as close to the storage rack 16 as possible, and the powder / granular material container 12 is attached to the storage rack 16. It is arranged at a position suitable for carrying in and out from the lateral direction and delivering.

By the way, in the one shown in the figure, the granular material discharging device 36 is arranged above the storage rack 16 for the convenience of discharging the granular material, but the granular material filling machine 34 and the granular material filling machine 34 are disposed for convenience of the granular material handling facility 10. It may be placed at the same level as the granule mixer 38. In that case, the discharge of the powder or granules may be performed by digging a part of the floor surface or by installing the powder or granule handling facility 10 as a whole at a high position on the second floor or higher of the building.

In the illustrated embodiment, the powder / particle processing apparatus 18 further includes a powder / granular material sampling / adding device 40 for sampling and adding the powder / granular material.

As shown in FIG. 1, the powder / granular material filling machine 34 feeds the powder / granular material by weight to a powder / granular material inlet 12a provided at an upper portion or an upper portion of the powder / granular material container 12. A normal pipe having a feeding pipe 42 for filling the container and a weighing means 44 installed on the floor for mounting the powder and granular material container 12 and measuring the powder and granular material in the container is used. Since the powder / granule filling machine 34 is arranged corresponding to the lower position of the storage rack 16, it is easy to place the powder / granular material container 12 on it in a lateral direction, and the powder / granular material container 12 powder By opening a lid (not shown) attached to the granular material introducing port 12a, the granular material fed through the feeding pipe 42 into the introducing port 12a can be filled from above. Of course, even if the powder / granule filling machine 34 is not arranged below the storage rack 16, the powder / granule container 12 is laterally attached to the storage rack 16 and the powder / granular material processing device 18 as described later. The container loading and unloading device 20 for loading and unloading and delivering the powder and granular material containers from the lateral direction between the respective shelves of the storage rack and the respective machines of the powdery or granular material processing device so as to carry in and out. Since the stacker 52 that travels along the storage rack is provided and the stacker 52 travels freely in the vertical and horizontal directions, it is not inconvenient to carry in and out the granular container 12.

As shown in FIG. 2, the granular material discharging device 36 rotates the granular material container 12 loaded laterally into the granular material container 12 in a counterclockwise direction so that the granular material discharge port 22 is inclined downward. A machine body 45 rotatably supported so that it can be tilted, and a cam of the lid opening / closing means 32 attached to the machine body 45 and opening / closing the lid 24.
A rotary shaft engaging with 26 in a rotationally interconnected manner
The rotary shaft 28 is rotated by a rotary drive source (not shown) and is moved forward and backward by a linear drive source to engage / disengage with the cam 26. Also,
The powdery- or granular-material discharging machine 36 has a conduit 46 for guiding the powdery- or granular material discharged from the discharge port 22a of the powder-and-particles container 12 carried into the machine body 45 and supported downward.

Therefore, in order to discharge the granular material, the granular material container 12 is carried into the machine body 45 and supported, and an actuator (not shown) such as a fluid pressure cylinder attached to the rear portion (right side in FIG. 2) of the machine body 45. ), The machine body 45 is tilted as shown in FIG. 2, the rotary shaft 28 on the machine body 45 side is moved forward and engaged with the cam 26, and the rotary shaft 28
When the cam 26 is rotated to remove the cam 26 from the hooking piece 30 and the lid 24 is opened by its own weight, the powder and granular material in the powder and granular material container 12 is guided into the conduit 46 by its own weight and discharged. The conduit 46 extends to a powder or granular material processing device (not shown), and the powder or granular material is sent to the powder or granular material processing device and used for predetermined processing.

The powder / granule mixer 38 is a known mixer that rotates the powder / granular material container to mix the powder / granular material in the powder / granular material container. For example,
As shown in FIG. 1, FIG. 7 and FIG. 8, a support body 48 made by combining rod-shaped members into a square tube shape, and both side portions of the support body 48 from above as shown in FIG. A rotating shaft 62 that is fixed so as to be tilted when viewed, a bearing 64 that rotatably supports the rotating shaft 62, and a drive source 66 that is connected to one rotating shaft 62 and that includes a motor with a speed reducer that drives the support 48 to rotate. And the bearing 64 and the drive source 66 are mounted on a base 68. Further, the back side 48a (corresponding to the back side of the paper surface in FIG. 8) of the support 48 is opened so that the powder / particle container 12 can be loaded and unloaded laterally, and after loading the powder / particle container 12, It can be closed with a door (not shown). Further, the powder and granular material container 12 is provided above the support 48.
A vertically movable clamp frame 70 is mounted to hold it in place.

Then, after loading the powder / particle container 12 into the support 48 from the lateral direction, after closing the door and holding the container 12 by the clamp frame 70, the support 48 is rotated by the drive source 66, whereby the powder / particle is The container 12 rotates in a tilted state, so that the powder or granular material in the powder or granular material container 12 can be efficiently mixed.

Further, as shown in FIG. 1, the powder / granular material sampling / adding machine 40 is provided with a known sampling / adding jig 50 arranged in line with the inlet 12a of the powder / granular material container 12, and The powder jig in the powder container 12 can be sampled by the addition jig 50, and another powder granule or the like can be added to the powder granule.

In addition to the above, the powdery or granular material processing device 18 may be provided with an air cleaner for cleaning the outer surface of the powdery or granular material container 12, a heat treatment machine for heat-treating the powdery or granular material together with the powdery or granular material container 12, or the like.

The container loading / unloading device 20, as shown in FIG. 1, is a storage rack.
Machines 34, 36, 38 of 16 shelves 14 and granular material processing device 18
Storage rack to transfer powder and granule container 12 to and from 40
It has a stacker 52 that runs along the 16.

In the illustrated embodiment, the container loading / unloading device 20 is composed of a stacker crane 54, and the stacker crane 54 is
The storage rack 16 is configured so that it can travel vertically and horizontally. Traveling (elevating) in the up-down direction is performed using a winch cable 56, for example. Further, the stacker 52 has a fork (not shown), and even if each machine of the powder and granular material processing device 18 is displaced in the front-rear direction with respect to the storage rack 16, the powder and granular material container 12 can be easily delivered. It is like this. Instead of the fork, the stacker itself may be configured to run in the front-rear direction,
If the distance between the stacker 52 and the powdery or granular material processing device 18 becomes unavoidably long, they may be connected by an automated guided vehicle.

As shown in FIG. 3, the powder and granular material handling equipment 10 has a control means 58 such as a computer for generating a command to operate the equipment.
Is equipped with. The control means 58 manages the stock state of the storage rack 16, operates the granular material processing device 18 in a predetermined order, and further controls the delivery of the granular material container 12 by the container loading / unloading device 20. It should be noted that in FIG. 1, the powder and granular material container 12 mounted on the stacker 52 has a container entrance 60 directly below it.
Shows the state of being handed over to the stacker from the lateral direction.

Next, a description will be given of an example of use of the powder / granule handling facility 10 of the present invention. An empty powder / granular container 12 is brought into the container entrance / exit 60 by a forklift or an automated guided vehicle. Then, the stacker 52 of the container loading / unloading device 20 moves to the container loading / unloading port 60 for receiving, as shown in FIG. The stacker 52 stores the powder and granular material container 12 in a predetermined shelf 14 of the storage rack 16. In this way, the empty powder or granular material container 12 is stored in each shelf 14 of the storage rack 16. After that, the control device 58 issues an operation command for the powder and granular material container 12 to the container loading / unloading device 20. Based on this command, the powder / particle container 12 is delivered to a predetermined portion of the powder / particle processing device 18 by the container loading / unloading device 20, one example of which will be described below.

First, the container loading / unloading device 20 carries out the powder / granule container 12 from each shelf 14 and loads the powder / granular material filling machine 34, the powder / granular material mixer 38, and the powder / granular material discharging machine.
The powder and granules are sequentially sent to 36, discharged from the powder and granule container 12, and then returned to the predetermined shelf 14. In the process of this operation,
The granular material container 12 may be sent to the granular material sampling / adding machine 40 between the granular material filling machine 34 and the granular material mixing machine 38 to add additives, and the granular material mixing It may be sent again to the particle sampling / adding machine 40 between the machine 38 and the powder discharging machine 36 for sampling.

It is most common to store the powder and granular material in the powder and granular material container 12 on each shelf 14 and store the powder and granular material container 12 from each shelf 14 in this case. After being sent to the powder / granular material filling machine 34 to be filled with the powder / granular material, the powder / granular material is returned to the respective shelves 14 and stands by. The control device 58 manages the entire storage rack 16 by storing whether or not the granular material container 12 on each shelf 14 is filled with the granular material.

In this manner, the powder or granular material is filled in the powder or granular material container 12 on each shelf 14, the powder or granular material container 12 is taken out from the predetermined shelf 14 as necessary, and sent to the powder or granular material discharger 36, The granular material can be discharged, and the granular material container 12 can be sent to the granular material mixer 38 to mix the granular material before being sent to the granular material discharging device 36.

In this case, it should be noted that the container loading / unloading provided with a stacker 52 that runs along the storage rack 16 as a means for delivering the powder / particle container 12 between the storage rack 16 and the powder / particle processing device 18. Since the apparatus 20 is used, it becomes easy to carry in and out the granular material container 12 between the respective shelves 14 of the storage rack 16 and the respective machines of the granular material processing apparatus 18 in the lateral direction for delivery. The powder container 12 can be smoothly carried in and out, and the powder container can be efficiently processed. Furthermore,
By using the stacker, it is possible to collectively arrange the powdery and granular material handling equipment in a small space.

FIG. 4 shows another embodiment of the present invention in which the layout of the powder / granular material handling equipment 10 is changed. In the powder / granular material handling equipment 10, as in the embodiment of FIG. 18 are arranged side by side in parallel to the side of the storage rack 16, and this powder and granular material processing device 18 includes three powder and granular material filling machines 34A, 34B, 34C.
In addition, it also has two powder ejectors 36A and 36B. By doing so, it is possible to efficiently perform filling and discharging of the powder and granules. Moreover, it is convenient to store and discharge different kinds of powders.

FIG. 5 shows still another embodiment in which the layout of the powder and granular material handling equipment 10 is changed. In this embodiment, the powder and granular material processing devices 18 are arranged side by side on the storage rack 16. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 5, the method of use is the same as that shown in FIGS. 1 and 4.

Further, in the embodiment of FIG. 6, storage rack portions are arranged side by side in parallel with the embodiment of FIG. Therefore, in the embodiment of FIG. 6, the powdery or granular material processing device 18 is arranged in alignment with one of the two storage rack portions 16A, 16B. In the embodiment of FIG. 6,
It is convenient because the storage rack parts 16A and 16B can be used separately.

Although not shown, all or a part of each machine constituting the powdery or granular material processing apparatus 18 may be incorporated and arranged in a part of a shelf in the storage rack 16.

Further, in the powdery or granular material processing apparatus 18 shown in FIGS. 1 and 4 to 6 of the present invention, the respective machines constituting the apparatus are arranged parallel to or in line with the storage rack 16, Although it is easy to carry in and out the powdery or granular material container 12 by the container carrying-in / carrying-out device 20, there are cases in which the arrangement of the respective machines has to be separated due to the layout of the factory, the site, and the like. Even in such a case, there is no problem if the stacker 52 constituting the container loading / unloading device 20 having a three-dimensional traveling mechanism is used, and an automatic guided vehicle or the like may be used together if necessary.

(Effects of the Invention) As described above, the powdery or granular material handling equipment of the present invention has a storage rack having a plurality of shelves for storing a plurality of powdery or granular material containers filled with the powdery or granular material and a storage rack that is lateral to the storage rack. Container loading and unloading device for loading and unloading the granular material container into and from the storage container and the granular material processing device for laterally loading and unloading the granular material container into and out of the granular material container The granular material container is provided with a granular material discharge port and a lid for opening and closing the discharge port at a lateral lower part of the container body, and the granular material processing device is provided above the granular material container. From the granular material filling machine that fills the granular material container into the granular material container, the granular material mixer that rotates the granular material container to mix the granular material inside the granular material container, and the granular material At least a powder and granular material discharging device for discharging the powder and granular material in the body container is installed and stored outside the storage rack or in the storage rack. The container loading / unloading device is arranged at a position corresponding to delivering and receiving the granular material container to and from the pipe rack, and the container loading / unloading device is provided between each shelf of the storage rack and each machine of the granular material processing device. Since it has a stacker that runs along the storage rack so as to carry in and out the granular container from the lateral direction and deliver it, filling, mixing, storage, and discharging of the granular material are performed mechanically, Further, by combining the powder and granular material processing apparatus and the storage rack, it is possible to easily perform the powder and granular material processing and inventory management.

Further, as the granular material container, a container provided with a granular material discharge port and a lid for opening and closing the discharge port at a lateral lower portion of the container body is used, and a storage rack, a granular material filling machine, and a granular material container are used. Mixer,
Since the container loading / unloading device equipped with the stacker that runs along the storage rack is used as the means for transferring the powder / granular container between the powder / granular processing device having at least the powder / granular discharging device, the powder / granular container Is less bulky up and down compared to the one that has a powder and granule discharge port at the bottom, and it is easy to carry in and out from the machine in the lateral direction, and to deliver and receive it. It is not necessary to fill, mix, store, and discharge the powder and granules by using a number of transporters that require labor and installation space, such as a crane with a container gripping tool, and have poor work efficiency. The smooth loading and unloading and transportation of the powder can be performed efficiently.

Furthermore, by using the stacker, it is possible to arrange the equipment as a whole in a small space,
INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The equipment of the present invention can be widely used for treating various powders and granules.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of a powder and granular material handling facility according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a view of a powder and granular material discharger of a powder and granular material processing apparatus and a powder and granular material container arranged therein. 3 is a cross-sectional view of a part, FIG. 3 is a schematic system diagram of a control device used in the present invention, and FIGS.
FIG. 7 is a schematic plan view of another different embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 7 is a plan view of a powder / particle mixer of a powder / particle processing apparatus, and FIG.
It is a front view of the mixer shown in the figure. 10 …… Powder and granule handling equipment, 12 …… Powder and granule container, 12a …… Inlet port, 14 …… Shelves, 16 …… Storage rack, 18 …… Powder and granule processing device, 20 …… Container loading / unloading device , 22 …… Container body, 22a…
… Powder / granule discharge port, 24 …… Lid, 26 …… Cam, 28 …… Rotary shaft, 30 …… Latching piece, 32 …… Lid opening / closing means, 34 …… Powder and granule filling machine, 36 …… Powder Granule discharging machine, 38 …… Powder mixing machine, 40
...... Powder granule sampling / adding machine, 42 …… Feeding pipe, 44 ・ ・ ・
… Weighing means, 45 …… machine, 46 …… conduit, 48 …… support,
48a: back side, 50: sampling / addition jig, 52 ...
… Stacker, 54 …… Stacker crane, 56 …… Cable, 58 …… Control device, 60 …… Container entrance / exit, 62 …… Rotary shaft, 64 …… Bearing, 66 …… Drive source, 68 …… Base, 70… …
Clamp frame.

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── --Continued from the front page Judgment panel for referees Chief referee Atsushi Kawaji Referee Kenji Nishino Referee Abe Takekatsu (56) References JP-A-50-69754 (JP, A) JP-A-57-195006 (JP, A) )

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A storage rack having a plurality of shelves for storing a plurality of powder and granule containers filled with the powder and granules, and a powder and granules of a powder and granule container which is loaded and unloaded laterally to and from the storage rack. The powdery or granular material processing device, the storage rack, and the powdery or granular material processing device are combined with a container loading / unloading device for horizontally loading / unloading the powdery or granular material container. A granular material discharge port and a lid that opens and closes the discharge port are provided in the lower part of the side of the granular material processing device, and the granular material processing device fills the granular material container with the granular material from above the granular material container. Body filling machine, powder / granular mixer for rotating powder / granular container to mix powder / granular material in powder / granular container, and powder / granular discharging machine to discharge powder / granular material in powder / granular container At least, and is incorporated in the outside of the storage rack or in the storage rack to transfer the granular material container to and from the storage rack. The container loading and unloading device is loaded and unloaded laterally between the shelves of the storage rack and the machines of the powder and granular material processing device to transfer and transfer the powder and granular material containers. The granular material handling facility, which is equipped with a stacker that runs along the storage rack. 2. The powder / granule handling facility according to claim 1, wherein the powder / granular material processing apparatus further comprises a powder / granular material sampling / adding machine. 3. The powdery or granular material handling facility according to claim 1, wherein the powdery or granular material processing devices are arranged side by side in parallel to a storage rack. 4. The granular material handling equipment according to claim 1, wherein the granular material processing device is arranged in alignment with two opposing storage rack portions.