JP2002308201A - Packing equipment for electric nickel cutting pieces - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [PROBLEMS] To prevent an electric nickel cutting piece from being missing or a middle cover of a cardboard box from falling off in a packing process. SOLUTION: After storing an electric nickel cutting piece 7 in a corrugated cardboard box 3, it is measured (weighed) and conveyed while giving vibration to the corrugated cardboard box 3 by a vibrating conveyor 18. In front, the upper lids 3a, 3a of the cardboard box 3 containing the electric nickel cutting piece 7
b, the upper lid closing device 17 for holding down the upper lid 3a and closing the upper lid 3a, 3
A guide plate 19 long in the transport direction is displaceably provided at a position corresponding to b in a state where the guide plate 19 can follow the vibration by a spring 31,
An electric nickel cutting piece packing device 1 is configured.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an apparatus for packing an electric nickel cutting piece in a cardboard box for packing.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Electric nickel is manufactured in a plate shape by using a nickel seed plate as a cathode and electrolytically depositing nickel ions in an electrolytic solution on the cathode. The manufactured electric nickel is usually a plate of about 800 to 1000 mm square and about 10 mm thick, but it is difficult to handle depending on the application, so it is cut into various sizes and used. For example, electric nickel, which is a raw material for melting, such as for nickel plating, has a 25 mm
It is cut and processed into pieces of dimensions such as square and 50 mm square, and then shipped to users.

[0003] After being cut, the electric nickel cutting piece is weighed (acquired), packed in a cardboard box, and then shipped and distributed. In the facility for packing and reading the electric nickel cutting pieces, first, the electric nickel cutting pieces from the cutting device are received by a cardboard box on a roller conveyor, and then a plurality of, for example, three lines are sent to three weighing devices. Conveyor is set up, and the amount of
Each cardboard box with the inner lid set is paid out,
The sheets are again assembled on the same line by the roller conveyor.

[0004] Next, in the cardboard box, a large number of electric nickel cutting pieces are housed in the box in a messy state, leaving a large amount of space. Therefore, in order to reduce the space ratio inside the box, the corrugated cardboard box containing a large number of electric nickel cutting pieces is shaken by a vibrating conveyor, and then the upper cover is completely closed at the same time as gluing to the cardboard box lid in a sealing machine. , Loaded on pallets.

[0005]

Conventionally, in this packing process, the cardboard boxes gathered from the inspection line have a state in which the top lid is open between the vibrating conveyor and the sealing machine. For the first time, the upper lid is completely closed. Therefore, there is a problem that the electric nickel cutting pieces in the corrugated cardboard box jump on the vibrating conveyor and scatter with the inner lid in some cases, so that there is a problem that the piece is shipped with the missing amount or the inner lid being missing.

[0006] An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems by preventing the electric nickel cutting piece from being missing or the inner cover of the cardboard box from falling off during the packing process.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, the present invention is directed to a packing facility for storing an electric nickel cutting piece in a cardboard box and transferring the cardboard box while applying vibrations to the cardboard box by a vibrating conveyor. An upper lid closing device that holds down and closes the upper lid of a cardboard box containing nickel cutting pieces is provided, and a guide plate that is long in the transport direction can follow the vibration by a spring at a position corresponding to the upper lid that is closed at the top of the vibrating conveyor. The packing device for the electric nickel cutting piece is provided so as to be displaceable.

[0008] The device for packing electric nickel cutting pieces is as follows:
In front of the vibration conveyor, the upper lid closing device closes the upper lid of the cardboard box, and then in the process of transporting the cardboard box while vibrating it with the vibration conveyor, presses the upper lid of the cardboard box with a guide plate that can follow the vibration, Close the top lid.

The upper cover closing device comprises a drive source, a pair of gears driven by the drive source, a pair of arms rotating integrally with each gear, and a holding plate attached to each arm to close the upper cover of the cardboard box. Have been.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 shows an electric nickel cutting piece packing apparatus 1 according to the present invention and a surrounding packing apparatus 2 around the apparatus. The cardboard box 3 is lowered (bottom side) by the box making machine 4.
With the upper lids 3a and 3b opened, the roller 5 moves on the roller conveyor 8 and receives the electric nickel cutting pieces 7 from the input conveyor 6 at the outlet of the cutting machine 5.

The cardboard box 3 containing the electric nickel cutting piece 7 is placed in the middle of the roller conveyor 8 with the No. 1 weighing device 1
It is determined by one. Further, the cardboard box 3 containing a plurality of electric nickel cutting pieces 7 following this passes through the branch roller conveyer 9, and in the middle of the roller conveyer 14 and the roller conveyer 15. No. 2 weighing device 12, No. 2 The third weighing device 13 determines the correct weighing amount.

The cardboard box 3 on the roller conveyors 14 and 15 is set in the collecting roller conveyor 10 after the inner lid 16 is set.
And sequentially moves in the direction of the roller conveyor 8. Thus, the cardboard box 3 is supplied to the electric nickel cutting piece packing apparatus 1 of the present invention from two directions from the direction of the roller conveyor 8 of the main line and the direction of the collecting roller conveyor 10 of the auxiliary line. .

FIG. 2 shows an electric nickel cutting piece packing apparatus 1 according to the present invention. The packing device 1 for electric nickel cutting pieces has an upper cover closing device 17, a vibration conveyor 18, a guide plate 19 and the like.

The upper cover closing device 17 presses and closes the upper cover 3a or the upper cover 3b or the cover 3a and the upper cover 3b of the cardboard box 3 containing the electric nickel cutting piece 7 at the end of the roller conveyor 8, that is, before the vibration conveyor 18. For this purpose, an air cylinder 20, a pair of gears 21a and 21b, and a pair of arms 22a and 22b are used as driving sources.
And pressing plate 2 before and after in the conveying direction of roller conveyor 8
3a and 23b.

The air cylinder 20 is attached to the machine base 24 at the rear end of the cylinder by a support shaft 28, and one of the shafts 26a and 26b 26a by a piston rod 25.
And a lever 27 integrated with the lever 27 by a pin 29.
The shafts 26a and 26b are both rotatably attached to a fixed position of the machine base 24 in a state orthogonal to the conveying direction of the roller conveyor 8.

A pair of gears 21a and 21b are attached to respective shafts 26a and 26b and mesh with each other. The arms 22a and 22b are respectively
a, 26b, at the front and rear in the transport direction of the roller conveyor 8, for example, a pressing plate 2 made of a U-shaped spring plate.
3a and 23b are held.

The vibrating conveyor 18 is located at the rear end of the roller conveyor 8 in the conveying direction. The vibrating source 30 applies vibration to the cardboard box 3 containing the electric nickel cutting pieces 7 that has been conveyed, so that the cardboard box 3 is vibrated. A large number of electric nickel cutting pieces 7 in 3 are made dense. The guide plate 19
Above the vibrating conveyor 18, it is arranged in a long sled shape along the transport direction, and is supported by the machine base 24 so as to be vertically displaceable by a plurality of springs 31.

When air is supplied to the air cylinder 20 and the piston rod 25 is retracted, the arms 22a and 22b become horizontal and enter a standby state. At this time,
The packing device 1 for the electric nickel cutting piece is No. The roller conveyor 8 on the side of the weighing device 11 of No. 1 and No. 1 2, N
o. 3. Roller conveyer 10 on the side of the checkers 12 and 13
Are ready to receive the cardboard box 3 containing the electric nickel cutting piece 7 from each of the above.

No. When, for example, the photoelectric detector 32 detects that the cardboard box 3 has been transported from the roller conveyor 8 on the side of the weighing device 11 and has arrived at the home position, the packing device 1 for the electric nickel cutting piece is No. 1. In order to receive the cardboard box 3 from the roller conveyor 8 on the side of the signage device 1,
The roller conveyor 8 is stopped. 2, N
o. In order not to receive the cardboard box 3 carried from the collecting roller conveyor 10 of the checkers 12 and 13, the stopper 35 is protruded into the conveying path of the collecting roller conveyor 10, and at the same time, the up-down conveyor 36 is moved to the roller conveyor 8. From the transfer surface.

When the roller conveyor 8 stops, two seconds after that, air is supplied to the air cylinder 20, so that the air cylinder 20 rotates the lever 27 by the piston rod 25, and the pair of gears 21a, 21b The gear 21a is rotated clockwise in FIG. 2 and the gear 21b is rotated counterclockwise in FIG. 2, and the pair of arms 22a and 22b is rotated downward.

When the pair of arms 22a and 22b are pivoted downward, the pressing plates 23a and 23b at the ends of the pair of arms 22a and 22b move the front and rear of the cardboard box 3 in the conveying direction, usually the opposite side of the short side of the cardboard box 3. The upper lid 3a is pressed down, and they are placed on the inner lid 16 and closed. 0.5 seconds after the arms 22a and 22b start descending, the roller conveyor 8 starts conveying again.
Proceed in the direction of 8.

For example, two seconds after the photoelectric detector 33 stops detecting the cardboard box 3, the air cylinder 20 drives the lever 27 and the pair of gears 21.
a and 21b are rotated, and the pair of arms 22a and 22b are rotated upward to return to the standby position.

On the other hand, no. 2, No. 3 traffic lights 12,
The cardboard box 3 is conveyed from the collective roller conveyor 10 and the cardboard box 3 is, for example, a photoelectric detector 3.
4, the electric nickel cutting piece packing apparatus 1 stops the roller conveyor 8 to receive the cardboard box 3 from the collecting roller conveyor 10 side, and further retracts the stopper 35 from the transport path. At the same time, the up-down conveyor 36 is raised above the conveying surface of the roller conveyor 8 to prepare for receiving the cardboard box 3 from the collecting roller conveyor 10.

When preparation for receiving the cardboard box 3 from the collecting roller conveyor 10 is completed, the collecting roller conveyor 1
The cardboard box 3 from 0 is transferred to the up-down conveyor 36 and guided to the entrance of the device 1 for packing electric nickel cutting pieces. When the two detectors 32 and 33 simultaneously detect the cardboard box 3 from the collecting roller conveyor 10, the up-down conveyor 36 descends.

Since air is supplied to the air cylinder 20 two seconds after the lowering of the up-down conveyor 36, the air cylinder 20 rotates the lever 27, rotates the pair of gears 21a and 21b, and rotates the pair of arms. 13a, 1
By rotating 3b downward, the upper lid 3a on the short side of the cardboard box 3 is overlaid on the inner lid 16 and closed.

0.5 seconds after the arms 22a and 22b start to move down, the roller conveyor 8 starts conveying again, so that the cardboard box 3 moves toward the vibrating conveyor 18. Two seconds after the detector 33 stops detecting the cardboard box 3, the air cylinder 20 drives the lever 27, rotates the pair of gears 21a and 21b, and rotates the pair of arms 22a and 22b upward. And return to the standby position.

The cardboard box 3 moves in the transport direction while being vibrated on the vibration conveyor 18. During this time, the guide plate 19 of the top cover closing device 17 is provided with a spring 31 in a section from the entrance of the top cover closing device 17 to the end of the vibration conveyor 18.
By following the action, the cardboard box 3 follows the vibration while allowing the vibration. As described above, during the vibration packing of the electric nickel cutting piece 7 in the cardboard box 3 by the vibrating conveyor 18, the upper cover closing device 17 closes the upper cover 3a, and the inner cover 16 is pressed by the vibration. Without causing the electric nickel cutting piece 7 to drop due to the vibration of the conveyor 18 or causing the inner lid 16 to drop, the final gluing and complete sealing is performed in the sealing machine 37, and the cardboard box 3 is
It is loaded on pallets.

The above sequential control is performed by the detectors 32 and 3
It is executed by a control device (not shown) using signals such as 3, 34 as input.

The upper cover closing device 17 is not limited to the pair of short side upper covers 3a before and after in the transport direction.
The upper lid 3b and the upper lids 3a and 3b are closed on both sides in the transport direction. The opening / closing direction of the arms 22a and 22b, the number of guide plates 19 to be installed, the width and shape of the guide plates 19, etc. are designed in accordance with the objects to be closed. Further, the drive source may be configured by a rotary actuator such as a motor in addition to the air cylinder 20.

[0030]

According to the present invention, in an electric nickel cutting piece box packing facility, the electric nickel cutting pieces in the cardboard box dance on the vibrating conveyor under the vibration of the vibrating conveyor, and in some cases, the cardboard box in the cardboard box. The electric nickel cutting pieces are easily scattered together with the inner lid, but the upper lid closing device closes the upper lid, whereby the inner nickel and the electric nickel cutting pieces in the cardboard box are pressed and do not scatter. The problem of shipping shortage or missing middle lid can be solved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic plan view of an electric nickel cutting piece packing apparatus 1 of the present invention and a perimeter packing apparatus 2 therearound.

FIG. 2 is a side view of the packing device 1 for cutting electric nickel pieces of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Packing device of electric nickel cutting piece 2 Display packing equipment 3 Corrugated cardboard boxes 3a, 3b Top lid 4 Box making machine 5 Cutting machine 6 Input conveyor 7 Electric nickel cutting piece 8 Roller conveyor 9 Branch roller conveyor 10 Collecting roller conveyor 11 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 12 weighing device 13 weighing device 14 roller conveyor 15 roller conveyor 16 inner lid 17 upper lid closing device 18 vibrating conveyor 19 guide plate 20 air cylinder 21a, 21b gear 22a, 22b arm 23a, 23b pressing plate 24 machine base 25 Piston rod 26a, 26b Shaft 27 Lever 28 Support shaft 29 Pin 30 Vibration source 31 Spring 32 Detector 33 Detector 34 Detector 35 Stopper 36 Up-down conveyor 37 Sealing machine

 ────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor: Akiaki Matsuki 3-5-3 Nishihara-cho, Niihama-shi, Ehime F-term in the Besshi Works of Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. (Reference) 3E049 AA02 AB06 BA04 CA04 DA02 EA01 EB02 EC02 FA08 3E118 AA04 AB08 BA02 BA03 BA05 BA08 BA09 BB01 BB10 CA02 CA08 DA01 EA02 EA06 FA05

Claims (2)

[Claims] Claims: 1. In a packing facility for storing an electric nickel cutting piece in a cardboard box and conveying the cardboard box while applying vibration to the cardboard box by a vibrating conveyor, the upper lid of the cardboard box containing the electric nickel cutting piece is placed before the vibrating conveyor. In addition to providing an upper lid closing device that presses down and closes, a guide plate that is long in the transport direction is provided in a position corresponding to the closed upper lid at the upper part of the vibration conveyor so as to be displaceable in a state that can follow the vibration by a spring. In the front, the upper lid closing device closes the upper lid of the cardboard box, and in the process of transporting the cardboard box while vibrating it with the vibration conveyor, the upper lid of the cardboard box is pressed by the guide plate that can follow the vibration. Electric nickel cutting piece packing equipment. 2. An upper cover closing device comprising: a driving source; a pair of gears driven by the driving source; a pair of arms rotating integrally with the respective gears; and a holding plate attached to each arm for closing an upper cover of a cardboard box. 2. The packing device for an electric nickel cutting piece according to claim 1, wherein: