JPH06166530A - System for sorting platy material - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Structure] The control unit 20 performs a calculation to cut out a glass plate product at an optimum cutting yield based on the raw plate data and the order data. The sorter means 18 sequentially stores the cut glass plate products, and takes out a desired glass plate product from the various glass plate products stored based on the order data.
Sort various glass plate products by size. The sorted glass sheet products are packed in pallets by customer in descending order of size. [Effect] It is possible to cut out glass plate products from a raw plate at an optimum yield based on order data, and pack the cut glass plate products into pallets for each customer in descending order of size.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention cuts out glass plate products for shipment from stocked stock plates based on an instruction from a control unit in which order information for glass plate products is input.
The present invention relates to a plate-shaped material sorting system that manages each process by displaying the necessary information for each process by packing the cut out glass plate products in a pallet in a state of being sorted for each customer.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, on the basis of order information for glass plate products, an appropriate plate is selected from stock plates stored in a warehouse, and the ordered glass plate product is cut out from the selected plate. The cut glass plate products are packed in pallets for each customer in descending order of size. Therefore, in order to pack the cut glass plate products into the pallets for each customer in descending order of size, when cutting out the glass plate products ordered from the raw plate, it is necessary to cut out the glass plate products in order from the large size. .

[0003]

However, there is a problem that the cutting yield of the raw plate is lowered when the glass plate products having a large size are cut out in order. The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and cuts out glass plate products from a raw plate at an optimum yield based on order information, and cuts out the glass plate products in order of increasing size from pallets for each customer. It is an object of the present invention to provide a sorting system for plate-shaped materials that can be packed in.

[0004]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention is based on the input blank plate data and order data, and takes out a blank plate for cutting a glass plate product at an optimum cutting yield. A control unit that performs a matching calculation, a cutting and folding unit that cuts a glass plate product from a raw plate based on the calculation result of the control unit, and sequentially stores the cut glass plate products, and receives the order data from the control unit. Sorter means for taking out a desired glass plate product from the stored various glass plate products based on the above, and the glass plate products taken out by the sorter means are packed in a pallet for each customer in descending order of size. After loading, pallets for each customer are shipped and managed.

[0005]

According to the present invention, the control section performs the arrangement calculation on the blank plate for cutting out the glass plate product at the optimum cutting yield based on the input blank plate data and the received order data. Further, the cutting and folding means cuts out the glass plate product from the raw plate based on the calculation result of the control unit. Further, the sorter means sequentially stores the cut glass plate products,
A desired glass plate product is taken out from the various types of glass plate products stored based on the order data from the control unit. Thereby, the sorter means can sort various glass plate products into sizes.

The glass sheet products sorted by the sorter means are packed in the pallets for each customer in descending order of size, and after the packing is completed, the pallets for each customer are shipped and managed.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The plate material sorting system according to the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a plate-shaped material sorting system according to the present invention. As shown in the figure, the plate-shaped material sorting system 10 includes a defect mark detector 12, a cutter 14, a folder 16, a sorter 18, a pallet packing device 19, and a controller 20.

The defect mark detector 12 detects a defect mark that is previously marked on the blank plate and inputs the detected defect mark information to the control unit 20. In this case, the defect mark is preliminarily marked on the stock plate stocked in the stock plate receiving part 22, and the stock plate stocked in the stock plate receiving part 22 is detected by the plate mounting device 24.
It is placed on the transport conveyor in the previous step.

Based on the cutting line information from the control unit 20, the cutting machine 14 cuts a blank line conveyed by the conveyor. In this case, the blank is cut so that the glass plate product does not include the portion marked with the defect mark. Then, a label on which a barcode is printed is attached by the first labeling device 26 to each glass plate product arranged on the base plate along the cutting line.

Based on the folding information from the control unit 20, the folding machine 16 folds the blank plate with the cut lines along the cut lines to cut out a glass plate product from the blank plate. The glass plate product cut out from the raw plate is inspected by the folding inspection device 28 for the bent surface of the glass plate product. The defective plate extraction device 30 is the folding inspection device 2
If the broken surface of the glass plate product inspected by 8 is defective, it is taken out from the line as a defective product.

In the post process of the defective plate extracting device 30,
A bar code reader 32 is provided. The first bar code reader 32 reads the bar code of the label attached to the glass plate product determined to be non-defective by the folding inspection device 28, and inputs the information to the control unit 20. The sorter 18 sorts the glass plate products into sizes or the like based on the stock information from the control unit 20. That is, sorter 1
Reference numeral 8 includes a loader, a stocker, and an unloader. The loader sequentially stores the glass plate products whose barcodes are read by the first barcode reader 32 in the stocker. Then, the various types of glass plate products stored in the stocker are taken out by the unloader based on the order information from the control unit 20. Thereby, the glass plate products are sorted by size or the like.

The pallet packing device 19 has a controller 20.
Based on the pallet filling information from the above, the glass plate products taken out by the unloader of the sorter 18 are packed for each pallet specified by the customer. In this case, the glass plate products are packed in each pallet in descending order of size. The second labeling device 34 attaches a label to each pallet for which the customer is designated, based on the labeling information from the control unit 20. The barcode printed on this label is read by a second barcode reader (not shown), and the read pallet information is input to the control unit 20. Then, after reading the pallet information,
Each pallet filled with glass plate products is shipped to the designated customer.

To the control unit 20, the raw plate receiving information is input from the raw plate receiving unit 22 and the order receiving information is input from an order receiving center (not shown). The blank acceptance information includes
It includes data such as raw board type (type, thickness, size), production date, production factory, etc., and the order information includes customer, board type (including thickness), size, surface designation, construction (delivery). place,
It includes data such as the presence or absence of processing and the delivery date.

Then, the control unit 20 outputs the blank plate mounting information to the blank plate receiving unit 22 based on the input blank plate acceptance information and the input order information. Further, the defect mark information is input to the control unit 20 from the defect mark detector 12, and the control unit 20 receives the defect mark information.
Outputs cutting line information to the cutting machine 14 based on the input defect mark information and the input order information. Further, the control unit 20 outputs the labeling information and the folding information to the first labeling device 26 and the folding machine 16, respectively, based on the input defect mark information and the received order information.

Further, inspection information and product information are input to the control unit 20 from the folding inspection apparatus 28 and the first bar code reader 32, respectively, and the control unit 20 controls the sorter 18 and the pallet packing based on the input information. The order information and the palletization information are output to the device 19, respectively. Further, the control unit 20 determines whether the second order based on the order information from the order center.
Outputs labeling information to the labeling device 34, and
The pallet information read by the second barcode reader is input to the control unit 20.

The operation of the plate-shaped material sorting system according to the present invention constructed as described above will be described with reference to the flow chart shown in FIG. First, a plurality of various types of base plates are received in the base plate receiving portion 22 (step 100),
Raw plate acceptance information is previously input to the control unit 20 from the raw plate receiving unit 22. Then, when order information is input to the control unit 20 from an order receiving center (not shown) (step 102), the control unit 20 receives the raw plate mounting information based on the input raw plate acceptance information and order information. Is output to the raw plate receiving section 22. A desired base plate is selected from a plurality of types of base plates received in the base plate receiving portion 22 based on the base plate mounting information (step 104).

The selected blank plate is set by the plate mounting device 24.
It is placed on the conveyor (step 106). When the blank plate placed on the transport conveyor is transported to the defect mark detector 12, the defect mark previously marked on the blank plate is detected by the defect mark detector 12 (step 108). The defect mark information detected by the defect mark detector 12 is input to the control unit 20.

The control unit 20 sets the cut line of the raw sheet being conveyed based on the input defect mark information and the order information from the order receiving center (step 110). This cutting line information is output to the cutting machine 14, and based on the cutting line information, the cutting machine 14 makes a cutting line in the sheet being conveyed (step 11).
2). As a result, various glass plate products are shaped on the raw plate being conveyed.

Then, the control unit 20 outputs the labeling information for attaching the bar codes corresponding to various glass plate products to each glass plate product, to the first labeling device 26. In this case, the barcode is recorded on the label, and the first labeling device 26 attaches the label to the predetermined position of each glass plate product based on the labeling information (step 114).

The control unit 20 also calculates folding information based on the cutting line information and outputs this folding information to the folding machine 16. The folding machine 16 folds the blank plate along the cutting lines inserted in the blank plate based on the folding information (step 116). This allows
Various glass plate products shaped into blanks are cut out. Next, the cut-out various glass plate products are inspected for a fold surface and the like by the fold inspection device 28 (step 118). The disconnection result of a good / defective product such as a folded surface is input to the control unit 20 as inspection information.

Then, the glass plate product which is judged to be defective by the inspection of the folded surface or the like is taken out by the defective product extracting device 30 in the subsequent step (step 120). On the other hand, the glass plate products judged to be non-defective by the inspection of the folding surface etc.
It is transported to the subsequent process. When the glass plate product reaches the first bar code reader 32, the first bar code reader 32 reads the bar code written on the label of the glass plate product (step 122). Further, the first barcode reader 32 inputs the product information read from the barcode into the control unit 20.

The glass plate products whose barcodes have been read are conveyed to the sorter 18, and the conveyed glass plate products are sequentially stored in the stocker by the loader of the sorter 18 (step 126). In this case, the bar code data of each glass plate product stored and the storage position data of the stocker are input to the control unit 20. Then, the glass plate product stored in the stocker is taken out from the stocker to the unloader based on the order information (step 12).
8).

Pallet packing information is input from the control unit 20 to the pallet packing device 19,
Packs the glass plate products taken out by the unloader of the sorter 18 for each pallet designated by the customer based on the pallet filling information (step 130). In this case, the glass plate products are packed in each pallet in descending order of size.

After the pallet is completely clogged, the second labeling device 34 attaches a label to each pallet designated by the customer based on the labeling information from the controller 20 (step 132). The bar code printed on this label is read by a second bar code reader (not shown) (step 134), and the read pallet information is input to the control unit 20 for shipment inspection (step). 136). As a result, the pallets for each customer are managed for shipment.

After completion of reading the pallet information,
Each pallet filled with glass plate products is shipped to the designated customer. The end plate is packed in an arbitrary container and collected as several kinds of fixed sizes. In the above embodiment,
A cut line was made on the blank plate at step 112, and then a label was attached to the glass plate product shaped at step 114, but the present invention is not limited to this, and even if the order of the step of making a cut line and the step of attaching the label is reversed. Good. That is, in step 112, a label is attached to a position corresponding to the glass plate product of the raw plate based on the cutting line information set by the control unit 20, and then, in step 114, the cutting line is cut in the raw plate based on the cutting line information. You can put it in. Further, the label may be attached after the glass plate product is cut out from the raw plate.

Further, in the above embodiment, the palletizing of the glass plate products was performed by the palletizing device 19, but the palletizing of the glass plate products may be performed manually without using the palletizing device 19. In the above-mentioned embodiment, the case where the glass plate is treated by using the plate-shaped material sorting system according to the present invention is not limited to this, and the plate-shaped material sorting system according to the present invention is not limited to the glass plate. It can also be used as a plate-shaped material such as resin, rubber, metal, or nonmetal.

[0027]

As described above, according to the plate-shaped material sorting system of the present invention, the control unit cuts out glass plate products at the optimum cutting yield based on the input blank plate data and order data. The calculation is done on the blank plate. Further, the cutting and folding means cuts out the glass plate product from the raw plate based on the calculation result of the control unit. Further, the sorter means sequentially stores the cut glass plate products, and takes out a desired glass plate product from the various glass plate products stored based on the order data from the control unit. Thereby, the sorter means can sort various glass plate products into sizes.

The glass sheet products sorted by the sorter means are packed in the pallets for each customer in descending order of size, and after the packing is completed, the pallets for each customer are shipped and managed. In this way, various kinds of glass plate products can be sorted by size with the sorter means, so glass plate products can be cut from the raw plate at the optimum yield based on the order data, and the cut glass plate products can be sized. It can be packed in pallets for each customer in descending order.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a plate material sorting system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the sorting system according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Plate-shaped material sorting system 20 ... Control unit 14 ... Cutting machine (cutting and folding means) 16 ... Folding machine (cutting and folding means) 18 ... Sorter (sorting means)

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A control unit for calculating an arrangement on a raw plate for cutting out glass plate products at an optimum cutting yield based on the input raw plate data and order data, and based on a calculation result of the control unit. Cutting and folding means for cutting glass plate products from the base plate, and sequentially storing the cut glass plate products,
Sorter means for taking out a desired glass plate product from the stored various kinds of glass plate products based on the order data from the control unit, and the glass plate product taken out by the sorter means is sorted by customer. A sorting system for plate-like materials, characterized in that the pallets are packed in descending order of size, and the pallets for each customer are shipped and managed.