KR20190081884A - Facility and method for combining multiple processes - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a facility and method for combining multiple processes for manufacturing a vehicle lamp and, more specifically, to a facility and method for combining a cooling process, an airtight inspection process, and a component inspection process. The facility for combining multiple processes according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a plurality of jigs arranged radially about a rotation shaft and fixedly mounting the vehicle lamp; a rotating device for rotating the plurality of jigs about the rotation shaft such that the plurality of jigs are located in a loading region, a cooling process region, an airtight inspection process region, and a component inspection process region in order; an airtight inspection device for performing the airtight inspection process on the cooled vehicle lamp in the airtight inspection process region after the vehicle lamp put in the loading region is cooled in the cooling process region; and a component inspection device for performing the component inspection process on the vehicle lamp in which the airtight inspection process is completed in the component inspection process region.

Description

{Facility and method for combining multiple processes}

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a facility and a method of combining a plurality of processes for manufacturing a lamp for a vehicle, and more particularly, to a facility and a method of combining a cooling process, a tightness inspection process and a parts inspection process.

Generally, the vehicle has a lighting function for easily confirming an object located in the vicinity of the vehicle at nighttime driving, and a lamp having a signal function for notifying other vehicle or road users of the running state of the vehicle.

For example, headlights and fog lights are mainly aimed at lighting functions. Direction lights, taillights, taillights and side markers are mainly used for signal functions. In some cases, lighting functions and signal functions .

The lamp is largely composed of a light source, a lamp housing and a lens, and by assembling each component, a lamp can be produced.

Meanwhile, the process of assembling the lamp housing and the lens is composed of a plurality of processes. The greater the number of processes, the lower the production efficiency. Further, in the case of involving a plurality of processes, a separate space is required for each process.

Therefore, the emergence of an invention for reducing the number of processes involved and the number of spaces for assembly in assembling a lamp is required.

Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2004-0088909 (Oct. 20, 2004)

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a method of assembling a lamp housing and a lens of a vehicle lamp, in which the cooling process, the airtight inspection process, and the component inspection process are performed by a single facility.

The problems of the present invention are not limited to the above-mentioned problems, and other problems not mentioned can be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the following description.

In order to accomplish the above object, the present invention provides a multi-process hybrid installation for performing a cooling process, an airtight inspection process, and a component inspection process on a vehicle lamp according to an embodiment of the present invention, A plurality of jigs arranged to be fixedly mounted on the vehicle lamp; A rotating device for rotating the plurality of jigs around the rotation axis so that the plurality of jigs are sequentially positioned in a loading area, a cooling process area, an airtight inspection process area, and a parts inspection process area; A hermetic-seal inspection apparatus for performing the hermetic seal inspection process on the cooled vehicle lamp in the hermetic seal inspection process region after the vehicle lamp inserted in the loading region is cooled in the cooling process zone; And a component inspection apparatus for performing the component inspection process on the vehicle lamp in which the airtight inspection process is completed in the component inspection process region.

Further, in order to solve the above-described problems, a multi-process hybrid installation including a plurality of jigs arranged in a radial manner about a rotation axis and fixedly mounting a vehicle lamp according to an embodiment of the present invention is installed in a cooling process, And a component inspecting process, wherein the multi-process compound performing method comprises rotating the plurality of jigs so that a vehicle lamp mounted in a loading area moves from the loading area to a cooling process area ; Performing a cooling process on the automotive lamp in the cooling process zone; Rotating the plurality of jigs such that the cooled vehicle lamp is moved from the cooling process zone to an airtightness inspection process zone; Rotating the plurality of jigs so that the vehicle lamp having completed the airtight inspection process moves from the airtight inspection process zone to the component inspection process zone; And performing a component inspection process on the vehicle lamp in which the airtight inspection process is completed in the component inspection process region.

Other specific details of the invention are included in the detailed description and drawings.

The embodiments of the present invention have at least the following effects.

According to the present invention, since the cooling process, the airtight inspecting process, and the component inspecting process are performed by one facility in assembling the lamp housing and the lamp of the vehicle lamp, there is an advantage of reducing the time required for assembling the lamp and space for assembling have.

The effects according to the present invention are not limited by the contents exemplified above, and more various effects are included in the specification.

1 is a perspective view of a multi-process complex plant according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a cut-away view of a multi-process hybrid plant according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 to 12 are schematic views of a multi-process complex facility according to an embodiment of the present invention.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The advantages and features of the present invention and the manner of achieving them will become apparent with reference to the embodiments described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. The present invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art. To fully disclose the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art, and the invention is only defined by the scope of the claims. Like reference numerals refer to like elements throughout the specification.

Unless defined otherwise, all terms (including technical and scientific terms) used herein may be used in a sense commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. Also, commonly used predefined terms are not ideally or excessively interpreted unless explicitly defined otherwise.

The terminology used herein is for the purpose of illustrating embodiments and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention. In the present specification, the singular form includes plural forms unless otherwise specified in the specification. The terms " comprises "and / or" comprising "used in the specification do not exclude the presence or addition of one or more other elements in addition to the stated element.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a multi-processing complex facility 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The process complex facility is configured to perform the cooling process, the airtight process, and the component inspection process.

The vehicle lamp is produced by assembling the lamp housing and the lens, and the cooling process is a process of cooling the adhesive applied on the adhesion surface of the lamp housing and the lens. The airtightness inspection process is a process to check whether the lamp housing and the lens are properly adhered. It measures the pressure inside the lamp or measures the degree of leakage of air from the inside of the lamp. The parts inspection process is a process to check whether the parts are normally mounted on the lamp and perform the function normally.

The prior art uses a facility for performing the cooling process, the airtight inspection process, and the component inspection process, respectively, for the production of a lamp for a vehicle. As each process is carried out with different equipment, it takes a lot of space and cost to install the equipment, and there has been a problem that a network must be established for managing the traceability of the products between the respective facilities.

In order to solve such a disadvantage, the multi-process complex installation 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention is composed of a single facility that performs both the cooling process, the airtight inspection process, and the component inspection process. Further, the multi-function complex facility 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention collects and records the performance details of the above processes.

The configuration of the multi-process complex facility 1 will be described with reference to FIG. 2 to FIG. Fig. 2 is a cut-away view of a multi-process hybrid installation 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. 3 is a schematic diagram of a multi-process complex facility 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. 4 is a schematic diagram of a multi-process complex facility 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 2 shows a schematic view of a multi-process hybrid plant 1 cut along the plane A shown in Fig.

The multifunctional combined equipment 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention includes a rotating device 9, a hermetic testing device 12, a plurality of jigs 13, a component testing device 15, a first transfer device 16, A second transfer device 17, a driving part (not shown), a rotation control part (not shown), and a process history recording device (not shown).

The plurality of jigs 13 are radially arranged around the rotary shaft 6. In the embodiment of the present invention, six jigs 13 are mounted on the multi-processing complex facility 1, but different numbers of jigs can be mounted. Also, in the embodiment of the present invention, a plurality of jigs 13 are mounted on the multi-processing complex facility 1 at regular intervals, but they can be mounted with different distances.

The plurality of jigs 13 are rotated by the rotary device 9. [ In the embodiment of the present invention, the rotary device 9 includes a first rotary part 7 rotated by the rotational power of a driving part (not shown) and a second rotary part 7 connecting the first rotary part 7 and the plurality of jigs 13 (8).

The rotating device 9 receives rotational power by a driving unit (not shown), and the rotational speed can be controlled by a rotation control unit (not shown). The driving unit may be constituted by a motor that outputs rotational power. When the first rotating portion 7 and the second rotating portion 8 are rotated by the rotational power outputted from the driving portion, a plurality of jigs 13 connected to the second rotating portion 8 are rotated together. The rotation control unit may control the rotation speed of the rotation device 9 by adjusting the output of the driving unit.

In the example of the present invention, the first rotating part 7 and the second rotating part 8 are constituted by independent members, but they may be integrally formed. In the embodiment of the present invention, the plurality of jigs 13 are connected to the second rotating portion 8 formed in a radial shape, but the plurality of jigs 13 are mounted on the lower rotating plate, It may be configured to rotate in conjunction therewith.

The plurality of jigs 13 are rotated by the rotary device 9 so as to be sequentially positioned in the loading area 2, the cooling process area 3, the airtight inspection process area 4, and the parts inspection process area 5 . The loading region 2 is a region into which a lamp for a vehicle is inserted into a plurality of jigs 13. The cooling process region 3 is a region where the cooling process is performed in which the lamp for the vehicle, which is loaded in the loading region 2, is naturally cooled. The airtightness inspection process area 4 is an area for performing the airtightness inspection process on the cooled vehicle lamp. The component inspection process region 5 is an area for performing the component inspection process on the vehicle lamp in which the airtight inspection process is completed.

The rotation control unit moves to the rear hermetic sealing process region 4 located in the cooling process zone 3 during the time required for the cooling process of the plurality of jigs 13, (9) so as to move to a rear component inspection process zone (5) located in the component inspection process zone (4) and to move to a rear loading zone (2) located in the component inspection process zone (5) Can be controlled.

The multifunctional combined equipment 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention includes one jig in the loading area 2, three jigs in the cooling process area 3, one jig in the airtight inspection process area 4, One jig is disposed in the processing region 5. [ Depending on the time required for each process, it is possible to arrange different numbers of jigs in each process area. For example, two jigs are placed in the loading area 2, two jigs in the cooling process area 3, one jig in the airtight inspection process area 4 and two jigs in the parts inspection process area 5 can do. In this case, the size of the cooling process area 3 in the multi-process complex facility 1 is reduced, and the size of the component inspection process area 5 is increased.

The hermeticity inspection device 12 is mounted on the plurality of jigs 13 so that the hermeticity inspection process can be performed on the vehicle lamp. Alternatively, the plurality of jigs 13 can be fixedly mounted on the vehicle lamp, and the airtightness inspection device 12 can be detached from the plurality of jigs 13 and mounted in the airtightness inspection process region 4. [

Further, the plurality of jigs 13 are composed of a common jig so that both the vehicle lamp installed on the front left side of the vehicle and the vehicle lamp provided on the front right side of the vehicle can be fixedly mounted.

Since the plurality of jigs 13 are constituted by a common jig, it is possible to carry out a process for a vehicle lamp installed on the front left side of the vehicle and a vehicle lamp provided on the front right side of the vehicle without jig replacement. Therefore, it takes no time to replace the jig, thereby reducing the time required for the entire process.

The airtight inspection process area 4 is equipped with a first transfer device 16 carrying a vehicle lamp whose airtightness inspection result is determined to be defective. The first transporter 16 is provided with a plurality of jigs 13 and a plurality of defective lamps 14 so as to be mounted on the defective lamp takeout unit 14 after lifting the vehicle lamp mounted on the plurality of jigs 13 Respectively. Alternatively, the first transfer device 16 may be mounted at another position, such as a side surface of a plurality of jigs 13, to transfer the vehicle lamp.

In the parts inspection process area 5, the second transfer device 17 and the parts inspection device 15 are mounted. The second transfer device 17 is a device for transferring the vehicle lamp having undergone the hermetic inspection to the parts inspection device 15. [ The second transfer device 17 is provided on the upper portion of the plurality of jigs 13 and the parts inspection device 15 so as to mount the vehicle lamp mounted on the plurality of jigs 13 up and to mount the lamp on the parts inspection device 15. [ Respectively. Alternatively, the second transfer device 17 may be mounted at another position, such as a side surface of the plurality of jigs 13, to transfer the vehicle lamp.

The parts inspection apparatus 15 is an apparatus for performing a parts inspection process on a vehicle lamp having been subjected to a hermetic inspection. The parts inspection apparatus 15 performs a function of checking whether the vehicle lamp is assembled normally, parts of the vehicle lamp are operating normally, and the like.

The process details recording apparatus is a device in which the details of the cooling process, the airtight inspection process, and the component inspection process are recorded, and can be configured as a storage device capable of storing data. The process details may include the operator, the time spent in each process, the results of the inspection, and so on.

In the multi-process complex facility 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention, since a plurality of processes are performed in one facility, it is not necessary to construct a network for process detail linkage unlike the conventional technology. That is, a plurality of process details can be recorded through the process history recording device mounted on the multi-process complex facility 1. [

When the cooling process, the airtight inspection process, and the parts inspection process are completed, the barcode may be attached to the vehicle lamp so that the details of the cooling process, the airtight inspection process, and the parts inspection process performed on the vehicle lamp can be traced.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the cooling process, the air tightness inspection process, and the parts inspection process are performed on the vehicle lamp that is mounted on the plurality of jigs 13 in the single multi-function complex facility 1 and rotates. Hereinafter, a method of performing the process of the multi-process complex facility 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 5 to 12. FIG.

5 to 12 are schematic views of a multi-process complex facility 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. 5 to 12 show a schematic view of a multi-process hybrid plant 1 cut along the plane A shown in Fig. Figs. 5 to 12 show a procedure in which the vehicle lamp 10 mounted on the reference jig 11 is processed using one of the plurality of jigs 13 as the reference jig 11. Fig.

5 to 12, a vehicle lamp 10 is fixedly mounted on a reference jig 11 by a loading device (not shown) in a loading area 2 (M1). Since the plurality of jigs 13 are constituted by a common jig, the vehicle lamp 10 mounted on the reference jig 11 can be a vehicle lamp installed on the front left side of the vehicle or a vehicle lamp installed on the front right side of the vehicle. The loading device may be composed of a multi-process complex facility 1 and an external robot independent of the multi-processing complex facility 1 or a robot mounted on the multi-process complex facility 1. [

The reference jig 11 into which the lamp 10 for a vehicle is inserted is moved to the cooling process zone 3 by the rotation device 9 (M2). At this time, rotation of the reference jig 11 to the position of the adjacent jig is referred to as unit rotation. That is, the reference jig moves in the loading region 2 to the cooling process region 3 once per unit rotation.

In the embodiment of the present invention, since three jigs are located in the cooling process zone 3, the unit jig 11 must perform three unit rotations in order to pass through the cooling process zone 3 (M3, M4, M5 ). The vehicle lamp 10 mounted on the reference jig 11 can be naturally cooled while the reference jig 11 rotates three times in units. The reference jig 11 rotates three times and moves to the airtight inspection process region 4 in the cooling process region 3 (M3, M4, and M5).

In the airtight inspection process region 4, the airtightness inspection apparatus 12 performs the airtight inspection process on the cooled vehicle lamp 10. Since the hermeticity inspection apparatus 12 in the multi-processing complex facility 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention is mounted on the plurality of jigs 13, the hermeticity inspection apparatus 12 mounted on the reference jig 11 performs hermeticity inspection The process is carried out. Alternatively, when the airtight inspection apparatus is mounted separately from the plurality of jigs 13 in the airtight inspection process region, the airtight inspection process can be performed by the separately mounted airtight inspection apparatus.

The vehicle lamp 10 judged as a gas tightness in the airtight inspecting process is transferred to the defective lamp takeout unit 14 by the first transfer device 16 (M6). The lamp for a vehicle, which is carried on the defective lamp take-off part 14, can be taken out from the multi-processing complex facility 1 by a worker or a robot.

The vehicle lamp 10 determined to be good in the airtight inspecting process is moved to the component inspecting process area 5 by the reference jig 11 which rotates once per unit (M7).

In the parts inspection process area 5, the vehicle lamp 10 is transferred to the parts inspection apparatus 15 by the second transfer apparatus 17 (M8). The parts inspection apparatus 15 carries out a parts inspection process for the vehicle lamp 10 having completed the hermeticity inspection. The vehicle lamp 10, which has completed the component inspection process, can be taken out from the multi-process hybrid installation 1 by an operator or a robot. Further, the barcode may be attached to the vehicle lamp 10 so that the details of the cooling process, the air tightness inspection process, and the parts inspection process performed on the vehicle lamp 10 can be traced.

In the above description, the multi-process complex facility 1 performs the cooling process, the airtight inspection process, and the component inspection process with one facility. Therefore, compared to the conventional technology using the facility for each process, The cost can be reduced. Further, since the details of the cooling process, the airtight inspection process, and the component inspection process are managed in one facility, product traceability to a plurality of process details can be efficiently performed compared to the conventional technology.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the present invention may be embodied in other specific forms without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics thereof. It is therefore to be understood that the above-described embodiments are illustrative in all aspects and not restrictive. The scope of the present invention is defined by the appended claims rather than the detailed description and all changes or modifications derived from the meaning and scope of the claims and their equivalents are to be construed as being included within the scope of the present invention do.

1: Multiple process complex facility 2: Loading area
3: Cooling process area 4: Confidential inspection process area
5: Component inspection process area 6:
7: first rotating part 8: second rotating part
9: Rotating device 10: Vehicle lamp
11: Reference jig 12: Confidential inspection device
13: plurality of jigs 14: defective lamp outlet portion
15: parts inspection device 16: first transfer device
17: Second transfer device

Claims (12)

1. A multi-process hybrid installation for performing a cooling process, an airtight inspection process, and a component inspection process on a vehicle lamp,
A plurality of jigs arranged radially around a rotation axis and fixedly mounting the vehicle lamp;
A rotating device for rotating the plurality of jigs around the rotation axis so that the plurality of jigs are sequentially positioned in a loading area, a cooling process area, an airtight inspection process area, and a parts inspection process area;
A hermetic-seal inspection apparatus for performing the hermetic seal inspection process on the cooled vehicle lamp in the hermetic seal inspection process region after the vehicle lamp inserted in the loading region is cooled in the cooling process zone; And
And a component inspection apparatus for performing the component inspection process on the vehicle lamp in which the airtight inspection process is completed in the component inspection process region. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the airtight inspection apparatus is mounted on each of the plurality of jigs. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the plurality of jigs is constituted by six jigs. The method of claim 3,
Wherein the plurality of jigs has one jig in the loading region, three jigs in the cooling process region, one jig in the airtightness inspection process region, and one jig in the component inspection process region Multi - process complex installations, deployed. The method according to claim 1,
Further comprising a first transfer device for taking out a lamp for a vehicle determined to be defective in accordance with the result of the airtight inspection process. The method according to claim 1,
Further comprising a second transfer device for transferring the vehicle lamp, which has completed the airtight inspection process, to the parts inspection device. The method according to claim 1,
The rotation device moves to the airtightness inspection process area after being located in the cooling process area for a period of time required for the cooling process, and the rotating device is located in the airtightness inspection process area for the time required for the airtightness inspection process Wherein the plurality of jigs are rotated to move to the component inspection process area and move to the loading area after being located in the component inspection process area for a time required for the component inspection process. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the plurality of jigs comprises a vehicle lamp installed on a front left side of the vehicle and a common jig capable of fixing and mounting a vehicle lamp installed on a front right side of the vehicle. The method according to claim 1,
Further comprising a process history recording device for recording the details of the cooling process, the airtight inspection process, and the parts inspection process performed on the vehicle lamp. A multi-process compounding method comprising a plurality of jigs arranged radially with respect to a rotation axis and fixedly mounting a vehicle lamp, performs a cooling process, a tightness inspection process, and a component inspection process on the vehicle lamp As a result,
Rotating the plurality of jigs such that a vehicle lamp mounted in the loading area moves from the loading area to the cooling process area;
Performing a cooling process on the automotive lamp in the cooling process zone;
Rotating the plurality of jigs such that the cooled vehicle lamp is moved from the cooling process zone to an airtightness inspection process zone;
Rotating the plurality of jigs so that the vehicle lamp having completed the airtight inspection process moves from the airtight inspection process zone to the component inspection process zone; And
And performing a component inspection process on the vehicle lamp in which the airtight inspection process is completed in the component inspection process area. 11. The method of claim 10,
Further comprising the step of recording a history of the cooling process, the airtightness inspection process, and the parts inspection process for the vehicle lamp having completed the parts inspection process. 11. The method of claim 10,
Further comprising the step of extracting a lamp for a vehicle determined to be defective in accordance with the result of the airtight inspection process.

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