WO2018061115A1 - Absorbent article manufacturing equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

This absorbent article manufacturing equipment (10), in which multiple kinds of materials are used to manufacture an absorbent article, is characterized by having: a processing part (14) in which the materials are processed while being made to flow in a flow direction (D1); a delivering device zone (Z1) in which a plurality of delivering devices (20) for delivering the material from a material coil to the processing part (14) are installed; a material coil zone (Z3) in which a plurality of new material coils are installed; and a robot zone (Z2), in which mounting robots (30) that obtain the new material coil installed in the material coil zone (Z3) and mount the new material coil 3 to the delivering devices (20), move, wherein these zones (Z1, Z2, Z3) are provided on the same floor in the vertical direction, along the flow direction (D1), and the delivering device zone (Z1), the robot zone (Z2), and the material coil zone (Z3) are provided to be arranged in this order in the horizontal direction (D2) perpendicular to the flow direction.

Description

Absorbent product manufacturing equipment

The present invention relates to an absorbent article manufacturing facility.

An absorbent article manufacturing facility for manufacturing absorbent articles using a plurality of types of materials is already well known.

The absorbent article manufacturing apparatus is provided with an absorbent article manufacturing apparatus, and the absorbent article manufacturing apparatus includes a processing unit that processes the material while flowing the material in the flow direction, and a material coil around which the material is wound. And a feeding device that feeds the material from the material coil toward the processing unit, and an attachment robot for attaching an unused new material coil to the feeding device. In addition, the absorbent article manufacturing facility has a place (zone) where a plurality of unused new material coils are installed for each of a plurality of types of materials, and the mounting robot obtains the new material coils from here and feeds them out. Attach to.

US Patent Application Publication No. 2016/60061

Conventionally, there has been a problem that the size of the absorbent article manufacturing facility is increased due to the fact that the above-described absorbent article manufacturing apparatus and the like are not efficiently arranged. Therefore, it is required to make the absorbent article manufacturing facility compact.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and an object of the present invention is to realize a compact absorbent article manufacturing facility.

The main invention for achieving the above object is an absorbent article manufacturing facility for manufacturing absorbent articles using a plurality of types of materials,
A processing section for processing the material while flowing the material in the flow direction;
A feeding device zone in which a material coil around which the material is wound is attached and a feeding device that feeds the material from the material coil toward the processing unit is installed for each of the plurality of types of materials; and
A material coil zone in which a plurality of unused new material coils are installed for each of the plurality of types of materials,
An attachment robot for acquiring the new material coil installed in the material coil zone and attaching the new material coil to the feeding device, a moving robot zone,
Have
The feeding device zone, the robot zone, and the material coil zone are:
Provided on the same floor in the vertical direction, and along the flow direction,
In this absorbent article manufacturing facility, the feeding device zone, the robot zone, and the material coil zone are arranged in this order in the horizontal direction orthogonal to the flow direction.

Other features of the present invention will be clarified by the description of the present specification and the accompanying drawings.

According to the present invention, it is possible to realize a compact absorbent article manufacturing facility.

It is an upper surface conceptual diagram when the absorbent article manufacturing equipment 10 which concerns on this Embodiment (1st embodiment) is seen from upper direction. It is an upper surface conceptual diagram when the absorbent article manufacturing equipment 10 which concerns on 2nd embodiment is seen from upper direction. It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating the 1st arrangement | positioning form of the feeding apparatus. It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating the 2nd arrangement | positioning form of the feeding apparatus. It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating the 3rd arrangement | positioning form of the feeding apparatus. It is an upper surface conceptual diagram when the absorbent article manufacturing equipment 10 which concerns on 3rd embodiment is seen from upper direction. It is an upper surface conceptual diagram when the absorbent article manufacturing equipment 10 which concerns on 4th embodiment is seen from upper direction.

At least the following matters will become clear from the description of this specification and the accompanying drawings.

An absorbent article manufacturing facility for manufacturing absorbent articles using a plurality of types of materials,
A processing section for processing the material while flowing the material in the flow direction;
A feeding device zone in which a material coil around which the material is wound is attached and a feeding device that feeds the material from the material coil toward the processing unit is installed for each of the plurality of types of materials; and
A material coil zone in which a plurality of unused new material coils are installed for each of the plurality of types of materials,
An attachment robot for acquiring the new material coil installed in the material coil zone and attaching the new material coil to the feeding device, a moving robot zone,
Have
The feeding device zone, the robot zone, and the material coil zone are:
Provided on the same floor in the vertical direction, and along the flow direction,
An absorbent article manufacturing facility, wherein the equipment is provided in the order of the feeding device zone, the robot zone, and the material coil zone in an orthogonal horizontal direction orthogonal to the flow direction.

According to such an absorbent article manufacturing facility, it is possible to realize a compact absorbent article manufacturing facility.

Such an absorbent article manufacturing facility,
A coil conveying member zone in which a coil conveying member that conveys the new material coil moves to the material coil zone;
The feeding device zone, the robot zone, the material coil zone, and the coil conveying member zone are:
Provided on the same floor in the vertical direction, and along the flow direction,
In the orthogonal horizontal direction, it is desirable that the feeding device zone, the robot zone, the material coil zone, and the coil conveying member zone are arranged in this order.

According to such an absorbent article manufacturing facility, it is possible to further reduce the size of the absorbent article manufacturing facility.

Such an absorbent article manufacturing facility,
A plurality of the coil conveying member zones;
Connected to each of the plurality of coil conveying member zones, having a conveying member moving path along the orthogonal horizontal direction,
It is desirable that a material coil storage unit for storing the material coil is connected to the transport member moving path.

According to such an absorbent article manufacturing facility, it is possible to further reduce the size of the absorbent article manufacturing facility.

Such an absorbent article manufacturing facility,
A hot melt apparatus for generating a hot melt adhesive for applying to the material to be processed in the processing section by melting an adhesive before melting, a hot melt apparatus zone in which the hot melt apparatus is installed,
An adhesive conveying member zone that moves an adhesive conveying member that conveys the pre-melting adhesive to the hot melt device zone, and
It is desirable that the hot melt apparatus zone and the adhesive transport member zone are provided on the same floor in the vertical direction and are along the flow direction.

According to such an absorbent article manufacturing facility, it is possible to further reduce the size of the absorbent article manufacturing facility.

Such an absorbent article manufacturing facility,
As the processing portion, a first processing portion and a second processing portion,
As said coil conveyance member zone and said adhesive conveyance member zone, the 1st coil conveyance member zone corresponding to said 1st processing part, the 1st adhesive conveyance member zone, and the 2nd coil conveyance corresponding to said 2nd processing part A member zone, a second adhesive transport member zone,
The first coil conveying member zone and the second adhesive conveying member zone are adjacent,
At least one of the coil conveying member that moves in the first coil conveying member zone and the adhesive conveying member that moves in the second adhesive conveying member zone is both the new material coil and the pre-melting adhesive. It is desirable to transport.

According to such an absorbent article manufacturing facility, it is possible to quickly carry the material coil and the adhesive before melting.

Such an absorbent article manufacturing facility,
As the processing portion, a first processing portion and a second processing portion,
As the feeding device zone, the robot zone, and the material coil zone, a first feeding device zone, a first robot zone, a first material coil zone corresponding to the first processing unit, and a second processing unit corresponding to the second processing unit. A two-feeding device zone, a second robot zone, a second material coil zone,
The coil conveying member zone is a common zone corresponding to both the first processing portion and the second processing portion,
The feeding device zone, the robot zone, the material coil zone, and the coil conveying member zone are:
In the orthogonal horizontal direction, the first feeding device zone, the first robot zone, the first material coil zone, the coil conveying member zone, the second material coil zone, the second robot zone, and the second feeding device. It is desirable that they are arranged in the order of the zones.

According to such an absorbent article manufacturing facility, it is possible to further reduce the size of the absorbent article manufacturing facility.

Such an absorbent article manufacturing facility,
The mounting robot preferably moves along the flow direction while maintaining a posture in which the width of the mounting robot in the orthogonal horizontal direction is smaller than the width of the mounting robot in the flow direction.

According to such an absorbent article manufacturing facility, it is possible to further reduce the size of the absorbent article manufacturing facility.

Such an absorbent article manufacturing facility,
It is desirable that the attachment robot removes the used material coil from the feeding device and discards it in a predetermined disposal place.

According to such an absorbent article manufacturing facility, it is possible to further reduce the size of the absorbent article manufacturing facility.

Such an absorbent article manufacturing facility,
It is desirable that the disposal place be provided on the latter side of the feeding device zone side and the material coil zone side of the robot zone in the orthogonal horizontal direction.

According to such an absorbent article manufacturing facility, it is possible to place the disposal place in an appropriate place in the absorbent article manufacturing facility.

Such an absorbent article manufacturing facility,
In the material coil zone, a plurality of material coil groups in which a plurality of new material coils of the same type are arranged are installed for each of the plurality of types of materials,
In the material coil group, it is desirable that the winding directions of the plurality of new material coils are all aligned.

According to such an absorbent article manufacturing facility, the operation of the mounting robot can be simplified.

Such an absorbent article manufacturing facility,
The feeding device has a material coil mounting shaft for supporting the material coil,
When the mounting robot attaches the new material coil in the mounting direction, the new material coil is inserted into the material coil mounting shaft,
Among the feeding devices, there is a forward rotation feeding device in which the material coil rotates forward as viewed from the mounting direction and a reverse rotation feeding device in which the material coil rotates backward when the material is fed out from the material coil,
It is desirable that the winding direction of the new material coil corresponding to the forward rotation feeding device is opposite to the winding direction of the new material coil corresponding to the reverse rotation feeding device.

Such an absorbent article manufacturing facility makes it possible to further simplify the operation of the mounting robot.

Such an absorbent article manufacturing facility,
It is preferable that the attachment robot attaches the new material coil to the feeding device after acquiring the new material coil installed in the material coil zone and moving in the flow direction.

According to such an absorbent article manufacturing facility, it is possible to further reduce the size of the absorbent article manufacturing facility.

Such an absorbent article manufacturing facility,
The feeding device is preferably provided on a frame separate from the processing portion.

According to such an absorbent article manufacturing facility, it is possible to further reduce the size of the absorbent article manufacturing facility.

Such an absorbent article manufacturing facility,
Among the feeding devices installed in the feeding device zone,
A first device arranged at a position where the feeding direction of the material is along the orthogonal horizontal direction;
The second device arranged at a position where the feeding direction of the material is along the flow direction and introduced into the processing unit without changing the direction of the fed material;
At least two of the third devices arranged at a position where the feeding direction of the material is along the flow direction and the direction of the fed material is changed and introduced into the processing unit are mixed. It is desirable that

According to such an absorbent article manufacturing facility, it is possible to further reduce the size of the absorbent article manufacturing facility.

Such an absorbent article manufacturing facility,
When the material types corresponding to each of a plurality of the feeding devices are arranged in the order of installation of the feeding devices in the flow direction, the material type order,
It is preferable that the new material coils installed in the material coil zone are arranged in the order of the material types in the flow direction.

According to such an absorbent article manufacturing facility, it is possible to shorten the moving distance of the attachment robot when performing the operation of acquiring the new material coil installed in the material coil zone and attaching the new material coil to the feeding device. it can.

=== About Absorbent Article Manufacturing Equipment 10 According to the Present Embodiment ===
FIG. 1 is a conceptual top view when the absorbent article manufacturing facility 10 according to the present embodiment is viewed from above. The absorbent article manufacturing facility 10 is an facility that manufactures absorbent articles using a plurality of types of materials 1, and the absorbent article manufacturing facility 10 is provided with an absorbent article manufacturing apparatus 12. Examples of absorbent articles include unfolded or pant-type disposable diapers, sanitary napkins, urine pads, etc., but any article that absorbs the excretion fluid of the wearer It does n’t matter. Moreover, as the material 1, a continuous sheet of fiber aggregate, for example, a soft and flexible continuous sheet such as a nonwoven fabric or tissue is used.

The absorbent article manufacturing device 12 includes a processing unit 14, a feeding device 20, an attachment robot 30, a material coil AGV 38 (material automatic guided vehicle) as an example of a coil conveying member, a hot melt device 40, AGV48 for adhesives (automated guided vehicle for adhesives) as an example of an adhesive transporting member.

In the present embodiment, the processing unit 14 is provided on the first floor, while the feeding device 20, the mounting robot 30, the material coil AGV 38, the hot melt device 40, and the adhesive AGV 48 are on the second floor. Is provided. That is, the absorbent article manufacturing apparatus 12 is provided across a plurality of floors prepared in the absorbent article manufacturing facility 10.

The processing unit 14 processes the material 1 while flowing the material 1 in the flow direction (the flow direction is indicated by an arrow D1 in FIG. 1). That is, a plurality of types of materials 1 are fed by a later-described feeding device 20 corresponding to each material 1, and each fed material 1 joins the processing unit 14 and is conveyed in the flow direction D1. The material 1 conveyed in the flow direction D1 is subjected to processing such as pressing, cutting, and bonding (performed by the adhesive generated by the hot melt device 40) by various processing units. The absorbent article is finally produced by polymerization with a suitable member.

The feeding device 20 is a device to which the material coil 3 around which the material 1 is wound is attached, and the material 1 is fed from the material coil 3 toward the processing unit 14. A plurality of the feeding devices 20 are provided for each of a plurality of types of materials 1. In FIG. 1, as an example, five feeding devices 20 are shown, and these feeding devices 20 are arranged in the order of the flow direction D1, the first feeding device 21, the second feeding device 22, the third feeding device 23, and the second feeding device. They are called a four-feeding device 24 and a fifth feeding device 25. The plurality of feeding devices 20 are installed in the feeding device zone Z1 provided in the absorbent article manufacturing facility 10 along the flow direction D1.

The feeding device 20 has a pair of material coil attachment portions (specifically, a material coil attachment shaft 20a), and the material coil 3 is attached to each of the pair of material coil attachment shafts 20a. The material 1 is fed out from one of the material coils 3 (referred to as one side material coil), and the fed out material 1 is supplied to the processing unit 14.

Also, the feeding device 20 has a so-called material splicing function. That is, the material splicing that connects the material 1 of the other material coil 3 (referred to as the other material coil) to the material 1 of the one material coil before the material 1 to be fed out of the one material coil is cut is the feeding device 20. Executed in In the present embodiment, both materials 1 are affixed with a double-sided tape, and then the material 1 of the one-side material coil immediately before disappearing is cut and separated (therefore, the feeding device 20 includes one of the both materials). And a pressing device (not shown) for fixing the attachment by the double-sided tape and a cutting device (not shown) for cutting the material 1). Then, this time, the material 1 is fed out from the other side material coil, and the one side material coil (the one with a small amount of material 1 remaining in the paper tube, called a used material coil) is attached by the mounting robot 30 described later. Removed. Then, instead of removing the used material coil 3, an unused new material coil 3 is attached to the feeding device 20 by the attachment robot 30. When the material 1 fed out from the other side material coil is almost gone, the material 1 of the attached new material coil is succeeded.

Note that these feeding devices 20 are provided in a separate frame from the processing unit 14 described above. That is, while the feeding device 20 is provided on the frame for the feeding device 20, each device of the processing unit 14 is provided on the frame for the processing unit 14, and both the frames are completely separate.

Therefore, the absorbent article manufacturing facility 10 can be made compact. In other words, if the feeding device 20 is provided on the frame of the processing unit 14, the feeding device 20 must be installed while avoiding physical interference with the processing unit 14, resulting in restrictions on the installation location. This makes it impossible to place them efficiently. Therefore, there arises a disadvantage that a large amount of space is required for installing a certain number of feeding devices 20. On the other hand, when the frame is separated as in the present embodiment, the above-described restrictions on the installation location do not occur, so that the feeding device 20 can be installed efficiently. Therefore, the absorbent article manufacturing facility 10 can be made compact.

The attachment robot 30 is for acquiring an unused new material coil 3 installed in a material coil zone Z3, which will be described later, and attaching the new material coil 3 to the feeding device 20. The attachment robot 30 according to the present embodiment also has a function of removing the used material coil 3 from the feeding device 20 and discarding it at a predetermined disposal place P.

The mounting robot 30 is a known so-called articulated robot, and has an arm 30a having a plurality of joints. The arm 30 a is provided with a gripping part for gripping the new material coil 3 and the used material coil 3. Note that the mounting robot 30 according to the present embodiment can grip the new material coil 3 and the used material coil 3 at the same time.

Further, the number of the attachment robots 30 may be one, but in the present embodiment, a plurality of attachment robots 30 are provided. However, the number thereof is smaller than that of the feeding device 20. In FIG. 1, two attachment robots 30 are shown as an example, and these attachment robots 30 are referred to as a first attachment robot 31 and a second attachment robot 32 in the order of the flow direction D1. In FIG. 1, the state in which the first attachment robot 31 moves with the arm 30a folded and the state in which the second attachment robot 32 extends the arm 30a and attaches the new material coil 3 are conceptually shown. Represents.

Also, these attachment robots 30 can move so that the moving direction is along the flow direction D1. In other words, the absorbent article manufacturing facility 10 is provided with a robot zone Z2 in which the attachment robot 30 moves, and the robot zone Z2 is along the flow direction D1. In the present embodiment, a movement path 34 common to a plurality (two) of the attachment robots 30 is provided in the robot zone Z2, and each of the plurality of attachment robots 30 moves on the movement path 34. ing.

As shown in the first attachment robot 31 in FIG. 1, the attachment robot 30 according to this embodiment is attached in the orthogonal horizontal direction (indicated by an arrow D2 in FIG. 1) perpendicular to the flow direction D1. The robot moves along the flow direction D1 while maintaining a posture in which the width W2 of the robot is smaller than the width W1 of the attached robot in the flow direction D1. That is, the width W2 in the orthogonal horizontal direction D2 of the mounting robot 30 that moves while the arm 30a is folded is smaller than the width W1 in the flow direction D1. Therefore, the zone width of the robot zone Z2 can be narrowed, and the absorbent article manufacturing facility 10 can be made compact.

And the attachment robot 30 according to the present embodiment operates as follows (the operation of attaching to the fifth feeding device 25 of the five feeding devices 20 will be described as an example). Here, before describing the operation of the mounting robot 30, the material coil zone Z3 will be described first.

In the material coil zone Z3, a plurality of new material coils 3 are installed for each of a plurality of types of materials 1 (in other words, for each of a plurality of feeding devices 20). In this embodiment, since the five feeding devices 20 (the first feeding device 21 to the fifth feeding device 25) are provided as the feeding devices 20, the first feeding device 21 to the fifth feeding device 25 are provided. Five types of new material coils 3 (referred to as a first material coil 4, a second material coil 5, a third material coil 6, a fourth material coil 7, and a fifth material coil 8 for convenience) attached to each of the material coil zones It is installed at Z3.

Then, when the types of the materials 1 corresponding to each of the plurality (five) of the feeding devices 20 are arranged in the order of installation of the feeding devices 20 in the flow direction D1 are defined as (in the material type order) The new material coil 3 installed in the material coil zone Z3 is arranged in the order of the material type in the flow direction D1. Specifically, the first feeding device 21, the second feeding device 22, the third feeding device 23, the fourth feeding device 24, and the fifth feeding device 25 are arranged in this order in the flow direction D1 in the present embodiment. Accordingly, the first material coil 4, the second material coil 5, the third material coil 6, the fourth material coil 7, and the fifth material coil 8 are also arranged in this order in the flow direction D1. Therefore, the moving distance of the attachment robot 30 when performing the operation of acquiring the new material coil 3 installed in the material coil zone Z3 and attaching the new material coil 3 to the feeding device 20 can be shortened.

Further, as shown in FIG. 1, each of the five types of new material coils 3 installed in the material coil zone Z3 forms a material coil group in which a plurality of new material coils 3 of the same type are arranged. And there are two ways of arranging the new material coils 3 in the material coil group. That is, the horizontal material coil group in which the individual material coils 3 are arranged in the horizontal direction (specifically, the orthogonal horizontal direction D2) (the third material coil 6 and the fifth material coil 8 correspond to this), There is a vertically placed material coil group in which the material coils 3 are arranged (stacked) in the vertical direction (the first material coil 4, the second material coil 5, and the fourth material coil 7 correspond to this).

The mounting robot 30 first acquires a new material coil 3 (fifth material coil 8) installed in the material coil zone Z3. That is, the attachment robot 30 moves on the movement path 34 (robot zone Z2) and reaches a corresponding position corresponding to the fifth material coil 8. Then, the arm 30a is extended at the corresponding position, and the fifth material coil 8 (one of the material coil groups) is held by the arm 30a.

Next, the attachment robot 30 attaches the new material coil 3 to the feeding device 20 (fifth feeding device 25) installed in the feeding device zone Z1 (specifically, the new material coil 3 is attached to the material coil mounting shaft 20a). Plug in). That is, the attachment robot 30 slightly moves on the moving path 34 (robot zone Z2) to reach a corresponding position corresponding to the fifth feeding device 25. Then, the attachment robot 30 performs the attachment work of the fifth material coil 8 at the corresponding position, but before that, first, the used material coil 3 is first grasped from the feeding device 20 (the material coil attachment shaft 20a). Remove. And the 5th material coil 8 is attached to the said material coil attachment axis | shaft 20a.

Next, the mounting robot 30 discards the used material coil 3 in the disposal place P. That is, the attachment robot 30 moves on the movement path 34 (robot zone Z2) and reaches a corresponding position corresponding to the disposal place P. Then, the used material coil 3 is discarded at the disposal location P at the corresponding position.

In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1, the disposal place P is provided on the latter side of the feeding device zone Z1 side and the material coil zone Z3 side with respect to the robot zone Z2 in the orthogonal horizontal direction D2. ing. Specifically, the disposal place P is secured in a part of the material coil zone Z3.

The material coil AGV 38 is an automatic guided vehicle for transporting the new material coil 3 to the material coil zone Z3. In FIG. 1, one material coil AGV 38 is shown as an example, but the number thereof may be plural.

The material coil AGV 38 can move so that the moving direction is along the flow direction D1. In other words, the absorbent article manufacturing facility 10 is provided with a material coil AGV zone Z4 (corresponding to a coil conveying member zone) in which the material coil AGV 38 moves, and the material coil AGV zone Z4 flows. Along the direction D1. In the present embodiment, the moving path 39 is provided in the material coil AGV zone Z4, and the material coil AGV 38 moves along the moving path 34.

Further, as shown in FIG. 1, the material coil AGV 38 according to the present embodiment conveys the new material coil 3 in a state where the new material coil 3 is placed on the pallet 70, and the new material coil 3 is transferred to the pallet 70. It is placed in the material coil zone Z3. Therefore, when the attachment robot 30 repeats acquisition of the new material coil 3 and there is no new material coil 3, only the pallet 70 remains.

When the new material coil 3 (referred to as the fourth material coil 7 as an example) disappears, the AGV 38 for material coil according to the present embodiment moves along the movement path 39 (AGV zone Z4 for material coil), and the fourth The corresponding position corresponding to the material coil 7 is reached, and the empty pallet 70 is collected at the corresponding position. The material coil AGV 38 is connected to the AGV moving path 50 (not shown in FIG. 1) via the AGV moving path 50 (not shown in FIG. 1, refer to FIG. 7) connected to the material coil AGV zone Z4. As shown in FIG. 7, the material coil storage unit 52 is reached, and the empty pallet 70 is accommodated (returned) in the material coil storage unit 52.

Further, the material coil AGV 38 carries the pallet 70 on which the fourth material coil 7 is mounted from the material coil storage unit 52 and moves on the moving path 39 (material coil AGV zone Z4) via the AGV moving path 50. . When the corresponding position is reached, the pallet 70 on which the fourth material coil 7 is placed is placed in the material coil zone Z3.

The hot melt apparatus 40 is an apparatus that generates a hot melt adhesive for application to the material 1 processed by the processing unit 14 by melting an adhesive before melting (that is, a solid hot melt adhesive). is there. The hot melt device 40 includes a plurality of melting devices 42 and a transport crane 44. And the hot-melt apparatus 40 provided with this several melting apparatus 42 and the conveyance crane 44 is installed in the hot-melt apparatus zone Z5 with which the absorbent article manufacturing equipment 10 was equipped along the said flow direction D1.

The melting device 42 is for melting a solid hot melt adhesive to produce a liquid hot melt adhesive. A plurality of melting devices 42 are provided in accordance with the number of hot melt adhesive application positions (in FIG. 1, four melting devices 42 are shown as an example).

The melting device 42 is provided with a melting tank 42a and a conveyer 42b. Then, the pre-melting adhesive dropped onto the transport conveyor 42b by the transport crane 44 described later is transported by the transport conveyor 42b, introduced into the melting tank 42a, and melted in the melting tank 42a. The liquid hot melt adhesive melted in the melting tank 42a passes through a passage pipe (not shown) and is discharged toward the material 1 from the nozzle at the tip thereof.

The transport crane 44 is a device that takes out the pre-melting adhesive from a container 72, which will be described later, and sends the pre-melting adhesive to the melting device 42 (specifically, drops it onto the conveyor 42b). The transport crane 44 is located above the container 72 and the melting device 42. As described above, the hot melt device 40 is located on the second floor while the processing unit is located on the first floor, and the melting device 42 of the hot melt device 40 is provided in the lower part of 2F together with the container 72, The transport crane 44 of the hot melt apparatus 40 is provided on the upper part of 2F. Moreover, in FIG. 1, although the one conveyance crane 44 is represented as an example, the number may be plural.

The transport crane 44 is movable in the flow direction D1 in the hot melt apparatus zone Z5. Then, the transporting crane 44 scoops up the pre-melting adhesive from the container 72, then moves the moving path 45 along the flow direction D1 and drops it onto the transport conveyor 42b.

The AGV 48 for adhesive is an automatic guided vehicle for transporting the pre-melt adhesive to the hot melt apparatus zone Z5. In FIG. 1, one AGV 48 for adhesive is shown as an example, but the number may be plural.

The adhesive AGV 48 can move so that the moving direction is along the flow direction D1. In other words, the absorbent article manufacturing facility 10 is provided with an adhesive AGV zone Z6 (corresponding to an adhesive transport member zone) through which the adhesive AGV 48 moves, and the adhesive AGV zone Z6 is Along the flow direction D1. In the present embodiment, the moving path 49 is provided in the adhesive AGV zone Z6, and the adhesive AGV 48 moves along the moving path 49.

Further, as shown in FIG. 1, the adhesive AGV 48 according to the present embodiment conveys the pre-melt adhesive in a state where the pre-melt adhesive is put in the container 72, and the pre-melt adhesive is transferred to the container 72. It is arranged in the hot melt apparatus zone Z5. Therefore, when the transport crane 44 repeats the acquisition of the adhesive before melting and the adhesive before melting disappears, only the container 72 remains.

When the adhesive AGV 48 according to the present embodiment runs out of the pre-melt adhesive in the container 72, the adhesive AGV 48 moves along the movement path 49 (AGV zone Z6 for adhesive) and corresponds to the empty container 72. The empty container 72 is collected at the corresponding position. The adhesive AGV 48 is connected to the AGV movement path 50 (not shown in FIG. 1) via the AGV movement path 50 (not shown in FIG. 1, refer to FIG. 7) connected to the adhesive AGV zone Z6. As shown in FIG. 7, the adhesive storage unit 54 is reached, and an empty container 72 is accommodated (returned) in the adhesive storage unit 54.

Further, the adhesive AGV 48 carries out the container 72 containing the pre-melting adhesive from the adhesive storage section 54 and moves along the movement path 49 (adhesive AGV zone Z6) via the AGV movement path 50. . When the corresponding position is reached, the container 72 containing the pre-melt adhesive is placed in the adhesive AGV zone Z6.

<<<< About the effectiveness of the absorbent article manufacturing equipment 10 according to the present embodiment >>>>
As described above, the absorbent article manufacturing facility 10 according to the present embodiment is a facility for manufacturing an absorbent article using a plurality of types of materials 1, and the material 1 is flowed while flowing the material 1 in the flow direction D1. The processing unit 14 to be processed and the material coil 3 around which the material 1 is wound are attached, and a plurality of feeding devices 20 for feeding the material 1 from the material coil 3 toward the processing unit 14 are installed for each of a plurality of types of materials 1. A feeding device zone Z1, a new material coil 3 that is unused for each of a plurality of types of materials 1 and a new material coil 3 that is installed in the material coil zone Z3, An attachment robot 30 for attaching the new material coil 3 to the feeding device 20 has a moving robot zone Z2.

As shown in FIG. 1, the feeding device zone Z1, the robot zone Z2, and the material coil zone Z3 are provided on the same floor in the up-down direction (in the present embodiment, the second floor), and the flow direction In the horizontal direction D2 perpendicular to the flow direction D1, the feeding device zone Z1, the robot zone Z2, and the material coil zone Z3 are arranged in this order.

Therefore, the absorbent article manufacturing facility 10 can be made compact. That is, if any zone of the zone group related to the material coil 3 (that is, three zones arranged in the order of the feeding device zone Z1, the robot zone Z2, and the material coil zone Z3) is on another floor. If any of the zones is not along the flow direction D1 unlike any other zone along the flow direction D1, the absorbent article manufacturing of the zone group related to the material coil 3 is performed. The accommodation in the facility 10 is deteriorated, and the size of the zone group related to the material coil 3 is increased as a whole. Therefore, according to this, the size of the absorbent article manufacturing facility 10 naturally increases.

On the other hand, in this Embodiment, since all the zones of the zone group which concerns on the material coil 3 are provided in the same floor in an up-down direction, and are along the flow direction D1, the zone which concerns on the material coil 3 The group fit is improved, and the size of the zone group related to the material coil 3 can be made compact. Therefore, the absorbent article manufacturing facility 10 can be made compact.

Further, in the present embodiment, the material coil AGV 38 for conveying the new material coil 3 is moved to the material coil zone Z3, and the material coil AGV zone Z4 is moved. As shown in FIG. The robot zone Z2, the material coil zone Z3, and the material coil AGV zone Z4 are provided on the same floor in the vertical direction (in the present embodiment, the second floor) and are orthogonal to each other along the flow direction D1. In the horizontal direction D2, the feeding device zone Z1, the robot zone Z2, the material coil zone Z3, and the material coil AGV zone Z4 are arranged in this order.

That is, in the absorbent article manufacturing facility 10 according to the present embodiment, the material coil AGV zone Z4 is also provided on the same floor as the other three zones, and in the same flow direction D1 as the other three zones. Along. Therefore, it is possible to further reduce the size of the absorbent article manufacturing facility 10.

Moreover, in this Embodiment, the hot-melt apparatus 40 which produces | generates the hot-melt-adhesive for apply | coating to the material 1 processed by the process part 14 by melt | dissolving the adhesive before melting is installed. The hot melt device zone Z5 and the adhesive AGV zone Z6 in which the adhesive AGV 48 for transporting the pre-melt adhesive to the hot melt device zone Z5 moves, as shown in FIG. Z5 and the AGV zone Z6 for adhesive are provided on the same floor in the up-down direction (in the present embodiment, the second floor) and are along the flow direction D1.

Therefore, the absorbent article manufacturing facility 10 can be made more compact. That is, if any zone of the zone group related to the hot melt adhesive (that is, the hot melt apparatus zone Z5 and the adhesive AGV zone Z6) is provided on another floor, or any zone However, unlike other zones along the flow direction D1, the zone in the absorbent article manufacturing facility 10 of the zone group related to the hot melt adhesive is deteriorated when the zone does not follow the flow direction D1. The size of the zone group related to the melt adhesive is increased as a whole. Therefore, according to this, the size of the absorbent article manufacturing facility 10 naturally increases.

On the other hand, in this embodiment, since all the zones of the zone group related to the hot melt adhesive are provided on the same floor in the vertical direction and are along the flow direction D1, The fit of the zone group becomes better, and the size of the zone group related to the hot melt adhesive can be made compact. Therefore, it is possible to further reduce the size of the absorbent article manufacturing facility 10.

Further, as described above, the mounting robot 30 according to the present embodiment removes the used material coil 3 from the feeding device 20 and discards it in a predetermined disposal place P. That is, the attachment robot 30 not only attaches the new material coil 3 but also removes the used material coil 3. Therefore, it is not necessary to separately provide a robot dedicated to removing the used material coil 3 in addition to the attachment robot 30, and the absorbent article manufacturing facility 10 can be further downsized.

Further, as described above, the disposal place P according to the present embodiment is provided on the latter side of the feeding device zone Z1 side and the material coil zone Z3 side with respect to the robot zone Z2 in the orthogonal horizontal direction D2. .

While the feeding device 20 provided in the feeding device zone Z1 always feeds the material 1 toward the processing unit 14, the replacement of the material coil 3 provided in the material coil zone Z3 by the material coil AGV is always performed. It is not implemented. That is, while the devices in the feeding device zone Z1 are busy, there is a tendency that the movement of the material coil 3 provided in the material coil zone Z3 is small. Therefore, in the present embodiment, in consideration of such matters, the disposal place P is installed on the material coil zone Z3 side. For example, when the worker goes to the disposal site P to collect the used material coil 3 that has been discarded at the disposal site P, the operator does not have to go to the busy operating side. Can go to. Thus, according to this Embodiment, it becomes possible to place the disposal place P in the appropriate place in the absorbent article manufacturing equipment 10. FIG.

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The above-described embodiments are for facilitating the understanding of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the present invention. The present invention can be modified and improved without departing from the gist thereof, and it goes without saying that the present invention includes equivalents thereof.

In the above embodiment, a continuous sheet of fiber aggregates is taken as an example of the material 1, but the material 1 is not limited to this. For example, the material 1 may be a film.

In the above-described embodiment, the material coil AGV 38 (material coil automatic guided vehicle) that performs unmanned conveyance as an example of the coil conveyance member has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, it may be a transport vehicle driven by a person, or a cart that is moved by human power. The same applies to the adhesive conveying member (AGV48 for adhesive).

In addition, the attachment robot 30 according to the above embodiment attaches the new material coil 3 to the feeding device 20 after acquiring the new material coil 3 installed in the material coil zone Z3 and moving in the flow direction D1. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the attachment robot 30 may acquire the new material coil 3 installed in the material coil zone Z3 and attach the new material coil 3 to the feeding device 20 without moving in the flow direction D1 (on the spot). Good.

However, in the example according to the above embodiment, there is no need to strictly face the material coil 3 installed in the material coil zone Z3 and the feeding device 20 installed in the feeding device zone Z1 (even if they are misaligned). This will increase the variation of these installation locations. If it does so, these installation locations can be determined efficiently, avoiding interference with the articles in other facilities. Therefore, as a result, the absorbent article manufacturing facility 10 can be made compact.

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In the said embodiment (it is set as 1st embodiment), although the several (5) feeding apparatus 20 installed in the absorbent article manufacturing equipment 10 was the same type, it is limited to this Instead, various types may be mixed.

For example, the attachment position of the one side material coil and the other side material coil (in other words, the pair of material coil attachment shafts 20a) of the feeding device 20 in the feeding device 20 is arbitrary. FIG. 2 shows an absorbent article manufacturing facility 10 according to the second embodiment. In the second embodiment, two types of attachment positions are shown. That is, in the third feeding device 23 and the fourth feeding device 24, as in the first embodiment, the one-side material coil and the other-side material coil are provided so as to be arranged in the horizontal direction. Is provided so that the one-side material coil and the other-side material coil are arranged in the vertical direction (the direction penetrating the paper surface in FIG. 2) (in FIG. 2, the lower material coil 3 is connected to the upper material coil 3). Hidden and not visible)

Further, in the feeding device 20 installed in the feeding device zone Z1, devices having different arrangement forms are mixed. That is, at least two (three in the present embodiment) of three types of devices (corresponding to the first device to the third device) having the arrangement form described below are mixed.

The first device (the device according to the first arrangement form) is a device arranged at a position where the feeding direction of the material 1 is along the orthogonal horizontal direction D2, the first feeding device 21, the third feeding device 23, The fourth feeding device 24 corresponds to the first device.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a state in which the material 1 fed out from the first device is supplied to the processing unit 14. As shown in the left diagram of FIG. 3, the material 1 that has been fed along the orthogonal horizontal direction D <b> 2 in the feeding device 20 is changed in its direction by the turn bar T so that it can be appropriately supplied to the processing unit 14. It has become.

The second device (the device according to the second arrangement form) is introduced into the processing unit 14 so that the feeding direction of the material 1 is along the flow direction D1 and the direction of the fed material 1 is not changed. The fifth feeding device 25 corresponds to the second device.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a state in which the material 1 fed out from the second apparatus is supplied to the processing unit 14. As shown in FIG. 4, the material 1 that is fed along the flow direction D <b> 1 in the feeding device 20 is supplied directly to the processing unit 14 without going through the turn bar T. That is, the feeding direction of the material 1 fed out from the second device is along the flow direction D1 of the material 1 in the processing unit 14, and the orthogonal horizontal direction of the material 1 fed out from the second device (located on the second floor). Since the position at D2 coincides with the position in the orthogonal horizontal direction D2 of the material 1 in the processing portion 14 (located on the first floor), the direction change by the turn bar T is not necessary.

The third device (the device according to the third arrangement form) is a position where the feeding direction of the material 1 is along the flow direction D1, and the direction of the fed material 1 is changed and introduced into the processing unit 14. The second feeding device 22 corresponds to the third device.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a state in which the material 1 fed out from the third apparatus is supplied to the processing unit 14. As shown in the left diagram of FIG. 5, the material 1 fed out along the flow direction D <b> 1 in the feeding device 20 is changed in direction by the turn bar T, and is along the orthogonal horizontal direction D <b> 2. The material 1 along the direction D2 is appropriately supplied to the processing unit 14 by changing its direction once again by the turn bar T. Thus, for the third device, the position of the material 1 fed out from the third device (located on the second floor) in the orthogonal horizontal direction D2 is the material in the processing unit 14 (located on the first floor). Since the position is shifted from the position in the orthogonal horizontal direction D2 of 1, the direction change by the turn bar T is required a plurality of times.

Thus, in the present embodiment, the feeding device 20 installed in the feeding device zone Z1 includes at least two of the first to third devices having different arrangement forms (in the present embodiment). 3) are mixed. Therefore, the absorbent article manufacturing facility 10 can be made compact. That is, when it is desired to install a large number of feeding devices 20 in a limited space, if the installation form is limited to one type, an efficient placement method cannot be performed. Therefore, there arises a disadvantage that a large amount of space is required for installing a certain number of feeding devices 20. On the other hand, when the feeding devices 20 having different arrangement forms are mixed as in the present embodiment, the space can be effectively used, and the feeding device 20 can be efficiently installed. It is possible to realize a compact article manufacturing facility 10.

In addition, the feeding device 20 installed in the feeding device zone Z1 includes a feeding device that rotates the material coil 3 forward when the material 1 is fed from the material coil 3 (referred to as a forward rotation feeding device for convenience). There is a payout device that rotates in reverse (referred to as a reverse rotation payout device for convenience).

3 is a diagram of the material coil 3 of the feeding device 20 (for example, the first feeding device 21) shown in the left diagram of FIG. 3 as viewed from the direction of the white arrow. The right diagram of FIG. Shows a state in which the material coil 3 rotates forward when the material 1 is unwound from the material coil 3. On the other hand, the right figure of FIG. 5 is the figure which looked at the material coil 3 of the feeding apparatus 20 (for example, 2nd feeding apparatus 22) shown by the left figure of FIG. A state in which the material coil 3 rotates in the reverse direction when being drawn out from the coil 3 is shown. Thus, in the second embodiment, the first feeding device 21 corresponds to the forward rotation feeding device, and the second feeding device 22 corresponds to the reverse rotation feeding device.

Note that forward rotation or reverse rotation is defined as follows. That is, when the new material coil 3 is viewed from the mounting direction when the mounting robot 30 mounts the new material coil 3 (the white arrow in the left diagrams of FIGS. 3 and 5 corresponds to this direction), the clockwise rotation Is the forward rotation, and the counterclockwise rotation is the reverse rotation.

Moreover, in this Embodiment, it respond | corresponds according to whether the delivery apparatus 20 is a forward rotation delivery apparatus (1st delivery apparatus 21), or a reverse rotation delivery apparatus (2nd delivery apparatus 22). The winding direction of the material coil group (new material coil 3) is changed in the material coil zone Z3.

First, in the material coil zone Z3, a plurality of material coil groups in which a plurality of new material coils 3 of the same type are arranged are provided for each of a plurality of types of materials 1. In the material coil group, a plurality of material coil groups are arranged. They are arranged in a state in which the winding directions of the new material coils 3 are all the same. For example, the winding directions of all the material coils 3 of the material coil group of the first material coil 4 are all the same direction, and the winding directions of all the material coils 3 of the material coil group of the second material coil 5 are all the same. It has become a direction.

Therefore, when the attachment robot 30 acquires the new material coil 3 and attaches the new material coil 3 to the feeding device 20, it is not necessary to change the attachment operation every time. Therefore, the operation of the mounting robot 30 can be simplified.

Furthermore, the winding direction of the new material coil 3 corresponding to the forward rotation feeding device is opposite to the winding direction of the new material coil 3 corresponding to the reverse rotation feeding device. That is, as shown in FIG. 2, the winding direction (forward winding) of the first material coil 4 corresponding to the first feeding device 21 is the winding direction (reverse direction) of the second material coil 5 corresponding to the second feeding device 22. The direction is reversed.

Note that whether forward winding or reverse winding is defined as follows. That is, in the case of the horizontal material coil group, when the new material coil 3 is viewed from the direction (indicated by the arrow X in FIG. 2) that the mounting robot 30 faces, the new material coil 3 is new. When the material coil 3 is viewed from above, the clockwise winding is forward and the counterclockwise winding is reverse.

Therefore, when the attachment robot 30 acquires the new material coil 3 and attaches the new material coil 3 to the feeding device 20, it is necessary to change the mounting operation depending on whether it is a forward rotation feeding device or a reverse rotation feeding device. Disappears. Therefore, the operation of the attachment robot 30 can be further simplified.

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In the said embodiment (it is set as 1st embodiment), although the example of the one process part 14 installed in the absorbent article manufacturing equipment 10 (one process line) was given and demonstrated, it is limited to this. Is not to be done.

FIG. 6 shows an absorbent article manufacturing facility 10 according to the third embodiment. In the third embodiment, two processing parts 14 (a first processing part 14a and a second processing part 14b) are provided. It is represented. That is, the first processed portion 14a and the second processed portion 14b are provided as the processed portion 14, and the flow direction D1 in the first processed portion 14a and the second processed portion 14b is the same direction (parallel).

Then, as the feeding device zone Z1, the robot zone Z2, the material coil zone Z3, the hot melt device zone Z5, and the adhesive AGV zone Z6, the first feeding device zone Z11 and the first robot zone Z21 corresponding to the first processing portion 14a. , First material coil zone Z31, first hot melt device zone Z51, first adhesive AGV zone Z61, second feeding device zone Z12 corresponding to the second processing portion 14b, second robot zone Z22, second material A coil zone Z32, a second hot melt device zone Z52, and a second adhesive AGV zone Z62 are provided.

However, only one AGV zone Z4 for material coil is provided, and this AGV zone Z4 for material coil is a common zone corresponding to both the first processed portion 14a and the second processed portion 14b. ing.

As described above, in the present embodiment, the first feeding device zone Z11, the first robot zone Z21, the first material coil zone Z31 are shared in the orthogonal horizontal direction D2 with respect to the zone group related to the material coil 3. The material coil AGV zone Z4, the second material coil zone Z32, the second robot zone Z22, and the second feeding device zone Z12 are provided in this order.

Therefore, by sharing the AGV zone Z4 for the material coil, it becomes possible to make the size of the zone group related to the material coil 3 compact. Therefore, the absorbent article manufacturing facility 10 can be made compact.

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As in the third embodiment, the fourth embodiment includes the first processed portion 14a and the second processed portion 14b as the processed portion 14, but unlike the third embodiment, the first processed portion 14a and the second processed portion 14b are provided. The material coil AGV zone Z4 is not shared with the two processed parts 14b.

That is, in the absorbent article manufacturing equipment 10 according to the fourth embodiment, in the orthogonal horizontal direction D2, the first adhesive AGV zone Z61, the first hot melt apparatus zone Z51, the first corresponding to the first processed portion 14a. The feeding device zone Z11, the first robot zone Z21, the first material coil zone Z31, the first material coil AGV zone Z41, the second adhesive AGV zone Z62 corresponding to the second processing portion 14b, the second hot melt device zone Z52, the second feeding device zone Z12, the second robot zone Z22, the second material coil zone Z32, and the second material coil AGV zone Z42 are arranged in this order (see FIG. 7).

Therefore, the AGV zone Z41 for the first material coil and the AGV zone Z62 for the second adhesive are adjacent to each other. In the present embodiment, the material coil that moves in the AGV zone Z41 for the first material coil. At least one of the AGV 38 for adhesive and the AGV 48 for adhesive moving in the AGV zone Z62 for second adhesive (both in the present embodiment) conveys both the new material coil 3 and the adhesive before melting. That is, in the present embodiment, basically, the material coil AGV 38 in the AGV zone Z41 for the first material coil transports the new material coil 3 (pallet 70). The adhesive AGV 48 in the adhesive AGV zone Z62 carries the material coil 3 (pallet 70). Basically, the adhesive AGV 48 in the second adhesive AGV zone Z62 carries the pre-melting adhesive (container 72), but depending on the situation, the material in the AGV zone Z41 for the first material coil The coil AGV 38 is configured to carry the pre-melt adhesive (container 72). Therefore, the material coil 3 and the pre-melting adhesive can be transported quickly.

In addition, the absorbent article manufacturing facility 10 according to the present embodiment is provided with a plurality of AGV zones Z4 for material coils. As shown in FIG. Are connected to the material coil AGV zone Z4, and have an AGV moving path 50 (corresponding to a conveying member moving path) along the orthogonal horizontal direction D2, and the AGV moving path 50 stores a material coil for storing the material coil. The part 52 is connected.

Therefore, according to the present embodiment, the AGV moving path 50 along the orthogonal horizontal direction D2 to which the material coil storage unit 52 is connected is made common to the material coil AGV zone Z4 along the plurality of flow directions D1. Will be. Therefore, the AGV moving path 50 can be easily accommodated, and the AGV moving path 50 can be made compact, and the absorbent article manufacturing facility 10 can be made compact.

In addition, the absorbent article manufacturing facility 10 according to the present embodiment is provided with a plurality of adhesive AGV zones Z6. As shown in FIG. Are connected to the adhesive AGV zone Z6, and have an AGV moving path 50 along the orthogonal horizontal direction D2, and an adhesive storage section 54 for storing the adhesive before melting is connected to the AGV moving path 50. Yes.

Therefore, according to the present embodiment, the AGV movement path 50 along the orthogonal horizontal direction D2 to which the adhesive storage section 54 is connected is shared with the adhesive AGV zone Z6 along the plurality of flow directions D1. Will be. Therefore, the AGV moving path 50 can be easily accommodated, and the AGV moving path 50 can be made compact, and the absorbent article manufacturing facility 10 can be made compact.

Further, in the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 7, the AGV moving path 50 is a common path corresponding to both the material coil AGV 38 and the adhesive AGV 48. And both the material coil storage part 52 and the adhesive agent storage part 54 are connected to the AGV movement path | route 50 which is the said common path | route. Therefore, it is possible to further reduce the size of the absorbent article manufacturing facility 10.

1 material, 3 material coil (new material coil, used material coil),
4 1st material coil, 5 2nd material coil, 6 3rd material coil 7 4th material coil 8 5th material coil 10 Absorbent article manufacturing equipment, 12 Absorbent article manufacturing apparatus 14 Processing part, 14a 1st processing part, 14b 2nd processing part,
20 Feeding device, 20a Material coil mounting shaft 21 First feeding device, 22 Second feeding device, 23 Third feeding device 24 Fourth feeding device, 25 Fifth feeding device 30 Mounting robot, 30a Arm 31 First mounting robot, 32 Second attachment robot, 34 travel path 38 AGV for material coil, 39 travel path 40 hot melt device 42 melting apparatus, 42a melting tank, 42b transport conveyor 44 transport crane, 45 travel path 48 AGV for adhesive, 49 travel path 50 AGV Movement path, 52 Material coil storage part, 54 Adhesive storage part 70 Pallet, 72 Container P Disposal place T Turn bar Z1 Feeding device zone, Z2 Robot zone,
Z3 material coil zone, Z4 material coil AGV zone Z5 hot melt device zone, Z6 adhesive AGV zone Z11 first feeding device zone, Z21 first robot zone,
Z31 first material coil zone, Z41 first material coil AGV zone Z51 first hot melt device zone, Z61 first adhesive AGV zone Z12 second feeding device zone, Z22 second robot zone,
Z32 second material coil zone, Z42 second material coil AGV zone Z52 second hot melt equipment zone, Z62 second adhesive AGV zone

Claims (15)

An absorbent article manufacturing facility for manufacturing absorbent articles using a plurality of types of materials,
A processing section for processing the material while flowing the material in the flow direction;
A feeding device zone in which a material coil around which the material is wound is attached and a feeding device that feeds the material from the material coil toward the processing unit is installed for each of the plurality of types of materials; and
A material coil zone in which a plurality of unused new material coils are installed for each of the plurality of types of materials,
An attachment robot for acquiring the new material coil installed in the material coil zone and attaching the new material coil to the feeding device, a moving robot zone,
Have
The feeding device zone, the robot zone, and the material coil zone are:
Provided on the same floor in the vertical direction, and along the flow direction,
An absorbent article manufacturing facility, wherein the equipment is provided in the order of the feeding device zone, the robot zone, and the material coil zone in an orthogonal horizontal direction orthogonal to the flow direction. The absorbent article manufacturing facility according to claim 1,
A coil conveying member zone in which a coil conveying member that conveys the new material coil moves to the material coil zone;
The feeding device zone, the robot zone, the material coil zone, and the coil conveying member zone are:
Provided on the same floor in the vertical direction, and along the flow direction,
In the orthogonal horizontal direction, the absorbent article manufacturing facility is provided in the order of the feeding device zone, the robot zone, the material coil zone, and the coil conveying member zone. The absorbent article manufacturing facility according to claim 2,
A plurality of the coil conveying member zones;
Connected to each of the plurality of coil conveying member zones, having a conveying member moving path along the orthogonal horizontal direction,
The absorbent article manufacturing facility, wherein a material coil storage unit for storing the material coil is connected to the transporting member moving path. The absorbent article manufacturing facility according to claim 2 or claim 3,
A hot melt apparatus for generating a hot melt adhesive for applying to the material to be processed in the processing section by melting an adhesive before melting, a hot melt apparatus zone in which the hot melt apparatus is installed,
An adhesive conveying member zone that moves an adhesive conveying member that conveys the pre-melting adhesive to the hot melt device zone, and
The said hot-melt apparatus zone and the said adhesive conveyance member zone are provided in the same floor in an up-down direction, and are along the said flow direction, Absorbent article manufacturing equipment characterized by the above-mentioned. The absorbent article manufacturing apparatus according to claim 4,
As the processing portion, a first processing portion and a second processing portion,
As said coil conveyance member zone and said adhesive conveyance member zone, the 1st coil conveyance member zone corresponding to said 1st processing part, the 1st adhesive conveyance member zone, and the 2nd coil conveyance corresponding to said 2nd processing part A member zone, a second adhesive transport member zone,
The first coil conveying member zone and the second adhesive conveying member zone are adjacent,
At least one of the coil conveying member that moves in the first coil conveying member zone and the adhesive conveying member that moves in the second adhesive conveying member zone is both the new material coil and the pre-melting adhesive. Absorbent article manufacturing equipment, characterized in that The absorbent article manufacturing facility according to claim 2,
As the processing portion, a first processing portion and a second processing portion,
As the feeding device zone, the robot zone, and the material coil zone, a first feeding device zone, a first robot zone, a first material coil zone corresponding to the first processing unit, and a second processing unit corresponding to the second processing unit. A two-feeding device zone, a second robot zone, a second material coil zone,
The coil conveying member zone is a common zone corresponding to both the first processing portion and the second processing portion,
The feeding device zone, the robot zone, the material coil zone, and the coil conveying member zone are:
In the orthogonal horizontal direction, the first feeding device zone, the first robot zone, the first material coil zone, the coil conveying member zone, the second material coil zone, the second robot zone, and the second feeding device. An absorbent article manufacturing facility characterized by being arranged in the order of zones. The absorbent article manufacturing facility according to any one of claims 1 to 6,
The mounting robot moves along the flow direction while maintaining a posture in which the width of the mounting robot in the orthogonal horizontal direction is smaller than the width of the mounting robot in the flow direction. Absorbent product manufacturing equipment. The absorbent article manufacturing facility according to any one of claims 1 to 7,
The said attachment robot removes a used material coil from the said drawing | feeding-out apparatus, and discards it to a predetermined disposal location, The absorbent article manufacturing equipment characterized by the above-mentioned. The absorbent article manufacturing facility according to claim 8,
The said disposal place is provided in the latter side of the said feeding device zone side and the said material coil zone side rather than the said robot zone in the said orthogonal horizontal direction, The absorbent article manufacturing equipment characterized by the above-mentioned. The absorbent article manufacturing facility according to any one of claims 1 to 9,
In the material coil zone, a plurality of material coil groups in which a plurality of new material coils of the same type are arranged are installed for each of the plurality of types of materials,
In the said material coil group, it arrange | positions in the state in which all the winding directions of the said several new material coil corresponded, Absorbent article manufacturing equipment characterized by the above-mentioned. The absorbent article manufacturing facility according to claim 10,
The feeding device has a material coil mounting shaft for mounting the material coil,
When the mounting robot attaches the new material coil in the mounting direction, the new material coil is inserted into the material coil mounting shaft,
Among the feeding devices, there is a forward rotation feeding device in which the material coil rotates forward as viewed from the mounting direction and a reverse rotation feeding device in which the material coil rotates backward when the material is fed out from the material coil,
The absorbent article manufacturing facility, wherein the winding direction of the new material coil corresponding to the forward rotation feeding device is opposite to the winding direction of the new material coil corresponding to the reverse rotation feeding device. . The absorbent article manufacturing facility according to any one of claims 1 to 11,
The said attachment robot attaches this new material coil to the said delivery apparatus, after acquiring the said new material coil installed in the said material coil zone, and moving to the said flow direction, Absorbent article manufacturing equipment characterized by the above-mentioned. The absorbent article manufacturing facility according to any one of claims 1 to 12,
The said delivery apparatus is provided in the flame | frame separate from the said process part, Absorbent article manufacturing equipment characterized by the above-mentioned. The absorbent article manufacturing facility according to any one of claims 1 to 13,
Among the feeding devices installed in the feeding device zone,
A first device arranged at a position where the feeding direction of the material is along the orthogonal horizontal direction;
The second device arranged at a position where the feeding direction of the material is along the flow direction and introduced into the processing unit without changing the direction of the fed material;
At least two of the third devices arranged at a position where the feeding direction of the material is along the flow direction and the direction of the fed material is changed and introduced into the processing unit are mixed. An absorbent article manufacturing facility characterized by The absorbent article manufacturing facility according to any one of claims 1 to 14,
When the material types corresponding to each of a plurality of the feeding devices are arranged in the order of installation of the feeding devices in the flow direction, the material type order,
The said new material coil installed in the said material coil zone is located in order of this material type in the said flow direction, The absorbent article manufacturing equipment characterized by the above-mentioned.

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