JP2009286089A - In-line processing apparatus and method - Google Patents

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to process a molded light guide plate with an in-line processing device around a molding machine and to continue from molding to cutting.
An inline processing apparatus and method according to the present invention includes a light guide plate (3) molded by a molding machine (2), and a jig table (21) of an inline processing apparatus (20) around the molding machine (2). A configuration and method in which the jig table (21) is moved and cut by the gate surface cutting device (29) and the four-side cutting device (30) and automatically stored in the product storage pallet (8). It is.
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Description

  The present invention relates to an in-line processing apparatus and method, and in particular, a light guide plate molded by a molding machine is processed in-line by an in-line processing apparatus arranged at a peripheral position of the molding machine, and continuously cut immediately after molding. And relates to a new improvement for accommodating on a pallet.

Conventionally, as a method for cutting a light guide plate after molding of this type, which has been used in the past, since patent documents are not disclosed, patent documents are not disclosed, but the cutting method is shown. The configuration can be shown in FIGS.
2 shows the molding factory 1 and FIG. 3 shows the processing chamber 2A. In the molding factory 1, the light guide plate 3 molded by the molding machine 2 is taken out by the take-out machine 4 and temporarily placed on the conveyor device 5.

The light guide plate 3 on the conveyor device 5 is picked up by an operator's hand, and a gate portion (not shown) of the light guide plate 3 is cut by a manual pre-cut device 6. 7, a quality inspection as a molded product of the light guide plate 3 is performed.
When it is determined by this inspection that the light guide plate 3 is a non-defective product, the light guide plate 3 is stored in the product storage pallet 8 manually.

Next, when the non-defective light guide plate 3 is filled in the product storage pallet 8, the pallet 1 pile 10 is conveyed by a manpower or a vehicle in the processing chamber 2A in a place different from the molding factory 1, The light guide plate 3 is inspected by the pre-roughing inspection table 11, and the light guide plate 3 is inspected by the pre-roughing inspection table 11 in the processing chamber 2, and then rough-cut by the roughing cutting device 12. Next, the light guide plate 3 after roughing is inspected on the inspection table 13 after roughing, and then finish cutting is performed by the finishing cutting device 14.
The light guide plate 3 for which the finish cutting has been completed is stored in the product storage pallet 8 and conveyed to the assembly chamber (not shown) as a full pallet 15.

Since the conventional method of cutting the light guide plate after molding has been configured as described above, the following problems existed.
In other words, since the molding factory and the processing room are independent at different locations, the gate part of the light guide plate molded at the molding factory is manually cut and then transported to the processing room through manual labor. Thus, rough cutting, inspection after rough cutting, and finishing cutting must be performed, and many manual contact with the light guide plate is required.
For this reason, the light guide plate is easily dusted and scratched, and it has been extremely difficult to improve the yield.

  An in-line processing apparatus according to the present invention moves with a jig table for receiving a light guide plate formed by a molding machine, a positioning mechanism for positioning the light guide plate on the jig table, and the jig table. A laser marker for cutting the gate portion of the light guide plate, a gate surface cutting device for rough finishing cutting of the gate surface of the light guide plate on the jig table after cutting the gate portion, and rough finishing of the gate surface A four-side cutting device for finishing cutting the four sides of the light guide plate on the jig table after cutting and the light guide plate on the jig table after the finish cutting are chucked and transferred to a product storage pallet. And a transfer loader for cutting the light guide plate at a peripheral position of the molding machine and transferring the light guide plate to the product storage pallet. The gate surface cutting device is configured by a uniaxial fixed cutting device, and the inline processing method according to the present invention includes a light guide plate formed by a molding machine. A jig table for receiving the light, a positioning mechanism part for positioning the light guide plate on the jig table, a laser marker for cutting the gate part of the light guide plate moved by the jig table, and the gate part Gate surface cutting device for performing rough finish cutting of the gate surface of the light guide plate on the jig table after cutting, and finish cutting of four sides of the light guide plate on the jig table after rough finishing cutting of the gate surface A transfer loader for chucking the light guide plate on the jig table after the finish cutting and transferring it to a product storage pallet; Used, a method of cutting and finishing the light guide plate and transferring it to the product storage pallet at a peripheral position of the molding machine, and the positioning mechanism unit using a micrometer and an air cylinder. The gate surface cutting device uses a uniaxial fixed cutting device.

Since the inline processing apparatus and method according to the present invention are configured as described above, the following effects can be obtained.
That is, a jig table for receiving a light guide plate formed by a molding machine, a positioning mechanism for positioning the light guide plate on the jig table, and a gate of the light guide plate moved by the jig table A laser marker for cutting a portion, a gate surface cutting device for performing rough finish cutting of the gate surface of the light guide plate on the jig table after cutting the gate portion, and the jig after rough finishing cutting of the gate surface A four-sided cutting device for performing finish cutting on the four sides of the light guide plate on the table, and a transfer loader for chucking the light guide plate on the jig table after the finish cutting and transferring it to the product storage pallet; The light guide plate is cut and transferred to the product storage pallet at a peripheral position of the molding machine, and the positioning mechanism unit includes a micrometer and an air cylinder. In addition, since the gate surface cutting device is composed of a uniaxial fixed cutting device, the light guide plate formed by the molding machine can be cut without manual intervention, and the cutting by the cutting device can be performed from the molding by the molding machine. All can be automated, and can be accommodated on the pallet without any manual contact damage, and the yield of product quality can be greatly improved.

  In the present invention, the light guide plate molded by the molding machine is processed in-line by an in-line processing apparatus disposed in the peripheral position of the molding machine, and is continuously cut immediately after molding, and stored in the pallet. It is an object of the present invention to provide an in-line processing apparatus and method.

DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of an inline processing apparatus and method according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
The same reference numerals are used for the same or equivalent parts as in the conventional example.
The light guide plate 3, which is a molded product formed by the molding machine 2, is placed on the jig table 21 of the in-line processing apparatus 20 via the take-out machine 4, and the jig table 21 is connected via driving means (not shown). It is configured to be able to reciprocate linearly on the rail 22.

The in-line processing apparatus 20 is disposed at a peripheral position of the molding machine 2 and the unloader 4, that is, a vicinity position.
A positioning mechanism portion 26 including a micrometer 24 and an air cylinder 25 for positioning the light guide plate 3 on the jig table 21 is provided near the starting position 23 of the rail 22.

On the downstream side of the positioning mechanism portion 26, a gate chuck mechanism portion 27 and a laser marker 28 for chucking the gate portion 3a of the light guide plate 3 are arranged as a unit. It consists of a cylinder 27a and a chuck portion 27b.
A gate surface cutting device 29 for cutting the gate surface 3aA after cutting the gate portion 3a by rough finishing is disposed on the downstream side of the gate chuck mechanism portion 27. A four-side cutting device 30 for finishing and cutting four sides of the light guide plate 3 after cutting the gate surface 3aA is disposed downstream of the gate surface cutting device 29.

  In the vicinity of the product transfer receiving position 31 which is the most downstream position of the rail 22, a transfer loader 32 disposed adjacent to the inline processing apparatus 20 is provided, and a chucking arm of the transfer loader 32 is provided. 33 chucks the processed light guide plate 3 on the jig table 21 at the product transfer receiving position 31 and accommodates the light guide plate 3 in the product storage pallet 8 of the pallet storage 34, and becomes full. The pallet 35 can be transported to an assembly chamber (not shown).

Next, the case where in-line processing of the light guide plate 3 is performed in the above-described configuration will be described.
The light guide plate 3 molded by the molding machine 2 is taken out by the molding machine 2 to the in-line processing apparatus 20, the light guide plate 3 is transferred to the jig table 21, and the air is moved to the position positioned by the micrometer 24 by the positioning mechanism 26. The cylinder 25 pushes the light guide plate 3 to perform positioning. After the positioning is completed, the jig table 21 sucks the light guide plate 3 by vacuum. The jig table 21 moves to the cutting position 20a, the gate chuck mechanism portion 27 advances the chuck portion 27b with the air cylinder 27a, and chucks the gate portion 3a. After the chucking is completed, the gate portion 3a is cut by the laser marker 28.

  The gate part 3a cut as described above is discharged downward by the gate chuck mechanism part 27. After the cutting of the gate portion 3a is completed, the jig table 21 moves to the cutting position 20b, and the gate surface 3aA after cutting the gate portion 3a is cut by the uniaxial fixed cutting device 29. After the cutting is completed, the jig table 21 moves to the finishing cutting position 20c, and the four-side cutting device 30 performs four-side finishing cutting. After finishing cutting, the jig table 21 moves to the product transfer receiving position 31. When the movement of the jig table 21 is completed, the light guide plate 3 is chucked by the transfer loader 32. The chucked light guide plate 3 is stored in the product storage pallet 8 in the pallet storage 34. When the product storage pallet 8 in the pallet storage 34 is full, the full pallet 35 is manually transported to the assembly room.

The processing operations described above are summarized as follows.
A jig table 21 for receiving the light guide plate 3 formed by the molding machine 2, a positioning mechanism portion 26 for positioning the light guide plate 3 on the jig table 21, and movement by the jig table 21. The laser marker 28 for cutting the gate portion 3a of the light guide plate 3 and the gate surface cutting device 29 for rough finishing cutting of the gate surface 3aA of the light guide plate 3 on the jig table 21 after the gate portion 3a is cut. A four-side cutting device 30 for performing the finish cutting of the four sides of the light guide plate 3 on the jig table 21 after the rough finish cutting of the gate surface 3aA, and a guide on the jig table 21 after the finish cutting. A transfer loader 32 for chucking the optical plate 3 and transferring it to the product storage pallet 8, and cutting and finishing the light guide plate 3 at the peripheral position of the molding machine 2 and the product storage pallet. It is possible to perform the transfer to the door 8.

It is a block diagram which shows the in-line processing apparatus and method by this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the conventional molding factory. It is a block diagram which shows the conventional process chamber.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Molding factory 2 Molding machine 3 Light guide plate 3a Gate part 3aA Gate surface 4 Unloader 8 Product storage pallet 20 Inline processing device 21 Jig table 24 Micrometer 25 Air cylinder 26 Positioning mechanism part 27 Gate chuck mechanism part 27a Air cylinder 27b Chuck Part 28 Laser marker 29 Single axis fixed cutting device (gate surface cutting device)
30 Four-side cutting machine 31 Product transfer receiving position 32 Transfer loader 33 Chucking arm

Claims (6)

A jig table (21) for receiving the light guide plate (3) molded by the molding machine (2), and a positioning mechanism unit for positioning the light guide plate (3) on the jig table (21) ( 26), a laser marker (28) for cutting the gate part (3a) of the light guide plate (3) moved by the jig table (21), and the jig table (21 after cutting the gate part (3a)) ) A gate surface cutting device (29) for rough finishing cutting of the gate surface (3aA) of the upper light guide plate (3), and the jig table (21) after rough finishing cutting of the gate surface (3aA). Product storage by chucking the four-side cutting device (30) for performing the four-side finish cutting of the upper light guide plate (3) and the light guide plate (3) on the jig table (21) after the finish cutting A transfer loader (32) for transferring to the pallet (8),
An inline processing apparatus characterized in that the light guide plate (3) is cut and transferred to the product storage pallet (8) at a peripheral position of the molding machine (2).   The in-line processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the positioning mechanism section (26) includes a micrometer (24) and an air cylinder (25).   The in-line processing apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the gate surface cutting device (29) comprises a uniaxial fixed cutting device. A jig table (21) for receiving the light guide plate (3) molded by the molding machine (2), and a positioning mechanism unit for positioning the light guide plate (3) on the jig table (21) ( 26), a laser marker (28) for cutting the gate part (3a) of the light guide plate (3) moved by the jig table (21), and the jig table (21 after cutting the gate part (3a)) ) A gate surface cutting device (29) for rough finishing cutting of the gate surface (3aA) of the upper light guide plate (3), and the jig table (21) after rough finishing cutting of the gate surface (3aA). Product storage by chucking the four-side cutting device (30) for performing the four-side finish cutting of the upper light guide plate (3) and the light guide plate (3) on the jig table (21) after the finish cutting A transfer loader (32) for transferring to the pallet (8),
An in-line processing method comprising: cutting and finishing the light guide plate (3) and transferring the product to the product storage pallet (8) at a peripheral position of the molding machine (2).   The in-line machining method according to claim 4, wherein the positioning mechanism (26) uses a micrometer (24) and an air cylinder (25).   The in-line machining method according to claim 4 or 5, wherein the gate surface cutting device (29) uses a uniaxial fixed cutting device.

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