Plate Material Carry-Out Device and Plate Material Carry-Out Method

Abstract

The present invention provides a plate material carry-out device that can efficiently carry out a plurality of product plate materials cut from a raw plate material by a plate material processing machine, to a plate material carry-out section located outside the plate material processing machine. The plate material carry-out device includes tracks 11, 12 installed above and between a plate material processing machine 1 and a plate material carry-out section 3 , a portable tray member 15 that is able to house a plurality of product plate materials W 2 , and two traveling members 13, 14 each having a holding member 20 capable of selectively holding the product plate materials W 2 and the tray member 15 ; the traveling members 13, 14 are travelable along the track independently from each other. One of the traveling members, that is, the traveling member 13 , causes the holding member 20 to hold the tray member 15 so that the tray member 15 stands by at a predetermined product reception position P 2 . The other traveling member 14 houses the product plate material W 2 cut by the plate material processing machine 1 , in the tray member 15 standing by at the product reception position P 2 . The traveling member 13 carries out the tray member 15 with the product plate materials W 2 housed therein to the plate material carry-out section 3.

1 . A plate material carry-out device carrying out a product plate material cut from a raw plate material by a plate material processing machine, from a product cut position on the plate material processing machine to a plate material carry-out section outside the plate material processing machine, the device being characterized by comprising:
 a track installed above and between said plate material processing machine and said plate material carry-out section;   a portable tray member that is able to house a plurality of said product plate materials;   two traveling members each having a holding member capable of selectively holding said product plate materials and said tray member, the traveling members being travelable along said track independently from each other; and   conveyance control means for controlling each of said traveling members, and in that the conveyance control means performs:   tray member standby control such that one of the traveling members which is a first traveling member causes said holding member to hold said tray member so that said tray member stands by at a predetermined product reception position in the vicinity of said product cut position,   plural-product-plate-material housing control such that a second traveling member causes said holding member to hold the product plate material laying at said product cut position and to house the product plate material in the tray member standing by at said product reception position and then to repeat, plural times, the operation starting with the holding of the products and ending with the housing of the products in the tray member, and   tray member carry-out control, after the plural-product-plate-member housing control, causing said first traveling member to carry out the tray member standing by at said product reception position to said plate material carry-out section.   
   
   
       2 . A plate material carry-out device carrying out a product plate material cut from a raw plate material by a plate material processing machine, from a product cut position on the plate material processing machine to a plate material carry-out section outside the plate material processing machine, the device being characterized by comprising:
 a track installed above and between said plate material processing machine and said plate material carry-out section;   a portable tray member that is able to house a plurality of said product plate materials;   one traveling member having a holding member capable of selectively holding said product plate materials and said tray member, the traveling member being travelable along said track; and   conveyance control means for controlling said traveling member, and   in that the conveyance control means performs:   tray member carry-in control such that said traveling member causes said holding member to hold and carry in said tray member to a predetermined product reception position in the vicinity of said product cut position,   plural-product-plate-material housing control, after the tray member carry-in control, performed such that said traveling member causes said holding member to hold the product plate material laying at said product cut position and to house the product plate material in the tray member laying at said product reception position and then to repeat, plural times, the operation starting with the holding of the products and ending with the housing of the products in the tray member, and   tray member carry-out control, after the plural-product-plate-member housing control, causing said traveling member to carry out the tray member laying at said product reception position to said plate material carry-out section.   
   
   
       3 . A plate material carry-out device according to  claim 2 , characterized in that said plate material carry-out section has a collection box,
 said traveling member has a holding member tilting mechanism tilting said holding member so that the tray member being held by the holding member is located at such an angle as allows the product plate materials inside the tray member to fall from the tray member, and   for said tray member carry-out control, said conveyance control device causes said holding member tilting mechanism to perform an operation of tilting the holding member to transfer the product plate members in the tray member to the collection box.   
   
   
       4 . A plate material carry-out method of carrying out a product plate material cut from a raw plate material by a plate material processing machine, from a product cut position on the plate material processing machine to a plate material carry-out section outside the plate material processing machine, the method being characterized by using a plate material carry-out device comprising:
 a track installed above and between said plate material processing machine and said plate material carry-out section;   a portable tray member that is able to house a plurality of said product plate materials; and   two traveling members each having a holding member capable of selectively holding said product plate materials and said tray member, the traveling members being travelable along said track independently from each other,   the method comprising:   a tray member standby process in which one of the traveling members which is a first traveling member causes said holding member to hold said tray member so that said tray member stands by at a predetermined product reception position in the vicinity of said product cut position,   a plural-product-plate-material housing process in which a second traveling member causes said holding member to hold the product plate material laying at said product cut position and to house the product plate material in the tray member standing by at said product reception position and then to repeat, plural times, the operation starting with the holding of the products and ending with the housing of the products in the tray member, and   a tray member carry-out process, after the plural-product-plate-member housing process, causing said first traveling member to carry out the tray member standing by at said product reception position to said plate material carry-out section.   
   
   
       5 . A plate material carry-out method of carrying out a product plate material cut from a raw plate material by a plate material processing machine, from a product cut position on the plate material processing machine to a plate material carry-out section outside the plate material processing machine, the method being characterized by using a plate material carry-out device comprising:
 a track installed above and between said plate material processing machine and said plate material carry-out section;   a portable tray member that is able to house a plurality of said product plate materials; and   one traveling member having a holding member capable of selectively holding said product plate materials and said tray member, the traveling member being travelable along said track, and   the method comprising:   a tray member carry-in process in which said traveling member causes said holding member to hold and carry in said tray member to a predetermined product reception position in the vicinity of said product cut position,   a plural-product-plate-material housing process, after the tray member carry-in process, in which said traveling member causes said holding member to hold the product plate material laying at said product cut position and to house the product plate material in the tray member laying at said product reception position and then to repeat, plural times, the operation starting with the holding of the products and ending with the housing of the products in the tray member, and   a tray member carry-out process, after the plural-product-plate-member housing process, in which said traveling member carries out the tray member laying at said product reception position to said plate material carry-out section.