WO2023217612A1 - Absortiervorrichtung, vereinzelungssystem sowie assoziierte verfahren - Google Patents
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
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- the invention relates to a sorting device for supporting a sorting process of workpieces on a workpiece board, a separating system for separating workpieces on a workpiece board, a method for sorting workpieces on a workpiece board and a method for separating workpieces on a workpiece board.
- sorting devices are typically used, by means of which different workpieces are sorted into different ones intended workpiece collection point units at one
- Sorting device can be sorted. Such a sorting device is disclosed, for example, in DE102016120131B4.
- the manual sorting of the workpieces cut or punched from the workpiece board, especially small parts in mini nests is not ergonomic because, for example, sorting takes place from a sorting table on the flatbed machine tool. Workpieces can also fall to the floor and be damaged. In addition, the workpieces can scratch on the support bars of the machine pallet.
- the known type of sorting is therefore very time-consuming and labor-intensive.
- the object of the invention is therefore to enable an improved, in particular ergonomic, simple and quick sorting of workpieces on a workpiece board compared to the prior art.
- a sorting device to support a sorting process of workpieces from a workpiece panel, in which the workpieces are connected to the workpiece panel by a predetermined breaking point.
- the sorting device has a support area with support elements for placing the workpiece sheet thereon, with at least one sorting opening being formed between the support elements for the workpieces to fall through.
- the sorting device has a collection area on which, in particular in the direction of fall of the workpieces, is arranged below the support area and has at least two collecting compartments for collecting the workpieces falling through the at least one sorting opening.
- the sorting device has a guide area which is arranged between the support area and the collecting area and has at least one guide element for guiding the workpieces falling through the at least one sorting opening to the collecting compartments.
- the sorting device has an adjusting device for adjusting the collecting compartments relative to the at least one guide element and/or for adjusting the at least one guide element relative to the collecting compartments in such a way that, by means of the at least one guide element, one of the at least two collecting compartments can be passed through the Adjustment selected collection compartment workpieces can be fed.
- a sorting device which supports the sorting process of workpieces from the workpiece board.
- This support consists, on the one hand, in the fact that the processed workpiece panels can be placed on the support elements.
- the support consists in guiding different workpieces into a selected collecting compartment of the collecting compartments, whereby the respective collecting compartment can be selected according to the geometry, in particular two-dimensional shape and/or size, of the workpieces should be sorted.
- the collection compartments and/or the at least one guide element is adjusted relative to the other of these by means of the adjusting device Components, so that the selected collection compartment is brought into a connection with the at least one guide element for guiding the workpieces, by means of which workpieces can be guided via the at least one guide element into the respective selected collection compartment of the several collection compartments.
- a sorting device for sorting on which work can be carried out in or on a support area.
- This support area is preferably at an ergonomic working height in the range of 0.6 m to 1.30 m, particularly 0.7 m to 1.20 m and further particularly 0.8 m to 1.10 m.
- the support area can be at least partially height-adjustable.
- the height adjustability can be provided, for example, by a mechanical and/or electrical drive.
- the collecting compartments do not have to be exchanged or moved back and forth for workpieces of different geometries. Instead, the collection compartments arranged in the collection area can remain in their position relative to one another until they are full and can be emptied. Since the collection compartments become heavier as they become more filled with workpieces and lifting them would require a lot of physical effort, this can reduce the amount of physically heavy work that workers have to do.
- the workpieces also do not have to be laboriously sorted by hand into one of several collection compartments. This also reduces the risk of workpieces accidentally ending up in the wrong collection compartments.
- Adjusting device can instead select a respective collecting compartment for some or all of the workpieces of a processed workpiece panel, so that every workpiece falling through the at least one sorting opening is always fed to this collecting compartment by means of the at least one guide element.
- the adjustment device can be easily operated to select or select a different collection compartment. to change the collecting compartment into which the workpieces are to be sorted guided by the at least one guide element.
- a workpiece board is understood to mean, in particular, a workpiece plate which has its greatest extent in a horizontal plane and is set up with a thickness in the vertical plane orthogonal thereto.
- a workpiece panel can in particular be a workpiece sheet.
- Such a workpiece panel is also referred to herein as a machined workpiece panel if workpieces are incorporated into it and are connected to the workpiece panel by a predetermined breaking point.
- a predetermined breaking point can in particular be in the form of a web or several webs between the workpiece and the workpiece panel or be formed in a remaining grid of the workpiece panel or between two adjacent workpieces.
- the web can be designed as a Microjoint, Nanojoint and/or Microweid.
- Microjoints extend over an entire workpiece thickness, while nanojoints only extend over a portion of the workpiece thickness. Microwelds are small welding spots that are specifically placed in a gap between the workpiece and the workpiece sheet or . be formed between two adjacent workpieces.
- the predetermined breaking point in particular the web, ensures on the one hand that the workpiece panel with all workpieces can be safely removed from the flatbed machine tool and, on the other hand, that the workpieces can be easily removed from the workpiece panel.
- Such workpieces can be processed in particular using a flat-bed machine tool, which can be, for example, a laser cutting or punching flat-bed machine tool, in particular a 2D laser flat-bed machine.
- the flatbed machine tool can also be a combination machine that implements both cutting processes. Further processing steps such as: B. Deburring, bending, folding, welding, drilling, thread cutting, etc. be feasible.
- the flatbed machine tool separates the workpieces, which are specified in their shape from the flatbed machine tool, from the rest of the workpiece panel by means of laser cutting or punching. The workpieces are therefore cut or punched in particular from the workpiece panel using a laser.
- the predetermined breaking point remains, which in each case connects a workpiece with the rest of the workpiece panel, which can be present as a residual skeleton or a group of parts without a residual skeleton and, if necessary. represents reusable scrap.
- Several predetermined breaking points can also remain between each workpiece and the workpiece panel.
- the workpiece panel processed in this way can now be sent for sorting, since the workpieces are still attached to the residual grid by means of the predetermined breaking point.
- Vibration hammer or a drill can be used.
- the vibratory hammer uses vibration to periodically strike the workpiece panel so that the workpieces are released from the workpiece panel.
- the predetermined breaking point can be removed by drilling at the predetermined breaking point or if necessary. drilling point provided next to the workpiece, in particular a so-called Microj oint, to be broken.
- the workpiece panels and thus the workpieces can consist of, for example, sheet metal, glass, semiconductor substrate structures, circuit board structures and/or plastic parts.
- the laser cutting or punching flatbed machine tools mentioned can be used in particular to produce workpieces made of a solid material that has a bending strength that does not lead to any significant deformation during sorting.
- the workpieces When the workpieces are released from the workpiece board resting in or on the support area, the workpieces fall through the at least one sorting opening, in particular due to gravity.
- the at least one sorting opening or the sorting openings are dimensioned correspondingly larger than the average, most or largest workpiece geometries, in particular along the horizontal or flat extension of the workpieces.
- sorting takes place in the sorting device. Sorting means that the workpieces are appropriately prepared for further processing Delivery to be put together. Compiling can be done, for example, by collecting workpieces of the same or similar geometry in the respective collecting compartments. However, it can also be provided that the same geometries are collected in different collection compartments. The advantage of this is that the collection compartments can be smaller and therefore easier to handle.
- the workpieces assembled in this way can, for example, be sent for further processing or delivery.
- the guide area with its at least one guide element is designed in particular for passive guidance, particularly due to the force of gravity acting on the workpieces.
- the guide area and the at least one guide element are preferably not active elements, such as conveyor belts or the like, but the guide area advantageously only specifies the spatial direction and thus the location for the workpiece.
- the workpieces can advantageously slide or slide on the at least one guide element.
- the at least one guide element can have a slippery and/or slidable surface for guiding the workpieces.
- the surface of the at least one guide element is metallic, but can alternatively also consist of another material.
- the sorting device can be set up to be fully manual, partially automated and/or fully automated. Different operating steps by a worker on the sorting device as well Different degrees of automation are explained in more detail below, as are other advantageous features.
- the sorting device is preferably designed with rollers for moving the sorting device.
- the sorting device can in particular have at least three rollers, preferably four rollers. This means that the sorting device can be moved flexibly in the production hall. By means of the rollers, the sorting device can, for example, simply be moved in front of the flat-bed machine tool in order to enable collection there for the subsequent sorting of the workpiece panels.
- the sorting device with the workpieces sorted into the collecting compartments can simply be moved to the further processing or delivery point of the workpieces in order to be sent there for further processing or delivery. This eliminates the need for otherwise time-consuming and cumbersome reloading of the collecting compartments onto a means of transport for transporting the workpieces to the further processing or delivery point.
- a brake in particular a parking brake, is arranged on at least one of the rollers.
- a brake can preferably be arranged on at least two rollers, in particular located on the same side of the sorting device. This allows the sorting device to be locked in position for safe working.
- the at least one guide element is a funnel, a tube, a slide and/or a flap is trained .
- the at least one guide element can be designed as a funnel, a tube, a slide, a flap or any combination of the aforementioned. This makes it possible to route the workpieces to the selected collection compartment in a geometrically favorable manner.
- the funnel can, for example, have a multi-sided, in particular four-sided, or a round cross-section.
- the hopper, tube or chute has a corresponding opening or end from which the workpieces exit the hopper, tube, flap or chute. This opening or end is preferably aligned with one of the collecting compartments when adjusted by the adjusting device.
- the at least one guide element is designed to be flexible.
- the flexibility makes it easier to adjust the at least one guide element, so that this can be done particularly easily.
- the position once set by flexible adjustment of the guide element can preferably be secured by the adjusting device or another device.
- the at least one flexible guide element can be, for example, a hose, a net and/or a guide element constructed flexibly with segments, through which the flexibility of the at least one guide element is provided.
- the hose can be, for example, a rubber hose, the net can be a metal net and the segments can be made of plastic or metal, for example.
- the guide area has a funnel element which is arranged above the at least one guide element, particularly in the direction of fall of the workpieces.
- the funnel element can, for example, have a multi-sided, in particular four-sided, or a round cross-section.
- the funnel element is preferably arranged in a fixed manner relative to the support area.
- the adjusting device is a manually operated adjusting device.
- the adjusting device can have one or more handles.
- the handle or handles make it easy for the worker to operate manually.
- the adjusting device is an automatically operable adjusting device.
- the adjustment by the adjustment device takes place automatically, for example by a corresponding drive, for example an electric drive.
- a corresponding actuation unit for example in a simple embodiment, one or more actuation buttons, a foot switch, a remote control, a control panel or The like can be provided. This makes adjustments easier for the workers who have to make them and further improves ergonomics.
- the adjusting device has a rotary mechanism and/or linear mechanism for rotating and/or linearly displacing the at least one guide element or the collecting compartments relative to one another.
- a rotary mechanism and/or linear mechanism for rotating and/or linearly displacing the at least one guide element or the collecting compartments relative to one another. This means that either the at least one guide element is rotated and/or linearly displaced relative to the collecting compartments or the collecting compartments are rotated and/or linearly displaced relative to the at least one guide element.
- a rotary mechanism and/or linear mechanism creates a geometrically simple adjustability of the at least one guide element, which is easy to produce.
- the rotating mechanism has a rotating wheel connected to the at least one guide element with at least one handle for rotating the at least one guide element relative to the collecting compartments.
- the handle can run completely or in sections along the entire rotary wheel.
- the rotary wheel can have a metallic and round base body on which the handle or handles consist of another material with increased grip, such as a plastic.
- the adjusting device has locking positions into which the adjusting device When adjusting, it engages when the at least one guide element is in a predefined relative position relative to at least one of the collecting compartments. On the one hand, this can ensure that a position that has been set up by adjustment can be secured so that the position is not lost during sorting, which could lead to the workpieces being sorted incorrectly.
- haptic and/or acoustic feedback can be provided during the adjustment so that one of several, in particular predefined, positions has been reached.
- the guide area also includes at least one sound absorption element.
- This sound absorption element or these sound absorption elements can be located, for example, on the at least one guide element and/or on the aforementioned funnel element. In particular, they can be located on the rear sides of the at least one guide element and/or the funnel element, so that the guidance of the workpieces is not impaired by the sound absorption element(s).
- the at least one sound absorption element can be a sound absorption or soundproofing mat, for example made of bitumen. This can, for example, be glued in a simple manner to the back of the at least one guide element and/or the funnel element.
- the collection area preferably has at least four collection compartments. This allows workpieces to be divided into four different categories based on their geometry and the respective ones Collector compartments are sorted.
- the adjusting device can have four positions in which the at least one guide element is each arranged in a conductive manner to one of the four collecting compartments in order to be able to supply each of the four collecting compartments with workpieces.
- the collection compartments are designed as collection boxes.
- Collection boxes are boxes formed separately from each other and from the sorting device, such as a frame or housing of the sorting device. They can therefore be removed from the sorting device particularly easily when they are full of workpieces. They can also be easily replaced.
- the collection boxes preferably have at least two handles in order to be able to transport them easily, in particular to be able to lift them out of the collection area.
- the support elements can preferably be designed as support webs that are spaced apart from one another and arranged parallel to one another. They can run between two sides, in particular long and/or parallel sides, of the sorting device. be arranged.
- the sorting device can have several sorting openings, which are located between two support elements or Support bars are formed. This advantageous design of the support area as a support grid allows a stable support for the workpiece plate due to the multiple support webs and easy sorting of the workpieces from the workpiece plate using the several sorting openings.
- the support elements preferably have brushes on a support side for placing the workpiece board and/or are designed to be elastic.
- the elastic design of the support elements on the support side can be achieved, for example, by an elastic element, in particular a covering or knobs, on the support elements. These can be made of rubber, for example. But it is also possible to make the support elements themselves from an elastic material, for example from a plastic. Alternatively, the support elements can be made of metal.
- a particular advantage arises from the design with the brushes because the workpiece panel can slide particularly well on it and this makes handling the workpiece panel easier. The brushes also significantly reduce the noise level when sorting with the vibration hammer.
- Such brushes and/or elastic design of the support side of the support elements prevent the workpieces from being scratched in the support area. Consequently, high manufacturing quality can also be ensured during sorting.
- support elements are heat-resistant up to at least 80 ° C.
- This also refers to any brushes and/or elastic configurations of the support elements that may be provided.
- the brushes can be made of polyamide (which is heat-resistant up to approx. 100 °C) or aramid (which is heat-resistant up to at least 370 °C). Accordingly, the still hot workpiece panel can be brought from the flat-bed machine tool to the support area without prior cooling or only with a very short cooling time. This allows for quick sorting Processing in the flatbed machine tool without damaging the sorting device.
- the support elements can be detachably attached to the sorting device, in particular to a frame thereof. This allows damaged support elements to be easily replaced and the sorting device to be repaired cost-effectively.
- At least two of the support elements form an inclined support surface.
- Oblique refers to a horizontal plane, for example the floor level or the collection area or the remaining support elements.
- at least one of the support elements can be higher than other support elements.
- the height is determined in the direction of fall or measured vertically to the horizontal plane.
- a height adjustability of the at least one support element can be provided in order to place the support element higher than the other support elements, so that one support element does not have to be higher than the other support elements from the outset. This makes it possible to tilt the workpiece board in the support area, which can make it easier to sort the workpieces from the workpiece board.
- the sorting device has at least one fixing device for fixing the workpiece panel on the support area.
- the fixing device is, for example, a clamping device, e.g. B. in the form of a clamping claw or a gripper, which can clamp the workpiece panel on one of its sides.
- the combination of two support elements of different heights and the use of at least one fixing device is particularly advantageous.
- the workpiece board can swing freely on two support elements of different heights.
- the at least one fixing device prevents the workpiece sheet from slipping.
- the combination of inclination and, in particular, one-sided fixation, especially on the higher support element leads to a significant increase in the removal speed when releasing the workpieces from the workpiece board, especially through the action of a vibration hammer.
- the reason for this is the natural vibration of the workpiece panel, which is promoted by its inclination and particularly one-sided clamping. This enables the workpieces to be released particularly quickly from the workpiece board and thus faster sorting.
- the sorting device has a fill level monitoring device for determining the fill levels of the collecting compartments.
- the fill level monitoring device can be, for example, at least one scale, at least one camera, at least one sensor and/or at least one light grid, which can each be assigned to a collecting compartment or to all collecting compartments in order to determine their filling levels.
- the fill level monitoring device can also be set up to provide feedback about the fill levels of the collecting compartments to be given to the workers who operate the sorting device. This feedback can be, for example, optical, for example through a screen on the sorting device, which continuously displays the fill levels, and/or acoustic, for example through a loudspeaker on the sorting device.
- the sorting device has a camera device for monitoring the sorting process.
- a camera device can be arranged above the support area. It can be set up to record which workpieces become free and fall down to the collection compartments.
- the camera device can in turn be coupled to a display unit, in particular the sorting device, such as a screen, on which a worker can see which workpieces have fallen.
- the camera data recorded in this way can be used to feed back the data for a further production order after sorting.
- the tool can be arranged on a support system above the support area. In particular, it can be moved in all spatial directions by means of a corresponding drive, such as an electric drive. This makes it possible to automatically release the workpieces from the workpiece boards.
- the sorting device comprises a tool station with the tool, in particular in the form of a vibration hammer, as well as with a robot arm or a C-shaped frame with three axes of movement, the tool being arranged on the robot arm or the C-shaped frame .
- the tool station can include a camera system.
- the workpieces can be separated or separated from the workpiece board by the tool station. finally be isolated.
- the advantage of such a tool station over or Above the support area is an ergonomic improvement in manual operation of the corresponding tool of the tool station, in particular a vibration hammer, for example designed as a compressed air hammer, or a partial or full automation of the breaking process.
- the C-shaped frame or robot acts as a support system above the support area, so that a worker no longer has to hold and operate the heavy tool.
- the camera system now makes it possible to record the predetermined breaking points, the position of the workpieces, the identification of broken and not yet broken predetermined breaking points, etc. , so that the robot arm or the movement axes can use the vibratory hammer precisely where workpieces have not yet been separated.
- the robot arm or the movement axes can be controlled via a numerical control of the tool station.
- the C-shaped frame can consist of one or more arbitrary areas or a base frame of the sorting device over the support area, whereby the vibration hammer can be moved along all three spatial axes of the room by means of the movement axes in order to be able to record every position of the support area with the tool and thus to be able to separate the workpiece parts.
- the tool is operated manually by a worker but is held by a support system. It would also be desirable for the tool to be easier to use. It has proven to be advantageous if the sorting device has a tool station with a tool for breaking up the predetermined breaking points between the workpieces and the workpiece panel, the tool station comprising a toggle press with the tool arranged thereon.
- the tool station can include automatically or manually movable movement axes for the toggle press and/or the tool arranged thereon. Manually releasing the workpieces from the workpiece board is significantly more ergonomic and simplified compared to holding and operating a vibration hammer in the hand of a worker.
- the collection area has a pallet area for or with a pallet for storing the at least two collection compartments on it.
- Storage on a pallet enables machine-assisted removal of collection compartments, for example by a pallet truck.
- the pallet area is an additional area provided in the sorting device, which corresponds at least to the height of the pallet and the other dimensions of the pallet, in particular a Euro pallet.
- the Euro pallet has dimensions of 800 mm x 1200 mm x 144 mm, so that the pallet area can have this at least.
- the sorting device is preferably open to the side on at least one side so that accessibility with the pallet truck is easily guaranteed.
- a predefined minimum distance is provided between the at least one guide element and the at least two collecting compartments, which corresponds to a lifting height for lifting the pallet in the sorting device, the minimum distance being in particular at least 30 mm, very particularly at least 40 mm and further preferably at least 50 mm. This makes it possible to easily remove the pallet with the collection compartments on it using a pallet truck.
- the minimum distance can be achieved in particular by a correspondingly short design of the at least one guide element.
- the task mentioned at the beginning is further solved by a separation system according to claim 17.
- the separation system has a machine tool, in particular a flatbed machine tool, for cutting, in particular laser cutting, or punching the workpieces from the Workpiece board and a sorting device according to the invention.
- the flatbed machine tool can in particular be a laser cutting and/or punching flatbed machine tool, with further manufacturing steps also being able to be carried out by the flatbed machine tool.
- the separation system can also have at least one tool for breaking up the predetermined breaking points between the workpieces and the workpiece panel.
- the task mentioned at the beginning is also solved by a removal system according to claim 18.
- the removal system is set up for transporting away and sorting workpieces from a workpiece panel, the removal system having a conveyor belt device and a sorting device arranged or able to be arranged thereon according to one of the preceding claims.
- the removal system according to the invention makes it possible for the cut workpiece panels that were previously placed manually on the sorting device to be easily, in particular automatically, placed on the sorting device, thereby simplifying and speeding up the removal and sorting.
- the sorting device can be mechanically coupled to the conveyor belt.
- the conveyor belt can be equipped with an automatic be equipped with propulsion.
- the removal system can also have a shaking station that acts on the entire or part of the width of the conveyor belt device in order to shake workpieces out of the workpiece panel.
- the sorting device and the conveyor belt device can be height-adjustable synchronously with one another.
- a system according to claim 19 which comprises the separation system according to the invention and the removal system according to the invention.
- the system includes the sorting device, the conveyor belt device and the machine tool in order to enable the partially or fully automated separation, transport and sorting of the workpieces.
- Figure 1 is a side view of one
- Sorting device according to an exemplary embodiment of the invention
- Figure 2 is a top view of the sorting device from Figure 2. 1 ;
- Figure 3 is a perspective view of the
- Sorting device from Fig. 3 Sorting device from Fig. 3 ;
- Figure 4 is a schematic representation of part of an alternative sorting device
- Figure 5 is a schematic representation of part of a further alternative sorting device
- Figure 6 is a schematic representation of part of yet another alternative sorting device
- Figure 7 is a schematic representation of part of a further alternative sorting device.
- Figure 8 is a cross-sectional view through a possible
- FIG. 9 shows a cross-sectional view through a further possible embodiment of a support element of the sorting device of FIG. 1 ;
- 10 shows a cross-sectional view through a further possible embodiment of a support element of the sorting device of FIG. 1 ;
- Figure 11 is a side view of a possible
- Figure 12 is a top view of the support area of Figure.
- Figure 13 is a perspective view
- Figure 14 is a perspective view
- Figure 15 shows a schematic representation of the separation and sorting processes according to the invention.
- FIG 16 shows another one according to the invention
- Figure 1 shows a sorting device 10 to support a sorting process.
- the sorting device 10 includes a frame 11 and is open on the side shown, so that a view into the interior of the sorting device 10 is possible. Above all, this enables a simple Access to collection compartments 31 in a collection area 30
- a cladding can be provided, which can, however, be at least partially transparent and/or removable.
- paneling can consist of doors or wire mesh.
- the sorting device 10 is equipped with rollers 13 by means of corresponding connecting elements 12, with at least one of the rollers 13 being equipped with a brake 14.
- the sorting device 10 is therefore designed as a sorting cart that can be easily moved in a production hall.
- FIG. 2 shows in the plan view of the sorting device 10 from FIG. 1, a handle 17, in particular a bow-shaped handle 17, can also be provided on the frame 11 in order to be able to push the sorting device 10 comfortably.
- Fig. 1 there is a support area 20 at the top of the sorting device 10.
- This support area 20 serves to support a workpiece board 1 (see FIGS. 11 to 14).
- Workpieces 2 have been incorporated into the workpiece panel 1 using a flat-bed machine tool (see FIGS. 13, 14), which are only connected to the rest of the workpiece panel 1 via a predetermined breaking point, in particular in the form of a micro-web.
- the workpieces 2 can be sorted into suitable collecting compartments 31 according to their geometry.
- the workpieces 2 are placed in the support area 20 by a tool 81 (see FIG. 16), such as for example a vibration hammer, from the workpiece board
- a guide area 40 and underneath the collecting area 30 are arranged on a corresponding floor of the sorting device 10, the collecting area 30 having the collecting compartments 31.
- the collecting compartments 31 are designed as collecting boxes in the present case and a total of four collecting boxes are provided as an example, as can be seen in Figure 3.
- the sorting device 10 is open here on all of its sides 15, 16, whereby, as explained above, panels can also be provided on one, several or all sides 15, 16.
- a guide area 40 which is shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 includes a funnel element 42 and a guide element 41.
- the funnel element 42 here has, for example, a rectangular cross section and the guide element 41 can also be used, for example, as a funnel or alternatively as a tube or
- the workpieces 2 After being released from the workpiece plate 1, the workpieces 2 fall through the funnel element 42 through, which forwards them to the guide element 41 and the guide element 41 guides the workpieces 2 each to one of the collecting compartments 31.
- one or more sound absorption elements 43 can be arranged on the funnel element 42 in order to minimize noise when guiding the workpieces 2.
- an adjusting device 50 is provided between the funnel element 42 and the guide element 41.
- the adjusting device 50 allows the guide element 41, which is attached to the funnel element 42, to be adjusted relative to the collecting compartments 31 in the adjustment direction 3 shown.
- the adjustment direction 3 is a direction of rotation, because the adjustment is carried out by a rotation in which the guide element 41 with its end or its opening is aligned with one of the four collecting compartments 31.
- the adjusting device 50 includes a rotary wheel 51, which allows the guide element 41 to be rotated relative to the funnel element 42 and in alignment with one of the four collecting compartments 31. So you can choose which of the four collecting compartments 31 the workpieces 2 should be sorted into by adjusting the guide element 41 based on the respective geometry of the workpieces 2 of the workpiece plate 1.
- an optional additional support area 65 is provided, which in turn is provided with additional support elements 66, 67, between which Additional absorption openings 68 are formed.
- the additional support area 65 is part of an optional additional area 60 in addition to the previously explained areas comprising the support area 20, the collection area 30 and the guide area 40.
- the additional area 60 in turn comprises a further funnel element 61 with an optional further pipe element 62 for guiding workpieces through the additional sorting openings 68 to two additional collecting compartments 63.
- the optional additional area 60 can also be used for sorting, in which case, for example, workpieces 2 can be sorted by drilling microjoints in a workpiece plate 1 with a drilling tool, while the workpieces 2 in the support area 20 can be sorted by a vibration hammer. The loosening of workpieces 2 by drilling or vibration hammer can be done in parallel or one behind the other, depending on which workpiece plates 1 are present.
- the optional additional area 60 thus expands the functionality of the sorting device 10. Nevertheless, provision can be made to omit the optional additional area 60 in the sorting device 10, so that only the area shown in FIG. 1 shown left part of the sorting device 10 with the support area 20, the collecting area 30 and the guide area 40 is provided in the sorting device 10.
- Figure 4 shows an alternative guide area 40, which has a flexible guide element 41, for example a hose.
- the flexible guide element 41 was shown in FIG. 4 in the adjustment direction 3 shown by means of an adjustment device 50, not shown, for example a fixing device, such as a movable ring, for fixing the flexible guide element 41 in the direction shown in FIG. 4 position shown, adjusted.
- the flexible guide element 41 is the left of the two in FIG. 4 visible collecting compartments 31 assigned and enables workpieces 2 to be guided from the support area 20 to the left collecting compartment 31 of FIG. 4.
- Figure 5 also shows an alternative guide area 40, which has two partial flaps as guide elements 41, which can also be moved in length.
- the part flaps can be rotated using appropriate swivel joints to open or close the areas underneath.
- the parts flaps can be extended to enable optimal feeding of the workpieces 2 to just before the collecting compartments 31.
- the adjusting device 50 not designated here, can include the swivel joints and the mechanism for extending the partial flaps.
- the workpieces 2 are, for example, guided into the left collecting compartment 31.
- Figure 6 shows another alternative adjustment device 50, this time not in the guide area 40, but in the collection area 30.
- the guide area 40 with its guide element 41 and possibly. its funnel element 42 is fixed.
- the adjusting device 50 is designed as a carriage on rollers, alternatively also possible for example on rails, on which the collecting compartments 31 are positioned and which can be moved in one of the linear adjustment directions 3.
- the guide area 40 is designed here, for example, with a guide element 41 in the form of a funnel. At least one sound absorption element 43 in the form of a sound absorption mat is arranged on this.
- Figure 7 shows yet another alternative adjustment device 50, which in turn is arranged on the collecting area 30 and is designed as a carriage.
- the carriage is rotatable in the adjustment direction 3 shown with the collecting compartments 31 located thereon and is not linearly displaceable.
- the guide element 41 can thus be aligned with one of the collecting compartments 31 by rotating the adjusting device 50.
- Figures 8 to 10 show different possible embodiments of the support elements 21 to avoid damage to the workpieces 2 when the workpiece plate 1 is placed on it.
- an attachment element 23 is provided in the form of a covering, for example made of a plastic or rubber, with bristles 24 on which the workpiece plate 1 can be placed. This prevents scratching, reduces the noise level and allows better handling of the workpiece board 1.
- the entire support element 21 is made of an elastic plastic.
- only one elastic attachment element 25, for example made of elastic plastic or rubber, is arranged on the support element 21.
- the support elements 23, 25 can be detachably attached to the support elements 21 in order to replace them if necessary.
- FIG. 11 shows two support elements 21 of different heights, one or both of these support elements 21 being able to be height-adjustable.
- Fig. 12 further shows a workpiece plate 1 with workpieces 2 therein clamped to one of the two support elements 21 by means of a fixing device 70.
- a fixing device 70 When releasing the workpieces 2 from the workpiece plate 1, this allows the workpiece plate 1 to swing freely and thereby allows the workpieces 2 to be released quickly from the workpiece plate 1 when using a corresponding vibration hammer.
- FIG. 13 shows a separation system 200 comprising a flat-bed machine tool 100 and the sorting device 10 from FIG. 3.
- the flatbed machine tool 100 here includes, for example, a camera unit 110 and a table or a pallet 120 on which the workpiece plate 1 coming from the flatbed machine tool 100 is placed. A worker can now simply lift the workpiece plate 1 from the table or pallet 120 onto the sorting device 10, which he can roll up to the table 120. A lifting device can be provided if necessary.
- Figure 14 shows one compared to Figure 14. 13 alternative separation system 200.
- this separating system 200 the table or pallet 120 is omitted and instead the workpiece plate 1 coming from the flatbed machine tool 100 is placed directly on the sorting device 10.
- sorting with the sorting device 10 takes longer than processing another workpiece plate 1 in the flatbed machine tool 100, a further sorting device 10 can be provided. This can replace the sorting device 10, which already has one Workpiece plate 1 has been placed, moved in front of the flatbed machine tool 100 in order to pick up the next workpiece plate 1. Consequently, the otherwise necessary lifting of the workpiece plate 1 is advantageously eliminated.
- Figure 15 shows schematically a separation process 400 for separating workpieces 2 from a workpiece plate 1 comprising a sorting process 300.
- the separation process 400 is with the separation system 200 of FIG. 13 and 14 can be carried out.
- the sorting method 300 can be carried out with the sorting device 10.
- a first step 410 of the separation method 400 the workpieces 2 are cut out of the workpiece plate 1 in the flatbed machine tool 100, for example by laser cutting or punching.
- a second step 310 of the separation process 400 which is also a first step of the sorting process 300, the processed workpiece panel 1 with the cut out workpieces 2, which are held together by the predetermined breaking point with the workpiece panel 1, is placed on the support area 20 of the sorting device 10.
- a third step 320 of the separation method 400 which is also a second step of the sorting method 300, the adjustment device 50 is adjusted to select one of the collecting compartments 31 of the sorting device 10. This selects which of the collecting compartments 31 receives the workpieces 2 by subsequently releasing them in the fourth Step 330 of the separation process 400, which is also a third step of the sorting process 300, should be sent.
- the third step 320 does not necessarily have to take place after the second step 310 or the first step 410, but can also take place beforehand if it is known which collecting compartment 31 is to be used for sorting the workpieces 2 of the workpiece plate 1.
- the workpieces 2 are finally released from the workpiece board 1, for which a tool 81 (see FIG. 16) is used.
- a tool 81 see FIG. 16
- This can be, for example, a vibrating hammer.
- the loosened workpieces 2 are fed via the guide area 40 to the previously selected collecting compartment 31 in the collecting area 30 of the sorting device 10.
- FIG. 16 now shows a further embodiment of a sorting device 10, shown only schematically.
- a pallet area 32 is provided in the collecting area 30, in which a pallet 33 is located.
- the collecting compartments 31 are arranged here on the pallet 33. Because a minimum distance 34 corresponding to a lifting height of a pallet truck (not shown) is provided between the collecting compartments 31 and the guide element 41, the pallet 33 can be lifted unhindered by means of the pallet truck within the sorting device 10 and laterally out of an open side of the sorting device 10 be taken out.
- Fig. 16 further shows a tool station 80 as part of the sorting device 10 above the support area 20 in which the workpiece panel 1 is located.
- a C-shaped frame 83 which holds a tool 81, in particular a vibration hammer, for breaking up the predetermined breaking points in the workpiece panel 1.
- Movement axes (not shown) for moving the tool 81 over the workpiece board 1 are provided in the C-shaped frame 83.
- the tool station 80 also includes a camera system 82, through which the workpiece panel 1 can be detected with its predetermined breaking points in order to control the tool 81 according to the current progress of the breaking process so that the remaining predetermined breaking points are broken.
- a C-shaped frame 83 with movement axes with, for example, a toggle press for operating the tool 81, so that the tool 81 is held by the tool station 80, but can be operated manually.
- Fig. 16 further shows a removal system 500 comprising the sorting device 10 and a conveyor belt device 501, which is coupled here to the sorting device 10.
- the cut workpiece panel 1 can easily be transported from the machine tool 100 (see FIG. 13) to the sorting device 10 via the conveyor belt device 501.
- the conveyor belt device 501, the sorting device 10 and the machine tool 100 also form a system (not shown separately).
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