JP2000317764A - Work cleaning device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent the driving part, running rails and the like of a carrier from being adversely affected by cleaning agent, chips and the like when cleaning a work on the carrier by spraying the cleaning agent. SOLUTION: A carrier main body 10 is constituted into a canti-lever system by engaging the running rail 14 of a work carrier 6 with a guide rail 8 extended to a second cleaning station 5 from a first cleaning station, and a shielding plate 17 is projectedly provided on the carrier main body 10 located between a work receiver 15 sprayed with cleaning agent and a driving motor 13. Meanwhile, a partitioning plate 21 is extended out of a space above a cleaning station 4(5) to bring the shielding plate 17 close to the end part of the partitioning part 21 to interpose with each other.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cleaning apparatus for cleaning chips attached to the surface of a work, for example, while processing a work placed on a carrier in a transfer processing line.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, for example, after a work placed on a work carrier is processed in a first processing line and then transferred to a second processing line, the carrier is put into a cleaning station, and a cleaning liquid is sprayed on the work. Processing equipment that cleans chips and the like adhering to the surface and the like and then transfers the chips to a second processing line is known.

[0003]

However, in the conventional cleaning at the cleaning station, the cleaning liquid sprayed toward the work, the removed chips, and the like are removed from the vicinity of the drive unit of the carrier, the traveling rail, and various sensors. It was necessary to clean up frequently in order to avoid the adverse effects on running and the like.
There was also room for improvement in terms of durability and the like.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to prevent a work on a carrier from being adversely affected by a cleaning liquid, chips, or the like on a drive unit or a running rail of the carrier.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a work carrier in which a carrier body is provided with a work mounting portion and a driving portion for driving the traveling, and a washing station provided in the middle of the work carrying path. In the work cleaning device equipped with the above, a shielding plate for partitioning between the mounting portion and the driving portion is protrudingly provided on the carrier body, and the cleaning station is protruded from the direction opposite to the protruding direction of the shielding plate to drive the mounting portion. A partition plate for partitioning between the parts was provided, and the shielding plate of the carrier and the partition plate of the washing station were superposed with their ends close to each other.

As described above, the shielding plate of the carrier body and the partition plate of the cleaning station block the cleaning liquid, chips and the like sprayed on the work from scattering toward the drive unit. By polymerizing the end portions in close proximity to each other, it is possible to completely block entry of particularly heavy chips.

Further, in the present invention, the traveling rail of the work carrier is provided on the drive section side, and the mounting section is arranged on a cantilever type carrier main body extending laterally from the traveling rail side.

[0008] Thus, the traveling rail is provided on the drive unit side,
By disposing the mounting portion on the cantilever type carrier main body, the traveling rail and the mounting portion can be disposed separately, and the traveling rail can be prevented from being adversely affected by a cleaning liquid, chips and the like. In addition, by disposing the mounting portion on the cantilever type carrier main body, for example, a receiving tray or the like for receiving a falling cleaning liquid or the like can be easily installed.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. Here, FIG. 1 is a plan view of the entire processing equipment to which the work cleaning apparatus according to the present invention is applied,
2 is a plan view of the cleaning line of the processing equipment, FIG. 3 is a side view of the cleaning line, FIG. 4 is a plan view of the cleaning station, FIG. 5 is a front view of the cleaning station, and FIG. 6 is a side view of the cleaning station. is there.

The work cleaning apparatus according to the present invention is applied to, for example, a processing facility for simultaneously processing a pair of left and right knuckles as underbody parts of a vehicle.
As shown in FIG. 1, a cleaning line 3 is provided between a first processing line 1 on the upstream side and a second processing line 2 on the downstream side,
First cleaning station 4 upstream of this cleaning line 3
The main cleaning apparatus is configured in the second cleaning station 5 on the downstream side.

That is, the pair of left and right works are mounted on the pallet P of the first processing line 1 in a predetermined posture, and sequentially processed by the processing machine K while being sent in the direction of the arrow, and the processing of the first processing line 1 is completed. Then, the posture is changed, transferred to a work carrier 6 described later, and introduced into the first cleaning station 4 of the cleaning line 3, where the cleaning liquid is sprayed and cleaned.

Thereafter, the work carrier 6 moves to the second washing station 5, where the work is again sprayed with the washing liquid and washed, and then sent out to the second processing line 3 and sent in the direction of the arrow. During this time, processing is sequentially performed by each processing machine K. Here, the configuration of the first cleaning station 4 and the configuration of the second cleaning station 5 are almost the same, and the work carrier 6 will be described below with reference to FIGS.
Is located at the washing station 4 (5).

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the work carrier 6 is free to travel along a guide rail 8 on the upper side of the column 7 and a guide rail 8 on the side.
Carrier body 10 that extends horizontally from the inside toward the cleaning chamber
The carrier body 10 is cantilevered with respect to the column 7.

A rack bar 11 having a horizontal engagement surface is provided on an upper portion of the column 7 in a direction connecting the first washing station 4 and the second washing station 5, and is attached to a lower surface of the carrier body 10. The pinion gear 12 meshes with the rack bar 11, and the output of a drive motor 13 as a drive unit disposed on the upper portion of the carrier body 10 is transmitted to the pinion gear 12. . A running rail 14 is provided on the lower surface of the carrier body 10 and on the side surface of the downwardly extending portion so as to slidably engage with each guide rail 8 of the column 7.

On the side of the carrier body 10 extending over the room, there is provided a work receiving base 15 serving as a mounting portion for the work W, and a pair of works W is mounted on the work receiving base 15.

On the carrier main body 10 between the work receiving table 15 and the drive motor 13, a shielding plate 17 is projected upward through a support plate 16. The shielding plate 17 is arranged in such a manner as to partition the work receiving table 15 side and the drive motor 13 side along the traveling direction of the work carrier 6.

On the other hand, on the cleaning station 4 (5) side,
A cleaning liquid pipe 20 is provided on the upper part of the work receiving table 15,
A cleaning liquid can be sprayed toward the work W below, and a partition plate 21 extending downward from a ceiling or the like is provided as shown in FIG. 15 and the drive motor 13 can be partitioned.

The lower end of the partition plate 21 is made to approach the upper surface of the support plate 16 with a slight clearance, and the lower end of the partition plate 21 and the shielding plate 17 on the carrier body 10 side are They are arranged so as to be parallel to each other and to face each other with a slight gap. Further, the partition plate 21 is provided with a sufficient length in parallel with the shielding plate 17.

Although the work cleaning apparatus has the above-described configuration, in the embodiment, the cleaning liquid receiving tray 2 is provided below the cleaning line 3.
2 to receive the falling washing liquid and collect and collect it in a tank 23 as shown in FIG.

Next, the operation and the like of the work cleaning apparatus will be described. When the processing is completed in the first processing line 1, the direction of the work W is changed and mounted on the work carrier 6,
It is put into the first washing station 4.

In the first cleaning station 4, the cleaning liquid is sprayed from the cleaning liquid pipe 20 toward the work W, so that chips and the like adhering to the surface and the like are washed away. At this time, the cleaning liquid and the washed away chips do not enter the drive motor 13 or the running rail 14 due to the overlapping structure of the tip of the partition plate 21 and the shielding plate 17, so that various troubles can be prevented.

When the cleaning in the first cleaning station 4 is completed, the work carrier 6 travels along the cleaning line 3 by the traveling drive of the drive motor 13 and is conveyed to the second cleaning station 5, where the work is cleaned again in the same procedure. Is performed. Also in this case, similarly, the tip of the partition plate 21 and the shielding plate 17
The drive motor 13 and the running rail 14
Intrusion of the cleaning liquid, chips, etc. into the like is prevented. The cleaning liquid sprayed in each of the cleaning stations 4 and 5 and the cleaning liquid dropped in the cleaning line 3 are received by the lower receiving tray 22 and collected in the tank 23. When the work cleaning at the second cleaning station 5 is completed, the work W is moved to the second cleaning station 5.
It is sent to the processing line 2 and the next stage of processing is performed.

With the above configuration, the drive motor 13
And the trouble of frequently cleaning the periphery of the traveling rail 14 can be omitted, and the durability of the work carrier 6 and the like can be improved.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment. Those having substantially the same configuration as those described in the claims of the present invention and exhibiting the same operation and effect belong to the technical scope of the present invention. For example, the type of the work W is arbitrary.

[0025]

As described above, in the work cleaning apparatus according to the present invention, the carrier body is provided with the shielding plate projecting between the mounting portion and the driving portion, and the cleaning station is provided with the shielding plate projecting direction. Since a partition plate that protrudes from the opposite direction to partition between the mounting unit and the driving unit is provided and the shielding plate and the partition plate are polymerized in close proximity, the mounting unit is not adversely affected by a cleaning liquid or chips, It is possible to save trouble such as cleaning, and to improve durability. Further, by disposing the mounting portion on the cantilever type carrier main body extending laterally from the traveling rail side, it is possible to prevent adverse effects of the cleaning liquid and chips on the traveling rail and the like.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of the entire processing equipment to which a work cleaning apparatus according to the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of a cleaning line of the processing equipment.

FIG. 3 is a side view of the washing line.

FIG. 4 is a plan view of the washing station.

FIG. 5 is a front view of a washing station.

FIG. 6 is a side view of a cleaning station.

[Explanation of symbols]

4 first cleaning station, 5 second cleaning station, 6 work carrier, 10 carrier body, 13
Drive motor, 14: running rail, 15: work receiving table, 1
7: shielding plate, 21: partition plate, W: work.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A work cleaning apparatus comprising: a work carrier provided with a work mounting section and a driving section for driving the work in a carrier body; and a cleaning station provided in the middle of a work carrying path. A shielding plate that partitions between the mounting portion and the driving portion is protruded, and the cleaning station protrudes from a direction opposite to a projecting direction of the shielding plate to partition between the mounting portion and the driving portion. A work cleaning apparatus, further comprising a partition plate, wherein the shielding plate of the carrier and the partition plate of the cleaning station are polymerized in a state where their ends are close to each other. 2. The work cleaning apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the traveling rail of the work carrier is provided on the driving section side, and the mounting section is of a cantilever type extending laterally from the traveling rail side. A work cleaning device, which is arranged on a carrier body.