JPH06247515A - Planar sorting system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To pack articles in pallets for respective customers in the dimensional order, by calculating a lay-out with which plate-like articles are cut out from a plate material at an optimum yield while avoiding a fault mark, and by enabling the cut-out articles to be stored in sorter means. CONSTITUTION:A control part calculates a lay-out with which articles are cut out from a plate material 27 at an optimum yield while avoids a fault mark, in accordance with data detected by a fault mark detector 12 for reading the position of the fault mark set on the plate material 27, order data or the like. Packing data relating to a loading order are calculated in accordance with the order data. The articles are cut out from the plate material 27 by a cutter in accordance with a result of the calculation, and desired labels are applied to thus cut-out articles by a labeling device 16. Then by reading these labels, the articles are stored by a sorter means 18 one by one, and are taken out in accordance with the order data. Thereafter, the articles are packed in pallets 68 by a pallet packing device 19 in the dimensional order.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention cuts out glass plate products for shipment from stocked stock plates based on an instruction from a control unit in which order information for glass plate products is input.
The present invention relates to a plate-shaped material sorting system that manages each process by displaying the necessary information for each process by packing the cut out glass plate products in a pallet in a state of being sorted for each customer.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when cutting out a glass plate product, based on the order information from the customer, an appropriate plate is selected from the plate stocked in the warehouse, and the glass ordered from the selected plate is ordered. Cut out plate products. The cut glass plate products are packed in pallets for each customer in descending order of size. Therefore, in order to pack the cut glass plate products into the pallets for each customer in descending order of size, when cutting the glass plate products from the raw plate, it is necessary to cut out the glass plate products in order from the large size. Further, it is necessary to temporarily place the cut glass plate products on the temporary placing table and refill them by customer and size.

[0003]

However, there is a problem that the cutting yield of the raw plate is lowered when the glass plate products having a large size are cut out in order. The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and cuts out glass plate products from a raw plate at an optimum yield based on order information, and cuts out the glass plate products in order of increasing size from pallets for each customer. It is an object of the present invention to provide a sorting system for plate-shaped materials that can be packed in.

[0004]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention cuts a plate-shaped material product from stocked stock plates based on order data from a customer, and cuts out the plate-shaped product. In a shipping system for plate-shaped products that packs and ships timber products in shipping pallets specified for each customer,
Defect mark reading means for reading the position of the defect mark marked on the blank plate, defect mark data read by the defect mark reading means, stock data of the blank plate and order data from the customer It is a control part that avoids the defect mark on the plate and calculates the arrangement on the plate to cut the plate material product from the plate at the optimum cutting yield, and in the order data from the customer. A control unit for calculating the pallet packing data for packing the plate-shaped material products into the shipping pallets specified for each customer based on the order of the size, and the blank plate to the plate based on the calculation result of the control unit. Cutting and folding means for cutting out the shaped material products,
Labeling means for attaching to the plate material product a label on which product data corresponding to the plate material product obtained by the combination calculation of the control unit is recorded, and a label attached to the plate material product. Reading means for reading product data,
The cut-out plate-shaped products are sequentially stored in the cut-out order, and the storage position of the stored plate-shaped products and product data of the plate-shaped products and an order from the customer output from the control unit are received. Sorter means for taking out a desired plate-shaped material product from the stored plate-shaped material products based on the data, and pallet packing that outputs the plate-shaped material product taken out by the sorter means from the control section. Pallet packing means for packing the shipping pallets specified by the customer based on the data in descending order of size.

[0005]

According to the present invention, the position of the defect mark marked on the blank plate is read by the defect mark reading means, and the read defect mark data is input to the control unit. The control unit avoids the defect mark marked on the raw plate based on the defect mark data, the stock data of the raw plate, and the order data from the customer, and cuts the plate-shaped material product from the raw plate at the optimum cutting yield. The calculation is done on the blank plate. Further, the cutting and folding means cuts out the plate-shaped material product from the raw plate based on the calculation result of the control section, and the labeling means records the product data corresponding to the plate-shaped material product obtained by the assortment calculation of the control section. Attach the label to the plate product. Further, the reading means reads the product data of the label attached to the plate material product.

The sorter means sequentially stores the cut plate-shaped material products, and inputs a pair of a storage position and product data of the stored plate-shaped material products to the control unit as storage data. Further, the sorter means takes out a desired plate-shaped material product from the various kinds of plate-shaped material products stored based on the storage data output from the control unit. Then, the pallet stuffing means stuffs the plate-shaped material products taken out by the sorter means into a pallet for each customer in descending order of size.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The plate material sorting system according to the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 shows an overall view of a first embodiment of a plate-shaped material sorting system according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 shows a block diagram thereof. Hereinafter, a first embodiment of a sorting system for plate-shaped materials will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5. Figure 1,
As shown in FIG. 2, a plate-shaped material sorting system 10 includes a defect mark detector 12, a cutter 14, a first labeling device 26, a folder 16, a first bar code reader 32, a sorter unit 18, a pallet packing device 19, And a control unit 20 and the like.

The defect mark detector 12 detects the defect mark on the blank and inputs the detected defect mark information to the control unit 20. This defect mark is preliminarily marked on the stock plate stocked in the stock plate receiving part 22 (see FIG. 2), and the stock plate stocked in the stock plate receiving part 22 is a plate mounting device 24 (see FIG. 2). Thus, the defect mark detector 12 is placed on the transport conveyor 25 (see FIG. 1) in the preceding step.

The cutting machine 14 includes a control unit 20 (see FIG. 2) which will be described later.
Based on the cutting line information from (see FIG. 1), a cutting line is made on the raw plate 27 (see FIG. 1) that has been conveyed by the conveyer conveyor 25.
In this case, the blank 27 is cut so that the glass plate product does not include the portion marked with the defect mark. Then, the blank 27 in which each glass plate product is shaped by the cutting line is conveyed to the first labeling device 26.

The first labeling device 26 attaches a label to each glass plate product formed on the blank 27. On the attached label, product data such as the size of the glass plate product and designation by the customer is recorded as a bar code. Folding machine 16
Based on the folding information from the control section 20, the base plate 27 having the cut lines is folded along the cut lines to cut out each glass plate product from the base plate 27. Each glass plate product cut out from the raw plate 27 is inspected by the folding inspection device 28 for the folding surface of the glass plate product. When it is determined that the folded surface of the glass plate product is defective, the defective plate extracting device 30 (see FIG. 2 on both sides) extracts the glass plate product determined to be defective product from the line.

On the downstream side of the defective plate extracting device 30, there is a first
A bar code reader 32 is provided. The first bar code reader 32 reads the bar code of the label attached to the glass plate product determined to be non-defective by the folding inspection device 28, and inputs the information to the control unit 20 described later. The glass plate product can be changed from the flat-feed state to the vertical-feed state on the upstream side of the first bar code reader 32 via the tilting conveyor 33.

A sorter means 18 is provided on the downstream side of the first bar code reader 32. The sorter means 18 includes a loader 40, a stocker 42, and a stocker 42 as shown in FIGS.
An unloader 44 is provided. The loader 40 sequentially stores the glass plate products 46A and the like (see FIG. 3) whose barcodes are read by the first barcode reader 32 in the stocker 42. Then, the various glass plate products 46B and the like stored in the stocker 42 are taken out by the unloader 44 based on the order information from the control unit 20. In this way, the sorter means 18 can store glass plate products in the order in which they are cut out, and can take out a desired glass plate product from the stored glass plate products, so that the glass plate products can be classified by size, customer, or the like. Can be distributed to.

Hereinafter, based on FIG. 3, a loader 40, a stocker 42 and an unloader 44 which constitute the sorter means 18.
Will be explained in detail. The loader 40 includes a moving device 48 and a vertical conveyor 50, and the moving device 48 has a pair of rails 48A extending in a direction orthogonal to the conveying direction of the glass plate product 46A (direction of arrow A in FIG. 3). ing. Pulleys are rotatably provided at both ends of the pair of rails 48A, and endless belts 48B are stretched around the pulleys on one rail 48A side and the other rail 48A side, respectively. Therefore, the pair of endless belts 48B are rotatably stretched in parallel with each other on the one rail 48A and the other rail 48A. This pair of endless belts 48B
Is connected to the motor 48C so as to be able to transmit rotational force.

The lower end of the vertical conveyor 50 is attached to the pair of endless belts 48B, and the lower end of the vertical conveyor 50 is provided with a guide. This guide is slidably supported by a pair of rails 48A. Therefore, when a motor (not shown) is driven, the pair of endless belts 48B is rotated, and the vertical conveyor 50 is moved in a direction orthogonal to the conveying direction of the glass plate products 46A, 46B and the like.

The vertical conveyor 50 is a belt conveyor 50A.
And a support frame 50B, and a belt conveyor 50A
Conveys the glass plate product 46A in the direction of arrow A. A support frame 50B is provided on the belt conveyor 50A, and the support frame 50B supports the glass plate product 46A in a state of being leaned at a predetermined angle. Therefore, the loader 40 has the glass plate product 46 supported in a state of being leaned at a predetermined angle.
A can be moved to the desired storage position of the stocker 42.

A stocker 42 is provided downstream of the loader 40.
However, a desired plurality of units, three units in the drawing, are arranged, and the stocker 42 includes a frame body 52. A plurality of shafts 52A are rotatably supported on the bottom of the frame 52 in parallel with each other, and
2A, 52A ... Are extended at equal intervals in a direction orthogonal to the transport direction of glass plate product 46A (direction of arrow A in FIG. 3). Rollers 52C, 52C, ... Are coaxially and rotatably supported on the shaft 52A at predetermined intervals. The rollers 52C, 52C, ..., Which are rotatably supported by the respective shafts 52A, form a plurality of roller rows, that is, a plurality of storage portions, arranged in parallel with the conveying direction of the glass plate product 46A. Further, the shafts 52A, 52A ...
Is connected to a motor (not shown) so as to be able to transmit rotational force. Therefore, when the motor is driven, the shafts 52A, 5A
The rollers 52C, 52C ... Rotate via 2A.

The lower and upper ends of the guide rods 52E, 52E ... Are fixed to the bottom and top of the frame 52, respectively. The guide rods 52E, 52E ... Are arranged in a state of being inclined at a predetermined angle (that is, the same inclination angle as that of the support frame 50B of the loader 40) between a plurality of storage portions formed by the rollers 52C, 52C. . Also, the frame body 5
A stopper 52F is rotatably supported between the stop position and the retracted position in each of the storage units on the unloader 44 side at the bottom of the No. 2 unit.

Therefore, when the glass plate product 46A is conveyed from the loader 40 while the motor is being driven, the glass plate product 46A is provided with the rollers 52C and 52C in the predetermined storage portions.
… Placed on top. As a result, the weight of the glass plate product 46A acts on the upper ends of the rollers 52C, 52C, ... In the predetermined storage portions, and thus the rollers 52C, 52C in the predetermined storage portions.
.. and the shafts 52A, 52A. Therefore, the rollers 52C, 52C ...
The rotational force of the motor is transmitted to the shafts via the shafts 52A, 52A. As a result, the glass plate product 46A is transported into the predetermined storage section. In this case, the glass plate product 46
A is the guide rods 52E, 5 on both sides of the predetermined storage part
The state of being leaned at a predetermined angle by 2E ...

Then, the glass plate product 46A conveyed to the storage portion comes into contact with the stopper 52F at the rear end of the storage portion and stops. In this case, the rotation of the rollers 52C, 52C ... Is stopped, only the shafts 52A, 52A ... Are rotated, and the rotation of the rollers 52C, 52C. In this state, when the stopper 52F of the predetermined storage portion is rotated to the retracted position, the glass plate product 46A is unloaded to the unloader 44.

An unloader 4 is provided downstream of the stocker 42.
4 are provided. Since the unloader 44 has the same structure as the loader 40, the same members as those of the loader 40 are designated by the same reference numerals and the description thereof will be omitted. The unloader 44 can position the belt conveyor 50A at a desired position on the stocker 42. Then, after the belt conveyor 50A is positioned at a desired position on the stocker 42, the stopper 52F of a predetermined storage portion is rotated to the retracted position, and the glass plate product 46B is unloaded to the unloader 44. The unloader 44 conveys the glass plate product 46B delivered from the stocker 42 to the downstream side by the belt conveyor 50A. In this case, the glass plate product 46B is the support frame 5
The OB is supported in a state of leaning at a predetermined angle like the loader 40.

In this way, the glass plate product 46A and the like whose barcode is read by the first barcode reader 32 (see FIG. 3).
(Refer to FIG. 3) are sequentially stored by the loader 40 at arbitrary positions in the stocker 42. Then, the storage position of each of the stored glass plate products is recorded in the control unit 20 described later. Therefore, when taking out a desired glass plate product from the stocker 42, the glass plate product stored at the desired position in the stocker 42 is unloaded based on the storage position data from the control unit 20 and the product data of the glass plate product.
It is carried out to 4. As a result, various types of glass plate products are sorted by size, customer, or the like.

Further, the pallet filling device 19 uses the pallet filling information from the control unit 20, which will be described later, to sort the sorter 1.
The glass plate product taken out by the unloader 44 of No. 8 is packed into each of the pallets 68, 68 ... Designated by the customer. In this case, the glass plate products are packed in each pallet pallet 68, 68 ... In descending order of size. Hereinafter, the pallet packing device 19 will be described in detail with reference to FIG. The pallet packing device 19 includes a frame body 56, and a pair of rails 56B is fixed to the beams 56A and 56A of the frame body 56. The beams 56A, 56A are horizontally supported by the posts 56C, 56C .... Pulleys are rotatably provided at both ends of the rails 56B and 56B, respectively.
An endless belt 58 is stretched around each of the pulleys on the one rail 56B side and the other rail 56B side. Therefore, the pair of endless belts 58 are rotatably stretched in parallel to the one and the other rails 56B. The pair of endless belts 58 are connected to a motor 58A so as to be able to transmit a rotational force.

A first moving body 60 is attached to the pair of endless belts 58, and the first moving body 60 is slidably supported by the pair of rails 56B. Therefore,
When the motor 58A is driven, the pair of endless belts 58 rotate, and the first moving body 60 moves along the pair of rails 56B. A second moving body 62 is supported by the first moving body 60 so as to be movable in a direction orthogonal to the moving direction of the first moving body 60. The second moving body 62 has a ball screw 62A.
Are screwed together, and the ball screw 62A is rotatably supported by the first moving body 60. A motor 62B is connected to the ball screw 62A so as to be able to transmit a rotational force.
Therefore, when the motor 62B is driven, the second moving body 62
The first moving body 60 moves in a direction orthogonal to the moving direction. The motor 62B is provided on the first moving body 60.

Further, the second moving body 62 has a cylinder 64.
An elevating body 66 is movably supported in the vertical direction via the. Suction pads 66A, 66A ... Are attached to the lifting body 66, and the suction pads 66A, 66A ... Can suction the glass plate product 46B supported by the support frame 50B of the unloader 44. When pallet packing information is transmitted from the control unit 20 described later to the pallet packing device 19 configured as described above, the pallet packing device 19 sucks the glass plate product 46B supported by the support frame 50B of the unloader 44 by the suction pad 66A. , 66A ... Next, the motor 58A is driven to move the first moving body 60 along the pair of rails 56B to convey the glass plate product 46B to the pallet 68. Then, the motor 62B is driven to move the second moving body 60 to the supporting portion 68A of the pallet 68, and then the cylinder 64 is extended to extend the glass plate product 46.
B is placed on the pedestal 68B of the pallet 68. As a result, the glass plate product 46B is packed in the pallet 68.

As a result, the pallet filling device 19 uses the pallet filling information from the control unit 20 to extract the glass sheet products taken out by the unloader 44 of the sorter 18 for each pallet designated by the customer. Each pallet can be packed in descending order of size. Second shown in FIG.
The labeling device 34 attaches a label to each pallet for which the customer is designated based on labeling information from the control unit 20 described later. The barcode printed on this label is the second barcode reader (not shown).
The read pallet information is input to the control unit 20. Then, after the reading of the pallet information is completed, each pallet filled with glass plate products is shipped to the designated customer.

To the control unit 20 (see FIG. 2) described above, the raw plate receiving information is input from the raw plate receiving unit 22 and the order receiving information is input from the order receiving center 21. The raw plate acceptance information includes data such as raw plate type (type, thickness, size), presence / absence of defect mark, production date, production factory, etc.
The order information includes data such as customer, board type (including thickness), size, surface designation, construction (delivery) place, presence / absence of processing, and delivery date.

Then, the control unit 20 outputs the blank plate mounting information to the blank plate receiving unit 22 based on the input blank plate receiving information and the input order information. Further, the defect mark information is input to the control unit 20 from the defect mark detector 12, and the control unit 20 receives the defect mark information.
Outputs cutting line information to the cutting machine 14 on the basis of the input defect mark information, bare plate acceptance information, and order information. Further, the control unit 20 controls the first labeling device 2 based on the input defect mark information, raw plate acceptance information, and order information.
6 and the folding machine 16, respectively, to output labeling information and folding information.

Further, the inspection information and the product information are input to the control unit 20 from the folding inspection device 28 and the first bar code reader 32, respectively, and the control unit is operated based on the inspection information, the product information and the order information. 20 outputs order information and pallet filling information to the sorter 18 and the pallet filling device 19, respectively. Further, the control unit 20 has an order receiving center 21.
The labeling information is output to the second labeling device 34 based on the order information received from the, and the pallet information read by the second barcode reader is input to the control unit 20.

The operation of the first embodiment of the plate-shaped material sorting system according to the present invention constructed as described above will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2 based on the flow chart shown in FIG. First, a plurality of various types of base plates are stocked in the base plate receiving unit 22 (step 100), and the control unit 20
Raw plate acceptance information is input in advance from the raw plate receiving unit 22. When order information is input to the control unit 20 from the order receiving center 21 (step 102), the control unit 20 outputs the raw plate receiving information and the raw plate mounting information to the raw plate receiving unit 22 based on the order information. . The base plate receiving section 22 selects a desired base plate from a plurality of types of base plates stocked in the base plate receiving section 22 according to the base plate mounting information (step 10).
4).

The selected base plate 27 is mounted on the conveyor by the plate mounting device 24 (step 106). The base plate 27 placed on the conveyor is the defect mark detector 1
When the sheet is conveyed to 2, the defect mark pre-marked on the base plate 27 is detected by the defect mark detector 12 (step 108). The defect mark information detected by the defect mark detector 12 is input to the control unit 20.

The control unit 20 inputs the defect mark information,
Base plate 27 being transported based on the base plate acceptance information and order information
The cutting line is set (step 110). This cutting line information is output to the cutting machine 14, and based on the cutting line information, the cutting machine 14 makes a cutting line in the raw plate 27 being conveyed (step 11).
2). As a result, various glass plate products are shaped on the raw plate 27 being conveyed.

Then, the control unit 20 outputs labeling information to the first labeling device 26 in order to attach a bar code having product data corresponding to various glass plate products to each glass plate product. In this case, the bar code is recorded on the label and the first labeling device 2
6 attaches a label to a predetermined position of each glass plate product based on the labeling information (step 114).

The control unit 20 also calculates folding information based on the cutting line information and outputs this folding information to the folding machine 16. The folding machine 16 folds the blank plate along the cutting line inserted in the blank plate based on the folding information (step 116). This allows
Various glass plate products shaped into blanks are cut out. Next, the various glass plate products that have been cut out are inspected for a folding surface or the like by the folding inspection device 28 (step 118). The disconnection result of a good / defective product such as a folded surface is input to the control unit 20 as inspection information.

Then, the glass plate product judged to be defective by the inspection of the folded surface or the like is extracted by the defective product extracting device 30 in the subsequent step (step 120). On the other hand, the glass plate products judged to be non-defective by the inspection of the folding surface etc.
It is transported to the subsequent process. When the glass plate product reaches the first bar code reader 32, the first bar code reader 32 reads the bar code written on the label of the glass plate product (step 122). Further, the first barcode reader 32 inputs the product information read from the barcode into the control unit 20.

The glass plate product whose bar code has been read is conveyed to the sorter 18, and the conveyed glass plate product is sequentially stored in the stocker 42 by the loader 40 of the sorter 18 (step 126). In this case, the barcode data of each glass plate product stored and the storage position data of the stocker 42 are input to the control unit 20. And
The glass plate product stored in the stocker is taken out from the stocker 42 to the unloader 44 based on the order information (step 128).

Pallet filling information is input to the pallet filling device 19 from the control unit 20.
Packs the glass plate products taken out by the unloader 44 of the sorter 18 for each of the pallets 68, 68 ... Designated by the customer based on the pallet packing information (step 130). In this case, the glass plate products are packed in the respective pallets 68, 68 ... In descending order of size.

After the pallet is completely clogged, the second labeling device 34 attaches a label to each of the pallets 68, 68 ... Designated by the customer based on the labeling information from the controller 20 (step 132). The bar code printed on this label is read by a second bar code reader (not shown) (step 134), and the read pallet information is input to the control unit 20 to perform shipment inspection (step). 136). As a result, the pallets 68 for each customer are shipped and managed.

After completion of reading the pallet information,
Each pallet 68, 68 filled with glass plate products ...
Will be shipped to the designated customer. The end plate is packed in an arbitrary container and collected as several kinds of fixed sizes. In the first embodiment, the blank is cut in step 112, and then the label is attached to the shaped glass plate product in step 114. However, the present invention is not limited to this. The order of steps may be reversed.
That is, in step 112, the label is attached to the position corresponding to the glass plate product of the raw plate based on the cutting line information set by the control unit 20, and then in step 114, the cutting line is cut in the raw plate based on the cutting line information. You can put it in. Further, the label may be attached after the glass plate product is cut out from the raw plate.

Further, in the first embodiment, the palletizing of the glass plate products was performed by the palletizing device 19, but the palletizing of the glass plate products may be performed manually without using the palletizing device 19. . Further, in the first embodiment, the case where the glass plate is processed by using the plate-shaped material sorting system according to the present invention has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this. In addition to the glass plate, the one embodiment can be used for a plate-shaped member made of resin, rubber, metal, nonmetal, or the like.

By the way, the sorter means 1 of the first embodiment
In FIG. 8, the stocker 42 is fixed, and a loader 40 on the upstream side of the stocker 42 and an unloader 44 on the downstream side of the stocker 42 are movably provided. And loader 4
0 and the unloader 44 were moved to distribute the glass plate products, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the stocker 74A is moved by fixing the loader 74B and the unloader 74C like the sorter means 74 of the second embodiment shown in FIG. By doing so, the glass plate products may be sorted.

Hereinafter, a case of processing a glass plate product of a middle plate or smaller will be described based on the second embodiment of FIG.
The same members as those in the first embodiment are designated by the same reference numerals and the description thereof will be omitted. The plate-shaped material sorting system 72 of the second embodiment includes a defect mark detector, a cutter, a folding machine, a control unit, and the like similar to those of the first embodiment. Furthermore, the plate-shaped material sorting system 72 is Sorter means 7
4 and a pallet packing device 78.

The sorter means 74 conveys the glass plate product whose barcode is read by the first barcode reader 32 to the stocker 74A via the loader 74B. That is, the loader 74B is provided with the vertical conveyor as in the loader 40 of the first embodiment.
The glass plate products conveyed to 4B are sequentially stored in the stocker 74A.

The stocker 74A is constructed similarly to the stocker 42 of the first embodiment, and the stocker 74A is movably supported so that the stocker 4 of the first embodiment can be used.
Different from 2. By moving the stocker 74A, various glass plate products are sequentially stored in the stocker 74A via the loader 74B, and the storage position data and product data of each stored glass plate product are recorded in the control unit 20.

Therefore, when the desired glass sheet product is taken out from the stocker 74A, the stocker 7 is produced based on the storage position data and the product data output from the control unit 20.
4A moves. Then, a predetermined storage portion of the stocker 74A is positioned on the unloader 74C, and the glass plate product stored in the predetermined storage portion is carried out to the unloader 74C. As a result, various types of glass plate products are sorted by size or the like.

The glass sheet products 46A, 46B and the like carried out to the unloader 74C are packed in the pallets 68, 68 ... Through the pallet packing device 78 based on the pallet packing information from the control unit 20. In this case, the pallets 68, 6
.. are arranged in series, the palletizing device 78 is moved along the pallets 68, 68.
A, 46B, etc. can be packed in descending order of size for each pallet 68, 68 ... Designated by the customer.

In FIG. 6, numeral 47 indicates a label,
A barcode is printed on the label 47. Product data read by the first barcode reader 32 is recorded in this barcode. Further, in the first and second embodiments, the sorting stockers are used one by one, but the present invention is not limited to this, and two types of stockers may be used.

A third embodiment of the plate-shaped material sorting system according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to FIG. still,
In FIG. 7, the same members as those of the first and second embodiments are designated by the same reference numerals and the description thereof will be omitted. The sorter means 80 of the plate material sorting system 79 is the first stocker 8
0A, a second stocker 80B and an unloader 80C are provided, and the first and second stockers 80A and 80B are configured similarly to the stocker 42 of the first embodiment (see FIG. 3). The first stocker 80A is supported by the base 82 so as to be movable in a direction (arrow B direction) orthogonal to the glass plate product conveyance direction. The second stocker 80B is fixed. The unloader 80C has the same structure as the unloader 44 (see FIG. 3) of the first embodiment, and is movably supported in the direction of arrow B like the first stocker 80A.

A folder 16 is provided upstream of the sorter means 80, and pallet packing devices 84, 84 ... Are provided downstream of the sorter 80. Pallet packing device 8
4, 84 ... Can pack the glass plate products 46A, 46B, etc. conveyed from the unloader 80C in the pallets 68, 68. The folding machine 16 cuts out various glass plate products from the raw plate conveyed from the upstream side, and the various cut glass plate products can be changed from the flat feed state to the vertical feed state. When the glass plate product that has been changed to the vertical feed state is conveyed to the first stocker 80A, the first stocker 80A moves in the direction of arrow A and sequentially receives various glass plate products.

The various glass plate products received in the first stocker 80A are stored in the second stocker 80B, and the storage position data of the stored glass plate products are stored in the control section 20 (see FIG. 2) together with the product data. Recorded in. Therefore, when taking out a desired glass plate product from the stocker 80B, the unloader 80C moves in the direction of arrow A based on the storage position data and the product data from the control unit 20 and is stored in a predetermined storage unit of the stocker 80B. The glass plate product that is being used is unloaded by the unloader 80C. As a result, various types of glass plate products are sorted by size, customer, or the like.

The glass plate product carried out to the unloader 80C is based on the palletization information from the control unit 20.
Each of the pallets 68, 68 ... For which the customer is designated via the pallet packing device 84, 84 ... Is packed in descending order of size.

[0051]

As described above, according to the plate-shaped material sorting system of the present invention, defect mark data,
Avoid the defect mark on the base plate based on the stock data of the base plate and the order data from the customer,
The plate-like material product is cut out from the base plate based on the calculation result by performing the alignment calculation on the base plate to cut out the plate-like material product from the base plate with the optimum cutting yield. The cut-out plate-shaped product is sequentially stored in the sorter means, and the stored position and product data of the stored plate-shaped product are stored as a pair of storage data, and the sorter means is stored based on the storage data. A desired plate material product is taken out from various kinds of plate material products. Then, the plate-shaped material products taken out by the sorter means are packed in a pallet for each customer in descending order of size.

In this way, the alignment calculation on the blank plate is carried out for avoiding the defect mark and cutting the blank plate product from the blank plate at the optimum cutting yield, and the cut blank plate product is sorted by the sorter means. Since it can be stored in a pallet, the glass plate products can be cut out from the raw plate at the optimum yield based on the order data from the customer, and the cut glass plate products can be packed in pallets for each customer in descending order of size. You can

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall schematic view showing a first embodiment of a plate-shaped material sorting system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a first embodiment of a sorting system according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of a main part of a first embodiment of a plate-shaped material sorting system according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of a main part of a first embodiment of a plate-shaped material sorting system according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flow chart for explaining the operation of the first embodiment of the plate material sorting system according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an enlarged view of an essential part showing a second embodiment of a plate-shaped material sorting system according to the present invention.

FIG. 7 is an enlarged view of an essential part showing a third embodiment of a plate-shaped material sorting system according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10, 72, 79 ... Plate-shaped material sorting system 12 ... Defect mark detector 14 ... Cutting machine (cutting and folding means) 16 ... Folding machine (cutting and folding means) 18, 74, 80 ... Sorter means 19, 78, 84 ... Pallet packing device 20 ... Control unit 26 ... First labeling device 27 ... Raw plate 32 ... First bar code reader 46A, 46B ... Glass plate product 68 ... Pallet

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A plate material product is cut out from stocked stock plates based on order data from the customer, and the cut plate material product is packed in a shipping pallet designated for each customer. In a shipping system for a plate-like material product to be shipped, defect mark reading means for reading the position of a defect mark marked on the base plate, defect mark data read by the defect mark reading means, stock data of the base plate, and Based on the order data from the customer, it is a control unit that avoids the defect mark on the raw plate and calculates the arrangement on the raw plate to cut the plate material product from the raw plate at the optimum cutting yield. There
A control unit for calculating pallet packing data for packing the plate-shaped material products into the shipping pallets specified for each customer in descending order of size based on the order data from the customer, and the calculation of the control unit Cutting and folding means for cutting out a plate-shaped material product from a raw plate based on the result, and a label on which product data corresponding to the plate-shaped material product obtained by the calculation of the adjustment of the control unit is recorded is the plate-shaped material product. Labeling means attached to the plate-shaped material product, a reading means for reading product data of a label attached to the plate-shaped material product, the cut-out plate-shaped material product is sequentially stored in the cut-out order, and the stored plate-shaped material A desired plate material product is taken out from the stored plate material products based on the storage position of the product and the product data of the plate material product and the order data from the customer output from the control unit. So A pallet for packing the plate-shaped material products taken out by the sorter means into a shipping pallet designated by the customer based on the pallet packing data output from the control section in descending order of size. A plate-shaped material sorting system comprising: a packing means.