Gantry type conveying device and processing line
AssigneeKomatsu Ntc Ltd.
InventorsMinoru Sawada, Hiroki Hayashi
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Abstract
This gantry type conveying device is provided with: a beam which is horizontally installed; a runner traveling along the beam; an elevator supported to be movable in the vertical direction with respect to the runner; and a loading part which is supported by the lower portion of the elevator and on which a workpiece is loaded. This processing line has the gantry type conveying device and a machine tool. The machine tool is provided with: a base; and a workpiece supporting device provided movable with respect to the base in a forward and backward direction perpendicular to the extending direction of the beam when viewed in a plane.
Claims14
A gantry type conveying device, comprising:
- a beam horizontally arranged;
- a runner that runs along the beam;
- an elevator that is supported movably in upper-lower direction relatively to the runner;
- a mount that includes an upper horizontal surface and is supported at a lower portion of the elevator to mount a conveyance object on the upper horizontal surface without clamping the conveyance object toward the mount during conveying, the beam being disposed above the mount;
- and
- a shifting device comprising a rotary servo motor, a jig, and a work support device that shifts the conveyance object in a direction perpendicular to an extension direction of the beam in a plan view to deliver the conveyance object between the shifting device and the mount,
- wherein the work support device comprises a holder that holds the conveyance object to receive the conveyance object from the mount.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.