Workpiece conveying wheeled platform and working system
AssigneeAmada Company, Limited
InventorHiroki Tsuruta
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Abstract
A slider configured to move in a predetermined direction between a setup area and a pickup area is provided in a vicinity of a loading machine that supplies a workpiece W to a working machine. The slider is recessed to form a placing part for placing a pallet. Guide mechanisms for supporting the slider so as to be movable in the predetermined direction are respectively arranged on both sides in a lateral direction orthogonal to the predetermined direction in the placing part of the slider. A drive mechanism for moving the slider in the predetermined direction is arranged on at least one side in the lateral direction of the placing part.
Claims6
A workpiece conveying wheeled platform, comprising:
- a base plate installed on a floor in a vicinity of a loading machine for supplying a workpiece to a working machine;
- a slider movably provided on the base plate, the slider being movable in a predetermined direction between a setup area for setting up a plurality of workpieces stacked on a pallet and a pickup area for picking up an uppermost workpiece from among the plurality of workpieces with the loading machine, the slider being recessed to form a placing part for placing the pallet;
- guide mechanisms respectively arranged on both sides in a lateral direction orthogonal to the predetermined direction in the placing part of the slider and configured to support the slider so as to be movable in the predetermined direction, each of the guide mechanisms including a guide rail provided on the base plate to extend in the predetermined direction and a guided element movable along the respective guide rail while being guided by the respective guide rail;
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- a drive mechanism arranged on at least one side in the lateral direction of the placing part of the slider and configured to move the slider in the predetermined direction,
- wherein the placing part of the slider is adjacent to the base plate such that an upper surface of the placing part is located between the base plate and the respective guided element in a vertical direction.
A working system, comprising:
- a working machine configured to process a workpiece;
- a loading machine configured to supply the workpiece to the working machine;
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- a workpiece conveying wheeled platform, comprising:
- a base plate installed on a floor in a vicinity of a loading machine for supplying a workpiece to a working machine;
- a slider movably provided on the base plate, the slider being movable in a predetermined direction between a setup area for setting up a plurality of workpieces stacked on a pallet and a pickup area for picking up an uppermost workpiece from among the plurality of workpieces with the loading machine, the slider being recessed to form a placing part for placing the pallet;
- guide mechanisms respectively arranged on both sides in a lateral direction orthogonal to the predetermined direction in the placing part of the slider and configured to support the slider so as to be movable in the predetermined direction, each of the guide mechanisms including a guide rail provided on the base plate to extend in the predetermined direction and a guided element movable along the respective guide rail while being guided by the respective guide rail;
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- a drive mechanism arranged on at least one side in the lateral direction of the placing part of the slider and configured to move the slider in the predetermined direction,
- wherein the placing part of the slider is adjacent to the base plate such that an upper surface of the placing part is located between the base plate and the respective guided element in a vertical direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.