WORKPIECE SUPPLY DEVICE AND PICKING SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME

• Main Authors: SUMIDA AKIRA, AGEO NAOKI, TANAKA KATSUHIRO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 14.10.2021
• Subjects: CONVEYING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL; PACKING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS; SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS; STORING; TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING ORTIPPING; TRANSPORTING

To provide a workpiece supply device and a picking system capable of improving comprehensive accuracy and efficiency of the whole picking system by shortening a processing time of picking while correcting an attitude of a workpiece on a conveyance path before picking is executed and maintaining necessary supply amount of the workpieces, in a workpiece conveyance device adopted in the picking system using a robot.SOLUTION: A second conveyance path 4 is divided into a buffer area 13 and a picking area 14, and individually conveyed workpieces 5c, 5d are imaged by a first camera 20 and a second camera 21, respectively. A workpiece takeout indication part 24 is provided for transmitting a second conveyance drive signal to a conveyance control part 25 so as to supply the workpieces 5c in the buffer area 13 when the number of the workpieces 5d predetermined in the picking area 14 is insufficient.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1 【課題】ロボットを用いたピッキングシステムに採用されるワーク搬送装置において、ピッキングが実行されるまでの搬送路でワークの姿勢を修正させつつ、ワークの必要供給量を維持しながら、ピッキングの処理時間の短縮を図ることで、ピッキングシステム全体の総合的な精度と効率を向上させることが可能なワーク供給装置及びピッキングシステムを提供する。【解決手段】第２の搬送路４をバッファエリア１３とピッキングエリア１４に区分し、それぞれ第１カメラ２０と第２カメラ２１で独立に搬送するワーク５ｃ、５ｄを撮像し、ピッキングエリア１４に予め定めたワーク５ｄの数が不足する場合に、バッファエリア１３にあるワーク５ｃを供給するように搬送制御部２５に第２搬送駆動信号を送信するワーク取出指示部２４を備えている。【選択図】図１