JPH05337949

• Main Authors: ITO SUSUMU, IJIMA KAZUMASA, YAMANAKA KATSUYUKI, KOKETSU AKIRA
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 21.12.1993
• Edition: 5
• Subjects: AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR; SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; TRANSPORTING; WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL

PURPOSE:To obtain a receiving apparatus receiving the core or hand replaced by a robot at a fixed position with respect to the robot by providing a core receiving part and a hand receiving part on the upper surface part of a base and arranging the core and the hand at the fixed position accessible to the wrist of the robot. CONSTITUTION:In a fixed position receiving apparatus 4, a core receiving part 16 and hand receiving parts 17a-17c are provided on the upper surface part of a base 15, for example, in tiers and set to the positions accessible to the wrist of a robot 3. A core is received in the core receiving part 16 and a preparatory temp. control device can be provided thereto. A core replacing hand 28, a product taking-out hand and the like are received in the hand receiving parts 17a-17c at predetermined positions. When the core is attached to the matrix of an injection molding machine, the robot 13 attaches the core replacing hand 28 to the wrist 14. Subsequently, the core is taken out of the core preparatory temp. control device to be attached to the matrix of the injection molding machine. Continuously, the core used next is received in the preparatory temp. control device and the hand 28 is returned to the original position.