摘要 |
<p><P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a pallet delivery system streamlined in its structure, capable of delivering a pallet between a machine tool and a pallet conveyance device more smoothly. <P>SOLUTION: The pallet P placed on a conveyance plate 22 at a standby position Q3 is carried out to a temporary placing position Q4 by horizontal movement of the conveyance plate 22, and lift arms 35, 35 are raised to support the pallet, thereby delivering it from the conveyance plate 22 to an intermediate station 14. Moreover, the pallet P supported by the lift arms 35, 35 at the temporary placing position Q4 is made to go into an approach space S below the pallet P by advancing a stacker crane 12 to the intermediate station side, and then, lifted in the approach space S, and thus, delivered from the intermediate station 14 to the stacker crane 12. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT</p> |