Patent SG-11201810085R-A (SG)
Title: High density manufacturing cell (hdmc) structure or the like
Inventor: LEOW YONG PENG
IPC: B25H3/00
Filed: 2017-03-28
Abstract: INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property MD HIM 011101011M 01 110 101E3 1101 HEN HOME ill OEN Organization International Bureau (10) International Publication Number (43) International Publication Date ......0\"\" WO 2018/182500 Al 04 October 2018 (04.10.2018) W I PO I PCT (51) International Patent Classification: KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, MG, B25H 3/00 (2006.01) B65G 47/90 (2006.01) MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, OM, (21) International Application Number: PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, SC, PCT/SG2017/050156 SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. (22) International Filing Date: (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every 28 March 2017 (28.03.2017) kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, (25) Filing Language: English GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, (26) Publication Language: English UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, (71) Applicant: AKRIBIS SYSTEMS PTE LTD [SG/SG]; EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, Blk 5012 Techplace II #01-05 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 5, Sin- MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, gapore 569876 (SG). TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). (72) Inventors: LEOW, Yong Peng; Blk 5012 Techplace II #01-05 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 5, Singapore 569876 (SG). Declarations under Rule 4.17: YONG, Chun Seng; Blk 5012 Techplace II #01-05 Ang — of inventorship (Rule 4.17(iv)) Mo Kio Avenue 5, Singapore 569876 (SG). (74) Agent: CHONG, Yoke Fooi; c/o W.P. Lai & Company, Published: _ with international search report (Art. 21(3)) P.O. Box 0399, PSA Building, Singapore 911144 (SG). — — with amended claims (Art. 19(1)) _ (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every — kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, = AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, _ CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, = DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, KR, = (54) Title: HIGH DENSITY = = = 20a 10 — — 14 28 II MANUFACTURING CELL (HDMC) STRUCTURE OR THE LIKE ----Ay . 30a 32 ro - 4 4_ /111; ,.. (57) : A high density manufacturing cell or carousel for optimiz- ing floor space usage to reduce equipment footprint and material travel path is disclosed. The carousel allows processing and transferring of products to be concurrently performed, minimising non-productive time. The man- ufacturing cell or carousel comprises: (a) a plurality of rotary platforms having one end being attached to a rotatable shaft positioned in the mid- 28 dle of the cell and being rotatable about the central axis thereof; (b) a plu- = = — = Il © © kr) ei cc ,-1 00 ,-1 0 ei = < < ,, ` t IL, imes=\" 1 04.7- ..r.) \" .. 12 Fig. IA5 i t , 40 1 - b - a --- i k. -1° - 100 rality of vertical moving platforms being mounted substantially perpendic- ularly to an external cylindrical housing, wherein the cylindrical housing can be raised upwards and downwards; (c) a vertical walking beam located next to the cylindrical housing of the manufacturing cell which is a vertical beam having at a number of arms one less than the number of rotary plat- 22 forms, to pick up and place products for processing and transferring prod- ucts between platforms of the carousel; (d) A load gripper and a unload gripper mounted to independent robots, to load products into the carousel for processing and to unload processed products from the rotary platform and transferring to a conveyor positioned next to the walking beam. 0