Glass oriented film coating system and glass unloading device thereof and method
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of glass oriented film coating system and glass unloading device thereof and method, be applied in the glass oriented film coating technological process.
Background technology
In current thin film transistor liquid crystal display screen manufacturing processed, become the box engineering mainly to form by technological processs such as color membrane substrates and array substrate being carried out liquid crystal aligning, liquid crystal coating, frame adhesive coating, fit and cut into screen.
Fig. 1 is the vertical view of oriented film coating system in the prior art, and oriented film coating system mainly comprises glass shovel loader 1, glass turner 2, first mechanical manipulator 3, glass cleaning machine 4, the snubber 5 that is provided with Yurisangja 6, unloading machinery hand 7, the first alignment films coating apparatus 8 and the second alignment films coating apparatus 9.Normal alignment films coating process flow process is as follows: glass shovel loader 1 loads color membrane substrates glass, array substrate glass and false plating (Dummy) glass that ships from the upstream; After first mechanical manipulator 3 takes out color membrane substrates glass, array substrate glass and Dummy glass from glass shovel loader 1, earlier they are put in the glass turner 2, according to their direction of arts demand change, by first mechanical manipulator 3 they to be taken out again, unloading is put in the cleaning machine 4; Cleaning machine 4 cleans up color membrane substrates glass, array substrate glass and Dummy glass; The color membrane substrates glass, array substrate glass and the Dummy glass that come out from cleaning machine 4 are sent to glass unloading station 41; Unloading machinery hand 7 from the glass unloading station 41 with color membrane substrates glass and the conveyance of array substrate glass to the dirty first oriented film coating machine 8 or the second oriented film coating machine 9, unloading machinery hand 7 is delivered to Dummy glass in the Yurisangja 6 in the snubber 5, when subsequent technique need use Dummy glass, again with Dummy glass from Yurisangja 6 conveyance to the dirty first oriented film coating machine 8 or the second oriented film coating machine 9.
But, when downstream equipment blocks, unloading machinery hand 7 just from cleaning machine 4 glass unloadings station 41 with in color membrane substrates glass and the conveyance of the array substrate glass Yurisangja 6 in the snubber 5, as interim storage.When downstream equipment recovers just often, unloading machinery hand 7 must take out color membrane substrates glass or the array substrate glass of putting at first in the Yurisangja 6 earlier, conveyance is to the dirty first oriented film coating machine 8 or the second oriented film coating machine 9, then, unloading machinery hand 7 just can be put into Yurisangja 6 with the Dummy glass that unloads 41 li taking-ups of station from cleaning machine.This process moves in circles not to be had in the Yurisangja of snubber till color membrane substrates or the array substrate, then, just can return to above-mentioned normal technical process.Perhaps; when technological process need be monitored the coating effect; usually can need to use Dummy glass; at this moment; first mechanical manipulator 3 can stop to take out color membrane substrates glass and array substrate glass from glass shovel loader 1; but from Yurisangja 6, take out Dummy glass; but; the color membrane substrates glass and the array substrate glass that in cleaning machine 4, also have the first oriented film coating machine 8 that is not sent to or the second oriented film coating machine 9; unloading machinery hand 7 will be transported to the color membrane substrates glass in the cleaning machine 4 and array substrate glass storage temporarily in the Yurisangja 6 in the snubber 5, and this operational mode also can cause the time-delay that repeats of color membrane substrates glass and array substrate glass.
Therefore existing technical scheme has following defective:
1. color membrane substrates glass and array substrate glass are placed into this operational mode of putting into the oriented film coating machine behind the Yurisangja in the buffer device again, therefore it is long directly it to be sent into the needed time of oriented film coating machine than unloading machinery hand, has increased action time of lag.
2. when transporting Dummy glass, because the Yurisangja having only from glass unloading station to buffer device again to this conveyance passage of oriented film coating machine, therefore causes the transport process of color membrane substrates glass and array substrate glass and Dummy glass to occur waiting for mutually and queuing phenomena.
Summary of the invention
The invention provides a kind of glass unloading device, this device has two modules and deposits the glass that will unload temporarily, can realize the hyperchannel conveyance of glass.
Glass unloading device comprises snubber and mechanical manipulator, this mechanical manipulator is located at a side of this snubber, also comprise: the drive unit that glass storing part and this glass storing part of driving move up and down, this glass storing part and this drive unit and this snubber are located at homonymy, this glass storing part comprises several bearing surfaces, but is provided with the layer of depositing of several separated deposit glass between these several bearing surfaces.
In glass unloading device of the present invention, because glass storing part also has the function of depositing glass temporarily, mechanical manipulator can store classifiedly glass the box of depositing layer or snubber at glass, and can be from these two local conveyance glass respectively, therefore when can be implemented in this equipment and take in glass, mechanical manipulator takes out other glass and delivers to down flow device from snubber.Because its conveyance passage is multichannel, intersection waiting time that occurs in the time of therefore can avoiding the glass unloading or unnecessary glass repeat the problem of picking and placeing.
Based on above-mentioned glass unloading device, the present invention also provides a kind of glass oriented film coating system, and interim storage Dummy glass or color membrane substrates glass and array substrate glass can be distinguished by this system in two modules, can realize multichannel transport mode.
Glass oriented film coating system, comprise glass cleaning machine, snubber, mechanical manipulator and alignment films coating apparatus, this glass cleaning machine, this mechanical manipulator and this alignment films coating apparatus are provided with in turn, this is provided with the snubber of Yurisangja and the homonymy that this glass cleaning machine is located at mechanical manipulator, also comprise: the drive unit that glass storing part and this glass storing part of driving move up and down, this glass storing part and this drive unit are located at the unloading station place of this glass cleaning machine, this glass storing part comprises several bearing surfaces, but is provided with the layer of depositing of several separated deposit glass between several bearing surfaces.
In glass oriented film coating system of the present invention, because glass storing part has the function of depositing color membrane substrates glass and array substrate glass temporarily, deposit color membrane substrates glass and array substrate glass when can downstream equipment blocking temporarily, and when needs use Dummy glass, can be when taking in color membrane substrates glass and array substrate glass, mechanical manipulator takes out Dummy glass and delivers to down flow device from snubber, so just omitted mechanical manipulator with the Yurisangja of glass from the conveyance of cleaning machine unloading equipment to snubber, and then the Yurisangja conveyance from snubber is to the needed time of this process of oriented film coating machine, because its conveyance passage is multichannel, has also just avoided the intersection waiting time.And avoided unnecessary glass to repeat the problem of picking and placeing.
The invention allows for a kind of glass unloading method, the interim respectively storage Dummy glass of this method or color membrane substrates glass and array substrate glass can be realized multichannel transport mode.
Glass unloading method comprises the steps:
The feed glass storage part is up, and false glass plating, color membrane substrates glass or array substrate glass on the glass unloading station of cleaning machine are received into glass storing part;
When this glass storing part stores described false glass plating, take out this vacation glass plating by mechanical manipulator from glass storing part, be stored in the Yurisangja of snubber.
In glass unloading method of the present invention, the feed glass storage part is up, color membrane substrates glass and array substrate glass are received into glass storing part, when blocking, downstream equipment deposits color membrane substrates glass and array substrate glass temporarily, can be implemented in when taking in color membrane substrates glass and array substrate glass, mechanical manipulator takes out Dummy glass and delivers to down flow device from snubber, so just reduced action time of lag, because its conveyance passage is multichannel, has also just avoided the intersection waiting time.And avoided unnecessary glass to repeat the problem of picking and placeing.
Description of drawings
Fig. 1 is the vertical view of oriented film coating system in the prior art of the present invention;
Fig. 2 is the vertical view of glass unloading device of the present invention;
Fig. 3 is the side-view of glass unloading device of the present invention;
Fig. 4 is the sectional view of glass storing part in the glass unloading device of the present invention;
Fig. 5 is the vertical view of glass oriented film coating system of the present invention;
Fig. 6 is the schematic flow sheet of glass unloading method of the present invention.
Embodiment
Below by drawings and Examples, technical scheme of the present invention is described in further detail.
The invention provides a kind of glass unloading device, as Fig. 2, as shown in Figures 3 and 4, device comprises the snubber 5 that is provided with Yurisangja 6, unloading machinery hand 7, the drive unit 11 that glass storing part 10 and this glass storing part of driving move up and down, drive unit 11 makes this glass storing part 10 can move up and down and take in the glass that will unload, glass storing part 10 and drive unit 11 and snubber 5 are located at the same side of unloading machinery hand 7, glass storing part comprises several bearing surfaces 13, bearing surface 13 can be two, three or more, but be provided with between several bearing surfaces several separated deposit glass deposit the layer 12.
Each bearing surface 13 can be connected with a plurality of support bars 14, a plurality of support bars 14 constitute multilayered structures several glass deposit layer 12, several deposit layer 12 becomes spatial multilayer carriage, can lift the glass that will unload.Drive unit 11 can be lead-screw driving device, can or push away cap by the push rod of lead-screw driving device and be connected with glass storing part 10, makes it can upper and lower motion and take in the glass that will unload.One end of support bar and glass contact can be provided with rubber pad 15, can play the effect of firm support glass.
In glass unloading device of the present invention, because glass storing part also has the function of depositing glass temporarily, mechanical manipulator can store classifiedly glass the box of depositing layer or snubber at glass, and can be from these two local conveyance glass respectively, therefore when can be implemented in this equipment and take in glass, mechanical manipulator takes out other glass and delivers to down flow device from snubber.Because its conveyance passage is multichannel, intersection waiting time that occurs in the time of therefore can avoiding the glass unloading or unnecessary glass repeat the problem of picking and placeing.
Based on above-mentioned glass unloading device, the present invention also provides a kind of glass oriented film coating system, as shown in Figure 5, vertical view for this glass oriented film coating system, system comprises glass cleaning machine 4, be provided with the snubber 5 of Yurisangja 6, unloading machinery hand 7, the first alignment films coating apparatus 8, the second alignment films coating apparatus 9 and glass are adorned automatically, unloading equipment 16, glass cleaning machine 4, unloading machinery hand 7 and alignment films coating apparatus are provided with in turn, be provided with the snubber 5 of Yurisangja 6 and the homonymy that cleaning machine 4 is located at unloading machinery hand 7, glass is adorned automatically, unloading equipment 16 is located at unloading station 41 places of this glass cleaning machine 4.The automatic loading, unloading equipment of glass comprises glass storing part and drives the drive unit that glass storing part moves up and down, drive unit makes this glass storing part can move up and down and take in the glass that will unload, glass storing part comprises a plurality of bearing surfaces, bearing surface 13 can be two, three or more, but is provided with the layer of depositing of several separated deposit glass between a plurality of bearing surface.Each bearing surface can be connected with a plurality of support bars, and several of a plurality of support bars formation multilayered structures are deposited layer, and several deposit layer becomes spatial multilayer carriage, can lift the glass that will unload.Drive unit can be lead-screw driving device, can or push away cap by the push rod of lead-screw driving device and be connected with glass storing part, and an end of support bar and glass contact can be provided with rubber pad, can play the effect of firm support glass.
Because glass oriented film coating system of the present invention contains the automatic loading, unloading equipment of glass, therefore,, the glass of discharging unloads station 41 from cleaning machine when being delivered to glass, and the automatic rising along with glass storing part just is received into glass wherein.For Dummy glass, directly take out from glass storing part by mechanical manipulator, be stored in the Yurisangja of snubber; Then directly taken out from glass storing part by mechanical manipulator for color membrane substrates glass and array substrate glass, conveyance is to the dirty first oriented film coating machine or the second oriented film coating machine.
When downstream equipment blocks, mechanical manipulator need not be again with in color membrane substrates glass and the array substrate glass Yurisangja from 41 conveyances of glass unloading station to snubber, because glass storing part has had the function of depositing color membrane substrates glass and array substrate glass temporarily; When technological process need be monitored the coating effect, when using Dummy glass, mechanical manipulator can stop to take out color membrane substrates glass and array substrate glass from the glass shovel loader, but take out Dummy glass from Yurisangja, for the first oriented film coating machine that is not sent to that also has in the cleaning machine or the color membrane substrates glass and the array substrate glass of the second oriented film coating machine, then be received into glass storing part as interim storage.Distinguish for the conveyance target, when taking out Dummy glass in control mechanical manipulator conveyance color membrane substrates glass and array substrate glass and the Yurisangja from snubber, with the first oriented film coating machine or the second oriented film coating machine as first target; During Dummy glass that mechanical manipulator takes out from glass storing part, then with the Yurisangja in the snubber as first target.
Following table is depicted as and adopts the present invention front and back color membrane substrates glass and array substrate glass to be delivered to the example of this required time of process of oriented film coating machine.
In glass oriented film coating system of the present invention, because glass storing part has the function of depositing color membrane substrates glass and array substrate glass temporarily, deposit color membrane substrates glass and array substrate glass when can downstream equipment blocking temporarily, and when needs use Dummy glass, can be when taking in color membrane substrates glass and array substrate glass, mechanical manipulator takes out Dummy glass and delivers to down flow device from snubber, so just omitted mechanical manipulator with the Yurisangja of glass from the conveyance of cleaning machine unloading equipment to snubber, and then the Yurisangja conveyance from snubber is to the needed time of this process of oriented film coating machine, because its conveyance passage is multichannel, has also just avoided the intersection waiting time.And avoided unnecessary glass to repeat the problem of picking and placeing.
Shown in the schema of Fig. 6, the present invention also provides a kind of glass unloading method, may further comprise the steps:
Cleaning machine cleans up color membrane substrates glass, array substrate glass or Dummy glass, and the Dummy glass after the cleaning, color membrane substrates glass or array substrate glass are passed to glass unloading station place;
The feed glass storage part is up, and Dummy glass, color membrane substrates glass or array substrate glass on the glass unloading station of cleaning machine are received into glass storing part;
When glass storing part stores Dummy glass, take out Dummy glass by mechanical manipulator from glass storing part, be stored in the Yurisangja of snubber;
If use Dummy glass, then from the Yurisangja of snubber, take out Dummy glass by mechanical manipulator, conveyance is to dirty alignment films coating apparatus;
If use color membrane substrates glass or array substrate glass, then directly take out color membrane substrates glass or array substrate glass from glass storing part by mechanical manipulator, conveyance is to dirty alignment films coating apparatus.
In glass unloading method of the present invention, the feed glass storage part is up, color membrane substrates glass and array substrate glass are received into glass storing part, deposit color membrane substrates glass and array substrate glass when can downstream equipment blocking temporarily, and can be implemented in when taking in color membrane substrates glass and array substrate glass, mechanical manipulator takes out Dummy glass and delivers to down flow device from snubber, so just omitted mechanical manipulator with the Yurisangja of glass from the conveyance of cleaning machine unloading equipment to snubber, and then the Yurisangja conveyance from snubber is to the needed time of this process of oriented film coating machine, because its conveyance passage is multichannel, has also just avoided the intersection waiting time.And avoided unnecessary glass to repeat the problem of picking and placeing.
It should be noted last that, above embodiment is only unrestricted in order to technical scheme of the present invention to be described, although the present invention is had been described in detail with reference to preferred embodiment, those of ordinary skill in the art is to be understood that, can make amendment or be equal to replacement technical scheme of the present invention, and not break away from the spirit and scope of technical solution of the present invention.