CN101811378B - Novel automatic method for manufacturing photo album and manufacturing equipment thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention discloses a novel automatic photo album production method and its production equipment. The method comprises the following steps: feeding the photo album papers into a creasing machine one by one; creasing the middle of the photo album papers, and then sending the photo album papers to a folding mechanism; folding the photo album papers in half , the automatic rolling mechanism compacts the creases and sends them to the bonding mechanism; select the automatic bonding program according to the production instructions, and when no interlayer is needed, coat the outer side of the album paper with adhesive, which is indistinguishable from the previous album paper The other outer surface of the album paper coated with adhesive is aligned and pasted, and so on, all the album papers are laminated to form the inner core of the album; when interlayer is required, the album paper and the interlayer are sent to the bonding mechanism alternately, Coat the side with adhesive, stick to the outer side of the last album paper, apply adhesive to the outer side of the next album, stick to the other side of the interlayer, and align the album paper with the interlayer , and then enter another interlayer, and so on, all the album paper and the interlayer are laminated alternately to form the inner core of the album.

Description

A novel automatic photo album production method and its production equipment

technical field

The invention relates to a novel automatic photo album making method and its making equipment.

Background technique

At present, the methods of making photo albums can be roughly divided into two types: hand-made and machine-made.

Handmade, there are currently two mainstream methods:

The first is the white latex white cardboard interlayer method, and its specific process flow is shown in Figure 1. The method adopts auxiliary equipment such as gluing machine, creasing machine and pressurization, and adopts white cardboard and white latex as consumables.

First, use a gluing machine to coat white cardboard with the same specifications as the photo album, and glue it to the photo. After everything is completed, let it dry as a whole. The glue is glued back to back one by one with the alignment of the center, and then the whole is dried under pressure, which takes about one day, and then the three sides are trimmed (except the center), so that the inner core of the album is completed, and then ironed Wait until the cover is glued on after retouching to complete a photo album.

The second is the PVC pre-coated self-adhesive interlayer method, and its specific process flow is shown in Figure 2. The method adopts auxiliary equipment such as a hand-operated creasing machine, a cutting knife, and pressurization, and double-sided pre-coated self-adhesive PVC sheets of different specifications are used as production consumables.

First press the photo to the center, fold it in half by hand and put it away; then tear off the protective film on one side of the PVC sheet, start from the middle alignment and smooth it with your hands while tearing it off, then tear off the other side of the protective film and stick it back to back in the same way Put on the second photo; after the final gluing is completed, press it flat to cut the three sides (except the middle one), and optionally perform trimming on the three sides such as ironing, and finally glue the cover to complete a photo album.

Machine production also mainly includes two types:

The first is the semi-automatic hot pressing method, and its specific process flow is shown in Figure 3. This method uses one machine to integrate the functions of creasing, heat-sealing, and heat-sealing of the entire album. Consumables are PVC sheet or white cardboard coated with heat-sensitive adhesive on both sides, and a PVC protective sheet is provided with it to protect the album paper from sticking under high temperature.

First of all, put the photo indentation in the middle of the press, and fold it in half by hand; sandwich the heat pressure sensitive adhesive between the back to back of the photo, and sandwich the PVC protective sheet between the photo sides, and arrange it neatly with the middle alignment; put the album Put Zhongfeng into the heat-pressed Zhongfeng area for about 4 minutes. After the completion, put the whole album flat into the album heat-sealing area for album heat-sealing. The temperature is about 100°C for about 10 minutes; after completion, take out the album and put it in the cooling Flatten the area and cool for about 10 minutes; remove the PVC protective sheet, cut the three sides (except the middle one), optionally perform trimming such as ironing, and then stick the cover to complete a photo album.

The second is the automatic hot-melt gluing without interlayer method, and its specific process flow is shown in Figure 4. The method adopts a three-in-one machine for paper cutting, creasing and folding, an automatic album forming machine and a three-side cutting machine. Consumables are only one kind of hot melt adhesive.

First, put the whole roll of photo album paper into the three-in-one machine for cutting, creasing and folding. The machine will automatically perform creasing and folding, and a stack of folded photos will come out; then the stack of photos will be folded by hand. Put it into the automatic photo album forming machine, and the machine will automatically perform actions such as gluing and bonding. Automatically and quickly form the inner core of a photo album without interlayer, put it into the three-side cutting machine to automatically trim the edges, and then make a photo album after sticking the cover.

The white latex and white cardboard interlayer method mainly has the disadvantages of manual production, long processing cycle, airtight adhesion of white latex to the album paper, not easy to dry out, easy deformation after being damp, and too thick a single page of the album.

Although the production cycle of PVC pre-coated self-adhesive interlayer method and semi-automatic hot-press method is greatly shortened, a lot of manual work is still required, and the price of consumables is too expensive, and PVC pre-coated self-adhesive is also relatively easy to self-adhesive in a humid environment changes, resulting in blistering and deformation of the album, etc.

The disadvantage of the automatic hot-melt gluing non-interlayer method is that the machine has no interlayer function, and the indentation folding and bonding are two separate machines, and its design is to meet the requirements of continuous printing, that is, the printing of the whole roll of photo album paper, so it is automatic. The 3-in-1 machine for cutting paper, creasing and folding cannot be applied to other printing machines.

At the same time, there is a common shortcoming in the above manufacturing processes, that is, the presence or absence of interlayer is fixed, either with interlayer or without interlayer, and cannot be flexibly changed according to the requirements of customers.

Chinese patent CN101314296 discloses a fully automatic production method of a photo album, as shown in Figure 5, which includes the following steps: feeding the photo album papers into the creasing machine one by one; creasing the middle of the photo album paper, and then sending the photo album paper to the half-folding mechanism; Fold the photo album paper in half along the middle, and send it to the bonding mechanism; select the automatic bonding program according to the production instructions, and when no interlayer is required, coat the outer side of the photo album paper with adhesive, and have no coating with the previous photo album paper The other outer surface of the adhesive album paper is aligned and bonded, and so on, and all the album papers are laminated to form the inner core of the album; Coating adhesive, sticking to the outer side of the last album paper, coating adhesive on the outer side of the next album paper, sticking to the other side of the interlayer, and aligning the album paper with the interlayer, and then Enter another interlayer, and so on, all the album paper and the interlayer are laminated alternately to form the inner core of the album. But the photo album that this kind of method makes, because the indentation in the middle is not smooth, can make the photo album after folding in half produce internal stress, cause the photo album inner core that finally forms is not smooth.

Contents of the invention

Aiming at the shortcomings of the prior art, the purpose of the present invention is to provide a new automatic method for making a photo album with a smoother inner core of the photo album. Another object of the present invention is to provide a novel automatic photo album making device.

In order to achieve the above object, the technical solution of the present invention is: a novel automatic method for making a photo album, which comprises the following steps:

a. Send the printed album papers into the creasing machine one by one; b. The creasing machine creases the middle of the album paper to form a middle seam, and sends the album paper with the middle seam pressed to the half-folding mechanism; c. The half-folding mechanism folds the album paper Fold in half along the center seam, wherein the printed surface of the album paper is folded and located on the inside; d. Send the album paper to the bonding mechanism for automatic bonding, when the production instruction is a non-interlayer photo album, the bonding mechanism performs the automatic bonding of step e Otherwise, proceed to the automatic bonding procedure of step f; e. The bonding mechanism coats an outer side of the folded album papers that are fed in one by one, and there is no coating and bonding with the previous album paper The other outer side of the agent is pasted, so that the two pasting surfaces are completely aligned, and so on, so that all the album papers are pasted together to form the inner core of the album; f. The folded album paper and the interlayer are fed into the glue Mechanism, the adhesive mechanism applies adhesive on one side of the interlayer, and sticks to the outer surface of the last album paper that has entered the adhesive mechanism, and coats an adhesive on the outer surface of the next album paper that enters the adhesive mechanism. Bonding agent, fit the other side of the interlayer, and make all the album papers and the interlayer’s bonding surface fully aligned, and then enter another interlayer, and so on, all the album paper and the interlayer are laminated to form the inner part of the album core;

Step c1 is also included between steps c and d, which is: the folded photo album paper is flattened by the automatic rolling structure, and sent to the bonding mechanism.

In step c1, the automatic rolling mark structure includes a paper feeding device, a rolling mark device, a paper length measuring device and a driving device. The paper feeding device automatically transmits the album paper. When the paper length measuring device detects that the album paper is located at the rolling mark device, The paper-feeding device stops, and the rolling-marking device performs rolling-marking action on the middle seam of the album paper. After the rolling-marking is completed, the paper-feeding device continues to drive and enters the bonding mechanism.

In addition, the present invention also provides a new type of automatic photo album production equipment, which includes an automatic paper feeding mechanism for feeding photo album paper and interlayers, an indentation mechanism along the middle position of the photo album paper, and an automatic paper feeding mechanism for feeding the photo album paper along the The half-folding mechanism for folding in half at the middle position, and the bonding mechanism for applying glue to the album paper or the interlayer and bonding, the automatic paper feeding mechanism includes the album paper feeding structure, the interlayer paper feeding structure and the connection with the two paper feeding structures Control system, an automatic rolling structure for flattening the middle seam of the folded album paper is also provided between the folding mechanism and the bonding mechanism.

The automatic rolling mark structure includes a paper feeding device, a rolling mark device, a paper length measuring device and a driving device. It is used to roll the middle seam of the album paper, and the driving device drives the paper feeding device and the rolling device.

Specifically, the paper feeding device includes two paper feeding roller sets that are rolled together, and each paper feeding roller set includes four paper feeding rollers; Roller, the width of the rolling groove is equivalent to the width of the middle seam of the album paper; the driving device includes a paper feeding device driving device and a rolling marking device driving device, and the paper feeding device driving device includes a rotating drive for driving the paper feeding roller to rotate A shaft and its driving motor, the driving device of the rolling marking device includes a slide block used for connecting with the rolling marking roller, a conveyor belt for driving the sliding block and its driving motor.

Compared with the prior art, the present invention has the following advantages:

The present invention designs a technological process of automatic paper feeding, crease folding, rolling marks, compaction, gluing, and bonding. This process realizes the above technological process through a piece of equipment, which greatly improves the production of traditional photo albums. In particular, compacting the middle seam of the folded photo album can make the indentation position of the middle seam straight, eliminate internal stress, and make the inner core of the album more flat and beautiful.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is the process flow diagram of prior art white latex white cardboard interlayer method;

Fig. 2 is the process flow chart of prior art PVC pre-coating self-adhesive interlayer method;

Fig. 3 is the legal process flow chart of prior art semi-automatic hot pressing;

Fig. 4 is the process flow chart of prior art automatic hot-melt gluing without interlayer method;

Fig. 5 is the process flow diagram of prior art photo album automatic production method;

Fig. 6 is the process flow chart of the novel automatic photo album making method of the present invention;

Fig. 7 is a structural schematic diagram of the automatic rolling structure of the present invention.

Detailed ways

The present invention will be described in detail below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

As shown in Figure 6, the present invention provides a kind of novel automatic photo album making method, and it comprises the following steps:

a. Send the printed photo album paper to the creasing machine one by one;

b. The creasing machine creases the middle of the album paper to form a middle seam, and sends the album paper with the middle seam pressed to the folding mechanism;

c. The half-folding mechanism folds the album paper in half along the middle seam, wherein the printing surface of the album paper is located inside after being folded;

d. Send the album paper into the bonding mechanism for automatic bonding. When the production instruction is an album without interlayers, the bonding mechanism performs the automatic bonding procedure of step e, otherwise performs the automatic bonding procedure of step f;

e. Adhesive mechanism coats adhesive on one outer side of the folded album papers that are fed in one by one, and sticks to the other outer side of the previous album paper without adhesive coating, so that the two sides The bonding surface is completely aligned, and so on, so that all the album papers are bonded to form the inner core of the album;

f. The half-folded album paper and interlayer are sent to the bonding mechanism alternately. The bonding mechanism applies adhesive on one side of the interlayer, and sticks to the outer side of the previous album paper that has entered the bonding mechanism. One side of the album paper entering the bonding mechanism is coated with adhesive, and it is attached to the other side of the interlayer, and all the album paper is completely aligned with the laminating surface of the interlayer, and then another interlayer is input, and so on , to form the inner core of the album after laminating all the album papers with the interlayer;

Wherein, step c1 is also included between steps c and d, which is: the folded photo album paper is flattened by the automatic rolling structure, and sent to the bonding mechanism.

In step c1, the automatic rolling mark structure includes a paper feeding device, a rolling mark device, a paper length measuring device and a driving device. The paper feeding device automatically transmits the album paper. When the paper length measuring device detects that the album paper is located at the rolling mark device, The paper-feeding device stops, and the rolling-marking device performs rolling-marking action on the middle seam of the album paper. After the rolling-marking is completed, the paper-feeding device continues to drive and enters the bonding mechanism.

After steps e and f, step g is also included, the album inner core is sent to the cutting machine, after alignment and positioning, the three sides of the album inner core except the crease of the album paper are cut.

After step g, step h is also included, the bonding mechanism applies adhesive on the upper and lower sides of the inner core of the album, and bonds the cover to the upper and lower sides of the inner core of the album. Mouth relative.

In step c, the half-folding mechanism folds along one end of the album paper to the other end of the album with the middle seam of the album paper as the axis of rotation, and rolls the folded surfaces together to form the half-fold of the album paper.

In addition, the half-folding mechanism can also use two mutually rolling rollers to roll the middle crease position of the album paper into the middle of the two rollers for rolling and folding in half.

In steps e and f, the adhesive mechanism uses the adsorption roller to absorb the album paper or the interlayer, and drives to the position of the gluing structure to glue one side of the album paper or the interlayer. When the adsorption roller turns to the lowest point, the Under the transmission, the platform is lifted upwards, the linear speed of the roller is consistent with the movement speed of the platform, and the platform and the roller are rolled and bonded to the album paper or the album paper with interlayer.

The adhesive coated on the side of the album paper or the interlayer is hot-melt adhesive, and the printing unit of the album paper forms an image unit by silver halide printing, laser printing or inkjet method, and the interlayer is a plastic sheet or cardboard.

In step f, there are multiple types of interlayers to choose from, and according to the production instructions, different interlayers are selected to enter the bonding mechanism.

The present invention also provides a new type of automatic photo album making equipment, which includes an automatic paper feeding mechanism for feeding photo album paper and interlayers, an indentation mechanism for indenting along the middle position of the photo album paper, and an automatic paper feeding mechanism for feeding the photo album paper along the middle A half-folding mechanism for folding in half, and a bonding mechanism for applying glue to album paper or interlayers and bonding them. The automatic paper feeding mechanism includes a photo album paper feeding structure, a sandwich paper feeding structure and a control system connected to the two paper feeding structures. There is also an automatic rolling structure for flattening the middle seam of the folded album paper between the folding mechanism and the bonding mechanism.

The automatic rolling structure includes a paper feeding device, a rolling device, a paper length measuring device and a driving device. The paper feeding device is used to automatically convey the album paper. The rolling action is performed on the middle seam of the album paper, and the driving device drives the paper feeding device and the rolling device.

Specifically, as shown in FIG. 7, the paper feeding device includes two paper feeding roller groups that are rolled together, each paper feeding roller group includes four paper feeding rollers 1; And the crimping roller 3 that is rolled together with it, the width of the crimping groove 2 is equivalent to the middle gap width of the album paper; the driving device includes a paper feeding device driving device and a rolling marking device driving device, and the paper feeding device driving device includes The rotating shaft 4 used to drive the rotation of the paper feeding roller 1 and its driving motor 5, the driving device of the rolling marking device includes a slider 6 for connecting with the rolling marking roller 3, a conveyor belt 7 for driving the sliding block 6 and its driving motor8.

When the paper length measuring device detects that the middle seam of the album paper is at the position of the rolling groove 2, the driving motor 5 stops, the paper feeding roller 1 stops rotating, the driving motor 8 starts to run, and the conveyor belt 7 drives the slider to slide, thereby driving the rolling marks. The roller 3 moves, and the rolling roller 3 presses through the middle seam of the album paper, so as to realize the flattening of the middle seam. Since there is a rolling groove 2 under the rolling roller 3, the rolling precision of the rolling roller 3 can be effectively regulated. At the same time, when rolling, the middle seam of the album paper is slightly deformed toward the rolling groove 2 due to the pressure , and then roll marks on it, so it can effectively avoid the damage of the roll mark roller 3 to the album paper.

The invention compacts the center seam of the folded photo album, makes the indentation position of the center seam straight, eliminates internal stress, and makes the inner core of the album more smooth and beautiful. The automatic rolling structure is mechanically linked with the bonding mechanism, which improves the degree of automation. The user only needs to put the photos into the automatic feeding module from bottom to top in order, and the control program will automatically pull out the photos one by one and automatically calculate the length of the photos for center creasing and half-folding along the creasing. Then it is sent into the gluing and bonding module for gluing and bonding in the alignment of the center. It only takes 3 minutes to make a photo album with 10 photos and 20 pages by using the method of the invention, which greatly improves the production efficiency of making photo albums and is suitable for mass production and batch operations.

The machine can automatically and reliably perform center alignment, the alignment accuracy is less than 0.5mm, and the finished product is bonded smoothly. The thickness of PVC or white cardboard is 0.2-0.6mm, which can meet the production requirements of album pages with different thicknesses.

Claims (7)

1. A novel automated photo album method comprising the following steps: a. Send the printed photo album paper to the creasing machine one by one; b. The creasing machine creases the middle of the album paper to form a middle seam, and sends the album paper with the middle seam pressed to the folding mechanism; c. The half-folding mechanism folds the album paper in half along the middle seam, wherein the printing surface of the album paper is located inside after being folded; d. Send the album paper into the bonding mechanism for automatic bonding. When the production instruction is an album without interlayers, the bonding mechanism performs the automatic bonding procedure of step e, otherwise performs the automatic bonding procedure of step f; e. Adhesive mechanism coats adhesive on one outer side of the folded album papers that are fed in one by one, and sticks to the other outer side of the previous album paper without adhesive coating, so that the two sides The bonding surface is completely aligned, and so on, so that all the album papers are bonded to form the inner core of the album; f. The half-folded album paper and interlayer are sent to the bonding mechanism alternately. The bonding mechanism applies adhesive on one side of the interlayer, and sticks to the outer side of the previous album paper that has entered the bonding mechanism. One side of the album paper entering the bonding mechanism is coated with adhesive, and it is attached to the other side of the interlayer, and all the album paper is completely aligned with the laminating surface of the interlayer, and then another interlayer is input, and so on , to form the inner core of the album after laminating all the album papers with the interlayer; It is characterized in that: step c1 is also included between steps c and d, which is: the folded photo album paper is flattened by the automatic rolling structure, and then sent to the bonding mechanism. In step c1, the automatic rolling mark structure includes a paper feeding device, a rolling mark device, a paper length measuring device and a driving device, The paper feeding device automatically conveys the album paper. When the paper length measuring device detects that the album paper is located at the rolling mark device, the paper feeding device stops, and the rolling mark device performs rolling motion on the middle seam of the album paper. After the rolling mark is completed, the paper feeding device Continue to drive and enter the bonding mechanism; The paper feeding device includes two paper feeding roller sets rolled together, each paper feeding roller set includes four paper feeding rollers; the rolling trace device includes a rolling groove and rolling rolling rollers rolled together, The width of the rolling groove is equivalent to the width of the middle seam of the album paper; the driving device includes a paper feeding device driving device and a rolling marking device driving device, and the paper feeding device driving device includes a rotating shaft for driving the rotation of the paper feeding roller and its A driving motor, the driving device of the rolling marking device includes a slide block used for connecting with the rolling marking roller, a conveyor belt for driving the sliding block and a driving motor thereof. 2. The novel automated method of making a photo album according to claim 1, characterized in that: after steps e and f, step g is also included, the inner core of the photo album is sent into the cutting machine, and after alignment and positioning, the photo album is Trim the inner core on three sides except the crease of the album paper. 3. The novel automated method for making a photo album according to claim 2, characterized in that: after step g, step h is also included, the bonding mechanism coats the upper and lower sides of the inner core of the photo album with adhesive, and the cover is bonded to the inside of the photo album The upper and lower sides of the core are bonded, and the spine of the cover is on the same side as the crease of the album paper, opposite to the opening of the album. 4. The novel automated method for making a photo album according to claim 1, characterized in that: in step c, the half-folding mechanism folds one end of the photo album paper to the other end of the photo album with the middle seam of the photo album paper as the axis of rotation, and rolls Fold the folded sides together to form a half fold of album paper. 5. The new automatic method for making a photo album according to claim 1, characterized in that: in step c, the half-folding mechanism uses two mutually rolling rollers to roll the middle crease position of the photo album paper into the two rollers In the middle of the wheel and rolled in half. 6. The new automated method for making a photo album according to claim 1, characterized in that: in steps e and f, the bonding mechanism uses the adsorption roller to absorb the photo album paper or the interlayer, and transmits it to the position of the gluing structure to align the photo album paper or the interlayer When the adsorption roller turns to the lowest point, the platform is lifted up under the drive of the transmission structure, the linear speed of the roller is consistent with the movement speed of the platform, the platform and the roller are opposite to the album paper or the paper with interlayer Album paper is rolled and bonded. 7. A new type of automated photo album production equipment, including an automatic paper feeding mechanism for feeding photo album paper and interlayers, an indentation mechanism for indenting along the middle position of the photo album paper, and a device for folding the photo album paper in half along its middle position connected in sequence Folding mechanism in half, and a bonding mechanism for coating and bonding album paper or interlayer with glue. The automatic paper feeding mechanism includes an album paper feeding structure, a sandwich paper feeding structure and a control system connected with the two paper feeding structures. Its characteristics There is also an automatic rolling structure for flattening the middle seam of the folded album paper between the folding mechanism and the bonding mechanism; The automatic rolling mark structure includes a paper feeding device, a rolling mark device, a paper length measuring device and a driving device. It is used to roll the seam of the album paper, and the driving device drives the paper feeding device and the rolling device; The paper feeding device includes two paper feeding roller sets rolled together, each paper feeding roller set includes four paper feeding rollers; the rolling trace device includes a rolling groove and rolling rolling rollers rolled together, The width of the rolling groove is equivalent to the width of the middle seam of the album paper; the driving device includes a paper feeding device driving device and a rolling marking device driving device, and the paper feeding device driving device includes a rotating shaft for driving the rotation of the paper feeding roller and its A driving motor, the driving device of the rolling marking device includes a slide block used for connecting with the rolling marking roller, a conveyor belt for driving the sliding block and a driving motor thereof.

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