Task of the present invention is to propose a kind of printing machine and a kind of method that is used to print printed article, and they are very flexible.
This task solves by a kind of printing machine of the feature with claim 1 with by a kind of method with feature of claim 13 according to the present invention.Preferred form of implementation provides in the dependent claims.
Be characterised in that according to printing machine of the present invention, base framework has a plurality of districts that hold that are used to hold treating stations, holding the district has at least one and is used for the removable bearing reason station of turning up the soil and designs with being used to be connected in first jockey that carries out the transmission of transfer of data and/or energy and the treating stations mode with module, respectively have a bonding pad, this bonding pad has at least one and corresponding second jockey of first jockey.
Basic design of the present invention is that treating stations is implemented as the different locational module that can be connected printing machine.Therefore treating stations also can be called processing module.In order to connect processing module neatly, the base framework of printing machine sets a plurality of first jockeys and/or coupling.One of each processing module configuration is corresponding, with second jockey and/or the coupling of first jockey and/or coupling coupling.
Can realize making printing machine to be complementary fast and simply and dispose again accordingly by modularization with new print job.During this configuration more for example may reside in the replacing, increase of individual module or removes, but also may reside in the change of order of module.According to the present invention, treating stations is connected to holds the district arbitrarily.
Jockey preferably design in this wise this moment, promptly treating stations can mechanically still removablely regularly be turned up the soil and is connected with base framework.Advantageously treating stations can be connected with a central energy supply and/or control module in addition.In order to make treating stations in holding the district, use especially simply and fastly, particularly preferably be, when setting up mechanical connection, also can side by side set up the connection that is used for data and/or energy transmission especially basically.
A kind of printing machine that can use especially neatly is characterised in that, holds district and/or bonding pad and is designed to identical respectively.Should be understood that especially also that herein first jockey has identical design respectively with second jockey.In a form of implementation, not only holding district but also bonding pad and/or their jockey all is to construct in the same manner respectively.But also it is contemplated that and only hold the district and/or first jockey designs and the bonding pad and/or second jockey are differently to construct in the same manner.In this case, first jockey preferably has the first different joints, and wherein at least one first connector is corresponding with at least one second connector of second jockey.Therefore for example can on first jockey, be provided for the different module types joint with module numeral that for example simulate.
Be provided with according to the present invention, at least one digital processing station, it is printing station preferably.For the scope of application that further enlarges printing machine and the designability that improves printing, particularly advantageous is that at least one treating stations is a preprocessing station, cooling stations, dry station, linging station and/or adhesive application station.Preprocessing station can for example be used for under-coating varnish or heat treatment.Also applying of adhesive or adhesive can be set, so that in next one station, apply fiber, soft and fine material or other coating.At cooling stations, it preferably is arranged on after a linging station or the printing station, and priming paint that is applied in or printing ink are handled thereby can print printed article subsequently or continue by reducing temperature by dry rapidly.A station that is used to flood also can be set.
A particularly preferred form of implementation of the present invention is characterised in that the printed article support can and can move linearly around the ground motion in the treating stations zone.This printing machine also can be called linear printing machine.Corresponding to the conveying of the linearity of printed article support, treating stations also is promptly to arrange side by side in a row linearly.Linear layout can make tighter thickly location mutually, a station, this in the carousel printing machine since the situation on the geometry can not on identical degree, realize.The structure of printing machine is therefore compacter and more save space and the especially littler erection space of needs than known machines.Another advantage of linear printing machine is, the treating stations that is arranged in juxtaposition can be all near from a side joint, therefore improved operation convenience significantly, especially also on changing aspect the processing module.Framework also can design in this wise, and promptly it can at random be expanded by the frame part that connects other and track can prolong.
Because the motion of the linearity of printed article support, printing machine also can move in a continuous operational mode, that is the printed article support moves equably, and can be for example because the circus movement of printed article support produces image fault.Continuous operation improves the productivity ratio of machine generally.
One particularly preferred provides thus according to embodiments of the invention, and promptly the printed article support can inclination flip.Printed article support with flat basically shape of plane surface can be especially on the orientation of its substantial horizontal orientation upper deflecting to a perpendicular.Can obviously reduce the space requirement of printed article support thus.According to the present invention, especially preferred is that the printed article support especially in a return area, can be carried on vertical tilt ground at least one zone of printing machine.
A preferred expansion scheme of printing machine is to be provided with dry conduit, and the printed article support can be by this drying conduit motion.Dry conduit for example can be used for final dry printed article after last printing station.Dry conduit is design in this wise preferably, promptly can side by side provide the position for a plurality of printed article supports therein.In order still to keep printing machine as far as possible compactly, can design dry conduit in this wise, make the printed article support can flatly or vertically carry by dry conduit with the form on labyrinth.A preferred embodiment provides thus, and promptly the printed article support is conducted through dry section in the mode of beads.This special space of saving.
Particularly preferably be, the transporting velocity of printed article support in dry conduit can be independent of the transporting velocity ground of printed article support at least one treating stations and adjust.If the transporting velocity in dry conduit can be adjusted, so dry conduit also can be used as buffer unit.The delay that occurs in the treating stations before one is arranged on dry conduit can compensate in dry conduit thus, thereby should postpone the station to setting after dry conduit, the station that for example is used to take out printed article, not influence.
Of the present invention another preferably controlled scheme and provided thus, promptly is provided with the station of parking that is used for the printed article support.Park the station and also can be used as buffered station.The printed article support can intermediate storage in parking the station.Can on any position, be provided with in principle and park the station.Be arranged on one in printing machine and return on the transportation section parking the station but particularly preferably be, return on the transportation section, can on the direction opposite, carry the printed article support with the throughput direction that enters treating stations at this.Return on the transportation section at this, the printed article support especially is transferred from last treating stations and turns back to first treating stations.Return at this and also can be provided with one on transportation section and load section and one and take out section, article that on this section, will print or take off the article that will print from the printed article support printed article support loading.
Can in parking the station, at random arrange the printed article support in principle.But preferably, the printed article support can be in parking the station stacking flatly or vertically.It is very little and can construct compactly and park the station to be used for the locational requirement amount of printed article support thus.For stacking printed article support, can directly arrange these printed article supports up and down or abreast.But a kind of practical especially station of parking is characterised in that, a kind of warehouse with the compartment that is used for the printed article support is set.These compartments can flatly or vertically move.Especially this warehouse also can be designed to capstan head or chain bucket form, promptly have around the storehouse of compartment.
According to the present invention, in addition advantageously, the printed article support is after one is taken out the district, and printed article is removed from the printed article support in this taking-up district, can move to park in the station and in order to apply printed article again to be fed into a loading area.Park the station a large amount of printed article supports can be provided, its quantity especially can and/or be held the quantity in district greater than treating stations.By taking out the printed article support diamond of arranging between district and the loading area, for example can compensate in taking-up or the speed when loading, thus the effect of parking the buffer that standing.
In addition preferably, be provided with and be used to carry the printed article support to be fixed on conveying device by the conveying device and removable the turning up the soil of at least one printed article support for the treatment of stations.In principle cyclic conveyor can be set, as chain-linked conveyer, it flatly transports the printed article support circularly.But preferably, design conveying device in this wise, make the printed article support before one first treating stations, be fixed on the conveying device, carry and after a last treating stations, can take off from conveying device by conveying device is linear.A plurality of this linear conveyors as roller conveyor, can (through the bight) arrange under the right angle, thereby whole conveying device itself remain circulation in the case.
Preferably the printed article support can be locked on the conveying device.For locking, can on conveying device and/or printed article support, fixture be set, for example pin, notch, projection or other locator card latch mechanism.In a preferred embodiment, the printed article support can especially also can be settled on different mutual spacings and be locked on the conveying device on a plurality of positions.Conveying device for example can be the chain of circulation, and the printed article support can be suspended on wherein.Also can consider to be provided with the ribbon conveyer that is similar to conveyer belt, the printed article support can be placed on it.Last also can the use has a plurality of rollers and a roll-type conveyer that is used for the guider of printed article support.The printed article support lies on the conveyer with its bottom surface this moment.But also can use the support that does not have pillar in the side.
According to the present invention, realize the further improvement of printing machine flexibility by following measure, promptly base framework in plane, see roughly be rectangular configuration and constitute by a plurality of parts.These parts also can be called frame module, and they can realize printing machine coupling dimensionally.Each part of base framework preferably has at least one district that holds that is used for a treating stations.The horizontal layout of the essentially rectangular of base framework is favourable for the locational requirement aspect of printing machine.
Be characterised in that according to method of the present invention, printed article is applied on the printed article support, the printed article support moves through a plurality for the treatment of stations linearly, wherein at least one treating stations is digital printed station, printed article is taken off from the printed article support, and the printed article support is moved into one and parks in the station and in order to apply printed article again and shifted out from parking the station in order to carry out temporary transient parking.The motion of printed article support can be continuous or intermittence.
The feature of this method is that especially the quantity of printed article support can change.This has improved the flexibility of printing machine, because for example just can load and provide a large amount of printed article supports before a printing process.Can improve the utilization rate of machine thus.
The preferred embodiment that following foundation schematically illustrates in the accompanying drawings further describes the present invention.Shown in the accompanying drawing:
Fig. 1 shows according to printing machine 10 of the present invention in the mode of extremely summarizing.Printing machine 10 has a plurality of printed article supports 20, and they also can be called pallet.Printed article support 20 is flat basically and has the surface on plane.For the yarn fabric that trails, T-shirt for example, the structure that printed article support 20 is designed to give prominence to.Printing machine 10 has a plurality for the treatment of stations 30 in addition, one after the other is arranged on the line before and after them.Treating stations 30 is designed to processing module, they can be arranged with the different position that is fixed on printing machine 10 on.Be provided with on the base framework 11 of printing machine 10 for this reason and distinguish 12 holding of a plurality of best same configuration, treating stations 30 can be connected these to be held in the district.
According to proposing of task, need different treating stations.Shown in form of implementation in, hold in the district 12 first and to use a preprocessing station 31, for example be used for Chemical Pretreatment, for example be used to wipe out a blot or be used for heat treatment.Hold layout cooling stations 32 in the district at one second.Shown in form of implementation in, be provided with a linging station 33 in addition, for example can on printed article, apply the priming paint of a white by it.The linging station for example can be the digital printed station with one or more print heads.Another cooling stations 32 is set after linging station 33.In order to apply actual printing, hold at least one digital printing station 34 of connection in the district 12 at another.This digital printed station preferably has at least four print heads that are used to implement four-color process.Each print head uses one of four standardized background colors in the case: cyan (blue-green) (Cyan), magenta (Magenta), yellow (Yellow) and Key Essential colour (so-called CMYK look mould).The print head of printing station 34 can move linearly, and especially the direction of motion of printed article support 20 transversely moves.At that time, especially because the motion of the linearity of printed article support, also can arrange the one or more print bars with a plurality of fixing nozzles, nozzle extends on the whole width of the printed article that will print.Arranging under the situation of a print bar, can be with the printed article support continuously in simple especially mode, promptly be not starting-out of service in, carry and pass through treating stations.Perhaps, also can a plurality of digital printed stations 34 one after the other be set front and back, they can apply a kind of color (pigment) or premixed color (pigment), so-called SPOT color respectively.
In order to carry printed article support 20 by treating stations 30, a conveying device 40 is set, it also can be called conveyor pallet.Shown in form of implementation in, conveying device 40 is designed to carry linearly printed article support 20.Conveying device 40 extended to after the last treating stations 30 before first treating stations 30 always.For the fixing printing thing support 20 accurately of position on conveying device 40, printed article support 20 can be locked on the conveying device 40.
Be furnished with on this external printing machine 10 and take out district 50, park station 60 and loading area 70.In taking out the district, can take out printed article from printed article support 20.Park the intermediate storage that station 60 is used for printed article support 20, a kind of configuration of saving the space as far as possible of printed article support 20 wherein is set for this reason.Shown in form of implementation in, printed article support 20 is arranged on the vertical orientation.Park station 60 also as the buffering area that takes out between district and the loading area.
Printing process is below described.At first printed article is applied on the printed article support 20 at loading area 70.Be placed into conveying device 40 on the printed article that is applied with printed article support 20 subsequently and be locked at the there.By after the treating stations 30, mention printed article support 20 and be placed into taking-up district 50 from conveying device 40, take out printed article from printed article support 20 herein.At last printed article support 20 is moved into and park station 60.A printed article support 20 takes out and takes to again loading area 70 with this printed article support from park station 60 in order to reload.
Show a jockey 13 that holds district 12 among Fig. 2 extremely simplifiedly.For linking number word processing station 30 is provided with digital joint 14.In order to connect a simulation process station,, provide simulation joint 16 as for example gluing station.In addition, hold in the district 12 for treating stations 30 mechanically is fixed on, be provided with coupling 18, it is corresponding to a corresponding coupling on the treating stations 30.
In a word, by means of according to printing machine of the present invention, not only on machine dimensions but also extra high flexibility all is being provided aspect the station that will be provided with.Under the time sequencing of considering by the treatment technology decision, for example preliminary treatment, as pre-coated, drying applies pattern (digitally or/and simulation ground), drying, cooling, applying glue can be according to the customer requirement configuration according to printing machine of the present invention.Be used for modularization, printing machine can carry out equipment updating with person's pattern up to the professional equipment of comprehensive complexity from first an a little moment in evening.