CN102717597B - Nozzle inspecting method and apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

Provided are a cleaning method, a nozzle inspecting method, an application control method and a filming method in an ink-jet applying apparatus. An ink-jet head cleaning method is characterized by comprising covering an ink-jet head with a unit member, injecting a rinsing liquid for a predetermined time period by applying an attraction force to the unit member, and applying an attracting force, while the ink-jet head and the unit member being slightly spaced, to dry the ink-jet head. The ink-jet application control method is characterized by comprising replacing, after the discharging action, the discharging liquid material filling the passage by a replacing material of a low volatility, and replacing the replacing material again by the discharging liquid material just before the discharging action is started. The ink-jet head inspecting method is characterized by impacting a liquid material injected from the ink-jet head, on an inspecting member having different reflection powers on an impacted portion and an unimpacted portion. The ink-jet filming method is characterized by injecting the liquid material to the position to contact or partially overlap the droplet having impacted at the preceding step, after the droplet injected at the preceding step and left on the work is dried to a non-fluid state.

Description

The inspection method of inkjet head and device

The application is application number is 200880005764.2, and the applying date is on February 21st, 2008, and denomination of invention is the divisional application of the Chinese patent application of " cleaning method of ink-jet coating apparatus ".

Technical field

The present invention relates to one and have the cleaning method of the ink-jet coating apparatus of ink jet recording head (hereinafter referred to as " inkjet head "), nozzle check method, coating control method and film build method, particularly a kind of cleaning method, nozzle check method, coating control method and film build method in order to dirty, chip, the impurity etc. accompanying by the nozzle face of inkjet head and periphery thereof are removed.

In addition, the inkjet head in this description, there is no particular limitation, is the inkjet head having single or multiple nozzle.

Background technology

In ink-jet recording apparatus, in order to maintain the recording quality of high-quality, just ink spit face institute residual ink, the impurity etc. at ink jet recording head must be removed.

Disclose in patent document 1 and have, make wiping scraper plate relative to the ink spit face of shower nozzle, by the method for carrying out wiping action to clean, in order to promote cleaning performance, material, angle, the way of contact etc. just about wiping scraper plate are studied.

Disclose in patent document 2 and have, relative discharge opening arranges absorption of inks slit in the downstream of the reply direction of operating that described scraper plate cleans, ink through described scraper plate scraping is utilized have and be parallel to multiple discharge opening and the absorption of inks slit of the pump orifice of slit-shaped setting, draw described ink with the method etc. of improving performance.

Disclose in patent document 3 and have, from rose towards the nozzle of inkjet head and periphery blowout and implement described nozzle face clean after, utilize scraper plate to strike off etc. the detergent remover of the nozzle and periphery thereof that are attached to inkjet head.

Disclose in patent document 4 and have, the drop of alignment film spues method, make that there is the inkjet head with multiple nozzles of given pitch arrangement, relative movement is carried out to substrate, and from the method that the drop of alignment film spues in described substrate by described nozzle, wherein, described inkjet head is to the direction of described substrate relative movement, to forming cancellate pixel orientation in described substrate, tilting in first retainer.

Disclose in patent document 5 and have, film forming device, includes: have the multiple nozzles arranged at certain intervals respectively, has the shower nozzle supporting structure of single or multiple inkjet head; And have on the orthogonal direction in these multiple nozzle arrangement directions, the substrate conveyance mechanism of the substrate conveyance platform of relative movement can be carried out between these multiple nozzles; And from described multiple nozzle, film formation solution is sprayed on the substrate surface carried on described substrate conveyance platform, and implement coating and film forming non-contact type thin film forming apparatus; It is characterized in that having: at least inner vacuum grain as injection coating film forming room being provided with described substrate conveyance platform, inkjet head and described shower nozzle supporting structure being contained in inside; And spray coating film forming to implement under reduced pressure atmosphere, and the decompression means of decompression are implemented in described vacuum tank inside.

Disclose in patent document 6 and have, alignment film formation method, has: use inkjet nozzle alignment film material to be dripped with drop, by the droplet patterns of this drippage, check the inspection step of described inkjet nozzle exception; And when judging that droplet patterns is in given area in this inspection step, just make described ink-jet relative with substrate, and use described inkjet nozzle by alignment film material with the film formation step of drips alignment film over the substrate.

Disclose in patent document 7 and have, the manufacture method of device, includes the pattern forming region to substrate, to spue the manufacture method of device of step of fluent material from the drop shower nozzle that spues; It is characterized in that including: the rinsing step of the described fluent material that spues to the given area except described pattern forming region.

Patent document 1: Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication 2004-291364 publication

Patent document 2: Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication 2004-42571 publication

Patent document 3: Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication 2002-19132 publication

Patent document 4: Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication 2006-320839 publication

Patent document 5: Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication 2006-289355 publication

Patent document 6: Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication 2006-058772 publication

Patent document 7: Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication 2003-282245 publication

Summary of the invention

(invention institute for solution problem)

The object of the present invention is to provide a kind of cleaning method, nozzle check method, coating control method and the film build method that solve the ink-jet coating apparatus of aftermentioned technical problem.

(means of dealing with problems)

1st invention is the cleaning method of inkjet head, it is characterized in that, by the purification zone of inkjet head, the unit member with detergent remover supply opening and pump orifice is utilized to cover, and pass through from pump orifice effect suction force, from the detergent remover supply opening relative with pump orifice, spray detergent remover towards purification zone and cleaned.

2nd invention is, in the 1st invention, after described cleaning, inkjet head and unit member is only left a little, by unit member effect suction force, makes the purification zone of inkjet head dry.

3rd invention is, in the 1st or 2 inventions, detergent remover uses the liquid be made up of the solvent with the factor making liquid material dissolve.

4th invention is the inspection method of inkjet head, makes the liquid material that the nozzle had from inkjet head ejects, drips in inspection component, and checks described nozzle according to the droplet patterns of drippage; The feature of the inspection method of described inkjet head is, described inspection component is that the material different from the reflectivity at non-drippage place by liquid material drippage place is formed.

5th invention is, in the 4th invention, described inspection component is the film dissolved due to the drippage of liquid material.

6th invention is ink-jet application control method, it is characterized in that, after the operation that spues of inkjet head, spuing of being filled by stream in inkjet head replaces with low volatility alternate material with liquid material, and before the operation that just will start to spue, again being replaced with by alternate material spues uses liquid material.

7th invention is, in the 6th invention, alternate material uses the liquid be made up of the solvent possessing the factor making liquid material dissolve.

8th invention is ink-jet film-forming method, implements masking by multiple injecting step; The feature of described method is, waits on the workpiece that sprays of previous step after droplet drying to immobilising degree, liquid material is sprayed the liquid material drop contact to dripping with previous step or partly overlapping position.

9th invention is, in the 8th invention, increases the number of times of injecting step, and reduces emitted dose each time.

10th invention is, in the 8th or 9 inventions, forms wiring pattern by film.

(invention effect)

(1) about the cleaning of inkjet head, because the solids such as scraper plate do not touch nozzle and the periphery thereof of inkjet head, so can when there is not abrasion dust, cleaning inkjet head.

In addition, because use detergent remover, so in situations such as the liquid materials such as ink drying, still can clean with powerful cleaning strength.

In addition, also have and can shorten the activity duration, can the cheap feature made.

(2) can detect with high visual identity in the nozzle unfavorable condition, particularly transparent liquid material of inkjet head and can improve visual identity significantly.

(3) solve the coating control problem of inkjet head, can stable disgorging motion be carried out.Particularly higher to high-volatile liquid material tool effect.

(4) by the film forming of ink-jet, compared to existing gimmick, the thickness difference of integral face can be reduced.

Accompanying drawing explanation

Fig. 1 a is the overall approximate vertical view of the device of the wiper mechanism having embodiment 1.

Fig. 1 b is the overall summary side elevation of the device of the wiper mechanism having embodiment 1.

Fig. 2 is the summary description figure of wiper mechanism one form representing embodiment 1.

Fig. 3 is the summary structural map of another form of wiper mechanism representing embodiment 1.

Fig. 4 a is the structure top view of the clean unit representing embodiment 1.

Fig. 4 b is the general structure side sectional view of the clean unit representing embodiment 1.

The clean step that the clean unit that Fig. 5 is embodiment 1 is implemented and drying steps key diagram.

Fig. 6 is clean step and the drying steps flow chart of the inkjet head of embodiment 1.

Fig. 7 is the nozzle check mechanism key diagram that embodiment 1 relates to.

Fig. 8 represents that the coating of inkjet head controls the flow chart of enforcement order.

Fig. 9 is the simplification concept structural map for illustration of inkjet head action.

Figure 10 is the pre-treatment action specification figure of the inkjet head during Fig. 9 constructs.

Figure 11 is the post processing action specification figure of the inkjet head during Fig. 9 constructs.

Figure 12 is the comparative illustration figure that existing thick film formation gimmick and thick film of the present invention form gimmick.

Figure 13 is the wiring pattern that can be formed by film-forming method of the present invention.

Figure 14 is the maintenance mechanism structural map that embodiment 2 relates to.

Figure 15 is the side view of the absorption/flushing unit representing perspective embodiment 2.

The signal waveform of Figure 16 for exporting from the machine type of embodiment 2.

Symbol description

2 liquid materials

3 detergent removers

4 used detergent removers (waste liquid)

5 negative pressure

6 nozzles

7 switching mechanisms

8 signal generation devices

9 communication member

10 inkjet heads

11 liquid material spit faces

12a, 12b liquid material bottle

13 detergent remover bottles

14 work piece platform

15 personal computers (PC)

16 operating tables

19 pressure transfer pumps

20 clean unit

21 by liquid portion

22 drain valves

23 cleaning lips

Pump orifice bottom 24

25 detergent remover supply openings

26 detergent remover recovery ports

28 openings

31a, 31b detergent remover nozzle magnetic valve

32a, 32b side nozzle atmospheric open valve

33 supply valves

34a, 34b negative pressure magnetic valve

35 detergent remover supply valves

36 material transfer valves

37 injectors

38 adjusters

40 waste liquid tanks

41 manual joints

51 opening and closing magnetic valves

52 full quantity sensors

61 abutting member

62 frameworks

63 supporting members

64 installation components

66 joints

71 formal liquid

72 inspection films

73 plates

74 camera heads

75 indirect illuminations

76 transilluminations

The visual field of 77 camera heads

The formal liquid of 78 drippages

81 feeding rollers

82 batch and use roller

101 inkjet head control boxes

102 draw/rinse unit

103 nozzle cap unit

104 video cameras

105 liquid material switch units

106 ink-jets control substrate

107 liquid material tanks

108 emergency stop switch

109 base plates

110 crossbeams

112 various pneumatics machines

113 instrument boxes

114 control boxes

121 X-axis travel mechanisms

122 Y-axis moving mechanism

123 Z axis travel mechanisms

124 θ axle rotating mechanisms

125 H θ axle rotating mechanisms

151 first valves

152 second valves

Detailed description of the invention

The present invention is based on following four technological thoughts that ink-jet coating apparatus is relevant.

(1) cleaning method and mechanism

[i] problem

The problem of the first technological thought is to improve the lower situation of removal ability of accompanying drop on the outgoing plane of inkjet head.

In addition, because the size of existing wiper mechanism is comparatively large, so more miniaturized target also belongs to problem to be solved.

Further, hard scraper plate execution cleaning is not used to belong to problem to be solved yet as existing.Reason is if make scraper plate touch nozzle or its peripheral part of inkjet head, then have the problem producing abrasion dust.If generation abrasion dust, then become the reason that nozzle is blocked, have the problem causing surrounding enviroment to be polluted.In addition, if there is the generation possibility of abrasion dust, then need use in dust free room and be restricted.

[ii] purport

For being removed by liquid material accompanying on inkjet head outgoing plane, accompanying liquid material being contacted with the detergent remover (remover) of lysate material, utilizing detergent remover to be dissolved by liquid material comparatively to have effect.

In addition, described outgoing plane forms the exit wound of bullet penetrated by liquid material, and have no to make its peripheral contact be important to detergent remover with omitting.Outgoing plane is provided with to the inkjet head of multiple exit wound of bullet, particular importance.

First technological thought is the detergent remover supplied from inkjet head outgoing plane one end, flows in the surface of described outgoing plane, and reclaims from apart from supply detergent remover end one end farthest.Use detergent remover to be dissolved by liquid material accompanying on outgoing plane from outgoing plane end, flow to the relative end of outgoing plane simultaneously, thus can without omission and efficiency outgoing plane is cleaned goodly.

Be preferably, from multiple positions of one end of outgoing plane, detergent remover be supplied to outgoing plane, and from multiple positions of relative end, detergent remover reclaimed.Do not need identical with the positional number that detergent remover is reclaimed to the positional number of supply detergent remover herein.

It is further preferred that supply detergent remover from one end of the long side direction side of inkjet head outgoing plane, and from the relative end of identical outgoing plane long side direction side, detergent remover is reclaimed.Reason is the detergent remover flow distance that can shorten on ink-jet outgoing plane, can promote clean efficiency.

According to the inkjet head with multiple exit wound of bullet, large unit is become for size also effective.

In addition, the outgoing plane through cleaning is moistening because of detergent remover, but in order to shorten the stand-by period, preferably implements drying.The dry means of the outgoing plane through cleaning are preferably natural drying or blow dried, because can prevent outgoing plane from being polluted.

As mentioned above, if the attachment of dripless on inkjet head outgoing plane, then promote the accuracy of measurement from drop emitted by inkjet head and the dripping position precision of drop on workpiece.

The detergent remover of preferred mode is made up of the colourless solvent (solvent of the principal component such as making ink dissolve) possessing the factor of being dissolved by ink.

But the ink that general ink-jet printer uses can be categorized as dyestuff system or pigment system.So-called " dyestuff " refers to and utilizes mounting medium to carry out the colouring agent disperseing or fuse as molecule.Mounting medium is at room temperature in a liquid state or solid-state.Usually the mounting medium used is the mixture of water or water and organic cosolvent.General is principal component with water, and wherein containing colouring agent and in order to prevent the situations such as blocking from containing the wetting agents such as such as glycerine.When mounting medium is the situation using water, generally also there is the shortcoming that water-fast fastness is on the low side in this kind of ink.

So-called " pigment ", though refer to and be insoluble in mounting medium, with the dispersion of small-particle form or suspend, usually in order to unlikely generations cohesion and deposited phenomenon, utilizes dispersant and is the colouring agent of stabilization.This kind of compound majority is known, such as, exist and use interfacial agent or dispersant to give corpusculed the pigment such as organic pigment or carbon black, and by being scattered in the media such as water as the pigment ink etc. that colouring agent uses.

This technological thought has nothing to do all applicable with dyestuff system or pigment system.The viscosity of ink with the low-viscosity person of tens of cps degree for main flow, but under the prerequisite of ejection of can carrying out dispersing, also applicable situation in hundreds of cps degree more than viscosity.

In addition, this technological thought also can be used in the functional ink that the wiring pattern printing of such as printed substrates, coating micro parts being implemented to lubricant or the situation such as the printing of outdoor light resistance display material, UV fixed oil ink print use.

[iii] enforcement order

The cleaning of inkjet head implements (with reference to Fig. 6) according to the order of A ~ D step.In addition, " B. cleans operation " is described with the order example constructed shown in Fig. 3.

(A. inkjet head is to the arrangement of wiper mechanism)

Inkjet head 10 is abutted against with the clean unit 20 of wiper mechanism.That is, make below inkjet head 10, to cover the mode by liquid portion 21 that clean unit 20 central portion is concavely arranged, be connected to above clean unit 20.Cleaning lip 23 (cleaner lip) just become inkjet head 10 below with clean unit 20 above contact surface.

(B. cleans operation)

1) open detergent remover nozzle magnetic valve 31a, 31b, and be communicated in the stream be connected via this magnetic valve 31a, 31b.

2) utilize side nozzle atmospheric open valve 32a, 32b to block and being communicated with between air, and be positioned at the position that the stream that to be connected with via this relief valve 32a, 32b is connected state.(utilize relief valve 32a to be connected with magnetic valve 31a by clean unit 20, and utilize relief valve 32b to be connected with drain valve 22 by magnetic valve 31b.)

3) utilize drain valve 22, make injector 37, be connected with the liquid portion 21 that is subject to of clean unit 20, and open negative pressure magnetic valve 34a, 34b.

4) utilize to described 3) step, to the stream of clean unit 20, produce negative pressure by injector 37, the detergent remover stored by detergent remover bottle 13 be supplied to clean unit 20.

5) be supplied to the detergent remover of clean unit 20, be supplied in inkjet head 10 from detergent remover supply opening 25.Detergent remover supply opening 25 periphery below ink-jet 10 is formed, and from the detergent remover that detergent remover supply opening 25 is discharged, is supplied in efficiently near the outer circumference end below inkjet head 10.

6) to the detergent remover supplied below inkjet head 10, flow below inkjet head 10, and from the detergent remover recovery port 26 formed near the relative end of the detergent remover supply side below ink-jet 10, be recovered in clean unit 20 once again, or before arrival detergent remover recovery port 26, leave below inkjet head 10, and be recovered in clean unit 20 by liquid portion 21.Be communicated in drain valve 22 by liquid portion 21, drain valve 22 be then positioned at by via drain valve 22 other stream with by being communicated with the position blocked between liquid portion 21, be thus subject to be detained detergent remover in liquid portion 21.

Flow in the detergent remover of clean unit 20 from detergent remover recovery port 26, be recovered in waste liquid tank 40 via drain valve 22 and injector 37.

7) after fully execution is cleaned, detergent remover nozzle 31a, 31b are closed, and negative pressure magnetic valve 34a, 34b are closed, and make side nozzle atmospheric open valve 32a, 32b be positioned at the position be connected with air.Thus, stop detergent remover to the supply of clean unit 20, the pressure by liquid portion 21 becomes atmospheric pressure from negative pressure.

(disengaging of C. inkjet head self-cleaning mechanism)

Make inkjet head 10 leave above clean unit 20 below, between below inkjet head 10 and above clean unit 20, form gap.This gap based on the follow-up drying operation that will implement, and is set to the distance producing suitable air-flow.

(D. drying operation)

1) for waste liquid tank 40 is connected with clean unit 20, switch drain valve 22, negative pressure magnetic valve 34a, 34b are opened.

2) thus, clean being connected with waste liquid tank 40 by liquid portion 21 of unit 20, and to by liquid portion 21 negative pressure, therefore just flow towards waste liquid tank 40 by detergent remover stored in liquid portion 21, and the detergent remover becoming waste liquid is reclaimed by waste liquid tank 40.

3) in addition, between below inkjet head 10 and above clean unit 20, gap is set, and flows in by liquid portion 21 from described gap by the air of payment by the negative pressure in liquid portion 21.The atmospheric action of flowing in the gap is that detergent remover accompanying below inkjet head 10 is dripped, and the detergent remover dripped drips in being subject to liquid portion 21, and is reclaimed by waste liquid tank 40.In addition, also by adjusting the distance of inkjet head 10 below and between clean unit 20, air-flow (negative pressure) is adjusted.

4) after stored in by liquid portion 21 detergent remover is recycled to waste liquid tank 40, if also keep this state, then the air effect flowed in described gap is for making drying inkjet head 10 below.The exit wound of bullet of injection liquid material is formed, because the situation that can not touch other material below this carries out drying, so described exit wound of bullet can be held in extremely clean state below inkjet head 10.

5) by after inkjet head 10 abundant drying below, make 34a, 34b action of negative pressure magnetic valve and be positioned at detent position, stopping cleaning unit 20 to the negative voltage supply by liquid portion 21.

6) then, make supply valve 33 produce action, and inkjet head 10 is connected with liquid material supply bottle 12, liquid material stream is integrated into the state that liquid material can be supplied in inkjet head 10.

[iv] effect

According to as described in illustrated the first technological thought because utilize detergent remover to implement cleaning, so can not abrasion dust be produced.

In addition, because be the principle being used for being sprayed by detergent remover utilizing negative pressure, if so inkjet head does not touch clean unit, do not supply detergent remover.So, even if just in case inkjet head leaves mutually with clean unit, the supply of detergent remover still can be stopped because of vacuum breaking, can prevent situation about being sprayed by detergent remover outside clean unit from occurring.

In addition, because drying operation is also utilize suction function to implement, therefore can prevent the outside of clean unit from suffering the pollution of detergent remover.

(2) nozzle check method and mechanism

[i] problem

Existing ink-jet coating apparatus owing to belonging to ink-jetting style, so by reasons such as liquid material obstructions, cause there is the problem that suitably cannot be coated with necessary amount drop to necessity place towards, nozzle because of Nozzle failures, nozzle.

In addition, as patent document 6 disclose, inspection film drips liquid material and in the inspection method implemented, because after drippage, till arrival image identification camera, the shape of drop has collapsed loose, even if so implement image identification to droplet profile, still precision cannot implement inspection goodly.

[ii] purport

Second technological thought as patent document 6 disclose, belong to and and perform nozzle check by being dripped by liquid material in inspection component (by dripping a thing).Be different from patent document 6 part to be: be not conceived to be coated with liquid material (drop), but by dripping the contrast of part and the other parts having liquid material to be coated with in thing.

The present invention of preferred mode is, is made up of the inspection film of tool dissolubility material by dripping thing.Thus, even if the transparent liquid material to visual identity difference, this liquid material place of drippage still can dissolve, and inspection film is produced muddy (transparency changes or is opaque).So the visual identity at drippage place is high, dripped part can be detected easily.Particularly use effect during high grade of transparency fluent material more remarkable.

Suitably selecting by the liquid material dripping the injection of thing correspondence of liquid material drippage, the reflectivity focusing on liquid material drippage part can change.If dissolved by dripping the drippage place of thing, then can change reflectivity because of diffuse reflection etc., image processing therefore can be utilized to capture drippage place accurately.Can be the combination being subject to drip thing and liquid material being changed reflectivity by drippage, also can be the mode that liquid material infiltrates by dripping in thing.Liquid material infiltrates the mode by dripping in thing, especially effectively, not using solvent as the fluent material of principal component, such as, is the fluent material of solvent with water.

Being preferably, just dissolving rapidly (or infiltration) in the moment that liquid material drips by dripping thing.Reason is that drippage scar diameter can expand if dripped in the retention time by the liquid material dripped above thing longer.Be preferably, do not use the material spread during dissolving, and use with the mode running through below dissolve in (or infiltration) material by dripping a thing.Be such as the fluent material of solvent with toluene, be preferably and use polystyrene film.Be preferably, by drip thing thickness be set as to dissolve because of the drippage of liquid material reach by drip the thing back side.

It is transparent for being preferably by dripping thing, but may not be transparent, also pigmentable.Focus on drippage part good with the identity of non-drippage part.By dripping a thing, yes is made up of homogenous material, but also comprise the situation of surface-coated, multiple film forming layer shape.

To by the liquid material identification of dripping thing drippage, the sensing apparatus such as camera head, laser sensor such as such as CCD camera can be used.

Image processing is, such as, to the shooting field image comprising drippage place, implements edge acquisition or binaryzation, captures drippage place thus.

[iii] enforcement order

To the inspection step of nozzle, be described with the order example of structure (a) of Fig. 7 Suo Shi.

1) make to batch and rotate with roller 82, new inspection film 72 is positioned at below inkjet head 10.Herein, the inspection film 72 be positioned at below inkjet head 10 is located by plate 73, the distance correctly between maintenance and inkjet head 10.

2) spue formal liquid 71 from inkjet head 10, and drip above inspection film 72.By drippage, inspection film 72 is dissolved, and leave the vestige of drippage.

3) make again to batch and rotate with roller 82, and the dripping position of inspection film 72 is positioned at above camera head 74.

4) camera head 74 is utilized to take inspection film 72.In addition, the shooting of camera head 74, implements after can making inspection film 72 stopping again, also can implement under the state making inspection film 72 movement.

5) according to the image data acquired by camera head 74, the state of inkjet head 10 is checked.Just can check blocking item from drippage trace " coming off " and " diameter ", and just can check unfavorable condition of dispersing from departing from of dripping position.

(3) control method is coated with

[i] problem

Problem is: by preventing the nozzle of inkjet head from the unfavorable conditions such as blocking occurring, realizing stable ink disgorging motion, and having required precision.

When liquid material disgorging motion stops, stream near the exit wound of bullet of inkjet head is dry, because of the sticking of increasing of liquid material, from liquid material solid constituent precipitation and block, the flight of the liquid material that spues bends situation, causes there is the problem cannot carrying out stable disgorging motion.

In addition, if the stability that spues of liquid material worsens, the problem requiring required precision products is produced with or without legal system, in volume production process, from the operation that spues that a workpiece is carried out to the operation that spues is implemented to next workpiece, must implement that workpiece takes out of, the moving into/locate of next workpiece, the process such as registration process.During this period, inkjet head does not carry out spuing operation and must waiting for, but causes the liquid material of filling in inkjet head that the problem of dry-out phenomenon easily occurs because of wait.

[ii] purport

The feature of the 3rd technological thought is: after the operation that spues, spuing of filling in stream in inkjet head is used liquid material, replace with low volatility liquid material (alternate material), and before the operation that to be ready starting spuing, again being replaced with by alternate material spues uses liquid material.Herein, alternate material is preferably the liquid liquid of liquid material tool dissolution or tool being cleaned to effect.

Be preferably, after alternate material being filled in the stream in inkjet head, adding and implement clean clean step to below the inkjet head of the exit wound of bullet forming injection liquid material.

Fill and the inkjet head cleaning step through described alternate material, do not have liquid material and remain, even if in the operation that spues is waited for, still aneroid material increases glutinousization, from liquid material, separates out the misgivings of solid constituent.So, the generation of described problem can be got rid of up hill and dale.

According to this technological thought, even if cause being in the operation stand-by period that spues for a long time because of factors such as unexpected faults, the still precipitation/solidification of unlikely generation solid constituent, spray nozzle clogging situation.Further, because liquid material was filled in inkjet head, therefore, it is possible to be used on workpiece by fresh liquid material before the operation that to be ready carrying out spuing.

[iii] enforcement order

Coating operations is implemented in the following order.First, the nozzle cap unit of institute's attaching below inkjet head is departed from.Nozzle cap unit is to make the exit wound of bullet be formed at below inkjet head keep clean, and prevent the fluid (alternate material) of filling in the stream in the inkjet head be connected with described exit wound of bullet from unnecessary evaporation occurring, and bide one's time at coating operations etc. and carry out attaching.

After nozzle cap unit departs from, in inkjet head, just fill the liquid material of injection.Stream in inkjet head before the filling of this liquid material, is filled with the fluid being different from liquid material being called alternate material.Alternate material is as previously mentioned bright, is preferably the effect having and dissolved by liquid material.Like this, the described exit wound of bullet of inkjet head covers to draw/to rinse unit by liquid material filling operation, and the alternate material applying negative pressure and aspirate in inkjet head after discharging, more similarly utilize suction action to carry out ink filling.That is, the maintaining method of the inkjet head implemented, is that the nozzle had by inkjet head with unit member covers, and produces the maintaining method of negative pressure and pumping liquid; Wherein be provided with: unit member and negative pressure are produced the waste liquid tank that mechanism is connected; The low viscous liquid storage unit be communicated with inkjet head; The ink containment portion be communicated with inkjet head; And the liquid switching mechanism that inkjet head is alternatively connected with low viscous liquid storage unit or ink containment portion; Low viscous liquid storage unit is connected with inkjet head, and makes unit member produce negative pressure, and in inkjet head, fill low viscous liquid, the follow-up ink containment portion that makes is connected with inkjet head, and fills ink in inkjet head.

Fill injection liquid material in inkjet head after, liquid material is penetrated other given location outside workpiece, and be confirmed whether certain injection (virtual injection action).Particularly when inkjet head is provided with the situation of multiple exit wound of bullet, must be confirmed whether from all exits wound of bullet injection liquid material.In this confirmation operation, when not from all exit wound of bullet injection liquid materials, then the liquid material of filling in inkjet head is all discharged, and fill once again.Implement with method alternate material being replaced with liquid material.

After recharging, implement virtual injection action once again, and be confirmed whether from all exits wound of bullet injection liquid material.If confirm from all exit wound of bullet injection liquid materials, then to make inkjet head carry out relative movement with the platform being placed with workpiece, and inkjet head is configured at the application place place on workpiece, implement coating operations.

If set coating operations completes, workpiece is then discharged in the workpiece accommodation device of common name unloader.During this workpiece of execution is discharged, for inkjet head according to described main points, the liquid material of filling in the stream in ink-jet is discharged, and implements the operation of filling alternate material.By this operation, the liquid material in the stream of inkjet head is replaced by alternate material.When alternate material has the situation of liquid material dissolution, even if if in stream also Liquid Residue material a little, also can owing to being dissolved in the alternate material of this filling, so the solidification of liquid material can not be there is in the stream of inkjet head.

The filling of alternate material, implements static dissolving and cleans by the stream in inkjet head.After alternate material filling operation completes, implement cleaning by below inkjet head.Be preferably, cleaning utilizes the gimmick of use detergent remover illustrated in described first technological thought to implement.If completed to nozzle cleaning, then inkjet head internal-external has all been cleaned, and becomes the clean state of aneroid material attachment.

To be cleaned complete after, attaching nozzle cap unit below nozzle unit, thus prevent the volatilization of alternate material.Repeat to implement above step to each workpiece.

(4) film build method

[i] problem

The membrane formation process of existing use ink-jet has following two problems.The problem of first short transverse (thickness), another is the problem of horizontal direction.The former is the coffee stain phenomenon (coffee stain phenomenon) that rising on ridge appears in the end periphery that cannot solve film forming face, causes film forming being the problem of homogeneous film thickness.The latter oozes loose situation in the end (edge) of film forming face, causes the problem that cannot form sharp edge line.

Disclose in patent document 4 and have: be connected between drop for solving and formed and integrally cause alignment film thickness to form uneven problem, make substrate be first retainer inclination, but also thoroughly do not solve the problem of membrane thickness unevenness.

In addition, coffee stain phenomenon is the phenomenon occurred at the solution of low-viscosity, becomes the alignment film fatal problem of LCD assembly.When alignment film, because principal component and polyimides are more not soluble, use the gamma-butyrolacton of dissolved material, N-methylpyrrole pyridine ketone or butyl match Luo Soviet Union etc. so a large amount of, and implement injection coating with low-viscosity, thus coffee stain phenomenon will easily occur.

[ii] purport

If inventor finds to implement coating in the mode that liquid flow can not occur, then can carry out the film forming of overall homogeneous film thickness; And if find to spue from inkjet head and drip between the multiple drops in surface of the work to combine, will there is seepage situation in edge line, create the 4th technological thought thus.

The feature of the 4th technological thought is: utilize after the first injection action of inkjet head penetrates on workpiece, when penetrating the contact position of the liquid material drop dripped through this injection or lap position, wait for until drop on the workpiece drying regime (comprising the partial desiccation state that material stops movement) in not liquidity, then just implement injection.

So, if after the drying of the first drop utilizing the first injection action emitted on workpiece, after the second injection action also towards the contact position of the first drop or lap position injection time, the later drop of the second injection action still there will not be fluidity in conjunction with situation on workpiece.Namely, because the drop (the first drop) emitted by the first injection action is in drying regime, so there will not be the contact because of emitted drop (the second drop) after the second injection action, and the fluid occurring to combine between so-called drop and be formed as a drop phenomenon is in conjunction with situation.

On the other hand, when such as existing when the first drop and the second drop occur fluidity in conjunction with because there is coffee stain phenomenon more significantly, thus compared to the thickness of centre, the thickness in film edge portion thickens.That is, compared to the drop centre thickness before combining and thickness difference between edge's thickness, the thickness difference between the drop centre thickness formed from combining between drop and edge's thickness becomes larger.But, combine when between drop and form the situation of single drop because because of the flowing of liquid material height of formation homogenising, thus after combining, can not this contact area of visual identity or overlapping region.

For this point, in this technological thought, because all dry and form film when penetrating action each time, so the gimmick combined compared to existing generation fluid, the integral thickness difference in face can reduce.

Figure 12 is the comparison diagram of existing injection method and the inventive method during film is formed.In Figure 12, the liquid material that the expression of upper figure (a) is penetrated on workpiece combines and is the same existing method, figure below (b) represents each drop by emitted first droplet cluster of the first injection on workpiece, leave with other adjacent drop and configure, and then with the concrete film formation method example that the mode of burying each drop gap penetrates.In figure below (b), the 4th injection of injection position tiltedly downside injection towards the right side of the second injection that the injection position of implementing relative first droplet cluster is penetrated towards right side, the 3rd injection that the injection position of relative first droplet cluster is penetrated towards downside, relative first droplet cluster.Herein, second injection, the 3rd injection, the 4th injection after injection in, be certainly also respectively be dried to by previous step penetrate institute form the state of the downtrod degree of flowing of drop after, just execution next step injection.

And this technological thought is also not only confined to the injection sequence of positions illustrated in Figure 12 certainly.As long as utilize and repeatedly penetrate step (injecting step), whole of workpiece is implemented the tool systematicness injection position of even spread.Thus, the number of times penetrating step also below three times, also can reach more than five times.If increase the number of times of injection step, and reduce the coating weight of every single injection step, then can reduce the concavo-convex of surface of the work.Reason be surface of the work concavo-convex, with coating weight there is association.In addition, if reduce coating weight, the effect shortening drying time is also had.

In addition, when ink jet unit has the situation of multiple exit wound of bullet, between the multiple drops (the first droplet cluster) emitted by the first injection action, workpiece dripping the position in leaving mutually, not contacting between drop.In the case, by the multiple drops (the second droplet cluster) emitted by the second injection action, be dried to just can not implement after liquidity at the first droplet cluster, certainly also can obtain same effect.

Droplet drying on workpiece can be natural drying, but by making the platform temperature of mounting workpiece rise, then can be more promptly in addition dry.

The temperature of droplet drying is suitably adjusted according to conditions such as liquid assortment class, spacing, shot, such as be set as from experimental situation temperature (such as 15 ~ 25 DEG C) in the scopes of 150 DEG C, be preferably in the scope of experimental situation temperature to 100 DEG C, be more preferred from the scope of experimental situation temperature to 50 DEG C.

In addition, about making droplet drying to can not drying time of liquidity, be also suitably adjust according to conditions such as platform temperature, liquid assortment class, spacing, shot, such as, be preferably set for from drippage about 20 ~ 100 seconds.

Film build method of the present invention as described above, compared to existing film build method, because can reduce the seepage discharge of edge part, so be applicable to the various uses such as the alignment film formation of such as LCD assembly.Film build method of the present invention is also applicable on substrate, form fine pitch wirings pattern as shown in figure 13.That is, existing film build method is because seepage discharge is more, probably will cause occurring the situation that is connected between wiring, so high density fine pattern cannot be formed, but according to film build method of the present invention, then and can highdensity formation fine pitch wirings.Reason is the diffusing capacity (in aftermentioned embodiment 3, diffusing capacity is about 1/10 of existing film build method) that film build method of the present invention significantly can reduce transverse direction (horizontal direction).Film build method of the present invention is specially adapted to thickness for the film of number nm ~ tens of μm and is formed.

In addition, film build method of the present invention also can control thickness easily.In existing film build method, the liquid material after drippage combines with the liquid material penetrated next time, and forms the same drop, and towards transverse direction (horizontal direction) diffusion, so more difficult control thickness.Put, film build method of the present invention is to the liquid material in not flow regime after drippage at this point, penetrates next liquid material and stacking, increasing thickness thus, therefore just can control thickness easily by controlling stacking number of times.

Below, utilize embodiment to be described for detailed content of the present invention, but the present invention is not by any restriction of embodiment.

[embodiment 1]

The wiper mechanism of the present embodiment has cleaning unit 2, and this cleaning unit 2 has and ejects the function of detergent remover 12 to inkjet head 1 and eject the function of air.

Fig. 1 a is the overall approximate vertical view representing the device possessing the present embodiment wiper mechanism, and Fig. 1 b is the overall summary side elevation representing this device.

The device of the present embodiment is, make inkjet head 10, with the work piece platform 14 be positioned at below it carry out relative movement while implement the ink-jet coating apparatus be coated with.

Inkjet head 10 is installed on crossbeam 110 via Z axis travel mechanism 123 and H θ axle rotating mechanism 125.

Work piece platform 14 is vacuum adsorption type work piece platform.Also can add temperature in work piece platform 14 and adjust control device.

Inkjet head 10 and the action control such as the relative movement of work piece platform 14 and the cleaning of inkjet head 10, can be performed by the personal computer (PC) 15 on the operating table 16 set by apparatus for coating side.

Fig. 2 is the summary description figure representing the present embodiment wiper mechanism one form.

In Fig. 2, element numbers 42 is the compressed air from CDA (clean dry air), and element numbers 43 is CDA suction inlet opening and closing ball valves, and element numbers 44 is evacuating air opening and closing ball valves, and element numbers 45 is discharge filter (control devices).

Fig. 3 is the summary structural map representing another form of the present embodiment wiper mechanism.

Cleaning unit 20 is in order to when inkjet head 10 is cleaned, and prevents detergent remover from dispersing in the part of periphery.Cleaning unit 20 is form the shapes such as the opening box that the nozzle face of inkjet head 10 and periphery thereof covered from below.Clean unit 20, due to must the material considering the drug resistances such as detergent remover be used, thus use the such as formation such as stainless steel, Teflon (registration mark).

Detergent remover is used for the ink accompanying by nozzle face and its periphery of inkjet head 10 to rinse out completely, thus uses the colourless solvent (solvent of the principal component that ink is dissolved) possessed the factor of ink dissolving.

Fig. 4 a is the structure top view representing clean unit 20, and Fig. 4 b is the general structure side sectional view representing clean unit 20.

Clean unit 20, opening 28 is set in cleaning lip 23 centre being connected to inkjet head 10, and in the edge on long limit by multiple detergent remover supply opening 25 and the relative setting of multiple detergent remover recovery ports 26.

Key diagram when (a) of Fig. 5 is cleaning.As shown in the drawing, clean unit 20 and be connected to inkjet head 10, detergent remover from detergent remover supply opening 25 towards inkjet head 10 below outer circumference end near spray, and to reclaim from detergent remover recovery port 26 and by liquid portion 21, implement cleaning thus.

Key diagram when (b) of Fig. 5 is drying.As shown in the drawing, after end to be cleaned, make inkjet head 10 and clean unit 20 a little (such as 3mm) leave, utilize the air flowed in these gaps, detergent remover accompanying on inkjet head 10 is blown and flies, and make inkjet head 10 and clean unit 20 drying.Clean unit 20 and be provided with bottom pump orifice 24, and the waste liquid aspirated is stored in waste liquid tank 40.

The above clean step of outlined the present embodiment inkjet head 10 and the flow chart of drying steps, as shown in Figure 6.

But when making to produce negative pressure condition in clean unit 20, the adhesion below inkjet head 10 between (shower nozzle face) and clean unit 20 is just very important.Herein, when the inclination in clean unit 20 pairs of shower nozzle faces is comparatively large, then the problem producing gap is had.Therefore, in the present embodiment, by the structure of traceable shower nozzle face tilt, adhesion and the sealing of clean unit 20 can be guaranteed.That is, by being formed supporting the supporting member cleaning unit 20 with softening elastomer, just there is the free degree of traceable shower nozzle face tilt, can sealing be maintained.

In addition, clean unit 20 and be provided with the switching mechanism making it abut or be not connected to inkjet head 10.Switching mechanism can adopt and is generally used as the mobile platform such as the such as hand of lifting, ball bearing screw type, linear formula and forms, and such as there are SURUGA SEIKI Inc., THK Inc. in known mobile platform manufacturer.

(nozzle check mechanism)

The nozzle check mechanism of the present embodiment is formed as shown in Figure 7.

First, inkjet head 10 is made to move towards the inspection area of configuration inspection film.In inspection area, each inkjet nozzle state that inkjet head 10 has is checked.

In inspection area, the mode be provided with below with crosscut inkjet head 10 carries out the diaphany film 72 of movement.Inspection film 72 is the deliquescent films of alignment type liquid 71 tool.Inspection film 72 batches in the form of a roll by feeding roller, by batching batching with roller, can be often used for by new inspection film 72 checking.

Drippage drop from inkjet head 10 is made a video recording by camera head 74.Camera head 74 can be made up of general existing CCD camera etc.(a) of Fig. 7 represents the mode that camera head is made up of two image identification cameras (area sensor), and (b) of Fig. 7 represents the mode that camera head 74 is made up of line sensor.In (b) of Fig. 7, indirect illumination 75 and transillumination 76 is used to improve identification by merging.No matter select which kind of mode all to belong to design item, the key element such as width, accuracy of detection according to inspection film 72 decides.

Check that when the situation or dripping position that do not have the drippage of formal liquid 71 depart from commitment positions, nozzle check mechanism is then considered as occurring the faults such as spray nozzle clogging, and demonstrates error message with in film 72.

Fig. 9 is the simplification concept structural map of the action specification representing inkjet head 10.As shown in Figure 9, inkjet head 10, via liquid material switch unit 105, optionally can be communicated with formal liquid (the liquid material of injection) and detergent remover.

Three unit are configured inside work piece platform side.Three unit configured, sequentially the liquid material in inkjet head stream is replaced with from left side towards right side in fig .9 alternate material or produce in order to alternate material is replaced with liquid material negative pressure absorption/flushing unit 102, will clean clean unit 20 be implemented below nozzle, the nozzle cap unit 103 of capping will be carried out below nozzle.

Figure 10 is the pre-treatment action specification figure of the inkjet head 10 that Fig. 9 constructs.Be described for six components shown in Figure 10.And in switch unit 105, solid line represents connected state, and dotted line represents blocking state.

[10-1] represents mounting spray head cap unit 103 below inkjet head 10, and utilizes switch unit to be connected with detergent remover the figure of state.Belong to the state that coating operations etc. is bide one's time.

[10-2] is expressed as and carries out coating operations, and the figure of state nozzle cap unit 103 departed from from inkjet head 10.Switch unit 105 is positioned at the position be connected with detergent remover by inkjet head 10.

[10-3] represents that inkjet head 10 is placed in the figure of the state of absorption/flushing unit 102.

After inkjet head 10 is placed in absorption/flushing unit 102 by [10-4], the position utilizing switch unit 105 to switch to liquid material to be connected with inkjet head 10.Then, by absorption/rinse unit 102 negative pressure, and the liquid carried out in inkjet head 10 replaces action (filling action).

After liquid material is filled in inkjet head 10 stream by [10-5] expression, drawing/rinsing figure unit 102 being implemented virtual injection action.This virtual injection non-used such as camera head or sensing apparatus, be confirmed whether the operation from inkjet head 10 injection liquid material really, but the preparation mobile operational process implemented before the liquid material in inkjet head 10 stream is formally penetrated operation.When execution takes industry as really in order to carry out nozzle check, be preferably and implement preparation mobile operational process in advance.Certainly, by confirming the injection in operation, also preparation mobile operational process can be had concurrently.

[10-6] represents when making inkjet head 10 move, and implements the figure of the state of coating operations.

Figure 11 is the post processing action specification figure of the inkjet head 10 that Fig. 9 constructs.Be described for the component of six shown in Figure 11.

After [11-1] represents the end of job to be coated, inkjet head 10 moves to the figure of the state on absorption/flushing unit 102.

[11-2] represents inkjet head 10 is placed in absorption/flushing unit 102, and liquid material switch unit 105 switches to inkjet head 10 and to be connected with detergent remover the figure of state of position.

[11-3] represents that the liquid treated in inkjet head 10 replaces the end of job, and inkjet head 10 departs from the figure of the state drawing/rinse unit 102.

Inkjet head 10 is placed in clean unit 20 by [11-4] expression, and implements the figure cleaning operation.Liquid material switch unit 105 is held in the position be connected with detergent remover by inkjet head 10.

[11-5] represents after clean step, and inkjet head 10 moves to the figure on nozzle cap unit 103.

[11-6] represents that attaching has the figure of nozzle cap unit 103 below inkjet head 10.By the attaching of nozzle cap unit 103, exit wound of bullet keeps clean, and can prevent the alternate material of filling in the stream in inkjet head 10 from unnecessary evaporation occurring.

[embodiment 2]

Figure 14 represents the maintenance mechanism structural map of the present embodiment ink-jet coating apparatus.

Inkjet head 10, has multiple nozzle 6, is spued by ink 2 stored in the first tank 12 be communicated with implement printing etc. by communication member 9.The maintenance of inkjet head 10 is utilized by nozzle 6 absorption/flushing unit 102 to cover, and make to produce negative pressure in absorption/flushing unit 102, and by aspirated ink etc., be thrown into by communication member 9 with draw/rinse in waste liquid tank 40 that unit 102 is communicated with.Draw/rinse unit 102 and abutting between inkjet head 10, automatically implemented by switching mechanism 7.Switching mechanism 7 can be make inkjet head 10 carry out relative movement, also can be make absorption/flushing unit 102 carry out relative movement.In addition, according to industrial field, also can form manually to carry out drawing/rinse unit 102 opening and closing.

The maintenance mechanism of the present embodiment adds at described existing structure, the second tank 13 utilizing communication member 9 to be connected with inkjet head 10 and alternatively switch inkjet head 10 and the liquid switch unit 105 be communicated with between the first tank 12 or the second tank 13.The detergent remover 3 of the low viscous liquid flowed at first when starting to safeguard is stored in the second tank 13.In the present embodiment, detergent remover 3 uses the solvent dissolved by ink 2.Thus, even if the situation also solubilized of solidifying appears in ink 2 in stream.

In addition, as shown in figure 15, the absorption/flushing unit 102 of the present embodiment forms the free degree with traceable shower nozzle face tilt.

Being connected to the abutting member 21 in shower nozzle face, is be made up of the rubber of the elastomeric Xiao Shi A hardness 40 ~ 80 degree (being preferably 50 ~ 70 degree) (JIS K6253 specification) of sclerosis, and mode is secured to above framework 62 to utilize gluing or spiral shell to consolidate etc.

Framework 62 is by affixed in modes such as gluing or spiral shell are solid and support with the supporting member 63 that softening elastic component (such as rubber or spring) is formed.Supporting member 63, in order to the nozzle face alignment error (three-dimensional inclination) of traceable inkjet head 1, also penetration depth can reach 40 ~ 80 (better 50 ~ 70 degree).Supporting member 63 is fixed in tabular installation component 64.Arranging in the bottom surface sections of framework 62 can by least more than one suction through hole i.e. bottom pump orifice 24, the joint 66 that is connected with communication member 9.

Draw/rinse unit 102 according to described formed the present embodiment, not by under nozzle face obliquity effects, adhesion and sealing completely can be guaranteed.

The negative pressure of the present embodiment produces mechanism and is made up of signal generation device 8, pressure transfer pump 19, adjuster 38 and injector 37, and is communicated in absorption/flushing unit 102 via waste liquid tank 40.In addition, negative pressure produces the muffler that also can add Absorbable rod air-borne sound in mechanism.

Signal generation device 8 can set and log in multiple pattern time and waveform voltage signal, and only selects from the pattern of multiple login, exports arbitrary pattern.Adjuster 38 may correspond to the signal waveform voltage of signal generation device 8, carries out pressure supply.Signal generation device 8 also can be made up of such as pulse generator, PC etc.

Injector 37 may correspond to the pressure supplied from adjuster 38 to produce negative pressure.Adjuster 38 and injector 37 can be made up of commercially available pneumatics machine.

Even if do not control by adjuster 38 and the negative pressure produced by injector 37, also can be when keeping certain pressure from adjuster 38, adjusted by the amount of restriction of choke valve set by the waste side at injector 37, carry out the control of negative pressure.

The negative pressure of the present embodiment produces mechanism, is characterised in that and makes the negative pressure produced in absorption/flushing unit 102 return back to atmospheric pressure lenitively.That is, the present embodiment is by sending the signal generation device 8 of preset signals waveform, the negative pressure in absorption/flushing unit 102 is changed lenitively, can prevent being mixed into again of bubble thus.

The signal waveform of setting, under the prerequisite making the negative pressure moderate change in absorption/flushing unit 102, can be linearity, also can be curvilinear, also to can be trickle phasic Chang signal waveform.Curvilinear waveform has Sin waveform as shown in figure 16.As shown in (a) of Figure 16, if the signal waveform exported from signal generation device 8 is set to Sin waveform, the pressure then supplied from adjuster 38 changes as Suo Shi (b) of Figure 16, and the negative pressure of injector 37 is as shown in (c) of Figure 16, can prevent from applying vibration to the meniscus of nozzle 6 front end of inkjet head 10.

The coating control method of the present embodiment, implements according to the order shown in map flow chart left in Fig. 8.First, by the electric power starting (beginning) of liquid material apparatus for coating, liquid material apparatus for coating performs Initiation action (initial stage action).Then, setting produce the relevant apparatus parameter (data setting) of product (kind).This device parameter is such as: workpiece size, dispensing area, injection condition etc.If these have set, then complete the preparation performing and produce.

Then, by workpiece from the workpiece feeding mechanism of common name loading machine, the platform of liquid material apparatus for coating is supplied in.Workpiece placed on platform, is being positioned after on platform, confirms the application place on workpiece, and corrects with the relative position deviation of the application place on workpiece (aligning) liquid material apparatus for coating.This correction implements, and the location of workpiece utilized to the camera heads such as CCD camera and implement image processing to captured image.Now, except the physical correction of carrying out making platform in rotary moving, also carry out the correction to program that robot moves the coordinate position correction of relative program.By implementing process so far, just complete the preparation in order to correctly implement coating to the set application place on workpiece oriented on apparatus platform.If above correction process terminates, then start to carry out coating operations.

[embodiment 3]

The film build method of the present embodiment is, after drying to the drop dripped not liquidity, just penetrates next drop, and forms the ink-jet application method of film by dripping.Liquid material uses polyimide solution, and substrate uses glass substrate.

Polyimide solution is in order to form semi-conductive insulating layer, liquid crystal panel dielectric film.Glass substrate drips liquid material in order to dry institute extremely can not liquidity, and is placed in and can carries out on the platform of temperature adjustment.

[comparative example]

Utilize existing ink-jet application method, to the dispensing area at 25mm angle, drip with 30pl/, 70 micron pitch implement coating after, there is following situation.

(A) laterally (horizontal direction): relative to the dispensing area of regulation, peripheral diffusion 0.5 ~ 1.0mm degree.

(B) longitudinally (short transverse): dispensing area central portion is 80 ~ 85nm, and edge part is then the height of about 1000nm.

[embodiment 3]

By the ink-jet application method of the present embodiment, similarly to the dispensing area of 25mm square, drip with 8pl/, spray for four times, after 70 micron pitch implement coating, occur as following situation.

(A) laterally (horizontal direction): relative to the dispensing area of regulation, peripheral diffusion 0.05 ~ 0.1mm degree.

(B) longitudinally (short transverse): dispensing area central portion is 80nm ~ 100nm, and edge part is then the height of about 80nm ~ 100nm.

As mentioned above, the film build method that can confirm the present embodiment, compared to film build method existing shown in comparative example, realizes useful effect.More specifically, the method that can confirm the present embodiment can realize reducing formed on film concavo-convex, reduces the difference of height of whole of film, also realizes the effect that edge part seepage discharge also reduces.

(utilizability in industry)

The present invention is also not only confined to ink-jet printer, is also applicable to the various ink mist recordings such as accurate spraying/injection device (comprising apparatus for coating), precision coating device.Also ink jet type patterning is applicable to, the apparatus for coating/drawing apparatus/printing equipment of the purposes such as such as organic EL display panel, the printing of large colour panel, industrial signature.

No matter be also that the bubble producing methods such as mechanical switch mode or resistance heat injecting type such as piezoelectric type are all applicable about ink jet recording method.

In addition, also can be used in lens and manufacture the lens coloring step of industry or the placard of large-sized print industry and building materials and ornaments aspect.

Claims (3)

1. an inspection method for inkjet head, makes the liquid material that the nozzle had from inkjet head ejects, drips in inspection component, and checks the exception of described nozzle according to the droplet patterns of drippage; The inspection method of described inkjet head is characterised in that,

Described inspection component be dissolved by the drippage due to liquid material, the film of the reflectivity change at the drippage place of liquid material formed.

2. a testing fixture for inkjet head, makes the liquid material that the nozzle had from inkjet head ejects, drips in inspection component, and checks the exception of described nozzle according to the droplet patterns of drippage; The feature of the testing fixture of described inkjet head is,

By forming as follows: inspection component; The liquid material of subtend inspection component drippage carries out the camera head that identifies or sensing apparatus; The image processor at drippage place is captured from the shooting field image comprising drippage,

Described inspection component is dissolved by the drippage due to liquid material, the film of the reflectivity at liquid material drippage place change is formed.

3. the testing fixture of inkjet head according to claim 2, is characterized in that, possesses inspection component further and batches and use roller.