CN113183236A - Die cutting method for foam material belt product - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention discloses a die cutting method of a foam material belt product, which is characterized in that a face paper layer, a foam layer, a lining film layer and a bottom film layer are sequentially arranged on the material belt from top to bottom, the product comprises a product area, a finger position and a frame of a half-cut finger position, when the finger position discharges waste, the face paper layer and the foam layer discharge waste together in a bonding state, when the waste area discharges waste, the face paper layer and the foam layer discharge waste together in a bonding state, the foam layer is provided with the face paper layer with a certain bonding degree, the foam layer can be bonded, when die cutting is carried out, scraps generated by the foam layer can be bonded on the face paper layer, when discharging waste, the scraps can be discharged together with the face paper layer, so that the waste discharge frequency is reduced, and the working efficiency and the yield are improved.
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Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of material belt die cutting, in particular to a die cutting method for a foam material belt product.
Background
To bubble cotton material area product, can produce during the cross cutting that the piece waits to steep cotton and remain, is difficult to during the waste discharge to be discharged to the piece remains very close to the product, carries out the secondary and wastes discharge also to be difficult to glue the mode and discharges, influences product quality, and it makes work efficiency lower to discharge waste many times.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to provide a die cutting method for foam material belt products, wherein a surface paper layer is arranged above a foam layer and can stick foam scrap residues, the foam scrap residues can be discharged together during waste discharge, the waste discharge frequency is reduced, the working efficiency and the yield are improved, and the problems that the product quality and the working efficiency are influenced because the scrap residues generated during die cutting of the foam products are difficult to discharge are solved.
In order to achieve the purpose, the invention adopts the following technical scheme:
a die cutting method for a foam material belt product is characterized in that the material belt is sequentially provided with a face paper layer, a foam layer, a lining film layer and a bottom film layer from top to bottom, and the product comprises a product area and finger positions;
half frame of cutting finger position, when finger position was wasted discharge, face paper layer and foam layer were wasted discharge together under adhesion state:
when the waste material area discharges waste, the surface paper layer and the foam cotton layer discharge waste together in a bonding state.
From this, be equipped with face paper layer on the foam layer, face paper layer utensil certain adhesion degree can glue the foam layer, and during the cross cutting, the piece that the foam layer produced can bond on face paper layer, can be discharged along with face paper layer together when wasting discharge to reduce the number of times of wasting discharge, improve work efficiency and yield.
In some embodiments, the method comprises the steps of:
s1: half cutting the frame of the finger position to the lining film layer;
s2: half cutting the frame of the finger position until the foam layer is formed;
s3: and (5) discharging the waste of the finger position.
From this, the frame of finger position falls into finger position and product area with the product, and half-cut makes finger position and product area separation, and during the waste discharge, the waste material that the finger position region formed can once be discharged, and lining rete, the foam layer and the surface paper layer in finger position region are discharged together promptly, produces the piece and is adhered to and is discharged together on the surface paper layer during cross cutting, realizes that the finger position is once discharged useless, reduces the number of times of wasting discharge, improves work efficiency.
In some embodiments, the method further comprises the steps of:
s4: cutting the outer frame of the product to the lining film layer;
s5: and discharging the waste material area.
From this, cut the frame and make the product shaping, the region outside the product forms the waste material district, and the piece that the cross cutting produced can bond on the face paper layer, is discharged together when the waste discharge.
In some embodiments, step S1 further includes step S11;
s11: and half-cutting the positioning hole to the lining film layer.
In some embodiments, step S2 further includes step S21;
s21: cutting through the locating hole.
Therefore, the die cutting of the positioning holes can improve the position precision of the material belt and improve the die cutting quality.
In some embodiments, step S4 further includes step S41;
s41: the finger area cuts through the through hole.
In this way,
in some embodiments, in steps S1 and S2, the feeding direction of the tape is the X direction;
in step S4, the feeding direction of the tape is the Y direction.
Therefore, the feeding directions in the steps S1 and S1 are different from the feeding direction in the step S4, so that the multiple products can be die-cut and formed on the material belt at the same time, and the working efficiency is improved.
In some embodiments, the cutting edge of the cutter is in an inner straight and outer inclined structure during die cutting.
Therefore, the side, close to the product, of the cutter is a vertical surface, the side, far away from the product, of the cutter is an inclined surface, the product forming precision and quality are improved, and the generation of chips due to the fact that the chips are close to the product is reduced.
The invention has the beneficial effects that: the foam layer is provided with a surface paper layer, foam scraps can be stuck on the surface paper layer, the surface paper layer can be discharged together during waste discharge, the waste discharge frequency is reduced, and the working efficiency and the yield are improved.
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FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a product of the invention;
FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of the tape of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a schematic view of a first pass of the present invention showing the shape of the tool marks;
FIG. 4 is a schematic view of the die cut depth of FIG. 3;
FIG. 5 is a schematic view of the shape of a tool mark of the second pass of the present invention;
FIG. 6 is a schematic view of the die cut depth of FIG. 5;
FIG. 7 is a schematic view of the shape of a tool mark of a fourth pass of the present invention;
FIG. 8 is a schematic view of the die cut depth of FIG. 7;
FIG. 9 is a schematic view of a die-cut product of the present invention on a web;
wherein: 1-a face paper layer; 2-soaking a cotton layer; 3-lining film layer; 4-a base film layer; 100-a material belt; 10-product area; 101-an outer frame; 20-finger position; 201-a border; 202-a through hole; 30-a waste zone; 40-positioning holes; 1 a-first pass knife; 2 a-a second pass of knives; 3 a-a third knife; 4 b-a fourth pass of knives; 5 c-a fifth knife; 6 b-sixth pass knife.
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The present invention will be described in further detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Referring to fig. 1 to 9, a method for die-cutting a foam material tape product, the tape 100 is provided with a face paper layer 1, a foam layer 2, a liner film layer 3 and a bottom film layer 4 in sequence from top to bottom, the product includes a product area 10 and a finger position 20;
when the outer frame 101 of the half-cut product and the waste area 30 discharge waste, the face paper layer 1 and the foam layer discharge waste together in a bonded state.
From this, be equipped with face ply 1 on the foam layer 2, face ply 1 has certain adhesion degree, can glue foam layer 2, and when the cross cutting, the piece that the foam layer produced can bond on face ply 1, can be discharged along with face ply 1 when wasting discharge together to reduce the number of times of wasting discharge, improve work efficiency and yield.
Further illustratively, the method comprises the steps of:
s1: half cutting the frame 201 of the finger position 20 to the lining film layer 3;
s2: half cutting the frame 201 of the finger position 20 until the foam layer is formed;
s3: the finger position 20 is discarded.
The frame 201 of finger position 20 divides into finger position 20 and product area 10 with the product, half cuts and makes finger position 20 and product area 10 separation, and during the waste discharge, the waste material that 20 regional formation in finger position can once be discharged, and lining rete 3, bubble cotton layer 2 and the face paper layer 1 in 20 regional finger positions promptly are discharged together, and the piece that produces during the cross cutting is discharged together by bonding on face paper layer 1 together, realizes that 20 finger positions once discharge, reduces the number of times of wasting discharge, improves work efficiency and yield.
Further illustratively, the method further comprises the steps of:
s4: cutting the outer frame 101 of the product to the lining film layer 3;
s5: the waste zone 30 is exhausted.
The cutting frame 101 forms the product, the waste material area 30 is formed in the area outside the product, the scraps generated by die cutting can be adhered on the surface paper layer 1, and the scraps are discharged together when the scraps are discharged.
Further, step S1 further includes step S11;
s11: and half-cutting the positioning hole 40 till the lining film layer 3.
Further, step S2 further includes step S21;
s21: cut through the locating hole 40.
The die cutting of the positioning holes 40 can improve the position accuracy of the material strip 100 and improve the die cutting quality.
Further, step S4 further includes step S41;
s41: the area of the finger position 20 is cut through the through hole 202.
To further explain, in steps S1 and S2, the feeding direction of the tape 100 is the X direction;
in step S4, the feeding direction of the tape 100 is the Y direction.
The feeding directions in steps S1 and S1 are different from the feeding direction in step S4, which is beneficial to simultaneously die-cutting and forming a plurality of products on the tape 100, and improves the working efficiency.
Further, when die cutting is carried out, the blade surface of the cutter is of an inner straight and outer inclined structure.
The one side that the cutter is close to the product is the perpendicular, and the one side of keeping away from the product is the inclined plane, improves product shaping precision and quality, also does benefit to and reduces the piece and produces in the one side that is close to the product.
The working principle is as follows:
the material belt 100 is provided with four layers of materials, such as a face paper layer 1, a foam layer 2, a lining film layer 3, a backing film layer 4 and the like, from top to bottom, a first knife 1a is used for cutting a frame 201 of a finger position 20, the shape of a cutting mark is shown by a dotted line in figure 3, and the cutting depth is up to the lining film layer 3; the second knife 2a cuts the frame 201 of the finger position 20, the shape of the cut mark is shown by the chain line in figure 5, and the cutting depth is up to the foam layer 2; through above-mentioned two sword cuts, separates finger position 20 and product district 10 of product, then, carries out the waste discharge with the waste material that finger position 20 region formed, because of the foam layer top is equipped with face ply 1, the foam piece that produces when face ply 1 can glue the cross cutting can be removed together by being glued on face ply 1 when wasting discharge, realizes once wasting discharge.
And a third cutter 3a is used for die-cutting the outer frame 101 of the product, the shape of the cut mark is shown as a solid line in fig. 7, the lining film layer 3 is cut, the whole appearance of the product is cut, the area outside the shape of the product is the waste material area 30, and the waste material area 30 is discharged, so that the product shown in fig. 8 is formed.
Therefore, each knife only needs to discharge waste once, and foam scraps and the like can be stuck to the surface paper layer 1 and discharged together when the waste is discharged every time, so that the product yield and the working efficiency are improved.
When the first cutter 1a is used, the positioning hole 40 can be half-cut synchronously through the fourth cutter 4 b; when the second cutter 2a is used, the positioning hole 40 can be synchronously blanked and cut by the fifth cutter 5 c; when the third knife 3a is used, the through hole 202 can be synchronously blanked and cut by the sixth knife 6b, so that the process can be optimized, and the working efficiency is improved.
The products are mass-produced in the material belt 100, and in order to improve efficiency, the material belt 100 is fed along the X direction when the first knife 1a and the second knife 2a are used, and the material belt 100 is fed along the Y direction when the third knife 3a is used.
The foregoing disclosure discloses only some embodiments of the invention. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications can be made without departing from the inventive concept herein, and it is intended to cover all such modifications and variations as fall within the scope of the invention.
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1. A die cutting method for a foam material belt product is characterized in that the material belt (100) is sequentially provided with a face paper layer (1), a foam layer (2), a lining film layer (3) and a bottom film layer (4) from top to bottom, and the product comprises a product area (10) and finger positions (20);
frame (201) of half-cut finger position (20), when finger position (20) was wasted discharge, face paper layer (1) with foam layer (2) are wasted discharge together under the adhesion state:
and when the outer frame (101) of the half-cut product and the waste area (30) are used for discharging waste, the surface paper layer (1) and the foam layer (2) are used for discharging waste together in a bonding state.
2. The die cutting method of the foam tape product according to claim 1, wherein the method comprises the following steps:
s1: the frame (201) of the finger position (20) is cut to the lining film layer (3);
s2: half cutting the frame (201) of the finger position (20) to the foam layer (2);
s3: the finger position (20) is discarded.
3. The method for die cutting a blister strip product according to claim 2, further comprising the steps of:
s4: cutting the outer frame (101) of the product to the lining film layer (3);
s5: the waste zone (30) is discarded.
4. The die cutting method for foam tape products of claim 3, wherein step S1 further comprises step S11;
s11: and half-cutting the positioning hole (40) to the lining film layer (3).
5. The method for die-cutting a blister strip product according to claim 4, wherein the step S2 further comprises the steps S21;
s21: cut through the locating hole (40).
6. The die cutting method for foam tape products of claim 3, wherein step S4 further comprises step S41;
s41: the finger position (20) area is cut through the through hole (202).
7. The method for die-cutting foam tape products according to claim 3, wherein in steps S1 and S2, the feeding direction of the tape (100) is X direction;
in step S4, the feeding direction of the tape (100) is the Y direction.
8. The method for die cutting of foam tape products as claimed in claim 1, wherein the cutting edge of the cutter is in an inner straight and outer inclined structure.
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