CN113547844A - Ink jet ink amount control method for starch food material and printing equipment - Google Patents

Ink jet ink amount control method for starch food material and printing equipment Download PDF

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CN113547844A
CN113547844A CN202110826953.3A CN202110826953A CN113547844A CN 113547844 A CN113547844 A CN 113547844A CN 202110826953 A CN202110826953 A CN 202110826953A CN 113547844 A CN113547844 A CN 113547844A
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The invention discloses an ink jet ink amount control method and printing equipment for starch food materials, wherein the ink jet ink amount control method for the starch food materials comprises the following steps: step S1: determining the distance height between a spray head and the surface of the starch food material in a spray printing system; step S2: testing the matching characteristics of ink and a spray head through an ink drop observation instrument, and determining a printing waveform for controlling spray printing of the spray head of a spray printing system; step S3: the spray printing system controls the spray head to spray and print on the surface of the starch food material according to the optimal printing waveform, and the optimal printing waveform is determined; the optimal printing waveform corresponding to the optimal effect on the surface of the starch food is determined by matching the viscosity characteristics of the ink and the spray head, and the spray printing system is controlled to print images on the surface of the starch food according to the waveform, so that the spray head keeps a larger distance from the surface of the starch food, the printing definition is ensured, and the continuous ink supply of the spray printing system is ensured.

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Ink jet ink amount control method for starch food material and printing equipment
Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of food printing, in particular to an ink jet ink amount control method of a starch food material and printing equipment.
Background
The ink-jet printing is a printing mode which does not need to be in direct contact with a printing stock, compared with the traditional printing mode, the printing mode does not need plate making, is simpler and more flexible in printing operation, has wider application range and scene, and can meet more diversified consumption requirements, taking the ink-jet printing of starch food as an example, along with the increasingly obvious trend of the upgrade of consumption, the traditional industrial products are more and more difficult to adapt to new consumption requirements, taking starch food as an example, the purchase factors of consumers are determined to be not only 'color, aroma and taste' but also have better consumption experience in the aspects of interestingness, individuation and the like, the traditional food manufacturing mode is difficult to realize or can only realize the psychological requirement in a limited range, therefore, the food is added with more interest by the non-contact type ink-jet printing according to demand, becomes a great innovation in the food field, but the printing on the surface of the starch food is different from the paper printing stock, starch food printing requires that the distance from the spray head to the surface of the starch food is farther to ensure the safety of the food, meanwhile, the printed patterns on the surface of the starch food also need to be clear, generally speaking, the farther the distance from the spray head to the printing carrier is, the lower the definition is, and therefore how to solve the contradiction between distance and definition becomes a problem that needs to be solved urgently by people in the field.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to provide an ink jet ink amount control method and printing equipment for starch food materials.
In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a method for controlling an amount of inkjet ink of a starchy food material, comprising:
step S1: determining the distance height between a spray head and the surface of the starch food material in a spray printing system;
step S2: testing the matching characteristics of ink and a spray head through an ink drop observation instrument, and determining a printing waveform for controlling spray printing of the spray head of a spray printing system;
step S3: the spray printing system controls a spray head to spray and print on the surface of the starch food material by using a printing waveform to determine an optimal printing waveform;
further, the height of the distance between the spray head and the surface of the starchy food material is preferably 5 mm;
further, the matching characteristics of the ink to the inkjet head include, but are not limited to, matching of viscosity characteristics;
further, the viscosity characteristics at least include the ink drop ejection speed and the ink drop size; the ink drop ejection speed is the ink jet speed of the nozzle; the size of the ink drop is smaller when the ink drop is ejected faster, and the size of the ink drop is larger when the ink drop is ejected slower;
further, the optimal printing waveform is a waveform reflecting the relation between the ink drop jet speed and the size of the ink drop in the optimal printing effect on the premise of keeping the distance height between the spray head and the surface of the starch food material;
the invention also provides ink-jet printing equipment for the starch food material, wherein the ink-jet printing equipment is used for printing the image on the surface of the starch food material by using the optimal printing waveform determined by the ink-jet ink amount control method for the starch food material;
the invention has the advantages that:
in the working state, the ejection speed of the ink drop in the ejection process and the size of the ink drop are collected by the ink drop observer, generating a printing waveform, inputting the printing waveform into a spray printing system to control a spray head to spray and print on the surface of the starchy food material, observing the problems existing in the printing effect, the printing waveform is corrected by the ink drop observer according to the problem, and the ink absorption and printing time of the nozzle is shortened, so that the ink drop ejection speed is higher, the size of the ink drop is smaller, namely, the ink and the spray head have better matching performance on viscosity characteristics, the optimal printing waveform under the condition of the best printing effect on the surface of the starchy food material is finally determined, and the optimal printing waveform is used for controlling the spray head to spray and print on the surface of the starch food material, so that the spray head keeps a larger distance from the surface of the starch food material, the printing definition is ensured, and the continuous ink supply of a spray printing system is ensured.
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In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below. It should be apparent that the drawings in the following description are merely exemplary, and that other embodiments can be derived from the drawings provided by those of ordinary skill in the art without inventive effort.
The structures, ratios, sizes, and the like shown in the present specification are only used for matching with the contents disclosed in the specification, so as to be understood and read by those skilled in the art, and are not used to limit the conditions that the present invention can be implemented, so that the present invention has no technical significance, and any structural modifications, changes in the ratio relationship, or adjustments of the sizes, without affecting the effects and the achievable by the present invention, should still fall within the range that the technical contents disclosed in the present invention can cover.
Fig. 1 is a schematic flow chart of a method for controlling an amount of inkjet ink of a starchy food material according to the present invention;
fig. 2 is a schematic view of a jet printing structure of the method for controlling the amount of ink jet for starch food according to the present invention;
description of reference numerals: 100 spray nozzles and 200 starch food materials.
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The present invention is described in terms of particular embodiments, other advantages and features of the invention will become apparent to those skilled in the art from the following disclosure, and it is to be understood that the described embodiments are merely exemplary of the invention and that it is not intended to limit the invention to the particular embodiments disclosed. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.
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As shown in figure 1 of the drawings, in which,
a method for controlling the ink jet ink amount of starch food material comprises the following steps:
step S1: determining the distance height between the spray head 100 and the surface of the starchy food material 200 in the spray printing system;
as shown in figure 2 of the drawings, in which,
in one embodiment, the distance h between the nozzle 100 and the surface of the starchy food material 200 in the jet printing system is 5 mm;
step S2: testing the matching characteristics of ink and the spray head 100 through an ink drop observer, and determining a printing waveform for controlling spray printing of the spray head 100 of the spray printing system;
it should be noted that the matching characteristics of the ink and the inkjet head 100 include, but are not limited to, matching of viscosity characteristics; the viscosity characteristics at least comprise the ejection speed and the size of the ink drops; the ink drop ejection speed is the ink jet speed of the nozzle; the size of the ink drop is smaller when the ink drop is ejected faster, and the size of the ink drop is larger when the ink drop is ejected slower;
step S3: the spray printing system controls the spray nozzle 100 to spray print on the surface of the starch food material by using the printing waveform, and determines the optimal printing waveform;
it should be noted that the optimal printing waveform is a waveform reflecting the relationship between the ink droplet ejection speed and the size of the ink droplet in the optimal printing effect on the premise of keeping the distance height between the nozzle 100 and the surface of the starch food material 200, and the optimal printing effect determination method is to visually observe whether the edge effect of the pattern printed on the starch food material is clear, and use the identifiable printing waveform with the highest degree of definition as the optimal printing waveform;
it should be further noted that, in the actual working process, the printing waveform generated by the ink drop observer can be accessed into the spray printing system, and the optimal printing waveform is determined by judging the printing effect, generally, the optimal printing waveform is determined by comparing the printing results generated in the equivalent variation process based on the variable of the ink drop ejection speed, that is, the optimal ink drop ejection speed is determined by comparing the image definition degrees sprayed and printed at different ink drop ejection speeds, and the corresponding printing waveform is the optimal printing waveform;
in another embodiment, the viscosity characteristic of the adopted nozzle is about 10, and the viscosity characteristic of the used ink is about 5, so that the nozzle cannot be viscosity-matched with the ink in the actual printing process, ink accumulation is generated on the surface of the starchy food material, and a printing image cannot be clearly presented, so that the printing waveform is adjusted by the ink droplet observation instrument, the ink absorption and printing time of the nozzle is shortened, the ink absorption amount is reduced, the printing speed is improved, and the viscosity characteristics of the nozzle and the ink are matched;
the invention also provides ink-jet printing equipment for the starch food material, wherein the ink-jet printing equipment is used for printing the image on the surface of the starch food material by using the optimal printing waveform determined by the ink-jet ink amount control method for the starch food material;
the foregoing embodiments are merely illustrative of the principles and utilities of the present invention and are not intended to limit the invention. Any person skilled in the art can modify or change the above-mentioned embodiments without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. Accordingly, it is intended that all equivalent modifications or changes which can be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and technical spirit of the present invention be covered by the claims of the present invention.

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1. A method for controlling the amount of ink jet ink of a starchy food material, comprising:
step S1: determining the distance height between a spray head and the surface of the starch food material in a spray printing system;
step S2: testing the matching characteristics of ink and a spray head through an ink drop observation instrument, and determining a printing waveform for controlling spray printing of the spray head of a spray printing system;
step S3: the spray printing system controls the spray head to spray and print on the surface of the starch food material by using the printing waveform, and determines the optimal printing waveform.
2. The method for controlling the amount of inkjet ink of the starchy food material as claimed in claim 1, wherein the height of the distance between the nozzle and the surface of the starchy food material is preferably 5 mm.
3. The method for controlling the amount of ink jet as claimed in claim 1, wherein the matching characteristics of the ink and the nozzle include but are not limited to matching of viscosity characteristics.
4. The method as claimed in claim 3, wherein the viscosity characteristics at least include an ink droplet ejection speed and an ink droplet size; the ink drop ejection speed is the ink jet speed of the nozzle; the faster the ink droplet ejection speed, the smaller the ink droplet size, and the slower the ink droplet ejection speed, the larger the ink droplet size.
5. The method for controlling the amount of ink jet from the starchy food material as claimed in claim 1, wherein the optimal printing waveform is a waveform reflecting the relationship between the ink droplet ejection speed and the size of the ink droplet for optimal printing effect while maintaining the height of the distance between the nozzle and the starchy food material surface.
6. The inkjet printing device for the starchy food material is characterized in that the inkjet printing device prints images on the surface of the starchy food material by using the optimal printing waveform determined in the step S3 of the inkjet ink amount control method for the starchy food material.
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