CN114131916B

CN114131916B - Material tape laminating equipment

Info

Publication number: CN114131916B
Application number: CN202011030311.4A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 王登彦; 柯顺升; 伍苗展; 林央正; 林东颖
Original assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute ITRI
Current assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute ITRI
Priority date: 2020-09-04
Filing date: 2020-09-27
Publication date: 2023-09-19
Anticipated expiration: 2040-09-27
Also published as: CN114131916A; TW202210401A; TWI716335B

Abstract

The invention discloses a material belt laminating device which is used for laminating a material belt on a workpiece and comprises a material belt wheel, a pressure head and a material belt transverse moving mechanism. The feed belt wheel is used for feeding the belt to be wound. The pressing head presses the material belt against and sticks to the workpiece. The material belt traversing mechanism is provided with a material belt inlet, a material belt traversing channel and a material belt outlet. The material belt inlet is communicated with the material belt outlet through the material belt transverse moving channel. The web inlet receives the web. The material belt transverse moving channel guides the material belt to the material belt outlet. The strip outlet delivers the strip to the ram. The material belt inlet and the material belt outlet are separated by a distance in the axial direction of the material belt transverse moving mechanism.

Description

Material tape laminating equipment

Technical Field

The invention relates to a material belt laminating device, in particular to a material belt laminating device comprising a material belt transverse moving mechanism.

Background

Carbon fiber reinforced polymer (carbon fiber reinforced polymer, CFRP) has excellent characteristics such as light weight, high structural strength, high heat resistance, excellent fatigue strength, excellent creep resistance, high chemical resistance, and small thermal expansion coefficient, and is therefore widely used in various industries such as aerospace, unmanned aerial vehicle, energy, biomedical, automobile, and motorcycle, civil vehicles such as bicycles, and even household articles such as sports equipment, and has been grown year by year on a market scale in various countries.

In general, carbon fiber reinforced polymers are composite materials prepared by adding or pre-impregnating carbon fibers (carbon fibers) to a substrate such as resin (resin), and the finished product is usually a tape or sheet-shaped material tape so as to facilitate the manufacturing process of attaching or laying the carbon fibers on the surface of the product. Based on the difference in materials, the tapes can be broadly divided into thermosets and thermoplastics. The thermosetting material belt can be automatically attached by using manpower or attaching equipment, but the thermosetting material belt also needs a hot press molding procedure after attaching. The thermoplastic material tape needs to be heated at high temperature in the laminating process, so that only laminating equipment can be used for laminating.

To achieve the fit, the fit device may automatically deliver the tape to a ram (compacting head) at its end to allow the ram to press and fit the tape against the product surface. However, in the laminating apparatus currently on the market, in order to enable the material belt to be directly used after being conveyed to the pressing head, the pressing head and the connected conveying mechanism generally form a structure with a large volume, so that the conventional laminating apparatus cannot be directly applied when the surface facing the product is surrounded into a closed shape.

For example, for bicycle bodies or wheel frames having structures surrounding a closed area, conventional laminating equipment cannot access the area for lamination due to the excessive volume of the area at the end for lamination, particularly the small space at the corners of the body structure, and to this end, the industry can only resort to manual lamination of the thermoset material strips, and for this purpose, additional development of molds to assist in hot-press molding of the thermoset material strips in these areas is required. However, the method of manually attaching and additionally developing the mold increases the process and manufacturing cost, and reduces the continuity of the material strip on the surface of the product, thereby reducing the overall structural strength.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of the above, the present invention provides a tape laminating apparatus, which can meet the requirement of laminating a closed area.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a tape attaching apparatus for attaching a tape to a workpiece includes a tape wheel, a pressing head, and a tape traversing mechanism. The feed belt wheel is used for feeding the belt to be wound. The pressing head presses the material belt against and sticks to the workpiece. The material belt traversing mechanism is provided with a material belt inlet, a material belt traversing channel and a material belt outlet. The material belt inlet is communicated with the material belt outlet through the material belt transverse moving channel. The web inlet receives the web. The material belt transverse moving channel guides the material belt to the material belt outlet. The strip outlet delivers the strip to the ram. The material belt inlet and the material belt outlet are separated by a distance in the axial direction of the material belt transverse moving mechanism.

According to the material belt laminating device disclosed by the embodiment of the invention, the material belt inlet and the material belt outlet of the material belt transverse moving mechanism are separated by a distance in the axial direction of the material belt transverse moving mechanism, so that the material belt transverse moving mechanism can transversely move the material belt in a specific direction before the material belt moves from the material belt wheel to the pressure head, and the material belt laminating device is configured in such a way that the volume of a part, which needs to enter a product sealing area for lamination, of the tail end of the material belt laminating device can be greatly reduced, and the material belt laminating device can be directly applied to a working environment with relatively limited space.

Therefore, the material belt laminating equipment can laminate closed and non-closed areas by a single material belt, compared with the traditional laminating equipment with overlarge laminating end volume, the material belt laminating equipment does not need to adopt a manual laminating thermosetting material belt for the problem that the material belt cannot be directly laminated in the closed area, does not need to additionally develop a die for hot-press molding the thermosetting material belt due to the use of the thermosetting material belt, and can ensure that the whole product surface uses a continuous seamless material belt, so that the material belt laminating equipment with the material belt transverse moving mechanism can greatly simplify the manufacturing procedure, reduce the manufacturing cost, shorten the laminating time and improve the integral structural strength.

The foregoing description of the disclosure and the following description of the embodiments are presented to illustrate and explain the spirit and principles of the invention and to provide a further explanation of the invention as claimed.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating a usage situation of a tape laminating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is an enlarged partial cutaway schematic view of the web laminating apparatus of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of the belt traversing mechanism of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is an enlarged partial schematic view of the tape applying apparatus of FIG. 1;

FIGS. 5A-5B are schematic views illustrating different usage scenarios of the tape laminating apparatus of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6A is a schematic perspective view of a belt traversing mechanism according to another embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6B is an exploded perspective view of the belt traversing mechanism of FIG. 6A;

FIG. 7A is a schematic perspective view of a belt traversing mechanism according to another embodiment of the present invention; fig. 7B is an exploded perspective view of the belt traversing mechanism of fig. 7A.

Symbol description

1. Material tape laminating equipment

2. Supporting mechanism

10. Material belt wheel

20. Pressure head

30. 30', 30' material belt transverse moving mechanism

31. 31' material belt transverse moving channel

32. 32', 32 "web inlet

33. 33', 33' material tape outlet

40. Cutting mechanism

51. Connecting wheel

53. Linkage belt

70. Guiding structure

81. Driving wheel

82. Driven wheel

83. Guide wheel

91. First translatable frame

310. 310', 310 "drive member

311. Spiral protrusion

330. 330', 330 "guide member

331. Column core

333. 333', 333' cover body

410. Cutter knife

430. Abutting piece

450. Pressing plate

470. Piston member

3331. Perforation

A1 Axial direction

D1 Direction of translation

D2 Direction of pushing

D3 Feed direction

PS1 first power source

PS2 second power source

PS3 third power source

PS4 fourth power source

T-shaped material belt

W, W' working piece

Detailed Description

The detailed features and advantages of the present invention will be set forth in the following detailed description of the embodiments, which is provided to enable any person skilled in the art to make and use the present invention, and the related objects and advantages of the present invention will be readily understood by those skilled in the art from the present disclosure, claims and drawings. The following examples are presented to illustrate the aspects of the invention in further detail, but are not intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way.

In addition, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein various practical details are set forth in the following description for purposes of illustration. However, it should be understood that these practical details are not intended to limit the invention. Moreover, in the drawings, some of the conventional structures and elements may be shown in a simplified schematic form, and some structures not related to the spirit of the present invention may be omitted to keep the drawings clean. Meanwhile, some of the features in the drawings of the present invention may be slightly enlarged or changed in proportion or size to achieve the object of facilitating understanding of the technical features of the present invention, but the present invention is not limited thereto, and the actual size and specification of the product manufactured according to the present disclosure should be adjusted according to the requirements of the production, the characteristics of the product itself, and the following disclosure. Furthermore, for ease of understanding, reference is made to the accompanying drawings, which are not intended to limit the scope of the invention.

In addition, the terms "portion," "portion," or "place" may be used hereinafter to describe specific elements and structures or specific features thereon or therebetween, but these elements and structures are not limited by these terms. Also, the terms "substantially," "substantially," or "about" may be utilized hereinafter in connection with a range of sizes, concentrations, temperatures, or other physical or chemical properties or characteristics, to cover a deviation that may exist in the upper and/or lower limits of the range of properties or characteristics, or to represent an acceptable deviation from manufacturing tolerances or analysis processes, as may be desired, without nevertheless achieving the desired result.

Moreover, unless defined otherwise, all terms used herein, including technical and scientific terms and the like, have their ordinary meanings, which can be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art. Furthermore, the definitions of the words and phrases used herein should be understood and interpreted to have a meaning consistent with the understanding of the relevant art and technology. These terms are not to be construed as being overly idealized or formal intent unless expressly so defined.

Referring first to fig. 1, an embodiment of the present invention provides a tape applying apparatus 1 for applying a tape (tape) T to a desired product surface, wherein the product surface includes an inner surface formed into a closed shape on the product in addition to a generally flat or curved outer surface, and the tape applying apparatus 1 is capable of applying the tape T to a workpiece W having an inner surface capable of encircling a ring-shaped or other irregularly shaped closed area as shown.

The material tape T described herein is, for example, a tape-like material comprising carbon fiber (carbon fiber) or other polymer pre-impregnated in a base material such as resin (resin), and has the characteristics of high ductility, elasticity, light weight, high structural strength, high heat resistance, excellent fatigue strength, excellent creep resistance, high chemical resistance, small thermal expansion coefficient, and the like, and can be used as a carbon fiber reinforced polymer (carbon fiber reinforced polymer, CFRP) suitable for bonding to the surface of a product.

In addition, the material tape T may be substantially divided into thermoplastic and thermosetting materials according to the type and ratio of the resin, and the thermosetting material tape may be thermally cured by a vacuum (autoclaving) process after being attached, and the thermoplastic material tape may be heated at a high temperature by any suitable heating device while being attached. The heating device used herein may be, but not limited to, laser, infrared, halogen lamp, gas flame, hot air heating, ultrasonic heating, etc., and the present invention is not particularly limited and not particularly shown. The invention is not limited to the type of the tape T.

Further, in this embodiment and other embodiments, the tape attaching apparatus 1 includes at least a tape reel 10, a pressing head 20, a tape traversing mechanism 30, and a cutter mechanism 40. In addition, to drive the tape traversing mechanism 30 and the cutter mechanism 40, the tape laminating apparatus 1 may further comprise a first power source PS1 and a second power source PS2.

These elements may be arranged on a support mechanism 2, for example. The support mechanism 2 described herein refers to a portion for the aforementioned or following fixing of the components of the tape applying apparatus 1. The supporting mechanism 2 may be, but not limited to, connected to a suitable robot arm (not shown) to enable the whole of the tape laminating apparatus 1 to move relative to the surface of the workpiece W, but the invention is not limited thereto. For example, in other embodiments, the supporting mechanism 2 may be kept stationary instead, and the workpiece W may be moved relative to the supporting mechanism 2 and the tape laminating apparatus 1 thereon instead.

The belt wheel 10 may be used for winding the belt T required for fitting the workpiece W thereon, but the invention is not limited to the design of the belt wheel 10 and the amount of the belt T that can be carried.

The pressing head 20 may be, but not limited to, a rolling wheel (roller) pivoted on a fixed seat (not numbered), and may press and adhere the material tape T to the surface of the workpiece W during the relative movement between the material tape adhering apparatus 1 and the workpiece W. However, the invention is not limited to the design of the ram 20, for example, in some embodiments the ram may instead be a non-rollable, other shaped structure. In addition, the present invention is not limited to the arrangement of the pressing head 20, for example, in some other embodiments, the pressing head 20 may be pivoted to a telescopic elastic mechanism instead, so as to generate a telescopic motion when the material strip T is pressed against the workpiece W.

The belt traversing mechanism 30 is interposed between the belt pulley 10 and the ram 20 and is driven by a first power source PS1 to translate the belt T to the ram 20 a suitable distance in a specific direction (the direction D1 of translation of the belt traversing mechanism 30 is shown). The translation direction D1 is substantially parallel to the axial direction A1 of the belt traversing mechanism 30, and the axial direction A1 of the belt traversing mechanism 30 is referred to herein as, for example, the central axis direction of the belt traversing channel 31 or the driving member 310 (described in the subsequent paragraphs) of the belt traversing mechanism 30. Thus, as shown, the tape traversing mechanism 30 is capable of translating the tape T from the tape spool 10 to the ram 20 in a direction relatively away from the first power source PS1 or the +y axis. Here, the first power source PS1 is, for example, a servo motor, and the translation direction D1 and the axial direction A1 are substantially parallel to the rotation axis direction (axial direction) of the first power source PS 1. The details and use of the web traversing mechanism 30 will be described in more detail below. In the case of using a thermoplastic web, the heating device may heat the web T passing between the ram 20 and the web traversing mechanism 30, for example, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

The cutter mechanism 40 is interposed between the belt pulley 10 and the belt traversing mechanism 30 and is driven by the second power source PS2 to cut the belt T fed to the belt traversing mechanism 30. Details of the cutter mechanism 40 will be described later.

In addition, to achieve the conveying of the material belt T between the material belt wheel 10 and the pressing head 20, in this embodiment or other embodiments, the material belt attaching apparatus 1 may further include a guiding structure (guide) 70, a driving wheel (motor driven roller) 81, a driven wheel (idle roller) 82, a plurality of guiding wheels 83, a third power source PS3, and a fourth power source PS4.

A guide structure 70 is located between the feed pulley 10 and the belt traversing mechanism 30 for guiding the web T through the cutter mechanism 40 to the belt traversing mechanism 30. However, the guiding structure 70 may be selected, and the present invention is not limited to the guiding structure 70 and its design.

The third power source PS3 is, for example, a servo motor, and the driving wheel 81 is disposed on the third power source PS3 and can be driven by the third power source PS3 to rotate, where the driving wheel 81 can actively feed the material belt T from the material belt pulley 10 in a specific direction, such as the direction of the guiding structure 70. It should be noted that the outer surface of the driving wheel 81 may be, but not limited to, a material with a soft texture and a certain friction coefficient, such as youli glue, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

The driven wheel 82 is located at one side of the driving wheel 81, and when the material belt T is driven by the driving wheel 81 to pass through between the driving wheel 81 and the driven wheel 82, the driving wheel 81 can drive the driven wheel 82 to rotate in the opposite direction through the material belt T. The driven wheel 82 helps to guide the feeding of the tape T, and also assists in stripping the adhesive (not shown) from the tape T and carrying it to other areas (not shown) where the adhesive is recovered, but the invention is not limited thereto. Of course, if a material tape without back adhesive is used, the need for back adhesive recovery is not required.

In addition, in some embodiments, the material tape attaching apparatus 1 may further include a first translatable frame 91, where the first translatable frame 91 is translatably and adjustably disposed on the supporting mechanism 2, and the driving wheel 81 may be disposed on the first translatable frame 91, so as to relatively approach or separate from the driven wheel 82 along with adjustment of the first translatable frame 91, so as to fine tune the distance between the driving wheel 81 and the driven wheel 82. The first translatable carriage 91 is optional and is not intended to limit the present invention.

The guide wheel 83 can assist in guiding the web T to a desired direction between the web wheel 10 and the driving wheel 81. In addition, in some embodiments, the tape attaching apparatus 1 may further be provided with one or more second translatable frames (not shown), through which the guiding wheel 83 may be translatably and adjustably disposed on the supporting mechanism 2, so that the tension of the tape T may be adjusted by adjusting the position of the guiding wheel 83. The second translatable carriage is also optional and is not intended to limit the invention.

The fourth power source PS4 is, for example, a servo motor, and the material belt wheel 10 may be disposed on the fourth power source PS4 and may be driven by the fourth power source PS4 to rotate so as to continuously feed the material belt T in a specific direction. Meanwhile, the fourth power source PS4 may also be used to adjust the tension of the material belt T, so as to avoid the loosening of the material belt T and the driving wheel 81.

However, it should be noted that the driving wheel 81, the driven wheel 82, the guiding wheel 83, the third power source PS3, the fourth power source PS4, and the like may be selected. For example, in still other embodiments, the tape applying apparatus may not include the driving wheel 81, the driven wheel 82, the guide wheel 83, the third power source PS3, and the fourth power source PS4, and in this case, the ram 20 may continuously take the tape T from the tape wheel 10 only by moving relative to the workpiece W.

Next, referring to fig. 2 for the cutter mechanism 40, in the present embodiment, the cutter mechanism 40 may include a cutter 410, a propped member 430 and a pressing plate 450, and the second power source PS2, for example, a cylinder motor, may have a piston member 470. The cutter 410 is fixed on the propping member 430, one or more elastic restoring members (not numbered) can be clamped between the propping member 430 and the pressing plate 450, and the tail end of the piston member 470 is propped against a propping inclined plane 431 of the propping member 430 and can be driven by the second power source PS2 to perform telescopic movement in one direction. The expansion and contraction direction of the abutting inclined surface 431 relative to the piston member 470 and the moving direction of the abutting member 430 are both at an angle, so that the force of the piston member 470 pushing the abutting member 430 in one direction (e.g., the pushing direction D2) can be converted into the power for feeding the cutter 410 in the other direction (e.g., the feeding direction D3).

In this configuration, during the process of pushing the piston member 470 in the pushing direction D2 against the abutment slope 431 of the abutment member 430, the abutment member 430 can press the pressing plate 450 down against the tape T by pushing against the deformed elastic restoring member, and as the piston member 470 continues to move in the pushing direction D2 and slides along the abutment slope 431, the abutment member 430 also continues to drive the cutter 410 in the feeding direction D3 to a position capable of cutting the tape T, thereby cutting the pressed tape T. When completed, the second power source PS2 retracts the piston member 470, and the elastic restoring member can restore the supporting member 430, the cutter 410 thereon, and the pressing plate 450.

Next, referring to fig. 3 to 4, in general, in the present embodiment, the tape traversing mechanism 30 may have a tape traversing channel 31, a tape inlet 32 and a tape outlet 33. The belt traversing path 31 is a spiral path extending in a direction relatively away from the first power source PS1 with the axial direction A1 as a central axis, and the belt traversing path 31 may be a spiral path extending along a rotation axis direction (not shown) of the first power source PS 1. The material belt inlet 32 and the material belt outlet 33 are offset or separated by a distance in the translation direction D1 or the axial direction A1 of the material belt traverse channel 31, so that the material belt inlet 32 and the material belt outlet 33 are respectively communicated with different positions of the material belt traverse channel 31. Specifically, the web inlet 32 is, for example, a portion that communicates with the web traversing passage 31 relatively close to the first power source PS1, and the web outlet 33 is, for example, another portion that communicates with the web traversing passage 31 relatively far from the first power source PS 1. The tape T can enter the tape traversing path 31 via the tape inlet 32 and be fed along the tape traversing path 31 toward the tape outlet 33, so as to be separated from the tape traversing mechanism 30 from the tape outlet 33 after being traversed by a certain distance in the translation direction D1, the axial direction A1 of the tape traversing path 31, or the rotation axis direction of the first power source PS 1. That is, by the tape traversing mechanism 30, the tape T can be traversed from a position closer to the first power source PS1 to a position farther from the first power source PS1 in the translation direction D1, the axial direction A1 of the tape traversing path 31, or the rotation axis direction of the first power source PS 1.

More specifically, in the present embodiment, the belt traversing mechanism 30 can include a driving member 310 and a guiding member 330. The driving member 310 may be connected to the first power source PS1 to be driven to rotate by the first power source PS 1. The driving member 310 is slightly cylindrical, and may have a spiral protrusion 311 protruding from an outer surface thereof, and extending in a direction relatively far from the first power source PS1 along the translation direction D1 or the axial direction A1. The guide member 330 is slightly cylindrical and is immovably located at one side of the driving member 310, and the guide member 330 is not in direct contact with the driving member 310. The aforementioned belt traversing channel 31, the belt inlet 32 and the belt outlet 33 are all located on the guiding member 330, and the spiral protrusion 311 on the driving member 310 corresponds to the belt traversing channel 31 on the guiding member 330.

In detail, in the present embodiment, the guiding member 330 may include a column core 331 and a cover 333, the material belt traversing channel 31 is a spiral groove extending along the central axis of the column core 331 and formed on the outer surface of the column core 331, the cover 333 is sleeved on the column core 331, the material belt inlet 32 and the material belt outlet 33 are located on the cover 333, and the material belt traversing channel 31 penetrates through two holes of the cover 333 and can be communicated with the column core 331. Thereby, the tape T can enter the inside of the housing 333 through the tape inlet 32 of the housing 333 to the tape traversing passage 31 on the column core 331, and be fed to the tape outlet 33 of the housing 333 along the tape traversing passage 31 to protrude out of the housing 333.

In addition, the cover 333 further has a plurality of through holes 3331, and the through holes 3331 are arranged along the translation direction D1 or the axial direction A1 between the tape inlet 32 and the tape outlet 33 and spaced apart from each other. In the present embodiment, the through holes 3331, the tape inlet 32 and the tape outlet 33 may be arranged along a line and located on the same side of the cover 333, but the invention is not limited thereto. For example, in other embodiments, the perforations 3331 may be located on different sides of the cover than the strip inlet 32 and the strip outlet 33, depending on the actual requirements. For example, in some other embodiments, the perforations 3331, the web inlet 32, and the web outlet 33 may all be located on different sides of the cover. The through holes 3331 may correspond to the spiral protrusions 311 of the driving member 310 and the tape traversing channel 31 on the column core 331, such that the spiral protrusions 311 can contact or push the tape T located in the tape traversing channel 31 through the through holes 3331.

Thus, when the first power source PS1 drives the driving member 310 to rotate, the spiral protrusion 311 of the driving member 310 can continuously push the tape T located in the tape traversing channel 31 on the pillar core 331, so as to pull the tape T into the tape inlet 32 and simultaneously feed the tape T along the tape traversing channel 31 toward the tape outlet 33, thereby realizing traversing guiding of the tape T in the translation direction D1, the axial direction A1, or a direction relatively far away from the first power source PS 1. As shown in fig. 4, the tape T traversing through the tape traversing mechanism 30 and extending from the tape outlet 33 can then pass under the ram 20 for subsequent use by the ram 20.

Therefore, the whole material tape attaching apparatus 1 can only need the pressing head 20 and part of the material tape traversing mechanism 30 to enter the sealing area for attaching, and thus the volume of the portion of the material tape attaching apparatus 1 for rolling attaching is greatly reduced compared with the conventional attaching apparatus. This breakthrough enables the tape application device 1 to be used directly for engaging a product surface having a closed area.

For the application of the attaching wheel frame (workpiece W as shown in fig. 1 or fig. 5A), the ram 20 of the tape attaching apparatus 1 and part of the tape traversing mechanism 30 are small in size, so that they can directly enter the enclosed area of the wheel frame for attaching. Alternatively, referring to FIG. 5B, for attaching a bicycle body (as shown by workpiece W') having a more severely variable shape with a closed area, the tape attaching apparatus 1 can also attach directly into the inner surface of the area surrounded by the frame.

Accordingly, by the design that the material tape T can be transversely moved in a specific direction by the material tape transverse moving mechanism 30, the volume of the part of the material tape attaching apparatus 1, which needs to enter the product sealing area for attaching, can be greatly reduced, and the material tape attaching apparatus 1 can be directly applied to a working environment with a relatively limited space.

From this break through, material area laminating equipment 1 can laminate with single strip material area to seal and non-closed area, compare in traditional laminating equipment that laminating end volume is too big, material area laminating equipment 1 need not change to adopt artifical laminating thermosetting material area for the unable problem of directly laminating in the closed area, certainly also need not additionally develop the mould in hot briquetting thermosetting material area because of the use of thermosetting material area yet, and material area laminating equipment 1 can also ensure that whole product surface uses continuous seamless material area, it can know, material area laminating equipment 1 can simplify manufacturing procedure by a wide margin, reduce manufacturing cost, shorten the required time of laminating, can also promote holistic structural strength.

It should be noted that, for the belt traversing mechanism of the present invention, the first power source PS1 may be selected; for example, in some other embodiments, the tape attaching apparatus of the present invention may omit the first power source capable of directly actuating the tape traversing mechanism, in which case the pressing head presses along the surface of the workpiece to generate a pulling force on the tape, and the tape may also be continuously passed through the tape traversing mechanism.

The belt traversing mechanism of the foregoing embodiment is only one example of the present invention, and the present invention is not limited thereto. For example, referring to fig. 6A to 6B, a belt traversing mechanism 30' is provided in the present embodiment, and it should be noted that for the sake of brevity, only the differences between the embodiments are described below, and the same or similar parts of the present embodiment as those of the previous embodiment will be understood by referring to the foregoing description, and will not be repeated herein.

In this embodiment, the belt traversing mechanism 30' may further include a linkage wheel 51 and a linkage belt 53, wherein the linkage wheel 51 can be directly connected to the end of the rotating shaft (not numbered) of the first power source PS1 or connected to the rotating shaft of the first power source PS1 through other suitable structures. The driving member 310 'of the tape traversing mechanism 30' has a cylindrical structure capable of being directly fitted over the column core 331 of the guide member 330', and the driving member 310' is interposed between the tape inlet 32 'and the tape outlet 33' and is capable of covering at least part of the tape traversing passage 31. Wherein the drive member 310' may not directly contact the surface of the post core 331. The linkage belt 53 is sleeved on the linkage wheel 51 and the driving member 310 'to transmit the kinetic energy of the first power source PS1 for rotating the linkage wheel 51 to the driving member 310', so that the driving member 310 'is rotatably sleeved on the column core 331 of the guiding member 330'. While the cover portion 333 'of the guide member 330' is sleeved on the other portion of the column core 331.

Thus, when the first power source PS1 drives the driving member 310 'to rotate via the driving wheel 51 and the driving belt 53, the driving member 310' can directly contact and push the tape T in the tape traversing channel 31 on the column core 331 to feed the tape T from the tape inlet 32 'along the tape traversing channel 31 to the tape outlet 33', and also can traverse the tape T in the translation direction D1, the axial direction A1, or in a direction relatively far away from the first power source PS 1.

Alternatively, referring to fig. 7A to 7B, a belt traversing mechanism 30″ is provided in the present embodiment, and similarly, for the sake of brevity, only the differences between the embodiments are described below, and the same or similar parts of the present embodiment as those of the previous embodiment may be understood by referring to the foregoing descriptions, which will not be repeated herein.

In this embodiment, the driving member 310 "of the belt traversing mechanism 30" may have a cylindrical structure with no spiral protrusion on one surface, the guiding member 330 "may have no cylindrical core in the foregoing embodiment and only the cover 333" fixedly positioned by a suitable manner may remain, the cover 333 "may be sleeved on the driving member 310", and may not directly contact the surface of the driving member 310 ". In addition, in the present embodiment, the tape traversing passage 31 "is formed on the inner surface of the cover 333" as a spiral groove recessed from the inner surface of the cover 333 "so as to be able to surround the driving member 310", and opposite ends of the tape traversing passage 31 "are respectively communicated with the outside via the tape inlet 32" and the tape outlet 33", that is, the driving member 310" is able to be communicated with the outside via the tape inlet 32 "and the tape outlet 33".

Thus, when the first power source PS1 drives the driving member 310 "to rotate, the driving member 310" can directly contact and push the tape T in the tape traversing channel 31 "located on the inner surface of the cover 333" to feed the tape T from the tape inlet 32 "along the tape traversing channel 31" to the tape outlet 33", and also can traverse the tape T in the translation direction D1, the axial direction A1, or in a direction relatively far away from the first power source PS 1.

According to the material belt laminating equipment disclosed by the embodiment of the invention, the material belt inlet and the material belt outlet of the material belt transverse moving mechanism are separated by a distance in the axial direction of the material belt transverse moving mechanism, so that the material belt transverse moving mechanism can transversely move the material belt in a specific direction before the material belt moves from the material belt wheel to the pressure head, and the material belt laminating equipment is configured in such a way that the volume of a part, which needs to enter a product sealing area for lamination, of the tail end of the material belt laminating equipment can be greatly reduced, and the material belt laminating equipment can be directly applied to a working environment with relatively limited space.

Claims

1. A tape laminating apparatus for laminating a tape to a work piece, the tape laminating apparatus comprising:

a material belt wheel for winding the material belt;

the pressing head is used for pressing and attaching the material belt provided by the material belt wheel to the workpiece; and

the material belt transverse moving mechanism is provided with a material belt inlet, a material belt transverse moving channel and a material belt outlet, wherein the material belt inlet is communicated with the material belt outlet through the material belt transverse moving channel, the material belt inlet is used for receiving the material belt provided by the material belt wheel, the material belt transverse moving channel is used for guiding the material belt entering the material belt inlet to the material belt outlet, the material belt outlet is used for conveying the material belt to the pressure head, and the material belt inlet and the material belt outlet are separated by a distance in the axial direction of the material belt transverse moving mechanism.

2. The web laminating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the web traversing passage extends in a spiral shape and in the axial direction of the web traversing mechanism.

3. The web laminating apparatus of claim 1, wherein the web traversing mechanism comprises a driving member and a guide member, the web traversing channel, the web inlet and the web outlet being located on the guide member, the driving member being configured to drive the web from the web inlet to the web outlet via the web traversing channel.

4. The tape splicing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the guide member comprises a column core portion and a cover portion, the tape traversing passage is formed on an outer surface of the column core portion, the cover portion is sleeved on the column core portion, the tape inlet and the tape outlet are located on the cover portion, the cover portion further has a plurality of perforations arranged at intervals, the outer surface of the driving member protrudes with a spiral protrusion, and the spiral protrusion corresponds to the tape traversing passage through the perforations to push against the tape located in the tape traversing passage.

5. The web laminating apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the perforations are aligned.

6. The web laminating apparatus of claim 4, wherein the perforations, the web inlet, and the web outlet are aligned.

7. The web laminating apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising a first power source coupled to the driving member for driving the driving member, wherein the axial direction of the web traversing mechanism is substantially parallel to a rotational axis direction of the first power source.

8. The tape splicing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the tape traversing mechanism further comprises a linking wheel connected to the first power source, the guide member comprising a column core and a cover portion, the tape traversing passage being formed on an outer surface of the column core, the cover portion being provided over the column core, the tape inlet and the tape outlet being provided over the cover portion, the driving member being rotatably provided over the column core and covering at least a portion of the tape traversing passage, and a linking belt provided over the driving member and the linking wheel for transmitting kinetic energy of the linking wheel to the driving member, thereby causing the driving member to convey the tape from the tape inlet to the tape outlet via the tape traversing passage.

9. The web laminating apparatus of claim 8, wherein the drive member is interposed between the web inlet and the web outlet.

10. The tape splicing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the guide member comprises a housing portion, the tape traversing passage is formed on an inner surface of the housing portion, the tape inlet and the tape outlet are located on the housing portion, and the housing portion is sleeved on the driving member.

11. The web laminating apparatus of claim 10, wherein the web traversing channel surrounds the drive member.

12. The web laminating apparatus of claim 10, wherein the driving member is in communication with the web outlet via the web inlet.