CN115464867A - Roll-to-roll nanoimprint equipment - Google Patents

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CN115464867A
CN115464867A CN202110651342.XA CN202110651342A CN115464867A CN 115464867 A CN115464867 A CN 115464867A CN 202110651342 A CN202110651342 A CN 202110651342A CN 115464867 A CN115464867 A CN 115464867A
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魏国军
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魏玉宽
周杨
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    • B29CSHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
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A roll-to-roll nano-imprinting device comprises a material placing unit, a gluing unit, an imprinting curing unit and a material receiving unit which are sequentially arranged, wherein the imprinting curing unit comprises an imprinting module and a curing module, and can switch between a UV (ultraviolet) imprinting function and a UV coating function by adjusting a film penetrating mode; when the UV imprinting function is realized, the film passes through the imprinting module and the curing module from the gluing unit to the material receiving unit; when the UV coating function is realized, the film directly passes through the curing module from the gluing unit to the material receiving unit. The invention can switch the equipment between the UV imprinting function and the UV coating function by adjusting the film penetrating mode, thereby supporting two working modes of UV imprinting and UV coating, solving the problems of overhigh cost, waste of production facilities, overlarge investment of fixed assets and the like caused by the configuration of the two equipment when the production requirement is insufficient, and obviously improving the market competitiveness of enterprises.

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Roll-to-roll nanoimprint equipment
Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of printing, in particular to roll-to-roll nano-imprinting equipment.
Background
The UV printing process of the surface of the film material comprises a plurality of UV imprinting processes, UV coating processes and the like, correspondingly, UV imprinting equipment and UV coating equipment are arranged, and a printing manufacturer selects the UV imprinting process and the UV coating process according to process requirements. However, some manufacturers have insufficient production requirements, and the simultaneous configuration of two devices results in high cost, waste of production facilities and excessive investment of fixed assets, thereby reducing market competitiveness. Moreover, the existing equipment has a single gluing mode, only one gluing mechanism is arranged, gluing is carried out by adopting one gluing mode of micro-concave gluing, slit gluing and glue dispensing, equipment needs to be replaced when other modes are adopted, the efficiency is low, the cost is high, production facilities are wasted, the investment of fixed assets is too large, and the market competitiveness is reduced. Furthermore, the thickness of the film prepared by the existing equipment is not uniform, especially the initial stage and the final stage of the film, so that the obtained product has uneven quality and low yield.
The foregoing description is provided for general background information and is not admitted to be prior art.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to provide roll-to-roll nano-imprinting equipment supporting two working modes of UV imprinting and UV coating.
The invention provides roll-to-roll nano-imprinting equipment which comprises a material placing unit, a gluing unit, an imprinting curing unit and a material receiving unit which are sequentially arranged, wherein the imprinting curing unit comprises an imprinting module and a curing module, and the imprinting curing unit can switch equipment between the UV imprinting function and the UV coating function by adjusting a film penetrating mode; when the UV imprinting function is realized, the film passes through the imprinting module and the curing module from the gluing unit to the material receiving unit; when the UV coating function is realized, the film directly passes through the curing module from the gluing unit to the material receiving unit.
Further, the embossing module comprises a first carrier roller, an embossing main mechanism and a second carrier roller which are sequentially arranged, wherein the embossing main mechanism is positioned below the first carrier roller and the second carrier roller, so that the film can directly pass through the embossing main mechanism from the first carrier roller to the second carrier roller.
Further, the stamping main mechanism comprises a primary curing device and a mould plate roller for stamping.
Further, the primary curing device is an ultraviolet light source, and the ultraviolet light source is an LED lamp, a mercury lamp or an electrodeless lamp.
Furthermore, the discharging unit comprises an unwinding driving mechanism, a protective film winding mechanism, a dust sticking mechanism, an unwinding static eliminating mechanism, an unwinding tension detecting mechanism and a material plasma processing mechanism which are sequentially arranged.
Furthermore, the gluing unit comprises a micro-concave coating mechanism, a slit coating mechanism and a glue dispensing and gluing mechanism, and gluing in three modes of micro-concave, slit and glue dispensing is realized.
Furthermore, the gluing unit also comprises a micro-concave/slit switching driving mechanism for realizing switching between the micro-concave coating mechanism and the slit coating mechanism.
Furthermore, a heating box is arranged behind the micro-concave coating mechanism and the slit coating mechanism and used for volatilizing the solvent of the coated film.
Further, the curing module comprises a secondary curing device, and the secondary curing device comprises an LED lamp for UV curing and a nitrogen protection device.
Furthermore, the material receiving unit comprises a protection film covering mechanism, a rolling static electricity eliminating mechanism, a rolling tension detecting mechanism and a material receiving driving mechanism which are arranged in sequence.
The roll-to-roll nano-imprinting equipment provided by the invention can switch the equipment between the UV imprinting function and the UV coating function by adjusting the film penetrating mode through the imprinting and curing unit, thereby supporting two working modes of UV imprinting and UV coating, solving the problems of overhigh cost, waste of production facilities, overlarge investment of fixed assets and the like caused by the configuration of two equipment, having low cost, remarkably saving the production facilities, reducing the investment of the fixed assets and further remarkably improving the market competitiveness of enterprises. And three gluing modes of micro-concave, slit and glue dispensing are supported, and the same equipment can adopt the three gluing modes, so that the efficiency is high, the cost is low, the production facility can be obviously saved, and the investment of fixed assets is reduced. Moreover, because the glue can be applied in a micro-concave and slit mode, the product manufactured by using the roll-to-roll nano-imprinting equipment has the advantages of uniform film thickness, high precision and high yield.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a roll-to-roll nano-imprinting apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention to implement a UV imprinting function.
Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of the roll-to-roll nanoimprinting apparatus shown in fig. 1 implementing a UV coating function.
Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of the roll-to-roll nano-imprinting apparatus shown in fig. 1, in which the gluing unit employs a micro-gravure coating method.
FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of the glue applying unit of the roll-to-roll nano-imprinting apparatus shown in FIG. 1 using a slit coating method.
Detailed Description
The following detailed description of embodiments of the present invention is provided in connection with the accompanying drawings and examples. The following examples are intended to illustrate the invention but are not intended to limit the scope of the invention.
As shown in fig. 1 and fig. 2, in the present embodiment, the roll-to-roll nano-imprinting apparatus includes a material discharging unit 1, a glue applying unit 2, an imprinting curing unit 3, and a material receiving unit 4, which are sequentially disposed.
The imprint curing unit 3 comprises an imprint module 31 and a curing module 32, and the imprint curing unit 3 can switch the equipment between the UV imprint function and the UV coating function by adjusting the film penetrating mode. Specifically, as shown in fig. 1, when the UV imprinting function is implemented, the film 5 passes from the gluing unit 2 to the receiving unit 4 through the imprinting module 31 and the curing module 32. As shown in fig. 2, when the UV coating function is realized, the film 5 passes directly from the gumming unit 2 to the receiving unit 4 through the curing module 32.
This embodiment volume is to volume nanometer impression equipment can pass the membrane mode through the adjustment through impression solidification unit 3 and make equipment switch between realizing UV impression function and realizing UV coating function to support two kinds of working methods of UV impression, UV coating, solved because of dispose two kinds of equipment when the production demand is not enough the cost too high, the waste of production facility and the too big input scheduling problem of fixed asset, can show promotion enterprise market competition.
In this embodiment, the embossing module 31 includes a first idler 311, an embossing main mechanism (not shown), and a second idler 312, which are sequentially disposed. The imprinting main mechanism comprises a primary curing device (the primary curing device is an ultraviolet light source 313, the ultraviolet light source 313 can be an LED lamp, a mercury lamp or an electrodeless lamp, and the electrodeless lamp is used for curing in the embodiment) and a mold plate roller 314 for imprinting. The embossing main mechanism is located under the first idler 311, the second idler 312, enabling the film 5 to pass across the embossing main mechanism from the first idler 311 directly to the second idler 312.
In this embodiment, the discharging unit 1 includes an unwinding driving mechanism 11 (mainly including a motor and a discharging roller connected to the motor), a protective film receiving mechanism 12, a dust adhering mechanism 13, an unwinding static eliminating mechanism 14, an unwinding tension detecting mechanism 15, and a material plasma processing mechanism 16, which are sequentially disposed.
The gluing unit 2 comprises a micro-concave coating mechanism 21, a slit coating mechanism 22, a heating box 23 and a glue dispensing and gluing mechanism 24, and gluing in three modes of micro-concave, slit and glue dispensing is realized. The heating chamber 23 is used to evaporate the solvent of the coated film.
In this embodiment, the gluing unit 2 further includes a dimple/slit switching driving mechanism (not shown) for switching between the dimple coating mechanism 21 and the slit coating mechanism 22, so that the dimple coating mechanism and the slit coating mechanism can work alternatively to support seamless switching therebetween.
The switching operation of the micro-concave coating mechanism and the slit coating mechanism is as follows: when the coating mode is micro-concave coating, the structure of the gluing unit 2 is as shown in fig. 3, the film passes through a micro-concave coating mechanism 21 below, a slit coating mechanism 22 does not work, and a slit coating head is vertical to the surface of the film or forms an included angle with the surface of the film; when the coating method is slit coating, the structure of the glue applying unit 2 is as shown in fig. 4, the guide roll 210 is lifted, the film does not pass through the underlying dimple coating mechanism 21, and the slit coating mechanism 22 operates.
In this embodiment, the curing module 32 includes a secondary curing device, and the secondary curing device includes an LED lamp and a nitrogen protection device for UV curing, and the nitrogen protection device is used to provide nitrogen protection when curing, so as to improve the folding endurance of the product. According to the process requirements, the primary curing can be carried out by only adopting a secondary curing device, or the secondary curing can be carried out by adopting an LED lamp and a nitrogen protection device after the primary curing is carried out by adopting the primary curing device, so that the material performance is further improved.
In this embodiment, the material receiving unit 4 includes a protection film covering mechanism 41, a rolling static electricity eliminating mechanism 42, a rolling tension detecting mechanism 43, and a material receiving driving mechanism 44 (mainly including a motor and a material receiving roller connected to the motor) sequentially disposed.
When the roll-to-roll nanoimprinting equipment of this embodiment is operated, first, the tubular convolution material to be imprinted (i.e., the film 5) is set on the discharging roller of the unwinding driving mechanism 11, the open end of the film 5 passes through the intermediate element, and is finally wound on the receiving roller of the receiving driving mechanism 44, and then the unwinding driving mechanism 11 and the receiving driving mechanism 44 rotate the discharging roller and the receiving roller at the same speed, so that the film 5 is transported along a specified route.
In blowing unit 1, membrane 5 from unreeling actuating mechanism 11 back, retrieve the protection film of attaching on membrane 5 surface through receiving protection film mechanism 12, it is clean to glue the dirt through dust binding mechanism 13 to membrane 5, through unreeling static elimination mechanism 14 and eliminating the static on the membrane 5, through the tension that unreels tension detection mechanism 15 and detect membrane 5, through material plasma processing mechanism 16 to carry out plasma treatment to membrane 5, increase membrane 5 surface adhesion, pass to rubberizing unit 2 at last.
In the gluing unit 2, according to the design requirement, a micro-concave coating mechanism 21, a slit coating mechanism 22 or a glue dispensing and gluing mechanism 24 are selected to glue the film 5 in a micro-concave, slit or glue dispensing manner. Depending on the process requirements, the film 5 may be heated in a heating box 23 to volatilize the solvent from the coated film 5.
When the stamping curing unit 3 realizes the UV stamping function, the film 5 passes through the stamping module 31 and the curing module 32 from the sizing unit 2 to the receiving unit 4 (shown in figure 1), and stamping and curing are carried out in the unit; in the UV coating function, the film 5 passes directly from the gumming unit 2 through the curing module 32 to the receiving unit 4 (fig. 2), where only curing takes place.
In the material receiving unit 4, the film 5 passes through the protective film coating mechanism 41 to coat a protective film on the film 5, passes through the winding static electricity eliminating mechanism 42 to eliminate static electricity carried on the film 5, passes through the winding tension detecting mechanism 43 to detect the tension of the film 5, and finally reaches the material receiving driving mechanism 44.
In the drawings, the size and relative sizes of layers and regions may be exaggerated for clarity. It will be understood that when an element such as a layer, region or substrate is referred to as being "formed on," "disposed on" or "located on" another element, it can be directly on the other element or intervening elements may also be present. In contrast, when an element is referred to as being "directly formed on" or "directly disposed on" another element, there are no intervening elements present.
As used herein, the ordinal adjectives "first", "second", etc., used to describe an element are merely to distinguish between similar elements and do not imply that the elements so described must be in a given sequence, either temporally, spatially, in ranking, or in any other manner.
As used herein, the meaning of "a plurality" or "a plurality" is two or more unless otherwise specified.
All possible combinations of the technical features of the above embodiments may not be described for the sake of brevity, but should be considered as within the scope of the present disclosure as long as there is no contradiction between the combinations of the technical features.
In this document, the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, which may include other elements not expressly listed in addition to those listed.
The above description is only for the specific embodiments of the present invention, but the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, and any person skilled in the art can easily conceive of the changes or substitutions within the technical scope of the present invention, and all the changes or substitutions should be covered within the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present invention shall be subject to the protection scope of the appended claims.

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1. A roll-to-roll nano-imprinting device is characterized by comprising a material placing unit, a gluing unit, an imprinting curing unit and a material receiving unit which are sequentially arranged, wherein the imprinting curing unit comprises an imprinting module and a curing module, and the imprinting curing unit can switch between the UV imprinting function and the UV coating function by adjusting a film penetrating mode; when the UV imprinting function is realized, the film passes through the imprinting module and the curing module from the gluing unit to the material receiving unit; when the UV coating function is realized, the film directly passes through the curing module from the gluing unit to the material receiving unit.
2. The roll-to-roll nanoimprinting apparatus of claim 1, wherein the embossing module comprises a first idler, an embossing master mechanism, and a second idler arranged in sequence, the embossing master mechanism being located below the first idler and the second idler such that a film can pass from the first idler across the embossing master mechanism directly to the second idler.
3. The roll-to-roll nanoimprinting apparatus of claim 2, wherein the primary imprint mechanism includes a primary curing device and a mold roll for imprinting.
4. The roll-to-roll nanoimprinting apparatus of claim 3, wherein the primary curing device is an ultraviolet light source, and the ultraviolet light source is an LED lamp or a mercury lamp or an electrodeless lamp.
5. The roll-to-roll nanoimprint lithography apparatus according to any one of claims 1 through 4, wherein the discharge unit includes an unwinding driving mechanism, a protective film winding mechanism, a dust sticking mechanism, an unwinding static eliminating mechanism, an unwinding tension detecting mechanism, and a material plasma processing mechanism, which are arranged in sequence.
6. The roll-to-roll nanoimprint lithography equipment according to any one of claims 1 through 4, wherein the gluing unit includes a dimple coating mechanism, a slit coating mechanism, and a glue-dispensing gluing mechanism, and gluing is performed in three manners of dimple, slit, and glue-dispensing.
7. The roll-to-roll nanoimprint lithography apparatus of claim 6, wherein the glue application unit further comprises a dimple/slit switching drive mechanism for switching between the dimple coating mechanism and the slit coating mechanism.
8. The roll-to-roll nanoimprinting apparatus of claim 6, wherein a heating tank is provided after the dimple coating mechanism and the slit coating mechanism for performing solvent evaporation on the coated film.
9. The roll-to-roll nanoimprinting apparatus of any one of claims 1 through 4, wherein the curing module includes a secondary curing device that includes an LED lamp for UV curing and a nitrogen gas protection device.
10. The roll-to-roll nanoimprint lithography apparatus of any one of claims 1 through 4, wherein the stock receiving unit includes a protection film coating mechanism, a rolling static eliminating mechanism, a rolling tension detecting mechanism, and a stock receiving driving mechanism, which are arranged in sequence.
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