SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
The utility model discloses aim at solving one of the technical problem that exists among the prior art at least. Therefore, the utility model provides a printing device adopts the continuous printing mode in turn, can effectively reduce workman intensity of labour, and man-machine operation is efficient, rational in infrastructure.
According to the utility model discloses a printing device, treat that printed material includes:
the printing device comprises a workbench, wherein the workbench is provided with at least two carriers for placing a piece to be printed;
the printing assembly is arranged on the workbench;
the first driving mechanism drives the carrier to alternately move so that the carrier can convey the piece to be printed to a printing area of the printing assembly and reset after the piece to be printed is printed;
the second driving mechanism drives the printing assembly to move so that the printing assembly can print the piece to be printed.
According to some embodiments of the invention, the first driving mechanism is a linear driving module for driving the carrier along a linear motion.
According to some embodiments of the utility model, printing device still includes ultraviolet lamp, ultraviolet lamp follows the printing component removes, so that ultraviolet lamp can shine through printing treat printing.
According to some embodiments of the invention, the printing assembly is provided with the ultraviolet lamp along both sides of the moving direction, respectively.
According to some embodiments of the utility model, first actuating mechanism includes a driving motor and lead screw, the lead screw be equipped with the slider that the carrier is connected, a driving motor drive the lead screw rotates, so that the slider can be followed the lead screw removes.
According to some embodiments of the utility model, first actuating mechanism still includes the shaft coupling, first driving motor's drive end with coupling joint, coupling joint the lead screw is in order to drive the lead screw rotates.
According to some embodiments of the present invention, the first driving mechanism further comprises a first guide rail provided on the table, and the slider is connected to the carrier via a connecting member passing through the first guide rail.
According to some embodiments of the utility model, the second actuating mechanism includes second driving motor, second guide rail and mobile station, print the subassembly with the mobile station is connected, the second guide rail is located the workstation top just extends along the horizontal direction, the drive of second driving motor the mobile station is followed the second guide rail removes.
According to some embodiments of the present invention, the second driving mechanism further comprises a third driving motor and a third guide rail, the third guide rail extends in the direction perpendicular to the table, the third driving motor drives the printing assembly to move along the third guide rail.
According to some embodiments of the utility model, the second actuating mechanism still includes fourth driving motor, fourth guide rail and removes the seat, remove the seat with the second guide rail is connected, the fourth guide rail is located the workstation just follows the perpendicular to the second guide rail direction extends, the fourth driving motor passes through remove the seat and drive the second guide rail is followed the fourth guide rail removes.
According to some embodiments of the utility model, the workstation is including printing district, material loading district and unloading district, a drive mechanism drive the carrier can be followed print the district with between the material loading district, and print the district with round trip movement between the unloading district.
According to some embodiments of the utility model, the printing device still includes the manipulator to be used for through the manipulator is followed the unloading district takes out and has accomplished printing treat printing.
According to some embodiments of the utility model, treat that printed material is the air conditioner remote controller.
According to the utility model discloses printing device has following beneficial effect at least:
the working table is provided with at least two carriers, the carriers are used for alternately conveying the pieces to be printed for printing, alternate and continuous printing is realized, the alternate printing interval time is short, the model changing time can be effectively shortened, and the man-machine operation efficiency is improved; and will wait to print the piece and send to the printing area through the carrier and carry out the operation, transport back by the carrier after accomplishing to print again, the manual work scope is little, and the operation is lighter, need not frequently to make a round trip to walk around the workstation, actions such as bowing, effectively reduce workman's intensity of labour, structural design is reasonable, and practical reliability is high.
Additional aspects and advantages of the invention will be set forth in part in the description which follows and, in part, will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the invention.
Detailed Description
Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like reference numerals refer to the same or similar elements or elements having the same or similar function throughout. The embodiments described below with reference to the drawings are exemplary only for the purpose of explaining the present invention, and should not be construed as limiting the present invention.
In the description of the present invention, it should be understood that the orientation or positional relationship indicated in relation to the orientation description, such as up, down, left, right, front, rear, etc., is based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, and is only for convenience of description and simplification of description, and does not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention.
In the description of the present invention, if there are first, second, etc. described, it is only for the purpose of distinguishing technical features, and it is not understood that relative importance is indicated or implied or that the number of indicated technical features is implicitly indicated or that the precedence of the indicated technical features is implicitly indicated.
In the description of the present invention, unless there is an explicit limitation, the words such as setting, installation, connection, etc. should be understood in a broad sense, and those skilled in the art can reasonably determine the specific meanings of the above words in combination with the specific contents of the technical solution.
A printing apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention is described below with reference to fig. 1 to 6.
Referring to fig. 1, the utility model discloses printing device 100, including workstation 110 and printing assembly 120, wherein, workstation 110 adopts the box structure, and the during operation will wait to print the piece and place the upper surface at workstation 110, and printing assembly 120 is used for spouting the china ink and prints, utilizes printing assembly 120 to print the piece of waiting to print on workstation 110 to form predetermined pattern or LOGO etc. on waiting to print.
It is understood that the printing apparatus 100 can print on products made of different materials, for example, metal, ceramic, plastic, etc., and the printing position is not limited to a plane, but may be an arc-shaped plane. The printing apparatus 100 of the embodiment is used to print a pattern, LOGO (trademark), etc. of the remote controller 200, and the remote controller 200 should be broadly understood, and the remote controller 200 may be a television remote controller, a fan remote controller, an air conditioner remote controller, etc.
Referring to fig. 1, two carriers are disposed on the table 110, including a first carrier 160 and a second carrier 170, and the two carriers are mounted on the table 110 side by side and can move along the upper surface of the table 110, and the carriers can be understood as an apparatus capable of loading the remote controller 200 and driving the remote controller 200 to move, for example, a groove matched with the remote controller 200 is disposed on the carriers, and the remote controller 200 is clamped by the groove, so that the carriers have a positioning effect on the remote controller 200, and the stability of the remote controller 200 in the printing process is ensured.
Referring to fig. 1, in the embodiment, a first driving mechanism 130 and a second driving mechanism 140 are disposed on the worktable 110, wherein the first driving mechanism 130 is used for driving the first carrier 160 and the second carrier 170 to move alternately, for example, when the first carrier 160 transports the remote controller 200 to be printed to a designated position for printing, the second carrier 170 transports the printed remote controller 200 back to the starting position, which facilitates blanking and reloading of the remote controller 200 to be printed. The second driving mechanism 140 is configured to drive the printing assembly 120 to move, so that the printing assembly 120 can move to the corresponding carrier position and print on the remote controller 200 to be printed. For example, when the first carrier 160 transports the remote controller 200 to be printed to a designated position, the second driving mechanism 140 drives the printing assembly 120 to move to a position corresponding to the first carrier 160, and the printing assembly 120 prints the remote controller 200 on the first carrier 160; after the remote controller 200 on the first carrier 160 is printed, the first carrier 160 returns to the initial position, then the second carrier 170 conveys the remote controller 200 to be printed to the designated position, the second driving mechanism 140 drives the printing assembly 120 to move to the position corresponding to the second carrier 170, so that the printing assembly 120 can print the remote controller 200 on the second carrier 170, and thus, the two carriers move alternately in a circulating manner by the cooperation of the first driving mechanism 130 and the second driving mechanism 140, and continuous printing operation is realized.
It can be understood that the conventional full-platform operation method requires more remote controllers 200 to be printed to be spread over the platform, and the printing method of the printing apparatus 100 of the present embodiment is different from the conventional full-platform operation method, the remote controllers 200 to be printed only need to be placed on a carrier, the carrier is used to transport the remote controllers 200 to a designated position for printing, the designated position can be understood as a spraying printing area of the printing assembly 120, the printing assembly 120 performs spraying printing in the area, the first driving mechanism 130 drives the carrier to move back and forth between the designated position and the initial position, the second driving mechanism 140 drives the printing assembly 120 to move in the printing area, during the printing process of the first carrier 160, the preparation works such as taking out the printed remote controllers 200 and placing the remote controllers 200 to be printed are performed on the second carrier 170 at the same time, so as to implement alternate and continuous printing, the interval time of alternate printing is short, the model changing time can be effectively shortened, and the man-machine operation efficiency is improved; the model changing time refers to the interval between the previous product output time and the next product output time produced by the same equipment, and the man-machine work efficiency refers to the production efficiency of manual work and equipment matching work. It can be understood that the first carrier 160 and the second carrier 170 print in an alternating motion manner, which reduces the time for printing preparation, and shortens the time for model changing, thereby improving the man-machine operation efficiency. Moreover, compared to the full-platform operation mode, the printing apparatus 100 sends the remote controller 200 to be printed to the printing area for operation via the carrier, and the carrier is transported back after printing is completed, and the starting position of the carrier can be set close to the edge of the workbench 110. During the working process, workers do not need to walk around the workbench 110, can take the to-be-printed piece and the finished printed piece only by stretching hands, the manual operation range is small, the operation is easier, the frequent actions of walking back and forth, bending waist and the like around the workbench 110 are not needed, and the labor intensity of the workers is effectively reduced. Further, the printing device 100 performs operations by matching the first driving mechanism 130 and the second driving mechanism 140, so that the printing assembly 120 and the remote controller 200 to be printed can be accurately positioned, the positioning efficiency is high, and the printing efficiency and the product yield are improved.
The number of carriers is not limited to two, and a plurality of carriers may be provided on the table 110, for example, three carriers may be provided on the table 110, and the three carriers may be provided side by side and may be driven by the first driving mechanism 130 to alternately move for printing. Of course the number of carriers can also be set to four, five or more. In addition, each carrier can be loaded with 8 or more remote controllers 200, the loading quantity is set according to the actual size of the remote controllers 200, the carriers adopt a detachable connection structure, and different carriers are conveniently detached and replaced to match different remote controllers 200. The remote controller 200 adopted in the embodiment is an air conditioner remote controller.
Referring to fig. 1, in some embodiments, the printing apparatus 100 employs a UV (ultraviolet) printing technology, and the UV printing refers to a method for printing liquid ink that can be instantly cured under ultraviolet irradiation onto a surface of a printing material to form a predetermined color or monochrome pattern by the printing apparatus 100. Here, the solidification refers to a process of converting a substance from a low molecule to a high molecule, and herein, the solidification of the liquid ink refers to a process of converting the ink from a liquid state to a solid state.
Specifically, the adopted printing component 120 is a full-color printer head, the design space of colors and patterns is large, the number of the patterns is not limited, and all the patterns and LOGO colors of the air conditioner remote controller can be printed at one time; and UV prints and only needs 4-6 kinds of inks, and program control prints of matching colors automatically, and it is more convenient to use. The light source that shines of adoption is ultraviolet lamp (UV lamp), UV lamp 150 sets up and can follows printing component 120 and remove together, for example, connect UV lamp 150 on printing component 120, when printing component 120 prints like this, printing component 120 sprays the pattern behind air conditioner remote controller surface, utilize UV lamp 150 to shine air conditioner remote controller's surface, make printing ink can solidify in the twinkling of an eye, can accomplish the solidification in 0.5 seconds, for traditional heating drying process, the energy consumption is lower, high efficiency, effectively improve printing efficiency, it is better to print the effect.
Referring to fig. 2, in some embodiments, the first driving mechanism 130 is a linear driving module, which is capable of driving the carrier to move linearly, i.e., the carrier is driven by the linear driving module to move back and forth linearly between the designated position and the initial position. It can be understood that two or more carriers move alternately to print, each carrier is respectively provided with an independent linear driving module to drive, the two carriers are taken as an example to illustrate, the first carrier 160 and the second carrier 170 are arranged side by side, the linear driving modules are used for respectively driving the first carrier 160 and the second carrier 170 to move along a straight line, the linear driving modules can be driven by linear motors or cylinders, the moving stability of the first carrier 160 and the second carrier 170 can be ensured, the positioning is more accurate, the printing quality is prevented from being influenced by the position deviation of the carriers, and the structure is reasonable, practical and reliable.
Referring to fig. 2, in some embodiments, the first driving mechanism 130 is mounted on the working table 110, the first driving mechanism 130 includes a first driving motor 131 and a screw rod 132, a slider 133 is disposed on the screw rod 132, a thread groove matched with the screw rod 132 is disposed on the slider 133, the slider 133 is connected to the carrier, the screw rod 132 is driven to rotate by the first driving motor 131, and the screw rod 132 can drive the slider 133 to move along the screw rod 132 when rotating, so that the carrier can move along a straight line. The carrier is located on the upper surface of the workbench 110, and the first driving motor 131 and the lead screw 132 are installed in the workbench 110 through the installation seat 135, so that the carrier can move along the upper surface of the workbench 110.
Referring to fig. 3 and 4, taking the first driving mechanism 130 of the first carrier 160 as an example for description, the first carrier 160 is rectangular, 10 air-conditioning remote controllers can be placed on the first carrier 160, and the two first driving mechanisms 130 are used to drive the first carrier 160 to move at the same time, which can ensure that the first carrier 160 moves more stably, and of course, one or more first driving mechanisms 130 can be selected to drive according to the size of the carrier. The slider 133 is connected to the first carrier 160 through a connecting member, the connecting member of the embodiment is the mounting post 136, the first carrier 160 is provided with a mounting hole 161 matching with the mounting post 136, the workbench 110 is provided with a first guide rail 137 matching with the mounting post 136, the first guide rail 137 is a guide groove structure, and during mounting, the mounting post 136 penetrates through the first guide rail 137 on the workbench 110 and is connected to the mounting hole 161, so that the slider 133 is connected to the first carrier 160. The first guide rail 137 extends along the length direction of the screw 132, and the first guide rail 137 plays a role in guiding and positioning the carrier. When first carrier 160 needs to be moved, first driving motor 131 is started and screw 132 is driven to rotate, slider 133 can move back and forth along screw 132 by driving screw 132 to rotate clockwise or anticlockwise, so that first carrier 160 can be driven to move back and forth along first guide rail 137, first carrier 160 can be accurately moved to a specified position and an initial position, the movement and the positioning are accurate, first carrier 160 is prevented from deviating, the positioning efficiency is improved, and the printing efficiency and the product qualification rate are improved.
Referring to fig. 2, the first driving motor 131 is connected to the screw 132 through the coupling 134, the coupling 134 can couple the driving end of the first driving motor 131 to the screw 132 for transmission, in a normal working state, the first driving motor 131 drives the screw 132 to rotate clockwise or counterclockwise through the coupling 134, and the coupling 134 can play a role in overload protection to prevent the first driving motor 131 from being damaged due to an excessive load.
It should be noted that both the first carrier 160 and the second carrier 170 can be replaced according to the type of the remote controller 200, and when different types of remote controllers 200 need to be printed, the production of different products can be switched by only replacing different carriers and corresponding printing programs.
Referring to fig. 1 and 5, in some embodiments, the first driving mechanism 130 drives the carrier to move back and forth along the front-back direction of the table 110, and the second driving mechanism 140 drives the printing assembly 120 to move back and forth along the left-right direction of the table 110. Specifically, the second driving mechanism 140 includes a second driving motor, a second guide rail 142 and a moving table 141, wherein the moving table 141 is slidably disposed on the second guide rail 142, the printing assembly 120 is mounted on the moving table 141, the second guide rail 142 is disposed above the worktable 110 and extends in the horizontal direction, and the second driving motor drives the moving table 141 to move along the second guide rail 142, so that the printing assembly 120 can move back and forth in the left and right directions of the worktable 110. The specific structure of the second drive motor is not shown in the drawings. It can be understood that the printing assembly 120 performs inkjet printing toward the worktable 110, the moving area of the printing assembly 120 is the printing area of the printing assembly 120, and the first driving mechanism 130 drives the first carrier 160 and the second carrier 170 to alternately move to the printing area for printing during operation.
It should be noted that the UV lamps 150 are installed on the mobile station 141, specifically, the UV lamps 150 are installed on the left and right sides of the mobile station 141, respectively, and the UV lamps 150 irradiate towards the workbench 110, so that after the printing assembly 120 prints a pattern on the air conditioner remote controller, the ink can be instantly irradiated by the UV light to be rapidly cured. When the printing assembly 120 moves to the right for printing, the left UV lamp 150 is responsible for irradiation and curing; when printing subassembly 120 moved from right to left and prints, UV lamp 150 on right side was responsible for shining the solidification, and the structure is more reasonable, can realize the fast curing, improves and prints efficiency.
In some embodiments, the second driving mechanism 140 can drive the printing assembly 120 to move in a direction perpendicular to the working table 110, i.e., the printing assembly 120 can adjust the height in the vertical direction, so that the printing assembly 120 can match with remote controllers 200 of different sizes for printing. Specifically, a third driving motor and a third guide rail are disposed on the moving table 141, the third guide rail extends in a direction perpendicular to the working table 110, the printing assembly 120 is movably connected to the third guide rail, the third driving motor and the third guide rail are located inside the moving table 141, and the specific structure of the third driving motor and the third guide rail is not shown in the drawing. It can be understood that the third driving motor drives the printing component 120 to move in the vertical direction, so that the height of the printing component 120 can be adjusted in the vertical direction, and the printing component is more practical and reliable and is beneficial to improving the printing effect.
Referring to fig. 5, the second driving mechanism 140 may also drive the printing assembly 120 to move in the front-rear direction of the table 110, so that the position of the printing assembly 120 in the front-rear direction can be adjusted. Specifically, a fourth driving motor and a fourth guide rail 143 are disposed on the working table 110, a structure of the fourth driving motor is not shown in the drawing, the fourth guide rail 143 is provided with a moving seat 144, an upper end of the moving seat 144 is connected to the second guide rail 142, and the fourth driving motor drives the moving seat 144 to move along the fourth guide rail 143, so as to drive the second guide rail 142 and the moving table 141 to integrally move. Thus, the printing assembly 120 can move along the front, rear, left, right and vertical directions of the workbench 110 under the driving of the second driving mechanism 140, and the printing assembly has high flexibility and higher printing efficiency.
Referring to fig. 6, in some embodiments, the upper surface of the workbench 110 is divided into a printing area 112, a loading area 111 and a unloading area 113, wherein the printing area 112 can be understood as a printing area of the printing assembly 120, and the carrier transports the air conditioner remote controller to the printing area 112 for printing; the feeding area 111 can be understood as an initial position of a carrier, and a worker can place the remote controller 200 to be printed on the carrier in the feeding area 111 to perform feeding; the blanking area 113 is an area for blanking the remote controller 200 having completed printing. In the embodiment, the feeding region 111 is disposed near the front side of the table 110, the discharging region 113 is disposed near the rear side of the table 110, and the printing region 112 is located between the feeding region 111 and the discharging region 113. In order to realize automatic blanking, the printing apparatus 100 is further provided with a manipulator, the carrier transports the printed remote controller 200 to the blanking area 113, and the manipulator takes out and conveys the printed remote controller 200 to the next process, so that automatic blanking is realized, workers do not need to walk around the workbench 110 to perform feeding and blanking, the manual operation time is saved, the labor intensity is effectively reduced, and the production mode of one person and multiple machines can be realized.
It should be noted that the printing apparatus 100 has two working modes of automatic blanking and manual blanking, that is, the carrier may also transport the printed remote controller 200 to the feeding area 111 for manual blanking, and at this time, the feeding and blanking operations may be performed in the feeding area 111. The purpose of this design is when the manipulator breaks down and can not automatic unloading, but the mode of work that can guarantee the normal continuation of production like this by artifical unloading by the switchability.
In some embodiments, the movement path of the first driving mechanism 130 for driving the carrier is not limited to moving back and forth along the horizontal direction of the workbench 110, but may also be a circular structure for moving the carrier, that is, a circular movement path is formed in the vertical direction, so that the carrier passes through the feeding area 111, the printing area 112 and the discharging area 113 in sequence, and thus moves circularly, it can be understood that a plurality of carriers can be arranged to move along the circular path at the same time, and efficient and continuous printing can be achieved. For example, the carrier may be raised in the loading area 111 and lowered in the unloading area 113 by using a lifting mechanism, thereby realizing the loop. In another example, the carriers can be transported by an endless conveyor belt, enabling the carriers to move in an endless manner. The loop-back structure of the above-described embodiments is not shown in the drawings.
The operation of the printing apparatus 100 according to the embodiment will be described with reference to fig. 5 and 6, in which the first carriage 160 transports the remote controller to be printed to the printing area 112 along the first guide rail 137 for printing; meanwhile, the moving platform 141 moves towards the printing area 112, the height of the printing assembly 120 is automatically adjusted according to the set printing program, and then the printing assembly 120 starts to reciprocate along the second guide rail 142 to print; according to the pattern and the size of the LOGO, the moving table 141 and the second guide rail 142 are controlled to reciprocate along the fourth guide rail 143, so that the printing assembly 120 can complete printing on the surface of the remote controller. After printing, the first carrier 160 moves from the printing area 112 to the blanking area 113 for blanking, meanwhile, the second carrier 170 transports the air conditioner remote controller to be printed to the printing area 112 for printing, and the first carrier 160 moves to an initial position for reloading after blanking, so that the production operation is circulated, and alternate and continuous printing is realized.
The embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, but the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and various changes can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention within the knowledge of those skilled in the art.