CN220973644U

CN220973644U - Pad printing machine

Info

Publication number: CN220973644U
Application number: CN202322483833.5U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 何宏文
Original assignee: Kent Engineering Gao Yao Co Ltd
Current assignee: Kent Engineering Gao Yao Co Ltd
Priority date: 2023-09-11
Filing date: 2023-09-11
Publication date: 2024-05-17
Anticipated expiration: 2033-09-11

Abstract

The utility model relates to the technical field of pad printing, in particular to a pad printing machine. The pad printing machine comprises a pad printing mechanism, a workpiece jig and an ink supply mechanism, wherein the pad printing mechanism is provided with an ink dipping station, a feeding station, a printing station and a discharging station, and the ink supply mechanism and the workpiece jig are respectively arranged at the ink dipping station and the printing station; the pad printing mechanism comprises a moving assembly, a rubber head and a manipulator, and particularly, the moving assembly is connected with the rubber head and the manipulator to drive the rubber head and the manipulator to synchronously move.

Description

Pad printing machine

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the technical field of pad printing, in particular to a pad printing machine.

Background

The traditional pad printing machine needs to manually assemble a workpiece onto a workpiece jig, then drives a rubber head to an ink dipping station to dip ink by utilizing a first moving assembly, and then drives the rubber head to a printing station by utilizing the first moving assembly so as to print the workpiece, and the workpiece is manually taken away after the printing is finished.

In order to improve the degree of automation, a transfer printing machine with a carrying mechanism appears on the market, and the carrying mechanism comprises a second moving assembly and a manipulator, and the second moving assembly can drive the manipulator to realize automatic feeding and discharging of workpieces. This increases the degree of automation of the pad printing machine, but the manufacturing cost of such a pad printing machine is very high.

Disclosure of utility model

The technical problem to be solved by the embodiment of the utility model is to provide a pad printing machine so as to solve the problem that the manufacturing cost of the pad printing machine in the prior art is very high.

The pad printing machine provided by the embodiment of the utility model comprises: the transfer printing mechanism comprises an ink dipping station, a feeding station, a printing station and a discharging station, and comprises a moving assembly, a rubber head and a manipulator, wherein the moving assembly is connected with the rubber head and the manipulator so as to drive the rubber head to synchronously move with the manipulator, the moving assembly can drive the rubber head to move to the position of the ink dipping station and the printing station, and the moving assembly can drive the manipulator to move to the position of the feeding station, the printing station and the discharging station; the ink supply mechanism is arranged at the ink dipping station and is used for supplying ink; the workpiece fixture is arranged at the printing station and is used for fixing a workpiece.

Optionally, the pad printing mechanism further includes a first rotary driving assembly connected to the moving assembly, where the first rotary driving assembly is connected to the glue head and the manipulator, so as to drive the glue head and the manipulator to switch positions.

Optionally, the moving assembly includes: the second rotary driving assembly is arranged on one side of the workpiece jig; a first rotating arm, one end of which is connected with the second rotation driving assembly; the lifting driving assembly is connected with the other end of the first rotating arm and is connected with the rubber head and the manipulator to drive the rubber head and the manipulator to lift; the second rotary driving assembly is used for driving the first rotary arm to rotate, so that the manipulator and the rubber head are driven to move, the rubber head can move to the ink dipping station and the printing station, and the manipulator can move to the feeding station, the printing station and the discharging station.

Optionally, the ink supply mechanism includes two ink supply assemblies, the second rotary driving assembly is disposed between the two ink supply assemblies in a first direction, and the workpiece fixture is mounted in a second direction of the second rotary driving assembly; wherein the first direction is perpendicular to the second direction.

Optionally, the mobile assembly further comprises: the third rotary driving assembly is arranged at the other end of the first rotary arm; and one end of the second rotating arm is connected with the third rotary driving assembly, and the lifting driving assembly is arranged at the other end of the second rotating arm.

Optionally, each ink supply assembly includes two printing plates and two ink cups, the two printing plates are arranged in sequence in the first direction, the two ink cups are respectively arranged on the two printing plates, and the two ink cups can move along the two printing plates.

Optionally, the ink supply assembly further includes a linear driving member, where the linear driving member is connected to two ink cups, so as to drive the two ink cups to move along the two printing plates respectively.

Optionally, the pad printing machine further comprises an ink cleaning mechanism, wherein the ink cleaning mechanism is arranged on one side of the workpiece jig, and the ink cleaning mechanism is used for cleaning residual ink on the rubber head.

Optionally, the ink cleaning mechanism is installed between the workpiece fixture and the ink supply mechanism.

Optionally, the ink cleaning mechanism comprises an adhesive tape mounting wheel, a glue collecting wheel and a rotating motor, wherein the adhesive tape mounting wheel and the glue collecting wheel are both arranged between the ink supply mechanism and the workpiece jig, the adhesive tape mounting wheel and the glue collecting wheel are arranged at intervals, and the rotating motor is connected with the glue collecting wheel so as to drive the glue collecting wheel to rotate.

Compared with the prior art, the pad printing machine provided by the embodiment of the utility model has the beneficial effects that: the pad printing machine comprises a pad printing mechanism, a workpiece jig and an ink supply mechanism, wherein the pad printing mechanism is provided with an ink dipping station, a feeding station, a printing station and a discharging station, and the ink supply mechanism and the workpiece jig are respectively arranged at the ink dipping station and the printing station; the pad printing mechanism comprises a moving assembly, a rubber head and a manipulator, and particularly, the moving assembly is connected with the rubber head and the manipulator to drive the rubber head and the manipulator to move synchronously.

Drawings

The utility model will now be described in further detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and examples, in which:

Fig. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a pad printing machine according to an embodiment of the present utility model;

FIG. 2 is an enlarged schematic view of a portion of the position A of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a schematic perspective view of the pad printer of FIG. 1 at an angle;

FIG. 4 is an enlarged schematic view of a portion of the B position of FIG. 3;

Fig. 5 is a schematic perspective view of an ink supply mechanism, a workpiece fixture and an ink cleaning mechanism according to an embodiment of the present utility model.

The reference numerals in the drawings are as follows:

1000. a pad printing machine;

100. A pad printing mechanism; 110. a moving assembly; 111. a first rotating arm; 112. a lifting driving assembly; 113. a second rotating arm; 120. a rubber head; 130. a manipulator;

200. An ink supply mechanism; 210. an ink supply assembly; 211. a printing plate; 212. an ink cup; 213. a linear driving member;

300. A workpiece fixture;

400. a first rotary drive assembly;

500. an ink cleaning mechanism; 510. an adhesive tape mounting wheel; 520. a rubber collecting wheel; 530. a rotating electric machine.

Detailed Description

It should be noted that, without conflict, the embodiments of the present utility model and features of the embodiments may be combined with each other. Preferred embodiments of the present utility model will now be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

An embodiment of the present utility model provides a pad printing machine 1000, as shown in fig. 1 to 5, the pad printing machine 1000 includes: pad printing mechanism 100, ink supply mechanism 200, and workpiece fixture 300. The pad printing mechanism 100 has an inking station, a loading station, a printing station, and a blanking station. The ink supply mechanism 200 is installed at the ink dipping station and is used for supplying ink. The workpiece fixture 300 is installed at the printing station for fixing the workpiece. The pad printing mechanism 100 comprises a moving assembly 110, a rubber head 120 and a manipulator 130, wherein the moving assembly 110 is connected with the rubber head 120 and the manipulator 130 to drive the rubber head 120 and the manipulator 130 to move synchronously, the moving assembly 110 can drive the rubber head 120 to move to an ink dipping station and a printing station, and the moving assembly 110 can drive the manipulator 130 to move to a feeding station, a printing station and a discharging station.

The operation flow of the pad printing machine 1000 of this embodiment is as follows:

S100, a moving assembly 110 drives a manipulator 130 to move to a feeding station, and the manipulator 130 picks up a workpiece on the feeding station;

S110, the moving assembly 110 drives the manipulator 130 to move to a printing station, and the manipulator 130 places a workpiece on the workpiece fixture 300 so as to fix the workpiece by using the workpiece fixture 300;

S120, the moving assembly 110 drives the rubber head 120 to move to an ink dipping station, and the rubber head 120 is dipped with ink provided by the ink supply mechanism 200;

s130, the moving assembly 110 drives the glue head 120 to move to a printing station, and the glue head 120 prints the dipped ink on a workpiece;

And S140, the moving assembly 110 drives the manipulator 130 to move the workpiece on the printing station to the blanking station.

In the prior art, the manipulator 130 and the glue head 120 are independently controlled, so two sets of moving components for driving the manipulator 130 and the glue head 120 respectively are required, and in the embodiment, the manipulator 130 and the glue head 120 share one moving component 110, so the manufacturing cost of the pad printing machine 1000 is much lower by implementing the embodiment, which is favorable for popularizing the pad printing machine 1000.

Referring to fig. 3 and 4, in a specific embodiment, the pad printing mechanism 100 further includes a first rotary driving assembly 400 connected to the moving assembly 110, where the first rotary driving assembly 400 is connected to the glue head 120 and the manipulator 130, so as to drive the glue head 120 and the manipulator 130 to switch positions.

By implementing the embodiment, when the workpiece is required to be transported, the positions of the glue head 120 and the manipulator 130 can be switched by using the first rotary driving assembly 400, so that the pad printing mechanism 100 can transport the workpiece by using the manipulator 130. When ink needs to be printed on the workpiece, the positions of the glue head 120 and the manipulator 130 can be switched again by using the first rotary driving assembly 400, so that the pad printing mechanism 100 can print on the workpiece by using the glue head 120.

Referring to fig. 3 and 4, in a specific embodiment, the mobile component 110 includes: a second rotary drive assembly, a first rotary arm 111 and a lifting drive assembly 112. The second rotary driving assembly is installed on one side of the workpiece fixture 300, one end of the first rotary arm 111 is connected with the second rotary driving assembly, the lifting driving assembly 112 is connected with the other end of the first rotary arm 111, and the lifting driving assembly 112 is connected with the glue head 120 and the manipulator 130 to drive the glue head 120 and the manipulator 130 to lift. The second rotary driving assembly drives the first rotary arm 111 to rotate, so as to drive the manipulator 130 and the glue head 120 to move, so that the glue head 120 can move to the positions of the ink dipping station and the printing station, and the manipulator 130 can move to the positions of the feeding station, the printing station and the blanking station.

S200, the second rotary driving assembly drives the first rotary arm 111 so as to drive the manipulator 130 to move to the feeding station, and the lifting driving assembly 112 drives the manipulator 130 to descend so as to pick up a workpiece on the feeding station;

S210, the second rotary driving assembly drives the first rotary arm 111 so as to drive the manipulator 130 to move to a printing station, and the lifting driving assembly 112 drives the manipulator 130 to descend and place a workpiece on the workpiece fixture 300 so as to fix the workpiece by using the workpiece fixture 300;

S220, the first rotary driving assembly 400 drives the rubber head 120 and the manipulator 130 to switch positions, and the second rotary driving assembly drives the first rotary arm 111, so that the rubber head 120 is driven to move to an ink dipping station, and the lifting driving assembly 112 drives the rubber head 120 to descend, so that the rubber head 120 is dipped in ink provided by the ink supply mechanism 200;

S230, the second rotary driving assembly drives the first rotary arm 111 so as to drive the glue head 120 to move to a printing station, and the lifting driving assembly 112 drives the glue head 120 to descend so that the glue head 120 prints the dipped ink on a workpiece;

S240, the first rotary driving assembly 400 drives the rubber head 120 and the manipulator 130 to switch positions, and the lifting driving assembly 112 drives the manipulator 130 to descend so as to pick up a workpiece on a printing station;

S250, the second rotary driving assembly drives the first rotary arm 111, so that the manipulator 130 is driven to move the workpiece on the printing station to the blanking station.

Referring to fig. 5, in an embodiment, the ink supply mechanism 200 includes two ink supply assemblies 210, a second rotary driving assembly is disposed between the two ink supply assemblies 210 in a first direction (X direction in fig. 1), and the workpiece fixture 300 is mounted in a second direction (Y direction in fig. 1) of the second rotary driving assembly, wherein the first direction is perpendicular to the second direction.

By implementing the present embodiment, the second rotary driving assembly can drive the first rotary arm 111, so that the glue head 120 can be moved to the two ink supplying assemblies 210 and the workpiece fixture 300. Since the ink supply assembly 210 of the present embodiment has two, the present embodiment may be implemented to print more patterns and/or colors on a workpiece than embodiments having only one ink supply assembly 210.

Referring to fig. 3 and 4, in a specific embodiment, the moving assembly 110 further includes a third rotary drive assembly and a second rotary arm 113. The third rotary driving assembly is mounted at the other end of the first rotary arm 111, one end of the second rotary arm 113 is connected with the third rotary driving assembly, and the lifting driving assembly 112 is mounted at the other end of the second rotary arm 113.

In this embodiment, the second rotary driving assembly may drive the manipulator 130 and the glue head 120 to rotate by driving the first rotary arm 111, and the third rotary driving assembly may drive the manipulator 130 and the glue head to rotate by driving the second rotary arm 113. Therefore, by implementing the present embodiment, a wider moving range of the manipulator 130 and the glue head 120 can be obtained. Since the positions of the feeding station, the discharging station and the printing station are related to the moving range of the manipulator 130, and the positions of the printing station and the inking station are related to the moving range of the manipulator, the moving range of the manipulator 130 and the glue head 120 is wider, which means that the specific setting positions of the feeding station, the discharging station, the inking station and the printing station can be selected more.

Referring to fig. 5, in an embodiment, each ink supply assembly 210 includes two printing plates 211 and two ink cups 212, the two printing plates 211 are sequentially disposed in a first direction, the two ink cups 212 are disposed on the two printing plates 211, respectively, and the two ink cups 212 are movable along the two printing plates 211. As the ink cup 212 moves along the printing plate 211, ink stored in the ink cup 212 can flow onto the printing plate 211 for the ink to be applied by the ink head 120.

Specifically, the number of printing plates 211 and ink cups 212 of the present embodiment is greater than that of an embodiment in which one ink supply assembly 210 includes only one printing plate 211 and one ink cup 212, so that more patterns and/or colors can be printed on the workpiece.

It should be noted that, in this embodiment, each ink supply assembly 210 can be provided with two printing plates 211 and two ink cups 212, because the third rotary driving assembly and the second rotary arm 113 provide a larger moving range for the glue head 120, so that the glue head 120 can move to a plurality of printing plates 211.

Referring to fig. 5, in an embodiment, the ink supply assembly 210 further includes a linear driving member 213, where the linear driving member 213 is connected to the two ink cups 212 to drive the two ink cups 212 to move along the two printing plates 211, respectively.

By implementing the present embodiment, only one linear driving member 213 is required to drive two ink cups 212 to move along the printing plate 211, so that the production cost of the ink supply assembly 210 can be effectively reduced, and the energy consumed by the ink supply assembly 210 in use can be saved, compared with the embodiment in which one linear driving member 213 is separately provided for each ink cup 212.

Referring to fig. 5, in an embodiment, the pad printing machine 1000 further includes an ink cleaning mechanism 500, where the ink cleaning mechanism 500 is installed on one side of the workpiece fixture 300, and the ink cleaning mechanism 500 is used to clean residual ink on the glue head 120.

Specifically, after each printing of ink on the workpiece, there is some ink residue on the glue head 120, and in order to avoid negative effects caused by the residual ink when the glue head 120 prints on the workpiece next time, the ink cleaning mechanism 500 is provided to clean the residual ink on the glue head 120.

Referring to fig. 5, in an embodiment, an ink purging mechanism 500 is installed between the workpiece fixture 300 and the ink supply mechanism 200.

Specifically, after the workpiece is printed with the glue head 120, the moving assembly 110 needs to drive the glue head 120 to move to the ink dipping station to re-dip ink, so that the workpiece can be continuously printed, the ink cleaning mechanism 500 is arranged between the workpiece fixture 300 and the ink supply mechanism 200, and the cleaning of the residual ink can be performed during the process of returning the glue head 120 to the ink dipping station, compared with the embodiment of arranging the ink cleaning mechanism 500 at other positions, the process of arranging the ink cleaning mechanism 500 between the workpiece fixture 300 and the ink supply mechanism 200 can be effectively reduced, the printing efficiency of the pad printing machine 1000 is improved, and the production cost of the workpiece is reduced.

Referring to fig. 5, in a specific embodiment, the ink cleaning mechanism 500 includes a tape mounting wheel 510, a glue collecting wheel 520 and a rotating motor 530, the tape mounting wheel 510 and the glue collecting wheel 520 are both installed between the ink supply mechanism 200 and the workpiece fixture 300, and the tape mounting wheel 510 and the glue collecting wheel 520 are disposed at intervals, and the first rotary driving assembly 400 is connected to the glue collecting wheel 520 to drive the glue collecting wheel 520 to rotate.

Specifically, the tape mounting wheel 510 is used for mounting a tape roll, when in use, the end of the tape roll is pulled away and stuck to the tape winding wheel 520, and since the tape mounting wheel 510 and the tape winding wheel 520 are arranged at intervals, a layer of tape is arranged between the tape mounting wheel 510 and the tape winding wheel 520, residual ink on the tape head 120 can be removed by using the tape between the tape mounting wheel 510 and the tape winding wheel 520, and after the residual ink is stuck, the rotating motor 530 drives the tape winding wheel 520 to rotate, so that the used tape is wound on the tape winding wheel 520, and unused tape is pulled from the tape roll to between the tape mounting wheel 510 and the tape winding wheel 520 so as to prepare for cleaning the residual ink on the tape head 120 next time.

Referring to fig. 4, in one embodiment the robot is a gripper. The clamping jaw is stable and reliable, and can operate in a severe environment for a long time.

In another embodiment, the robot is a vacuum chuck that is capable of holding the workpiece in a stable manner without damaging the workpiece.

The embodiment of the utility model shows a pad printing machine 1000, as shown in fig. 1-5, the pad printing machine 1000 comprises a pad printing mechanism 100, a workpiece jig 300 and an ink supply mechanism 200, wherein the pad printing mechanism 100 is provided with an ink dipping station, a feeding station, a printing station and a discharging station, and the ink supply mechanism 200 and the workpiece jig 300 are respectively arranged at the ink dipping station and the printing station; the pad printing mechanism 100 includes a moving assembly 110, a rubber head 120 and a manipulator 130, specifically, the moving assembly 110 is connected with the rubber head 120 and the manipulator 130 to drive the rubber head 120 and the manipulator 130 to move synchronously, compared with the pad printing machine 1000 in the prior art that two moving assemblies are used to drive the manipulator 130 and the rubber head 120 respectively, the pad printing machine 1000 in the utility model can drive the rubber head 120 and the manipulator 130 synchronously by only using one moving assembly 110, so the manufacturing cost of the pad printing machine 1000 is much lower, and the popularization of the pad printing machine 1000 is facilitated.

It should be understood that the foregoing embodiments are merely illustrative of the technical solutions of the present utility model, and not limiting thereof, and that modifications and equivalents of some of the technical features described in the foregoing embodiments may be made by those skilled in the art; all such modifications and substitutions are intended to be included within the scope of this disclosure as defined in the following claims.

Claims

1. A pad printing machine, comprising:

The transfer printing mechanism comprises an ink dipping station, a feeding station, a printing station and a discharging station, and comprises a moving assembly, a rubber head and a manipulator, wherein the moving assembly is connected with the rubber head and the manipulator so as to drive the rubber head to synchronously move with the manipulator, the moving assembly can drive the rubber head to move to the position of the ink dipping station and the printing station, and the moving assembly can drive the manipulator to move to the position of the feeding station, the printing station and the discharging station;

the ink supply mechanism is arranged at the ink dipping station and is used for supplying ink;

the workpiece fixture is arranged at the printing station and is used for fixing a workpiece.

2. The pad printing machine of claim 1, wherein the pad printing mechanism further comprises a first rotary drive assembly coupled to the moving assembly, the first rotary drive assembly coupled to the glue head and the manipulator to drive the glue head to switch positions with the manipulator.

3. The pad printer of claim 2, wherein the moving assembly comprises:

The second rotary driving assembly is arranged on one side of the workpiece jig;

a first rotating arm, one end of which is connected with the second rotation driving assembly;

The lifting driving assembly is connected with the other end of the first rotating arm and is connected with the rubber head and the manipulator to drive the rubber head and the manipulator to lift;

The second rotary driving assembly is used for driving the first rotary arm to rotate, so that the manipulator and the rubber head are driven to move, the rubber head can move to the ink dipping station and the printing station, and the manipulator can move to the feeding station, the printing station and the discharging station.

4. A pad printing machine according to claim 3 wherein the ink supply mechanism comprises two ink supply assemblies, the second rotary drive assembly being disposed between the two ink supply assemblies in a first direction, the workpiece fixture being mounted in a second direction of the second rotary drive assembly; wherein the first direction is perpendicular to the second direction.

5. The pad printer of claim 4, wherein said moving assembly further comprises:

The third rotary driving assembly is arranged at the other end of the first rotary arm;

And one end of the second rotating arm is connected with the third rotary driving assembly, and the lifting driving assembly is arranged at the other end of the second rotating arm.

6. The pad printing machine of claim 5, wherein each of said ink supply assemblies comprises two printing plates and two ink cups, the two printing plates being arranged in sequence in said first direction, the two ink cups being respectively arranged on the two printing plates, and the two ink cups being movable along the two printing plates.

7. The pad printing machine of claim 6, wherein said ink supply assembly further comprises a linear drive member coupled to two of said ink cups for moving the two ink cups along the two printing plates, respectively.

8. The pad printer of any one of claims 1-7, further comprising an ink cleaning mechanism mounted to one side of the workpiece fixture, the ink cleaning mechanism configured to clean residual ink from the gum head.

9. The pad printer of claim 8, wherein the ink cleaning mechanism is mounted between the workpiece fixture and the ink supply mechanism.

10. The pad printing machine of claim 9, wherein the ink cleaning mechanism comprises an adhesive tape mounting wheel, a glue collecting wheel and a rotating motor, wherein the adhesive tape mounting wheel and the glue collecting wheel are arranged between the ink supply mechanism and the workpiece jig, the adhesive tape mounting wheel and the glue collecting wheel are arranged at intervals, and the rotating motor is connected with the glue collecting wheel to drive the glue collecting wheel to rotate.