EP0424812B1 - Vorrichtung zur Behandlung der Oberfläche eines metallischen Hohlkörpers - Google Patents
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- the invention relates to a method and a device for treating the surface of a metallic hollow body, in particular a can body, by thermal transfer of a motif printed on an auxiliary carrier by means of conventional printing processes and using sublimable organic dyes to a surface coating of the hollow body that is affine with dye, and a so produced Can body.
- the thermal transfer printing process is used in the decoration of synthetic textiles, plastics and solid substrates made of ceramic, wood, glass and metal that are treated with dye.
- the motif to be transferred is first printed with a conventional multi-color printing process, using sublimable organic dyes, on an auxiliary medium, usually paper, reversed.
- the subcarrier is placed with its printed side on the dye-affine surface of the appropriately treated substrate and the resulting temporary bond is heated to a temperature of approx. 190 ° C to 230 ° C.
- the thermal energy fulfills two functions, on the one hand it puts the dye molecules in a gaseous state, and on the other hand the thermal excitation of the substrate coating enables the diffusion of the dye molecules into the substrate coating.
- the transfer of a motif takes between 1 and 300 seconds in the case of a preheated substrate coating, the duration being determined primarily by the temperature and the nature of the dyes.
- the close contact between the auxiliary carrier and the substrate coating which is usually ensured by applying external pressure, prevents diffuse transfer of the transfer motif.
- devices of this type for decorating metallic hollow bodies in particular for decorating cylindrical hollow bodies for the production of so-called second cans, are known, which consist of a hollow body closed at the bottom with a lid applied after filling - the second part.
- Aluminum beverage and aerosol cans have been widely used as two-part cans.
- the known devices differ from one another with regard to the type of energy transfer to the metallic hollow body or transfer composite and / or the type of merging of auxiliary carrier and hollow body.
- a device is known from 21 01 530 in which the auxiliary carrier is wound around the hollow body in the form of a label with an auxiliary device.
- the label ends are by means of a water-soluble adhesive is glued to the dye-treated surface of the hollow body.
- the energy required for thermal transfer is absorbed by the composite formed in this way when it is passed through a hot air oven.
- the auxiliary carrier is removed from the hollow body with a water jet.
- the printed hollow body has a more or less wide, pressure-free strip, which has a disruptive effect on the appearance of the hollow body.
- the relatively long heating-up time of the transfer composite due to hot ambient air and the associated long transfer time favor a lateral migration of the dye molecules in the coating, which results in blurring of the transferred motif.
- German Offenlegungsschrift No. 32 29 815 become known device cylindrical objects, which are provided with a dye-affine coating, continuously in series one after the other through a heating zone and at the same time rolled on an auxiliary carrier partially under tension on the surface of the cylindrical objects.
- the thermal transfer takes place when the dye-printed side of the auxiliary carrier comes into contact with the surface of the cylindrical object in that the auxiliary carrier is heated to a temperature above the sublimation temperature of the dyes.
- the auxiliary carrier is subjected to thermal stress before the transfer process, which leads to premature sublimation of a part of dyes.
- the auxiliary carrier is fed tangentially to the surface of the cylindrical object. This results in a small area depending on the diameter of the cylindrical object, in which a contactless transfer takes place, which reduces the print quality.
- the composites ie hollow bodies with the label applied, pass through a first heating zone in which the composites slowly open up the necessary sublimation temperature, and then a second heating zone in which the composites are heated to a temperature of the adhesives.
- This total thermal load leads to lateral migration of the dye molecules and thus results in blurring of the transferred print.
- a further device for thermal transfer printing of beverage cans is described in European Patent Application No. 9 166.
- This known device is characterized in that individual support carriers are not placed around cans, but cans are placed one after the other on an auxiliary support belt.
- the auxiliary carrier belt with the cans lying thereon passes through a tube in that the wrapping of the cans, heating and cooling of the wrapped cans takes place.
- the ribbon-shaped auxiliary carrier opens and the cans are removed from the flat-running auxiliary carrier.
- Disadvantages of this device are the tensile loads acting on the auxiliary carrier belt, which arise from friction in the tube and from shrinkage of the auxiliary carrier when heated to sublimation temperature.
- there is a relatively long thermal subcarrier load which, together with the tensile loads, leads to pronounced blurring of the printed image.
- motif images are obtained on hollow bodies of cylindrical or multi-sided type, the print quality of which corresponds to the known excellent print quality of motif images on substrates, ie flat objects. Furthermore, pressure-free strips and strips of contactless transfers running in the longitudinal direction on the surface are avoided. Strips of this type have so far placed aesthetic limits on the thermal printing of hollow bodies which have now been overcome.
- the mandrels with hollow bodies and auxiliary carriers are subjected to cooling after triggering the transfer process, which cooling e.g. can take place in the air during progressing cycle steps, which largely suppresses the lateral migration of the molecules in order to achieve sharp motif images.
- the heating station can consist of stationary rod-shaped or half-shell-shaped inductors with which medium or high frequency can be introduced into the hollow body.
- the heating station consists of an induction coil which travels over the mandrel with hollow body and auxiliary carrier by means of an axial stroke movement, which surprisingly also leads to more uniform print quality than if mandrel with tubular body passes through the induction coil.
- the heating can be done by using high or medium frequency.
- the use of high frequency is preferred over the use of medium frequency with respect to the process part of the transfer process taking place at a falling temperature, if accelerated heat removal from the preheated composite volume is desired with the same process parameters according to the invention as the total duration of the transfer process. Is an opposite Slower heat removal is indicated, so the use of medium frequency is preferable.
- the induction coil is designed as an annular coil of shorter axial extension concentrically surrounding the hollow body and running over the ends of the hollow body. This ensures unhindered entry of a hollow body into the heating station, while avoiding overheating of the tubular body. Overheating would occur if the induction coil performed a backward lifting movement without completely running over the hollow body - for example beyond its open end.
- the invention provides that the energy output of the induction coil during the lifting movement is designed to be automatically controllable according to a predetermined power-time function.
- the energy delivery of the induction coil to the hollow body which is synchronized with the lifting movement, lasts less than 1000 milliseconds, preferably 200 to 400 milliseconds, which leads to the heating of the metallic hollow body from ambient temperature to 150 ° C. to 250 ° C., but preferably to 210 ° C to 230 ° C leads.
- the advantageous, brief, sudden heating of the hollow body, together with the auxiliary carrier, to the temperatures required for the thermal transfer process which can be achieved with the device according to the invention, prevents pre-sublimation of the dye molecules and their lateral migration in the dye-affine layer, phenomena that occur during long heating-up times.
- heat-conducting, energy-conducting mandrels are provided for the transfer of contact heat to the inside of the hollow body.
- Hollow bodies with auxiliary carriers can thus be heated to 150 ° C. to 250 ° C., preferably 210 ° C. to 230 ° C., before and during the introduction of the frequency energy, in order to shorten the heating process.
- the mandrels are heat-insulating.
- heat-insulating mandrels are kept in a temperature range from 100 ° C. to 150 ° C., preferably from 110 ° C. to 130 ° C.
- the device according to the invention is advantageously designed such that, for all-round printing, the auxiliary carrier is placed around the circumference of the hollow body under tensile stress and the overlap area from the ends of the auxiliary carrier is held under pressure on the surface.
- the subcarrier thus lies on the circumferential surface as a whole under pressure or pressure, which increases when the subcarrier shrinks due to water removal during the heating process.
- This pressure of the auxiliary carrier on the hollow body is achieved according to the invention in that the holding finger has at least the same axial dimension as the mandrel and is designed to be movable to the surface of the mandrel.
- the holding finger is made entirely of materials that do not couple in a medium or high frequency field.
- the holding fingers consist of glass fiber-reinforced and high-temperature-resistant polymers and have a high torsional and flexural strength.
- a charging station which is circular and at equal intervals on the turntable arranged mandrels loaded with hollow bodies. Furthermore, according to the invention, a station for removing the auxiliary carriers from the hollow body is provided in front of an unloading station. In the unloading station, the printed hollow bodies are removed from the mandrels and fed from there for further processing.
- the thermal transfer process is set to a process duration of 1 to 10 seconds, preferably 2 to 4 seconds.
- a process duration of this magnitude is particularly advantageous for the high-quality transfer printing aimed for.
- the preferred device 10 consists of a vertically arranged turntable 11 which is driven clocked about an axis 12.
- a charging station 13, a winding station 14, a heating station 15, a station 16 for removing auxiliary carriers 20 and an unloading station 17 act together with the turntable 11.
- the charging station 13, the winding station 14, the heating station 15, the station 16 for removing the auxiliary carriers 20 and the unloading station 17 are arranged one after the other in the direction of rotation of the turntable 11, so that a can body 26 runs through the device 10 in a clocked sequence in this order.
- the turntable 11 carries mandrel holders 18 arranged along its circumference at uniform distances from one another, which carry mandrels 19 extending perpendicular to the surface of the turntable 11.
- the turntable 11 carries, for example, twelve mandrels 19 which are arranged in a circle and concentrically around the axis 12, so that the mandrel 19 loaded with a can body 26 in the arrangement of the charging station 13 and unloading station 17 shown, each at an angle are arranged from 15 ° to the vertical axis of the turntable 11 and form an angle of 30 ° between them, in the present case two cycle steps are required to move into the winding station 14.
- a can body 26 runs onto an auxiliary carrier 20 in the direction of rotation of the turntable 11.
- the auxiliary carriers 20 are moved in a horizontal direction from a stack 31 of auxiliary carriers on a two support strips by a schematically indicated feed device 21 22 promoted, between which a position holder 23 is arranged.
- the support strips 22 of at least the same length as the mandrels 19 hold the auxiliary support 20 by the auxiliary support 20 being sucked in by the support strips 22 by means of a vacuum.
- the support strips 22 are designed as hollow bodies which are connected to a vacuum pump, the support surfaces of the support strips 22 having bores 38, via which the vacuum becomes effective when the auxiliary support 20 is resting thereon.
- the support strips 22 are arranged below a mandrel 19 inserted into the angular station 14 at a distance which is determined from the half diameter of the mandrel 19 with the can body 26 applied and the thickness of the auxiliary carrier 20.
- the outer lateral distance of the support strips 22 from the vertical center line of the mandrel 19 corresponds to half the width of the auxiliary carrier 20, whereby the width of the auxiliary carrier 20 is understood to mean the side length that corresponds to the circumference of the can body 26 including additions to the side length to form the overlap region 25 corresponds.
- the position holder 23 of at least the same length as the mandrel 19 is arranged in the working position centrally between the support strips 22, is in contact with the side of the auxiliary carrier 20 facing away from the can body 26 and is designed to be movable about a pivot bearing 33 via a lever 32. Between the position holder 23 and each of the two support strips 22 there is a winding knife 34 of the same length dimension as the support strips 22.
- a holding finger 24 of at least the same length as the mandrel 19 also cooperates with the mandrel 19.
- the holding finger 24 is arranged above the mandrel 19 and is designed to be movable in the vertical direction in such a way that it can be brought into engagement with the overlap region 25 of the auxiliary carrier 20 by pressing and releasing the latter on and from the outer peripheral wall of a can body 26.
- a can body 26 mounted on the mandrel 19 runs into the winding station 14 and is brought together there with an auxiliary carrier 20 which rests on the support strips 22 and the position holder 23.
- the position holder 23 presses the auxiliary carrier 20 against the can body 26 in order to prevent the auxiliary carrier 20 from moving relative to the surface of the can body 26 during the wrapping process.
- each of the winding knives 34 travels about half of the outer circumference of the can body and thus places the auxiliary carrier 20 against the can body 26, forming an unformed overlap 25 from the longitudinal edges of the auxiliary carrier 20 corresponding to the length of the can body 26.
- the winding knives 34 fold the auxiliary carrier 20 around the circumference of the can body 26 such that the auxiliary carrier 20 is under tension.
- the holding finger 24 is moved in the vertical direction.
- the holding finger 24 presses the overlapping ends together and thus forms a shaped overlap 25 extending in the axial direction, the shape and dimensions of the overlap 25 corresponding to a correspondingly formed recess 35 on the inner surface of the holding finger 24.
- the edge regions of the edge bordering on the overlap 25 are pressed against the can body 26 by the walls 36 delimiting the recess 35 in the longitudinal direction of the mandrel 19, which, according to the invention, also contributes significantly to a high-quality transfer printing of the overlap region.
- the winding knives 34 and the position holder 23 move back, so that the overlap 25 and edge regions are held under pressure on the can body 26.
- the can body 26 After swiveling back the position holder 23 and the winding knife 34, the can body 26, which is provided with an auxiliary support 20 in the winding station 14, is fed with the holding finger 24 to the heating station 15.
- a plurality of heating stations 15 can also be provided in succession.
- the heating station 15 consists of a hollow cylindrical coil 27 of shorter axial extension than the can body 26, which interacts with a lifting device 28.
- the coil 27 When the can body 26 enters the position arrangement of the heating station 15, the coil 27 is located in front of the mandrel 19 with the can body 26 pushed on, so that an unimpeded entry into the position arrangement is ensured.
- the lifting device 28 then causes the spool 27 to completely move over the open end of the can body 26 with its inner recess in the axial direction in the form of a forward and backward movement, with the holding finger 24, the spool moving again when the backward movement is completed is in front of the can body 26, so that the heating device 15 can be retracted.
- the coil 27 heats the composite consisting of the can body 26 and the auxiliary support 20 inductively, ie without contact, for which purpose the coil is connected to a high or medium frequency generator (not shown).
- the coil 27 briefly heats the can body 26 / auxiliary carrier 20 composite to the temperature required to initiate the transfer process during the overtravel, the holding finger 24 being made of a non-metallic material, preferably a polymide or a ceramic material, to avoid heating up.
- the energy output of the coil 27 can take place during the lifting movement according to a predetermined power-time function, with more energy being introduced by the coil 27 when the closed end of the can body is first passed over in order to increase the heat absorption of the can base compared to the can wall during the drive over to compensate.
- the heat absorption of the floor can be reduced according to the invention if heat is applied to the floor before it enters the heating station 15, which can be done, for example, by a hot or hot air stream directed at the floor.
- the energy output synchronized with the stroke movement of the coil 27 should last less than 1000 milliseconds, preferably 200 to 400 milliseconds, during which the can body 26 is heated from ambient temperature to 150 ° C. to 250 ° C., preferably to 210 ° C. to 230 ° C. .
- Energy-conducting mandrels 19 can be heated at least from the charging station 13 to a temperature of 150 ° C. to 250 ° C., preferably to 210 ° C. to 230 ° C., and 250 ° C. heatable, preferably to 210 ° C. to 230 ° C., which transmit this temperature to the inside of the can body 26 by contact heat transfer.
- the heating-up time can be shortened and the energy supplied on the surface of the can body 26 for heating the dye-affine layer and the auxiliary carrier 20 remains concentrated to the sublimation temperature of the dye molecules and does not flow to a substantial amount through the wall of the can body into the mandrel 19.
- a comparable effect is achieved if the contact heat transfer takes place by means of mandrels 19 which act in an insulating manner and are held in a temperature range from 110 ° C. to 150 ° C., preferably in a temperature range from 110 ° C. to 130 ° C.
- Mandrels made of non-metallic materials, e.g. Plastics, whose thermal conductivities are significantly lower than the thermal conductivities of the materials of the can body.
- mandrels 19 of this type achieve their best possible effect when they are kept at the temperatures mentioned.
- the thermal transfer process is initiated by sudden heating, the dye molecules arranged on the auxiliary carrier 20 made of paper or plastic film evaporate and diffuse into the dye-affine layer on the surface of the can body 26.
- Layers of epoxy resins, silicone resins, phenoplasts, aminoplasts, low, medium and high molecular dyes are useful dye groups.
- Useful dye groups are monoazo and azomethine dyes, the molecules of which can be heavily occupied with amino, alkoxy, nitro, halogen and cyano groups.
- the thermal transfer process after the introduction of energy in the heating station 15, is set to a process duration of 1 second to 10 seconds, preferably to 2 seconds to 4 seconds, and takes place after the heating without further supply of heat at a falling temperature. This procedure has proven to be particularly advantageous for high-quality transfers.
- the device 16 for removing the auxiliary carrier 20 consists of an air guide nozzle 29 which extends in the direction of the retracted can body and, after the holding finger 24 has been lifted off the overlap 25, removes the auxiliary carrier 20 from the can body 26 by means of an air flow, thus completing the sublimation transfer process becomes.
- a vacuum extraction 30 receives the blown-off auxiliary carriers 20 for continuing from the device 16.
- a now completely printed can body 26 is fed to the unloading station 17, in which the can body 26 is removed from the mandrel 19 by means not shown and is transferred to other devices for its removal.
- the device according to the invention By means of the device according to the invention, it has now become possible to print all around the can body in high print quality by means of the thermal transfer printing process. At the same time, the quality of the transfer printing of the overlap area has been made so high that this transfer printing section no longer has a disruptive influence on the overall appearance of a printed can, which is due to the fact that the color particles in the area of the overlap forming a printing strip 37 by appropriate pressing , Heating and other described process control have the same or lower color intensity than the color particles outside the overlap.
- the color intensity of the color particles applied in the area of the overlap 25 is 100% to 60%, preferably 95% to 90% in the case of light colors, 100% to 40%, preferably 90% to 75% in the case of dark colors the color intensity of the color particles applied outside the overlap area.
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