EP1162047A1 - Dispositif pour distribuer suivant un dessin déterminé des matériaux pulvérulents sur un support - Google Patents

Dispositif pour distribuer suivant un dessin déterminé des matériaux pulvérulents sur un support Download PDF

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EP1162047A1
EP1162047A1 EP00202044A EP00202044A EP1162047A1 EP 1162047 A1 EP1162047 A1 EP 1162047A1 EP 00202044 A EP00202044 A EP 00202044A EP 00202044 A EP00202044 A EP 00202044A EP 1162047 A1 EP1162047 A1 EP 1162047A1
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Franco Stefani
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B28—WORKING CEMENT, CLAY, OR STONE
    • B28B—SHAPING CLAY OR OTHER CERAMIC COMPOSITIONS; SHAPING SLAG; SHAPING MIXTURES CONTAINING CEMENTITIOUS MATERIAL, e.g. PLASTER
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    • B28B11/04—Apparatus or processes for treating or working the shaped or preshaped articles for coating or applying engobing layers
    • B28B11/048—Apparatus or processes for treating or working the shaped or preshaped articles for coating or applying engobing layers by spraying or projecting
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
    • B05B12/00—Arrangements for controlling delivery; Arrangements for controlling the spray area
    • B05B12/16—Arrangements for controlling delivery; Arrangements for controlling the spray area for controlling the spray area
    • B05B12/32—Shielding elements, i.e. elements preventing overspray from reaching areas other than the object to be sprayed
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05C—APPARATUS FOR APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05C19/00—Apparatus specially adapted for applying particulate materials to surfaces
    • B05C19/04—Apparatus specially adapted for applying particulate materials to surfaces the particulate material being projected, poured or allowed to flow onto the surface of the work
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B28—WORKING CEMENT, CLAY, OR STONE
    • B28B—SHAPING CLAY OR OTHER CERAMIC COMPOSITIONS; SHAPING SLAG; SHAPING MIXTURES CONTAINING CEMENTITIOUS MATERIAL, e.g. PLASTER
    • B28B11/00—Apparatus or processes for treating or working the shaped or preshaped articles
    • B28B11/001—Applying decorations on shaped articles, e.g. by painting
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B28—WORKING CEMENT, CLAY, OR STONE
    • B28B—SHAPING CLAY OR OTHER CERAMIC COMPOSITIONS; SHAPING SLAG; SHAPING MIXTURES CONTAINING CEMENTITIOUS MATERIAL, e.g. PLASTER
    • B28B11/00—Apparatus or processes for treating or working the shaped or preshaped articles
    • B28B11/04—Apparatus or processes for treating or working the shaped or preshaped articles for coating or applying engobing layers
    • B28B11/044—Apparatus or processes for treating or working the shaped or preshaped articles for coating or applying engobing layers with glaze or engobe or enamel or varnish
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B28—WORKING CEMENT, CLAY, OR STONE
    • B28B—SHAPING CLAY OR OTHER CERAMIC COMPOSITIONS; SHAPING SLAG; SHAPING MIXTURES CONTAINING CEMENTITIOUS MATERIAL, e.g. PLASTER
    • B28B11/00—Apparatus or processes for treating or working the shaped or preshaped articles
    • B28B11/04—Apparatus or processes for treating or working the shaped or preshaped articles for coating or applying engobing layers
    • B28B11/047—Apparatus or processes for treating or working the shaped or preshaped articles for coating or applying engobing layers by pooring, e.g. curtain coating

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  • the invention is useful in the production of ceramic tiles.
  • a decoration on a temporary support for example on a steel belt, or canvas, or other, on which support the base powders (atomised or similar) will be spread so that the decoration is face-down.
  • Dry decoration using powders is at present done using flat silk-screening machines, similar to those used for liquid glazes, or using rotary machines which generally use cylindrical silk screens, again similar to those used with wet glazes.
  • the main aim of the present invention is to provide an apparatus which distributes powders on a support according to a predefined pattern, overcoming the drawbacks inherent in the prior art.
  • the invention has the advantages of being simple as well as easy to apply on production lines.
  • 1 denotes a mobile rest plane constituted by a usual conveyor belt which supplies the supports 2, for example tiles or slabs, with a continuous straight motion.
  • An applicator head 3 is located above the conveyor belt 1, for applying the powders according to the predefined patterns onto the underlying supports 2 transiting on the conveyor belt 1.
  • the applicator head 3 comprises a moving surface, in effect a belt 4 bearing a plurality of small perforations arranged in a predefined pattern and of such dimensions that determined quantities of the powders can pass through them.
  • the moving belt 4 is in effect the equivalent of a silk screen.
  • the moving belt 4 is a ring-wound non-stretch belt supported and driven by a pair of motorized pulleys 6 which are solidly mounted coaxially on a rotation axis which is parallel to the conveyor belt 1.
  • a special laser technique is preferably used to make the holes in the moving belt 4. This laser technique enables a very high level of precision to be obtained, and a resulting high definition in the final powder distribution.
  • the ring-wound moving surface 4 is tensioned between the motorised pulley pair 6, between which pulley pair 6 a fixed support drum 11 (on which the belt 4 drags) is interposed, as is a distributor organ 7 having the task of conveying the powders to the internal side of the belt 4.
  • the belt 4 is driven by the pulleys 6 which for this purpose are externally equipped with projecting radial pins 16, which insert in special slots 14 made at equal distances in the edges of the belt 4.
  • the slots 14 are elongate in the direction of motion. In the illustrated embodiments the slots 14 are elliptical, guaranteeing optimum operating precision.
  • Special means for controlling supply of powders to the applicator head 3 comprise a powder supplier-batcher 8, located above the distributor organ 7; the supplier-batcher 8 is activated according to the level of powders inside the applicator head 3 and on the belt 4, with respect to a predetermined level.
  • the supplier-batcher 8 is activated to discharge powders internally of the applicator head 3 when the sensor system 9 signals that a lower limit has been reached, while it stops discharging powders when the sensor system 9 signals that an upper limit level has been reached.
  • the supplier-batcher 8 is constituted by a continuous conveyor belt having a step operation. Discharge of the material is done laterally by effect of rotations of the conveyor about its own longitudinal axis, which rotations are achieved between one step and the next.
  • the supplier-batcher can be constituted by a prepacked cartridge which is very easy to insert and substitute.
  • the distributor organ 7 is constituted by a doctor in the shape of a blade 17 which operates in direct contact with the internal side of the lower part of the perforated belt 4.
  • the distributor organ 7 is constituted by a sort of fixed double doctor 27 which operates in direct contact with the internal side of the lower part of the perforated belt 4 and which identifies a central chamber for containing powders, which is funnelled in a downwards direction to present a narrowed zone at which the powders are in contact with the internal side of the belt 4.
  • the distributor organ 7 is constituted by a blade rotor 37 which is mobile in rotation about an axis which is parallel to the belt 4 and the rest plane, i.e. the conveyor belt 1.
  • the various distribution organs have the aim of favouring and regularizing the downwards expulsion of the powders through the perforations made in the belt 4.
  • Cleaning the patterned perforations in the belt 4 is done continuously by a suction effect exerted on the belt 4 by a plurality of suction mouths 5 located in the upper zone of the external cylindrical surface of the fixed support drum 11, the inside of which is kept depressed.
  • Usual actuating systems are used for correlating the motion of the motorised pulleys drawing the perforated belt 4 and the supply motion of the conveyor belt 1.
  • This correlation which also involves the synchronisation of the motion of the perforated belt 4 which a centred position of each single support 2 below the applicator head 3, determines a correct deposit of the powders on the support according to a predefined pattern.
  • the invention has the advantage that deposit of the powders is done by free fall, without any contact taking place between the belt and the underlying support.
  • a further advantage of the invention lies in the fact that it enables powders to be distributed according to predefined patterns on continuous belt supports, theoretically of infinite length.

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EP00202044A 2000-06-08 2000-06-08 Dispositif pour distribuer suivant un dessin déterminé des matériaux pulvérulents sur un support Expired - Lifetime EP1162047B1 (fr)

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ES00202044T ES2225017T3 (es) 2000-06-08 2000-06-08 Aparato para distribuir polvos sobre un soporte segun un modelo predefinido.
EP00202044A EP1162047B1 (fr) 2000-06-08 2000-06-08 Dispositif pour distribuer suivant un dessin déterminé des matériaux pulvérulents sur un support
DE60014336T DE60014336T2 (de) 2000-06-08 2000-06-08 Vorrichtung zum Verteilen von pülverförmigen Materialen in einem vorherbestimmten Muster auf einen Träger
PT00202044T PT1162047E (pt) 2000-06-08 2000-06-08 Um aparelho destinado a distribuir materiais em po sobre um suporte segundo um desenho previamente determinado

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