EP1427649B1 - Bouchon et procede de production d'un bouchon - Google Patents

Bouchon et procede de production d'un bouchon Download PDF

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EP1427649B1
EP1427649B1 EP02764688A EP02764688A EP1427649B1 EP 1427649 B1 EP1427649 B1 EP 1427649B1 EP 02764688 A EP02764688 A EP 02764688A EP 02764688 A EP02764688 A EP 02764688A EP 1427649 B1 EP1427649 B1 EP 1427649B1
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Wilfried Philipp
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B44—DECORATIVE ARTS
    • B44C—PRODUCING DECORATIVE EFFECTS; MOSAICS; TARSIA WORK; PAPERHANGING
    • B44C1/00—Processes, not specifically provided for elsewhere, for producing decorative surface effects
    • B44C1/22—Removing surface-material, e.g. by engraving, by etching
    • B44C1/228—Removing surface-material, e.g. by engraving, by etching by laser radiation
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D51/00—Closures not otherwise provided for
    • B65D51/24—Closures not otherwise provided for combined or co-operating with auxiliary devices for non-closing purposes
    • B65D51/245—Closures not otherwise provided for combined or co-operating with auxiliary devices for non-closing purposes provided with decoration, information or contents indicating devices, labels

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  • the invention relates to a method for producing a Cap, in which the cap on their Top is covered with a varnish.
  • screw caps for Beverage bottles after they have been injected be decorated and labeled.
  • Printing methods such as dry offset, more indirectly Gravure printing, hot stamping, flexo printing and ink jet printing.
  • This Processes require paints, solvents and printing tools.
  • the switch to new templates is with a certain Set-up time and there are new printing clichés for this needed. It is known that such prints on and can be multicolored.
  • the required solvents as well as the Printing clichés that occur during the conversion must be in the Usually it is time-consuming to dispose of.
  • EP-A-1 147 924 is one Closure cap made of plastic (ABS) known on which successively a nickel layer, a copper layer and one Chrome layer can be applied electrolytically. By means of the Lasers either remove the top chrome layer or the chrome layer and the copper layer are removed. A varnish coating is not disclosed.
  • EP-A-0 947 352 discloses a method of printing a closure and to produce a suitable for laser printing Closure.
  • the invention has for its object a Sealing cap and a method for the production of a provide such a cap, in which the Environment is less polluted, the changeover time to a minimum is reduced and the production is also cheaper is.
  • the top of the cap bears the cap has a varnish coating; which by means of a Laser is partially removed, so that not only the Lacquer coating but also part of the material which the cap is made are visible.
  • a corresponding Part of the lacquer coating a decor can be created.
  • This Decor is either from an image or from a lettering educated. From the production of such a decor is the Mark an object using a laser distinguish because of the marking. a high energy Laser beam through a mask for an extremely short time is emitted onto the object to be marked. About the Mask, the information to be marked is determined. through the laser beam itself becomes the information or the Image not created, but using the mask. At the No mask is used to decorate an object, rather the laser beam creates the image structure.
  • Screw caps are a particularly preferred area of application for beverage bottles, which are on the top usually carry the brand name of the beverage manufacturer.
  • This Separating layer is preferably colorless and transparent, which the The advantage is that the paint layer underneath is protected if only the overlying paint layer is removed. If the paint layer above is a have fluctuating layer thickness, then the Separation layer quasi as a buffer, so that the underlying one Lacquer layer is not attacked by the laser beam.
  • the lacquer layer and / or a separation layer your own removal parameters on.
  • various removal parameters only the desired layers of paint to be removed. Not Color layers to be removed remain due to their or their other ablation parameters on top of the Cap.
  • the lacquer layer and / or the separating layer is preferred through a painting process, by printing, by gluing or applied by spraying. There is also a diving process possible. There are no clichés for this type of order required, because the print image to be created later is generated by means of the laser. It just has to Coating can be applied to the cap surface.
  • the lacquer layer is advantageously colored. In this way can not only black and white images but also color images be generated.
  • the Cap made of one or more different or different colored plastics. On this way a multicolor print can even be made with a single layer of paint can be generated.
  • part of the paint is applied by means of a laser so far and so worn away that the under the paint layer lying material becomes visible and a decor is created.
  • the printed image becomes not created with a printing process but with a Laser, the laser by means of the laser beam a part a previously applied layer of paint removed.
  • the achieved at the outset i.e. the environment will less burdened because less waste has to be disposed of.
  • the changeover time from one print image to another print image is drastically reduced and the cost of manufacturing such closures are reduced.
  • a further development of the method according to the invention provides before that by means of the laser the top coat of paint up to an underlying layer of lacquer or up to the plastic of the workpiece is removed. That way you can multicolored print images are also generated by the Laser beam more or less far into the several Lacquer layers penetrate and parts of one or more Paint layers removed.
  • the removal of the lacquer layers is preferably punctiform or carried out in a linear or flat manner. In this way high removal rates can be achieved depending on the requirement .or targeted, precise removal can be carried out become.
  • the Manufacturing method according to the invention for the Cap protects the environment and that the changeover to a new print image can be made quickly and easily and that with the method such caps according to the invention can be manufactured cheaper.

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • General Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Toxicology (AREA)
  • Closures For Containers (AREA)
  • Thermal Transfer Or Thermal Recording In General (AREA)
  • Protection Of Pipes Against Damage, Friction, And Corrosion (AREA)
  • Package Frames And Binding Bands (AREA)

Claims (12)

  1. Procédé destiné à la fabrication d'un bouchon, notamment un bouchon à visser pour bouteilles de boissons, en plastique, comportant au moins une couche de vernis appliquée à la surface sur sa partie supérieure de bouchon, caractérisé en ce que la couche de vernis est en vernis pouvant être enlevé par laser et la couche de vernis forme un décor usiné par un laser, la couche de vernis étant usinée par un laser.
  2. Procédé selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que plusieurs couches de vernis sont appliquées les unes au-dessus des autres et/ou les unes à côté des autres sur la partie supérieure de bouchon.
  3. Procédé selon la revendication 2, caractérisé en ce que, dans le cas de couches de vernis appliquées les unes au-dessus des autres, il est prévu entre celles-ci une couche de séparation.
  4. Procédé selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que la ou les couches de vernis et/ou la ou les couches de séparation présentent leurs propres paramètres d'enlèvement.
  5. Procédé selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que la couche de vernis et/ou une couche de séparation présentent une épaisseur définie.
  6. Procédé selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que la couche de vernis et/ou une couche de séparation sont appliquées par une opération de vernissage, par impression, par pulvérisation ou par collage.
  7. Procédé selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que la couche de vernis est colorée.
  8. Procédé selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que celle-ci est fabriquée à partir d'un ou plusieurs plastiques différents ou colorés différemment.
  9. Procédé selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que, au moyen d'un laser, une partie du vernis est enlevée de telle manière que la matière présente sous la couche de vernis devienne visible et qu'un décor apparaisse.
  10. Procédé selon la revendication 9, caractérisé en ce que plusieurs couches de vernis sont appliquées les unes au-dessus des autres et/ou les unes à côté des autres sur la partie supérieure du bouchon.
  11. Procédé selon la revendication 10, caractérisé en ce que, au moyen du laser, la couche de vernis supérieure est enlevée jusqu'à une couche de vernis située dessous ou jusqu'au plastique de la pièce.
  12. Procédé selon l'une des revendications 9 à 11, caractérisé en ce que l'enlèvement est réalisé par points ou par lignes ou par nappes.
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DE10146819A DE10146819C2 (de) 2001-09-19 2001-09-19 Verschlusskappe und Verfahren zum Herstellen einer Verschlusskappe
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PCT/EP2002/007823 WO2003024828A1 (fr) 2001-09-19 2002-07-13 Bouchon et procede de production d'un bouchon

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