EP2566700B1 - Procédé et dispositif permettant de réaliser des surfaces tridimensionnelles - Google Patents

Procédé et dispositif permettant de réaliser des surfaces tridimensionnelles Download PDF

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EP2566700B1
EP2566700B1 EP11722754.6A EP11722754A EP2566700B1 EP 2566700 B1 EP2566700 B1 EP 2566700B1 EP 11722754 A EP11722754 A EP 11722754A EP 2566700 B1 EP2566700 B1 EP 2566700B1
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Berthold Thölen
Dieter Krichel
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J3/00—Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed
    • B41J3/407—Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed for marking on special material
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J11/00—Devices or arrangements  of selective printing mechanisms, e.g. ink-jet printers or thermal printers, for supporting or handling copy material in sheet or web form
    • B41J11/0015—Devices or arrangements  of selective printing mechanisms, e.g. ink-jet printers or thermal printers, for supporting or handling copy material in sheet or web form for treating before, during or after printing or for uniform coating or laminating the copy material before or after printing
    • B41J11/002—Curing or drying the ink on the copy materials, e.g. by heating or irradiating
    • B41J11/0021—Curing or drying the ink on the copy materials, e.g. by heating or irradiating using irradiation
    • B41J11/00214—Curing or drying the ink on the copy materials, e.g. by heating or irradiating using irradiation using UV radiation

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  • the invention relates to a method and an apparatus for producing three-dimensional surfaces.
  • a method or a device for this purpose are already known from WO 2008/155276 A2 known.
  • an image is printed on a decorative paper by means of a digital printing machine, which is passed as an endless web below the digital printing press.
  • the decorative paper provided with the image is applied together with an overlay paper to a carrier element and pressed with this.
  • the desired structure is embossed or pressed into the carrier element by the pressing of the composite consisting of the carrier element, the decor paper and the overlay paper.
  • the pressing device must have a correspondingly formed pressing plate or die.
  • the production of such matrices or press plates is relatively expensive, expensive and requires a relatively long time, especially for small batches or small piece sizes of the support element.
  • the carrier paper or overlay paper used is subject to variations in length or width, which is very difficult or only with relatively high outlay to coincide with the printed image of the die to bring is.
  • a method for producing three-dimensional surfaces according to the preamble of claim 1 and claim 2 is known from the document US 2005/014005 A1 known.
  • the invention has the object, a method and a device for producing three-dimensional surfaces such that this is economically applicable to relatively small batches, has high flexibility and high accuracy and has haptic favorable properties ,
  • This object is achieved in a method and a device for producing a three-dimensional surface having the features of the independent claims.
  • the invention is based on the idea to form the image generated by at least one digital printing machine as a three-dimensional structure, so that it is possible to dispense with the production of expensive semi-finished products, for example specially shaped embossing dies or the like.
  • such three-dimensional surfaces can be produced by means of in particular a plurality of digital printing machines arranged one behind the other so that the image or the three-dimensional structure can be connected directly or indirectly to the carrier element.
  • the number of superimposed layers is not limited in principle. For example, it is quite possible with a typical layer thickness of 15 ⁇ m, for example To arrange six such layers one above the other, resulting in a haptic clearly recognizable structure.
  • the production process is accelerated or simplified insofar as the layers can be applied with very short drying times or within a relatively compactly arranged device.
  • the structure is formed directly on a carrier element, in particular a plate, such as e.g. a furniture panel or a floor element can be applied.
  • a carrier element in particular a plate, such as e.g. a furniture panel or a floor element
  • This eliminates the need for elaborate dies or tools for the formation of the three-dimensional structure, which allows the economic use or economic production of relatively small batches.
  • additional intermediate elements such as e.g. a backing paper or the like, the production additionally simplified or made more economical.
  • the structure is applied to a sheet-like or film-like web.
  • a sheet-like or film-like web is used for example for the coating of furniture and may optionally be provided on the side facing the furniture with a connecting layer.
  • a use of a device for generating three-dimensional surfaces is defined in claim 8.
  • Advantageous developments of the method according to the invention or the use according to the invention of a device for producing three-dimensional surfaces are given in the respective subclaims.
  • the gloss level of each layer on the drying or curing of the pigmented binders in particular their drying time, can be adjusted.
  • the visual impression for a viewer can be additionally improved, so that the impression arises that the three-dimensional surface, for example, of a natural Material, such as a wood veneer exists.
  • laminate flooring for example, which should give the viewer or user the impression of a real wooden floor.
  • a device 10 for generating a three-dimensional surface 1 on a support element 5 is shown.
  • the carrier element 5 is in the in the Fig. 1 illustrated embodiment to a plate, such as a furniture plate or a floor element, in particular a floor element as part of a laminate floor.
  • the carrier element 5 is a sheet-like or foil-like web, as used for coating furniture workpieces, wherein the web can have a connecting layer on the side assigned to the furniture workpiece.
  • the end product thus has a three-dimensional surface 1.
  • the carrier element 5 is conveyed in the direction of the arrow 12 by means of a conveying device 11 which is in particular continuously driven and not shown in detail.
  • the device 10 comprises four devices, each designed as digital printing presses 13 to 16, in particular each a plurality of printer nozzle units 18. Furthermore, each of the digital printing presses 13 to 16 in the conveying direction (arrow 12) of the support member 5 is followed by a particular controllable UV drying device 20 at.
  • the structure 2 has in the in the Fig. 2 illustrated embodiment, four equally thick print layers 22 to 25.
  • the number of print layers 22 to 25 may also be larger or smaller, depending on the number of digital printing machines used 13 to 16.
  • the four print layers 22 to 25 are each formed the same thickness, but they may also have different thicknesses.
  • the experiments carried out in the context of the invention were made by means of a piezoelectric inkjet printer of the "LEC-330" series from Roland.
  • UV-curing binders were used, in which pigmented inks or colors were added.
  • the solvent-free inks were applied using the ink-jet process.
  • the easiest way to set the thickness of the print layers 22 to 25 is via the size of the color drops used (droplet size).
  • the printing layers 22 to 25 are successively produced or formed by means of the device 10 or the digital printing machines 13 to 16, by first producing the first printing layer 22 by means of the first digital printing machine 13. This print layer 22 is then dried by means of the first drying device 20 assigned to the printing press 13, whereupon the second print layer 22 is subsequently applied by means of the second printing press 14. It is essential that at least one, preferably all print layers 22 to 25 produce an overall image. In this case, it can also be provided that only the lowermost layer 22 facing the carrier element 5 generates the image, while the other layers generate the three-dimensional structure 2.
  • the degree of gloss of the respective print layer 22 to 25 can be influenced by curing by means of the drying devices 20, in particular by the drying time.
  • gloss levels between glossy and dull are adjustable by varying the drying time, wherein a longer drying time is accompanied by an increase in the gloss level.
  • the three-dimensional surface 1 or its structure 2 produced so far by means of the printing presses 13 to 16 can subsequently be subjected to further treatment or processing steps which serve, for example, to cure the surface 1.
  • Such surface treatments may, for example, also consist in the use of different paint systems which may subsequently be applied to the surface 1.
  • the surface 1 can be pressed by means of an overlay or coated with different films.
  • an electron beam treatment or other mechanical processing (for example, polishing or matting) of the surface 1 is conceivable.
  • Fig. 3 to 5 the various processing steps for producing a galvanized surface 30 are shown.
  • the untreated support member 31 shown, which subsequently sourced according to Fig. 4 is printed in the embodiment with three layers 32 to 34 of electrically conductive paint according to the method previously described.
  • three-dimensional surface 30 is provided with a galvanic layer 35 or coated.
  • coatings for example chromium layers, such as matt chrome or hard chrome, in question. It is also possible to use nickel or copper with subsequent mechanical or galvanic aftertreatment.
  • Fig. 6 to 10 are shown processing steps, as they serve to produce a three-dimensional surface 40 on a support member 41 using electrically non-conductive paint.
  • Fig. 7 First, a layer 42 of electrically non-conductive ink printed on the support member 41. Subsequently, according to the Fig. 8 the gaps of the layer 42 completely galvanized with a material 43.
  • Fig. 9 the printing ink (layer 42) is removed and last accordingly Fig. 10 the remaining structure either reworked or completely electroplated or coated with a layer 45 without aftertreatment.
  • the device 10 described so far or the method described so far for the production of a three-dimensional surface 1 can be modified or modified in many ways without deviating from the idea of the invention.
  • This consists in particular in the direct production of a three-dimensional structure 2 on a surface 1 by means of at least one digital printing press 13 to 16.
  • it can be provided, for example, by the addition of abrasive agents in the printing ink (or directly into a gloss varnish) a wear-resistant Surface, even without finishing, to produce.

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  1. Procédé pour la production de surfaces tridimensionnelles (1 ; 30 ; 40) sur un élément support (5 ; 31 ; 41), dans lequel plusieurs couches (22 à 25 ; 32 à 34 ; 42) disposées les unes sur les autres produisent une structure (2), les couches (22 à 25 ; 32 à 34 ; 42) étant appliquées successivement sur l'élément support (5 ; 31 ; 41) au moyen d'au moins une imprimante numérique (13 à 16) et au moins une des couches (22 à 25 ; 32 à 34 ; 42) servant à la production d'une image et contenant des encres ou des couleurs pigmentées dans un liant, caractérisé en ce que les encres ou les couleurs sont durcissables aux UV et en ce que la structure (2) est appliquée directement sur l'élément support (5) conçu comme plaque de meuble ou comme élément de sol.
  2. Procédé pour la production de surfaces tridimensionnelles (1 ; 30 ; 40) sur un élément support (5 ; 31 ; 41), dans lequel plusieurs couches (22 à 25 ; 32 à 34 ; 42) disposées les unes sur les autres produisent une structure (2), les couches (22 à 25 ; 32 à 34 ; 42) étant appliquées successivement sur l'élément support (5 ; 31 ; 41) au moyen d'au moins une imprimante numérique (13 à 16) et au moins une des couches (22 à 25 ; 32 à 34 ; 42) servant à la production d'une image et contenant des encres ou des couleurs pigmentées dans un liant, caractérisé en ce que les encres ou les couleurs sont durcissables aux UV et en ce que la structure (2) est appliquée sur une bande en forme de feuille ou de film pour le revêtement d'une pièce de mobilier, la bande étant le cas échéant pourvue, sur la face opposée à la structure (2), d'une couche de liaison pour l'assemblage avec la pièce de mobilier.
  3. Procédé selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce que l'image est produite au moyen de la première couche (22 ; 32) appliquée sur l'élément support (5 ; 31 ; 41).
  4. Procédé selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce que l'image est produite au moyen d'au moins deux couches (22 à 25 ; 32 à 34 ; 42) appliquées l'une au-dessus de l'autre.
  5. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 4, caractérisé en ce qu'on utilise, comme liant, un liant exempt de solvant et exempt d'eau, le cas échéant avec addition d'agents abrasifs.
  6. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 5, caractérisé en ce que le degré de brillance de chaque couche (22 à 25 ; 32 à 34 ; 42) est réglé via le séchage du liant pigmenté, en particulier le temps de séchage.
  7. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 6, caractérisé en ce que la structure (2) est soumise à d'autres étapes de traitement, en particulier des étapes de traitement de surface.
  8. Utilisation d'un dispositif (10) pour produire des surfaces tridimensionnelles (1 ; 30 ; 40) selon un procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 7, au moins une imprimante numérique (13 à 16) produisant une image imprimée, au moins une, de préférence plusieurs imprimantes numériques (13 à 16) étant prévues, qui appliquent plusieurs couches (22 à 25 ; 32 à 34 ; 42) d'une structure tridimensionnelle (2) sur un élément support (5) et au moins une des couches (22 à 25 ; 32 à 34 ; 42) produisant une image.
  9. Utilisation selon la revendication 8, caractérisée en ce que plusieurs imprimantes numériques (13 à 16) sont prévues, en ce que les imprimantes (13 à 16) sont disposées successivement dans le sens de transport (12) de l'élément support (5) et en ce que chaque imprimante (13 à 16) est associée à un dispositif de séchage (20) en particulier réglable.
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