EP2756956B1 - Procédé de génération d'une image imprimée sur un corps rotatif tridimensionnel - Google Patents

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EP2756956B1
EP2756956B1 EP13195592.4A EP13195592A EP2756956B1 EP 2756956 B1 EP2756956 B1 EP 2756956B1 EP 13195592 A EP13195592 A EP 13195592A EP 2756956 B1 EP2756956 B1 EP 2756956B1
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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
    • B41J29/00—Details of, or accessories for, typewriters or selective printing mechanisms not otherwise provided for
    • B41J29/38—Drives, motors, controls or automatic cut-off devices for the entire printing mechanism
    • B41J29/393—Devices for controlling or analysing the entire machine ; Controlling or analysing mechanical parameters involving printing of test patterns
    • 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
    • B41J11/0095—Detecting means for copy material, e.g. for detecting or sensing presence of copy material or its leading or trailing end
    • 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
    • B41J3/4073—Printing on three-dimensional objects not being in sheet or web form, e.g. spherical or cubic objects
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41M—PRINTING, DUPLICATING, MARKING, OR COPYING PROCESSES; COLOUR PRINTING
    • B41M5/00—Duplicating or marking methods; Sheet materials for use therein
    • B41M5/0082—Digital printing on bodies of particular shapes
    • B41M5/0088—Digital printing on bodies of particular shapes by ink-jet printing

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  • the present invention relates to a method for producing a printed image on a rotating, three-dimensional body having the features of the preamble of claim 1.
  • the DE 10 2009 003 810 A1 For example, describes a system for printing on containers. It addresses the problem that the centering of the holder or the container is critical for printing at conventional 600 dpi and high conveying speeds.
  • the solution to the problem is that the print head is automatically adjustable, using sensors that determine the location and angular position of the container and send these values to a controller. An adjustment of the timing for the inkjet printing unit is not described.
  • the DE 10 2009 014 663 A1 describes the non-contact (electro-optical or electromagnetic) determination of the rotational position of bottles by means of sensor unit and measuring marks.
  • paragraph 20 is explicitly described that the container longitudinal axis BA corresponds approximately to the axis of rotation DA: eccentrically rotating bottles are thus not recognized as a problem and accordingly offered no solution. An adaptation of the timing is not described.
  • bodies positioned eccentrically on a turntable constantly change their distance from a stationary printing unit, even at a constant angular speed of the turntable, whereby the surface portion of the body facing and facing the printing unit undergoes a constant change in web speed.
  • This can lead to noticeable and therefore undesirable errors in the printed image to be generated as a result of changing printing resolution.
  • Similar problems can occur when the body is centered on the turntable, but its outer surface in the section to be printed is not cylindrical or cylindrical section-shaped, or the angular velocity of the turntable changes.
  • a direct measurement of the belt speed or its change is not possible with simple means.
  • the method according to the invention advantageously makes it possible to use rotating, three-dimensional bodies, e.g. Bottles, or their (outer) surfaces or portions thereof having a desired printing resolution, e.g. with a constant dpi value, to print by the ink jet method even if the web speed of the surface portion to be printed and therefore facing an ink jet printing unit changes.
  • its radius change at a preferably fixed measuring point is determined during the rotation of the body. This change in radius at the measuring point may occur e.g. from an eccentric positioning of the body, from its non-cylindrical shape or from a change in the angular velocity of the rotation of the body.
  • the pressure cycle for the ink jet nozzles according to the invention is adapted to the radius change and the concomitant change in the web speed of the (outer) surface portion to be printed at the pressure point.
  • the measuring point and the pressure point are therefore preferably chosen so that they have at least one correlation. It may, for example, the measuring point in the direction of rotation of the body lie in front of the pressure point and the spatial distance converted into a time distance and taken into account in the control of the printing unit.
  • the measuring point can also be substantially identical to the pressure point or be offset parallel to the axis of rotation (the latter preferably in the case of a non-changing in the direction of the axis of rotation of the body).
  • the determination of the radius change preferably takes place substantially immediately prior to the printing. However, according to an alternative, it may also be provided that the determination of the radius change has already been made for a period of time, e.g. a few seconds or minutes, before printing and store the result in a cam and use this when printing for the frequency correction. If the problem of radius change is essentially caused solely by the (outer) shape of the body, its shape or radius change during a complete rotation can also be permanently stored and retrieved whenever such bodies are printed.
  • a preferred development of the method according to the invention can be distinguished by the fact that the determination of the radius change ⁇ R (t) takes place as non-contact measuring with a rangefinder, in particular with a triangulation measuring device.
  • a rangefinder in particular with a triangulation measuring device.
  • Triangulation measuring devices or sensors also have the advantage that essentially all materials can be detected and that these allow very fast measurements. Alternatively, it can also be provided to use capacitive or inductive working distance sensors.
  • this approach is advantageous because the device allows the distance to the surface, so the distance D (t) to measure directly. From this distance lets calculate the radius change.
  • R 0 are calculated according to the given formula.
  • a further preferred development of the method according to the invention can be distinguished by the fact that the calculation of the correction value k (t) takes place substantially continuously. It can e.g. be provided to determine the radius change continuously, at least continuously during a complete revolution of the body (or less, if only a peripheral portion to be printed) and from the value for ⁇ R (t) the value of k (t) and from there the value of f (t) to calculate for the control. If the measuring point substantially coincides with the pressure point or the time offset .DELTA.t between measuring and printing is known, a real-time correction of the control frequency f (t) can advantageously take place with the use of fast computers and data connections, possibly with a time offset of .DELTA.t ,
  • a device for carrying out the above-mentioned inventive method and its developments is to be seen.
  • Such a device has the components necessary for carrying out the method steps according to the invention: an inkjet printing unit with control, a motor with control, a rangefinder and a computer for the calculations of the correction value.
  • FIG. 1 shows a device 1 for printing, ie for generating a printed image of rotating, three-dimensional bodies 2.
  • a bottle to be printed is shown, wherein not the complete surface 3 of the bottle, but only a section 4, for example a label or a band, to be printed.
  • the bottle is essentially rotationally symmetrical, but it is not centered on a turntable 5, that is, its axis of symmetry does not coincide with the axis of rotation A of the turntable.
  • R (t) Due to the (usually unwanted) eccentric recording on the turntable occurs during the rotation of the turntable and thus the body at a time t changing distance D (t) between the surface of the body and an ink jet printing unit 6 and their ink jet nozzles 7 arranged substantially on a straight line G and at a time-varying radius R (t).
  • R (t) is determined as the distance of the surface of the body facing the ink-jet printing unit (the location of the surface at which the ink drops 8 are to hit the surface) to the axis of rotation.
  • the axis of rotation is aligned substantially parallel to the straight line G.
  • D 0 is the substantially constant distance between the ink jet nozzles and the axis of rotation and R 0 the mean radius of the body, in the example, the substantially constant radius of the bottle, designated.
  • ⁇ R (t) denotes the change in radius between the surface of the body facing the ink-jet printing unit and the surface of an imaginary center 2 'received on the turntable, directed toward the ink-jet printing unit.
  • the distance between the surface of the imaginary body facing the ink-jet printing unit and the Ink jet printing unit is denoted by D (t) M.
  • D (t) M can also be understood as a time average of the distance D (t) changing with time t.
  • the device 1 further comprises a rangefinder 8, in particular a triangulation measuring device, with which the determination of the radius change ⁇ R (t) takes place as non-contact measuring.
  • presetting the mean radius R 0 of the body eg, if this body is non-rotationally symmetric, flattened, or irregularly shaped
  • FIG. 1 a motor 11 for driving the rotation of the body 2, that is, in the example shown, for rotationally driving the turntable 5.
  • the motor is driven at a predetermined fundamental frequency f 0 (t).
  • the predetermined angular velocity is a constant ⁇ 0
  • a rotationally symmetrical body is for example 2 with kontantem radius R 0 ⁇ rotated at a constant angular speed 0, wherein the body rotates eccentrically.
  • the ink jet nozzles 7 require a printing stroke f (t) for printing, with which the ink droplets are ejected.
  • This pressure cycle is generated by the control unit 10 as a frequency and transmitted to a pressure control unit 13 and from this to the pressure unit 6.
  • the calculation of the correction value k (t) preferably takes place essentially continuously.

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  1. Procédé pour la génération d'une image d'impression sur un corps rotatif, tridimensionnel, une unité d'impression à jet d'encre (6) avec plusieurs buses de jet d'encre (7) disposées sensiblement sur une droite (G) étant prévue pour l'impression à une cadence d'impression, le corps (2) tournant autour d'un axe de rotation (A) parallèle sensiblement à la droite (G), et un moteur (11) pour l'entraînement de la rotation du corps (2) étant prévu, et comprenant les étapes de procédé :
    détermination d'une fréquence de base fo(t) pour la commande du moteur (11),
    commande du moteur (11) avec la fréquence de base f0(t) et détermination d'un rayon moyen R0 du corps (2),
    caractérisé par les étapes de procédé suivantes détermination de la modification du rayon ΔR(t) pendant la rotation du corps (2),
    calcul d'une valeur de correction k(t) pour une cadence de l'unité d'impression, k t = 1 + ΔR t / R 0
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    commande de l'unité d'impression (6) pour la cadence d'impression, f t = f 0 t . k t .
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  2. Procédé selon la revendication 1
    caractérisé en ce
    que la détermination de la modification du rayon ΔR(t) en tant que mesure sans contact s'effectue avec un télémètre (9), en particulier un appareil de mesure par triangulation.
  3. Procédé selon la revendication 2
    caractérisé en ce
    que le télémètre (9) mesure la distance D(
    +3t) entre les buses de jet d'encre (7) et la surface (3) du corps (2) à l'endroit où les gouttes d'encre doivent atterrir, la formule ΔR(t) = D(t)M - D(t) s'appliquant avec D(t)M comme valeur moyenne temporelle de D(t).
  4. Procédé selon la revendication 3
    caractérisé en ce
    que pour une valeur moyenne D(t)M = Do - Ro s'applique, avec DO en tant que distance entre les buses de jet d'encre (7) et l'axe de rotation (A).
  5. Procédé selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce
    que la détermination du rayon moyen Ro du corps (2) repose sur la formule Ro = Do - D(t)M avec Do en tant que distance entre les buses de jet d'encre (7) et l'axe de rotation (A) et avec D(t)M en tant que valeur moyenne temporelle de D(t).
  6. Procédé selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé l'étape de procédé suivante :
    détermination d'une vitesse angulaire ω(t) de la rotation du corps (2), pour les fréquence de base, la formule fo(t) = ω(t) . Ro/a étant appliquée pour la résolution de l'image d'impression.
  7. Procédé selon la revendication 6
    caractérisé en ce
    que la vitesse angulaire est une constante ωo et ainsi la fréquence de base est également une constance fo, fo = ωo .Ro /a.
  8. Procédé selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce
    que le calcul de la valeur de correction k(t) s'effectue essentiellement en continu.
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