EP3044000A1 - Adaptateur de nettoyage et procédé de nettoyage de têtes d'impression - Google Patents

Adaptateur de nettoyage et procédé de nettoyage de têtes d'impression

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EP3044000A1
EP3044000A1 EP14766692.9A EP14766692A EP3044000A1 EP 3044000 A1 EP3044000 A1 EP 3044000A1 EP 14766692 A EP14766692 A EP 14766692A EP 3044000 A1 EP3044000 A1 EP 3044000A1
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Prior art keywords
cleaning
print head
adapter
bottle
printing
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EP3044000B1 (fr
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Volker Till
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Dekron GmbH
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Till GmbH
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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
    • B41J2/00—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed
    • B41J2/005—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by bringing liquid or particles selectively into contact with a printing material
    • B41J2/01—Ink jet
    • B41J2/135—Nozzles
    • B41J2/165—Prevention or detection of nozzle clogging, e.g. cleaning, capping or moistening for nozzles
    • B41J2/16505—Caps, spittoons or covers for cleaning or preventing drying out
    • 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
    • B41J2/00—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed
    • B41J2/005—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by bringing liquid or particles selectively into contact with a printing material
    • B41J2/01—Ink jet
    • B41J2/135—Nozzles
    • B41J2/165—Prevention or detection of nozzle clogging, e.g. cleaning, capping or moistening for nozzles
    • B41J2/16517—Cleaning of print head nozzles
    • 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
    • B41J2/00—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed
    • B41J2/005—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by bringing liquid or particles selectively into contact with a printing material
    • B41J2/01—Ink jet
    • B41J2/135—Nozzles
    • B41J2/165—Prevention or detection of nozzle clogging, e.g. cleaning, capping or moistening for nozzles
    • B41J2/16517—Cleaning of print head nozzles
    • B41J2/16535—Cleaning of print head nozzles using wiping constructions
    • 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
    • B41J2/00—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed
    • B41J2/005—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by bringing liquid or particles selectively into contact with a printing material
    • B41J2/01—Ink jet
    • B41J2/135—Nozzles
    • B41J2/165—Prevention or detection of nozzle clogging, e.g. cleaning, capping or moistening for nozzles
    • B41J2/16517—Cleaning of print head nozzles
    • B41J2/16535—Cleaning of print head nozzles using wiping constructions
    • B41J2/16544—Constructions for the positioning of wipers
    • B41J2/16547—Constructions for the positioning of wipers the wipers and caps or spittoons being on the same movable support
    • 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
    • B41J2/00—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed
    • B41J2/005—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by bringing liquid or particles selectively into contact with a printing material
    • B41J2/01—Ink jet
    • B41J2/135—Nozzles
    • B41J2/165—Prevention or detection of nozzle clogging, e.g. cleaning, capping or moistening for nozzles
    • B41J2/16517—Cleaning of print head nozzles
    • B41J2/16552—Cleaning of print head nozzles using cleaning fluids
    • 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
    • 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
    • B41J3/40733—Printing on cylindrical or rotationally symmetrical objects, e. g. on bottles

Definitions

  • a printhead must therefore be cleaned at certain intervals.
  • several basically known cleaning methods are available.
  • a first possibility is to wipe off the contaminants from the print head by means of a scraper or the like in the manner of a mechanical cleaning.
  • Such a working system is described, for example, in US 2003/0218654 A1.
  • a printhead for the purpose of cleaning procedure from his work area in a maintenance area in which a cleaning device of a wiper unit with a kind of windshield wiper moves along the underside of the print head with the nozzles, so that residues of the printing fluid are removed by the wiper or wiper. After cleaning, the printhead is moved back into its working area.
  • the cleaning adapter which has, in particular, means for cleaning the print head, in particular for mechanically cleaning and / or flushing the nozzles of the print head, be designed such that the cleaning adapter instead one or the container to be printed can be introduced into the transport system of the system and can be guided by the transport system to the print head for cleaning purposes and can be positioned in front of it.
  • the inventive design of a cleaning device ie the cleaning adapter, thus offers the possibility to the transport system to to place the cleaning adapter in front of the button in the same manner as the container being printed, with the cleaning adapter simulating the presence of the 3-dimensional container in the system's pressure system.
  • the cleaning adapter cleans the printhead, for which purpose the printhead and / or the cleaning adapter may be appropriately controlled.
  • An inventively particularly advantageous cleaning adapter can be formed by an at least partially hollow container having at least one opening, which can act in particular as a means for cleaning the print head.
  • the adapter can serve as a common receptacle for several, for example, two or more printheads, for example, are arranged around the bottle in the printing machine and are cleaned at the same time can.
  • these segments may be formed by walls which extend from the outer periphery towards the center of the bottle to form walls which are oriented obliquely to the opening.
  • walls which extend from the outer periphery towards the center of the bottle to form walls which are oriented obliquely to the opening.
  • the wiper element in a further development of this inventive concept, it is possible for the wiper element to be designed to receive ink.
  • it may be an absorbent element, such as a sponge, which absorbs the ink by wicking and removes excess residue from the printhead.
  • wipes preferably lint-free wipes, or other suitable means for this purpose, such as. Cleaning wipes, are suitable according to the invention.
  • a particularly efficient cleaning can be achieved when the wiper element is moved up to the print head and then moved relative to the print head, so that dirt is mechanically removed, so wiped.
  • the cleaning adapter is additionally moved or moved in such a way after being subjected to pressure relative to the print head that it also mechanically cleans the nozzles.
  • This is possible, for example, via a lifting system with which e.g. Flasks are driven in a system in the printhead assembly or printing press.
  • the wiper element on the cleaning bottle wipes the surfaces of the print heads and collects mechanical dirt.
  • the diaphragm retracts and the bottle can be removed from the system.
  • the software module can be configured such that It monitors the quality of the printed image and decides whether a cleaning process must be performed.
  • the software module is set up in such a way that it is decided on the basis of the printed image which of the cleaning methods according to the invention is used. With a smeared colored ring in the printed image, mechanical cleaning may be necessary to remove a speck of dust. Lack of color may indicate a clogged nozzle, so nozzle flushing by ejecting ink and / or cleaning fluid under pressure is recommended.
  • the software module can also be set up in such a way that automatic loading of the corresponding printing press is prevented if a necessary cleaning is detected.
  • the object underlying the invention is further achieved by a system for printing three-dimensional containers, such as plastic or glass bottles, the containers to be printed are guided in the system by a transport system for printing to at least one print head or are feasible ,
  • the system is set up such that the cleaning of the at least one print head is carried out according to the above-described method or parts thereof using a cleaning adapter according to the invention.
  • the cleaning adapter proposed according to the invention and the cleaning method based on the use of this adapter prove to be particularly cost-efficient, in particular in systems with several print heads per printing press and / or several printing presses, each with one or more print heads.
  • Multiple arrays of printheads can be successively cleaned by a cleaning adapter by placing the adapter in the system's transport system where it cleans one or more printheads and then moves to the next printing station or press after completing the cleaning process.
  • FIG. 1 shows a cleaning adapter according to the invention after a first
  • a printing liquid supply system 7 is connected, via which the ink is supplied to the print heads. Ink passes into the print head 6 via an ink feed 8a, while excess ink can leave the print head 6 accordingly via an ink return 8b.
  • ink from the ink supply is pumped into the print head 6 and injected via the nozzles under pressure through the opening 5 in the bottle 1.
  • the printhead 6 can be brought closer to the bottle 1 beforehand, provided this is also provided, for example, during a normal printing operation.
  • the print head 6 occupies the same position as during the printing operation.
  • a valve system 9a, 9b can additionally be provided, with which the ink supply can be separated from the print head 6 and the print head 6 with a feed line 10a and a return line 10b for a cleaning agent, e.g. a cleaning fluid, can be connected.
  • a cleaning agent e.g. a cleaning fluid
  • segment-like chambers 13 form for each of the openings 5.
  • the walls of the subdivision 12 of each segment chamber 13 are aligned obliquely to the opening 5, so that liquid that is injected from the print head 6 into the segment chamber 13, can not get back directly to the opening 6. In this way, it is effectively avoided that injected liquid injected back through the opening 5 to the outside and a resulting color mist the environment and the print head 6 again dirty.
  • FIG. 4 and 5 a further variant of the cleaning adapter in the form of a bottle 1 is shown.
  • Fig. 4 shows the cleaning adapter 1 in a side view
  • Fig. 5 in a sectional view taken along line XX of Fig. 4.
  • the bottle 1 has a central or central bottle body 3 and a bottle neck 2, wherein the bottle body 3 to the bottleneck 2 conically tapered.
  • An upper opening 4 is provided at the outer end of the bottle neck 2, as common in bottles.
  • In the area of the bottle body 3 there is a region 14 set back towards the interior of the bottle 1 with two openings 5 located opposite one another.
  • a membrane 15 is arranged which covers and closes the opening 5.
  • an additional stroke 20 is indicated, with which the cleaning of the print head 6 can be improved.
  • the bottle 1 is moved up and down relative to the print head 6 by means of a lifting system, not shown, according to the lifting movement 20, the sponge 16 wipes along the surface of the print head 6. In doing so, it mechanically collects all contaminations and, in addition, also absorbs it via its suction effect existing ink residues etc. on.
  • the air pressure can be reduced again via the compressed air supply 18, whereby the membranes 15 relax and move the wiper element 16 again in the direction of the bottle interior.

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  • Manufacturing & Machinery (AREA)
  • Ink Jet (AREA)

Abstract

L'invention concerne un adaptateur de nettoyage (1) et un procédé de nettoyage de têtes d'impression (6) dans une installation d'impression de récipients à trois dimensions dans laquelle les récipients à imprimer sont transportés par un système de transport à au moins une tête d'impression (6) en vue de l'impression et une zone à imprimer disposée sur le récipient est positionnée en face de la tête d'impression (6). L'adaptateur de nettoyage (1) est conçu de telle sorte que l'adaptateur de nettoyage peut être introduit dans le système de transport à la place du récipient à imprimer, peut être amené à la tête d'impression (6) par le système de transport en vue du nettoyage et être positionné en face de la tête d'impression.
EP14766692.9A 2013-09-13 2014-09-12 Adaptateur de nettoyage et procede de nettoyage de têtes d'impression Active EP3044000B1 (fr)

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DE102013110122.4A DE102013110122A1 (de) 2013-09-13 2013-09-13 Reinigungsadapter und Verfahren zum Reinigen von Druckköpfen
PCT/EP2014/069536 WO2015036559A1 (fr) 2013-09-13 2014-09-12 Adaptateur de nettoyage et procédé de nettoyage de têtes d'impression

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