JP2002307640A - Method for automatically receiving order and manufacturing gravure printing roll - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for automatically receiving an order and manufacturing a gravure printing roll by which a printing company and a printing plate making company can use a total time device capable of manufacturing many different and various kinds of new aluminum rolls and performing a full automatic plate making process through ten or eight different kinds of processing steps with regard to the new aluminum roll and a recycled roll in such a way that the device is used as if it were a mill belonging to the described companies. SOLUTION: An information terminal computer sends roll specifications and a final design file to a main computer which controls a new aluminum roll manufacturing chamber and a plating/polishing/plate making plant through a communications circuit and takes ordering procedures and further, fabricates a gravure printing roll and makes a printing plate without passing through any intermediary. When an order is received, the main computer correlates a customer identification number, a roll identification number, a processing course identification number, roll specifications, an order receiving date and a final design file with each other and stores this correlationship. In addition, the main computer makes an IC tag attached to the roll store the roll identification number and grasps the roll manufacturing process and further, controls each of the devices at a new aluminum roll manufacturing chamber as specified based on the specifications of the ordered roll. Along with the above steps, the main computer controls each of the devices at the plating/polishing/plate making plant as required.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a printing company and a plate making company, which can produce a wide variety of new aluminum rolls and perform fully automatic plate making in which ten or eight types of processing steps are different for new aluminum rolls and recycled rolls. The present invention relates to a method for automatically receiving and manufacturing gravure printing rolls that can use a total line device capable of performing the same as in a company factory.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, gravure printing rolls include iron rolls which have been manufactured and are still used, and aluminum rolls which have been manufactured in recent years. The iron roll is subjected to a pre-plating treatment by degreasing-pickling neutralization-nickel plating, then nickel plating-thick copper sulfate plating and cylindrical polishing, and as a direct plate type plate-making roll, Rollers have been sold as ballad plating type plate-making rolls, which are balladed after cylindrical polishing, subjected to copper sulfate ballad plating, and then subjected to cylindrical polishing before shipment.All rolls are now recycled and new rolls are sold. Not. The recycling process is performed not by a roll maker but by a plate making company or a plating company. For direct-plate type rolls, iron rolls are dechromed, plate dropped, cylindrical polished, nickel plated, thick copper sulphate plated to polish the cylinder, and aluminum rolls are dechromed. Processing-plate drop-cylindrical polishing-thick copper sulfate plating is performed and cylindrical polishing is performed. At this time, the product is shipped according to an order, or the pattern is made into a plate and shipped. In the case of ballad plating type rolls, ballad plating is stripped, degreased, pickled, neutralized, nickel-plated, pre-plated, and then thick copper sulfate plated, and cylindrically polished. Ballad processing, copper sulfate ballad plating, cylindrical polishing, and shipment at this time according to an order, or plate making and shipping of a design. The new aluminum roll has a roll base made of aluminum and is immersed in degreasing-etching with caustic soda solution-desmutting-
After performing anodal treatment or zincate treatment, in the same manner as in the case of the iron roll, in the copper pyrophosphate plating solution, perform copper plating or nickel plating-thick copper sulfate plating, perform cylindrical polishing, and perform a direct plate type plate making. Rolls have been sold by roll manufacturers as ballad plating type plate-making rolls which are balladed after the above-mentioned cylindrical polishing, subjected to copper sulfate ballad plating, subjected to cylindrical polishing, and shipped. The aluminum rolls sold by the roll maker are processed by a plate making company or a plating company. In the same way as described above, for direct-plate type iron base rolls, dechroming treatment-plate dropping-cylindrical polishing-nickel plating-thick copper sulfate Plating is performed and cylindrical polishing is performed. In addition, in the case of a new type of direct roll type aluminum roll, the cylinder is polished by performing dechroming, plate dropping, and thick copper sulfate plating, and then shipped at the time of order. Or, the pattern is pre-plated and shipped. For the new ballad-plated aluminum roll, after pre-processing, thick copper sulfate plating, cylindrical polishing, and ballading It was treated, copper sulfate ballad plating was performed, and cylindrical polishing was performed. The product was shipped at this time according to an order, or a pattern was made on a plate and shipped. Then, the roll used once has been subjected to the above-mentioned recycle processing as a recycle roll. Therefore, according to the method of performing a roll treatment on an aluminum roll by an anodal method or the like, depending on whether it is a new aluminum roll, an iron-based recycle roll, or an aluminum recycle roll, or a direct plate type or a ballad plating type. In total, ten types of processing steps are different depending on whether there is an order with a pattern and whether it is an order without a pattern (it is always an order with a pattern at a plate making company and an order without a pattern at a plating company). Roll processing is performed by a plurality of traders. On the other hand, there are rolls for gravure printing that differ by 10 mm from each other in the range of 400 mm to 900 mm in circumferential length. ~ 70 types, and with the wide variety of gravure rotary printing presses, the length for gravure printing is also 1000
The difference is fine in the range of 1 mm to 1800 mm, and the sizes of the chuck holes and the key grooves are also different. Therefore, so far, roll production for gravure printing of various sizes
There was no line equipment that could flexibly perform roll processing with ten different processing steps for plating, polishing, recycling, and plate making. Most of the printing companies and plate making companies that perform plate making have various devices of a plurality of companies, and many processes are not lined up. The reason is that manufacturers of electronic engraving machines
I'm not a manufacturer of plating and polishing equipment,
This is because the manufacturers of plating and polishing equipment were not manufacturers of electronic engraving machines. Regarding the gravure plate making factory, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 10-19355
1, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei 10-193552 has been put to practical use, but it has the flexibility to respond to the presence or absence of the roll diameter and length pattern. It could not cope with the complicated and diverse processing steps involved in the mix of rolls and ballad plating rolls, and was not a plating line system that included the production of new aluminum rolls.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Many printing companies and plate making companies that perform plate making are capable of producing a wide variety of new aluminum rolls and have ten types of processing steps that are different for the new aluminum roll and the recycle roll. It is desired to provide equipment that can use a total line device that can perform as if it were at its own factory. When a new aluminum roll is required, there are many types of rolls, and there is no situation in which the roll manufacturer can respond to orders for a single roll quickly and produce and deliver it. In addition, it is impossible to flexibly perform roll processing with ten different processing steps for roll production, plating, polishing, recycling, and plate making for gravure printing of various sizes by the main computer. Close to. A summary of the ten types of processing steps, assuming that the versatility for the roll size is a major premise, is as follows: (1) Manufacture a new aluminum roll, pre-process it, apply copper sulfate plating, grind the cylinder and finish it A series of treatments for finishing into a direct-plate type roll, and (2) a new aluminum roll is manufactured, pre-treated, copper sulfate plated, cylindrical polished, balladed, copper sulfate ballad plated, cylindrical polished and finished A series of processing to finish a ballad plating type roll and a series of (3) Manufacturing a new aluminum roll, pre-treating, applying copper sulfate plating, cylindrical polishing, making a pattern, and finishing it into a direct plate type roll (4) Manufacture a new roll of aluminum, pre-treat, copper sulfate plating, cylindrical polishing, ballading, copper sulfate ballad plating, cylindrical polishing, plate making and finishing. A series of treatments to finish a ballad plating type roll, and (5) a direct plate type iron-based recycling roll is dechromed, stripped, nickel plated, copper sulfate plated and cylindrical polished And a series of processing to finish into a direct type roll,
(6) Direct-plate type aluminum-based recycle rolls are dechromed, stripped, copper sulfate plated, cylindrically polished and finished into direct-plate type rolls, and (7) Ballad-plated iron (8) Pre-treatment of ball and aluminum-based recycle rolls, ballad treatment, copper sulfate plating, cylindrical polishing and finishing.
(9) A series of processing to remove the chromium on the direct-plate type iron-based recycle roll, drop the plate, apply copper sulfate plating, perform cylindrical polishing, finish the design and finish it into a direct-plate type roll that finishes. Direct-plate type aluminum-based recycle rolls are dechromed, stripped, copper sulfate plated, cylindrically polished, balladed, copper sulfate balladed, cylindrically polished, and plates are made to make a pattern. (10) Ballard plating type iron base and aluminum base recycling rolls are pre-processed, balladed, copper sulfate plated, cylindrically polished to make a pattern, and finished into ballad plating type rolls There is a demand for a method capable of automatically performing plate making by streamlining traffic in a factory at the same time for both roll processing and a series of processing. At a factory where the roll base, which is heavy and difficult to handle manually, is made entirely of iron, the roll to be treated in the plating, polishing and plate making factory C is a new aluminum roll and the roll base is made of aluminum. When it is limited to, there are eight types of plate making courses.

[0004] The present invention has been made in view of the above points. A printing company and a plate making company can produce a wide variety of new aluminum rolls and perform ten or eight types of processing steps for the new aluminum roll and the recycled roll. It is an object of the present invention to provide a method for automatically receiving and manufacturing gravure printing rolls, which can use a total line device capable of performing full automatic plate making differently from a company factory.

[0005]

The first invention of the present application provides a roll maker with a new aluminum roll manufacturing room, a plating / polishing / plate making factory, and a function of controlling the production line and communicating with the outside. A method for automatically receiving and producing gravure printing rolls by providing a main computer having an information terminal computer on the client side and performing information communication between the main computer and the information terminal computer via a communication line. The information terminal computer is configured to enter the main computer and send a final design file for each color to the main computer when ordering with a roll specification and a design, and to perform an order procedure. When an order is received, customer identification number, role identification number, processing course identification number, and The specification, order date and time, and the final design file are stored in association with each other, and at least a roll identification number is stored in an IC tag attached to each roll to be manufactured, and the transport position of each roll is sequentially associated with the roll identification number. The manufacturing process is grasped based on the memorized information, and the necessary control is performed for each device in the new aluminum roll production room based on the roll specifications received. The necessary control is performed on each device of the plating, polishing, and plate making factory so that a series of processing is performed along a processing course determined based on the roll specification of the order for the roll. It is an object of the present invention to provide a method for automatically receiving and manufacturing a gravure printing roll characterized by the following.

The second invention of the present application provides the roll maker with a new aluminum roll manufacturing room, a plating / polishing / plate making factory, and a main computer which controls the production line and has a communication function with the outside. A method of providing an information terminal computer on the client side, performing information communication between the main computer and the information terminal computer via a communication line, and automatically receiving and producing a gravure printing roll, wherein the information terminal computer is When the order is entered with the main computer and the roll specification and the design are present, the final design file for each color is transmitted to the main computer to carry out the order procedure. Identification number, role identification number, processing course identification number, role specification, and order date And the final design file are stored in association with each other, the roll identification number associated with each roll to be manufactured is stored, and the transport position of each roll is sequentially stored in association with the roll identification number. And perform necessary control for each device in the new aluminum roll production room based on the roll specification of the order, and in the plating, polishing and plate making factory, recycle roll and new aluminum roll based on the roll specification of the order. Gravure printing rolls, wherein required control is performed on each apparatus of the plating, polishing, and plate making factory so as to perform a series of processing along a processing course determined by the gravure printing roll. It is to provide an automatic order receiving and manufacturing method.

The third invention of the present application provides the roll maker with a new aluminum roll manufacturing room, a plating / polishing / plate making factory, and a main computer which controls the production line and has a communication function with the outside. A method of providing an information terminal computer on the client side, performing information communication between the main computer and the information terminal computer via a communication line, and automatically receiving and producing a gravure printing roll, wherein the information terminal computer is When you enter the main computer and send the roll specification, the roll user decides the order price and factory shipping time sent by the main computer and enters the order procedure, and when ordering with symbols, Sends the final design file for each color to the main computer and processes the order When the main computer receives the roll specification, the main computer performs a required operation to transmit the order price and completion date and time to the information terminal computer, and when an order is received, a customer identification number and Roll identification number, processing course identification number, roll specification, order date and time, and final design file are stored in association with each other, and at least the roll identification number is stored in the IC tag attached to each roll to be manufactured, and each roll is transported. The manufacturing process is grasped based on the sequential storage of the position in association with the roll identification number, and the necessary control is performed for each device in the new aluminum roll manufacturing room based on the roll specification received, and plating and polishing are performed.・ The plate making factory determines the recycling roll and the new aluminum roll based on the roll specification of the order. To perform a series of processing according to the processing course, is adapted to carry out the required control for each unit of the plating and polishing and prepress factory, automatic orders and gravure printing roll, characterized in that
It is to provide a manufacturing method.

The fourth invention of the present application provides a roll maker with a new roll manufacturing room for aluminum, a plating / polishing / plate making factory, and a main computer which controls the production line and has a communication function with the outside. A method of providing an information terminal computer on a client side, performing information communication between the main computer and the information terminal computer via a communication line, and automatically receiving, producing, and shipping gravure printing rolls, wherein the information terminal When the computer enters the main computer and sends the roll specification, the roll user determines the order price and the factory shipping time sent from the main computer and enters the order procedure, so that the order with the design can be placed. In the case of, send the final design file for each color to the main computer and place an order When the main computer receives the roll specification, the main computer performs a required operation to transmit the order price and the completion date and time to the information terminal computer. The numbers, the roll identification numbers, the processing course identification numbers, the roll specifications, the order date and time, and the final design file are stored in association with each other, and at least the roll identification numbers are stored in the IC tag attached to each roll to be manufactured, and each roll is stored. Grasping the manufacturing process based on sequentially storing the transfer positions of the rolls in association with the roll identification numbers,
The required control is performed for each device in the new aluminum roll production room based on the roll specifications received.
At the plate making factory, necessary control is performed for each equipment of the plating, polishing and plate making factory so that a series of processing is performed along the processing course determined based on the roll specification of the recycled roll and the new aluminum roll based on the order of the roll. When the roll identification number stored in the IC tag is read at the stage of curing the completed roll, the delivery note, roll receipt,
An object of the present invention is to provide a method for automatically receiving and manufacturing a gravure printing roll, wherein a bill or the like is issued.

The fifth invention of the present application is the information terminal computer, wherein, in the roll specification item, whether the order is a roll recycling order or a production order of a new aluminum roll,
In the case of a roll recycling order, specify whether the roll base is aluminum or iron, whether it is a ballad plating roll or a direct plate roll, with or without a design, and the main computer will perform plating, polishing, plate making An object of the present invention is to provide a method for automatically receiving and manufacturing gravure printing rolls, wherein a processing course to be processed in a factory is determined and a processing course identification number is assigned.

The sixth invention of the present application is the information terminal computer, wherein, in the roll specification item, whether the order is a roll recycling order or a production order for a new aluminum roll,
Whether it is a ballad plating roll or a direct roll,
When the main computer determines whether a pattern is present or not, the main computer determines a processing course to be processed in a plating, polishing, and plate making factory and assigns a processing course identification number to the gravure printing roll. It is to provide an automatic order receiving / manufacturing method.

[0011] The seventh invention of the present application is that when the customer enters the customer identification number and password from the information terminal computer, enters the main computer, enters the role identification number, and inquires about the progress of the production of the ordered roll, the main terminal transmits It is an object of the present invention to provide a method for automatically receiving and manufacturing a gravure printing roll, wherein the computer transmits the progress of manufacture of the roll having the roll identification number inquired to the information terminal computer.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A method for automatically receiving and manufacturing gravure printing rolls according to a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. This embodiment employs anodal treatment and copper plating treatment with a copper pyrophosphate plating solution before treatment with copper sulfate plating on a new aluminum roll, and adopts a method of forming cells by an electronic engraving machine. ing. In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1, a three-dimensional warehouse apparatus A, a new aluminum roll manufacturing room B, a plating / polishing / plate making factory C, A main computer D for controlling and controlling the two line components, and each user such as a printing company or a plate making company that communicates information via the Internet line such as optical fiber or ADSL or a dedicated communication line using the main computer D as a server. Information terminal computers E, E, E, E
・ ・In the aluminum roll manufacturing room B, there are two conveyors 5a and 5b, cut-off devices 5c and 5d, transfer conveyors 5e and 5f, first and second handling robots 5g and 5h, and four machining centers 5i and 5h. 5
j, 5k, 5l, a welding robot 5m, and a flange assembling device 5n. The plating, polishing and plate making factory C
As shown in FIG. 1, the plate-making room is divided into C1 and C2,
The plate making room C1 is used as a handling area for the traveling industrial robot 7, and the roll measuring device 10 located at the roll carry-in port is used.
A roll unloading device 11 located at a roll unloading port adjacent to the roll unloading port, an electronic engraving device 12, a four-head type polishing machine 14 (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2000-127005), and a roll stock pallet 15. Further, the plate making room C2 is set as a transfer area of the stacker crane 8, and the roll transfer area 16, the electrolytic degreasing / pickling device 17,
A ballad processing device 18, an aluminum immersion degreasing device 19, an etching device 20 using a caustic soda solution, a de-smutting device 21, an anodal processing device 22, a dechroming device 23,
Copper pyrophosphate plating device 24 and nickel plating device 2
5, copper sulfate plating device 26, chrome plating device 27
And a stocking device 29 for stocking the roll removing / rotating device 9 in a line. Note that this arrangement is for convenience.

FIGS. 3 and 4 show an information terminal computer E.
The display of FIG. In FIG. 1, when the information terminal computer E enters the main computer D to order roll processing, a required program is opened. Then, the screen shown in FIG. 3A is displayed. Enter a predetermined customer identification number and password and click "Next screen" of "Order". Then, an input screen for the order table 1/3 shown in FIG. 3B is displayed, and the user inputs numerical values for the roll diameter, the roll length, and the width of the key groove. The printing of a gravure rotary printing press usually prints up to 10 colors, and in principle, 10 printing rolls have the same diameter. However, depending on the material of the film to be printed, since the film elongates by a small dimension due to drying at each station, it is necessary to make rolls with different diameters by increasing the roll diameter by 0.3 mm, for example, every time after one printing station. However, if you input the roll diameter of the first printing station numerically, you can calculate the production cost to make a new aluminum roll. For the input of the roll diameter, it is sufficient to input the numerical value in mm for the roll to be mounted on the first printing station,
It is not necessary to enter numerical values in μm units for all rolls in the order. The reason is that, since the final design file is attached and transmitted, the roll diameter is precisely determined by the final design file. Next, in order to determine what kind of order the roll processing should be, enter a check mark in the box □ for either production of a new aluminum roll or supply of an orderer recycling roll, and then select the orderer recycling. When the roll supply is selected, enter the check mark in the square of either iron base or aluminum base and select. In addition, a check point is input to and selected from the square of either the ballad plating roll or the direct printing roll, and a check point is input and selected to either of the squares with or without the design. Then, the user clicks the “next screen” in the screen shown in FIG.

Then, the input screen of the order table 2/3 shown in FIG. 3 (c) is displayed, so that the number of rolls to be ordered in the order table 2/3 can be entered numerically and the orderer can be recycled. Enter the check mark in □ of the roll supply and select it. In the order table 2/3, if the roll has an IC tag and a roll identification number, enter the roll identification number before importing each final design file A character display of "Yes" and a numerical input box are displayed. Enter the roll identification number here, and then press the button for starting the first color capture. Then, the same operation as selecting "Open" open in the down menu that appears by pressing "File" in the menu bar is performed, and a file having a file selection open function is displayed. When a final design file to be printed first is selected and executed (not shown), the final design file can be included in the transmission file of the program in association with the roll identification number, and the first color capture starts. A check mark is displayed in the box at the position corresponding to the button. Similarly, next, in the order table 2/3, press the button for starting the import of the second color, and as described above, the final design file to be printed second is associated with the roll identification number in the transmission file. Then, the final design files corresponding to the number of rolls to be ordered are similarly loaded into the transmission file in association with the roll identification number. From the order table 2/3, when the import of the final design file is completed, "Next screen" in the screen shown in Fig. 3 (c)
Click. Then, an input screen of the order table 3/3 shown in FIG. 4A is displayed. Therefore, when ordering a new aluminum roll, click the "Send" button to inquire about the price and the date and time of completion of the production, and if it is an order for roll recycling, enter the date and time of supply of the recycled roll in the input box. After entering the name of the shipping company, click the "Send" button inquiring about the price and the completion date and time. Then, the information terminal computer E can make an entry to the main computer D, the order reception management program of the main computer D is started, the material cost and the processing cost are calculated based on the contents of the order table 1/3, and the order is received. In addition to calculating the price, the process management program is started and the production capacity of the new aluminum roll manufacturing room B, the production capacity of the plating, polishing and plate making factory C, the waiting time based on the order quantity, and the spare delivery time for each roll The production completion date and time is calculated from the time (for example, 12 hours) and the inquiry date and time, and transmitted from the main computer D to the information terminal computer E, and the answer of the order table 3/3 of the display of the information terminal computer E is given. Column displays the price and the date and time of completion of the production.

The user can determine whether or not to place an order by looking at the contents of the answer. If the production completion date and time is not in time for the desired time in the contents of the answer, enter the production completion desired date and time by the priority interrupt processing and click the "Send" button of the inquiry again. Then, the order reception management program of the main computer D is started, a new price is calculated by adding the extra charge to the transmitted price, and the process management program is started, and the completed production of the waiting roll is started. Check the completion date and time, calculate whether or not there is time for the priority interrupt processing in time for the production completion desired date and time, and calculate the production completion scheduled date and time by the priority interrupt processing,
The transmission is performed from the main computer D to the information terminal computer E, and the price and the production completion date and time are displayed in the answer column of the order table 3/3 on the display of the information terminal computer E. Therefore, the user can make two inquiries about the price and the date and time of completion of production, and can select whether or not to request priority interrupt processing based on whether or not to enter a check mark in □. It is possible to determine whether or not to do so. To place an order, click the “Send” button. To cancel, click the “End” button. When the "Send" button of the order is clicked, the main computer D checks whether or not the priority interrupt processing is desired and selects one of the two answers, and the order table 1 / shown in FIG. 3 and the input data of the order table 2/3 shown in FIG. 3 (c) and the input data of the order table 3/3 shown in FIG. 4 (a). The information is transmitted to the computer E, and the order table 1/1 on the display of the information terminal computer E shown in FIG. 4 (b) is displayed as an answer as a proof (reception order contents).

If it is desired to know the progress after the above-mentioned order, a screen shown in FIG. 3A is displayed on the display of the information terminal computer E, and a predetermined customer identification number, password and FIG. Enter the order number in order table 2/3 shown in a) and click “Next screen” in “Progress”. Then, an entry can be made from the information terminal computer E to the main computer D, a program for checking the progress status of the main computer D is started, the contents of the process management are checked, and the roll of the roll number of the order number in the factory is checked. The remaining processing time or standby time calculated from the processing position,
The scheduled completion date and time are calculated from the processing time and the like determined by the processing course identification number, and the main computer D
Is sent to the information terminal computer E, and the progress status response screen of the information terminal computer E displays the progress status by displaying any of the characters “Complete”, “Preparing”, and “Waiting”. The expected date and time are displayed. The main computer D is
In response to the inquiry about the progress status, all the processing steps corresponding to the processing course of the role identification number related to the inquiry are displayed, so that the processed and unprocessed steps can be understood, and the time required for each step and the time until the processing is completed. By specifying the remaining time, the progress of the manufacture of the roll having the role identification number related to the inquiry may be transmitted to the information terminal computer.

FIG. 5 shows the main computer D shown in FIG.
3 is a schematic chart of the program contents of FIG. 1 and 5
As shown in the figure, the main computer D controls the three-dimensional warehouse apparatus A to control the quantity, size, storage position, etc. of the new roll material (aluminum pipe and aluminum cylindrical block) to be stored in the first floor of the three-dimensional warehouse apparatus A.・ Data input via the warehouse management computer 2 to be managed, necessary data is transmitted to the warehouse management computer 2 based on the order data, and a material pick-up device for a new aluminum roll is provided on the first floor of the three-dimensional warehouse device A. When the recycle roll R is not provided with an IC tag when the recycle roll is received on the second floor of the three-dimensional warehouse apparatus A, as shown in FIG. Figure 1
The IC tag T is attached by the IC tag attaching device 33 shown in FIG. 2 and the selected roll identification number is written to the IC tag T by the order management data by the roll identification number writing / reading device 34, and the IC tag is written to the recycle roll R. T
Is attached and the roll identification number is written, the IC tag T
The recycle roll is stored at a required position on the second floor of the three-dimensional warehouse apparatus A by reading the roll identification number written in the storage area. The ballad plating type recycle roll is wound with rags and pliers or an automatic machine to remove the ballad copper plating, wound up with cardboard paper or the like, cured, and stored.

As shown in FIG. 5, the main computer D
Transmits the data to be processed to each device in the new aluminum roll manufacturing room B, receives the report of the completion of processing from each device, and manages the next process. Data to be processed is transmitted to each device of C, and management of proceeding to the next process is performed by receiving a report of processing data and processing completion from each device.

The main computer D receives an entry from the information terminal computer E and receives an order.
Assign role identification number. The role identification number is composed of, for example, a combination of two letters of an alphabet and a number given to each customer. The role identification number may be an identification number selected by the customer for management by the customer, as long as the role identification number is a combination of two letters and numerals. Even for a roll to which the IC tag T is not attached, the identification number selected by the customer can be attached to the IC tag T. Specifically, the main computer D instructs the roll identification number writing / reading device 34 shown in FIG. 1 from the order data, and attaches the new aluminum roll manufactured in the new aluminum roll manufacturing room B by the IC tag attaching device 33. Write the role identification number selected by the customer to the IC tag T. The IC tag T can be attached to the recycle roll having no IC tag attached by the IC tag attachment device 33, and the roll identification number selected by the customer can be written on the IC tag T. Attaching an IC tag to a roll and storing the roll identification number is a system that can perform plate-making processing automatically and unattended regardless of day or night.
Extremely important and convenient. Even when the fully automatic plate making factory is stopped due to a serious trouble, by reading the roll identification number stored in the IC tag attached to the roll located in each device, all rolls in the factory can be It is possible to know which of the processing steps specific to the roll is in, so that the entire factory can be restored and operated quickly. When the orderer supplies the recycle roll and places an order, the main computer D writes the roll identification number recorded on the IC tag attached to the received recycle roll into the roll identification number writing / reading device 34. By reading through the database of past orders, it can be compared with the database of past orders, the diameter and length of the recycle roll, the chuck hole diameter, the width of the key groove, the number of uses, the ballad plating roll or the direct plate roll, It is possible to instantly know whether the base is an aluminum base or an aluminum base. It is possible to check whether or not the order matches the item ordered by the orderer at the time of receiving an order.
The order form 1/1 shown in (b) can be modified and resent.

In principle, the main computer D does not write a roll identification number different from the roll identification number previously written in the IC tag T. This is because this is different from the role management data of the customer. When a new role identification number is written, the customer is notified.

After confirming the role identification number written in the IC tag T, the main computer D changes the symbol or numerical value for identifying the color of the roll among the roll specification items in the order data. Rewrite. It is extremely important and convenient that a symbol or a numerical value indicating the color of the roll is written on the IC tag T. Customers don't know where to take the finished roll and attach it to the gravure press,
It may cause a mistake, and if it is attached by mistake, printing may not be possible. The customer is provided with a roll identification number writing / reading device, and can receive the completed roll and read the data written on the IC tag T to know exactly what color the roll is. It can be installed correctly in some stations of the gravure press.

The main computer D checks the role identification number written in the IC tag T, checks it against the role specifications of the past order database, and also checks the role specifications of the new order, as shown in FIG. If there is no error in the contents of order table 1/3 shown in), the roll processing course is selected.

When the roll specification of the order is a content for manufacturing a new aluminum roll, the main computer D automatically manufactures the new aluminum roll in the new aluminum roll manufacturing room B based on the roll specification of the order. Perform necessary control for each device in the new roll production room.
The polishing and plate making factory C performs a series of processing on the recycling roll and the new aluminum roll along a processing course determined based on the roll specification of the order.
Necessary control is performed on each device in the polishing and plate making factory.

The main computer D stores a customer identification number, a role identification number, a processing course identification number, a role specification, an order receipt date, and a final design file for each order.
The main computer D, based on the contents of the check items of the order table 1/3 shown in FIG. 3B among the role specification items in the order data, selects one of the ten processing course identification numbers shown in Table 1. And a processing program corresponding thereto are selected, and the process is managed in accordance with the processing order of the order. Table 1 shows the time required for each process. This time is stored in the main computer D.
The time required for the writing process as shown in FIG. 5 is also stored in the main computer D. On the other hand, the main computer D stores information on the storage position in the three-dimensional warehouse apparatus A or on which processing step in the new aluminum roll manufacturing room B or on which processing step in the plating, polishing and plate making factory C. Is received from each device for each transfer of aluminum material and rolls, and rewriting is performed, so the total processing time for each processing course of the rolls, the time required from the start of processing to any processing step, any The time required from the processing step to the completion of the processing can be known, and the information terminal computer E can respond to the completion date and time and the progress status at the time of ordering or inquiring the progress status. Further, since the total processing time is determined by the processing course number when the processing is started, the main computer D determines the time until completion based on the processing position or the processing position information for each transfer of the aluminum material or the roll. The data is received from the device and rewritten.

[0025]

[Table 1]

The processing contents of the processing course identification numbers 1 to 10 will be described with reference to Table 1 and FIG. In the case of processing course identification number 1, manufacture a new aluminum roll, attach an IC tag, write the roll identification number, etc., measure the roll, immerse and degrease, etch, desmut, anodal, and pyrophosphate plating solution A plate making process program is selected in which a direct plate type roll process is performed in which copper plating, copper sulfate plating, cylindrical polishing, and finishing are performed. When the processing course identification number is 2, a new aluminum roll is manufactured and I
After attaching the C tag and writing the roll identification number etc., measure the roll, immerse and degrease, etch, desmut, anodal, copper-plate with copper pyrophosphate plating solution, copper sulfate plating and cylindrical polishing A plate making process program for performing a direct plate type roll process for performing ballad processing, copper sulfate ballad plating, cylindrical polishing, and finishing is selected. In the case of processing course identification number 3, manufacture a new aluminum roll, attach an IC tag, write the roll identification number, etc., measure the roll, immerse and degrease, etch, desmut, anodal, and pyrophosphate plating solution A plate making process program is selected in which copper plating is performed, copper sulfate plating is performed, cylindrical polishing is performed, and a roll is processed to make a pattern and finish. For processing course identification number 4, make a new aluminum roll, attach an IC tag, write the roll identification number, etc., measure the roll, immerse and degrease, etch, desmut, anodal, and copper pyrophosphate plating solution The plate making process program that performs the ballad plating type roll processing that makes copper plating, then performs copper sulfate plating, performs cylindrical polishing, performs ballad processing, performs copper sulfate ballad plating, performs cylindrical polishing, makes a plate, and finishes the pattern Is done. When the processing course identification number is 5, a direct-plate type iron-based recycling roll is measured, dechromed, deplated, nickel-plated, copper sulfate-plated, and polished cylindrical to finish the recycling process. Is selected.
When the processing course identification number is 6, a plate-making process program that performs a recycle process to measure the direct-plate type aluminum-based recycle roll, remove the chromium, drop the plate, apply copper sulfate plating, and polish the cylinder to finish the finish. Selected. When the processing course identification number is 7, ballad plating type iron-based and aluminum-based recycle rolls (rolls from which ballad copper plating has been removed) are measured, electrolytically degreased, acid-washed, neutralized, balladed, and copper sulfate plated. Is performed, and a plate making process program for performing a roll process for finishing by performing cylindrical polishing is selected. When the processing course identification number is 8, the direct-plate type iron-based recycle roll is measured, dechromed, plate-degraded, nickel-plated, copper sulfate-plated, cylindrical polished, and the pattern is finished and finished. Is selected. When the processing course identification number is 9, roll measurement is performed on a direct-plate type aluminum-based recycle roll, the chromium is removed, the plate is dropped, copper sulfate is plated, the cylinder is polished, and the pattern is made into a plate to finish. The prepress process program is selected. When the processing course identification number is 10, ball-plated iron-based and aluminum-based recycled rolls (rolls from which ballad copper plating has been removed) are measured, electrolytically degreased, neutralized with acid, balladed, and copper sulfate plated. Is performed, and a plate making process program for performing a roll process for making a plate by making a plate by performing cylindrical polishing is selected.

[0027] The main computer D, for the rolls received for each order, the new aluminum roll production room B and plating
A control signal is sent so that the equipment is transported between the equipment installed in the polishing and plate making factory C in the following order, and a processing completion signal is received from each equipment for each transport of the aluminum material and roll, and rewritten to manage the process. Perform When the processing course identification number is 1, the new aluminum roll manufacturing room B-IC tag attaching device 33
-Roll identification number writing / reading device 34-Roll measuring device 10-Roll transfer device 16-Aluminum immersion degreasing device 19-Pretreatment etching device 20-Desmutting device 2
1-Anodal treatment device 22-copper pyrophosphate plating device 24-copper sulfate plating device 26-roll transfer device 16-polishing machine 14-roll unloading device 11-roll identification number writing / reading device 34 When the processing course identification number is 2, the new aluminum roll manufacturing room B-IC tag attaching device 33-roll identification number writing / reading device 34-roll measuring device 10-roll transfer device 16-immersion degreasing device for aluminum 19-pretreatment Etching device 20-desmutting device 21-anodal treatment device 22-copper pyrophosphate plating device 24-copper sulfate plating device 26-roll transfer device 16-polishing machine 14-roll transfer device 16-ballad processing device 18-sulfuric acid-copper Plating device 26-Roll transfer device 16
-Polisher 14-Roll unloader 11-Roll identification number writing / reading device 34 When the processing course identification number is 3, the new aluminum roll manufacturing room B-IC tag attaching device 33-roll identification number writing / reading device 34
-Roll measuring device 10-Roll transfer device 16-Immersion degreasing device for aluminum 19-Pretreatment etching device 20-Desmutting device 21-Anodal treatment device 22-Copper pyrophosphate plating device 24-Copper sulfate plating device 26-Roll transfer Device 16-Polishing machine 14-Electronic engraving device 12-Roll transfer device 16-Chrome plating device 27-Roll transfer device 16
-Roll unloading device 11-Roll identification number writing / reading device 34 When the processing course identification number is 4, the new aluminum roll manufacturing room B-IC tag attaching device 33
-Roll identification number writing / reading device 34-Roll measuring device 10-Roll transfer device 16-Aluminum immersion degreasing device 19-Pretreatment etching device 20-Desmutting device 2
1-Anodal treatment device 22-copper pyrophosphate plating device 24-copper sulfate plating device 26-roll transfer device 16-polishing machine 14-roll transfer device 16-ballad processing device 18
-Copper sulfate plating device 26-Roll transfer device 16-Polishing machine 14-Electronic engraving device 12-Roll transfer device 16-Chrome plating device 27-Roll transfer device 16-Roll unloading device 11-Roll identification number writing / reading device 34 Transport in order. When the processing course identification number is 5, the three-dimensional warehouse-roll identification number writing / reading device 34-roll measuring device 10-roll transfer device 16-chrome removing device 23-roll transfer device 16-polishing machine 14-roll transfer device 16- Nickel plating device 25-Copper sulfate plating device 26-Roll transfer device 16-Polisher 14-Roll transfer device 16-Roll unloading device 11-Roll identification number writing / reading device 34
Conveyed in this order. When the processing course identification number is 6, the three-dimensional warehouse-roll identification number writing / reading device 34-roll measuring device 10-roll transfer device 16-chrome removing device 23
-Roll transfer device 16-Polishing machine 14-Roll transfer device 1
6-copper sulfate plating device 26-roll transfer device 16-polishing machine 14-roll transfer device 16-roll unloading device 11-roll identification number writing / reading device 34
When the processing course identification number is 7, the three-dimensional warehouse-roll identification number writing / reading device 34-roll measuring device 10-roll transfer device 16-electrolytic degreasing / pickling device 17-ballad processing device 18-copper sulfate plating device 26- Roll transfer device 16-polishing machine 14-electronic engraving device 12-roll transfer device 16-device 27-roll transfer device 16-roll unloading device 11-roll identification number writing / reading device 34 are transported in this order. When the processing course identification number is 8, a three-dimensional warehouse
Roll identification number writing / reading device 34-Roll measuring device 10-Roll transfer device 16-Dechroming device 23-Roll transfer device 16-Polisher 14-Roll transfer device 16-Ni plating device 25-Copper sulfate plating device 26-Roll The transfer unit 16-the polishing machine 14-the electronic engraving unit 12-the roll transfer unit 16-the chrome plating unit 27-the roll transfer unit 16-the roll unloading unit 11-the roll identification number writing / reading unit 34 are transported in this order. When the processing course identification number is 9, the three-dimensional warehouse-roll identification number writing / reading device 34-roll measuring device 10-roll transfer device 16-chrome removing device 23-roll transfer device 16-polishing machine 14-roll transfer device 16- Copper sulfate plating device 26-Roll transfer device 16-Polishing machine 14-Electronic engraving device 12-Roll transfer device 16-Chrome plating device 27-Roll transfer device 16-
The sheet is conveyed in the order of the roll unloading device 11-the roll identification number writing / reading device 34. If the processing course identification number is 10, the three-dimensional warehouse-roll identification number writing / reading device 34
-Roll measuring device 10-Roll transfer device 16-Electrolytic degreasing / pickling device 17-Ballard treatment device 18-Copper sulfate plating device 26-Roll transfer device 16-Polishing machine 14-Electronic engraving device 12-Roll transfer device 16-Chrome Plating equipment 2
7-roll transfer device 16-roll unloading device 11-roll identification number writing / reading device 34

Hereinafter, this will be described in more detail. FIG. 1 shows the first floor of the three-dimensional warehouse apparatus A. FIG. 2 shows the second floor of the three-dimensional warehouse apparatus A. The first floor portion and the second floor portion may be reversed. As shown in FIG. 1, on the first floor, a material storage port 1a is provided on one side of an end of a warehouse 1 near an entrance of a factory site.
In addition, one side of the opposite end is provided with a base material transfer / remaining material receiving port 1b for an aluminum roll, and the second floor portion includes:
It has a recycle roll storage port 1c provided at the same position as the material loading port 1a on the first floor and a recycle roll delivery port 1d provided on one side of the middle of the warehouse in the longitudinal direction. A pickup transport device 1e is provided, and a pickup transport device 1f is provided on the second floor, and the warehouse management computer 2 is connected to the main computer D to perform pickup control, travel control, and transfer control of the pickup transport device on each floor, and What kind of contents (outside diameter, length,
An aluminum base tube a, an aluminum cylindrical body b, and a recycle roll entrusted by the orderer are stocked or managed.

In the roll recycling order, before entering the second floor of the three-dimensional warehouse apparatus A, the roll identification number writing / reading device 34 stores the roll identification number stored in the IC tag attached to the recycling roll received from the orderer. By reading the number, the role identification number is taken into the warehouse management computer 2, and when the storage position is determined in the warehouse management computer 2, the data is transferred to the main computer D and the processing order is determined. The IC tag T is, for example, a microchip combining a transmitting / receiving antenna, a transmitting / receiving device, and a flash memory. When the IC tag is not attached, a strip-shaped IC tag mounting plate is inserted from the hole to be chucked on the end face of the roll, bent into a channel shape in the roll and fixed so that the IC tag is positioned in front of the hole to be chucked. An IC tag is attached, and the transmitting antenna attached to the tip of the rod is inserted into the roll from the hole to be chucked, and the IC is inserted.
A roll identification number or the like is stored in the vicinity of the tag.

The pickup transporting device 1e on the first floor shown in FIG. 1 includes an aluminum pipe a and an aluminum cylinder b, which are raw materials for the production of an aluminum roll, located at a material entrance 1c. The aluminum pipe a and the aluminum cylinder b having the required contents are rolled by the control signal output from the warehouse management computer 2 based on the command signal from the main computer D. The work of transferring the base material for use and unloading it to the new aluminum roll manufacturing room B from the remaining material receiving port 1b is performed. Further, the pickup transfer device 1e cuts the aluminum tube a and the aluminum cylindrical body b to a required length in the new aluminum roll manufacturing room B, takes out the remaining portions, and transfers and places them on the rack at the original position. Do the work you want. The pickup transport device 1f in the second floor portion lifts the framed fork pallet P, which has the recycle roll R positioned at the roll carry-in port, and stores the fork pallet P on the second floor portion, transports it to a required position, and stocks it.
In addition, the work of transporting and lowering the framed fork pallet 1h to the roll outlet is performed. The work of lifting the recycle roll on the framed fork pallet 1h and storing it, and lifting the recycle roll from the framed fork pallet 1h and moving and suspending the same is performed by a robot (not shown). The warehouse management computer 2 stores the number of the rack when it was delivered to the new aluminum roll manufacturing room B, and takes up and loads that the rack is empty or the material returned after being delivered to the new aluminum roll manufacturing room B. The number of the rack to be placed is stored and the length of the material after cutting is stored.Also, the identification number of the recycle roll, the size and length of the roll, the number of the rack, etc. are stored. Perform comprehensive inventory management.

The aluminum pipe a is made of a drawn material of a fixed length of 6 meters and has a circumference of 400 m before forming a plate.
Around twenty types of aluminum pipes are prepared so as to be able to respond to orders of fifty types and custom sizes that are in increments of 10 mm from m to 900 mm. For example, if the outside diameter is 13
A single aluminum tube with a diameter of 5 mm and an inner diameter of 120 mm is provided as three types of roll body parts with a perimeter of 400 mm, 410 mm and 420 mm before forming a plate by changing the cutting allowance of outer surface cylindrical cutting. Also, by changing the cutting allowance of cylindrical cutting a single aluminum tube with an outer diameter of 290 mm and an inner diameter of 266 mm, the perimeter before forming the plate was 860 mm, 870 mm, 880 mm and 8 mm.
It is offered as five types of roll body, which are 90mm and 900mm and have different wall thicknesses. The aluminum cylinder b
A length of 1 to 2 meters is used, and the circumference before forming a plate is 400 mm to 900 mm, like the aluminum tube a.
Up to about twenty types of aluminum cylinders are prepared to accommodate orders for fifty types and custom sizes that are in increments of 10 mm in the range up to. For example, the outer diameter is 135mm,
When an aluminum tube having an inner diameter of 120 mm is used, an aluminum cylinder b having an outer diameter of 130 mm is used. When an aluminum tube having an outer diameter of 290 mm and an inner diameter of 266 mm is used, an aluminum tube b having an outer diameter of 275 mm is used. The main computer D determines the roll production conditions based on the roll specification of the order, selects an aluminum material corresponding to the roll size of the order, and outputs a pickup instruction signal to the warehouse management computer.

As shown in FIG. 1, a traveling type handling device 3 for receiving an aluminum tube a and an aluminum cylinder b is installed outside the entrance side of the new aluminum roll production room B. The traveling type handling device 3 is, for example,
An overhead traveling device that moves in a two-dimensional direction, an elevating device that is provided on the traveling platform portion and that can move up and down, and an approaching and descending device that is provided on an elevating frame of the elevating device according to the length of the aluminum pipe a or the aluminum cylinder b. This is a configuration including a pair of holding devices that can change two holding points while being separated from each other. The traveling type handling device 3 includes an aluminum pipe a
And the aluminum cylinder b are received and transported in a horizontal state, and placed on the conveyors 5a and 5b installed inside and outside the entrance of the new aluminum roll production room B. Further, in the new aluminum roll manufacturing room B, the necessary lengths of the aluminum tube a and the aluminum cylinder b were cut off, and the remaining aluminum tube a and the aluminum cylinder b were cut off.
Is returned so that one end thereof is at a predetermined position on the conveyors 5a and 5b, and is transported and placed at a position where the traveling type handling device 3 is lifted and picked up by the pickup transporting device 1d provided on the second floor portion of the three-dimensional warehouse device A. In addition, the conveyor 5a,
When the aluminum tube a and the aluminum cylinder b returned to the predetermined position on the 5b become shorter than a predetermined length, the traveling type handling device 3 sets the excessively short aluminum tube a or Aluminum cylinder b
Is transported to the scrap storage box 4 and placed thereon.

The production in the new aluminum roll production room B will be described. The aluminum pipe a placed on the carry-in conveyor 5a is cut off by a required length in the cut-off device 5c. To be more specific, for example, it is stopped when a predetermined length, specifically, a length obtained by adding 4 mm to an ordered roll length, passes through the ring frame, and is concentric with the ring frame by fixing devices on both sides of the ring frame. And the turning mechanism attached to the ring frame is rotated, and the cut-off cutter attached to the turning mechanism is turned to cut off the length obtained by adding 4 mm from the ordered roll length of the aluminum pipe a. Next, the cut-off trunk body is the first handling robot 5g.
The outer diameters of both ends are chucked by the machining center 5i, and the inner diameters of both ends are cylindrically cut at a thickness of, for example, 4 mm, for example, 32 mm in the tube axis direction. You.
Aluminum cylinder b placed on carry-in conveyor 5b
Is cut off by a necessary length in the cut-off device 5d. More specifically, for example, a swivel mechanism that is passed through a ring frame, stopped at a point where a predetermined length, specifically 31 mm passes, and fixed concentrically with the ring frame by fixing devices on both sides of the ring frame and attached to the ring frame Rotates, the parting cutter attached to the turning mechanism turns, and a flange body having a thickness of 31 mm from the aluminum pipe a is formed by the parting cut. Next, the flange body having a thickness of 31 mm is gripped by the first handling robot 5g and chucked at both end surfaces by the machining center 5j, and the outer diameter is fitted to the inner diameter of the end of the body body, and the tolerance is loosened. The cylinder is machined to the required size. Make two flange bodies. Subsequently, the trunk body is received from the machining center 5i by the first handling robot 5g, and the trunk body is chucked and transferred to the rotary chuck device of the flange assembling device 5n, and then is transferred by the first handling robot 5g. Receiving the flange body from the machining center 5j, fitting it into one end of the body body, holding down the body body and the flange body so as not to be loosened, and slowly rotating,
One round of aluminum welding (TIG welding) is performed by the welding robot 5m with the tip of the welding rod facing the groove of the contact surface between the end faces. Next, the trunk body is received by the first handling robot 5g, and the other side is a flange assembly device 5n.
The first handling robot 5g receives the second flange body from the machining center 5j, fits it into one end of the body body, and fits the body element and the flange body. Holding the body so as not to be loosened and rotating slowly, the welding robot 5m performs one round of aluminum welding with the tip of the welding rod directed to the groove portion of the abutting surface between the end surfaces. As described above, the roll body in which the pair of flange bodies is assembled to both ends of the body body is received by the second handling robot 5h, and delivered to the machining center 5k so that both ends are chucked at the outer diameter, and rotated to both ends. The flange element is subjected to conical processing with a central angle of 20 degrees to form a hole to be chucked, and then a key groove is processed. The size of the hole to be chucked and the size of the keyway are processed in accordance with the size of the chuck cone of the gravure rotary printing machine of the orderer and the size of the key attached to the chuck cone, and further, the IC tag Machine the mounting holes. Then, machining center 5k
The roll body is received by the second handling robot 5h from above, and delivered to the machining center 51 so that the chucked holes at both ends are chucked. At the machining center 51, both end faces are processed so as to be end faces perpendicular to the 1 mm axis. Thus, a new aluminum roll is completed by cylindrical cutting of the outer peripheral surface of the roll so as to be smaller than the ordered roll diameter by, for example, 200 μm (to reduce the plating thickness). This roll is a sleeve-shaped roll.
In addition, about this cylindrical cutting, as mentioned above,
For example, three types of roll bodies with a perimeter of 400 mm, 410 mm and 420 mm before forming a plate by changing the cutting allowance of cylindrical cutting of the outer surface of a single aluminum tube with an outer diameter of 135 mm and an inner diameter of 120 mm Therefore, the cutting allowance differs according to the roll circumference, and the thickness and weight of the finished roll greatly differ.

The new aluminum roll manufactured in the new aluminum roll manufacturing room B is the second handling robot 5h.
, And the roll is picked up by the unmanned traveling vehicle 6 that has picked up the roll at the new aluminum roll outlet. Unmanned traveling cart 6
Is provided with a frame so that 9 to 25 can be placed upright. Handled by a robot (not shown). The unmanned traveling vehicle 6 has a T-shaped passage between the recycle roll transfer port 1c of the three-dimensional warehouse apparatus A, the new aluminum roll outlet of the new aluminum roll production room B, and the roll inlet of the plating, polishing and plate making factory C. It moves based on a command signal from the main computer D and conveys the roll. In addition, the recycle roll delivery port 1c of the three-dimensional warehouse apparatus A
Alternatively, the roll transfer between the new aluminum roll feed port of the new aluminum roll production room B and the roll feed port of the plating, polishing and plate making factory C may be performed manually instead of the unmanned traveling vehicle 6.

Next, the processing performed by each apparatus in the plating, polishing and plate making factory C will be described. The traveling-type industrial robot 7 has a robot arm 7a that travels on a track, can reciprocate and rotate in a range of 360 degrees, swings up and down, and can twist and rotate around an arm axis. The robot hand 7b (for example, the robot hand disclosed in Japanese Patent No. 2136697) has a handling function of sandwiching both end surfaces of the plate making roll R and transferring the plate making roll R to and from another device.

The stacker crane 8 is configured to be able to lift and transport a roll detachable rotating device 9 (for example, the device disclosed in Japanese Patent No. 1278544). Roll removal / rotation device 9
The shaft holes on both end surfaces of the sleeve-shaped plate-making roll R can be fitted and clamped by a pair of conical chuck cones facing each other, and the outside of the conical chuck cones can be sealed with a waterproof cap. The plate making roll R can be rotated at the time of mounting, and a plating current can be passed as required.

A four-head type polishing machine 14 (JP-A-2000-127)
No. 005) is provided with a pair of # 320 rough finish grinding wheels 14a and 14b facing each other, and a # 1000 medium finish grinding wheel 1
4c and # 6000 precision polishing grindstones 14d are provided in opposing pairs, so that correction polishing, plate drop polishing and surface roughness miniaturization polishing can be performed by the rough finish polishing wheels 14a and 14b, and medium polishing by the medium finish polishing 14c. The finish polishing and the surface roughness miniaturization polishing can be performed, and the upper finish polishing, the surface roughness miniaturization polishing and the mirror polishing using the precision polishing whetstone 14d can be performed. It should be noted that a two-head type polisher having a pair of # 320 rough finish grinding wheels 14a and 14b opposed to each other and a pair of # 1000 semi-finishing grinding wheels 14c and # 6000 precision grinding wheels (PVA grinding wheels) 14d provided in opposed pairs. Two head-type polishing machines may be provided.

The industrial robot 7 can clamp the end face of the plate making roll R. The above-mentioned devices 10, 12, and 14 have a pair of conical chuck cones that are rotationally driven. Thus, the shaft holes at both end surfaces of the sleeve-shaped plate-making roll R can be fitted and clamped, and the industrial robot 7 can use these devices 10, 12, 14
And a plate-making roll R is exchanged between them. The industrial robot 7 has an antenna for transmitting data to and from the main computer D, and the antenna can read and write data to and from an IC tag attached to the gripped plate-making roll R by the antenna. The roll identification number, the processing course identification number, and the processed process number stored in the IC tag are read, and the data is transmitted to the main computer D. The main computer D includes an antenna provided on the industrial robot 7 or a stacker crane 8
Then, the roll identification number, the processing course identification number, and the processed process number read by the antenna provided in step (1) are input as data. The main computer D checks the roll identification number, the processing course identification number, and the processed step number, and instructs the industrial robot 7 on the next processing step. Therefore, the industrial robot 7
The plate making roll R is conveyed to a processing device to be delivered next, and the plate making roll R is delivered.
When the processing by one processing device is completed, a signal notifying the end of the processing is transmitted from the one processing device to the main computer D. Thereby, the main computer D
Instructs the industrial robot 7 to pick up the plate making roll R to the processing device that has finished processing.

The roll measuring device 10 stands up the plate making roll, chucks the both ends up and down, rotates and measures the dynamic balance, stops it, and, for the one with good dynamic balance and cleared the reference value, Roll length, outer diameter, hole diameter, from one end to the other end of the roll at regular intervals (for example, 10 mm
Diameter measurement is performed to measure the diameter (for each pitch). A roll data collection computer 13 equipped with software for collecting roll measurement data is provided beside the entrance of the plating, polishing and plate making factory C. This software can automatically determine the random operation of the # 320 rough finish polishing wheels 14a and 14b in the correction polishing step in the polishing machine 14 corresponding to the roll data. The random operation order of the # 320 rough finish grinding wheels 14a and 14b is transmitted when performing the correction polishing in the polishing machine 14. Plating, polishing,
A handling device for causing the roll measuring device 10 to chuck the plate making roll located at the entrance of the plate making factory C,
It may be provided with a manipulator type handling device, a weightless lifting device, or the like. Moreover, you may perform it manually.

The roll unloading device 11 is moved from the horizontal
For example, four pallets that can be tilted to about 80 degrees are provided (for example, an apparatus disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. H10-291289), and when the plate making roll R that has completed plate making is taken out, the industrial robot 7 puts the plate making roll R on the pallet. Is placed, the shutter at the carry-out port is opened, the pallet is tilted to about 70 to 80 degrees, and the plate-making roll R is leaned obliquely, and the plate-making roll R can be manually rolled up and rolled obliquely. It is configured as follows.

The electronic engraving device 12 has a pair of rotationally driven chuck cones. The plate-making roll R is chucked at both ends by the chuck cones, rotated, and engraved with a diamond engraving needle.

The polishing machine 14 is equipped with a four-head grinding stone polishing apparatus (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2000-127005). More specifically, a cylindrical body rotating means having a driving side chucking means and a non-driving side chucking means and horizontally rotating both ends of the cylindrical body by means of both chucking means, and a corresponding X table moving means on both sides of the cylindrical body, respectively. A pair of X tables that can be independently moved in the surface length direction of the cylindrical body by a servomotor, and are provided on each X table side by side in the surface length direction of the cylindrical body, and each corresponding Y table is moved by a corresponding servomotor for moving the Y table. Two pairs of Y-tables which are independently movable in the direction of approaching / separating from each other, and a polishing head which is provided on each Y-table and which can rotate a polishing head by a grinding wheel rotating motor to grind a cylindrical body at an end face of the grinding wheel. A corresponding Y-table moving servomotor and a Y-table moving ball screw are provided on the X-table. The ball screw for Y-table movement is adapted to rotate, and a ball nut for Y-table movement, which is screwed to the ball screw for Y-table movement, is non-rotatably and slidably engaged with the Y-table and is connected via an elastic body. In this configuration, the Y-table moving motor is set to a torque control output by the control circuit, and the grinding wheel grinds the cylindrical body. The polishing machine 14 performs a polishing operation according to ten types of processing courses. The main computer D uses the industrial robot 7 to rotate the plate making roll R with the polishing machine 14.
Before the transfer to the industrial robot 7, the roll identification number, the processing course identification number, and the processed step number read by the antenna attached to the industrial robot 7 are checked, and the polishing contents are instructed to the polishing machine 14. As shown in FIG. 2, when the processing course identification numbers are 1 and 3, the polishing is directed to a new aluminum roll of the direct plate type, and the correction polishing (the rough finishing grinding wheel 14 of # 320) is performed.
a, 14b)-Surface roughness miniaturization polishing (uses rough finish grinding wheels 14a, 14b)-Medium finish polishing (uses # 1000 medium finish polishing wheel 14c)-Surface roughness miniaturization polishing (#
1000 medium finish polishing whetstone 14c)-Top finish polishing (use # 6000 precision polishing whetstone 14d)-Surface roughness miniaturization polishing (use # 6000 precision polishing whetstone 14d)-Mirror finish polishing (# 6000) (Using the precision polishing grindstone 14d). For processing course identification numbers 2 and 4,
If the polishing is for a new ballad-plated aluminum roll and the first cylindrical polishing after the first copper sulfate plating after the main computer D confirms the processed process number, the correction polishing -Surface roughness miniaturization polishing-Semi-finishing polishing-Surface miniaturization polishing is performed in the order of fully automatic polishing, and after the main computer D confirms the processed process number and performs copper sulfate ballad plating. When this is the second cylindrical polishing, a fully automatic polishing operation is performed in the order of medium finish polishing, surface roughness miniaturization polishing, top finish polishing, surface roughness miniaturization polishing, and mirror finish polishing. When the processing course identification number is 5, 6, 8, or 9, the polishing is for a direct-plate type recycle roll, and the correction polishing, the plate-down polishing, the surface roughness miniaturization polishing, the intermediate finish polishing, and the surface roughness are performed. Miniaturized polishing
Fully automatic polishing work is performed in the order of top finish polishing-surface roughness miniaturization polishing-mirror finish polishing. Processing course identification number 7, 1
When the value is 0, the polishing is for ballad plating type recycle rolls, and it is a fully automatic polishing operation in the following order: medium finish polishing-surface roughness miniaturization polishing-top finish polishing-surface roughness miniaturization polishing-mirror finish polishing. I do.

The rough finish grinding wheels 14a and 14b have an intersection angle of 90 degrees when both the extension line of the rotation axis of the grinding wheel and the rotation axis of the plate-making roll are viewed from the plane, and the polishing of the end surface of the grinding wheel is performed. When the contact line is in the range of a diameter line passing through the center of the center hole of the end face of the grinding wheel or a chord line parallel to the diameter line to the extent that the center hole does not deviate, the polishing is performed while keeping the polishing pressure constant.

In the correction polishing, even if the cylindrical accuracy of the plate-making roll R before cylindrical polishing is low, or if a cylindrical polishing device having a low cylindrical polishing accuracy is used, the plate-making roll R has a uniform diameter over the entire length. In this polishing method, extremely high cylindrical polishing accuracy can be obtained in a short time, and in consideration of the fact that the plating current is concentrated near both ends of the roll and the plating thickness becomes large, the polishing method for reducing the roll diameter (Japanese Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 11-090
796, JP-A-11-090797). Specifically, as shown in JP-A-11-090797, a polishing grindstone is applied to the plate making roll R for the minimum value of the measured diameter value of each section measured at regular intervals from one end to the other end of the plate making roll R. The diameter of each section before polishing was corrected to a value approximating to be four times the single polishing dimension when moving in one direction while maintaining a constant polishing pressure while maintaining the polishing pressure. A cylinder for polishing the plate making roll R to have a uniform diameter value until there is no polishing margin larger than the minimum diameter value before polishing by polishing while repeating reciprocating movement while keeping the polishing pressure constant. In the body polishing method, a section of the polishing allowance portion larger than the minimum diameter value before polishing is polished and moved by the number of times proportional to the diameter value before polishing, and at that time, a section where the polishing allowance portion having the same diameter value is continuously present. Reciprocating polishing, polishing allowance part When moving to the spaced section is moved to substantially zero polishing pressure keep an adhesion of the abrasive grinding wheel and a plate-making roll R.

The plate drop polishing is a polishing that is performed next to the correction polishing for the direct-plate type recycle rolls having the processing course identification numbers 5 and 6, and the rough finish polishing grindstones 14a and 14b sandwich the plate roll R to be made. This is polishing in which the cell is reciprocated one or two times from one end to the other end of the roll to scrape the cell. Even after plate drop polishing, the effect of uniformizing the roll diameter by correction polishing and the effect of reducing the roll diameter in consideration of the effect of uniformity by polishing and the increase in plating thickness near both ends of the roll can be left. In the plate drop polishing of the aluminum recycling roll, the polishing is performed so that the aluminum base metal is never exposed.

The surface roughness miniaturization polishing is a method in which the plate making roll R is polished with a predetermined grinding wheel, but the surface roughness is equivalent to the surface roughness when polishing with a larger grinding wheel. Specifically, the crossing angle when both the extension of the rotation axis of the grinding wheel and the rotation axis of the plate making roll R are viewed from a plane direction is non-perpendicular, and The polishing contact line of the end face of the grindstone with the plate making roll R is within a range of a parallel line with the radius line of the end face of the grindstone or the radius line as long as it does not deviate from the center hole,
The plate-making roll R is supported and rotated at both ends, the cylindrical grindstone is rotated, and the annular end surface of the grindstone is in line contact with the plate-making roll R to maintain a constant polishing pressure and from one end to the other end of the plate-making roll R This is a method of uniformly polishing the cylinder by moving it up to a regular cylinder. For polishing with a grinding wheel of an appropriate number, a regular cylinder is moved from one end to the other end of the cylinder by bringing the grinding stone and the plate-making roll R into contact in different rotation directions. Polishing is performed once or more times, and finally, the contact is made in the same rotational direction, and the speed is substantially matched at an appropriate point on the contact line during polishing and moved from one end to the other end of the plate making roll R. Perform one or more times the fine cylindrical polishing to be performed, the next and thereafter, also for the fine cylindrical polishing performed by replacing with a larger grinding wheel, contact the grinding wheel and the plate making roll R in the same rotation direction, In addition, an appropriate one of the polishing contact lines Performed in one minute cylindrical polishing moving substantially matched speed from one end of the plate-making roll R to the other or a plurality of times (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2000-233348).

In order to bring the plate-making roll R to the mirror finish by grinding the grinding wheel, the end surface of the rough polishing grindstone which is rotationally driven to the plate-making roll R is moved while applying a lubricating liquid so that the entire length becomes uniform. Then, the plate making roll R is rotated in the reverse direction to perform a polishing to remove pitch streaks attached to the plate making roll R by a rough polishing grindstone, and then the PVA grinding wheel is rotated and driven by the plate making roll R. Pressing and moving while applying a lubricating liquid to perform finish polishing, and then rotating the plate-making roll R at a rotation speed higher than the rotation speed at the time of the finish polishing to freely rotate the PVA grindstone by the polishing pressure. By pressing at a constant pressure several times higher than the above and applying lubricating liquid to rotate the plate making roll R to move the PVA grindstone, a minute relative velocity is generated at a line contact point between the cylindrical body and the PVA grindstone, thereby forming the cylindrical body. The mirror Can be achieved by polishing (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-114800).

In the handling area of the industrial robot 7 in the plate-making room C1, when one device is in operation, the plate-making roll R, which has progressed to the step of being processed by the one device, is stored on the roll stock pallet 15. Is done.

The roll transfer device 16 is provided with a roll mounting rack in which a frustoconical shape made of Teflon (registered trademark) resin is fitted to each of two parallel shafts with their small-diameter ends opposed to each other so as to be movable up and down. Receiving the plate-making rolls R whose both end faces are sandwiched by the industrial robot 7, and stably receiving the end face plates at both ends of the roll removing / rotating device 9 lifted and conveyed by the stacker crane 8 in the plate-making room C2. This is a receiving stand that can raise the plate making roll R concentrically between the pair of chuck cones of the roll detaching / rotating device 9 so that the roll detaching / rotating device 9 can chuck. The industrial robot 7 in the plate making room C1 and
Stacker crane 8 in plate making room C2 (for example, Patent No. 2539310)
The roll removal / rotation device 9 which is lifted and conveyed by a stacker crane (No. 1) may be configured to directly transfer the plate-making roll R through an opening provided in a partition wall.

The electrolytic degreasing / pickling apparatus 17 is a processing apparatus which is firstly applied to a ballad plating type recycle roll to which ballad plating has been torn and removed. Can stably receive the end face plate, and can rotate the chuck cone of the roll detaching / rotating device 9, and store the plate-making roll R chucked at both ends by the roll detaching / rotating device 9 in a tank that stops rising. After being immersed in the alkaline solution and degreased, the tank is lowered, and a plate is extended below the plate-making roll R so as to receive the processing solution, and then pickled with an acidic solution shower and then with a water shower.

The ballad treatment device 18 is a treatment device which is applied after electrolytic degreasing and pickling of a ballad plating type recycle roll and after copper sulfate plating and grinding of a whetstone cylinder for a new ballard plating type roll. The end plates at both ends of the roll detaching / rotating device 9 lifted and conveyed by the crane 8 can be stably received, and the chuck cone of the roll detaching / rotating device 9 can be rotated. A photographic fixing waste liquid is sprayed on the chucked plate making roll R. In addition, the ballad processing may be performed by using a plate that extends below the plate-making roll R of the electrolytic degreasing / pickling apparatus 17 without providing an independent apparatus.

The aluminum immersion degreasing apparatus 19 is a processing apparatus which is applied first after the new aluminum roll manufactured in the new aluminum roll manufacturing room B is measured by the roll measuring device 10, and is lifted and transported by the stacker crane 8. The end face plates at both ends of the plate making roll R, which are chucked at both ends by the roll removing / rotating device 9, can be stably received, and the chuck cone of the roll removing / rotating device 9 can be rotated. R is lifted and stopped. It is immersed in a degreasing solution for aluminum stored in a tank and degreased. After lowering the tank, a plate is protruded below the plate-making roll R to receive the processing liquid and is washed with a water shower. I do.

An etching apparatus 20 using a caustic soda solution
Is a processing device to be applied next to a new aluminum roll that has been processed by the aluminum immersion degreasing device 19, and a plate-making roll R that is chucked at both ends by a roll desorption rotating device 9 lifted and conveyed by a stacker crane 8, Can stably receive the end plates at both ends of the roll, and can rotate the chuck cone of the roll removing / rotating device 9 to immerse the plate making roll R in the caustic soda solution stored in the tank for stopping the ascent. This is a process of removing the film (oxide film) of the foreign matter adhered to the surface by the above-described immersion degreasing treatment for aluminum. Then, after lowering the tank, a plate is extended below the plate-making roll R to receive the processing liquid. And wash with a water shower.

The desmutting device 21 is a processing device to be applied next to a new aluminum roll which has been subjected to etching treatment with a caustic soda solution. A desmutting liquid stored in a tank that can stably receive the end face plates at both ends of the plate making roll R, rotate the chuck cone of the roll removing / rotating device 9, and stop moving the plate making roll R up and down. (A nitric acid solution) to remove the smut (water-insoluble silica-based black film) adhered to the surface by the above-described etching treatment. Then, after lowering the tank, a plate is placed under the plate-making roll R. Overhang to receive the processing solution, and washed with a water shower.

The anodal processing device 22 is a processing device to be applied next to a new aluminum roll that has been de-smutted, and is a plate-making roll that is chucked at both ends by a roll detaching / rotating device 9 lifted and conveyed by a stacker crane 8. The chuck cone of the roll removing / rotating device 9 can be rotated by stably receiving the end face plates at both ends of R, and the plate making roll R is immersed in a phosphoric acid solution stored in a tank for stopping the ascent. This is a process of forming an aluminum oxide film on the roll surface by anodic electrolysis. Then, after lowering the tank, a plate is protruded below the plate-making roll R to receive the processing liquid and is washed with a water shower.

The dechroming apparatus 23 is a processing apparatus which is applied first to a recycle roll of a direct plate type.
The end plates at both ends are stably received and the chuck cone of the roll removing / rotating device 9 is rotated, and the chrome plating is dissolved by dipping in a sulfuric acid solution stored in a tank for stopping the plate-making roll R from rising. This is a process of removing, and then washing with a water shower is performed in the tank.

The copper pyrophosphate plating apparatus 24 is a processing apparatus to be applied next to a new aluminum roll that has been subjected to anodal treatment. The chuck cone of the roll removing / rotating device 9 can be rotated by stably receiving the end plates at both ends of the roll R, and the plate-making roll R is immersed in a plating solution whose level rises. At the same time, the voltage is gradually increased, and copper plating is performed so that the plating voltage becomes 15 V when the roll is completely immersed. Next, it is washed with a water shower in the tank.

The nickel plating apparatus 25 is a processing apparatus to be applied after finishing the chromium removal treatment and the plate drop polishing for the direct-plate type iron-based recycle rolls. A tank that can stably receive the end face plates at both ends of the plate making roll R, both ends of which are chucked at 9, and rotate the chuck cone of the roll removing / rotating device 9 to raise and stop the plate making roll R; Immersed in a nickel plating solution stored in the container and passed a plating current to, for example, a thickness 2
This is a process of applying nickel plating so as to have a thickness of 10 to 10 μm. Then, after lowering the tank, a plate is protruded below the plate making roll R so as to receive the processing liquid and is washed with a water shower.

The copper sulfate plating apparatus 26 performs ballad processing,
Or a processing device to be applied after the nickel plating process or the copper pyrophosphate plating process is completed, and both ends of a plate-making roll R, both ends of which are chucked by a roll removing / rotating device 9 lifted and conveyed by a stacker crane 8. The face plate is stably received, and the chuck cone of the roll attaching / detaching / rotating device 9 can be rotated and a plating current can be supplied. For example, nickel plating is applied to a thickness of 100 μm. After the plate making roll R is chucked at both ends and positioned in the plating bath, the plate making roll R is rotated by applying a low voltage (for example, 1 V to 5 V) that does not cause electric burning. Then, the level of the copper plating solution in the plating bath is slowly raised, and the level of the copper plating solution is brought into contact with the plate-making roll R to apply copper plating to the entire peripheral surface. Since the plating current flows at the moment when the copper plating solution comes into contact with the plate making roll R, the deposition of copper plating is performed instantaneously, and the reaction rate of the sulfur-based compound contained in the brightener and the hardening agent is low. The sulfur compound does not form a boundary film between nickel plating and copper plating. Also, since the voltage is low, the copper plating does not burn. Thereafter, while the level of the copper plating solution is being increased, the voltage is gradually increased, and the plating voltage is set to 15 V when the roll is completely immersed, so that copper plating is performed. In this case, the sulfur compound is incorporated into the copper plating, but does not give the copper plating releasability. Next, it is washed with a water shower in the tank. The processing apparatus to be applied to the direct-plate type aluminum-based recycle roll after finishing the dechroming treatment and the plate drop polishing is not the nickel plating apparatus 25 but the copper sulfate plating apparatus 26.

The chrome plating device 27 stably receives the end plates at both ends of the plate-making roll R, both ends of which are chucked by the roll removing / rotating device 9 lifted and conveyed by the stacker crane 8, to rotate the roll. This is a process of rotating the chuck cone of the device 9 and applying a chromium plating so that a plating current can be supplied, for example, to a thickness of 8 μm, and then the substrate is washed with a water shower in a tank. Printing durability can be imparted to the plate surface by applying chrome plating.

The stock device 28 is a stacker crane 8
Thus, the end plates at both ends of the roll attaching / detaching rotary device 9 which are lifted and conveyed can be stably received. Further, even when the roll removing / rotating device 9 chucks the plate making roll R at both ends, the roll removing / removing rotating device 9 can be received, and it becomes a standby place when the processing device is not empty and needs to be on standby. The roll removing / rotating device 9 is used for the attachment changing robot 2.
9 allows a required pair of chuck cones to be exchanged according to the length of the plate making roll R from among a large number of spare pairs of chuck cones stored in the rack shelves 30a and 30b. The stock device 29 can stock dozens of roll attaching / detaching rotation devices 9.

As described above, the main computer D
Since the roll identification number of the IC tag can be confirmed, the industrial robot 7 can be used in the plating, polishing and plate making factory C for ten types of plate making rolls R having different processing courses.
And the stacker crane 8 can be instructed to convey the plate-making roll R in the following order. Also, the exposure data to be patterned is transmitted to the laser exposure latent image forming apparatus 13 and the polishing is performed. The contents of the above-described polishing process can be instructed to the machine 14.

The rolls, which have been processed by the roll unloading device 11 and have been completed, are cured so as not to be damaged, temporarily stored in a stock yard, and shipped.

Next, a method for automatically receiving and manufacturing gravure printing rolls according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
This will be described with reference to FIG. This method employs a zincate treatment and a nickel plating treatment before the copper sulfate plating on the new aluminum roll, and also employs a method of forming cells by an electronic engraving machine. Therefore, it is not equipped with an anodal treatment device and copper pyrophosphate plating device,
A zincate processing device 32 is provided. The zincate processing device 32 is a processing device to be applied next to the new aluminum roll that has been subjected to the desmutting process, and the roll removing / rotating device 9 that is lifted and conveyed by the stacker crane 8.
In the tank, the end plates at both ends of the plate making roll R, which are chucked at both ends, can be stably received and the chuck cone of the roll removing / rotating device 9 can be rotated, and the plate making roll R is stopped rising. This is a process in which a zinc film is adhered to the roll surface by dipping in the stored sodium zincate solution. Then, after lowering the tank, a plate is extended below the plate-making roll R to receive the processing solution, and a water shower is performed. Wash with water. The process management by the main computer D
[0027] Regarding the process management described above, the anodal treatment device 22 is replaced by the zincate treatment device 32.
become. Since other configurations are not different, the description is omitted.

Next, a method for automatically receiving and manufacturing gravure printing rolls according to a third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
This will be described with reference to FIG. This method employs a zincate treatment instead of an anodal treatment for the treatment before applying copper sulfate plating to a new aluminum roll.
And a photosensitive film coating device 35, a laser exposure device 36, a developing device 37, an etching device 38, and a resist stripping device 39 in place of an electronic engraving machine as a method of forming a cell. The main computer D performs the following process management. When the processing course identification number is 1, the new aluminum roll manufacturing room B-IC tag attaching device 33
-Roll identification number writing / reading device 34-Roll measuring device 10-Roll transfer device 16-Aluminum immersion degreasing device 19-Pretreatment etching device 20-Desmutting device 2
1- zincate processing device 32- copper pyrophosphate plating device 24- copper sulfate plating device 26- roll transfer device 16- polishing machine 14- roll unloading device 11- roll identification number writing / reading device 34 When the processing course identification number is 2, the new aluminum roll manufacturing room B-IC tag mounting device 33-roll identification number writing / reading device 34-roll measuring device 10-roll transfer device 16-immersion degreasing device for aluminum 19-pretreatment Etching device 20-desmutting device 21-zincate treatment device 32-copper pyrophosphate plating device 24-copper sulfate plating device 26-roll transfer device 16-polishing machine 14-roll transfer device 16-ballad treatment device 18-copper sulfate plating Device 26-Roll Transfer Device 16
-Polisher 14-Roll unloader 11-Roll identification number writing / reading device 34 When the processing course identification number is 3, the new aluminum roll manufacturing room B-IC tag attaching device 33-roll identification number writing / reading device 34
-Roll measuring device 10-Roll transfer device 16-Immersion degreasing device for aluminum 19-Pretreatment etching device 20-Desmutting device 21-Zincate treatment device 32-Copper pyrophosphate plating device 24-Copper sulfate plating device 26-Roll transfer Device 16-Polishing machine 14-Roll transfer device 16-Photosensitive film coating device 35-Roll transfer device 16-Laser exposure device 3
6-roll transfer device 16-developing device 37-etching device 39-resist stripping device 40-chrome plating device 27
-Roll transfer device 16-Roll unloading device 11-Roll identification number writing / reading device 34 When the processing course identification number is 4, the new aluminum roll manufacturing room BI
C tag attaching device 33-roll identification number writing / reading device 34-roll measuring device 10-roll transfer device 16-
Immersion degreasing equipment for aluminum 19-etching equipment for pretreatment 2
0-desmutting device 21-zincate treatment device 32-copper pyrophosphate plating device 24-copper sulfate plating device 26-roll transfer device 16-polishing machine 14-roll transfer device 16-
Ballard processing device 18-Copper sulfate plating device 26-Roll transfer device 16-Polisher 14-Roll transfer device 16-Photosensitive film coating device 35-Roll transfer device 16-Laser exposure device 36-Roll transfer device 16-Developing device 37- Etching device 39-resist stripping device 40-chrome plating device 27-roll transfer device 16-roll unloading device 11-roll identification number writing / reading device 34 When the processing course identification number is 5, the three-dimensional warehouse-roll identification number writing / reading device 34-roll measuring device 10-roll transfer device 16-chrome removing device 23-roll transfer device 1
6-Polishing machine 14-Roll transfer device 16-Nickel plating device 25-Copper sulfate plating device 26-Roll transfer device 16
-Polishing machine 14-Roll transfer device 16-Roll unloading device 1
1-Convey in the order of the roll identification number writing / reading device 34. When the processing course identification number is 6, the three-dimensional warehouse-roll identification number writing / reading device 34-roll measuring device 1
0-roll transfer device 16-chrome removing device 23-roll transfer device 16-polishing machine 14-roll transfer device 16-copper sulfate plating device 26-roll transfer device 16-polishing machine 14-roll transfer device 16-roll unloading device 11 And transport in the order of the roll identification number writing / reading device 34. When the processing course identification number is 7, the three-dimensional warehouse-roll identification number writing / reading device 34-roll measuring device 10-roll transfer device 16-electrolytic degreasing / pickling device 17-ballard processing device 18-copper sulfate plating device 26- Roll transfer device 16-polishing machine 14-roll transfer device 16-photosensitive film coating device 35-
Roll transfer device 16-Laser exposure device 36-Roll transfer device 16-Developing device 37-Etching device 39-Resist stripping device 40-Chrome plating device 27-Roll transfer device 16-Roll unloading device 11-Roll identification number writing / reading device It is transported in the order of 34. When the processing course identification number is 8, the three-dimensional warehouse-roll identification number writing / reading device 34-roll measuring device 10-roll transfer device 16-
Dechroming device 23-Roll transfer device 16-Polishing machine 14-
Roll transfer device 16-nickel plating device 25-copper sulfate plating device 26-roll transfer device 16-polishing machine 14-roll transfer device 16-photosensitive film coating device 35-roll transfer device 16-laser exposure device 36-roll transfer device 16 ―
Developing device 37-etching device 39-resist stripping device 40-chrome plating device 27-roll transfer device 16-roll unloading device 11-roll identification number writing / reading device 34 For processing course identification number 9,
Three-dimensional warehouse-Roll identification number writing / reading device 34-Roll measuring device 10-Roll transfer device 16-Dechroming device 23-Roll transfer device 16-Polishing machine 14-Roll transfer device 16-Copper sulfate plating device 26-Roll transfer device 16-
Polishing machine 14-Electronic engraving device 12-Roll transfer device 16-
The chrome plating device 27, the roll transfer device 16, the roll unloading device 11, and the roll identification number writing / reading device 34 are transported in this order. When the processing course identification number is 10, the three-dimensional warehouse-roll identification number writing / reading device 34-roll measuring device 10-roll transfer device 16-electrolytic degreasing / pickling device 17-ballard processing device 18-copper sulfate plating device 2
6-Roll transfer device 16-Polisher 14-Roll transfer device 16-Photosensitive film coating device 35-Roll transfer device 16-Laser exposure device 36-Roll transfer device 16-Developing device 37
-Etching device 39-Resist stripping device 40-Chromium plating device 27-Roll transfer device 16-Roll unloading device 11-Roll identification number writing / reading device 34 Since other configurations are not different, the description is omitted.

The method for automatically receiving and manufacturing gravure printing rolls according to the present invention is not limited to the first, second and third embodiments described above.
Includes the following case. (1) Plate making process of dechroming, degreasing, thick zinc plating, polishing and engraving the cell directly with a high-power laser and chrome plating. (2) A plate-making process in which the used plate-forming resin is removed by laser ablation, and a water-repellent plate-forming resin is again applied to the surface of the hydrophilic roll, dried, solidified and polished, and the cells are directly engraved with a high-power laser. (3) Dechrome removal, plate removal, degreasing, thick copper plating and polishing, coating with a black resist film, ablation by laser, burning off the black resist in the cell formation scheduled portion, etching to form cells, and forming resist Plate making process for removing and chrome plating.

In the method for automatically receiving and manufacturing a gravure printing roll according to the eighth aspect of the present invention ([Claim 8]), the method for plating and
Rolls to be treated in the polishing and plate making factory C are limited to new aluminum rolls and recycled rolls whose roll base is aluminum, and do not include recycled rolls whose roll base is iron. Therefore, in Table 1, the plate making process course identification numbers 5 and 8 are excluded, the nickel plating apparatus 25 in FIG. 1 is unnecessary, and the nickel plating in FIG. 5 is not performed. In this case, there are eight types of plate making processing courses. The reason is that it is unnecessary at a factory where the roll base, which is heavy and difficult to handle manually, is completely abolished and the roll base is iron.

[0068]

According to the first to tenth aspects of the present invention, a method for automatically receiving and manufacturing gravure printing rolls is described. A printing company and a plate making company are capable of manufacturing a variety of new aluminum rolls. A total line device that can perform fully automatic plate making with different types or eight types of processing steps can be used as if it were a company factory. In the method of the present invention, 20 to 40 plate making rolls are measured one after another in the evening, and the plate making method and the contents of the design to be made are input to the controller and stored in the plate making room. Fully automatic plate making can be performed unattended. The method for automatically receiving and manufacturing gravure printing rolls according to the fifth and sixth aspects of the present invention is directed to a total line device capable of performing fully automatic plate making in which ten or eight types of processing steps are different. The user can avoid input mistakes in the selection of the processing course, and the user does not need to know at all what process the desired process flows in the total line device. Sufficient, no mistakes will be made between the user and the plate making party. In the method for automatically receiving and manufacturing gravure printing rolls according to the seventh invention of the present application, since the progress of roll production after ordering can be understood on the information terminal computer, the user can obtain the obtained roll time efficiently and efficiently. A print production process can be set up.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic plan view of an entire system for implementing a method for automatically receiving and manufacturing gravure printing rolls according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of the second floor portion of the three-dimensional warehouse apparatus of the overall system of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a display screen of the information terminal computer according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a screen of a display of the information terminal computer according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a schematic plan view of an entire system for implementing a method for automatically receiving and manufacturing gravure printing rolls according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a schematic plan view of an entire system for implementing a method for automatically receiving and manufacturing gravure printing rolls according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart of an overall system for implementing a method for automatically receiving and manufacturing gravure printing rolls according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a schematic plan view of an entire system for implementing a method for automatically receiving and manufacturing gravure printing rolls according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart of an overall system for implementing a method for automatically receiving and manufacturing gravure printing rolls according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

A: three-dimensional warehouse equipment, B: new aluminum roll production room, C: plating, polishing and plate making factory, D: main computer, E: information terminal computer, 1a
..Material storage port, 1b ・ ・ ・ Transfer of base material for aluminum roll ・ Residual material receiving port, 1c ・ ・ ・ Recycle roll transfer port, 1d ・ ・ ・ Pickup transfer device, 2 ・ ・ ・ Warehouse management computer, R ・ ・・ Recycled roll and new aluminum roll, P ・ ・ ・ Fork pallet with frame, 1e
··· Rack, a · · · aluminum tube, b · · · aluminum cylinder, 3 · · · traveling type handling device
4 ... scrap storage box, 5a, 5b ... carry-in conveyor, 5c, 5d ... cut-off device, 5e, 5f ... delivery conveyor, 5g, 5h ... first and second handling robots 5i, 5j, 5k, 5l: Machining center, 5m: Welding robot, 5n: Flange assembling device, 6: Unmanned traveling vehicle, C1, C2: Plate making room, 7: Industrial robot 7a: Robot arm, 7b: Robot hand, 8: Stacker crane, R: Plate-making roll, 9: Roll detaching / rotating device 10: Roll measuring device, 11: Roll unloading device, 12: electronic engraving device, 13: computer for collecting roll data, 14: polishing machine, 14a, 14
b: rough polishing wheel, 14c: medium polishing wheel, 14d: precision polishing wheel, 15: pallet for roll stock, 16: roll transfer device, 17 ...
・ Electrolytic degreasing / pickling device, 18 ・ ・ ・ Ballard treatment device, 19 ・ ・ ・ Immersion degreasing device for aluminum, 20 ・ ・ ・ Etching device with caustic soda solution, 21 ・ ・ ・ Desmutting device, 22 ・ ・ ・ Anodal treatment Apparatus, 23 ... Dechroming apparatus, 24 ... Copper pyrophosphate plating apparatus, 25
..Nickel plating equipment, 26 ... Copper sulfate plating equipment, 27 ... Chromium plating equipment, 29 ... Stock equipment, 30 ... Attachment exchange robot, 31
a, 31b: rack shelf, 32: zincate processing device, 33: IC tag mounting device, 34: roll identification number writing / reading device, 35: photosensitive film coating device, 36 ... Laser exposure device, 37 developing device, 38 etching device, 39 resist removing device,

Continuation of the front page F term (reference) 2H084 AA03 AA40 AE04 AE06 AE07 BB02 BB16 CC03 3C100 BB03 BB39 CC05 CC08 EE17

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A roll maker side includes a new aluminum roll manufacturing room, a plating / polishing / plate making factory, a main computer having a function of controlling the manufacturing line and having a communication function with the outside, and an information terminal on a client side. A method for automatically receiving and producing a gravure printing roll by performing information communication between the main computer and the information terminal computer via a communication line, the information terminal computer having an entry in the main computer. When ordering with roll specifications and designs, the final design file for each color is sent to the main computer to process the order. When the order is received, the main computer receives the customer identification number and role identification. Number, processing course identification number, role specification, order date and time, final data And stored in the in-file to have a relevant, is attached to each roll to be produced I
At least the roll identification number is stored in the C tag, and the transport position of each roll is sequentially stored in association with the roll identification number, so that the manufacturing process can be grasped, and the roll specification of each device in the new aluminum roll manufacturing room can be ordered. In addition, the plating, polishing, and plate making plants perform a series of processing along the processing course determined based on the roll specification of the order at the plating / polishing / plate making factory. A method for automatically receiving and manufacturing gravure printing rolls, wherein required control is performed for each device in a polishing and plate making factory. 2. A roll maker side, comprising a new roll manufacturing room for aluminum, a plating / polishing / plate making factory, a main computer having a function of controlling the production line and having a communication function with the outside, and an information terminal on the client side. A method for automatically receiving and producing a gravure printing roll by performing information communication between the main computer and the information terminal computer via a communication line, the information terminal computer having an entry in the main computer. When ordering with roll specifications and designs, the final design file for each color is sent to the main computer to process the order. When the order is received, the main computer receives the customer identification number and role identification. Number, processing course identification number, role specification, order date and time, final data The in-file is stored in association with each other, the roll identification number associated with each roll to be manufactured is stored, and the transport position of each roll is sequentially stored in association with the roll identification number, and the manufacturing process is grasped. Then, the necessary control is performed for each device in the new aluminum roll production room based on the roll specifications received.
In the plating, polishing and plate making factory, each equipment in the plating, polishing and plate making factory is to perform a series of processing along the processing course determined based on the roll specification of the order for recycled rolls and new aluminum rolls. A method for automatically receiving and manufacturing gravure printing rolls, which performs required control. 3. A roll maker side includes a new aluminum roll manufacturing room, a plating / polishing / plate making factory, a main computer having a function of controlling the manufacturing line and having a communication function with the outside, and an information terminal on a client side. A method for automatically receiving and producing a gravure printing roll by performing information communication between the main computer and the information terminal computer via a communication line, the information terminal computer having an entry in the main computer. When the roll specification is sent, the roll user determines the order price and factory shipping time sent from the main computer and enters the order procedure,
In the case of an order with a pattern, the final design file for each color is sent to the main computer and the order is processed. When the main computer receives the roll specification, it performs the required calculations to complete the order price and the order price. The date and time are transmitted to the information terminal computer, and when an order is received, a customer identification number, a role identification number, a processing course identification number, a role specification, an order reception date, and a final design file are stored in association with each other. Then, at least the roll identification number is stored in an IC tag attached to each roll to be manufactured, and the transfer position of each roll is sequentially stored in association with the roll identification number, so that the manufacturing process is grasped, and a new aluminum roll is manufactured. The required control is performed for each device in the room based on the roll specification of the order, and In the plating, polishing and plate making factory, each equipment in the plating, polishing and plate making factory is to perform a series of processing along the processing course determined based on the roll specification of the order for recycled rolls and new aluminum rolls. A method for automatically receiving and manufacturing gravure printing rolls, which performs required control. 4. A roll maker side includes a new aluminum roll manufacturing room, a plating / polishing / plate making factory, and a main computer having a function of controlling the manufacturing line and having a communication function with the outside, and an information terminal on the client side. A method for automatically receiving, producing, and shipping gravure printing rolls by performing information communication between the main computer and the information terminal computer via a communication line, the information terminal computer comprising: a main computer; When the role specification is sent and the roll specification is sent, the order price and the factory shipping time sent by the main computer are determined by the roll user side and entered into the order procedure,
In the case of an order with a pattern, the final design file for each color is sent to the main computer and the order is processed. When the main computer receives the roll specification, it performs the required calculations to complete the order price and the order price. The date and time are transmitted to the information terminal computer, and when an order is received, a customer identification number, a role identification number, a processing course identification number, a role specification, an order reception date, and a final design file are stored in association with each other. Then, at least the roll identification number is stored in an IC tag attached to each roll to be manufactured, and the transfer position of each roll is sequentially stored in association with the roll identification number, so that the manufacturing process is grasped, and a new aluminum roll is manufactured. The required control is performed for each device in the room based on the roll specification of the order, and In the plating, polishing and plate making factory, each equipment in the plating, polishing and plate making factory is to perform a series of processing along the processing course determined based on the roll specification of the order for recycled rolls and new aluminum rolls. When the necessary control is performed and the roll identification number stored in the IC tag is read at the stage of curing the completed roll, a delivery note, a roll receipt, an invoice, etc. are issued.
An automatic order and production method for gravure printing rolls. 5. The information terminal computer according to claim 1, wherein the roll specification item is a roll recycling order or a new aluminum roll production order. In the case of a roll recycling order, the roll base is made of aluminum or iron. The main computer determines the processing course to be processed in the plating / polishing / plate making factory, and assigns a processing course identification number. The method for automatically receiving and manufacturing a gravure printing roll according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein 6. In the information terminal computer, whether the roll specification item is a roll recycling order or a new aluminum roll production order, a ballad plating roll or a direct plate roll, or whether a pattern is present. If you specify nothing, the main computer will perform plating, polishing,
A processing course to be processed in a plate making factory is determined and a processing course identification number is given to the gravure printing roll according to claim 1 to claim 4. Production method. 7. Entering a customer identification number and a password from the information terminal computer, entering the main computer, entering a role identification number, and inquiring about the progress of the production of the ordered roll. 5. The automatic order receiving / manufacturing of gravure printing rolls according to [1] to [4], wherein the progress of the production of the roll having the roll identification number is transmitted to the information terminal computer. Method.