JP2007226169A - Flange and its processing device and processing method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a flange and its processing method and processing device, capable of maintaining quality in which deflection precision of the flange to be attached to either side of a photosensitive drum is stably maintained at ≤0.05 mm. <P>SOLUTION: The photoreceptor drum flange to be attached to either end part of the photosensitive drum with a drum fitting part side cylindrical surface is characterized in that a flange material made of a synthetic resin is processed by coaxial cutting for the drum fitting part side cylindrical surface and a central reference hole into prescribed inner diameter/outer diameter. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a base (drum) flange of an electrophotographic photosensitive member, and more particularly to a synthetic resin flange, a processing apparatus and a processing method for the flange.

  Conventionally, in general, in the field of electrophotographic photoreceptors for electrostatic image processing in electrostatic copying machines, electrostatic printers, facsimiles, etc., it has a photosensitive layer on the outer surface and generally has open holes at both ends. Various units are arranged around the photosensitive drum on which the flange is mounted. While the photosensitive drum rotates, these units perform necessary or desired processing such as image exposure, development, transfer, charge removal, and cleaning on the surface photosensitive layer. The

  The electrophotographic photosensitive member is manufactured by assembling a cylindrical drum base having a photosensitive layer processed to a desired surface state and a centered flange member, that is, the drum base and the flange member are separately provided. It was assembled after it was manufactured.

  The flange member 10 made of synthetic resin or the like has an insertion portion (drum fitting portion) 1 and a flange portion 2 that are inserted inside both ends of a cylindrical photosensitive drum (base) 20 as shown in FIG. 14, for example. The insertion portion 1 protruding to the movable side B is fitted to the inner surface of the photosensitive drum and has a role of firmly fixing the flange member 10 to the photosensitive drum 20, and the flange portion 2 hits both ends of the photosensitive drum and is exposed to the photosensitive drum. And has a role of fixing the positional relationship between the flange members. A helical gear 3 (hereinafter also simply referred to as a gear portion) is formed on the outer portion of the collar portion 2 and meshes with a circumscribed drive portion gear (not shown) to transmit a rotational force. Moreover, in order to support the flange member 10 rotatably from the fixed side A, the shaft hole 4 is formed in the axial center part. P / L represents a reference plane. FIG. 15 is a side sectional view showing an example of another flanged gear member having a central axis. In this flange member 10, a helical gear 3 having a diameter smaller than that of the flange portion 2 is formed on the fixed side A of the thin flange portion 2 so as to penetrate the insertion portion (drum fitting portion) 1, the flange portion 2, and the helical gear 3. A coaxial shaft hole 4 is provided.

  In the prior art, when the flange member to be press-fitted into the photosensitive drum is made of resin, the resin flange part is provided with an insertion part (drum fitting part) and a press-fitting stop part (for example, a flange end face for abutment). It has been. As for the shape of the flange member, it is necessary to increase the bonding area of the flange member so that the flange member will not come off or rotate when force is applied to the flange member in the rotational direction. Therefore, the outer surface of the drum fitting portion that contacts the photosensitive drum of the flange member is flat.

  This type of photosensitive drum flange is also disclosed in, for example, [Patent Document 1] and [Patent Document 2]. [Patent Document 3], [Patent Document 4], [Patent Document 5] and the like disclose an electrophotographic photosensitive member having a flange.

  The image forming apparatus is provided with a developing device that supplies a developer containing toner to a photosensitive member that is a latent image carrier to perform visible image processing of the latent image. As a developing method, a developing device is a method in which a developing roller containing toner is held in a brush shape on the surface of a developing roller, and a brush-shaped developer is brought into contact with a latent image on the photosensitive member side to perform visible image processing. Widely adopted.

  By the way, for example, when using a magnetic developer on a developing roller carrying a brush-like developer on the surface, a plurality of magnets serving as a developing main pole and a conveying magnetic pole are arranged inside, and the conveying magnetic pole is used. There is known a configuration in which the developer conveyed on the surface is made to rise by a developing main electrode and brought into contact with the surface of the photoreceptor. Since the height of the head of the developer carried on the surface of the developing roller is affected by the magnetic force, the distance between the developing roller and the photosensitive member, that is, the so-called development gap is defined, and the developer contact state and supply It is necessary to optimize the state (see, for example, Patent Document 6 for details on this point).

JP-A-7-13468 JP 10-3197882 A JP 2003-233271 A JP 2003-241573 A JP 2003-255759 A JP 2004-184552 A

  Since the support and rotation of the photosensitive drum is generally performed by a rotary shaft or a rotary bearing provided on the flanges mounted at both ends, or power transmitted through a gear, the flange is accurately and firmly fixed. The center of the flange must always hold the center of the rotation axis for smooth rotation of the photosensitive drum without any error.

  As described above, in order to optimize the developer contact state and supply state in order to define a development gap and obtain a high resolution in an electrophotographic apparatus using a photosensitive drum, it is effective to improve the accuracy of the photosensitive member. It is. Specifically, it is necessary to increase the shake accuracy of the photosensitive drum with respect to the flanges at both ends, and for that purpose, it is necessary to increase the accuracy of the flange.

  However, in many cases, the photosensitive drum and flange are assembled by press-fitting (adhesive if necessary), and the coaxiality between the outer periphery of the photosensitive drum and the center hole of the flange after assembly is the result of the assembly. It was decided. In this case, in addition to the deformation of the flange due to the press-fitting, the deviation of the coaxiality between the press-fitted portion of the flange part itself, the outer periphery and the center hole greatly affects the accuracy of the coaxiality between the outer periphery of the photosensitive drum and the flange center hole after assembly. It was difficult to improve.

  In particular, conventional photosensitive drum flanges are generally formed by plastic injection molding, but the accuracy of the mold used, deterioration of the mold, assembly reproducibility during mold disassembly and cleaning, Due to various factors such as resin lot variation and molding variation, there was a limit to flange accuracy. As specific characteristic values, the concentricity of the diameter of the central shaft hole of the flange and the diameter of the drum fitting portion was 15 μm, and each roundness of 10 μm was the limit of the set standard value in consideration of maintaining mass production. However, as described above, high accuracy of the flange is indispensable for high accuracy of image formation. In this case, the molded product must be secondary processed and cut into high-precision parts. However, the known technique (method / equipment) requires skill and a lot of man-hours.

  In many cases, the flange for the photosensitive drum is provided with a gear for transmitting driving as a function. In this case, the engagement accuracy is an important characteristic value. However, in the case of a flange for a photosensitive drum by injection molding, it is extremely difficult in terms of the mold structure to obtain gear accuracy and three coaxial accuracy of shaft hole and drum fitting portion diameter (see FIGS. 14 and 15). ).

  SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a flange having a significantly improved coaxial accuracy as compared with a photosensitive drum using an injection molding flange using a conventional mold. Proposed is a flange, its processing method, and processing apparatus that can stably maintain the quality of the deflection accuracy of the flange mounted on both sides to 0.05 mm or less. The present invention intends to contribute to the improvement of the image quality of the image forming apparatus in the end.

  The present invention is to greatly improve the accuracy by cutting two important portions by cutting, which is the limit of accuracy only by injection molding in a flange made of synthetic resin. The flange for the photosensitive drum of the present invention is a flange that is attached to each end of the photosensitive drum by a drum fitting portion side cylindrical surface, and is made of a synthetic resin flange material, the drum fitting portion side cylindrical surface and the center reference. A hole is formed by coaxially cutting a predetermined inner diameter / outer diameter. This photosensitive drum flange cuts the drum fitting portion and the center reference hole in a single clamping state to the lathe chuck so that the coaxiality and roundness of the drum fitting portion are 0.005 mm or less. The variation width of the development gap can be suppressed, and a high-quality image can be obtained.

  Furthermore, it is preferable that the outer diameter of the drum fitting portion side cylinder surface is 0.1 mm to 0.5 mm smaller than the fitting diameter from the drum abutting portion to the vicinity. In order to prevent the inner burr at the end portion of the photosensitive drum from being caught, the vicinity of the abutting portion is slightly reduced in diameter to form the dropping portion 7 to stabilize the fitting state. Note that this step cannot be formed with high accuracy only by injection molding, and can be realized by cutting. Since the drum abutting part is provided with a step, assembly can be performed satisfactorily without biting burr and burr at the drum end.

  Moreover, you may form the cylindrical part for clamping the said flange at the time of the cutting process of a drum fitting part side cylinder surface and a center reference | standard hole in the flange outer end surface on the opposite side to a drum fitting part. In order to provide a chuck location in the case of a flange without a gear, a cylindrical portion is provided on the flange. In this flange, since the cylindrical portion is provided on the end face of the flange, it is possible to chuck even a gear that does not need a gear, and the drum fitting portion and the central shaft hole can be cut with a single clamp.

  The photosensitive drum flange processing apparatus of the present invention is a flange processing apparatus that performs cutting of a center reference hole of a flange that is attached to the end surface of the photosensitive drum by a drum fitting portion, and includes a flange formed by an injection molding machine. The trays are aligned, a plurality of trays are stocked, and the stocker is connected to a cutting machine and automatically supplied. Since the flanges molded by the injection molding machine are aligned with the tray, a plurality of trays are stocked, and the stocker is connected to the cutting machine and automatically supplied, so the injection molding to cutting process can be connected efficiently. .

  A cooling mechanism for ejecting cold air to the stocker portion may be provided. Thus, if a device for spraying cold air on the stocked flange before being supplied to the cutting machine is provided, the dimensional stabilization can be accelerated and the cutting process can be efficiently linked in time.

  The photosensitive drum flange processing apparatus of the present invention is a flange processing apparatus for cutting a center reference hole of a flange that is attached to the end surface of the photosensitive drum by a drum fitting portion. The suction is performed from the inside of the chuck. Thus, since the method of sucking from the inside of the lathe spindle chuck is taken, the shavings at the time of cutting the central shaft hole can be sucked simultaneously with the cutting, and the entanglement of the flange and the bite can be prevented.

  The method of processing a flange for a photosensitive drum according to the present invention is a method of processing a flange that is attached to each end of a photosensitive drum by a cylindrical surface of a drum fitting portion. Both the drum fitting side cylindrical surface and the center reference hole are cut in a state where the portion is once clamped to the lathe chuck. By chucking the outer periphery of the gear part and cutting the drum fitting part (shaft hole) and center reference hole, the meshing error at all pitches of the gear can be reduced (the error of gear meshing accuracy at all pitches). To improve gear accuracy). Further, for the flange formed with the cylindrical portion described above, both the cylindrical surface of the drum fitting portion side and the center reference hole are cut in a state where the cylindrical portion is clamped once on a lathe chuck. And Both the drum fitting portion side cylindrical surface and the center reference hole can be precisely machined.

  In the photosensitive drum flange processing method, it is preferable to use an air balloon system for a lathe chuck for clamping the flange. An air balloon chuck is used to clamp at low pressure. Alternatively, a diaphragm system may be used for the lathe chuck in order to clamp at a low pressure in the same manner as the air balloon chuck, and an equivalent effect can be obtained. That is, by adopting a diaphragm chuck as a lathe chuck, the flange can be chucked at a low pressure, and deformation can be suppressed. The chuck division number of the diaphragm chuck is preferably 6 to 8 divisions. Since the number of chucks is 6-8, deformation of the chuck can be further suppressed.

  When cutting, it is preferable to suck the thread-like chips from the inside of the lathe chuck. Further, it is preferable that the cutting tool feed at the time of cutting the center reference hole has an approach angle in the range of 3 ° to 45 °. Since the entry angle of the cutting tool is in the range of 3 ° to 45 °, burr standing at the beginning of cutting can be suppressed. Moreover, it is good to give the retraction angle of the range of 3 degrees-45 degrees to the bite feed at the time of center reference hole cutting. Since the exit angle of the cutting tool is in the range of 3 ° to 45 °, burr standing at the end of cutting can be suppressed. In addition, when cutting, it is preferable that the cutting allowance is in the range of 0.05 to 0.3 mm. The shavings were connected in a string form, making it easy to remove.

  Further, according to the method for processing a flange for a photosensitive drum according to the present invention, the workpiece temperature is measured at the time of cutting by the above-described method, and the cutting is performed by feedback control of changing the cutting margin according to the linear expansion coefficient of the resin used. Like that. By providing a feedback mechanism that changes the cutting allowance according to the linear expansion coefficient of the resin used, even if the room temperature and the flange surface temperature during cutting change, the finished dimension of the flange can be made constant.

  According to the present invention, a highly accurate photosensitive drum flange can be reliably produced, and the runout accuracy of the flanges mounted on both sides of the drum is greatly improved as compared with the conventional photosensitive drum using an injection molding flange using a mold. In addition, it is possible to obtain a photosensitive drum stably maintained in quality at 0.05 mm or less.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view showing an example (before cutting) of the flange (member) of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an enlarged view showing a state where a drop is provided in the drum abutting portion of the flange of FIG. It is sectional drawing (after cutting). FIG. 3 is a schematic perspective view showing another example of the flange of the present invention (before cutting). FIG. 4 is a schematic perspective view showing a flange shape example (before cutting) of the present invention in which a cylindrical portion is provided on a flange having no gear. FIG. 5 is a system configuration diagram schematically showing a configuration example of the flange processing apparatus (equipment) according to the present invention.

  The flange 10A shown in FIG. 1 is an approximately two-stage cylindrical member made of injection-molded synthetic resin, and is finished into the shape shown in FIG. 2 by cutting using a lathe or the like. One side 5a of the large-diameter main cylindrical portion 5 has a cylindrical portion 5b that becomes a drum fitting portion 1 that is fitted to the inner periphery of the end portion of the photosensitive drum (not shown) by cutting. In the center of the other circular end face 5c, a helical gear 3 having a smaller diameter than the main cylindrical portion and a shaft cylinder 6 serving as a shaft support portion are formed to project. The center hole 6 a of the shaft cylinder 6 is continuous with the shaft hole portion 4. As shown in FIG. 2, the drum fitting portion 1 is machined to a predetermined outer diameter coaxially with the helical gear 3 by cutting. From the drum abutting portion (the flange portion) 2 to the vicinity of the drum, as shown in the sectional view after processing in FIG. 2, the narrow drop portion 7 whose outer diameter is 0.1 mm to 0.5 mm smaller than the fitting diameter. Is formed. Of the substantially cylindrical shaft portion at the center of the flange, the shaft hole portion 4 of the center hole portion 6a of the shaft tube 6 is cut and formed coaxially with the drum fitting portion 1 and the (reference) helical gear 3 by cutting. .

  The flange 10B shown in FIG. 3 is also a substantially cylindrical member made of injection-molded synthetic resin, and is a drum that fits to the inner periphery of the photosensitive drum end portion on the one end surface side 5a of the main cylindrical portion 5 by cutting with a lathe or the like. Although it has the cylindrical part 5b used as the fitting part 1, the other end surface side (outer side) of the main cylindrical part 5 is formed as the helical gear 3 in the flange 10B of FIG. The drum fitting portion 1 is cut coaxially with the helical gear 3 as post-processing. A narrow drop portion (stepped portion) 7 having an outer diameter of 0.1 mm to 0.5 mm smaller than the fitting diameter is formed from the drum abutting portion (including the flange portion) of the drum fitting portion 1 to the vicinity. Is done. The shaft shaft portion 4 coaxial with the drum fitting portion 1 and the helical gear 3 (to be a reference) is cut and formed in the central shaft portion of the flange by cutting.

  Next, the flange (before cutting) 10C of the present invention in FIG. 4 is a flange that does not have a gear, and is a member made of synthetic resin that is injection-molded in the same manner as described above, and is mainly cut by a lathe or the like. The other end surface 5c of the main cylindrical portion having a cylindrical portion serving as a drum fitting portion fitted to the inner periphery of the photosensitive drum end portion on one end surface side of the cylindrical portion has a smaller diameter than the main cylindrical portion 5 at the center. A cylindrical portion 8 (for chucking) is formed so as to protrude and has a substantially two-stage cylindrical shape. A shaft cylinder 6 serving as a shaft support portion is formed to protrude inward of the cylindrical portion 8. The central hole portion of the shaft tube 6 at the center of the flange is formed in the shaft hole portion 4 coaxial with the drum fitting portion 1 by cutting using the cylindrical portion 8 as a reference. The drum fitting portion 1 is cut to a predetermined outer diameter, and the outer diameter of the drum fitting portion 1 is smaller by 0.1 mm to 0.5 mm than the fitting diameter from the drum abutting portion (saddle portion) to the vicinity thereof as in the case of FIG. The narrow drop portion 7 is formed.

  These flanges 10, 10 B, 10 C are both more easily than the conventional ones because of their configuration, and the drum fitting part and the center reference hole are cut in a state of being clamped once on a lathe chuck. Thus, the inner diameter and outer diameter of the drum fitting portion can be processed into a predetermined inner diameter and the coaxiality between the outer diameter of the drum fitting portion and the inner diameter of the center reference hole, and the roundness of the drum fitting portion can be 0.005 mm or less. In particular, by using a machining apparatus described later and cutting according to a machining method described later, the coaxiality and roundness are surely made 0.005 mm or less in a state of being clamped once on a lathe chuck. be able to.

  Next, the flange processing apparatus (equipment) shown in FIG. 5 suitable for the above-described flange cutting will be described. The flange processing apparatus 100 shown in FIG. 5 is mainly composed of a lathe 50 as a cutting machine, which will be described in detail later, and a stocker 70 can be added to make the work efficient in cooperation with the injection molding machine 60. It has become. That is, a movable stocker 70 is provided so that a flange manufactured by injection molding can be easily supplied to a cutting machine. The stocker 70 is provided with a tray 71 for stocking the flanges molded by the injection molding machine 60. A plurality of trays 71 are stocked, and the stocker 70 is connected to a lathe 50 (hereinafter also referred to as a cutting machine). It can be automatically supplied from the paper tray 71 to the chuck 51 of the cutting machine 50 by the (flange member) supply machine 72.

  In order to make this stocker 70 function effectively, a blower 80 is incorporated. In the flange by injection molding, after the injection molding, the molded flange starts to shrink, and usually the dimensions are not stable unless left for a long time. However, in order to synchronize with the cutting process, it is necessary to complete the shrinkage in a short time. Therefore, in order to quickly stabilize the dimension of the flange accommodated in the stocker 70, a blower 80 (see FIG. 7) is incorporated as a cooling device for uniformly blowing cool air.

  In this way, it was possible to speed up the contraction and stabilize the dimensions by using a device for blowing cold air on the stocked flange. A stainless shielding plate is attached to the stocker 70 so that the thermal efficiency is good. According to this cooling method, cooling can be promoted at a low cost, but in order to stabilize it in a shorter time, a method using a refrigerator compartment that can accommodate the entire stocker is also conceivable.

  The lathe 50 employs a 60% diaphragm chuck as the chuck 51 attached to the rotating spindle. This is because there is a concern that the flange may be deformed due to distortion of the clamping force when the vicinity of the chuck portion is chucked with normal air or hydraulic pressure at the time of cutting. Therefore, the flange is deformed by using the diaphragm chuck 51. Clamping is possible at a low pressure that does not allow it to occur. By controlling the pressure of the diaphragm chuck 51, it becomes possible to cope with subtle condition changes when the injection molded product before cutting fluctuates. Even if an air balloon chuck is used as the chuck of the lathe 50, the same effect can be obtained.

  Further, the lathe 50 has a function of sucking air from the center of the main shaft 52 and sucking off the thread-like cutting residue. That is, in order to remove the shavings during machining, a lathe main shaft portion is made hollow and connected to an intake device (not shown), and a structure is adopted in which air is sucked from the inner side of the main shaft. In accordance with this, in the actual cutting work, the cutting shavings are not left apart, but the cutting shavings are connected to the thread shape so that they can be easily removed, so that the cutting allowance is in an appropriate range of 0.05 to 0.3 mm. Keep in mind. Note that the configuration for suctioning the cutting waste is not limited to the above.

  An example of the cutting operation will be specifically described. A resin flange by injection molding having a gear of the shape shown in FIG. 1 is set on a lathe by clamping the outer periphery of the gear portion provided at the end with a 60% chuck.

  First, the drum fitting portion is cut. The appropriate cutting allowance for connecting the shavings into a thread shape varies depending on the material. For example, a general polycarbonate is preferably about 0.15 mm. A drop is provided in the drum abutting portion of the flange (see FIG. 2). The depth is about 0.1 to 0.5 mm, and it should be set according to the processing state of the drum end, but it should not be affected by burr and burr at the end of the drum when it is dropped by 0.2 mm Was confirmed.

  At the time of shaft hole cutting, air is sucked from the center of the main shaft of the lathe by the configuration shown in FIG. If polycarbonate is used to connect the shavings into a string, the cutting allowance is set to about 0.15 mm. Make an appropriate cutting allowance depending on the material. During the shaft hole machining, the thread-like cutting dust is sucked simultaneously with the cutting and removed without being entangled. In order to eliminate the burr generated at the end due to the entry of the cutting tool into the flange shaft core, it is preferable to change the tool entry angle. FIG. 8 shows a bite feed pattern when the central shaft hole is cut. By this processing method, generation of burrs at the beginning of cutting can be prevented. Further, it is preferable to change the exit angle of the cutting tool in order to eliminate the burr generated at the end due to the cutting out of the cutting tool. FIG. 9 shows a bite feed pattern at the time of cutting the central shaft hole. By this processing method, generation of burrs at the end of cutting can be prevented. For example, if the cutting tool has an approach angle of 30 degrees and an exit angle of 35 degrees, a good result is obtained.

  By chucking the outer periphery of the gear and cutting the drum fitting part and the shaft hole part, it was possible to obtain highly accurate coaxiality and individual roundness. FIG. 11 shows the results of measuring the coaxiality and roundness actually obtained with a roundness measuring machine manufactured by Tokyo Seimitsu.

  Although a diaphragm chuck of 60% was adopted as the diaphragm chuck and the accuracy shown in FIG. 11 could actually be achieved in mass production, a number higher than that may be used. Since the evaluation was performed for 30% and 80% in the pre-evaluation stage, the results are shown in FIG. Thirty percent showed a tendency to deform into a rice ball shape. In order to guarantee a good processing result, it is preferable to increase the number of divisions to 60% or more.

  FIG. 10 shows data when cutting with a diaphragm chuck with a pressure condition of 0 to 0.6 MPa. By controlling the pressure, it is possible to cope with subtle condition changes when the injection molded product before cutting fluctuates.

  Note that an air balloon chuck may be used as the chuck for clamping the lathe flange in order to clamp at a low pressure in the same manner as the diaphragm method, and the same operational effects can be obtained.

  When the temperature of the flange changes during actual cutting, the flange expands or contracts, and the actual amount of cutting changes. FIG. 13 shows changes in the outer diameter of the flange when the room temperature swings from 22 ° C. to 27 ° C. As described above, the outer diameter of the flange changes depending on the temperature. Therefore, in the embodiment apparatus, the amount of biting of the cutting bite can be controlled by feedback control corresponding to the temperature change to stabilize the dimensional variation. . In this case, as the temperature data for control, either the workpiece surface temperature or room temperature is selected according to the situation. However, if the difference in room temperature can be suppressed to about 2 ° C., the effect of this control is scarce and a constant cutting allowance may be set. Therefore, a room temperature management method may actually be selected.

  Although the above description is about the cutting of the flange of FIG. 1, the flange of FIG. 3 can be machined with high accuracy by chucking the outer periphery of the gear portion on the outer periphery of the cylindrical portion. In the case of a resin flange having no gear by injection molding having the shape shown in FIG. 4, the cylindrical portion 8 provided at the end portion is clamped by a sixty-one chuck 51 and set on the lathe 50. By performing all the cutting of the drum fitting portion 1 and the center reference hole (shaft hole) 4 in a state of being clamped once on the chuck of a lathe with the cylindrical portion 8 as a reference, high-precision cutting can be performed.

  The present invention can be widely applied to a substantially cylindrical mechanism component such as a roller having plastic resin flanges attached to both ends, and the roundness and concentricity are improved, and the rotational performance of the component is improved.

It is a schematic perspective view which shows the external appearance before the cutting process of the flange of this invention. It is sectional drawing (after a cutting process) which expands and shows the state which provided the drop in the drum abutting part of the flange of FIG. It is a schematic perspective view which shows the external appearance before cutting of another flange of this invention. It is a schematic perspective view which shows the shape example (before cutting) of the flange of this invention which provided the cylindrical part in the flange which does not have a gear. It is a system configuration figure showing roughly the example of composition of the flange processing device (equipment) concerning the present invention. It is the schematic which shows the structure which air-sucks from the spindle center of a lathe and absorbs a thread-like cutting residue. It is the schematic which shows an example of the apparatus which sprays cold air uniformly. It is a mimetic diagram explaining a bite feed pattern at the time of central axis hole cutting. It is a mimetic diagram explaining a bite feed pattern at the time of central axis hole cutting. It is a figure which shows the data at the time of cutting. It is a table | surface figure which shows the result of having measured the coaxiality and roundness actually obtained with the processing apparatus of embodiment with the roundness measuring machine by Tokyo Seimitsu. It is a table | surface figure which shows the processing result in the example in which the division number in a diaphragm chuck is other than 60%. It is a table | surface shown about the flange outer diameter change when room temperature shakes to 22 to 27 degreeC. It is a sectional side view including a central axis showing an example of a flange with a gear. It is a sectional side view including the central axis which shows the other example of a flange with a gear.

Explanation of symbols

1 ... Drum fitting part (insertion part)
2 ... collar part 3 ... gear part (Hasuba gear)
4 ... shaft hole 5 ... main cylindrical part 6 ... shaft cylinder (cylindrical part)
7 ... Dropping part (step part)
8 (for chucking) cylindrical portions 10A, 10B, 10C ... flange (member)
20 ... Photosensitive drum (substrate)
50 ... Lathe (cutting machine)
60 ... Injection molding machine 70 ... Stocker 71 ... Tray 72 ... (Flange member) Feeder 80 ... Blower (cooling device)
100 ... Flange processing equipment (equipment)

Claims (16)

  A flange that is attached to each end of the photosensitive drum by a drum fitting side cylindrical surface, and a synthetic resin flange material is used, and the drum fitting side cylindrical surface and the center reference hole are set to predetermined inner and outer diameters. A photosensitive drum flange, which is formed by cutting coaxially.   2. The photosensitive drum flange according to claim 1, wherein an outer diameter of the drum fitting portion side cylinder surface is 0.1 mm to 0.5 mm smaller than the fitting diameter from the drum abutting portion to the vicinity thereof.   The cylindrical part for clamping the said flange at the time of the cutting process of a drum fitting part side cylinder surface and a center reference | standard hole was formed in the flange outer end surface on the opposite side to a drum fitting part. Flange for photosensitive drum. A flange processing device for cutting a center reference hole of a flange attached to the end surface of a photosensitive drum by a drum fitting portion,
An apparatus for processing a flange for a photosensitive drum, wherein a flange formed by an injection molding machine is aligned with a tray, a plurality of trays are stocked, and the stocker is connected to a cutting machine and automatically supplied.   The processing apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising a cooling mechanism that ejects cold air to the stocker portion. A flange processing device for cutting a center reference hole of a flange attached to the end surface of a photosensitive drum by a drum fitting portion,
An apparatus for processing a flange for a photosensitive drum, wherein the thread-shaped chips are sucked from the inside of a lathe chuck.   A method of processing a flange that is attached to each end of a photosensitive drum by a drum fitting portion side cylindrical surface, in a state where the gear portion is clamped once on a lathe chuck with respect to the flange having the gear portion. A method of processing a flange for a photosensitive drum, wherein both the drum fitting portion side cylindrical surface and the center reference hole are cut.   4. The photosensitive drum according to claim 3, wherein both the drum fitting portion side cylindrical surface and the center reference hole are cut in a state in which the cylindrical portion is clamped once to a lathe chuck. Flange processing method.   The method for processing a flange for a photosensitive drum according to claim 7 or 8, wherein an air balloon system is used for a chuck of a lathe for clamping the flange.   9. The method of processing a flange for a photosensitive drum according to claim 7, wherein a diaphragm system is used for a chuck of a lathe for clamping the flange.   The method for processing a flange for a photosensitive drum according to claim 10, wherein the number of chucks of the chuck is set to 6 to 8 parts.   The method for processing a flange for a photosensitive drum according to claim 7 or 8, wherein the thread-shaped chips are sucked from the inside of the chuck of the lathe.   The method for processing a flange for a photosensitive drum according to any one of claims 7 to 12, wherein the cutting tool feed at the time of cutting the center reference hole has an approach angle in a range of 3 ° to 45 °.   The method for processing a flange for a photosensitive drum according to any one of claims 7 to 12, wherein a turning angle in a range of 3 ° to 45 ° is given to the cutting tool feed at the time of cutting the center reference hole.   The method for processing a flange for a photosensitive drum according to any one of claims 7 to 12, wherein a cutting allowance for cutting is in a range of 0.05 to 0.3 mm. The photosensitive material according to claim 7, wherein the workpiece temperature at the time of cutting is measured, feedback control is performed to change the cutting allowance according to the linear expansion coefficient of the resin used, and cutting is performed. Processing method of drum flange.

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