JP2008251695A5 - - Google Patents

Claims (6)

A flexible substrate bending apparatus for bending a flexible substrate,
A support table for supporting a flexible substrate;
A plate-like member provided at a distance from the support table, and a lower presser part that supports the flexible substrate protruding from the support table from below,
It is a plate-like member that can be moved up and down arranged above the lower presser part, and when holding down, the upper presser part that sandwiches the flexible substrate with the lower presser part,
A first bending roller that can move up and down and bends the flexible substrate sandwiched between the lower presser part and the upper presser part by lowering; and
Bending apparatus of the flexible substrate, characterized in that a table moving unit for moving the supporting lifting table under the pressing portion. 2. The flexible substrate bending apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a second bending roller configured to be able to move up and down and to bend upward when the flexible substrate sandwiched between the lower pressing portion and the upper pressing portion is moved upward . The flexible substrate bending process according to claim 1, wherein the table moving unit is controlled by a control device, and the control device moves the support table in a stepwise manner based on a preset moving distance. apparatus. An arrangement step of arranging a flexible substrate to be bent in a support table that supports the flexible substrate and a lower presser portion that is provided at a distance from the support table and supports the flexible substrate from below.
A moving step of moving the flexible substrate by moving a support table, and causing the bending position of the flexible substrate to protrude from the lower pressing portion by a predetermined distance;
A step of sandwiching the flexible substrate between the lower presser part and the upper presser part by lowering the upper presser part which is disposed above the lower presser part and is movable up and down;
The first bending roller that can move up and down and lowers the flexible substrate by lowering is lowered, brought into contact with the flexible substrate protruding from the lower pressing portion, and bent by pressing the flexible substrate while rotating by contact. Or the second bending roller that bends the flexible substrate by moving up and down is raised, brought into contact with the flexible substrate protruding from the lower presser, and pressed by rotating the contact with the flexible substrate Bending step for bending, and
And a step of raising the upper presser part for raising the upper presser part. The bending method of the flexible substrate according to claim 4 , wherein the bending step is performed at a plurality of locations of the flexible substrate by repeating the moving step, the sandwiching step, the bending step, and the upper presser part raising step. The bending strength at the time of bending increases as the distance between the first bending roller and / or the second bending roller and the upper pressing portion and the lower pressing portion is adjusted to be narrower. The bending method of the flexible substrate as described.