JP4771128B2 - Thermocompression roller - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a thermocompression-bonding roller used in a film laminating apparatus for thermocompression bonding a film to a sheet-like substrate such as a printed wiring board.

  In the process of forming a circuit, a printed wiring board may form a predetermined circuit pattern by performing thermocompression bonding on a substrate, generally called a dry film, and performing exposure and etching. At this time, the surface of the printed wiring board is often uneven, and an iron-based roller having a compression strength is generally used as a thermocompression-bonding roller in order to attach the film to the substrate without gaps.

  In addition, a heating element is incorporated in the inside to heat the roller. The heating element is preferably integrated with the roller from the viewpoint of heat conduction, but the heating element that requires electrical wiring is rotated. Since there is a need for a wiring contact point, and there is a hassle that requires regular maintenance such as replacement of contact parts so that the contact does not cause poor contact, the roller should be hollow. A fixed heating element is provided inside the hollow.

However, if there is a gap between the heating element and the rotating roller, heat is not easily transmitted, and the temperature difference between the roller and the heating element tends to increase. For this reason, in particular, when it is used for an iron-based roller having a relatively small thermal conductivity among metals, temperature adjustment tends to be difficult, and the temperature distribution in the axial direction of the roller tends to be non-uniform.
Therefore, the inner tube member of the roller has a double structure in which the heat conductivity is higher than that of the outer tube member of the roller (for example, Japanese Patent Publication No. 2002-001822). Further, as shown in FIG. 2, a method of sandwiching between the pressing portion 12 provided on the roller mounting movable member 6 and the stopper portion 11 provided on the end portion of the outer tube member 3 so that the inner tube member does not move more than necessary. Was also adopted.
JP 2002-001822 A

  However, in the method of sandwiching the inner tube member at both ends, if the size of the inner tube member is thermally expanded more than the size of the outer tube member, the inner tube member cannot be completely pinched and causes problems such as breakage. Moreover, the processing man-hours of the pressing portion provided on the roller mounting movable member and the stopper provided at the end of the outer tube member are added, resulting in an increase in cost.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention is a heating roller having a hollow roller and a fixed heating element in the hollow of the hollow roller, and the hollow roller has at least a double structure. The inner tube member of the hollow roller is fixed by a pin inserted from the outer tube member of the hollow roller.
In addition, the above-mentioned thermocompression-bonding roller is characterized in that the pin is fixed by one at the center of the inner tube member of the hollow roller.

As described above, according to the present invention, since the inner tube member of the thermo-compression hollow roller is fixed by the pin inserted from the outer tube member, the structure is simple and easy to assemble. A thermocompression-bonding roller in which the tube member is not displaced can be provided.
In addition, since the inner tube member of the hollow roller is fixed at the center and with a single pin, it is possible to minimize the displacement due to expansion and contraction in the length direction between the inner tube member and the outer tube member.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a hollow roller having a double tube structure. The inner side of the hollow roller 1 is copper or aluminum, or an inner tube member 2 made of an alloy obtained by adding silver, chromium, or the like to copper, an alloy obtained by adding manganese, silicon, or the like to aluminum. An outer tube member 3 made of an alloy or stainless steel to which manganese, molybdenum, silicon or the like is added, and an elastic member 4 such as silicon rubber or fluorine rubber is generally provided on the surface in order to have heat resistance, elasticity, or peelability. It is baked. A plating layer such as nickel may be provided between the outer tube member 3 and the elastic member 4. The hollow roller 1 is supported at both ends by roller bearing portions 5 and is attached to and rotated by a roller attachment movable member 6.

Reference numeral 10 denotes a pin which may have a wedge shape, but a conical shape having a diameter of about 1 mm to 10 mm can be used.
The reason for the conical shape is that from the outer surface of the outer tube member 3 to the inner side of the inner tube member 2 after the inner tube member 2 is inserted and fixed to the outer tube member 3 at a predetermined position in order to facilitate the alignment of the holes. This is because the pins are driven directly after the batch drilling with a rotary drill.
When the inner tube member 2 is thick, it is possible to prevent the tip of the pin 10 from coming into contact with the heating element 7 when the inner tube member 2 is perforated halfway.
The final length of the pin 10 is the total wall thickness of the outer tube member 3 and the inner tube member 2 or slightly shorter, but the initial length is set to the total wall thickness, and from the outer surface of the outer tube member 3 of the pin The tip of the pin 10 does not jump out of the inner tube member 2 if a little is left and the remaining portion is removed by polishing.
The number of pins 10 is preferably one. Two or more pins may be preliminarily driven, but the position of the pin 10 is preferably aligned at the center in the length direction of the inner tube member. As a result, it is possible to minimize the displacement caused by the expansion and contraction in the length direction between the inner tube member and the outer tube member, and to minimize the stress between the pins.
Further, the material of the pin 10 is preferably the same as that of the outer tube member from the viewpoint of corrosion and thermal expansion / contraction, but a material having higher strength is preferable if it is a similar material.

The thermal conductivity of copper is approximately 400 W · m ⁻¹ · K ⁻¹ , the linear expansion coefficient is approximately 17 × 10 ⁻⁶ , the thermal conductivity of aluminum is approximately 240 W · m ⁻¹ · K ⁻¹ , and the linear expansion coefficient is Copper having a large thermal conductivity of about 23 × 10 ⁻⁶ is particularly preferable. In comparison, the thermal conductivity of iron is about 80 W · m ⁻¹ · K ⁻¹ , the linear expansion coefficient is about 12 × 10 ⁻⁶ , and the thermal conductivity of stainless steel is about 16 W · m ⁻¹ · K ⁻¹ , The linear expansion coefficient is as small as about 12 to 16 × 10 ⁻⁶ .

  Even if the heat of the heating element is transferred to a part of copper or aluminum, which is the inner tube member of the roller, copper or aluminum has a large thermal conductivity, so even if the temperature difference between the roller and the heating element is not greatly increased, Since the heat is transmitted to the entire tube member quickly and becomes a more uniform heat conductor in the axial direction of the roller, even if the roller outer tube member is made of iron or stainless steel, which has a slow heat transfer, the roller as a whole can reduce uneven temperature distribution. Can be planned.

  In addition, since the linear expansion coefficient of copper and aluminum is larger than that of iron and stainless steel, the outer diameter of the inner tube member is made smaller than the inner diameter of the outer tube member at room temperature to facilitate insertion into the outer tube member. However, since the inner tube member expands more than the outer tube member by heating, the double structure is integrated and heat is easily transmitted.

  The outer tube member 3 of the hollow roller 1 requires a thickness of 5 mm or more, preferably 10 mm or more, with respect to a practical roller length of about 100 mm in order to obtain a compression strength. If the wall thickness is 100 mm or more, the roller itself becomes heavy, which not only imposes a burden on the roller bearing portion 5 and the roller mounting movable member 6, but also takes time to reach the set temperature and deteriorates workability. It is appropriate that the inner tube member 2 has a thickness of about 5 to 50 mm, and the elastic member 4 has a thickness of about 0.1 to 5 mm.

  A rod-shaped heating element 7 is inserted into the hollow portion of the hollow roller 1 and fixed by a heating element fixing jig 8. Although not shown in the figure, the heating element 7 is electrically connected to an external power source and temperature control circuit. The heating element 7 incorporates an electrical resistor such as a nichrome wire and generates heat when energized. In order to keep the clearance between the heating element 7 and the hollow roller 1 constant, heater bearing portions 9 are appropriately provided at both ends thereof.

  For example, the hollow roller 1 can have a three-layer structure such as copper on the inner side, aluminum on the middle, and iron on the outer side, so that the load on the bearing portion 5 can be reduced.

Next, examples of the present invention will be described.
The inner tube member of the hollow roller is made of copper with an outer diameter of 40 mm, an inner diameter of 22 mm, and a length of 800 mm. The outer tube member of the hollow roller is made of iron with an outer diameter of 83 mm, an inner diameter of 40 mm, and a length of 900 mm including the shaft. And
Next, the inner tube member is inserted and fixed to the outer tube member, and a hole having a diameter of 5 mm is collectively drilled with a rotary drill in the central portion in the length direction of the inner tube member. A pin made of the same iron and having a diameter of 5 mm and a length of 61 mm is left behind, leaving about 1 mm.
Next, the entire surface of the outer tube member is polished and flattened, and a silicon rubber baking layer having a thickness of 3 mm is provided on the surface. A heating element having an outer diameter of 20 mm and a heating effective length of 740 mm is used.

1 shows a cross-sectional view of an embodiment of the present invention. Sectional drawing of a prior art example is shown.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Hollow roller, 2 ... Inner tube member, 3 ... Outer tube member, 4 ... Elastic member, 5 ... Roller bearing part, 6 ... Roller attachment movable member, 7 ... Heating element, 8 ... Heating element fixing jig, 9 ... Heater bearing part, 10 ... pin, 11 ... stopping part, 12 ... pressing part.

Claims (2)

  A heating roller having a hollow roller and a heating element fixed in the hollow of the hollow roller, wherein the hollow roller has at least a double structure, and an inner tube member of the hollow roller is formed of the hollow roller. A thermocompression-bonding roller characterized by being fixed by a pin inserted from an outer tube member.   The thermocompression-bonding roller according to claim 1, wherein the pin is fixed by one at the center of the inner tube member of the hollow roller.

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