JP5412217B2 - Manufacturing equipment for printing products - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a printing machine product manufacturing apparatus for manufacturing a printing machine product from continuous paper.

  As a manufacturing apparatus for the above-mentioned printed processed products, form printing or label / seal printing is performed on continuous paper, and then cut for each printing surface to be sheeted, or folded along a horizontal perforation, and further rolled as it is Products are manufactured by applying post-processing to meet various specifications, such as winding them.

  Conventionally, this type of manufacturing apparatus is provided with a plurality of post-processing apparatuses that perform post-processing such as sheeting, folding, and winding, for example, and using that single post-processing apparatus as necessary. A predetermined product is manufactured. In this case, other post-processing devices are not used and are passed as they are.

  FIG. 1 shows an example of a conventional apparatus for producing a printed product. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a paper feeding device, which is a running direction of a continuous paper 2 fed from a paper feeding roller 1a of the paper feeding device 1. Are provided with a printing unit 3 having a plurality of printing machines 3a, 3b, 3c and 3d, and a processing unit 4 provided with a plurality of processing machines such as a punching machine 4a, a feed hole processing machine 4b and a horizontal perforation processing machine 4c. The post-processing unit 5 is provided on the downstream side of the processing unit 4. The conventional post-processing unit 5 is provided with a plurality of post-processing devices such as a sheet cutting device 5a, a folding device 5b, and a winding device 5c. Thus, the sheet is put out on the table 6, or the folding device 5b is operated to perform zigzag folding on the table 6, and the winding device 5c is further operated to wind it up in a roll shape.

  In such a manufacturing apparatus, when it is intended to expand the range of product specifications that can be ordered, the number of post-processing apparatuses constituting the post-processing unit 5 increases, and one manufacturing apparatus increases in size. There is a problem that the installation space and equipment cost increase, and there is a problem that workability and operability decrease as the size increases.

  In the above manufacturing equipment, post-processing units are also provided with various specifications according to various product specifications, but there are many products that are required only at specific times, and the product specifications are also changed every period. In addition, in the situation where the order quantity and product specifications change in various orders for manufactured products, the owned manufacturing equipment will not be able to support the product specifications, and even if only orders that match the production equipment are received, A situation in which continuous orders are difficult to occur inevitably occurs, and there is a problem that the owned manufacturing apparatus must be stopped.

  Further, in the above-described conventional manufacturing apparatus, a single unit can cope with a plurality of product specifications. However, at the time of manufacturing one product, other post-processing apparatuses are in an idle state and are used. There is a problem that the post-processing device that is not used is wasted and the energy for driving the idle device is also wasted.

  These wastes increase as the number of production devices installed increases, and in the long run, devices installed as dedicated machines are suspended and not used for a certain period of the year. In many cases, such as in the case of a manufacturing apparatus including a plurality of post-processing apparatuses, the product specification cannot be satisfied, and the apparatus must be stopped.

  SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above, and reduces a waste of equipment, a waste due to an operation stop, a waste of an installation space of the apparatus, and an apparatus for manufacturing a printed product with no waste in workability and operability. It is intended to provide.

In order to achieve the above object, an apparatus for manufacturing a printed product according to the present invention includes a paper feeding unit, a printing unit that performs printing on continuous paper fed from the paper feeding unit, and continuous paper after printing. A processing unit for processing a horizontal perforation in the running direction of the continuous paper, and a main body device provided with a unit table at the downstream end of the processing unit, and a main unit mounted on the unit table in a replaceable manner. It consists of multiple post-processing units such as a sheet cutting unit that cuts continuous paper traveling from the device, a folding unit that folds in a zigzag shape, and a winding unit that winds up in a roll shape. A control panel and two motors that can be independently controlled by the main control panel are provided, and each post-processing device is connected to one motor of the unit base and has a drawing roller for drawing continuous paper. A continuous paper drawing drive system that moves, and a post-processing drive system that performs post-processing on the continuous paper that is connected to the other motor of the unit base and drawn by the drawing roller, and further includes the post-processing devices described above. Is provided with a unit controller for inputting the unique control information to the main control panel of the unit base via a connector when mounted on the unit base, on the downstream side of the processing unit of the main unit, ON, continuous paper is held by a continuous paper holding mechanism that holds the continuous paper after printing and processing passed through the main device, and temporarily holds the tension of the continuous paper that is stopped in the main device. Is configured so that it can be turned off .

In the above apparatus, an exchange cylinder type printing machine is used for the printing unit, and various functional devices are exchanged for the processing unit so that it can be used in a combination of multiple functions .

  According to the present invention, a single post-processing device of a plurality of types can be selectively mounted on a single main unit, and printing provided with the required post-processing device. The ability to use the manufacturing equipment for processed products as a dedicated machine, so compared to conventional equipment with unused post-processing equipment, waste of equipment, waste due to suspension of unused equipment, and waste of installation space Can be reduced. And this operation can also be performed as a dedicated machine, and waste of workability and operability can be eliminated with respect to a conventional apparatus.

  In addition, by arranging and operating only devices necessary for product production, operability and workability are improved, and power consumption is reduced. In addition, when a plurality of manufacturing apparatuses are installed, since the post-processing apparatus can be worn and used as an exchange unit in each apparatus, the operating rate can be improved for both the manufacturing apparatus and the post-processing apparatus. In this way, useless equipment costs can be reduced. In addition, it can cope with multi-product production at low cost.

  Furthermore, according to the present invention, it is possible to reduce the occurrence of waste paper by shortening the entire length of the manufacturing apparatus as compared with the conventional apparatus. In each post-processing device, the continuous paper feeding mechanism and the post-processing mechanism are driven by separate power systems, so that a post-processing portion that is susceptible to load fluctuations and a light-weight continuous paper feeding portion are provided. Separation can improve control accuracy, improve product quality, and secure a predetermined production speed. In addition, it has become possible to produce the largest variety of products with a minimum of equipment and equipment costs.

  In addition, a continuous paper clamping mechanism is provided on the downstream side of the processing unit of the main body device so that the continuous paper passed through the main body device is sandwiched and the tension of the continuous paper in the main body device can be temporarily held. Accordingly, when the post-processing device is replaced with the unit base of the main body device, the continuous paper clamping mechanism is operated to replace the post-processing device with the continuous paper tension and printing unit and processing unit in the main body device. This can be done without any misregistration.

It is composition explanatory drawing which shows an example of the manufacturing apparatus of the conventional printing processing product. It is composition explanatory drawing which shows an example of the main body apparatus of the manufacturing apparatus of the printed product based on this invention. It is composition explanatory drawing which shows a sheet cut unit. It is structure explanatory drawing which shows a folding unit. It is structure explanatory drawing which shows a winding unit.

  An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. Note that the same members as those of the prior art shown in FIG.

  In FIG. 2, reference numeral 7 denotes a main body device of a manufacturing apparatus for printing processed products. The main body device 7 includes a paper feeding unit 1 that feeds continuous paper 2 and a plurality of printing machines 3 a that print a predetermined pattern on the continuous paper 2. , 3b, 3c, 3d, and a processing unit 4 provided with processing machines such as a flexo printing machine 4d, a UV dryer 4e, a pull roll 4f, a front die roll 4g, a back die roll 4h, a horizontal sewing roll 4i, and the like. Is provided. And each printing machine 3a-3d which comprises the said printing part 3 becomes an exchange cylinder type, and the number of each these printing machines 3a-3d is arbitrarily selected. Further, each processing machine constituting the processing unit 4 can be individually replaced, and in addition to the above-described processing machine, a cold foil, a laminate, or the like can be mounted as necessary.

  A continuous paper clamping mechanism 8 that temporarily holds the tension of the continuous paper 2 in a state where the running of the continuous paper 2 passed through the main body device 7 in the main body device 7 is stopped at the downstream end of the processing unit 4. It is provided.

  This continuous paper clamping mechanism 8 includes a freely rotating guide roller 8a and a nip member 8b that is in contact with and separated from the guide roller 8a (ON, OFF) and does not rotate. The nip member 8b is moved upward by the ON operation. Then, the continuous paper 2 guided by the guide roller 8a is fixed by being sandwiched by coming into contact with the guide roller 8a, and the paper is fed from the paper supply roller 1a of the paper supply unit 1 into the main body device 7 with a predetermined tension. Further, the tension state of the continuous paper 2 in the main body device 7 can be maintained.

  Further, the nip member 8b is moved downward by this OFF operation, and the guide roller 8a is freely rotated by being separated from the guide roller 8a, and the continuous paper 2 to the downstream side of the main body device 7 is moved to the guide roller 8a. To be guided.

  On the downstream side of the processing section 4 of the main body apparatus 7, a unit base 12 is arranged integrally with the frame of the main body apparatus 7, and the unit base 12 has a sheet cut unit 13 shown in FIG. The post-processing devices such as the folding unit 14 and the take-up unit 15 shown in FIG. 5 can be replaced as replacement units, and each unit can be mounted so as to be interlocked with the main body device 7. ing.

  The unit base 12 is provided with first and second motors 16a and 16b that can be independently controlled. The motors 16a and 16b are connected to the motors 16a and 16b via connecting means such as a gear train and a timing belt. The first and second output gears 17a and 17b are connected, and both the gears 17a and 17b are provided on the unit base 12 so as to face above.

  The sheet cut unit 13 shown in FIG. 3 is detachably attached in the state of being positioned on the unit table 12 as described above. The sheet cutting unit 13 includes a drawing roller 18 that pulls in the continuous paper 2 guided by the guide roller 8a of the continuous paper clamping mechanism 8 of the main body device 7, a cutter roller 19a that has a sheet cutter on its peripheral surface, and a receiving roll 19b. The sheet cut roller part 19 which consists of this. The pull-in roller 18 and the sheet cut roller portion 19 are driven by drive gears 20a and 20b, respectively. The drive gears 20a and 20b are connected to the output gears 17a and 17b on the unit base 12 side via a clutch in a state where the sheet cut unit 13 is mounted on the unit base 12.

  The folding unit 14 shown in FIG. 4 is detachably mounted while being positioned on the unit base 12 as described above. The folding unit 14 draws the continuous paper 2 guided by the guide roller 8a of the continuous paper clamping mechanism 8 of the main body device 7 and the continuous paper 2 drawn by the drawing roller 21 with a nozzle. Accordingly, the folding part 22 is folded in a zigzag shape. The pull-in roller 21 and the folding portion 22 are driven by drive gears 23a and 23b. The gears 23a and 23b are connected to the output gears 17a and 17b on the unit base 12 side via a clutch in a state where the folding unit 14 is mounted on the unit base 12.

  The winding unit 15 shown in FIG. 5 is detachably attached in a state of being positioned on the unit table 12 as described above. The take-up unit 15 takes up the continuous paper 2 guided by the guide roller 8 a of the continuous paper holding mechanism 8 of the main body device 7 and the continuous paper 2 drawn by the drawing roller 24. The winding unit 25 is configured to be driven by driving gears 26a and 26b, respectively. The drive gears 26a and 26b are connected to the output gears 17a and 17b on the unit base 12 side via a clutch in a state where the winding unit 15 is mounted on the unit base 12. . The rotation of the winding shaft of the winding unit 25 can be switched in either the forward or reverse direction.

  In each mounted state of each of the post-processing devices, the drive gears 20a, 23a, and 26a for driving the first motor 16a on the unit base 12 side and the drawing rollers 18, 21, and 24 of the units 13, 14, and 15, respectively. Is a continuous paper pulling system, and the driving system that connects the second motor 16b and the driving gears 20b, 23b, and 26b that respectively drive the processing units of the units 13, 14, and 15 is the processing unit. It becomes a drive system and is a two-line drive train.

  At this time, if the rotation of the drawing roller 18 of the continuous paper drawing system is not stabilized, the processing accuracy of the processing unit of each post-processing device is lowered. However, as described above, the drawing rollers 18, 21, and 24 are driven. By having two systems of drive system and drive system that drives each processing unit, it is possible to prevent the influence of load fluctuations of each processing unit of sheet cutting, folding, and winding on the running system of continuous paper 2, Product accuracy can be maintained.

  Each of the above-described post-processing devices includes unit controllers 27a, 27b, and 27c that store control information unique to each post-processing device. On the other hand, the control information from each of the unit controllers 27a to 27c is input to the unit base 12 through the connectors 28 and 29, and the motors 16a and 16b are driven based on the input information. A control panel 30 is provided.

  The drive control of the post-processing device by the main control panel 30 when the post-processing device is mounted on the unit base 12 is performed as described in Patent Document 1 previously filed by the applicant of the present invention. is there.

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  That is, for example, when the sheet cutting unit 13 is mounted on the unit base 12, the information stored in the unit controller 27a is sent to the main control panel 30 by the connection of the connectors 28 and 29, and the main control panel 30 At 30, it is recognized that the post-processing device on the unit table 12 is the sheet cutting unit 13. Based on this recognition, the motors 16a and 16b are driven and controlled as the sheet cut unit 13, and the first and second output gears 17a and 17b on the unit base 12 side and the drive gears 20a and 20b on the sheet cut unit 13 side are controlled. Accordingly, the drawing roller 18 and the sheet cut roller unit 19 are driven in synchronism with the operation on the main body device 7 side, and the continuous paper 2 drawn from the main body device 7 is cut into a predetermined length sheet and onto the table 6. It is supposed to be discharged. The specification of the sheet cut unit 13 at this time is changed by changing the setting of the unit controller 27a.

  Further, when the folding unit 14 is mounted on the unit table 12, the information stored in the unit controller 27 b of the folding unit 14 is the main information on the unit table 12 side as in the case of the sheet cut unit 13. The continuous paper 2 sent to the control panel 30 and drawn from the main body device 7 in the folding unit 14 is folded along the horizontal perforations processed in the processing unit of the main body device 7 and discharged. .

  Further, when the winding unit 15 is mounted on the unit base 12, information stored in the unit controller 27c of the winding unit 15 is similarly sent to the main control panel 30 on the unit base 12 side. In the take-up unit 15, the continuous paper 2 drawn out from the main body device 7 is wound up in a roll shape.

  In the above configuration, for example, a case where the sheet cutting device 13 is mounted on the unit base 12 of the main body device 7 will be described.

  The continuous paper clamping mechanism 8 is turned off, and the continuous paper 2 is passed from the paper supply unit 1 to the printing unit 3 and the processing unit 5 of the main body device 7 and further to the sheet cutting device 13. Then, by driving the apparatus, the continuous paper 2 is registered in each part, a predetermined tension is applied, a predetermined printing is performed in the printing unit 3, and a predetermined processing is performed in the processing unit 4. The sheet is cut into a sheet by the sheet cutting device 13.

  Next, when replacing the use state of the one post-processing device with another post-processing device, the continuous paper 2 stops running in the use state of the post-treatment device used earlier, and the continuous paper holding mechanism 8 is used. And the nip member 8b is brought into contact with the guide roller 8a, and the continuous paper 2 is held by the continuous paper holding mechanism 8. As a result, the registration and tension of the continuous paper 2 in the main body device 7 when the post-processing apparatus used earlier is used are temporarily held by the continuous paper clamping mechanism 8.

  Therefore, even if the post-processing device previously used in this state is removed from the unit base 12 and another post-processing device is mounted, the registration and tension of the continuous paper 2 in the main body device 7 do not change. Therefore, the operating state of the main body device 7 is maintained. Then, another post-processing device is mounted, and the continuous paper 2 downstream from the continuous paper clamping mechanism 8 is passed through the post-processing device, and then the continuous paper clamping mechanism 8 is turned OFF to turn the continuous paper clamping mechanism 8 off. The paper nip is opened, and post-processing is performed by another post-processing apparatus.

  In this manner, the sheet processing unit 13, which is the replacement unit, the folding unit 14, and the post-processing device 5 are selectively mounted on the unit table 12 provided at the downstream end of the main body device 7, and this is mounted on the paper. By operating through, the continuous paper 2 drawn out from the main unit 7 is processed into a sheet product, a folded product, and a roll product.

  The replacement unit type post-processing apparatus such as the sheet cutting unit 13 is mounted on the replacement carriage, or is attached to or detached from the unit base 12 of the plurality of apparatus main bodies 7. This movement may be performed by connecting the exchange cart side and the unit table 12 side with a rail and moving the rail on the rail, or using a crane or the like.

  In addition, a printing unit using an exchange cylinder type printing machine capable of variable size printing by replacing an exchange cylinder of various sizes in the printing unit of the main unit 7, a processing unit capable of exchanging various processing machines, Various types of replacement units for the unit base 12 are combined, and combined with a multi-function processing unit having a unit base 12 that can be equipped with a plurality of post-processing devices that can handle various processing specifications of the product. It is possible to support products with a simple and compact configuration.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Paper feeder, 1a ... Paper feed roller, 2 ... Continuous paper, 3 ... Printing part, 3a, 3b, 3c, 3d ... Printing machine, 4 ... Processing part, 4a ... Punching machine, 4b ... Feed hole processing machine, 4c ... Horizontal perforation processing machine, 5 ... Post-processing section, 5a ... Sheet cutting device, 5b ... Folding device, 5c ... Winding device, 6 ... Table, 7 ... Main body device, 8 ... Continuous paper clamping mechanism, 8a ... Guide Roller, 8b ... nip member, 12 ... unit base, 13 ... sheet cutting unit, 14 ... folding unit, 15 ... winding unit, 16a, 16b ... motor, 17a, 17a ... output gear, 18, 21, 24 ... drawing roller , 19 ... sheet cut roller part, 19a ... cutter roller, 19b ... receiving roller, 20a, 20b, 23a, 23b, 26a, 26b ... drive gear, 22 ... folding part, 25 ... winding part 27a, 27b, 27c ... unit controller, 28, 29 ... connector, 30 ... main control panel.

Claims (2)

A feeding unit, a printing unit that performs printing on the continuous paper fed from the paper feeding unit, and a processing unit that performs processing such as a horizontal perforation on the continuous paper after printing in the running direction of the continuous paper. A main body device provided with a unit base at the downstream end of the processing section, a sheet cut unit that is exchangeably mounted on the unit base and cuts continuous paper traveling from the main body device, and a folding that folds in a zigzag shape It consists of a plurality of post-processing devices of an exchange unit type such as a unit, a winding unit that winds up in a roll shape,
The unit base is provided with a main control panel and two motors that can be controlled independently by the main control panel.
Each post-processing device is connected to one motor of the unit base and drives a continuous paper drawing drive system that drives a continuous paper drawing roller, and connected to the other motor of the unit base and is drawn by the drawing roller. And a post-processing drive system for post-processing the continuous paper,
Furthermore, each post-processing device stores each unique control information, and a unit controller is provided for inputting this unique control information to the main control panel of the unit base via a connector when mounted on the unit base .
Continuous paper clamping that holds the continuous paper after printing and processing passed through the main body device, and temporarily holds the tension of the continuous paper stopped in the main body device, downstream of the processing unit of the main body device An apparatus for manufacturing a printed product, characterized in that the mechanism is provided so that it can be turned ON to hold continuous paper and can be turned OFF to allow continuous paper to pass through.   2. An apparatus for manufacturing a printed product according to claim 1, wherein an exchange cylinder type printing machine is used for the printing unit, and various functional devices are exchanged for the processing unit so that the printing unit can be used in combination with multiple functions.

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