JP5627720B2 - Viscous material applicator - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a coating apparatus that applies a viscous material such as a sealer to the surface of a workpiece.

When a viscous material such as a sealer is applied to the workpiece, the viscous material is applied to the surface of the workpiece by brushing or roller coating, as with a general paint.
As a part of automation, a coating apparatus based on roller coating is known (see, for example, Patent Document 1 (FIG. 5)).

Patent document 1 is demonstrated based on the following figure.
FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining the basic principle of the prior art. A viscous material 102 is stored in a container 101, and a roller 103 is provided so that a part of the viscous material 102 is immersed. When the roller 103 is rotated in the clockwise direction in the drawing, the viscous material 102 moves upward with the roller 103 attached. In the middle of this, surplus viscous material 102 is scraped off by the blade 104 and returned to the container 101.

  The operator supports the bar-like or plate-like workpiece 106 with the hand 105 and moves the workpiece 106 from the right to the left while touching the upper surface of the roller 103. As a result, the viscous material 102 can be applied to the lower surface of the workpiece 106.

The coating apparatus of Patent Document 1 has an advantage that the structure is simple, but there are some points that should be improved.
First, the thickness of the viscous material changes depending on the inclination of the workpiece 106 and the force applied. Specifically, there is a concern that the entrance side becomes thick and the exit side becomes thin due to the rotation of the roller 103. If it is an expert, in order to correct such a malfunction, fine adjustments are made to the degree of force and the tilt of the workpiece. However, such fine adjustment is difficult for an unskilled person. As a result, the difference between the skilled person and the unskilled person is remarkable in terms of the uniformity of thickness. While it is required to ensure quality, it is desirable not to be influenced by workers.

  That is, there is a demand for a coating apparatus that can keep the thickness of the viscous material constant regardless of the skill level of the operator.

Second, the container 101 is provided with a heater 107, and the viscous material 102 in the container 101 is heated so as not to be cured. For example, if a break time is entered while the viscous material 102 is applied to the workpiece 106, the workpiece 106 may be left standing, and then the viscous material 102 is cured before being subjected to the next process.
If the work seems to be halfway, it is necessary to take measures to interrupt the work a certain time before the break time. As a result, productivity decreases.

  While improvement in productivity is required, there is a need for a coating apparatus that does not require work to be interrupted even during break times.

JP2012-40480A

  An object of this invention is to provide the coating device which can make the thickness of a viscous material constant, without being influenced by the skill level of an operator.

The invention according to claim 1 is an application apparatus for applying a viscous material to the surface of a workpiece.
A workpiece support mechanism for supporting the workpiece with the coated surface facing upward,
A stamp member arranged to be movable up and down above the coated surface;
A feeding mechanism for feeding the viscous material from a supply source by a certain amount;
An upper surface is opened, and a reservoir that stores the viscous material sent by the feeding mechanism;
A moving mechanism for reciprocating the reservoir between a lower position of the stamp member and a standby position;
By lowering the stamp member to the storage portion, the viscous material stored in the storage portion is moved to the lower surface of the stamp member, the storage portion is moved to a standby position, and the stamp member is further lowered. a control unit forming a control to transfer the viscous material to the workpiece, Ri Tona,
The storage portion is provided with a leveling member that is in sliding contact with the lower surface of the stamp member and makes the thickness of the viscous material uniform .

  The invention according to claim 2 is characterized in that the workpiece support mechanism, the stamp member, the feeding mechanism, and the storage portion are arranged in a chamber having a substantially sealed structure.

  The invention according to claim 3 is characterized in that a hot air supply mechanism for supplying hot air having a predetermined temperature higher than normal temperature to the chamber is provided.

The invention according to claim 4 is characterized in that the work support mechanism is provided on a turntable that is rotatable about a vertical axis, a part thereof is in the chamber, and a remaining part is outside the chamber. To do.

In the invention which concerns on Claim 5 , the turntable is provided with the partition wall which partitions off the inside and outside of a chamber, It is characterized by the above-mentioned.

In the invention which concerns on Claim 1, a viscous material is moved to a workpiece | work by applying the stamp member to which the viscous material was moved to a workpiece | work. There is no individual difference because it is automated. In addition, since the entry side and the exit side do not exist in the present invention as in the prior art, the thickness becomes uniform.
Furthermore, in the invention which concerns on Claim 1, the leveling member which makes the storage part slidably contact with the lower surface of a stamp member and makes the thickness of a viscous material uniform is attached. The thickness of the viscous material can be made even more uniform.
As a result, according to the present invention, there is provided a coating apparatus capable of making the thickness of the viscous material constant without being influenced by the skill level of the operator.

In the invention which concerns on Claim 2, a workpiece | work support mechanism, a stamp member, a feeding mechanism, and a storage part are arrange | positioned in the chamber of a substantially airtight structure.
Since the outside air enters the chamber and the air in the chamber hardly leaks outside, the temperature control of the chamber becomes easy. The fluidity of the thermosoftening viscous material is maintained by keeping the interior of the chamber at a temperature higher than room temperature with a heater or the like.
As a result, there is no need to worry about the viscous material curing during the rest period.

In the invention which concerns on Claim 3, the warm air supply mechanism which supplies the warm air of predetermined temperature higher than normal temperature to the chamber is provided.
The hot air can maintain the inside of the chamber at a uniform predetermined temperature rather than the heater, and there is no fear that the viscous material is cured in the chamber. As a result, the work in the middle of the work is stored in the chamber, and a break can be entered as it is, thereby preventing a reduction in productivity.

In the invention which concerns on Claim 4 , the workpiece support mechanism is provided on the turntable so that a part exists in the chamber and the remaining part exists outside the chamber.
By adopting a turntable, there is no need to put the work in and out of the sealed space, and the work becomes easy.

In the invention which concerns on Claim 5 , the turntable is provided with the partition wall which partitions the inside and outside of a chamber. The partition wall can more effectively prevent intrusion of outside air and leakage of air in the chamber to the outside. Consumption of hot air is reduced and energy saving can be achieved.

It is a side view of the applicator of the viscous material which concerns on this invention. It is a figure explaining the structure inside a chamber. It is a figure explaining the flow of a viscous material. It is a figure explaining the effect | action of a leveling member. It is a figure explaining the structure of a stamp member and a workpiece | work support mechanism. It is a figure explaining the effect | action of a turntable. It is a figure explaining the basic principle of the prior art.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. The drawings are viewed in the direction of the reference numerals.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the viscous material applying apparatus 10 includes a work table 13 including casters 11 and 11 and fixtures 12 and 12 under a leg, a chamber 14 provided on the work table 13, and the chamber 14. And a warm air supply mechanism 15 provided on the top. The chamber 14 is appropriately provided with a door 16 for maintenance and inspection.

The work table 13 can be moved to an arbitrary place by the casters 11 and 11.
The fixing tool 12 serves to fix the work table 13 to the floor 19 with the bolts 17 and the anchors 18.

Next, the inside of the chamber 14 will be described.
As shown in FIG. 2, the chamber 14 has six surfaces including a floor plate 21, a back wall 22, left and right walls 23 (the right wall on the front is not shown, see FIG. 1), a front wall 24, and a ceiling 25. Surrounded. However, since the front wall 24 is partially cut away, the chamber 14 only forms a substantially sealed space.

  At least the front wall 24 is preferably made of a transparent resin plate such as acrylic so that the inside can be seen through. Further, the floor plate 21 can also be used as the top plate of the work table 13.

  In the chamber 14, approximately half of the turntable 27 (right half in the figure), substantially half of the plurality of work support mechanisms 90 supported by the turntable 27 (right half in the figure), stamp member 28, and viscosity A feeding mechanism 71 that feeds the material from the supply source by a fixed amount, a storage portion 55 that opens the upper surface and stores the viscous material sent by the feeding mechanism 71, and a lower position of the stamp member 28. And a moving mechanism 50 for reciprocating between the standby position and the standby position.

  The turntable 27 is supported on the base 31 via a bearing 32. The bearing 32 is surrounded by a large-diameter ring 33. That is, a three-layer structure of the base 31, the ring 33, and the turntable 27 is formed. The base 31 is fixed to the floor board 21 by a connecting member 34.

  A turning actuator 35 is attached to the base 31, and a turning shaft 36 extending upward from the turning actuator 35 is fitted to the turntable 27. The base 31 and the ring 33 are non-turning members, and the turntable 27 is turned by the turning actuator 35. In this example, it is rotated in units of ½ rotation (180 °).

The stamp member 28 is supported by a stamp lifting / lowering mechanism 40.
The stamp elevating mechanism 40 includes, for example, a column 41 spanned from the floor plate 21 to the ceiling 25, a vertical rail 42 provided on the column 41, a vertical slider 43 attached to the vertical rail 42 so as to be movable up and down, and the vertical slider. A horizontal support plate 44 extending horizontally from 43, an elevating actuator 45 for suspending the horizontal support plate 44, upper rods 46, 46 penetrating the horizontal support plate 44, and surrounding the upper rods 46, 46. Upper elastic members 47 and 47 to be formed.

The upper elastic member 47 is preferably a compression coil spring.
In addition, although the raising / lowering actuator 45 is fixed to the column 41, it may be fixed to the ceiling 25.

  The stamp member 28 is supported by the upper rods 46 and 46. The stamp member 28 is greatly raised and lowered by the lift actuator 45. During the elevation, the vertical slider 43 and the vertical rail 42 serve to prevent the horizontal support plate 44 from shaking. As a result, the stamp member 28 is lowered to an accurate position. The operation of the upper elastic member 47 and the upper rod 46 will be described later.

On the other hand, a bracket 48 extends upward from the floor plate 21, and a moving mechanism 50 is provided on the bracket 48.
The moving mechanism 50 includes a horizontal rail 51 provided on the bracket 48, a horizontal slider 52 that moves horizontally on the horizontal rail 51, and a moving actuator 53 that is fixed to the bracket 48 and moves the horizontal slider 52. A reservoir 55 is attached to the tip of the horizontal slider 52.

As shown in FIG. 3, a rocking plate 57 having a cross section is attached to the tip of the horizontal slider 52 via a hinge 56, and the tip of the rocking plate 57 is placed on the front end (right surface in the drawing). The leveling member 58 is fixed.
A bolt 59 extends obliquely from the horizontal slider 52, and this bolt 59 is gently connected to the swing plate 57. A compression spring 61 is attached so as to surround the bolt 59. The compression spring 61 urges the swinging plate 57 in a standing direction.

  The bolt 59 serves to specify the standing position of the swing plate 57. In this state, when a downward force is applied to the leveling member 58 by the stamp member 28, the compression spring 61 contracts. As a result, the swing plate 57 swings counterclockwise in the drawing with the hinge 56 as the center of rotation.

  A block 62 is attached to the back surface of the upper end of the swing plate 57, and a standing plate 63 is attached to the block 62. 55 is formed. A pipe 65 having a small hole 64 is accommodated in the bottom of the storage portion 55.

  The supply source 66 includes a container 67, a heating unit 68, and a stirring unit 69. The viscous material 70 accommodated in the container 67 is heated to a predetermined temperature higher than the normal temperature by the heating unit 68, and the temperature unevenness and the composition unevenness are generated by the stirring unit 69. Stir so as not to occur. The viscous material 70 is a heat softening material typified by a sealer.

  The feeding mechanism 71 is preferably a piston pump (plunger pump), and includes, for example, a metering cylinder 72, a metering piston 73, and a metering actuator 74 that moves the metering piston 73 by a fixed stroke.

  A primary hose 75 is extended from the metering cylinder 72 and connected to the container 67. Further, the secondary hose 76 is extended from the metering cylinder 72 and connected to the pipe 65. A primary check valve 77 is interposed in the primary hose 75, and a secondary check valve 78 is interposed in the secondary hose 76. The check valves 77 and 78 may be built in the metering cylinder 72.

  When the metering piston 73 is retracted by a fixed stroke as indicated by the arrow (1), the secondary check valve 78 is closed, the primary check valve 77 is opened, and the viscous material 70 in the container 67 is metered through the primary hose 75. The cylinder 72 is sucked. Next, when the metering piston 73 is moved forward by a fixed stroke as indicated by the arrow (2), the primary check valve 77 is closed and the secondary check valve 78 is opened, The viscous material 70 is sent to the pipe 65.

  A constant amount of the viscous material 70 is sent to the pipe 65 by the feeding mechanism 71 according to the formula: outer diameter of the fixed amount piston 73 × constant strol = constant amount. In the present invention, a certain amount of the viscous material 70 is sent to the reservoir 55 once per application step.

  As shown in FIG. 4A, the stamp member 28 is lowered by a predetermined amount. Then, the leveling member 58 is pushed down, the swing plate 57 swings, and the viscous material 70 stored in the storage portion 55 contacts the stamp member 28.

In this state, the storage unit 55 is moved horizontally to the right in the drawing.
Then, the viscous material 70 is moved to the lower surface of the stamp member 28 as shown in FIG. In addition, the leveling member 58 is leveled so that the thickness of the viscous material 70 is constant.
An amount of viscous material 70 corresponding to one consumption is replenished by the feeding mechanism 71 shown in FIG. The timing of replenishment may be either in conjunction with consumption or after consumption.

  At this time, the scraped viscous material or the overflowing viscous material falls to the first recovery container 81 or the second recovery container 82. The reservoir 55 and the leveling member 58 further move to the standby position on the right side of the figure.

As shown in FIG. 5, when the storage part 55 and the leveling member 58 move to the standby position, the stamp member 28 can be lowered.
The work support mechanism 90 is pushed up by the lower rods 91, 91 standing on the turntable 27, lower elastic members 92, 92 arranged in parallel to the lower rods 91, 91, and these lower elastic members 92, 92. The support rod 93 is guided by the lower rods 91 and 91. A workpiece 94 is placed on the support base 93.

  When the stamp member 28 is lowered as indicated by the arrow (3), it hits the workpiece 94. The upper elastic members 47 and 47 and the lower elastic members 92 and 92 are compressed according to the pressing force. As a result, the lower surface of the stamp member 28 comes into close contact with the upper surface of the workpiece 94. Even if the upper surface of the workpiece 94 and the lower surface of the stamp member 28 are non-parallel, the upper elastic members 47 and 47 and the lower elastic members 92 and 92 are compressed so that the stamp member 28 follows the workpiece 94. Tilt.

Due to the close contact, the viscous material 70 can be transferred to the workpiece 94 as indicated by an imaginary line.
Next, the stamp member 28 is returned to the standby position as shown by the arrow (4).
One of the upper elastic members 47 and 47 and the lower elastic members 92 and 92 can be omitted.

  As shown in FIG. 6A, four support bases 93 are provided on the turntable 27, and the viscous material 70 is transferred to the workpieces 94 and 94 mounted on the two support bases 93. When the operator operates the switches 95 and 95 with both hands, the turntable 27 turns 1/2 turn (180 °) as shown by the arrow (5).

  Then, as shown in FIG. 6B, the workpieces 94 and 94 come out of the front wall 24. In this state, the workpieces 94, 94 may be picked up from the support bases 93, 93. At the same time, since the workpieces 94 and 94 enter inside the front wall 24, the viscous material 70 may be applied to the workpieces 94 and 94.

  As shown in FIGS. 6A and 6B, the partition wall 97 is set up on the turntable 27 so that the opening 98 of the front wall 24 can be substantially closed, thereby suppressing the inflow of outside air and the outflow of inside air. be able to.

  In FIG. 2, the control unit 99 lowers the stamp member 28 to the storage unit 55 to move the viscous material stored in the storage unit 55 to the lower surface of the stamp member 28 and move the storage unit 55 to the standby position. Then, by further lowering the stamp member 28, the viscous material is transferred to the workpiece (FIG. 5). That is, the control unit 99 controls the elevating actuator 45, the moving actuator 53, and the feeding mechanism 71.

  In addition, the control unit 99 controls the hot air supply mechanism 15. The warm air supply mechanism 15 blows warm air so that the internal temperature of the chamber 14 becomes a predetermined temperature higher than normal temperature. Since the inside of the chamber 14 is maintained at a predetermined temperature higher than normal temperature, there is no concern that the viscous material is cured. Since it does not harden, there is no problem even if it is left for a break.

  The present invention is suitable for an application device for applying a sealer to a part.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Application apparatus of viscous material, 14 ... Chamber, 15 ... Hot air supply mechanism, 27 ... Turntable, 28 ... Stamp member, 36 ... Vertical axis (swivel axis), 50 ... Moving mechanism, 55 ... Storage part, 58 ... Leveling member, 70 ... viscous material, 71 ... feed mechanism, 90 ... work support mechanism, 94 ... work, 97 ... partition wall, 99 ... control section.

Claims (5)

In an application device that applies a viscous material to the surface of a workpiece,
A workpiece support mechanism for supporting the workpiece with the coated surface facing upward,
A stamp member arranged to be movable up and down above the coated surface;
A feeding mechanism for feeding the viscous material from a supply source by a certain amount;
An upper surface is opened, and a reservoir that stores the viscous material sent by the feeding mechanism;
A moving mechanism for reciprocating the reservoir between a lower position of the stamp member and a standby position;
By lowering the stamp member to the storage portion, the viscous material stored in the storage portion is moved to the lower surface of the stamp member, the storage portion is moved to a standby position, and the stamp member is further lowered. a control unit forming a control to transfer the viscous material to the workpiece, Ri Tona,
An apparatus for applying a viscous material, characterized in that a leveling member is attached to the storage portion so as to be in sliding contact with the lower surface of the stamp member so as to make the thickness of the viscous material uniform . The viscous material coating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the workpiece support mechanism, the stamp member, the feeding mechanism, and the storage portion are disposed in a chamber having a substantially sealed structure.   The apparatus for applying a viscous material according to claim 2, further comprising a hot air supply mechanism for supplying hot air having a predetermined temperature higher than normal temperature to the chamber. The workpiece support mechanism, lies part is rotatable vertical shaft around said chamber, the balance being provided on a turntable, as are outside the chamber according to claim 2 or coating apparatus of claim 3 Symbol placement of the viscous material. The said turntable is equipped with the partition wall which partitions the inside and outside of the said chamber, The coating device of the viscous material of Claim 4 characterized by the above-mentioned.

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