JP7069511B2 - Coating equipment - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a coating device that applies a liquid (ink) to a substrate using a spray or the like.

A coating device equipped with an ink-filled spray is used to form a film on the surface of the substrate. At that time, the base material is installed on the pedestal (table) in a form facing the spray, and the ink is applied in that state.

When the base material is in the form of a thin plate (sheet shape), the base material may move due to the wind pressure of the spray at the moment when the ink is applied, and the end portion of the base material may be separated from the table. If the base material moves during coating, there arises a problem that the ink cannot be uniformly applied to the surface of the base material.

Therefore, Patent Document 1 discloses a technique in which a suction mechanism by air is provided on a pedestal on which a base material is placed, and the base material is fixed to the pedestal portion when ink is applied. Further, Patent Document 2 discloses that the ink can be quickly dried by applying the base material while keeping it warm by integrating the suction mechanism and the heating mechanism by the heater into the pedestal. Further, Patent Document 3 also discloses that a heating means such as a hot plate is provided on a work (pedestal) on which a base material is placed in order to promote drying of ink after coating.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2000-84449 Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2003-100314 Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2006-769

However, when the suction mechanism is provided on the pedestal of the coating device, even if the suction function is exerted by drawing air from the outside of the device with a vacuum pump, the suction time differs between the place near and the place far from the suction port of the pedestal.

That is, there is a problem that a part of the base material is separated from the pedestal portion at the time of coating because the suction capacity is relatively lowered at the portion away from the suction port of the pedestal. In addition, even when the base material is heated by a heater or the like because a part of the base material is separated from the pedestal during coating, so-called temperature unevenness occurs in which the temperature distribution is not uniform, and as a result, ink is applied to a part of the base material. Drying unevenness occurred.

To solve this problem, regarding the suction capacity depending on the distance from the suction port of the pedestal, the suction power can be increased even at a place away from the suction port by increasing the capacity of the vacuum pump to increase the suction power.

However, if the suction force is increased, the base material is brought closer to the pedestal portion more than necessary in the portion near the suction port of the pedestal. Therefore, when the base material has a thickness of several μm, the base material invades the suction holes provided in the pedestal portion, and another problem that suction marks remain on the base material occurs.

Therefore, in the present invention, even if the thickness of the base material (object to be coated) is several μm, the base material is uniformly sucked by the pedestal to fix the base material without bias, and the temperature unevenness of the base material due to a heating means such as a heater is also caused. An object of the present invention is to provide a coating device that can solve the problem.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the coating apparatus of the present invention has a spray for applying ink to an object to be coated, a main body portion arranged facing the spray, and a heater housed in the main body portion. In the apparatus, the main body thereof is composed of at least a plate on which an object to be coated is placed, a heater box for accommodating a heater inside, and a case in which the plate is installed above and the heater box is built in.

The material of the heater box may be made of aluminum alloy, and the material of the plate and case may be made of stainless steel. In addition, a plurality of fine holes are provided on the surface of the plate, and the arrangement thereof is such that the central portion of the plate has a concentric shape and the outer edge of the plate has a radial shape.

In the coating device of the present invention, the plate and the case constituting the main body portion have the above-mentioned structure, so that the coated object can be uniformly sucked by the main body portion even for the object to be coated having a thickness of several μm. Further, by uniformly sucking the object to be coated, the object to be coated is fixed to the main body portion without bias, and the uneven temperature distribution of the object to be coated by the heating means such as a heater can be eliminated. As a result, the ink can be uniformly applied to the surface of the object to be coated, and the effect of quick drying can be obtained.

It is a front view of the coating apparatus 1 which shows one Embodiment of this invention. It is a top view of the coating apparatus 1 which shows one Embodiment of this invention. It is a top view of the main body part 10. It is a perspective view of the main body part 10. It is an exploded perspective view of the main body part 10.

The configuration of the coating apparatus of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. A front view of the coating device 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention is shown in FIG. 1, and a plan view (top view) is shown in FIG. 2, respectively. The coating device 1 is roughly divided into a main body 10 for installing a sample (object to be coated) at the time of coating as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a spray 20 for spraying ink on the object to be coated, and a main body inside. It is composed of an acrylic case 30 for accommodating the portion 10 and installing the spray 20 above.

As shown in FIG. 1, a door is attached to the front surface of the acrylic case 30, and the object to be coated can be taken in and out from inside and outside the coating device 1 by opening and closing the door. Further, the spray 20 installed above the acrylic case 30 can move vertically and horizontally along the rail (guide member) in the vertical and horizontal directions of the drawing.

As a result, the ink can be evenly applied to the entire surface of the object to be coated. The coating device 1 is also provided with various devices such as electric wiring for supplying electric power to the main body 10 (not shown) and air piping for supplying compressed air to the spray 20.

Next, the structure of the main body 10 housed inside the acrylic case 30 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 will be described. A plan view of the main body 10 is shown in FIG. 3, and a perspective view is shown in FIG. 4, respectively. Further, FIG. 5 shows an exploded perspective view of the main body 10 disassembled for each component.

As shown in FIGS. 3 to 5, the main body 10 includes a plate 11 on which an object to be coated is placed, a plurality of heaters 12 for heating the plate 11 from below, and a case 13 for accommodating the heater 12 inside. It is equipped with. Hereinafter, the details of the plate 11 and the case 13 constituting the main body 10 will be described.

The plate 11 constituting the main body 10 is provided with a plurality of fine holes 11a, 11b, 11c, 11d ... On the outside (front surface side) on which the object to be coated is placed. As shown in FIGS. 3 to 5, the arrangement form of these holes can be a single form such as a concentric circle, a radial shape, a rectangular shape, a polygonal shape, or a mixed form by a combination thereof. Further, the back surface side (inside) of the plate 11 has a structure in which a groove portion connected to a plurality of holes arranged on the outside is provided up to the center portion or the side surface portion of the plate 11 and can be connected to an external air supply source. ing. The plate 11 is preferably made of stainless steel from the viewpoint of ensuring the heat retention of the plate 11 heated by the heater 12.

As shown in FIG. 5, the case 13 constituting the main body 10 houses a plurality of heaters 12 and a heater box 14 accommodating those heaters 12, and a plate 11 is placed above the case 13. As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the case 13 may have a structure in which the bottom lid member 13a corresponding to the bottom portion and the outer frame member 13b corresponding to the side surface portion are combined with each other, or both members 13a and 13b are integrally formed. It doesn't matter.

The material of the heater box 14 is preferably made of an aluminum alloy from the viewpoint of efficiently transferring the heat generated from the heater 12 to the object to be coated. Further, the case 13 in which the bottom lid member 13a, the outer frame member 13b, or both members 13a, 13b are integrated is preferably made of stainless steel from the viewpoint of ensuring the heat retention of the case 13 heated by the heater 12. Further, the heaters 12 shown in FIGS. 3 to 5 show the case where four heaters 12a to 12d are used, but the number of heaters can be arbitrarily changed according to various conditions such as the size of the coating device and the output of the main body. can.

Using the coating device (hereinafter referred to as the present device) and the conventional coating device (hereinafter referred to as the conventional device) of the present invention, a heating test of the object to be coated was performed under the test conditions described later. The test results will be described below. This device has the same form as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2. On the other hand, in the conventional device, the plate is placed directly on a heating component such as a heater. As the object to be coated in this heating test, a foil material made of stainless steel (SUS304) having a length of 80 mm, a width of 75 mm, and a thickness of 0.1 mm was used.

Next, the procedure of the heating test will be described. First, with the room temperature set to an atmosphere of 23 ° C, a stainless steel foil material is installed on the plate of the coating device, and the set temperature of the heater incorporated in the main body of the coating device (hereinafter referred to as SV). Was set in the range of up to 100 ° C in increments of 50 ° C to 10 ° C.

The SV was set, and after a predetermined time had elapsed, the surface temperature of the foil material (hereinafter referred to as PV) was measured with an infrared thermometer. The PV was measured at a total of 5 points at the four corners and the center position of the foil material, and the measurement was performed a total of 5 times at different times. After that, the average value of the entire foil material was calculated from the temperature at each location.

The coating device for this test was a device consisting of a stainless steel plate and case and an aluminum alloy heater box. On the other hand, as the conventional equipment, the plate, the case and the heater box are all made of aluminum alloy (hereinafter referred to as the conventional equipment 1), and the plate, the case and the heater box are all made of stainless steel. Two types of devices (hereinafter referred to as the conventional device 2) were used.

Table 1 shows the measurement results of the surface temperature of the stainless steel foil material using this device, Table 2 shows the measurement results using the conventional device 1, and Table 3 shows the measurement results using the conventional device 2. Tables 1 to 3 show the SV (° C.), which is the set temperature of the heater, the average value (PV: ° C.) of the measured temperatures at the four corners and the center position of the foil material, and the difference between SV and PV, respectively. Each temperature measurement was repeated 5 times for the same foil material.

In the heating test using this device, as shown in Table 1, the difference (SV-PV) between SV, which is the set temperature of the heater, and PV, which is the measured temperature of the foil material surface, is 0.2 ° C or less regardless of SV. It was a range.

On the other hand, in the heating test using the conventional devices 1 and 2, the difference between SV and PV is 0.9 to 2.1 ° C. when the conventional device 1 is used, as shown in Tables 2 and 3, which is the conventional device. When 2 was used, it was in the range of 0.1 to 0.8 ° C. In each case, the difference between SV and PV was larger than when this device was used.

In the heating test of this device, the reason why the difference between SV and PV became smaller than that of the conventional devices 1 and 2 is that the material of the heater box constituting the main body is an aluminum alloy with high thermal conductivity (thermal conductivity). 1.95 (W / m · ° C) x ^10-2 ), stainless steel with good heat retention for the material of the plate and the case surrounding it (thermal conductivity: 0.16 (W / m ·) It is considered that the surface of the stainless steel foil material could be heated uniformly by selecting ℃) × 10 ^-2 ).

On the other hand, in the case of this device, the conventional device 1 uses an aluminum alloy having high thermal conductivity for all the materials constituting the main body, and as a result, the plate of the main body is heated and heat is dissipated at the same time. It is considered that the difference between SV and PV has widened compared to.

Further, in the case of the conventional device 2, since stainless steel having a low thermal conductivity was used for all the materials constituting the main body, the difference between SV and PV is due to the fact that the entire main body was not sufficiently heated. It seems that the cause has spread compared to the case of the device.

Next, the measurement results of the surface temperatures at the four corners and the center positions of the stainless steel foil material using this device are shown in Table 4, the measurement results using the conventional device 1 are shown in Table 5, and the measurement results using the conventional device 2 are shown. Each is shown in Table 6. In Tables 4 to 6, SV (unit: ° C.), which is the set temperature of the heater, PV (unit: ° C.), which is the measured temperature at the four corners (corners 1 to 4) and the center position of the foil material, and the maximum value of PV. And the difference between the minimum values are shown respectively.

In the heating test using this device, as shown in Table 4, PV, which is the measured temperature of the foil material surface regardless of SV, had an error range of less than 1 ° C. with SV. In addition, the temperature variation at the measurement points (total of 5 points) of the surface temperature of the foil material was less than 1 ° C. in the range of 0.1 to 0.4 ° C. From these measurement results, it was found that in the heating method using this device, the heating by the heater (heat input) efficiently heats the foil material, and at the same time, the entire surface of the foil material is uniformly heated.

On the other hand, in the heating test using the conventional apparatus 1, the PV on the surface of the foil material has an error range of 0.7 to 1.7 ° C. with the SV as shown in Table 5, and the error of this apparatus shown in Table 1 is present. Widened compared to the range. In addition, there was a measurement point where PV decreased by 1 ° C. or more with respect to the set temperature SV of the heater. It is considered that the cause is that as a result of using an aluminum alloy having a high thermal conductivity for all the materials constituting the main body as described above, the plate of the main body is heated and heat is also dissipated at the same time.

Further, in the heating test using the conventional device 2, the PV on the surface of the foil material has an error range of 0.8 to 3.5 ° C. from the SV as shown in Table 6, and the conventional device 1 shown in Table 5 is used. The error range was further widened compared to the measurement results used. In particular, the tendency was remarkably observed when the SV was 80 ° C. or higher. At the same time, there was a place where PV, which is an actual measured value, was measured 1 ° C. or more lower than the SV set in the same manner as the measurement result of the conventional apparatus 1. It is considered that this is also due to the fact that the entire main body was not sufficiently heated as a result of using stainless steel having a low thermal conductivity for all the materials constituting the main body as described above.

Although aluminum alloy is used for the heater box constituting the apparatus used in this embodiment and stainless steel is used for the case and the plate, none of the parts is limited to those materials. For example, the material of the heater box may be an alloy such as tin, lead, or copper having a relatively good thermal conductivity. Further, the material of the case and the plate may be an iron-based alloy such as cast iron or a nickel alloy having relatively high heat retention.

Further, as shown in the figure, the surface of the plate has a large number of holes, and the structure is such that the object to be coated is fixed by suction by air from those holes, but the object to be coated is taped without providing the holes. The object to be coated may be restrained on the plate by a fixing means such as.

1 Coating device 10 Main body 11 Plates 11a to 11d Plate holes 12 (12a to 12d) Heater 13 Case 13a Bottom lid member 13b Outer frame member 14 Heater box 20 Spray 30 Acrylic case

Claims (2)

In a coating device having a spray for applying ink to an object to be coated, a main body portion arranged facing the spray, and a heater housed in the main body portion, the main body portion is at least It is composed of a plate on which the object to be coated is placed, a heater box for accommodating the heater inside, and a case in which the plate is installed above and the heater box is built in. It has a plurality of fine holes, and a groove portion connected to the plurality of holes is provided on the back surface side of the plate, and one end of the groove portion extends to the central portion or the side surface portion of the plate. A coating device characterized in that the holes on the surface of the plate are arranged in a concentric form at the center of the plate and in a radial form at the outer edge of the plate . The coating device according to claim 1, wherein the heater box is made of an aluminum alloy, and the plate and the case are made of stainless steel.

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