JPH04221444A - Optical disk manufacturing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enable a space to be saved and disks to be produced highly efficiently by providing a molder, an ejecting device, a sputter device, a protective film forming device, an inspection device, a printer a control device, and an air cleaner. CONSTITUTION:A title item enables a molder 2 to produce a disk, an ejecting device to eject the molded disk, a sputter device 4 to form a reflective film, a protective film forming device 5 to form a protective film, an inspection device to inspect the disk, and then a printer 7 to print a label. These process are synchronized to a line and are controlled by a computer control device 8, thus enabling facility management of the above devices and production management such as quality control and material control to be performed simultaneously. Also, an air cleaner 9 which cleans a space where each device is located is installed within a sealed space 1, thus enabling a space to be saved and at the same time disks to be produced efficiently by establishing lines of devices.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an apparatus for manufacturing optical discs for recording and reproducing digital signals such as video discs, compact discs, still images, and document files.

0002

2. Description of the Related Art In general, optical discs are viewed as promising because of their large amount of information, low noise, and random access, and have been commercialized as video discs and compact discs. Figure 5 shows an overview of the compact disc. In this system, a PCM-converted digital signal is recorded in the form of a pit row on a resin substrate, and is reproduced by a semiconductor laser. In FIG. 5, 10 is a disk, 11 is a resin substrate, 12 is a pit array digital signal, 13 is a reflective film, 14 is a protective film, 15 is a label printing film, and 16 is a semiconductor laser beam. . In conventional optical disc manufacturing apparatuses, each piece of equipment is generally placed individually in a factory or the pieces of equipment are connected by a line, and are not installed in one space.

An example of the above-mentioned conventional optical disc manufacturing apparatus will be explained below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 4 shows a plan view of a conventional optical disc manufacturing apparatus. In FIG. 4, 2 is a molding machine that molds a disc, 3 is a take-out device that takes out the disc molded by the molding machine 2,
4 is a sputtering device for forming a reflective film, 5 is a protective film forming device for forming a protective film, 6 is an inspection device for inspecting a disk, and 7 is a printing machine for printing a label.

0004

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, since the conventional optical disc manufacturing equipment as described above is installed within the premises of a factory, it requires a large space and cleaning of the entire factory. It is difficult to clean the equipment itself. Furthermore, since the optical disc manufacturing apparatus itself is not systemized as a space, it is difficult to move the equipment.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the above-mentioned conventional problems, it is an object of the present invention to provide an optical disc manufacturing apparatus that is space-saving, highly efficient, and allows the entire apparatus to be moved.

[0006]

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to solve the above problems, the optical disc manufacturing apparatus of the present invention includes a molding machine for molding a disc and a take-out device for taking out the molded disc in one sealed space. , a sputtering device for forming a reflective film, a protective film forming device for forming a protective film, an inspection device for inspecting a disk, a printing machine for printing a label,
The apparatus is equipped with a control device for controlling each of the above devices, and an air cleaning device for cleaning the space in which each of the above devices is housed.

[0007]

[Operation] With the above-described configuration, the present invention includes a molding machine, a take-out device, a sputtering device, a protective film forming device, an inspection device, a printing machine, and each of the above devices in one sealed space. By providing a control device that controls the above-mentioned devices and an air purifying device that cleans the space in which each of the above devices is housed, it is possible to save space and produce highly efficient and reliable optical disks at low cost through line synchronization. It is to provide.

[0008]

Embodiments Hereinafter, embodiments of the optical disc manufacturing apparatus of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of an optical disc manufacturing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, 1 is a sealed space, 2 is a molding machine that molds a disk, 3 is a take-out device that takes out the molded disk, 4 is a sputtering device that forms a reflective film, and 5 is a protective film that is formed. 6 is an inspection device that inspects the disk, 7 is a printing machine that prints a label, 8 is a control device that controls each of the above devices,
Reference numeral 9 denotes an air cleaning device for cleaning the inside of the sealed space 1 in which each of the above devices is housed.

The operation of the optical disc manufacturing apparatus constructed as described above will be explained below. First, a disk is molded in the molding machine 2, the molded disk is taken out in the take-out device 3, a reflective film is formed in the sputtering device 4, a protective film is formed in the protective film forming device 5, and then inspected. A device 6 inspects the disk, and a printing machine 7 prints a label. These processes are line synchronized and controlled by a computer control device 8, so that equipment management of the above-mentioned devices and production management such as quality control and material management can be performed simultaneously. Further, an air purifying device 9 for cleaning the space in which each device is installed is installed in the sealed space 1.

FIG. 2 shows a plan view of an optical disc manufacturing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. In Figure 2,
A molding machine 2 and a take-out device 3 are installed in one sealed space 1.
, a sputtering device 4, a protective film forming device 5, an inspection device 6, a printing machine 7, and a control device 8 that controls each of the above devices.
and an air purifying device 9 for cleaning the space 1 in which each of the above-mentioned devices is installed, and the incidental equipment for each of the above-mentioned devices such as a power supply device is installed outside the sealed space 1.

FIG. 3 shows a front cross-sectional view of an optical disc manufacturing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 3, an air purifying device 9 for cleaning the space is provided in one sealed space 1, and incidental equipment for each of the above devices, such as a power supply device, is installed outside the sealed space 1. There is. The sealed space 1 in which the above-mentioned devices are housed is constructed as a single unit and has a structure that can be easily moved using casters, a crane, etc.

As described above, according to this embodiment, the molding machine, the take-out device, and the sputtering device are housed in one sealed space.
Space saving can be achieved by providing a device, a protective film forming device, an inspection device, a printing machine, a control device for controlling each of the above devices, and an air cleaning device that cleans the space in which each of the above devices is housed. - It becomes possible to produce discs with high efficiency by integrating each device into a production line. Furthermore, the control device can simultaneously perform equipment management of each of the above-mentioned devices and production management such as quality control and material management. Furthermore, since each of the devices described above is installed in one sealed space, the present optical disk manufacturing device can be easily moved.

[0013]

As described above, the present invention provides a molding machine, a take-out device, a sputtering device, a protective film forming device, an inspection device, a printing machine, and the above-mentioned devices in one sealed space. It is possible to save space by providing a control device that controls each device and an air cleaning device that cleans the space in which each device is housed, and by synchronizing the lines of each device. Discs can be produced with high efficiency. Also,
The control device can simultaneously perform equipment management of each of the above-mentioned devices and production management such as quality control and material management. Furthermore, since each of the above devices is installed in one sealed space, the present optical disk manufacturing device can be easily moved.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an optical disc manufacturing apparatus in an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of an optical disc manufacturing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a front cross-sectional view of an optical disc manufacturing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[Figure 4] Plan view of conventional optical disc manufacturing equipment

[Figure 5] (
a) is a plan view of the compact disc, (b) is a cross-sectional view of the compact disc, and (c) is an enlarged view of the main parts of the compact disc.

[Explanation of symbols]

1. Closed space 2 Molding machine 3. Retrieval device 4 Sputtering equipment 5 Protective film forming device 6 Inspection equipment 7 Printing machine 8 Control device 9 Air purification device

Claims (3)

[Claims] Claim 1: A molding machine for molding a disk, a take-out device for taking out the molded disk, a sputtering device for forming a reflective film, and a protective film forming device for forming a protective film in one sealed space. equipment, an inspection device for inspecting discs, a printing machine for printing labels, a control device for controlling each of the above devices, and a space in which each of the above devices is housed.
1. An optical disc manufacturing apparatus comprising: an air purifying device for cleaning the air; 2. The molding machine, the take-out device, the sputtering device, the protective film forming device, the inspection device, and the printing machine are line synchronized, and the control device manages the equipment and quality of each device. 2. The optical disc manufacturing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein production management such as management and material management is performed simultaneously. 3. A molding machine, a take-out device, a sputtering device, and a protective film forming device in one sealed space,
2. The optical disc manufacturing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein an inspection device, a printing machine, a control device, and an air cleaning device are installed, and the space can be easily moved.