JPH10319614A - Photoreceptor drum base - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a photoreceptor drum base having high dimensional accuracy. SOLUTION: An aluminum tube 4 is subjected to a centerless polishing process by a feeding roll 2 and a polishing roll 3. The aluminum tube 4 has <=0.1% bending to the whole length and satisfies t<2> ×δ0.2 /ϕ>=0.2, wherein t is the thickness, ϕ is the outer diameter and δ0.2 is the strength of the aluminum tube. The polishing depth is preferably 10 to 100 μm. Further, it is preferable to treat the surface of the aluminum tube 4 after the centerless polishing process by anodic oxidation to form an anodic oxidation film of <=8 μm thickness.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a photosensitive drum base used for a copying machine, a printer and the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, an aluminum tube has been used for a photosensitive drum substrate of this type, and high dimensional accuracy is required. For example, a photosensitive drum substrate having a diameter of 30 mm has a circularity of 30 μm or less and a straightness of 30 μm.
It needs to be 30 μm or less. In order to obtain such dimensional accuracy, the surface of an aluminum tube (extrusion drawn tube) is cut with high accuracy using a lathe, a diamond tool, or the like. In addition, by performing extrusion and drawing of the aluminum tube with high precision, the roundness and straightness thereof are each 30 seconds.
A method for reducing the diameter to μm or less has been developed and implemented.

[0003]

However, the above-described conventional method for manufacturing a photosensitive drum substrate has the following problems.

First, in the precision cutting method for cutting an aluminum tube using a diamond tool or the like, the manufacturing cost of the photosensitive drum base is significantly increased, and the productivity is poor.

On the other hand, in the precision drawing method in which the precision extrusion and drawing of an aluminum tube are performed with high precision, although post-processing such as cutting is not required, the production cost is low, but it is necessary to cut the aluminum tube into a short length. During cutting, the cylindricity of the aluminum tube deteriorates and the product yield decreases. Also,
During the drawing, the surface of the aluminum tube is liable to be scratched due to handling.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and has as its object to provide a photosensitive drum base having high dimensional accuracy.

[0007]

The photosensitive drum substrate according to the present invention is characterized in that the photosensitive drum substrate is made of aluminum or an aluminum alloy tube whose surface is polished by centerless polishing.

[0008]

The present inventors have conducted various experimental studies to develop a method of manufacturing a photosensitive drum base capable of manufacturing a photosensitive drum base having high dimensional accuracy such as roundness at low cost. Alternatively, aluminum or aluminum alloy tubing whose surface has been polished by centerless polishing (heartless polishing) applied to scratching the surface of a bar, etc., has high dimensional accuracy, good surface condition, and its manufacturing cost. Is low, so that it is suitable as a photoreceptor drum base. In addition, in the case of this centerless polishing, the surface of the photosensitive drum base can be polished after cutting aluminum or aluminum tube into a short length, so that the cylindricity of the photosensitive drum base is increased as compared with the conventional precision drawing method. Can be. For example, even for a tube of normal accuracy having a diameter of 30 mm and a roundness and a cylindricity of 50 μm each, the roundness and the cylindricity can be increased to 20 μm, respectively.

However, when the surface of the aluminum or aluminum alloy tube is subjected to centerless polishing, the oxide film is disturbed at a portion to which the shavings are adhered, a portion burned during the centerless polishing or a portion damaged by a receiving plate (blade). This may cause leakage of electric charges on the surface of the photosensitive drum substrate. Then, if charge leakage occurs on the photosensitive drum substrate, an image defect occurs on the photosensitive member. For this reason, it is preferable that anodizing treatment is performed on the surface of the tube material to form an anodized film. In this case, if the thickness of the anodic oxide film exceeds 8 μm, cracks occur in the anodic oxide film. Therefore, it is preferable that the thickness of the anodic oxide film formed on the surface of the tube be 8 μm or less.

Next, a method for manufacturing a photosensitive drum substrate according to the present invention will be described. First, a material made of aluminum or an aluminum alloy is extruded and then drawn to obtain a tube of aluminum or an aluminum alloy. Thereafter, the tube is subjected to centerless polishing. If the tube has a bend of more than 0.1% with respect to the entire length, a spiral pattern is formed on the surface of the tube by friction with a blade during the centerless polishing. In particular, this spiral pattern appears remarkably when an anodic oxide film is provided on the surface of the tube. As described above, when a spiral pattern is formed on the surface of the tube, the reflectance of the photosensitive drum substrate locally changes due to the spiral pattern, and an image defect occurs on the photosensitive member. For this reason, aluminum or aluminum alloy pipes to be subjected to centerless polishing are drawn so that the bending with respect to the entire length is 0.1% or less. Thereby, the quality of the image on the photoconductor can be improved.

Also, the dimensional accuracy of the photosensitive drum base is improved.
In order to reduce the deformation of the tubing used for centerless polishing,
Need to be prevented. Therefore, the thickness t of the tube material and the
Force σ _0.2 Is increased in proportion to the outer diameter φ. Experimental research
As a result, the thickness t, outer diameter φ, and proof stress σ_0.2 Is shown below.
If it is possible to prevent deformation of the tube,
And found. That is, t^Two × σ_0.2 The calculated value of / φ is
If it is less than 0.2, the pipe material is not subjected to centerless polishing.
It is necessary to improve the dimensional accuracy of the photosensitive drum base
I can't do that. Therefore, before using for centerless grinding
The pipe material is t^Two × σ _0.2 Draw to satisfy /φ≧0.2
Process. For example, material strength (proof strength σ_0.2) Is 8kg /
mm^Two And the outer diameter φ is 30 mm.
In the case of aluminum alloy tubing, the wall thickness t is 0.86
mm or more.

The proof stress σ _{0.2 of the} tube can be increased by adding Mg, Mn, Cu or the like to a material made of aluminum or an aluminum alloy. Further, by providing a drawing cold working step and work hardening the tube material, the proof stress σ _{0.2 of the} tube material to be subjected to centerless polishing can be adjusted.

Further, a flaw having a depth of 10 μm or more may be formed on the surface of the tube material obtained by the drawing process.
Therefore, it is necessary to perform centerless polishing at a depth of 10 μm or more on the surface of the tube material. However, if the depth exceeds 100 μm, the load on the grindstone increases, and the tube material may be deformed. . In addition, the centerless polishing has an effect of correcting the shape of the pipe material. However, if the depth is less than 10 μm, the shape cannot be corrected. Clogging. Therefore, it is preferable that the polishing allowance of the tube material obtained by the drawing process is 10 to 100 μm.

In the present invention, it is possible to continuously pass the tube through a plurality of centerless polishers. In such a case, the total amount of polishing
It is preferable to set it to μm.

Further, the anodic oxide film can be formed by subjecting the surface of the tube material after centerless polishing to an anodic oxidation treatment.

As described above, according to the present invention, a photosensitive drum base having high dimensional accuracy can be manufactured at low cost.

[0017]

Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a through-field centerless polishing machine. An aluminum tube 4 is arranged on the blade 1. The feed roll 2 and the polishing roll 3 are disposed along the longitudinal direction of the aluminum tube 4, and rotate in opposite directions about the center axis of the aluminum tube 4 while using the center axis as a rotation axis. The aluminum tube 4 attempts to rotate at the same rotation speed as the high-speed rotating polishing roll 3, but is braked by the frictional force received from the low-speed rotating feed roll 2 and the blade 1. Spin at speed. Thereby, the surface of the aluminum tube 4 is polished by the polishing roll 3. Since the center axis of the feed roll 2 is slightly inclined, the aluminum tube 4 is transported in the longitudinal direction. In this manner, the aluminum tube 4 is sequentially subjected to polishing.

FIG. 2 is a side view showing an infield centerless polisher. An aluminum tube 14 is arranged on the blade 11. The polishing rolls 12 and 13 are arranged along the longitudinal direction of the aluminum tube 14, and rotate in opposite directions about the center axis of the aluminum tube 14 while using the center axis as a rotation axis. in this case,
The surface of the aluminum tube 4 is polished by polishing rolls 12 and 13. Polishing roll 13 is aluminum tube 1
The polished aluminum tube 4 is conveyed above the blade 11.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a through-field centerless polishing machine. The feed rolls 22 and 23 are disposed substantially parallel to each other, and rotate in mutually opposite directions about the center axis thereof as a rotation axis. The aluminum tube 4 is placed on the feed rolls 22 and 23 and rotates according to the rotation speed of the feed rolls 22 and 23. And
The surface of the aluminum tube 4 is finish-polished by the grindstone 21. The polished aluminum tube 4 is transported in the longitudinal direction.

By appropriately using the polishing machines shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the aluminum pipe can be polished to a predetermined surface roughness.

Next, a case where the photosensitive drum substrate according to the embodiment of the present invention is actually manufactured by using the above-described polishing machine will be described in comparison with a conventional example or a comparative example.

First, the outer diameter is 30.5 mm by a usual method,
Aluminum tube with an inner diameter of 28 mm and a length of 260 mm (JIS
3003 materials). Next, apply 20 to the surface of this aluminum tube.
Centerless polishing was performed with a polishing allowance of μm. Thus, the photosensitive drum substrates according to Examples 1 and 2 were manufactured.

On the other hand, as a conventional example 1, a photosensitive drum base made of an aluminum tube having an outer diameter of 30.5 mm, an inner diameter of 28 mm and a length of 260 mm was manufactured by a precision drawing method. Also, as Conventional Example 2, the outer diameter is 30.5 mm, the inner diameter is 28 mm,
A photosensitive drum base was manufactured by precision cutting an aluminum tube having a length of 260 mm with a diamond tool.
Further, as Conventional Example 3, the outer diameter is 30.5 mm and the inner diameter is 28 m.
After a centerless polishing process was performed on a long aluminum tube having a length of 2 m and a length of 2 m, the aluminum tube was cut into a short length of 260 mm to produce a photosensitive drum base.

With respect to the photosensitive drum substrates according to Examples 1 and 2 and Conventional Examples 1 to 3 obtained as described above, the dimensional accuracy before and after polishing was measured, and the dimensional accuracy was evaluated. Also,
The ratio of the surface processing time to the surface processing time by diamond cutting was determined, and the productivity was evaluated. The results are shown in Tables 1 and 2 below.

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[Table 1]

[0027]

[Table 2]

As is clear from Tables 1 and 2, the photosensitive drum substrates according to the first and second embodiments have high dimensional accuracy and high productivity, and are used in a copying machine or the like. It was preferable as a drum base.

On the other hand, the photosensitive drum substrate according to Conventional Example 1 obtained by the precision drawing method requires no surface processing, but
The dimensional accuracy was poor. Also, the photosensitive drum substrate according to Conventional Example 2 in which the aluminum tube was diamond-cut was long in surface processing time and had poor productivity.
Further, the photosensitive drum substrate according to Conventional Example 3 in which the aluminum tube after the centerless polishing was cut into a short length had poor cylindricity at the time of cutting, and had poor dimensional accuracy.

Next, the outer diameter is 30.5 mm by a usual method,
Aluminum tube with an inner diameter of 28 mm and a length of 260 mm (JIS
3003 materials).

Then, in Example 3, an aluminum tube having a bend of 0.08% with respect to the entire length was subjected to centerless polishing to have a surface roughness R _max of 1 μm.
A photoreceptor drum substrate was manufactured by forming an anodic oxide film having a thickness of 4 μm on this surface. Further, in Example 4, an aluminum tube having a bend of 0.05% with respect to the entire length was subjected to centerless polishing to obtain a surface roughness R.
After setting the _max to 0.5 μm, a photoreceptor drum substrate was manufactured by forming an anodic oxide film having a thickness of 6 μm on this surface.

On the other hand, in Comparative Example 1,
Centerless polishing of aluminum tube with 0.08% bend
After processing, the surface roughness R_max By 1 μm
A photoreceptor drum base was manufactured. Also, in Comparative Example 2
Aluminum with a bend of 0.15% of the total length
Tube is subjected to centerless polishing and its surface roughness R_maxTo
After 1 μm, anodized leather with a thickness of 6 μm
A photosensitive drum substrate was manufactured by forming a film.
Further, in Comparative Example 3, the bending with respect to the entire length was 0.15.
% Aluminum tube is subjected to centerless polishing
Its surface roughness R _max To 0.5 μm,
The photoreceptor is formed by forming an anodic oxide film with a thickness of 10 μm.
Drum base was manufactured.

The surface conditions of the photosensitive drum substrates according to Examples 3 and 4 and Comparative Examples 1 to 3 obtained as described above were visually evaluated. Table 3 shows the results.

In Table 3, those having a good surface of the aluminum tube after the anodizing treatment are indicated by ○, and those having defects such as shavings adhering or cracking on the surface are indicated by x. . Also, after the anodizing treatment, those without a blade pattern on the surface of the photosensitive drum substrate are indicated by ○,
Those having a blade pattern on the surface are indicated by x.

[0035]

[Table 3]

As apparent from Table 3, Examples 3 and
No surface defect or blade pattern was observed in any of the photosensitive drum substrates according to No. 4, and the photosensitive drum substrate had excellent characteristics as a photosensitive drum substrate used in a copying machine or the like.

On the other hand, the photosensitive drum substrate according to Comparative Example 1 having no anodic oxide film had defects on the surface of the aluminum tube. Further, in the photosensitive drum substrate according to Comparative Example 2 in which the bending of the aluminum tube used for the centerless polishing was 0.15%, a blade pattern was formed on the surface of the photosensitive drum substrate after the anodizing treatment. Comparative Example 3 in which the bending of the aluminum tube used for centerless polishing was 0.15% and the thickness of the anodic oxide film was 10 μm.
In the photoreceptor drum substrate according to the above, a blade pattern was formed on the surface of the photoreceptor drum substrate after the anodic oxidation treatment, and cracks were generated in the anodic oxide film.

Next, by the usual method, the material type and the thickness t ²
(Mm ² ), outer diameter φ (mm) and proof stress σ _0.2 (kg / m
m ² ) was obtained as shown in Table 3 below. Then, the surface of the aluminum tube was subjected to a centerless polishing at a depth of 30 μm to produce the photosensitive drum substrates according to Examples 5 to 8 and Comparative Examples 4 to 7. The feed speed of the aluminum tube was 2 m / min.

With respect to the photosensitive drum substrates according to Examples 5 to 8 and Comparative Examples 4 to 7 obtained in this way, t ² ×
The calculated value (kg / mm) of σ _0.2 / φ was determined, and its dimensional accuracy (roundness, runout, and cylindricity) was measured. The results are shown in Table 4 below.

In Table 4, dimensional accuracy is roundness,
All of the runout and cylindricity are 40 μm or less are indicated by ○, and any of the roundness, runout and cylindricity exceeding 40 μm are indicated by Δ, and all of the roundness, runout and cylindricity are 40.
Those exceeding μm are indicated by x.

As is clear from Table 4, the photosensitive drum substrates according to Examples 5 to 8 all had high dimensional accuracy.

On the other hand, Comparative Examples 4 to 7 in which t ² × σ _0.2 / φ was less than 0.2 had poor dimensional accuracy.

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[Table 4]

[0044]

As described above, the photoreceptor drum base according to the present invention is obtained by polishing the surface of aluminum or aluminum alloy pipe by centerless polishing, so that the dimensional accuracy is high and the surface condition is good. is there.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a through-field centerless sander.

FIG. 2 is a side view showing an infield centerless sander.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a through-field centerless polishing machine.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1,11; blades 2,22,23; feed rolls 3,12,13; polishing rolls 4,14,24; aluminum tube 21;

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────の Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Kenji Hayashi 14-1, Chofu Minatocho, Shimonoseki City, Yamaguchi Prefecture Kobe Steel, Ltd. Chofu Works

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A photoreceptor drum base comprising a tube of aluminum or aluminum alloy whose surface is polished by centerless polishing.