JPH1112757A - Hoop material sealer - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To ensure the reliability of electrical contact and to improve production efficiency. SOLUTION: This hoop material sealer is provided with a sealing tank 1 for spraying a liq. sealant on a plated hoop material 3 being moved in one direction to seal the material and a drying box 2 for passing the hoop material sealed in the tank and drying it. In this case, a couple of dripping brushes 15 for pressing the sealant-coated hoop material from its sides are detachably provided to a brush attaching/detaching guide 14 in the sealing tank, and the hoop material is passed between the brushes.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a hoop sealing apparatus.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIGS. 4 and 5 show a conventional hoop sealing apparatus. The hoop sealing apparatus includes a sealing tank 1 and a drying box 2. FIG. It is configured. FIG. 6 shows an example of a hoop material to be subjected to a sealing process.

[0003] The sealing treatment tank 1 is a device for spraying an alcoholic sealing liquid for imparting corrosion resistance to the surface of the hoop material 3 after the plating step in order to ensure electrical contact reliability. . The hoop material 3 is removed from the water tank 4 after the plating step.
And dried in the pre-sealing drying box 5 before passing through the inside of the sealing tank 1 in one direction. The sealing treatment tank 1 passed through a tank 6 as an outer frame, a liquid immersion part 7 for spraying and attaching a sealing liquid to the hoop material 3 passing through the inside of the tank 6, and a liquid immersion part 7. And a drainer 8 for removing the sealing liquid excessively attached to the surface of the hoop material 3. Here, the liquid draining section 8 is an air blowing section 8a that blows high pressure air from substantially vertically above the hoop material 3 to blow off excess sealing liquid. The sealing liquid is recovered from a liquid recovery hole 9 provided substantially vertically below the air blowing section 8a.

[0004] The drying box 2 is connected to a dryer (not shown) so that hot air is sent into the drying box 2.
The hoop material 3 passes in one direction in the inside. The hoop material 3 passing through the drying box 2
The sealing liquid attached to the surface is dried by hot air to form a corrosion-resistant film on the surface.

[0005]

However, in the hoop material sealing apparatus shown in the prior art as described above, the liquid draining portion 8 is an air blowing portion 8a for blowing the hoop material 3, so that the hoop material is not used. In some parts of the material 3, the sealing liquid is completely blown off, and a part where a liquid film is not adhered may be formed. In such a part, a corrosion-resistant coating is not formed and corrosion occurs. Therefore, there is a problem that electrical contact reliability may not be secured.

Therefore, in order to ensure the electrical contact reliability of the hoop material 3, after passing the hoop material 3 through the liquid immersion portion 7, the hoop material 3 is used without using the air blowing portion 8a as the liquid drain portion 8. Passing through the drying box 2 was also attempted.

However, in such a case, since the liquid draining section 8 is not used, the hoop material 3 enters the drying box 2 with an extra sealing liquid attached to its surface. However, there is a problem that it takes a long time to dry sufficiently.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide an apparatus for sealing a hoop material which can ensure electrical contact reliability and has high production efficiency. Is to do.

[0009]

According to the present invention, in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a sealing liquid is added to a hoop material which is continuously moved in one direction after a plating step. And a drying box for drying the hoop material by passing the hoop material in one direction after the sealing treatment in the sealing treatment tank. In the processing apparatus, a pair of drainage brushes sandwiching the hoop material to which the sealing liquid has adhered from the side in the traveling direction of the hoop material in the sealing treatment tank, and passing the hoop material through the hoop material in the traveling direction of the hoop material. It is characterized in that it is provided to be narrow.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the first aspect is provided.
In the above hoop material sealing apparatus, a brush attaching / detaching guide for detachably attaching the liquid removal brush is provided in the sealing processing tank.

[0011]

1 to 3 show an embodiment of a hoop material sealing apparatus according to the present invention. , A drying box 2. In addition, the hoop material 3
After being washed in the water tank 4 after the plating process and dried in the pre-sealing drying box 5, it passes through the inside of the sealing tank 1.

The sealing tank 1 sprays an alcoholic sealing liquid for imparting corrosion resistance to the surface of the hoop material 3 after the plating step in order to ensure electrical contact reliability. ing. The sealing treatment tank 1 passed through a tank 6 as an outer frame, a liquid immersion part 7 for spraying and attaching a sealing liquid to the hoop material 3 passing through the inside of the tank 6, and a liquid immersion part 7. And a drainer 8 for removing the sealing liquid excessively attached to the surface of the hoop material 3.

The tank 6 is provided with a sealing liquid tank 10 as a management tank for storing the sealing liquid inside the tank 6.
Above 0, a substantially horizontal partition plate 11 is provided.
The tank 6 also has cutouts 6a and 6b on opposite side surfaces, and the cutouts 6a and 6b have
Hoop material guides 12 are provided to guide the inside and outside of the tank 6, respectively. The hoop material 3 is made to pass through the tank 6 continuously in one direction with one notch 6a as an inlet and the other notch 6b as an outlet. Further, the tank 6
A pump 13 is attached to the sealing liquid tank 10, and a liquid blowing hole 11a is provided in the partition plate 11 on a line connecting the pair of notches 6a, 6b.
Liquid recovery holes 9a and 9b are provided substantially in the middle between 1a and the pair of notches 6a and 6b. In the tank 6, the sealing liquid stored in the sealing liquid tank 10 is blown up by the pump 13 from the liquid squirting hole 11a, and falls into the sealing liquid tank 10 by an amount that enters the liquid collecting holes 9a and 9b. Thus, circulation is performed in which the liquid is collected by the pump 13 and is again ejected from the liquid ejecting hole 11 a by the pump 13.

The liquid immersion section 7 is mounted on the partition plate 11 and includes a pair of liquid squirting guides 7a and 7b opposed to each other with a liquid squirting hole 11a therebetween. Are spaced so that the opposing gaps pass through the hoop material 3, and the
The sealing liquid blown up from 1a is sufficiently adhered to the hoop material 3.

The liquid draining section 8 has a pair of brush attaching / detaching guides 14a, 14b mounted near the other liquid collecting hole 9b on the other notch 6b side, and is detachably attached to the pair of brush attaching / detaching guides 14a, 14b. It comprises a pair of draining brushes 15a, 15b to be mounted.
The pair of brush attachment / detachment guides 14a, 14b has their facing distance narrower toward the other notch 6b, and each of the pair of brush attachment / detachment guides 14a, 14b is, for example, approximately 60 degrees with respect to the traveling direction of the hoop material 3. The angle is made. In addition, the pair of draining brushes 15a and 15b
For example, a brush formed by bundling a Teflon thread or a polypropylene thread, which is slid from above onto a pair of brush attaching / detaching guides 14a, 14b such that their tips are located on the other liquid collecting hole 9b. It has been like that. When the hoop material 3 to which the sealing liquid has adhered passes between the pair of drainage brushes 15a and 15b, the pair of drainage brushes 15a and 15b are used to seal the extra hoop material 3 on the surface of the hoop material 3. The liquid is wiped by tracing the hoop material 3 from the side of the hoop material 3 with the abdomen or tip of the brush so that the liquid passes through the hoop material 3.
Then, the sealing liquid wiped off by the pair of draining brushes 15a and 15b drips into the other liquid collecting hole 9b and is collected in the sealing liquid tank 10.

The drying box 2 is connected to a dryer (not shown) so that hot air is sent into the drying box 2.
The hoop material 3 passes in one direction in the inside. The hoop material 3 passing through the drying box 2
When the sealing liquid adhering to the surface is dried by hot air, a corrosion resistant film is formed.

As described above, in the hoop sealing apparatus according to the present embodiment, a pair of liquids sandwiching the hoop 3 into which the sealing liquid has been sprayed from the side in the traveling direction is placed in the sealing tank 1. Since the cutting brushes 15a and 15b are provided so as to pass through the hoop material 3 and become narrow in the traveling direction of the hoop material 3, the sealing liquid excessively attached to the surface of the hoop material 3 does not break the liquid film. The electrical contact reliability can be ensured evenly on the surface of the hoop material 3. Further, compared to the case where the sealing liquid is excessively attached to the surface of the hoop material 3 and enters the drying box 2, the hoop material 3
It takes only a short time to be sufficiently dried in the drying box 2.

Also, a pair of draining brushes 15a, 15b
By wiping the sealing liquid excessively adhered to the surface of the hoop material 3 and recovering it in the sealing liquid tank 10 from the other liquid collecting hole 9b, the excess sealing liquid adhering to the surface of the hoop material 3 is removed. As compared with the case where no recovery is performed, the consumption amount of the sealing liquid can be suppressed.

Further, since a brush attaching / detaching guide 15 for detachably attaching the pair of draining brushes 15a and 15b is provided in the sealing treatment tank 1, the pair of draining brushes 15a and 15b is provided.
The replacement work of a and 15b can be easily performed.

[0020]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, a pair of draining brushes sandwiching the hoop material to which the sealing liquid is attached from the side in the traveling direction of the hoop material is passed through the hoop material in the sealing treatment tank. The hoop material is also narrowed in the direction of travel, so that excess sealing liquid adhering to the surface of the hoop material can be wiped off without breaking the liquid film, making electrical contact with the surface of the hoop material Reliability can be secured evenly. In addition, the time required for the hoop material to be sufficiently dried in the drying box can be shorter than when the hoop material enters the drying box in a state where the sealing liquid is excessively attached to the surface of the hoop material.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the first aspect is provided.
In addition to the effects of the invention described above, the brush removal guide for detachably attaching the liquid removal brush is provided in the sealing treatment tank, so that the replacement operation of the liquid removal brush can be easily performed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a main part showing a hoop material sealing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a state in which a hoop material is passed through a liquid immersion part and a liquid drain part, which are main parts of the same.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a mechanism of sealing liquid circulation according to the first embodiment;
(a) is a partially cutaway view showing a liquid immersion part and a liquid draining part, and (b) is a schematic view of a sealing treatment tank.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a conventional hoop material sealing apparatus.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a state in which a hoop material is passed through a liquid immersion part and a liquid drain part, which are main parts of the same.

FIG. 6 is a front view showing an example of a hoop material on which a sealing process is performed.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Sealing processing tank 2 Drying box 3 Hoop material 14 Brush attaching / detaching guide 15 Drip brush

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A sealing treatment tank for performing a sealing treatment for spraying a sealing liquid onto a hoop material continuously moved in one direction after a plating step, and the hoop after the sealing treatment in the sealing treatment tank. And a drying box for drying the hoop material by allowing the material to pass in one direction and drying the hoop material having the sealing liquid adhered to the sealing processing tank. A hoop material sealing apparatus, wherein a pair of draining brushes are provided so as to pass through the hoop material and to be narrow in a traveling direction of the hoop material. 2. The hoop material sealing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a brush attaching / detaching guide for detachably attaching the liquid removing brush is provided in the sealing processing tank.