KR100737714B1 - Apparatus for seal-cutting fluorecent lamp and method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a fluorescent lamp fluorescent lamp seal cutting device and method for performing a seal cutting process for removing unnecessary portions of the sealed fluorescent lamp during the manufacturing of the fluorescent lamp used in the backlight device of the LCD (LCD) It is about.

The present invention, in the seal-cutting device for removing the unnecessary portion of the fluorescent lamp sealed during the manufacturing process of the fluorescent lamp, the horizontal seal cutting to perform the seal cutting process while moving the fluorescent lamp lying horizontally part; A loading unit supplying a fluorescent lamp lying horizontally in the horizontal seal cutting unit; An unloading unit for carrying out a fluorescent lamp lying horizontally from the horizontal seal cutting unit to the outside; It provides a fluorescent lamp seal cutting device comprising a.

Fluorescent Lamp, Sealing, Backlight Device, LCD

Description

Fluorescent lamp seal cutting device for fluorescent lamp manufacturing and fluorescent lamp seal cutting method {APPARATUS FOR SEAL-CUTTING FLUORECENT LAMP AND METHOD THEREOF}

1 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing the structure of a cold cathode fluorescent lamp.

2 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing the structure of an external electrode fluorescent lamp.

3 is a process chart illustrating a sealing and sealing process of a cold cathode fluorescent lamp.

4 and 5 are process charts illustrating the sealing and sealing process of the external electrode fluorescent lamp.

Figure 6 shows the structure of a conventional fluorescent lamp seal cutting device.

7 shows a fluorescent lamp seal cutting device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

8 is a front view showing the structure of a rotating process plate according to an embodiment of the present invention.

9 is a plan view showing the structure of a collet chuck according to an embodiment of the present invention.

10 is a cross-sectional view showing the structure of the collet chuck and the auxiliary chuck according to an embodiment of the present invention.

11 is a view for explaining the piping of the auxiliary chuck air pressure supply pipe according to an embodiment of the present invention.

12 is a plan view illustrating an arrangement of a fixed processing plate according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 13 is a cross-sectional view showing the structure of the chuck loading unit and collet chuck in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

14 is a front view showing the structure of the collet chuck rotation unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.

15 is a front view illustrating a driving pattern of the mercury destruction unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.
16 is a front view showing the structure of the cutting means according to an embodiment of the present invention.

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17 is a front view showing the structure of a fluorescent lamp fixing plate according to an embodiment of the present invention.

18 is a front view showing the structure of a loading unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.

19 is a side view showing the structure of a loading unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.
20 is a front view illustrating a structure of an unloading unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.

<Description of Symbols for Major Parts of Drawings>

10: cold cathode fluorescent lamp 20: external electrode fluorescent lamp

11, 21: glass tube 12, 13, 22, 23: electrode

14, 24: fluorescent material 17, 27: beads

T: Torch W: Wheel

H: Mercury Getter

1000: fluorescent lamp seal cutting device according to an embodiment of the present invention

100: horizontal seal cutting unit 110: rotating process plate

120: fluorescent lamp fixing plate 130: rotation drive unit

140: fixed process plate 111: rotating plate

112: collet chuck 113: auxiliary chuck

116: pneumatic pressure supply pipe 121: first fluorescent lamp fixing plate

122: second fluorescent lamp fixing plate 123: fluorescent lamp clamp

124: fluorescent lamp clamp drive unit 141: fixed plate

142: chuck loading section 143, 144: torch section

145: cutting means 147: chuck unloading unit

148 fluorescent lamp length measuring unit 149 collet chuck rotating unit

151: mercury disposal unit 152: glazing unit

153: appearance inspection unit 154: lighting inspection unit

155: outlet 210: reciprocating loading arm

310: reciprocating unloading arm 320: defective article carrying out portion

In the process of manufacturing a fluorescent lamp used in the backlight device of the LCD (LCD), a fluorescent lamp fluorescent coating device and method for performing a seal cutting process to remove the unnecessary portion of the sealed fluorescent lamp It is about.

LCD devices, which are being spotlighted in flat panel display devices, include non-light emitting devices that do not emit light by themselves, and thus include a backlight device that provides a separate light source.

In such a backlight device, a fluorescent lamp having a diameter of several mm is used. Cold fluorescent lamps (Cold Cathode Fluorescent Lamp), external electrode fluorescent lamps (External Electrode Fluorescent Lamp) and the like are used for this fluorescent lamp.

As shown in FIG. 1, the general structure of the cold cathode fluorescent lamp 10 is provided with two electrodes, a long glass tube 11 and an anode 12 and a cathode 13 attached to both ends thereof. It is connected to the lead 16 is formed on both ends of the glass tube (11). In addition, a fluorescent substance 14 is coated on the inner wall of the glass tube 11, and the inner space 15 of the glass tube is filled with a mixed gas such as mercury, argon, and neon.

Meanwhile, as shown in FIG. 2, the external electrode fluorescent lamp 20 has a structure in which both ends of the glass tube 21 are sealed, and electrodes 22 and 23 are formed to surround both ends of the lamp from the outside. The electric field is discharged by forming an electric field in the glass tube 21 by (22, 23). In addition, the inner wall of the glass tube 21 is coated with a fluorescent material 24, the interior space 25 of the glass tube is filled with a mixed gas such as mercury, argon, neon.

In the case of manufacturing such a cold cathode fluorescent lamp or an external electrode fluorescent lamp goes through a similar process, but in a minute portion is subjected to a different process. In each manufacturing process, the sealing process of vacuuming the inside of the fluorescent lamp and filling gas therein, and the sealing process of removing unnecessary parts while maintaining the sealing state in the completed fluorescent lamp, which are necessary in the manufacturing process, Since the fluorescent lamps are different for each manufacturing method, they will be described briefly here.

The cold-cathode fluorescent lamp and the external electrode fluorescent lamp are divided into two parts, and the external electrode fluorescent lamp is divided into the case of using beads and the case of not using them.

First, in the case of a cold cathode fluorescent lamp, a bead process is performed to form beads 17 in the lead 16 portion of the electrode 12 inserted into the lamp as shown in FIG. 3. Next, as shown in FIG. 3B, a sealing process of removing air in the glass tube 11, filling the gas, and sealing the gas is performed. In this step, the beads 17 are first inserted into one side of the glass tube 11, and a portion of the glass tube 11 is taken to fix the beads. Also, a portion of the outside of the end of the bead 17 is taken to form a space into which the mercury getter H is introduced. Next, after inverting the glass tube 11, the bead 17 is inserted in the opposite side, and it heats and seals completely.

Thereafter, after completing other processes such as filling gas into the glass tube 11, the fluorescent lamp is inverted and a seal cutting process is performed as shown in FIG. 3C. In this process, the cutting portion is heated with the torch (T), and then the cutting portion is cut using the cutting wheel (W). Then, the glazing process is performed so that the cut surface is heated again to form a smooth curved surface.

On the other hand, the external electrode fluorescent lamp undergoes a different process from the cold cathode fluorescent lamp because the electrode is formed on the outer surface of the glass tube. First, let's look at the case of not using beads. If no beads are used, no bead process is necessary.

Therefore, as shown in Figure 4a, the sealing process proceeds from the beginning. In this sealing process, first, a predetermined portion of one end of the glass tube 21 is taken to form a space into which the mercury getter H is inserted, and the glass tube 21 is inverted. The other end of the inverted glass tube is heated to seal it completely.

Next, in the thread cutting process, as shown in FIG. 4B, the cutting part of the glass tube 21 is preheated first, and then the cutting part is secondarily heated and cut. After that, through the glazing process, the cutting surface is smooth.

Meanwhile, when the external electrode fluorescent lamp is manufactured using the beads, a bead process is required. However, unlike the cold-cathode fluorescent lamp, in this case, since the beads do not act as an electrode, they simply serve to assist in the sealing process of the glass tube. Accordingly, as shown in FIG. 5A, the external electrode fluorescent lamp is manufactured in the shape of the beads 27 in the shape of a spherical shape, unlike the cold cathode fluorescent lamp.

Next, in the sealing process, as shown in FIG. 5B, the beads 27 are inserted into one side of the glass tube 21 and a portion of the glass tube 21 is fixed to fix the beads 27. And a portion of the outer side in which the beads 27 are inserted in the glass tube 21 to create a space in which the mercury getter (H) is inserted. Thereafter, the glass tube 21 is inverted and the other end of the glass tube is heated to be sealed.

Next, in the thread cutting process, as shown in FIG. 5C, the cutting portion is heated, and the glass tube 21 is cut using the cutting wheel W. And the glazing process which heats the cut surface of a glass tube and makes a cut surface smooth is performed.

As shown in FIG. 6, a fluorescent lamp seal cutting device 50 capable of continuously performing the process is used for the seal cutting process of the fluorescent lamp described above. Conventionally, as shown in FIG. 6, the fluorescent lamp seal cutting device 50 advances the process while moving the fluorescent lamp to each process position in the state in which the fluorescent lamp 11 is upright. When the process is performed in the state in which the fluorescent lamp 11 is placed vertically, a complicated loading device and an unloading device for loading the fluorescent lamp 11 supplied in a horizontal lying state while standing up are required, and the fluorescent lamp seal is There is a problem that the fluorescent lamp is bent or shaken while moving in the cutting device.

In addition, in the case where the process is performed in the state in which the fluorescent lamp 11 is upright, the height of the fluorescent lamp seal cutting device must also increase as the length of the fluorescent lamp 11 is increased. However, this increase in the height of the device is a problem in the allowable height of the clean room, and also the problem that the maintenance work of the device becomes very difficult.

In addition, as described above, in the case of the cold cathode fluorescent lamp and the external electrode fluorescent lamp, the thread cutting process is performed in a different manner, and thus, the cost is increased and the apparatus is complicated because a separate cutting device having a different structure must be used separately. There is a problem.

Disclosure of Invention An object of the present invention is to provide a fluorescent lamp seal cutting device capable of easily performing a thread cutting process in a state where the fluorescent lamp is laid horizontally.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a fluorescent lamp seal cutting device that can be used in general for the manufacture of cold cathode fluorescent lamps and external electrode fluorescent lamps.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide a thread cutting method capable of performing a thread cutting process in a state in which a fluorescent lamp is laid horizontally.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention, in the seal-cutting device for removing the unnecessary portion of the fluorescent lamp sealed during the manufacturing process of the fluorescent lamp, moving the fluorescent lamp in the horizontal lying state and seal cutting Horizontal seal cutting unit for performing a process; A loading unit supplying a fluorescent lamp lying horizontally in the horizontal seal cutting unit; An unloading unit for carrying out a fluorescent lamp lying horizontally from the horizontal seal cutting unit to the outside; It provides a fluorescent lamp seal cutting device comprising a.

In the present invention, since the horizontal seal cutting part is provided to be applicable to each thread cutting process of the cold cathode fluorescent lamp (CCFL) and the external electrode fluorescent lamp (EEFL) in common, regardless of the shape of the fluorescent lamp can be compatible. There is an advantage.

In the present invention, the horizontal seal cutting unit, a rotating process plate for performing each process by rotating the fluorescent lamp in a state of fixing a region including the portion to be removed of the fluorescent lamp; A fluorescent lamp fixing plate provided in parallel with the rotating process plate and rotating in a state in which the region not fixed by the rotating process plate is fixed among the fluorescent lamps; A rotation driving unit for rotating the rotating process plate and the fluorescent lamp fixing plate; A fixed process plate which is fixed to a specific position and performs each process with respect to the fluorescent lamp which is moved by the rotating process plate; It is configured to include, so that the fluorescent lamp is moved horizontally by the position in the horizontal lying state to allow the stable cutting process to proceed.

At this time, the rotating process plate, the rotating plate rotating in a vertical state; A plurality of lamps are arranged at regular intervals and spaced apart from the outer circumferential region of the rotating plate, and a lamp fixing chuck to fix a region of the fluorescent lamp to be processed, thereby being configured to be rotatable in a fixed state of the fluorescent lamp. Allow the process to proceed easily.

Here, the lamp fixing chuck is constituted by a collet chuck driven by mechanical force, so that the fluorescent lamp can be easily fixed while being provided on a rotating rotating process plate.

At this time, the collet chuck is provided to penetrate the rotating plate in the thickness direction, the fluorescent lamp can pass through the center and bite to fix the passed fluorescent lamp; A bit opening / closing means provided on a surface of the rotating plate formed with the bite and opening and closing by applying a mechanical force to the bite; It is provided in connection with the bite, the rotating shaft for rotating the bite; is configured to include a simple structure is preferable because it can easily bite or loosen, rotate the fluorescent lamp.

The collet chuck is disposed on the same axis as the central axis of the bite in front of the bite, and further includes an auxiliary chuck to bite and fix one end of the fluorescent lamp to fix the portion to be cut in the fluorescent lamp. To facilitate the cutting operation.

In this case, the auxiliary chuck is connected to the rotary shaft of the collet chuck in a gear manner so that the auxiliary chuck rotates at the same speed, so that the fluorescent lamp is rotated at the same speed so that the fluorescent lamp is not damaged.

In the present invention, the auxiliary chuck is driven by the pneumatic method to bite one end of the fluorescent lamp. In this case, the air pressure transmission pipe providing air pressure to the auxiliary chuck is connected through the inside of the connecting shaft so that the air pressure can be stably transmitted despite the rotation of the auxiliary chuck and the connecting shaft.

At this time, the auxiliary chuck, an auxiliary bite for fixing by biting one end of the fluorescent lamp; It is connected to the center of the auxiliary bite is provided, the auxiliary bite rotation unit for rotating the auxiliary bite; A connecting shaft connecting the auxiliary shaft rotation part and the rotary shaft of the collet chuck using a gear; A horizontal moving unit for horizontally moving the auxiliary catch in the collet chuck direction; It is preferably configured to include; auxiliary auxiliary opening and closing means for opening and closing the auxiliary opening.

In the present invention, the auxiliary opening and closing means to be driven by a mechanical valve, it is possible to operate without error by a simple structure.

And the fixed process plate, the fixed plate provided in a position adjacent to the rotating plate; A chuck loading unit which is provided adjacent to the loading unit of the fixing plate and enters the fluorescent lamp loaded on the fluorescent lamp fixing plate by the loading unit into the collet chuck; A first torch unit provided adjacent to the chuck loading unit of the fixed plate and heating a predetermined portion of the fluorescent lamp; A second torch portion provided adjacent to the first torch portion of the fixed plate and heating another portion of the fluorescent lamp; Cutting means provided in front of the second torch portion of the fixing plate to cut a cutting portion of the fluorescent lamp; It is preferably configured to include; is provided adjacent to the second torch portion of the fixing plate, the take-out portion for carrying out the portion cut by the cutting means to the outside.

At this time, the chuck loading portion is provided in front of the fluorescent lamp fixing plate side of the collet chuck, and the centering centering the end of the fluorescent lamp moved in the collet chuck direction by the chuck loading portion to accurately enter the center hole of the collet chuck (centering) By providing the additional portion, there is an advantage that the end of the fluorescent lamp is accurately inserted into the insertion hole formed in the center portion of the collet chuck.

In this invention, this centering part consists of two rollers arrange | positioned so that each outer peripheral surface may contact in front of the center of the said collet chuck, and fluorescent lamp shall be centered through both rollers.

And in the present invention, the opposite side of the chuck loading unit of the fixed process plate, by providing a fluorescent lamp length measuring unit for measuring the length of the fluorescent lamp to enter the collet chuck by the chuck loading unit, by the collet chuck Accurately determine the length of incoming fluorescent lamps and correct errors to increase process consistency.

In the present invention, the length of the fluorescent lamp entered into the collet chuck by driving the chuck loading unit in advance if the value is different by comparing the value measured by the fluorescent lamp length measuring unit with a value previously input to the fixed process plate By providing a control unit to control the same as the input value, the fluorescent lamp length measuring unit and the chuck loading unit is organically driven to increase the uniformity of the process.

In the present invention, the fixed process plate is provided between the first torch portion and the second torch portion, and a mercury destruction unit for destroying the mercury inserted into the fluorescent lamp is further provided, the mercury destruction unit, the fluorescent lamp direction It is provided to be tiltable between the direction away from the fluorescent lamp, so that both the case where the mercury destruction process is necessary and the mercury destruction process are unnecessary are applicable.

And in the present invention, a cutting wheel for cutting the fluorescent lamp by applying a pressure in a direction perpendicular to the preheated fluorescent lamp cutting means; A cutting wheel rotating unit for rotating the cutting wheel; It is preferable to include a; cutting wheel driving unit for moving the cutting wheel in the fluorescent lamp direction and the reverse direction.

At this time, the cutting wheel is preferably a diamond wheel formed of diamond, because the life is maintained long due to the high hardness.

The cutting wheel rotating unit rotates the cutting wheel at the same speed as the rotational speed of the rotating fluorescent lamp fixed to the collet chuck, so that the cutting surface of the fluorescent lamp is constant and easily cut.

Next, the cutting wheel driving unit is configured as a servo motor that can finely adjust the position of the cutting wheel, so that the cutting wheel driving unit can accurately adapt to the minute size difference of the fluorescent lamp cut by the cutting wheel.

In the present invention, the collet chuck which is fixed to the rotary process plate and moved to the position where the first torch portion and the second torch portion are provided is fixed to a portion where the first torch portion and the second torch portion are provided on the fixed process plate. Each of the collet chuck rotating parts to be further provided, the torch is fixed during the heating process of the fluorescent lamp, the fluorescent lamp is rotated so that all the surfaces of the fluorescent lamp are heated to a constant temperature to improve the uniformity of the process.

In the present invention, the collet chuck rotating portion is provided with a belt for simultaneously rotating a plurality of collet chucks moved to the first torch portion or the second torch portion, so that all the fluorescent lamps located in one torch portion by a simple structure device. Is rotated at the same speed to facilitate control.

In addition, the collet chuck rotation part is further provided with a tension holding part for applying pressure to the belt to maintain the tension of the belt, so that any one of the plurality of collet chucks can be removed or a slight position in the use of the device. Even if a change occurs, the belt rotates while maintaining a constant tension to maintain a constant rotation speed of the collet chuck.

In the present invention, a fixing surface is provided between the cutting means and the unloading portion, and the glazing portion for heating the cut surface of the fluorescent lamp to be curved is further provided, whereby the cut surface of the fluorescent lamp has a smooth curved surface. Improve the quality of the fluorescent lamp to be produced.

In addition, in the present invention, by providing a fixed process plate, between the glazing portion and the unloading portion, an external inspection unit for inspecting the appearance of the cut surface of the fluorescent lamp is further provided, the defective product that the thread cutting process is not accurately made in advance Filtering helps increase process efficiency and yield.

In the present invention, the fixed process plate, provided between the appearance inspection unit and the unloading unit, by supplying power to the fluorescent lamp to further provide a lighting inspection unit for checking whether the fluorescent lamp is lit, thereby increasing the yield rate To do that.

Next, the fluorescent lamp fixing plate, the first fluorescent lamp fixing plate which is fixed to a specific point adjacent to the rotating process plate, and fixed to one side of the fluorescent lamp transmitted by the loading unit while rotating at the same time with the rotating process plate; A second fluorescent lamp fixing plate provided to be movable at an adjacent point of the first fluorescent lamp fixing plate and fixing the other side of the fluorescent lamp delivered by the loading unit; By including a configuration, to increase the flexibility (flexibility) of the device that can handle all the fluorescent lamps of various lengths.

In this case, the first fluorescent lamp fixing plate and the second fluorescent lamp fixing plate are preferably spaced apart at predetermined intervals from the outer circumferential part thereof, and configured to be openable and closed, so that a plurality of fluorescent lamp tongs capable of catching the fluorescent lamp are provided.

In the present invention, the loading section, the reciprocating loading for loading the fluorescent lamp while reciprocating between the fluorescent lamp loading position between the fluorescent lamp supply position where the fluorescent lamp supplied from the outside is located and the fluorescent lamp tongs approaching the position provided with the loading section The arm is composed of two, the reciprocating loading arm is provided with two, and are shifted with each other to load the fluorescent lamp, so that the loading operation of the fluorescent lamp is made twice as fast.

In the present invention, the unloading part is provided to be rotatable at the fluorescent lamp take-off position, by providing a defective product discharge part for separately receiving the defective product out of the fluorescent lamp unloaded by the unloading unit, the defective product is Increase the yield rate by not proceeding to the next step.

In the present invention, the fixed process plate, which is provided between the take-out part and the loading part, and further provided with a particle removal unit for removing the particles buried in the collet chuck particles that can be generated in the thread cutting process is next Increase the yield by not affecting the processing of fluorescent lamps.

And in the present invention,

1) loading the fluorescent lamp in a horizontal lying state;

2) cutting the unnecessary portion while rotating the loaded fluorescent lamp lying horizontally;

3) unloading the fluorescent lamp in a horizontal lying state provides a fluorescent lamp seal cutting method comprising a.

In the present invention, in step 2), the fluorescent lamp is fixed using a collet chuck so that the fluorescent lamp can be easily fixed even while rotating.

In the present invention, in step 2), the torch is fixed, the fluorescent lamp is rotated, and the cut portion of the fluorescent lamp is heated, so that all sides of the fluorescent lamp are constantly heated and cut.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in detail a specific embodiment of the present invention.

First, the fluorescent lamp seal cutting device 1000 according to the present embodiment will be described.

The fluorescent lamp seal cutting device 1000 according to the present embodiment includes a horizontal seal cutting unit 100; A loading unit 200; The unloading unit 300; is configured to include.

Here, the horizontal seal cutting unit 100 is a component that performs the seal cutting process while moving the fluorescent lamp, and performs the seal cutting process while keeping the fluorescent lamp in a horizontal lying state.

In this case, the horizontal seal cutting unit 100 is provided with a general-purpose structure that can be applied to both the cold cathode fluorescent lamp (CCFL) and the external electrode fluorescent lamp (EEFL).

It demonstrates in detail below. In the present embodiment, the horizontal seal cutting unit 100, as shown in Figure 7, the rotating process plate 110; Fluorescent lamp fixing plate 120; Rotary drive unit 130; Fixed process plate 140; configured to include.

Here, the rotation process plate 110 is a component that performs a seal cutting process while rotating the fluorescent lamp around the central axis and moving the fluorescent lamp for each position while fixing the fluorescent lamp on the outer circumference thereof.

The rotary process plate 110, the rotary plate 111 that rotates in a vertically standing state; A plurality of the plurality is disposed in the outer peripheral region of the rotating plate 111 at regular intervals, and the lamp fixing chuck 112 for biting and fixing a region of the fluorescent lamp processed by the thread cutting device. Accordingly, as shown in FIG. 8, the rotation process plate 110 is provided with a plurality of lamp fixing chuck arrangement holes at its outer circumference, and in this embodiment, 32 arrangement holes are formed. Therefore, in the fluorescent lamp seal cutting device according to the present embodiment, the rotating process plate rotates for each of 32 positions, and performs each process. Therefore, the rotating process plate 110 moves the fluorescent lamp to each process position while the fluorescent lamp is fixed, and serves to rotate the fluorescent lamp depending on the process.

In the present embodiment, the lamp fixing chuck 112 is configured to bite and fix the fluorescent lamp by mechanical force. Since the lamp fixing chuck 112 is disposed on the rotating process plate 110 that rotates, when driven by pneumatic pressure, the pneumatic supply line may be damaged during the rotational movement, and thus the mechanical fixing force is not used. It takes a simple structure that is driven. Therefore, in this embodiment, the lamp fixing chuck 112 is configured as a collet chuck, as shown in FIG.

The structure of this collet chuck 112 is described as follows. First, the collet chuck 112 is shown in FIG. 10, the gutter 112a; Bite opening and closing means (112b); It consists of a rotating shaft (112c). The fastener 112a has a fluorescent lamp passage hole through which the fluorescent lamp passes, and is provided with a structure capable of biting and fixing the fluorescent lamp passing through the fluorescent lamp passage hole. And the bit opening and closing means 112b is a component for allowing the above-described biting hole 112a to bite or release the fluorescent lamp passing through the fluorescent lamp passage hole. In the present embodiment, when the bit opening and closing means 112b is pressed, the bit opening 112a is opened, and when the bit opening and closing means 112b returns to its original state, the bit opening 112a bites the fluorescent lamp. Take the structure The rotating shaft 112c allows the biting hole 112a to rotate in a state where the fluorescent lamp bites and fixes the fluorescent lamp. Therefore, the bearing 112d is preferably provided at the contact portion between the rotating shaft 112c and the rotating plate 140 for smooth rotation.

It is also preferable that the auxiliary chuck rotation gear 112e is further provided on the opposite side of the collet chuck 112a is formed. This auxiliary chuck rotation gear 112e is a component for rotating the auxiliary chuck 113 described later at the same speed as the collet chuck 112. Therefore, the auxiliary chuck rotation gear 112e is formed at one outer peripheral portion of the above-described rotation shaft 112c, and is connected to the auxiliary chuck 113 by a gear so that the auxiliary chuck 113 rotates at the same speed as the collet chuck 112. Let's do it.

In addition, it is preferable that a rotary pulley 112f is further provided on the opposite side of the collet chuck 112 where the gripping holes 112a are formed. The rotary pulley 112f is a component that rotates the collet chuck 112 by being connected to the collet chuck rotating unit 149 which is separately provided when the collet chuck 112 needs to rotate during the process. In this embodiment, as will be described later, since the collet chuck 112 is rotated using a belt, a rotary pulley 112f for contacting the belt and rotating the collet chuck is formed at one outer peripheral portion of the rotary chuck.

In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 10, the collet chuck 112 is further provided with the auxiliary chuck 113. The auxiliary chuck 113 is provided in combination with the collet chuck 112, is rotated at the same speed as the collet chuck 112 and moved together by the rotary plate 111. In this embodiment, the auxiliary chuck 113 serves to bite and fix a portion of the fluorescent lamp that is cut and discharged by the thread cutting device. Therefore, the auxiliary chuck 113 serves to fix the portion to be cut in the cutting process so that the cutting process proceeds smoothly as well as to maintain the cut portion after the cutting to be discharged to a separate take-out place.

In this embodiment, the auxiliary chuck 113 is disposed on the same axis as the central axis of the chuck 112a in front of the chuck 112a of the collet chuck 112. This auxiliary chuck 113, as shown in Figure 10, the auxiliary grip 113a; Auxiliary gutter rotating portion 113b; A connecting shaft 113c; Horizontal moving part 113d; Auxiliary grip opening and closing means 113e;

The auxiliary latch 113a is a component that bites and fixes the end of the fluorescent lamp fixed by the collet chuck 112 described above, and is driven by pneumatic pressure. In addition, the auxiliary gutter rotating portion 113b is provided in connection with the center of the auxiliary gutter 113a and serves to rotate the auxiliary gutter 113a.

In addition, the connecting shaft 113c is a component that connects the auxiliary grip hole rotating part 113b and the collet chuck rotary shaft 112c so that the auxiliary grip hole 113a rotates at the same speed and direction as the grip hole 112a. Therefore, in the present embodiment, the connecting shaft 113c is connected to the auxiliary grip rotation part 113b and the rotating shaft 112c by the gear.

Next, the horizontal moving part 113d serves to horizontally move the auxiliary latch 113a in the collet chuck direction and the opposite direction. The auxiliary bite 113a is initially maintained at a considerable distance from the collet chuck 112, and when the fluorescent lamp is correctly fixed to the collet chuck 112, it moves forward in the collet chuck direction to fix and fix the end of the fluorescent lamp. Therefore, the auxiliary latch 113a needs to move horizontally in the collet chuck direction, and the horizontal moving part 113d plays its role. In the present embodiment, the horizontal moving part 113d is driven by a separate moving means 114 provided on the fixed process plate 140.

In addition, the auxiliary opening and closing means (113e) is a component that bites the fluorescent lamp by opening or closing the auxiliary latch (113a). In this embodiment, since the auxiliary latch 113a is driven by pneumatic pressure, this auxiliary latch opening / closing means 113e is provided with the structure which interrupts this air pressure. At this time, in the present embodiment, the auxiliary opening and closing means 113e is configured as a mechanical valve that is mechanically operated. Therefore, this auxiliary latch opening and closing means (113e) has the advantage of less error occurs and is driven by a valve of a simple structure. In this embodiment, the auxiliary opening and closing means 113e is opened and closed by the driving means 115 separately provided on the fixed process plate 140.

Meanwhile, as described above, the auxiliary chuck 113 should be provided with air pressure. However, as shown in Fig. 10, the auxiliary chuck 113 is also rotated and driven by the rotary driving plate 110, and the air pressure transmission pipe 116 for providing air pressure to the auxiliary chuck 113 is affected by the rotation of the auxiliary chuck. It is arranged to penetrate the inside of the connecting shaft (113c) does not receive. At this time, the portion away from the connecting shaft 113c is connected to the rotatable structure in which the air pressure transmission pipe 116 can be rotated without being twisted even when the connecting shaft 113c is rotated. And one end of the air pressure transmission pipe 116 is connected to the air pressure providing device is supplied through the central axis of the rotary process plate and the other end is connected to the auxiliary grip (113a).

Next, the fixing process plate 140, as shown in Figure 12, the fixing plate 141; Chuck loading unit 142; First torch portion 143; Second torch portion 144; Cutting means 145; Taking out portion 146; It is configured to include; chuck unloading unit 147. Here, the fixing plate 141 is provided at a position adjacent to the rotating process plate 110, that is, fixed to the outer side and the outer circumferential side of the rotating process plate 110, and fixes the necessary components for each process position in the fixed state. It plays a role.

Meanwhile, the chuck loading unit 112 is provided at a position adjacent to the loading unit 200 among the fixing plates 141 and collets chuck 112 the fluorescent lamps loaded on the fluorescent lamp fixing plate 120 by the loading unit 200. It serves to enter the through hole formed in the fluorescent lamp. That is, the fluorescent lamp loaded on the fluorescent lamp fixing plate 120 is primarily loaded on the collet chuck 112.

Therefore, in the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 13, the chuck loading unit 142 is provided in a structure movable along the linear guide. The chuck loading unit 142 is composed of a motor 142a and a forceps 142b which hold the fluorescent lamp L fixedly weakly horizontally to the fluorescent lamp fixing plate and move horizontally in the collet chuck direction. The tongs 142b is a component that strongly picks up the fluorescent lamp L and moves in the horizontal direction. The motor 142a is a component that moves the tongs 142b in the collet chuck direction or the reverse direction thereof. At this time, it is preferable that the motor 142a moves along the linear guide 142c separately provided to ensure the linear movement of the fluorescent lamp.

In this embodiment, the chuck loading unit 142 further includes a centering unit 142d. The centering part 142d is interposed between the collet chuck 112 and the fluorescent lamp fixing plate 120 and is horizontally moved in the direction of the collet chuck 112 by the chuck loading part 142. The end of L) serves to center the collet chuck 112 to enter the fluorescent lamp through hole accurately. In this embodiment, this centering portion 142d is constituted by two rollers, as shown in Fig. 13, so that both rollers are arranged so that each outer circumferential surface is in contact with the center front of the fluorescent lamp through-hole. Therefore, the fluorescent lamp is centered passing through both rollers.

The chuck unloading unit 147 is a component corresponding to the chuck loading unit 142 described above. The chuck unloading unit 147 discharges the fluorescent lamp fixed to the collet chuck 112 after the thread cutting process is finished. Therefore, the fluorescent lamp L fixed while being inserted into the collet chuck 112 is horizontally moved in the opposite direction to the collet chuck to unload. The chuck unloading unit 147 is provided to have the same structure as the chuck loading unit described above. However, the centering part is not provided in the chuck unloading part.

In addition, in the present embodiment, it is preferable that the fluorescent lamp length measuring unit 148 is further provided on the opposite side of the chuck loading unit 142 of the fixing plate 141. The fluorescent lamp length measuring unit 148 measures the length of the fluorescent lamp entering the collet chuck 112 by the chuck loading unit 142. In the present invention, the fluorescent lamp length measuring unit 148 measures the length of the fluorescent lamp entering the collet chuck 112, and if the fluorescent lamp is incorrectly entered the chuck loading unit 142 again to drive the fluorescent lamp The entry length is precisely adjusted. Therefore, in the present exemplary embodiment, when the value measured by the fluorescent lamp length measuring unit 148 is compared with a value previously input, the length of the fluorescent lamp entering the collet chuck by driving the chuck loading unit 142 is different. It is preferable that a control unit (not shown in the figure) is further provided to control the same value as a previously input value.

Next, the first torch part 143 is provided at a position adjacent to the chuck loading part 142 in the fixing plate 141, and serves to heat a predetermined portion of the fluorescent lamp. The first torch part 143 is used in a process of preheating the thread cutting part when the external electrode fluorescent lamp is manufactured in a no-detail method.

Next, the second torch part 144 is provided at a position adjacent to the first torch part 143 in the fixing plate 141 and serves to heat and melt a cutting part of the fluorescent lamp. The second torch portion 144 is used in a process of heating and cutting the cutting portion in all manner of processes to make it can be cut by the cutting wheel.

In the present embodiment, when the fluorescent lamp is heated, the torch does not proceed while rotating the torch around the fluorescent lamp, but the torch proceeds while the fluorescent lamp is rotated while being fixed. This is to solve the problem that when rotating the torch, the shape of the flame is deformed by the air resistance, and thus all parts of the fluorescent lamp are not constantly heated. Therefore, in the present embodiment, a collet chuck rotating unit 149 for rotating the collet chuck 112 moved to a position where the first torch unit 143 and the second torch unit 144 are provided is further provided.

In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 14, since the collet chuck 112 that rotates at a predetermined time interval should be rotated, the belt can rotate the collet chuck in a state in which it is not coupled with the collet chuck 112. The collet chuck rotating unit 149 is configured. Therefore, when the specific collet chuck is moved to the position in which the collet chuck rotation part 149 is provided, the collet chuck is rotated by the frictional force caused by the movement of the belt 149a while contacting the belt 149a which is in a constant track. Therefore, the collet chuck 112 is further provided with the rotary pulley 112f which contacts this belt 149a like the beam mentioned above. Also, in the present embodiment, the belt 149a or the first torch portion 143 or the first to rotate the plurality of collet chuck moved to the position of the first torch portion 143 or the second torch portion 144 at the same speed at the same time. 2 It is arrange | positioned over all positions of the torch part 144. In this embodiment, since four positions are disposed for each of the torch parts 143 and 144, the collet chuck rotating part 149 should be provided to rotate the four collet chucks at the same time. Therefore, the belt 149a is provided to move along the track formed by the guide roller 149c so as to be in contact with the four collet chucks at the same time.

On the other hand, it is preferable that the collet chuck rotating part 149 is further provided with a tension holding part 149b for applying pressure to the belt 149a so that the belt maintains a constant tension. The tension of the belt 149a determines the rotational speed of the collet chuck 112 because the tension of the belt 149a is in contact with the rotary pulley 112f. Therefore, it is required for the uniformity of the process that the tension of the belt 149a is always kept constant, so that the tension holding part 149b keeps the tension of the belt 149a constant. In this embodiment, the tension holder 149b is provided with a structure in which a force is applied to the belt 149a in a direction perpendicular to the belt by an elastic member having a constant elastic force.

In the present exemplary embodiment, the mercury destruction unit 151 provided between the first torch unit 143 and the second torch unit 144 in the fixing plate and discarding the mercury getter inserted in the fluorescent lamp is further provided. desirable. At this time, the mercury breaking unit 151 is provided to be tiltable between the fluorescent lamp direction and the direction away from the fluorescent lamp, as shown in FIG. Therefore, during the process of mercury destruction, the mercury destruction process is performed by tilting in the direction of the fluorescent lamp, while the mercury destruction is tilted in the direction away from the fluorescent lamp and waiting. Therefore, the fluorescent lamp seal cutting device 1000 according to the present embodiment has flexibility that can be applied both when mercury destruction is required and when it is unnecessary.

Next, as shown in FIG. 12, the cutting means 145 is disposed at the same position as the second torch portion 144 of the fixed plate 141, and is the last of the plurality of torches provided in the second torch portion. It is provided at a position corresponding to the torch being disposed. And the cutting means 145 serves to cut by applying pressure to the fluorescent lamp melted in a state that can be cut by the second torch portion 144.

In this embodiment, the cutting means 145, as shown in Figure 16, the cutting wheel (145a); Cutting wheel rotator 145b; The cutting wheel driving unit 145c; Here, the cutting wheel 145a serves to cut the fluorescent lamp by applying pressure in a direction perpendicular to the cutting portion of the fluorescent lamp L preheated by the second torch part 144. At this time, the cutting wheel 145a is preferably formed of diamond.

In this embodiment, since the cutting process of the fluorescent lamp is performed while rotating the cutting wheel 145a, the cutting wheel rotating unit 145b is further provided to rotate the cutting wheel 145a. At this time, the cutting wheel rotating unit 145b is connected to the central axis of the cutting wheel 145a to rotate the cutting wheel 145a at the same speed as that of the fluorescent lamp. When the fluorescent lamp is cut while rotating the cutting wheel 145a at the same speed as the fluorescent lamp, all cutting portions of the fluorescent lamp L receive the same magnitude of force, and thus the cutting surface of the fluorescent lamp is constant.

And the cutting wheel drive unit 145c serves to move the cutting wheel 145a in the fluorescent lamp L direction and the reverse direction. Therefore, the cutting wheel driving unit 145c is provided in combination with the cutting wheel 145a and the cutting wheel rotating unit 145b, moves along a linear guide 145d separately provided, and moves the cutting wheel 145a in a linear direction. Let's do it. In this case, since the position of the cutting wheel 145a needs to be finely adjusted according to the type of fluorescent lamp to be processed, the cutting wheel driving unit 145d may finely adjust the position of the cutting wheel 145a. It is preferable to provide.

Next, as shown in FIG. 12, the takeout part 155 is provided adjacent to the unloading part 300 of the fixed plate 141, and serves to carry out the part cut by the cutting means 145 to the outside. Do it. In this embodiment, the cut portion of the fluorescent lamp is moved in a state of being bitten by the auxiliary chuck 113. When the cut part thus moved arrives at the position where the takeout part 155 is disposed, the takeout part 155 removes the cut part from the auxiliary chuck 113 and discharges it. Therefore, upon reaching this position, the ejection unit advances in the direction of the auxiliary chuck to hold the cut portion and the auxiliary chuck releases the cut portion. Then, the discharging part is moved horizontally from the cutting part to separate from the auxiliary chuck, and then falls to the lower side and placed in a separate collecting box.

In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 12, the fixed process plate 140 is provided between the cutting means 145 and the unloading part 300 to heat the cut surface of the fluorescent lamp to make a smooth curved surface. It is preferable that the glazing part 152 is further provided. This makes the cutting surface of the fluorescent lamp smooth, which makes the external electrode fluorescent lamp excellent in contact with the electrode, and in the case of the cold cathode fluorescent lamp, it has a good aesthetics and prevents abnormal discharge in the fluorescent lamp. .

In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 12, the fixed process plate 140 is provided between the glazing unit 152 and the unloading unit 300, and has an appearance inspection unit for inspecting the appearance of the cut surface of the fluorescent lamp ( 153 is further provided to determine whether or not the process performed by the fluorescent lamp seal cutting device 1000 is defective.

In addition, in the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 12, the fixed process board 140 is provided between the appearance inspection unit 153 and the unloading unit 300, and supplies power to the fluorescent lamp to light the fluorescent lamp. It is preferable to further provide a lighting inspection unit 154 for checking whether or not the defective product is selected in advance so as not to enter the next step.

On the other hand, in the fluorescent lamp seal cutting device 1000 according to the present embodiment, when a defective product is confirmed as a result of the inspection by the above-described appearance inspection unit 153 and the lighting inspection unit 154, the defective product discharge unit 320 which will be described later the information ), And a control unit (not shown in the drawing) for operating the defective product discharging unit 320 is further provided.

Next, the fluorescent lamp fixing plate 120 receives the fluorescent lamp primarily by the loading unit 200, and serves to fix a portion of the fluorescent lamp not fixed to the collet chuck 112 described above. Therefore, the fluorescent lamp fixing plate 120 rotates at the same speed as the rotating process plate (110). In the present embodiment, the fluorescent lamp fixing plate 120 is provided with two fluorescent lamp fixing plates adjacent to and parallel to the rotary process plate 110, as shown in FIG. That is, the fluorescent lamp fixing plate 120 is fixedly provided at a specific point adjacent to the rotating process plate 110, and rotates at one side of the fluorescent lamp transmitted by the loading unit 200 while simultaneously rotating with the rotating process plate 110. A first fluorescent lamp fixing plate 121 for fixing; and a second fluorescent lamp for fixing the other side of the fluorescent lamp delivered by the loading unit 200 and provided at a point adjacent to the first fluorescent lamp fixing plate 121. It is composed of a fixing plate (122). Therefore, the second fluorescent lamp fixing plate 122 can adjust the interval with the first fluorescent lamp fixing plate 121 while moving along the rotation axis. This has the advantage that it is applied to all sizes even if the length of the fluorescent lamp processed by the fluorescent lamp seal cutting device 1000 according to this embodiment varies.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 17, the first fluorescent lamp fixing plate 121 and the second fluorescent lamp fixing plate 122 are spaced apart from each other at predetermined intervals, and are configured to be openable and close to hold the fluorescent lamp. A plurality of fluorescent lamp tongs 123 are provided at positions corresponding to the collet chuck 112. In the present embodiment, the fluorescent lamp tongs 123 are opened and closed by a tongs drive unit 124 which is fixedly provided.

Next, the rotation driving unit 130 is a component for rotating the rotating process plate 110 and the fluorescent lamp fixing plate 120. In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 7, since the rotating process plate 110 and the fluorescent lamp fixing plate 120 are coupled to the same rotation shaft 160, both rotate at the same speed.

Next, the loading unit 200 serves to supply a fluorescent lamp lying horizontally lying on the horizontal seal cutting unit. In the present embodiment, as shown in Fig. 18, 19, the loading unit 200 is a fluorescent lamp between the fluorescent lamp supply position where the fluorescent lamp supplied from the outside is located and the fluorescent lamp tongs approaching the position where the loading unit is provided. Reciprocating between the lamp loading position and to be composed of a reciprocating loading arm 210 for loading the fluorescent lamp. Here, the fluorescent lamp supply position refers to the end position of the fluorescent lamp supply conveyor C1 provided separately, and the fluorescent lamp having reached this position is loaded by the loading unit 200. The fluorescent lamp loading position refers to a space between the fluorescent lamp clamp 123 disposed on the fluorescent lamp fixing plate 120 moved to the position where the chuck loading unit 142 is provided, and the fluorescent lamp moved to this position. (L) is loaded while the fluorescent lamp tongs 123 are shut down.

Meanwhile, in the present embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 18 and 19, two reciprocating loading arms 210 provided in the loading unit 200 are provided to be alternately driven. Therefore, since the two reciprocating loading arms 210 load one fluorescent lamp each, there is an advantage that a double loading speed is obtained.

On the other hand, the unloading unit 300 according to the present embodiment is a component that receives the fluorescent lamp in the horizontal lying state from the horizontal seal cutting unit 100 and is carried out to the outside. Like the loading unit 200 described above, the unloading unit 300 also includes a fluorescent lamp unloading position, which is a space between the fluorescent lamp tongs approaching the position where the unloading unit 300 is provided, and a fluorescent lamp carried out to the outside. It consists of a reciprocating unloading arm 310 to reciprocate between the fluorescent lamp take-off position is located and to unload the fluorescent lamp. Here, the unloading position refers to a space between the fluorescent lamp tongs moved to the position where the chuck unloading unit is provided. The fluorescent lamp delivery position refers to a space above the terminal of the fluorescent lamp conveyance conveyor C2 provided below the unloading position, and the fluorescent lamp drops downward at this position. Accordingly, the reciprocating unloading arm 310 picks up the fluorescent lamp reaching the unloading position, moves it to the fluorescent lamp discharging position, and freely falls downward from the position. Then, the fluorescent lamp mounted on the fluorescent lamp transfer conveyor C2 provided below is moved to the next process by the tongue lamp transfer conveyor C2.

In addition, the unloading unit 300 includes two reciprocating unloading arms described above, which are alternately moved and unload the fluorescent lamps, so that the fluorescent lamps can be unloaded at twice the speed as the loading unit. have.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 20, the unloading unit 300 according to the present embodiment is further provided with a defective product discharging unit 320. The defective product discharging unit 320 carries out a product which is determined to be defective by the external inspection unit 153 and the lighting inspection unit 154 described above among the fluorescent lamps which have undergone the process of the fluorescent lamp seal cutting device 1000 to the next process. It is a component which sorts and discards, without conveying. Therefore, the defective product discharge part 320 is capable of rotating the fluorescent lamp plate 322, which can receive and store the fluorescent lamp, and the fluorescent lamp plate 322, between the fluorescent lamp discharge position and the front and rear of the fluorescent lamp discharge position. The fluorescent lamp dish rotating unit 324 is configured.

When the fluorescent lamp plate 322 is normally moved to the front of the fluorescent lamp discharging position and waiting, when a signal indicating that a defective product has occurred is transmitted from the external inspection unit 153 or the lighting inspection unit 154, the fluorescent lamp plate 322 is removed. When loading, it rotates upwards and moves below the fluorescent lamp take-off position. When the defective fluorescent lamp falls into the fluorescent lamp plate 322, it is received and rotated to its original position to discharge the defective fluorescent lamp into a separate defective product discharge container 326.

In addition, in the present embodiment, the particle removing unit is further provided on the fixed process plate 140. The particle removal unit (not shown) removes particles attached to the collet chuck 112 during the fluorescent lamp seal cutting process, thereby preventing contamination of the fluorescent lamp when a new process is performed. Therefore, the particle removing unit is preferably provided at a position just before the position where the loading unit 200 is provided in the fixed process plate 140, and sprays a high-pressure gas toward the collet chuck 112 to form particles inside the collet chuck. It is configured to remove.

Hereinafter, a fluorescent lamp seal cutting method according to the present embodiment will be described.

First, the fluorescent lamp loading step is performed. In this step, the fluorescent lamp which has been processed before is introduced into the fluorescent lamp seal cutting device to prepare the seal cutting process. In this embodiment, the fluorescent lamp lying horizontally in this step is loaded in that state. That is, the fluorescent lamp that has completed the previous process is moved horizontally by the conveyor, and the fluorescent lamp is loaded as it is being moved. Therefore, the process time is shortened because the position of the fluorescent lamp is small, and there is an advantage that the loading process can be stably performed even in the case of a large fluorescent lamp.

Next, the thread cutting step is performed. This step refers to a process of cutting out unnecessary portions of the loaded fluorescent lamp. In this embodiment, the fluorescent lamp loaded in the horizontal state in the loading step is rotated for each position as it is, and the process proceeds. In the present embodiment, the fluorescent lamp is fixed with the collet chuck during the seal cutting process. Since the process proceeds while rotating the fluorescent lamp for each position, it is preferable to use a mechanical fixing method rather than a pneumatic fixing method. If the collet chuck is used, the fluorescent lamp can be rotated without the installation of a separate pipe, and thus there is an advantage that a simple facility can be used. In addition, in this step, when the cut portion of the fluorescent lamp is heated, the fluorescent lamp itself is rotated to proceed with the process. Conventionally, the torch is rotated while the fluorescent lamp is fixed, and the fluorescent lamp is heated. However, this method has a problem in that the flame is deformed by the resistance of the air when the torch is rotated, so that the fluorescent lamp cannot be constantly heated. Therefore, according to the present embodiment, since the fluorescent lamp is rotated, the flame of the torch always heats the fluorescent lamp in a constant shape, thereby improving the uniformity of the process.

Next, the unloading step proceeds. This step is to discharge the fluorescent lamp which went through the seal cutting step to the outside for the next process. Therefore, in the ball embodiment, the fluorescent lamp which went through the thread cutting process in a horizontal lying state is discharged to the outside while maintaining the state. Therefore, there is an advantage that the operation of the unloading process is simple and the process time is shortened, and the impact that the fluorescent lamp receives by the process is reduced.

According to the present invention, since the thread cutting process is performed while the fluorescent lamp is laid horizontally, the time required for loading and unloading is reduced, and the loading and unloading device is simplified. In addition, the impact of the fluorescent lamp is moved while the seal cutting process is reduced, there is an advantage that the fluorescent lamp is less likely to shake or damage.

In addition, according to the present invention, since the thread cutting process may be performed on the cold cathode fluorescent lamps and the external electrode fluorescent lamps, there is an advantage in that the versatility can be applied to various types of fluorescent lamps.

In addition, according to the present invention, since the torch is fixed while the fluorescent lamp is heated, and the fluorescent lamp is rotated, all surfaces of the fluorescent lamp are uniformly heated.

Claims (42)

In the seal-cutting device for removing the unnecessary portion of the fluorescent lamp sealed during the manufacturing process of the fluorescent lamp, A horizontal seal cutting unit for moving the fluorescent lamp in a horizontal lying state and performing a seal cutting process; A loading unit supplying a fluorescent lamp lying horizontally in the horizontal seal cutting unit; An unloading unit for carrying out a fluorescent lamp lying horizontally from the horizontal seal cutting unit to the outside; Fluorescent lamp seal cutting device comprising a. delete According to claim 1, wherein the horizontal seal cutting portion, A rotating process plate which performs each process by rotating the fluorescent lamp at each process position while fixing a region including a portion to be removed of the fluorescent lamp; A fluorescent lamp fixing plate provided in parallel with the rotating process plate and rotating in a state in which the region not fixed by the rotating process plate is fixed among the fluorescent lamps; A rotation driving unit for rotating the rotating process plate and the fluorescent lamp fixing plate; A fixed process plate which is fixed to a position adjacent to the rotating process plate and performs each process with respect to the fluorescent lamp which is moved by the rotating process plate; Fluorescent lamp seal cutting device characterized in that comprises a. The method of claim 3, wherein the rotating process plate, Rotating plate rotating in a vertical position; And a plurality of lamp fixing chucks arranged to be spaced apart at regular intervals from the outer circumferential region of the rotating plate and fixing one region of the fluorescent lamp to be processed. The method of claim 4, wherein the lamp fixing chuck, A fluorescent lamp seal cutting device, characterized in that the collet chuck driven by a mechanical force (collet chuck). The method of claim 5, wherein the collet chuck, A bite that is provided to penetrate the rotating plate in a thickness direction, and the fluorescent lamp may pass through the rotating plate and bite and fix the passed fluorescent lamp; A gutter opening and closing means provided on a surface of the gutter plate in which the gutter is formed and applying a mechanical force to the gutter to open and close the gutter; And a rotation shaft which is provided in connection with the bite and rotates the bite. The method of claim 6, wherein the collet chuck, And an auxiliary chuck provided on the same axis as the central axis of the bite in front of the bite, and further comprising an auxiliary chuck for biting and fixing one end of the fluorescent lamp. The method of claim 7, wherein the auxiliary chuck, Fluorescent lamp seal cutting device characterized in that connected to the rotary shaft of the collet chuck in a gear manner and rotates at the same speed as the collet chuck. The method of claim 7, wherein the auxiliary chuck, Fluorescent lamp seal cutting device, characterized in that driven by the pneumatic method. The method of claim 9, wherein the auxiliary chuck, An auxiliary biter for biting and fixing one end of the fluorescent lamp; It is connected to the center of the auxiliary bite is provided, the auxiliary bite rotation unit for rotating the auxiliary bite; A connecting shaft connecting the rotary shaft and the rotary shaft of the collet chuck using a gear; A horizontal moving unit for horizontally moving the auxiliary catch in the collet chuck direction; Fluorescent lamp seal cutting device, characterized in that it comprises a; auxiliary auxiliary opening and closing means for opening and closing the auxiliary opening. The method of claim 10, wherein the auxiliary bit opening and closing means, Fluorescent lamp seal cutting device, characterized in that driven by a mechanical valve. The method of claim 11, wherein the auxiliary chuck, The air pressure transmission pipe for providing air pressure to the auxiliary bite is further provided, The air pressure transmission pipe is fluorescent lamp seal cutting device characterized in that provided through the inside of the connecting shaft. The method of claim 12, wherein the fixed process plate, A fixed plate provided in a circle on the outer circumferential side of the rotating plate; A chuck loading unit which is provided adjacent to the loading unit of the fixing plate and enters the fluorescent lamp loaded on the fluorescent lamp fixing plate by the loading unit into the collet chuck; A first torch unit provided adjacent to the chuck loading unit of the fixed plate and heating a predetermined portion of the fluorescent lamp; A second torch portion provided adjacent to the first torch portion of the fixed plate and heating another portion of the fluorescent lamp; Cutting means provided in front of the second torch portion of the fixing plate to cut a cutting portion of the fluorescent lamp; A chuck unloading part provided adjacent to the second torch part of the fixed plate and unloading a fluorescent lamp having a process completed from the collet chuck; And a take-out part provided adjacent to the chuck unloading part of the fixing plate and for carrying out a part cut by the cutting means to the outside. The method of claim 13, wherein the chuck loading unit, And a motor for firmly holding the fluorescent lamp and a motor for horizontally moving the tongs in the collet chuck direction and vice versa. And a fluorescent lamp fixed to the fluorescent lamp fixing plate by the loading unit to horizontally move in the collet chuck direction to be loaded on the collet chuck. The method of claim 14, wherein the chuck loading portion, It is provided in front of the fluorescent lamp fixing plate side of the collet chuck, the centering portion (centering) for centering so that the end of the fluorescent lamp moved in the collet chuck direction by the chuck loading portion accurately enters the center hole of the collet chuck is further provided. Fluorescent lamp seal cutting device. The method of claim 15, wherein the centering unit, And two rollers arranged so that each outer circumferential surface of the collet chuck is in front of the center of the collet chuck, and the fluorescent lamp is centered while passing between the rollers. The method of claim 16, Opposite to the chuck loading unit of the fixed process plate, the fluorescent lamp seal cutting device further comprises a fluorescent lamp length measuring unit for measuring the length of the fluorescent lamp entering the collet chuck by the chuck loading unit. The method of claim 17, wherein the fixed process plate, The control unit for controlling the length of the fluorescent lamp entering the collet chuck by driving the chuck loading unit to compare the value measured by the fluorescent lamp length measuring unit and the previously input value to the same value as the input value Fluorescent lamp seal cutting device characterized in that it is further provided. The method of claim 17, wherein the fixed process plate, And a mercury destruction unit disposed between the first torch unit and the second torch unit to destroy mercury inserted into the fluorescent lamp. The method of claim 19, wherein the mercury disposal unit, Fluorescent lamp seal cutting device characterized in that the tilting between the fluorescent lamp direction and the direction away from the fluorescent lamp. The method of claim 20, wherein the cutting means, A cutting wheel for cutting the fluorescent lamp by applying pressure in a direction perpendicular to the preheated fluorescent lamp; A cutting wheel rotating unit for rotating the cutting wheel; And a cutting wheel driving unit which moves the cutting wheel in the fluorescent lamp direction and the reverse direction thereof. The method of claim 21, wherein the cutting wheel, Fluorescent lamp seal cutting device, characterized in that the diamond wheel is formed of diamond. The method of claim 22, wherein the cutting wheel rotating unit, And the cutting wheel is rotated at the same speed as the rotational speed of the fluorescent lamp which is fixed to the collet chuck. The method of claim 23, wherein the cutting wheel drive unit, Fluorescent lamp seal cutting device, characterized in that consisting of a servo motor (servo motor) that can finely adjust the position of the cutting wheel. The method of claim 24, wherein the fixed process plate, Wherein the first torch portion and the second torch portion provided, the collet chuck rotating portion for rotating the collet chuck which is fixed to the rotary process plate and moved to the position where the first torch portion and the second torch portion is provided, respectively Fluorescent lamp seal cutting device characterized in that. The method of claim 25, wherein the collet chuck rotating portion, And a belt for moving along a predetermined track and simultaneously rotating a plurality of collet chucks moved to the first torch portion or the second torch portion. The method of claim 26, wherein the collet chuck rotating portion, And a tension holder for applying a pressure to the belt to maintain the belt in a constant tension. The method of claim 27, wherein the fixed process plate, And a glazing portion provided between the cutting means and the unloading portion to heat the cut surface of the fluorescent lamp to form a curved surface. The method according to claim 28, wherein the fixed process plate, The fluorescent lamp seal cutting device is provided between the glazing portion and the unloading portion, the appearance inspection unit for inspecting the appearance of the cut surface of the fluorescent lamp is further provided. The method according to claim 29, wherein the fixed process plate, The fluorescent lamp seal cutting device is provided between the external inspection unit and the unloading unit, the lighting inspection unit for supplying power to the fluorescent lamp to check whether the fluorescent lamp is turned on. The method of claim 30, wherein the fluorescent lamp fixing plate, A first fluorescent lamp fixing plate fixed to a specific point adjacent to the rotating process plate and fixing one side of the fluorescent lamp transmitted by the loading unit while rotating simultaneously with the rotating process plate; A second fluorescent lamp fixing plate provided to be movable at an adjacent point of the first fluorescent lamp fixing plate and fixing the other side of the fluorescent lamp delivered by the loading unit; Fluorescent lamp seal cutting device characterized in that comprises a. 32. The method of claim 31, wherein the first fluorescent lamp fixing plate and the second fluorescent lamp fixing plate, The fluorescent lamp seal cutting device, characterized in that arranged in the outer peripheral portion spaced at a predetermined interval, is configured to open and close a plurality of fluorescent lamp tongs to hold the fluorescent lamp. The method of claim 32, wherein the loading unit, A fluorescent lamp comprising a reciprocating loading arm configured to reciprocate between the fluorescent lamp loading position between the fluorescent lamp supply position where the fluorescent lamp supplied from the outside is located and the fluorescent lamp forceps approaching the position where the loading unit is provided and to load the fluorescent lamp Lamp seal cutting device. The method of claim 33, wherein the loading unit, Two reciprocating loading arms are provided, and the fluorescent lamp seal cutting device, characterized in that the cross-moving and loading the fluorescent lamp. The method of claim 34, wherein the unloading unit, It consists of a reciprocating unloading arm for reciprocating between the fluorescent lamp unloading position between the fluorescent lamp tongs approaching the position where the unloading unit is provided and the fluorescent lamp discharging position where the fluorescent lamp to be carried out is located. Fluorescent lamp seal cutting device characterized in that. The method of claim 35, wherein the unloading portion, The two reciprocating unloading arms are provided, and are shifted with each other and the fluorescent lamp seal cutting device, characterized in that for unloading the fluorescent lamp. The method of claim 36, wherein the unloading unit, The fluorescent lamp seal cutting device is provided rotatably at the discharge position of the fluorescent lamp, the defective lamp discharge unit for receiving the defective goods separately from the fluorescent lamp unloaded by the unloading unit is discharged separately. The method of claim 37, wherein the fixed process plate, And a particle removal unit provided between the extraction unit and the loading unit to remove particles buried in the collet chuck. The method of claim 38, wherein the particle removal unit, Fluorescent lamp seal cutting device, characterized in that driven by a gas injection method for removing particles by injecting a high pressure gas into the collet chuck. 1) loading the fluorescent lamp in a horizontal lying state; 2) cutting the unnecessary portion while rotating the loaded fluorescent lamp lying horizontally; 3) unloading the fluorescent lamp in a horizontal lying state; fluorescent lamp seal cutting method comprising a. The method of claim 40, wherein in step 2), Fluorescent lamp seal cutting method characterized in that for fixing the fluorescent lamp using a collet chuck. The method of claim 41, wherein in step 2), Fixing the torch, rotating the fluorescent lamp and heating the cut portion of the fluorescent lamp.

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