KR20170000466A - Apparatus for thermoforming glass and method for thermoforming the same - Google Patents
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a glass molding apparatus and a molding method, and more particularly, to a glass molding apparatus and a method of operating the glass molding apparatus.
Glass thermoforming refers to a process in which a glass is heated to a softening point temperature (softening point temperature) and the tempered glass is transformed into a desired shape. For example, in the case of a smart phone, the edge of the tempered glass provided on the front can be bent and formed, which is curved and thermoformed to bend.
1, the glass is positioned between the
However, in the conventional thermoforming method for glass, since the entire glass must be heated to a softening point temperature of about 900 DEG C by using a heater, there is a problem of inefficient use of the heat source of the heater. Further, since the entire glass is heated at once, there is a problem that distortion of the glass occurs. In addition, since the entire glass must be heated, the manufacturing cost is increased and the manufacturing time is increased.
An object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus and a method for forming glass by providing strain energy to a glass by using means other than a heater. The technical problem of the present invention is to prevent the distortion of the glass during molding.
An embodiment of the present invention is a lower jig which is a cradle on which a glass is mounted; A lamp housing having at least one lamp opposed to the lower jig to emit light toward the lower jig; A laser irradiator for irradiating a laser toward the surface of the glass immersed in the lower jig; A temperature measuring device for measuring the temperature of a forming line of the glass set in advance on the object line; An upper jig positioned between the lower jig and the lamp housing, the upper jig being in contact with the glass placed on the lower jig to deform the molding line of the glass or being pressed away from the molded glass; An upper jig moving means for moving the upper jig so that the upper jig is pressed against the glass or separated from the glass; And heating the glass until the temperature of the molding line reaches a pre-set preheat temperature after the glass is mounted on the lower jig, And a control unit for controlling the laser beam to drive the laser to irradiate the laser beam and move the upper jig using the upper jig moving unit when the forming line reaches the softening point temperature so as to press the forming line of the glass .
The preheating temperature may be lower than the softening point temperature.
The preheating temperature may be equal to or lower than 2/3 times the softening point temperature.
And the forming line is formed in a first axial direction, the glass forming apparatus includes a guide rail guiding in the first axial direction, and the lower jig moves along the guide rail to the first axis In the direction of the arrow.
And the shaping line is formed in the first axis direction, the laser beam can move in the first axis direction.
Wherein the first axis, the second axis, and the third axis are perpendicular to each other, the second axis has a direction orthogonal to the first axis, and the third axis is perpendicular to the first axis And the forming line is formed in the first axis direction, the control unit moves the upper jig in the second axis direction and the third axis direction so that the upper jig is in close contact with the glass The upper jig moving means can be controlled so as to be pressurized.
The lamp may be an infrared lamp.
The upper jig is embodied as a '' 'shaped housing,
Vertical plate plate; And a connection plate connecting the horizontal plate and the vertical plate in a curved shape.
The horizontal plate or the vertical plate may be formed of a translucent material.
The horizontal plate may have an area smaller than the surface area of the glass.
Further, an embodiment of the present invention is a method for mounting a glass, A preheating step of preheating the glass until the surface of the glass reaches a preset preheating temperature; A laser irradiating step of irradiating a laser beam onto the molding line until a predetermined forming line of the glass reaches a softening point temperature in a state where the surface of the glass reaches a preheating temperature while maintaining the emission of the lamp; And pressing the forming line of the glass so that the forming line of the glass is deformed when the forming line reaches the softening point temperature.
The preheating process may include a first preheating process in which the surface of the glass is preheated by emitting a lamp disposed opposite to the surface of the glass until a predetermined preheating temperature is reached; And a second preheating step of irradiating the unfocused laser in a zigzag form within a range adjacent to the forming line of the glass until the predetermined second preheating temperature is reached and performing second preheating.
The secondary preheating temperature may be lower than the softening point temperature and higher than the first preheating temperature.
According to the embodiment of the present invention, by having the preheating treatment, strain deformation can be prevented at the time of molding the glass. Further, according to the embodiment of the present invention, only a part of the glass locally reaches the softening point temperature, so that the production cost and the production time can be shortened.
1 and 2 are views showing a state where a glass is heated and molded by a heater in the related art.
3 is a perspective view showing a state in which a glass is mounted on a glass molding apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention and is preheated by a lamp.
4 is a view showing a state in which a laser is irradiated on a forming line of a glass according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a perspective view showing a state in which a forming line of a glass is deformed by pressing the upper jig against a glass according to an embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a perspective view showing a state in which a forming line of a glass is bent and deformed by separating an upper jig from a glass according to an embodiment of the present invention.
7 is a flowchart illustrating a glass thermoforming process according to an embodiment of the present invention.
8 is a view showing a state in which a laser is irradiated to a glass in a zigzag manner according to an embodiment of the present invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, in order to explain the present invention in detail so that those skilled in the art can easily carry out the present invention. . Other objects, features, and operational advantages of the present invention, including its effects and advantages, will become more apparent from the description of the preferred embodiments. It should be noted that the same reference numerals are used to denote the same or similar components in the drawings.
FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a state in which a glass is placed on a glass molding apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention and is preheated by a lamp, FIG. 4 is a view showing a state in which a laser is irradiated on a molding line of a glass FIG. 5 is a perspective view illustrating a state in which an upper jig is pressed against a glass to deform a forming line of a glass according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a perspective view illustrating an upper jig Is separated from the glass so that the forming line of the glass is bent and deformed.
The glass molding apparatus of the present invention includes a
The
The glass placed on the
The
It is possible to heat the glass to the preheating temperature by energy emitted from one or
The
A temperature measuring device (not shown) measures the surface temperature of the glass forming line L previously set as a line to be molded. The temperature measuring device (not shown) is realized by a non-contact type pyrometer which can be used for measurement of high temperature, and the temperature of the surface of the glass, in particular, the temperature of the forming line L of the glass is measured. Here, the forming line L of the glass is a curved line in which the glass curves and bends, and refers to a predetermined virtual line to be formed into a curved shape.
The
The
The horizontal plate of the
It is preferable that the horizontal plate plate or the vertical plate plate of the
The upper jig moving means 500 is a moving driving means for moving the
The upper jig moving means 500 moves the
In the description of the present invention, the first axis, the second axis, the Y axis, and the third axis, which are the X axis, are perpendicular to each other, and the second axis that is the Y axis is perpendicular to the first axis, And a third axis which is a Z axis has a direction orthogonal to a first axis which is an X axis perpendicular to the X axis, so that the XY plane forms a horizontal plane and the YZ plane forms a vertical plane. It is also assumed that the forming line L of the glass, which is an area line curved and curved in the glass, is formed in the first axis direction which is the X axis.
The control unit (not shown) mounts the glass on the
When the forming line L reaches the softening point temperature, the control unit (not shown) moves the
6, the control unit (not shown) determines that the molding of the glass has been completed after a predetermined time has elapsed, and moves the
The preheating temperature is set to be lower than the softening point temperature which is the molding temperature. The softening point is the temperature at which the material begins to undergo deformation and softening by heating. As described above, the temperature is elevated to the softening point temperature using a laser after preheating by using the
The preheating temperature may be equal to or lower than 2/3 times the softening point temperature. For example, the preheating temperature may be set at 600 ° C and the softening point temperature may be set at 900 ° C. When the preheating temperature is higher than 2/3 times the softening point temperature, the glass characteristics deteriorate due to the rapid temperature change until the preheating temperature is reached.
Meanwhile, the processing to the preheating temperature can be preheated through the
On the other hand, when the temperature treatment using the laser is performed, the laser condensing beam must be irradiated along the forming line L of the glass. To do this, the laser is moved along the forming line L of the glass. To this end, if the forming line L is formed in the first axis direction which is the X axis, the
Alternatively, the laser can be implemented to fix the laser and move the glass, not the laser, and perform the laser irradiation. To this end, if the forming line L is formed in the first axial direction which is the X axis, the glass forming apparatus may further include a guide rail guiding in the first axial direction which is the X axis. Therefore, the
7 is a flow chart illustrating a glass thermoforming process according to an embodiment of the present invention.
First, a process of pulling the glass into the chamber and mounting the glass in the lower jig 200 (S710) is performed. Thereafter, a preheating process (S720, S730, S740) for preheating the glass placed on the
The preheating process may be performed by a single heating process, but a preheating process may be performed in two steps to prevent deformation of the glass. After the first preheating (S720) using the
That is, the preheating process includes a first preheating process (S720) in which the surface of the glass is preheated by emitting a lamp (310) spaced opposite to the surface of the glass until the surface of the glass reaches a predetermined first preheat temperature (S720) (S730) in which the unfocused laser is irradiated in a zigzag form within the adjacent range of the forming line L of the glass until the temperature becomes a second preheating step. In the second preheating process (S730), the emission of the
Since the unfocused laser is irradiated in a zigzag form in the vicinity of the forming line L of the glass because the irradiation of the
It is judged whether the surface of the glass has reached the preheating temperature (S740). When the surface of the glass reaches the preheating temperature, the glass is heated until the glass forming line (L) (S750) for irradiating the forming line (L).
Then, it is determined whether the forming line L has reached the softening point temperature (S760). When the forming line L reaches the softening point temperature, the forming line L of the glass is pressed (S770). 5, the
After pressurization is performed, the
On the other hand, the secondary preheating temperature is set lower than the softening point temperature and higher than the first preheating temperature. For example, the first preheat temperature may be set at 300 ° C, the second preheat temperature may be set at 600 ° C, and the softening point temperature may be set at 900 ° C.
The preheating temperature may be equal to or lower than 2/3 times the softening point temperature. For example, the preheating temperature may be set at 600 ° C and the softening point temperature may be set at 900 ° C. When the preheating temperature is higher than 2/3 times the softening point temperature, the glass characteristics deteriorate due to the rapid temperature change until the preheating temperature is reached.
The embodiments of the present invention described above are selected and presented in order to facilitate the understanding of those skilled in the art from a variety of possible examples. The technical idea of the present invention is not necessarily limited to or limited to these embodiments Various changes, modifications, and other equivalent embodiments are possible without departing from the spirit of the present invention.
100: upper jig
200: lower jig
300: Lamp housing
310: lamp
400: laser irradiator
500: Upper jig moving means
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A lamp housing having at least one lamp opposed to the lower jig to emit light toward the lower jig;
A laser irradiator for irradiating a laser toward the surface of the glass immersed in the lower jig;
A temperature measuring device for measuring a surface temperature of a predetermined forming line of the glass;
An upper jig which is provided between the lower jig and the lamp housing and which is in contact with the glass placed on the lower jig to deform the molding line of the glass or is separated from the molded glass;
An upper jig moving means for moving the upper jig so that the upper jig is pressed against the glass or separated from the glass; And
The glass is heated until the predetermined preheating temperature is reached after the glass is mounted on the lower jig, and the glass is heated to a pre-set softening point temperature A control unit for controlling the laser beam to drive the laser beam until the forming line reaches the softening point temperature, and moving the upper jig to press the forming line of the glass;
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Wherein the preheating temperature is lower than the softening point temperature.
Wherein the preheating temperature has a temperature equal to or lower than 2/3 times the softening point temperature.
Wherein the glass forming apparatus includes a guide rail guiding in the first axial direction,
Wherein the lower jig is movable along the guide rail in the first axial direction.
Wherein the laser irradiator is movable in the first axis direction.
Wherein the first axis, the second axis, and the third axis are perpendicular to each other, the second axis has a direction orthogonal to the first axis, and the third axis is perpendicular to the first axis And the forming line is formed in the first axis direction,
Wherein the control unit moves the upper jig in the second axial direction and the third axial direction to control the upper jig moving unit so that the upper jig is pressed against the glass and pressed.
Wherein the lamp is an infrared lamp.
The upper jig is embodied as a '' shaped housing,
Horizontal plate plate;
Vertical plate plate;
A connecting plate connecting the horizontal plate and the vertical plate in a curved shape;
.
Wherein the horizontal plate plate or the vertical plate plate is made of a translucent material.
Wherein the horizontal plate plate has an area smaller than a surface area of the glass.
A preheating step of preheating the glass until the surface of the glass reaches a preset preheating temperature;
A laser irradiating step of irradiating a laser beam onto the molding line until a predetermined forming line of the glass reaches a softening point temperature in a state where the surface of the glass reaches a preheating temperature while maintaining the emission of the lamp; And
Pressing the forming line of the glass so that the forming line of the glass is deformed when the forming line reaches the softening point temperature;
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A primary preheating step of luminescing a lamp provided opposite to the surface of the glass surface until the surface of the glass reaches a preset primary preheating temperature to preheat the glass;
A second preheating step of irradiating the unfocused laser in a zigzag form within the adjacent range of the forming line of the glass until the predetermined second preheating temperature is reached and performing second preheating;
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Wherein the second preheating temperature is lower than the softening point temperature and higher than the first preheating temperature.
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