TW201323298A - Lubricating grease supply system of transporting-type continuous electroplating device - Google Patents

Abstract

[Topic] To provide a lubricating grease supply system for supplying the lubricating grease to the track position at which the smearing operation of lubricating grease is dangerous and difficult. Especially, by sliding the clamping jig and contacting the clamping jig with the fixed guide rail at the same time when guiding the clamping jig to move, wherein the function of the fixed rail is for supplying electrical power to the track, the movement of the clamping jig is stabilized on the track at that track position. Also, electrical power can be supplied from the track to the clamping jig stably. [Technical contents] A lubricating grease detaining groove (15) is formed with a lubricating grease opening (15b) on the fixed guide rail (8), the lubricating grease injection opening (15a) connected to the lubricating grease detaining groove is formed on the open side surface part (8c) of the guide rail. By connecting the flexible lubricating grease supply pipe (22) with the lubricating grease discharging opening of the lubricating grease injector (20) allocated at a position far away from the lubricating grease injection opening of the guide rail, the lubricating grease in the lubricating grease detaining groove supplied from the lubricating grease injection opening gradually overflows from the lubricating grease discharging opening to the track thereon.

Description

Grease supply system for handling continuous plating equipment

The present invention is a transport-type continuous plating apparatus in which an end portion of a thin rectangular thin-plate-shaped workpiece such as a printed circuit board is held by a clamp jig that is guided while being slidably contacted with a feed rail. The plating treatment liquid in the conveyance path is continuously conveyed in the horizontal direction from the horizontal posture or the vertical posture, and the conveyance path applies electrolytic plating treatment to the surface of the thin plate-shaped workpiece to be supplied from the clamp jig; a grease can be provided. The supply system stabilizes the travel of the clamp jig in the transport path and can stably supply power to the clamp jig, and can supply a proper amount completely and surely even in a dangerous orbit position where the grease application operation is difficult and difficult. grease.

For the horizontal transfer type continuous plating apparatus produced by the conveyance of the cookware, the applicant has proposed to hold the both side edges of the plate-shaped workpiece to automatically open and close the horizontally held holding tray (clamping jig). A conveyance device for a plate-shaped workpiece in a surface treatment apparatus that is carried out in a smooth and smooth manner (Patent Document 1). In the conveyance device of Patent Document 1, each of the guide rails 15 having a rectangular cross section for guiding the gripper group (clamping jig) that moves on the linear drive path portion on the conveyance path side is provided. The current of the cathode is supplied to the workpiece conveyed through the holding tray (clamping jig), and the guide rail 15 functions as a power supply rail.

In order to correctly transport the printed circuit board horizontally by the clamping jig attached to the seamlessly rotating belt, the clamping jig that moves on the conveying path is not It is important to stabilize the movement of the clamp jig that moves in the transport path, and the transport device of Patent Document 1 includes a rectangular guide having a cross section that is disposed in parallel with the transport path. The rail 15 is guided and moved while being in sliding contact with the guide rail 15 while being moved in contact with the guide rail 15. Further, in Patent Document 1, this guide rail 15 functions as a power supply rail. From the case where the guide rail (power supply rail) is supplied to the printed circuit board by the clamp (power supply), the power supply from the guide rail 15 (power supply rail) to the clamp is stabilized. important.

Therefore, it is necessary to periodically perform the operation of applying the grease to the surface of the guide rail having a rectangular cross section at the work site, so that the holding tray (clamping jig) can be along the track of the guide rail to which the grease is applied. The surface is guided to move in the conveyance direction while sliding smoothly.

However, in particular, in the operation of the electroplating apparatus, in order to cause a plurality of gripping discs (clamping jigs) to travel frequently along the guide rails, an appropriate amount of grease is applied to the desired position of the guide rails. It is very difficult and dangerous. Therefore, it is necessary to suspend the operation of the plating apparatus during the grease application operation of applying the grease to the guide rail. Moreover, even when the operation of the plating apparatus is stopped, the grease application portion of the guide rail is complicated and narrow because the arrangement of various equipments including the plurality of clamping jigs mounted on the seamless belt is complicated, so that an appropriate amount is to be The operation of the grease applied to the desired position of the guide rail is difficult.

Further, for the vertical transfer type continuous plating apparatus, several patent documents of the applicant have been disclosed (for example, Patent Documents 2 to 4). This vertical transport The continuous plating apparatus is a hanger jig that is supported by a horizontally disposed cross-sectional rectangular power supply rail that can be horizontally movably disposed (the hanger jig is provided in the lower portion thereof) The upper part of the product of the thin plate-shaped product is suspended in a state in which the upper part of the product such as the printed circuit board to be plated is suspended in a suspended state, and is suspended by the hanger jig. The thin plate-shaped product that is suspended from the power supply rail passes through the hanger jig while supplying power from the upper portion of the product, and the plate surface of the thin plate-shaped product is horizontally oriented in the plating solution in the plating processing tank along the power supply rail. A device that is plated while being continuously conveyed by a lateral posture parallel to the conveyance direction.

In the vertical conveyance continuous plating apparatus, the grease application work for the power supply rail on which the hanger jig is frequently moved is also the same disadvantage as the above-described horizontal conveyance continuous plating apparatus for carrying the cookware.

[prior technical literature] [Patent Document]

[Patent Document 1] Japanese Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 2011-68492

[Patent Document 2] Japanese Patent No. 2943070

[Patent Document 3] Japanese Laid-Open Patent Publication No. 2002-13000 (Japanese Patent No. 3288680)

[Patent Document 4] Japanese Laid-Open Patent Publication No. 2005-213641 (Japanese Patent No. 3984597)

In view of the above circumstances, the problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a grease supply system which is a horizontal transfer type continuous plating apparatus for conveying a cooker, and includes a guide rail having a rectangular cross section arranged in parallel with the conveyance path. The clamping jig that moves in the conveying path is configured to be guided while slidingly contacting the guide rail. For example, even if the plating device is operated, the appropriate amount of grease can be safely and surely clamped toward the majority. When the grease is applied to the glove, the grease is applied to the position of the rail, which is dangerous and difficult to handle, so that the movement in the conveyance path of the clamp jig that is guided while slidingly contacting the guide rail can be prevented from being shaken and stabilized. Further, a grease supply system is provided which uses the guide rail as a power supply rail function, and supplies power to the clamp fixture while slidingly contacting the guide rail (power supply rail), thereby clamping the cooker contact portion of the jig toward the printed circuit board In the case of the power supply of the cooker, the power supply from the guide rail (power supply rail) to the clamp fixture can be stabilized, and the power supply efficiency is good.

Moreover, the present invention is capable of solving the horizontal conveyance type continuous operation with the cookware conveyance even if the hanger jig (clamping jig) is moved vertically while sliding along the horizontally disposed power supply rail. The electroplating apparatus has the same problem.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention (the invention of claim 1) is a grease supply system for providing a continuous transfer plating apparatus which is a horizontal transfer type continuous plating apparatus which is A transport means for transporting the drive belt that is rotationally driven is provided on both sides of the transport path of the thin-plate-shaped workpiece, and a plurality of clamps are mounted at equal intervals with the transport drive belt. The two side edges of the flexible thin plate-shaped workpiece having the parallel side edges are moved from the plurality of clamping jigs that are moved on the linear drive path portion that is parallel to the inner side of the conveyance path. The plate surface of the thin plate-shaped workpiece is continuously conveyed horizontally in one direction in the electrolytic treatment liquid of the treatment tank in a state where the sheet surface of the thin plate-shaped workpiece is horizontally and horizontally, and the horizontal conveyance process is performed on the cathode through the clamp. Electrolytic plating treatment is applied to the surface of the thin plate-shaped workpiece to which electric current is supplied, and is moved to a plurality of clamping jigs on the linear drive path portion inside the inner side of the transport path as the interval, and is linearly driven for each a fixed rail that is disposed in parallel with the path portion moves while being in sliding contact with the sliding guide, and the clamping jig includes: sliding contact with the fixed rail a rail sliding engagement portion and a cooker contact portion that can hold the side edge portion of the thin plate-shaped workpiece from the vertical direction at a lower end portion that is lower than the rail slide engagement portion, and the rail slide engagement portion is Forming a structure in which a rectangular cross-sectional track is held in a substantially C-shape so that at least the surface of the fixed rail and the side surface of the fixed rail on the side of the transport path are in sliding contact with each other, and at least the fixed rail on the opposite side of the transport path The intermediate portion in the up-and-down direction of the side surface is a structure that is not held, and the side surface portion of the fixed rail that is held by the rail sliding engagement portion that is not clamped is used as an open side portion, in one place of the fixed rail Or a plurality of grease retention grooves having a grease outlet opening on the upper surface of the guide rail, and a grease injection port leading to the grease retention groove is formed on the open side portion of the guide rail, The flexible grease supply pipe communicates with the grease discharge port of the grease injection device disposed at a position distant from the grease injection port of the guide rail, and the grease injection device is injected through the grease supply pipe. The grease injection port from which the grease is supplied to the grease retention groove overflows from the grease outlet above the upper surface of the rail.

According to the invention (the invention of claim 2), the fixed rail is used as a power supply rail function.

Further, the present invention (the invention of claim 3) is a grease supply system for providing a continuous transfer type plating apparatus which is a vertical transfer type continuous plating apparatus which is slidably movable The upper edge portion of the thin plate-shaped workpiece such as the printed circuit board to which the clamped fixture is suspended is suspended in a horizontally disposed power supply rail function as a cathode rod, and the clamp is provided by the aforementioned clip. The thin plate-shaped workpiece to be suspended in a suspended state is supplied from the upper edge portion of the thin plate-shaped workpiece to the processing tank along the power supply rail while the power supply rail passes through the clamp jig The electrolytic treatment liquid is plated in a horizontal direction in a horizontal direction in which the plate surface of the thin plate-shaped workpiece is parallel to the conveyance direction, and the clamping jig is provided to slide with the power supply rail. The rail slide engagement portion that can be slidably supported by the contact side while being contacted, and the upper edge portion of the thin plate-shaped workpiece can be slid below the rail slide engagement portion Nip with plural contact portions, this slide rail engaging portion, at least the surface to make a sliding contact with the upper power rail and one side surface of the power supply side of the supply track manner with a rectangular cross section The rail is slidably contacted by a holding structure that can be slidably supported by the slidable contact, and at least the intermediate portion in the up-and-down direction of the side surface on the opposite side of the power supply rail is formed in an unsupported configuration, and the jig is not clamped. The side surface portion of the power supply rail held by the rail sliding engagement portion serves as an open side portion, and a grease retention groove having a grease outlet opening on the upper surface of the power supply rail is formed at one or more of the power supply rails, and is connected to The grease injection port of the grease retention groove is formed in the open side surface portion of the power supply rail, and communicates with the flexible grease supply pipe to be disposed at a position distant from the grease injection port of the power supply rail. The grease discharge port of the grease injection device is injected into the grease injection port from the grease injection device through the grease supply pipe, and the grease supplied from the grease injection port to the grease retention groove is from the grease outlet It overflows above the top of the track.

Further, in the invention (claim 4), the grease outlet is formed into an elongated opening shape in which the moving direction of the clamp jig is long.

According to the invention of the invention of claim 5, the grease injection pressure in the grease injection port is decompressed in the grease retention groove, and the decompressed grease is applied from the grease outlet toward the upper surface of the rail. The opening area (outlet area) of the grease outlet 15b is formed to be larger than the opening area (inlet area) of the grease injection port, gradually and uniformly.

Horizontal carrying type continuous plating apparatus for carrying utensils according to the present invention In this case, by operating the grease injecting device remotely in a safe and easy-to-operate position, for example, even if the plating device is operated, the grease can be moved safely and surely toward the majority of the clamping jig. Appropriate positional supply of fixed rails that are dangerous and difficult to apply. Therefore, the movement in the conveyance path of the clamp jig that is guided while slidingly contacting the guide rail can be prevented from being shaken and stabilized. Further, the fixed rail is used as a power supply rail function, and the guide rail (power supply rail) is supplied to the clamp fixture while slidingly contacting the clamp, and the clamp contact portion of the clamp fixture is processed into a thin plate shape such as a printed circuit board. When the power supply of the cooker is supplied, the power supply from the guide rail (power supply rail) to the clamp jig can be stabilized, and the power supply efficiency can be improved.

Moreover, even in the vertical transfer type continuous plating apparatus of the present invention, it is possible to safely and surely apply a proper amount of grease to a majority by operating the grease injection device remotely in a safe and easy-to-operate position, for example, in an operation operation of the plating apparatus. The grease is applied to the gripping fixture and the grease is applied in a dangerous position and the supply position of the power supply rail is difficult. Therefore, the movement of the clamp jig that is guided and moved while being in sliding contact with the power supply rail can be prevented from being shaken and stabilized, and the power supply from the power supply rail to the clamp jig can be stabilized, and the power supply efficiency can be improved. .

Embodiments of the invention are illustrated in accordance with the drawings. Fig. 1 is a view schematically showing the entire horizontal transfer type continuous plating apparatus, and Figs. 2 to 3 are views showing an example of a main part of the same apparatus.

In the horizontally-transported continuous plating apparatus of the first embodiment, the conveyance path 1 of a thin-plate-shaped workpiece (hereinafter also referred to as a thin-film substrate P) P such as a printed circuit board is disposed on each side as a space. The conveyance means for the conveyance drive belts 3 and 3 that are rotationally driven, the plurality of clamp jigs 4 are attached to the conveyance drive belt 3 at equal intervals, and are driven by straight lines that are parallel to each other with the conveyance path 1 as an interval therebetween. The plurality of clamping jigs 4 that move the path portions 3a and 3a hold the both side edges of the flexible thin plate-shaped workpiece P having the parallel side edges from the vertical direction, and the thin plate-shaped workpiece P is held. The plate surface is continuously horizontally conveyed in one direction (arrow A direction) in the plating treatment liquid F of the treatment tank 5 (electrolytic plating treatment tank in this embodiment) in the upper and lower horizontal state, where the horizontal conveyance process is performed on the sheet A device for electrolytic plating treatment is applied to the surface of the workpiece P.

The conveyance drive belt 3 is wound around the rollers 6 and 6, and one of the rollers 6 is rotationally driven by a conveyance drive motor (not shown), and is rotationally driven seamlessly. The aforementioned roller 6 is provided with teeth for conforming to the drive belt (actuation belt) 3. The clamp jig 4 which is mounted at equal intervals from the conveyance drive belt 3 that is rotationally driven to be seamlessly rotated is formed of a rectangular thin plate shape which can be formed by the plurality of clamp jigs 4 as shown in Fig. 1 The interval at which the side edges of the workpiece P are held is installed. Further, in the first drawing, the clamping jig 4 is only partially covered with the conveyance drive belt 3, but is mounted at equal intervals across the entire range of the conveyance drive belt 3. The conveyance drive belts 3 and 3 provided on both sides of the conveyance path 1 as a space are synchronously rotationally driven at equal speeds.

Clamping treatment of the starting end portion 1a of the conveyance path 1 of the workpiece P The tool 4 is a closed state in which the side edge portion of the object to be processed is changed from the open state to the grippable state, and the clamp jig 4 of the end portion 1b of the conveyance path 1 of the workpiece P is controlled to control the side edge of the object to be processed. The part changes from a closed state to an open state that can be opened.

As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, in the lower position of the linear drive path portions 3a and 3a inside the conveyance drive belt 3, the horizontal drive path portions 3a and 3a are arranged to extend in the horizontal direction in parallel with the linear drive path portions 3a and 3a. A fixed rail 8 formed of a rectangular conductive metal material. This fixed rail 8 extends across the range of the conveyance path 1. The clamp jig 4 of the linear drive path portions 3a and 3a that are moved inside is guided in parallel with the fixed guide rails 8 that are fixedly arranged in parallel with the linear drive path portion 3a. Since the clamp jig 4 is moved while being guided along the fixed guide rail 8 during the conveyance of the thin-plate-shaped workpiece P, the clamp jig 4 can be thinned in a stable state. The object to be processed P is conveyed horizontally.

As shown in FIG. 2, the clamp jig 4 includes a rail slide engagement portion 10 composed of a conductive metal member that is in sliding contact with the fixed rail 8, and a slide sliding engagement portion 10 is provided. The lower end portion of the lower end portion is a cooker contact portion 11 (the upper cooker contact portion 11a and the lower cookware joint) which is formed of a conductive metal material which can hold the side edge portion of the thin plate-shaped workpiece P from the vertical direction and open. Part 11b). Although the upper and lower cooker contact portions 11a and 11b are not shown, they have a shape in which the conveyance direction is long.

As shown in Fig. 2, the rail slide engagement portion 10 is an upper surface of the fixed rail 8 having a rectangular shape and a cross section, and a conveyance path side of the guide rail 8 The side-sliding contact manner has a structure in which the cross-sectional rectangular guide rail 8 is held in a slightly C-shape, and at least the intermediate portion in the up-and-down direction of the side surface of the guide rail 8 on the opposite side of the conveyance path 1 is formed without holding. In the structure, the side surface portion of the guide rail 8 that is not held by the rail slide engagement portion 10 of the clamp jig 4 is the open side surface portion 8c.

In the present invention, the fixed rail 8 is used as a power supply rail function, from which the fixed rail (power supply rail) 8 supplies a cathode current to the thin-plate-shaped workpiece P through the clamp jig 4. As shown in Fig. 2, the anodes 12 and 12 for depositing metal ions are disposed in the plating treatment liquid of the treatment tank (electrolytic plating treatment tank) 5 (for example, a thin plate-like shape that is horizontally conveyed in the plating treatment liquid The plate-shaped anodes 12 and 12 are disposed at the upper and lower positions of the workpiece P, and the thin-plate-shaped workpiece P to which the cathode current is supplied by the clamp jig 4 is applied to the surface by the horizontal conveyance process in the plating treatment liquid. Plating treatment.

As shown in Fig. 2, the liquid contact portion in the liquid of the clamp jig 4 composed of the energized material other than the upper and lower cooker contact portions 11a and 11b is an insulating coating process. This insulating coating treatment is performed, for example, by applying a polyvinyl chloride sol smear treatment.

In addition, the conveyance drive belt 3 of at least one of the conveyance drive belts 3 and 3 is movable in the lateral width direction in which the conveyance path 3 is separated by the conveyance path 1 and is variable in the lateral width of the conveyance path 1. In the configuration, the horizontal width of the clamp jigs 4 of the linear drive path portions 3a and 3a which are parallel to each other with the conveyance path 1 as the interval can be adjusted. Thereby, it is also possible to cope with the thin substrate P having different lateral width dimensions. In the case where the lateral width is variable, the aforementioned fixed rail 8 is The movement in the lateral width direction of the linear drive path portion 3a is moved together.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, in the grease supply system, a grease retention groove 15 having a grease outlet 15b opened to the upper surface of the guide rail 8 is formed on the substrate loading side of the fixed rail 8, and The grease injection port 15a that passes through the grease retention groove 15 is formed in the open side surface portion 8c of the guide rail 8, and is connected to the guide rail 8 through the flexible grease supply pipe 22 whose transmission line is variable. The grease injection port 20a of the grease injection device 20 at a remote position where the grease injection port 15a is safe and easy to handle is injected into the grease injection port 15a from the grease injection device 20 through the grease supply pipe 22. The grease G supplied to the grease retention groove 15 from the grease injection port 15a is supplied from the grease outlet 15b toward the upper side of the rail. The grease supplied to the upper surface of the guide rail 8 is conveyed from the upper side of the rail to both sides of the rail by the clamp jig 4 moved at the position.

In the first drawing, the position where the grease retention groove 15 is formed is one place on the substrate loading side of the fixed rail 8, but a plurality of places may be formed at intervals in the longitudinal direction of the guide rail 8.

The aforementioned grease injecting device 20 is a well-known person who can use a so-called hand-held type called a grease gun. The grease injecting device 20 can be provided with a grease accommodating chamber (not shown) that accommodates grease as shown in the appearance of Fig. 2, and is operated by a spool that is operated in conjunction with the operation of the manual operating lever 20b. A means (not shown) for conveying the grease in the grease containing chamber from the grease discharge port 20a.

Flexible grease supply to be communicated with the grease discharge port 20a of the grease injection device 20 at a position where the grease injection port 15a formed in the open side surface portion 8c of the guide rail 8 is safe and easy to operate The tube 22 (for example, a flexible vinyl tube) is piped as a movable portion (clamping jig 4, conveyance drive belt 3, etc.) of the horizontal transfer type continuous plating apparatus as shown in Fig. 2, and does not become a device. Piping is performed in a movable manner.

As shown in Fig. 3, the grease outlet 15b of the grease retention groove 15 is formed in an elongated opening shape in which the moving direction of the clamp jig 4 is long, and both ends of the opening of the grease outlet 15b in the longitudinal direction are formed. Arc shape. The opening area (outlet area) of the grease outlet 15b is an injection pressure which is larger than the opening area (inlet area) of the grease injection port 15a and supplied to the grease retention groove 15 from the grease injection port 15a. It is decompressed in the grease retention ditch 15, and the decompressed grease G is gradually and uniformly overflowing from the grease outlet 15b which is long in the direction in which the cooker moves toward the rail 8 (in FIG. 3, it will be The grease G supplied to the upper side of the rail 8 by the grease outlet 15b is indicated by a little lock line). Thereby, an appropriate amount of grease can be supplied evenly from the grease injecting device 20 located at a distant position toward the upper position of the rail 8, and the grease can be strongly ejected from the grease outlet 15b, and lubrication can be prevented. The fat is scattered toward the outside of the orbit.

The connection of the grease discharge port 20a of the grease injection device 20 disposed at a position distant from the grease injection port 15a of the guide rail 8 of the flexible grease supply pipe 22 is known to have a passage inside. The connectors 23, 24 are connected. The connection between the grease injection port 15a of the guide rail 8 and the tip end portion of the grease supply pipe 22 is an example shown in Fig. 3, and the grease injection port 15a having the female thread cut in the inner circumference is on the outer periphery of the one end portion. The rail side connecting piece 24a cut by the male thread is screwed and fixed, and the outer circumference of the end portion on the opposite side of the rail side connecting piece 24a is cut into a male thread or cut into a female thread on the inner circumference to form a joint portion, where the joint is formed. The portion is screwed into the joint portion of the end portion of the supply pipe side connecting device 24b attached to the tip end portion of the grease supply pipe 22, and is cut into a male screw or a joint portion cut into a female screw at the inner periphery.

Further, a grease receiving tray for receiving grease from the rail tribe may be provided below the fixed rail 8.

The configuration of the above-described clamp jig 4 will be further described based on Fig. 2 . The clamp jig 4 includes a rail slide engagement portion 10 composed of the above-described conductive metal material, and a metal cooker body 30 made of stainless steel or the like held by the rail slide engagement portion 10.

The cooker body 30 is disposed at a position where the lower portion is movable in the plating treatment liquid F of the processing tank (electrolytic plating treatment tank), and the upper portion is airborne and has the rail sliding engagement portion 10 held therein. In the structure in which the vertical direction is long, the lower end portion of the cookware main body 30 is provided with the above-described cooker contact portion 11 (the upper cooker contact portion 11a and the lower cooker contact portion 11b). The cooker body 30 includes a fixed cooker lever 31 whose upper portion is fixed and held in the vertical direction of the rail slide engagement portion 10, and is movably held by the fixed cooker lever 31. The movable cooker rod 32 is long in the up and down direction. At the lower end of the aforementioned movable cooker rod 32 The upper cooker contact portion 11a is provided, and the lower cooker contact portion 11b is provided at a lower end portion of the fixed cooker bar 31. The upper cooker contact portion 11a of the movable cooker lever 32 is moved downward by the spring pressure of the compression spring 33, and the cooker contact portion 11 (the upper cooker contact portion 11a, the lower cooker) is normally placed. The contact portion 11b) is controlled in a state in which the vertical direction is closed.

In the second drawing, the cookware opening and closing guide 40 having a step height indicated by a one-point lock line is a cooker moving path disposed at the start end position and the end portion position of the conveyance path of Fig. 1 .

In the upper portion of the cooker body 30, a cooker that moves the upper cooker contact portion 11a of the movable cooker bar 32 against the compression spring 33 to open the cookware contact portion 11 in the up and down direction is attached. The guide engaging member 35 is opened and closed. The cooker opening/closing guide engagement member 35 is configured such that the curved portion of the slightly L-shaped reverse operation lever 36 is pivotally supported by the fulcrum shaft on the side of the fixed cooker lever 31 as a fulcrum portion. The tip end of the lower arm portion of the reverse operation lever 36 is rotatably coupled to the upper portion of the movable cooker lever 32 through the pin shaft, and the rotary roller 37 is attached to the tip end of the upper arm portion of the reverse operation lever 36. When the rotating roller 37 is in the engaged state in which the upper surface of the cookware opening and closing guide 40 is rotated, the upper arm portion reverses the fulcrum axis in the axial direction and is coupled to the lower arm portion. The movable cooker bar 32 is configured to move up against the spring pressure of the compression spring 33.

When the clamp jig 4 is opened and closed by the cookware having the height difference, the rotary roller 37 of the cooker opening and closing guide engaging member 35 of the clamp jig 4 is engaged with the crucible. High position guide with opening and closing guide 40 The face portion is configured to move the upper cooker contact portion 11a of the movable cooker lever 32 upward by the spring pressure against the compression spring 33, and control the cooker contact portion 11 to be opened in the vertical direction. By this, it is possible to control the closing jig 4 of the starting end portion 1a of the conveyance path 1 of the workpiece P to be closed from the open state to the side edge portion of the object to be processed, and to control the passing of the workpiece P. The clamp jig 4 of the end portion 1b of the conveyance path 1 is changed from the closed state to the open state in which the side edge portion of the workpiece can be opened.

4 and 5 are views showing an embodiment in which the grease supply system is applied to a vertical conveyance continuous plating treatment apparatus.

The vertical conveyance type continuous plating apparatus shown in FIG. 4 and FIG. 5 is a clamp jig 4 which is supported by a power supply rail 8 which is a function of a horizontally disposed cathode rod by being movably movably supported. The upper edge portion of the thin plate-shaped workpiece P such as a printed circuit board to be plated is suspended in a suspended state, and the sheet-like workpiece P that has been suspended by the clamp jig 4 is suspended. When the power supply rails 8 are supplied from the upper edge portion of the thin-plate-shaped workpiece P through the power supply rails 8, the thin plate-like shape is horizontally directed in the electrolytic treatment liquid F of the processing tank along the power supply rails 8. A device for plating treatment while continuously transporting the plate surface of the workpiece toward the horizontal direction parallel to the conveyance direction.

In the fourth drawing, the loading rail 50 that moves up and down is displayed on the right side of the horizontal power feeding rail 8, and the loading/unloading rail 51 that moves up and down is displayed on the left side of the power feeding rail 8. The loading rail 50 that is moved downward from the upper moving position to the lower moving position shown in the figure is an end portion that is integrated on the loading side of the power feeding rail 8, and the clamping jig 4 that is suspended and supported by the loading rail 50 is borrowed. It is transferred and moved as indicated by an arrow B from a pusher (not shown) or the like until the plating process start position of the power supply rail 8. Further, the clamp jig 4 in the plating processing completion position of the power supply rail 8 is a push-out rail 51 that is integrated at the lower end position of the end portion of the power supply rail 8 on the carry-out side, and is propelled by no means. The device is transferred and moved as indicated by the arrow C. The carry-out rail 51 to which the clamp jig 4 is transferred is moved upward, and the gripping jig is sent to the post-processing process.

A means for continuously moving the clamp jig 4 movably supported by the power supply rail 8 in the conveyance direction of the arrow A in the conveyance direction of the arrow A. In the illustrated embodiment, the engagement claw means 55 is provided in the clamp jig 4. The toothed belt 56 that is driven by the seamless rotation is engaged with the engaging claw means 55, whereby the driving force of the toothed belt 56 is movably supported by the clamping jig of the power supply rail 8 4 Move continuously from right to left. Moreover, the moving speed of the arrow B and the moving speed of the moving and moving of the arrow C by the feeding means of the pusher or the like are faster than the moving speed of the clamping jig during the plating process of the arrow A.

The clamp jig includes a rail slide engagement portion 10 that is slidably supported by the power supply rail 8 while being slidably contacted, and a lower end that is lower than the rail slide engagement portion 10 The plurality of cooker contact portions 11 that hold the upper edge portion of the thin plate-shaped workpiece P can be held.

The rail slide engagement portion 10 is formed such that at least one surface of the power supply rail 8 having a rectangular cross section and one side surface (a side surface on the left side in FIG. 5) of the power supply rail 8 are in sliding contact with each other. The rectangular rail 8 has a hook-like configuration and is opposite to at least the power supply rail 8 The intermediate portion in the up-and-down direction of the side surface (the side surface on the right side in FIG. 5) is formed in a non-holding configuration, and the side of the power supply rail 8 held by the rail slide engagement portion 10 of the clamp jig 4 is not held. The portion is configured as an open side portion 8c.

Further, in Fig. 5, the anode indicated by reference numeral 12 is disposed on both sides of the thin substrate P conveyed from the plating process.

The grease supply system of the vertical transfer type continuous plating processing apparatus is substantially the same as the grease supply system of the horizontal transfer type continuous plating processing apparatus shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 . The main configuration of the grease supply system is repeatedly explained.

As shown in FIGS. 4, 5 and 3, the grease supply system is formed with a grease retaining groove in which the grease outlet 15b is opened on the upper surface of the power supply rail 8 at the substrate loading side of the power supply rail 8. 15. The grease injection port 15a that passes through the grease retention groove 15 is formed in the open side surface portion 8c of the power supply rail 8, and the flexible grease supply pipe 22 that is permeable to the transmission line is connected to The grease discharge port 20a of the grease injection device 20 at a position that is safe and easy to operate remotely from the grease injection port 15a of the power supply rail 8 is injected into the lubricant from the grease injection device 20 through the grease supply pipe 22. In the grease injection port 15a, the grease G supplied from the grease injection port 15a into the grease retention groove 15 gradually overflows from the grease outlet 15b toward the upper side of the track. The grease supplied to the upper surface of the power supply rail 8 is conveyed from the upper surface of the rail to both sides of the rail by the clamp jig 4 moved by the position.

In the fourth drawing, the formation portion of the grease retention groove 15 is one place on the substrate loading side of the power supply rail 8, but a plurality of places may be formed at intervals in the longitudinal direction of the power supply rail 8.

The other features of the grease supply system of the vertical transfer type continuous plating processing apparatus are substantially the same as those of the grease supply system of the horizontal transfer type continuous plating processing apparatus described above, and thus the overlapping description will be omitted.

P‧‧‧Thin-plate processed material (thin substrate)

1‧‧‧Transportation path

1a‧‧‧ beginning

1b‧‧‧End

3,3‧‧‧Handling drive belt

3a, 3a‧‧‧Line Drive Path

4‧‧‧Clamping fixture

5‧‧‧Processing tank (electrolytic plating tank)

F‧‧‧ treatment liquid (electroplating treatment solution)

6‧‧‧Roller

6,6‧‧‧Roller

8‧‧‧Fixed rails (power supply rails)

8c‧‧‧open side

10‧‧‧Track sliding engagement

11‧‧‧挟Contacts

11a‧‧‧Upper Cookware Contact Department

11b‧‧‧ Lower Cookware Contact Department

12,12‧‧‧Anode

15‧‧‧ Grease retention ditch

15a‧‧‧Grease injection port

15b‧‧‧Grease export

20‧‧‧Grease injection device

20a‧‧‧Grease spit

20b‧‧‧Operation lever

22‧‧‧ Grease supply tube

G‧‧‧ Grease

23,24‧‧‧Connector

24a‧‧‧Track side connector

24b‧‧‧Supply tube side connector

30‧‧‧ implement body

31‧‧‧Fixed rods

32‧‧‧ movable cooker pole

33‧‧‧Compression spring

35‧‧‧ cookware opening and closing guide engaging member

36‧‧‧Reverse lever

37‧‧‧Rotating roller

40‧‧‧ cookware opening and closing guides

50‧‧‧ moving into orbit

51‧‧‧ Moving out of the track

55‧‧‧Card claw means

56‧‧‧toothed belt

[Fig. 1] A schematic plan view of a horizontal transfer type continuous plating apparatus of the present invention.

[Fig. 2] A partially enlarged longitudinal sectional side view of a main part of the horizontal transfer type continuous plating apparatus of the present invention.

[Fig. 3] An enlarged perspective view of a main part of the present invention.

[Fig. 4] A schematic front view of a vertical conveyance type continuous plating apparatus of the present invention.

[Fig. 5] A schematic side view of a main part of a vertical conveyance type continuous plating apparatus of the present invention.

3‧‧‧Handling drive belt

4‧‧‧Clamping fixture

8‧‧‧Fixed rails (power supply rails)

8c‧‧‧open side

10‧‧‧Track sliding engagement

11‧‧‧挟Contacts

11a‧‧‧Upper Cookware Contact Department

11b‧‧‧ Lower Cookware Contact Department

12‧‧‧Anode

15‧‧‧ Grease retention ditch

15a‧‧‧Grease injection port

15b‧‧‧Grease export

20‧‧‧Grease injection device

20a‧‧‧Grease spit

20b‧‧‧Operation lever

22‧‧‧ Grease supply tube

23,24‧‧‧Connector

30‧‧‧ implement body

31‧‧‧Fixed rods

32‧‧‧ movable cooker pole

33‧‧‧Compression spring

35‧‧‧ cookware opening and closing guide engaging member

36‧‧‧Reverse lever

37‧‧‧Rotating roller

40‧‧‧ cookware opening and closing guides

Claims (5)

A grease supply system for a continuous transfer plating apparatus, which is a horizontal transfer type continuous plating apparatus, which is provided on both sides of a transport path of a thin plate-shaped object to be processed. In the conveyance means of the conveyance drive belt that is driven to rotate by the sewing machine, a plurality of clamp jigs are attached to the conveyance drive belt at equal intervals, and are moved on the linear drive path portion that is parallel to the inside of the conveyance path. The plurality of clamping jigs hold both side edges of the flexible thin plate-shaped workpiece having parallel side edges at the upper and lower sides, and the plate surface of the thin plate-shaped workpiece is horizontally up and down. The electrolytic treatment liquid of the treatment tank is continuously conveyed horizontally in one direction, and the horizontal conveyance process applies an electrolytic plating treatment to the surface of the thin plate-shaped workpiece to which the cathode current is supplied by the clamp fixture, and moves to The plurality of clamping jigs on the linear drive path portion on the inner side parallel to each other in the transport path are for each of the linear drive paths The fixed guide rails arranged in parallel are moved while being in sliding contact with each other, and the clamp jig includes a rail slide engagement portion that is in sliding contact with the fixed rail, and a lower end portion that is lower than the rail slide engagement portion. The cooker contact portion that holds the side edge portion of the thin plate-shaped workpiece from the vertical direction, the rail slide engagement portion is formed such that the surface is slid at least on the upper surface of the fixed rail and the side surface on the conveyance path side of the fixed rail The manner of contact is a structure in which a rectangular cross section is held in a slightly C-shape and is located at least The intermediate portion in the up-and-down direction of the side surface of the fixed rail on the opposite side of the conveyance path is a structure that is not held, and the side surface portion of the fixed rail that is not held by the rail slide engagement portion of the clamp is used as the open side portion. A grease retention groove having a grease outlet opening on the upper surface of the guide rail is formed at one or more of the fixed guide rails, and a grease injection port leading to the grease retention groove is formed on the open side portion of the guide rail a grease discharge pipe connected to the grease injection device disposed at a position distant from the grease injection port of the guide rail through a flexible grease supply pipe, and injected from the grease injection device through the grease supply pipe The grease injection port from which the grease is supplied to the grease retention groove overflows from the grease outlet above the upper surface of the rail. A grease supply system of a conveyance type continuous plating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the fixed rail is used as a power supply rail function. A grease supply system for a continuous transfer plating apparatus, which is a vertical transfer type continuous plating apparatus which is plated by a clamp jig that can be slidably supported by a slidable movement The upper edge portion of the thin plate-shaped workpiece such as a printed circuit board is suspended in a horizontally disposed power supply rail function as a cathode rod, and the thin plate is suspended by the clamp fixture a processed object, which is passed through the aforementioned clamping jig from the power supply rail by a thin plate The upper edge portion of the workpiece is supplied with power while being continuously conveyed in the horizontal direction of the electrolytic treatment liquid of the treatment tank in the horizontal direction by the lateral direction of the sheet surface of the sheet-shaped workpiece to be parallel to the conveyance direction. The plate clamp is provided with a rail slide engagement portion that can be slidably supported while being slidably contacted with the power supply rail, and can be lowered below the rail slide engagement portion. a plurality of cooker contact portions that are held by the upper edge portion of the thin plate-shaped workpiece, and the rail slide engagement portion is such that the surface is in sliding contact with at least one of the upper surface of the feed rail and one side surface of the feed rail The rectangular power supply rail is slidably contacted by a holding structure that can be slidably supported by the slidable contact, and at least the intermediate portion in the up-and-down direction of the side surface on the opposite side of the power supply rail is formed without holding, and is not clamped. a side portion of the power supply rail held by the rail sliding engagement portion of the jig is used as an open side portion, and the power supply rail is formed at one or more of the power supply rails a grease retention groove having a grease outlet opening thereon, and a grease injection port that passes through the grease retention groove is formed in the open side portion of the power supply rail, and is connected through a flexible grease supply pipe. a grease injection port of the grease injection device at a position distant from the grease injection port of the power supply rail, and the grease injection port is injected into the grease injection port through the grease supply pipe from the grease injection device. The grease supplied from the grease injection port to the grease retention groove overflows from the grease outlet toward the upper side of the rail. A grease supply system of a conveyance type continuous plating apparatus according to claim 1 or 3, wherein the grease outlet is an elongated opening shape in which a moving direction of the clamp jig is long. The grease supply system of the conveyance type continuous plating apparatus according to the first or third aspect of the invention, wherein the grease injection pressure in the grease injection port is decompressed in the grease retention groove to be decompressed. The grease gradually and uniformly overflows from the grease outlet toward the upper surface of the rail, and the opening area of the grease outlet is formed larger than the opening area of the grease injection port.