WO2014199774A1

WO2014199774A1 - Fully automated production system for gravure cylinder and production method for gravure cylinder employing same

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Publication number: WO2014199774A1
Application number: PCT/JP2014/063049
Authority: WO
Inventors: 重田　龍男
Original assignee: 株式会社シンク・ラボラトリー
Priority date: 2013-06-11
Filing date: 2014-05-16
Publication date: 2014-12-18
Also published as: JPWO2014199774A1

Abstract

Provided is a fully automated production system for a gravure cylinder, whereby gravure cylinders can be produced more rapidly than in the past, space requirements can be reduced, unmanned operation is possible even at night, and dust production throughout the process can be reduced. The system has a processing chamber (A) having a handling area for a first industrial robot which chucks and handles a platemaking roll, and a processing chamber (B) having a handling area for a second industrial robot which chucks and handles a platemaking roll. The processing chamber (A) and the processing chamber (B) communicate, and a vacuum film deposition device is situated in at least one of the handling area for the first industrial robot in the processing chamber (A) and the handling area for the second industrial robot in the processing chamber (B). A process to form a base deposited film layer and a process to form a DLC film are conducted by the vacuum film deposition device.

Description

Gravure cylinder fully automatic manufacturing system and gravure cylinder manufacturing method using the same

The present invention relates to an invention of a fully automatic production system for gravure cylinders, and more particularly to a fully automatic production system for gravure cylinders that can be operated unattended even at night.

Conventionally, as a gravure plate making factory for manufacturing a gravure cylinder (also called a gravure plate roll), those described in Patent Documents 1 to 6 are known.

As can be seen from the drawings in Patent Documents 1 to 3, conventionally, a production line for a gravure printing roll has been constituted by a combination of an industrial robot and a stacker crane.

In a production line using a stacker crane, processing is performed for each of various processing units while chucking a plate-making roll using a cassette type roll chuck rotary conveyance unit with the stacker crane.

However, in the case of a production line using such a stacker crane, it takes time correspondingly because the plate-making roll is sequentially transferred to various processing units while being chucked using a cassette-type roll chuck rotary conveyance unit. There was a problem.

In addition, in the case of a production line using a stacker crane, it is necessary to arrange various processing units in parallel because it sequentially transfers to the processing unit while chucking the plate-making roll using the cassette type roll chuck rotary conveyance unit. There was a problem that a large installation space was required.

Furthermore, in the case of a production line using a stacker crane, there is a possibility that dust generation may occur because the plate-making roll is sequentially transferred to various processing units while chucking using a cassette-type roll chuck rotary conveyance unit. There was also.

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The present invention has been made in view of the current state of the prior art described above, and can produce a gravure cylinder more quickly than before, can save space, and can be operated unattended even at night. Further, it is an object of the present invention to provide a fully automatic production system for a gravure cylinder capable of reducing dust generation between processes.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, a fully automatic manufacturing system for a gravure cylinder according to the present invention is a fully automatic manufacturing system for a gravure cylinder, and a process having a handling area of a first industrial robot that chucks and handles a plate-making roll. A chamber A and a processing chamber B having a handling area of a second industrial robot for chucking and handling the plate-making roll, and the processing chamber A and the processing chamber B are connected to each other. At least one vacuum film forming apparatus is disposed in the handling area of the first industrial robot or the handling area of the second industrial robot in the processing chamber B, and the handling area of the first industrial robot in the processing chamber A Roll stock device, photosensitive film coating device, electronic engraving device, laser exposure latent image forming device, At least one processing device selected from a grease device, a grindstone polishing device, an ultrasonic cleaning device, a copper plating device, a developing device, a corrosion device, a resist image removing device, and a paper polishing device is arranged, and the first of the processing chamber B In the handling area of the second industrial robot, at least one of the processing devices not disposed in the processing chamber A is disposed, and the processing devices in the processing chamber A and the processing chamber B are installed. And the plate base material and the surface of the plate base material provided on the surface of the plate base material by passing the plate-making roll between the first industrial robot and the second industrial robot. Provided on the surface of the copper plating layer on which a number of gravure cells are formed, and the copper plating layer on which the gravure cells are formed, nickel, tungsten, chromium, titanium, silver, stainless steel An underlayer film formed of at least one material selected from the group consisting of iron, copper, aluminum, cobalt, indium, tin, silicon, and tantalum; and a DLC film that covers the surface of the underlayer film The gravure cylinder is manufactured, and the formation process of the base film formation layer and the formation process of the DLC film are performed in the vacuum film formation apparatus.

The vacuum film forming apparatus only needs to be capable of forming a base film forming layer and forming a DLC film, and any vacuum film forming apparatus for performing sputtering, CVD, plasma CVD, vacuum vapor deposition, or the like can be used. included. In particular, as the vacuum film forming apparatus, a vapor phase film forming apparatus that performs film formation using a raw material in a gas phase state is suitable.

In this way, by passing the plate-making roll between the first industrial robot and the second industrial robot, it can be manufactured more quickly than a conventional gravure cylinder manufacturing line using a stacker crane. . Further, since the plate-making roll is transferred between the first industrial robot and the second industrial robot, there is an advantage that a stacker crane is not required and space can be saved. Furthermore, since a series of processes can be performed automatically based on a predetermined program, there is an advantage that unattended operation is possible even at night. Further, dust generation can be prevented compared to the case where a stacker crane is used.

Then, since the formation process of the underlying film formation layer and the formation process of the DLC film are performed in the vacuum film formation apparatus, the formation process of the DLC film can be performed in a vacuum following the formation process of the underlying film formation layer. There is an advantage that the surface of the deposited layer is not oxidized. Thereby, the adhesiveness of a DLC film improves.

Further, it is preferable that two or more vacuum film forming apparatuses are arranged so that the formation process of the underlying film forming layer and the DLC film forming process can be simultaneously performed in each of the vacuum film forming apparatuses. .

This configuration has the advantage that the processing time can be shortened because the formation process of the underlying film formation layer and the formation process of the DLC film can be performed simultaneously.

The gravure cylinder manufacturing method of the present invention is a gravure cylinder manufacturing method using the above-described fully automatic gravure cylinder manufacturing system, and includes a step of preparing a plate base material, and a copper plating layer on the surface of the plate base material. A step of forming a number of gravure cells on the copper plating layer, and a surface of the copper plating layer on which the gravure cell is formed by the vacuum film forming apparatus; nickel, tungsten, chromium, titanium, silver, stainless steel A step of providing a base film-forming layer made of at least one material selected from the group consisting of steel, iron, copper, aluminum, cobalt, indium, tin, silicon, and tantalum; And a step of coating the surface of the underlying film-forming layer with a DLC film.

The gravure cylinder of the present invention is manufactured using a fully automatic manufacturing system of the gravure cylinder.

In addition, a wireless read / write IC tag is attached to the plate-making roll, and the main computer that manages inventory and plate-making controls the records of the IC tag and outputs the necessary signals to each processing device that processes the roll. In addition, it is possible to manage from gravure cylinder inventory management to plate making method / shipment by making each processing device perform a desired work and writing a record of finished processing in the IC tag and recording it in the main computer. May be. As a technique for managing from roll inventory management to plate making method / shipment using such a wireless read / write IC tag, for example, the technique disclosed in Patent Document 8 can be adopted.

Either one or both of the processing chambers in which the first industrial robot and the second industrial robot are arranged may be a clean room. Thereby, it is possible to further reduce dust generation.

Gravure cylinders can be manufactured more quickly than before, space can be saved, unmanned operation is possible even at night, and dust generation between processes can be reduced. It has a remarkable effect that it can provide a fully automatic production system for gravure cylinders.

In addition, since it is not necessary to use a conventional cassette-type roll chuck rotary conveyance unit or the like, not only can space be saved, but also the rotation accuracy of the plate-making roll is improved and when it is set in each processing apparatus. There is also an effect that the sealing performance of the plate making roll is improved.

1 is a schematic plan view showing an embodiment of a fully automatic production system for a gravure cylinder according to the present invention.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below, but these embodiments are exemplarily shown, and it goes without saying that various modifications are possible without departing from the technical idea of the present invention.

A fully automatic manufacturing system for a gravure cylinder according to the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. In FIG. 1, the code | symbol 10 shows the fully automatic manufacturing system of the gravure cylinder which concerns on this invention.

The fully automatic manufacturing system 10 is roughly divided into a processing chamber A and a processing chamber B. The processing chamber A is further divided into processing chambers C. The processing chamber A and the processing chamber B, and the processing chamber A and the processing chamber C are separated by

walls

12 and 13 and communicated with each other through a shutter 14 that can be opened and closed.

The configuration of the processing chamber A will be described. In the processing chamber A, reference numeral 16 denotes a first industrial robot, which has a multi-axis robot arm 18 that can turn freely.

Numeral 20 is a plate making roll, and 22a and 22b are roll stock apparatuses. As the roll stock apparatus, for example, roll stock apparatuses disclosed in Patent Documents 4 to 6 can be used.

A chuck means 72 is provided at the tip of the robot arm 18, and the plate making roll 20 can be detachably chucked by the chuck means 72.

Next, the configuration of the processing chamber B will be described. In the processing chamber B, reference numeral 30 denotes a second industrial robot, which has a multi-axis robot arm 32 that can turn freely.

A chuck means 74 is provided at the tip of the robot arm 32, and the plate making roll 20 can be detachably chucked by the chuck means 74.

Reference numeral 24 denotes a photosensitive film coating apparatus, and reference numeral 26 denotes a laser exposure apparatus. In the illustrated example, a photosensitive film coating device 24 is provided on the laser exposure device 26. Conventionally known apparatuses can be applied to these apparatuses, and for example, a photosensitive film coating apparatus and a laser exposure apparatus disclosed in Patent Documents 4 to 6 can be used.

Reference numeral 50 denotes a roll relay mounting table for placing the plate-making roll 20 for relay, and is provided at a position where the handling area of the first industrial robot 16 and the handling area of the second industrial robot 30 overlap. ing. Reference numeral 70 denotes an ultrasonic cleaning device with a drying function for performing ultrasonic cleaning processing and drying processing on the plate-making roll 20, and the ultrasonic cleaning device 70 with a drying function is close to the roll relay mounting table 50. Is provided.

The ultrasonic cleaning device 70 includes a storage tank for storing cleaning water and an ultrasonic vibrator provided at a lower portion of the storage tank, and vibrates the cleaning water by the ultrasonic vibration of the ultrasonic vibrator. It is an apparatus that can be cleaned. The ultrasonic cleaning device 70 with a drying function is further provided with a drying function. The ultrasonic cleaning device 70 with a drying function can perform ultrasonic cleaning and drying as necessary for each process.

The fully automatic gravure cylinder manufacturing system 10 is electrically controlled by a computer 28, and the first industrial robot 16 and the second industrial robot 30 are also controlled by the computer 28.

Reference numeral 42 denotes a developing device. For example, a developing device disclosed in Patent Documents 4 to 6 can be used.

Numeral 38 is a degreasing apparatus, and numeral 40 is a copper plating apparatus. In the illustrated example, a degreasing device 38 is provided on the copper plating device 40. Conventionally known devices can be applied to these devices. For example, electrolytic degreasing devices and copper plating devices as disclosed in Patent Documents 4 to 6 can be used.

Numeral 44 is a corrosion apparatus, and numeral 46 is a resist stripping apparatus. In the illustrated example, a resist stripping device 46 is provided on the corrosion device 44. Conventionally known apparatuses can be applied to these apparatuses. For example, a corrosion apparatus and a resist stripping apparatus disclosed in Patent Documents 4 to 6 can be used.

Reference numerals

48a and 48b denote vacuum film forming apparatuses, which are only required to be capable of forming a base film forming layer and a DLC film, and perform vacuum formation for performing sputtering, CVD, plasma CVD, vacuum deposition, and the like. Any membrane device is included. In the illustrated example, as the vacuum

film forming apparatuses

48a and 48b, an example of a gas phase film forming apparatus that forms a film using a raw material in a gas phase state is shown.

The vacuum

film forming apparatuses

48a and 48b can accommodate a plurality of plate-making rolls 20 in an upright state, and the plurality of plate-making rolls 20 can be processed simultaneously.

Although omitted in the illustrated example, an ultrasonic cleaning device may be provided in the handling area of the second industrial robot 30 as necessary. The ultrasonic cleaning apparatus has a storage tank for storing cleaning water and an ultrasonic vibrator provided at a lower portion of the storage tank, and vibrates the cleaning water by ultrasonic vibration of the ultrasonic vibrator. It is an apparatus that can be cleaned.

Next, the configuration of the processing chamber C will be described. In the processing chamber C, reference numeral 21 is a paper polishing apparatus for performing paper polishing, and reference numeral 34 is a grindstone polishing apparatus. A conventionally known apparatus can be applied to the grindstone polishing apparatus 34. For example, a grindstone polishing apparatus disclosed in Patent Documents 4 to 6 can be used. In the illustrated example, the paper polishing device 21 is provided on the grindstone polishing device 34. As the paper polishing apparatus 21, for example, a paper polishing apparatus as disclosed in Patent Documents 4 to 6 can be used.

The processing chamber A and the processing chamber C are communicated with each other via the shutter 14, and the grindstone polishing device 34 and the paper polishing device 21 are arranged in the handling area of the first industrial robot 16.

In the illustrated example, the processing chamber A is a clean room. The processing chamber A and the processing chamber B can each be a clean room as required.

Doors

58 and 60 are provided on the wall 56 of the processing chamber A, and a plate-making roll made of a plate is taken out or a new plate-making roll (plate base material) is put therein. The engraved gravure cylinder is placed on one of the

roll stock devices

22a and 22b and then carried out. On the other hand, the plate making roll from which plate making will be performed is placed on the other roll stock device. A computer 28 is placed outside the processing chamber A. Various computers are checked and managed, various programs are set, and the gravure cylinder fully automatic manufacturing system 10 is controlled. .

In the illustrated example, the plate making roll 20 is placed on the roll stock device 22a, and the gravure cylinder 64 after plate making is placed on the roll stock device 22b.

Thus, the fully automatic gravure cylinder manufacturing system 10 of the present invention chucks the processing chamber A having the handling area of the first industrial robot 16 that chucks and handles the plate-making roll 20 and the plate-making roll. A processing chamber B having a handling area for the second industrial robot 30 to be handled, and the processing chamber A and the processing chamber B are connected to each other, and the first industrial robot 16 in the processing chamber A is handled. At least one vacuum

film forming device

48a, 48b is arranged in the area or the handling area of the second industrial robot 30 in the processing chamber B, and the roll is placed in the handling area of the first industrial robot 16 in the processing chamber

A. Stock apparatus

22a, 22b, photosensitive film coating apparatus 24, laser exposure latent image forming apparatus 26, ultrasonic cleaning The apparatus 70, the grindstone polishing apparatus 34, and the paper polishing apparatus 21 are arranged, and in the handling area of the second industrial robot in the processing chamber B, the processing apparatus that is not arranged in the processing chamber A among the processing apparatuses. A degreasing device 38, a copper plating device 40, a developing device 42, a corrosion device 44, and a resist image removing device 46 are arranged, and the processing devices in the processing chamber A and the processing chamber B can be installed and removed. The plate making roll 20 is transferred between the first industrial robot 16 and the second industrial robot 30, thereby providing a plate base material and a number of gravure provided on the surface of the plate base material. It is provided on the surface of the copper plating layer on which the cell is formed and the copper plating layer on which the gravure cell is formed, and nickel, tungsten, chromium, titanium, silver, stainless steel, iron, copper, aluminum A gravure cylinder 64 having a base film-forming layer made of at least one material selected from the group consisting of nickel, cobalt, indium, tin, silicon, and tantalum, and a DLC film covering the surface of the base film-forming layer In the vacuum

film forming apparatuses

48a and 48b, the under film forming layer forming process and the DLC film forming process are performed.

As described above, the base film-forming layer is at least one selected from the group consisting of nickel, tungsten, chromium, titanium, silver, stainless steel, iron, copper, aluminum, cobalt, indium, tin, silicon, and tantalum. Any material can be applied as long as it is made of a material.

Since the two vacuum

film forming apparatuses

48a and 48b are arranged, the base film forming process and the DLC film forming process are simultaneously performed in each of the vacuum

film forming apparatuses

48a and 48b. It is possible to do.

Referring to FIG. 1, the operation of the fully automatic manufacturing system for gravure cylinders of the present invention will be described. The first industrial robot 16 chucks the plate making roll 20 placed on one of the

roll stock devices

22 a and 22 b, places it on the roll relay placement table 50, and delivers it to the second industrial robot 30. The plate making roll 20 is chucked by the second industrial robot 30, and is carried to the degreasing device 38 to release the plate making roll 20 and set in the degreasing device 38.

When the degreasing work in the degreasing apparatus 38 is finished, the second industrial robot 30 chucks the plate making roll 20 and carries it to the copper plating apparatus 40 to release the plate making roll 20 and set it in the copper plating apparatus 40.

When the plating work in the copper plating apparatus 40 is completed, the second industrial robot 30 chucks the plate making roll 20 and carries it to the roll relay mounting table 50, and delivers it to the first industrial robot 16. The first industrial robot 16 chucks the plate making roll 20 and carries it to the grindstone polishing apparatus 34 to release the plate making roll 20 and set it on the grindstone polishing apparatus 34.

When the grinding wheel polishing operation by the grinding wheel polishing device 34 is completed, the first industrial robot 16 chucks the plate making roll 20 and carries it to the ultrasonic cleaning device 70 to release the plate making roll 20 and set it in the ultrasonic cleaning device 70. To do.

When the ultrasonic cleaning operation in the ultrasonic cleaning apparatus 70 is completed, the first industrial robot 16 chucks the plate making roll 20 and carries it to the photosensitive film coating apparatus 24 to release the plate making roll 20 and releases the photosensitive film coating apparatus 24. Set to.

When the photosensitive film coating apparatus 24 finishes the photosensitive film coating operation, the first industrial robot 16 chucks the plate making roll 20 and carries it to the laser exposure apparatus 26 to release the plate making roll 20 and set it in the laser exposure apparatus 26. To do.

When the exposure operation in the laser exposure device 26 is completed, the first industrial robot 16 chucks the plate making roll 20 and places it on the roll relay mounting table 50 and delivers it to the second industrial robot 30. The plate-making roll 20 is chucked by the second industrial robot 30 and conveyed to the developing device 42, and the plate-making roll 20 is released and set on the developing device 42.

When the developing operation in the developing device 42 is completed, the second industrial robot 30 chucks the plate-making roll 20 and carries it to the corrosion device 44 to release the plate-making roll 20 and set it in the corrosion device 44.

When the corrosion (etching) work in the corrosion apparatus 44 is finished, the second industrial robot 30 chucks the plate making roll 20 and carries it to the resist peeling apparatus 46 to release the plate making roll 20 and set it in the resist peeling apparatus 46. .

When the resist stripping operation in the resist stripping unit 46 is completed, the second industrial robot 30 chucks the plate-making roll 20 and carries it to an ultrasonic cleaning device (not shown) to release the plate-making roll 20 and ultrasonically clean Set in the device.

When the ultrasonic cleaning operation in the ultrasonic cleaning apparatus is finished, the second industrial robot 30 chucks the plate making roll 20 and carries it to the vacuum film forming apparatus 48a to release the plate making roll 20 and release the plate forming roll 20a. Set to. And the formation process of a base film-forming layer is performed with the vacuum film-forming apparatus 48a.

When the formation process of the underlying film forming layer in the vacuum film forming apparatus 48a is completed, the second industrial robot 30 chucks the plate making roll 20 and carries it to the vacuum film forming apparatus 48b to release the plate making roll 20. The vacuum film forming apparatus 48b is set. Then, the DLC film is formed by the vacuum film forming apparatus 48b.

The plate making roll 20 after the formation process of the base film formation layer or the DLC film formation process is transferred to the outside of the vacuum film formation apparatus 48a or the vacuum film formation apparatus 48b by the second industrial robot 30. Then, the next plate making roll 20 to be subjected to the formation process of the underlying film formation layer or the formation process of the DLC film is sequentially transferred into the vacuum

film formation apparatuses

48a and 48b. In this way, the formation process of the underlying film formation layer and the formation process of the DLC film are sequentially performed simultaneously.

When the formation of the DLC film in the vacuum film forming apparatus 48b is completed, the second industrial robot 30 chucks the plate making roll 20 and places it on the roll relay mounting table 50, and delivers it to the first industrial robot 16. The first industrial robot 16 chucks the plate making roll 20 and carries it to the paper polishing apparatus 21 to release the plate making roll 20 and set it on the paper polishing apparatus 21. When the paper polishing (automatic polishing) is performed by the paper polishing apparatus 21, the gravure cylinder 64 is formed and placed on the roll stock apparatus 22b in the illustrated example.

The thus completed gravure cylinder 64 is carried out of the processing chamber A and completed.

In the example of FIG. 1, as the first industrial robot 16 and the second industrial robot 30, an industrial robot as disclosed in Patent Documents 1 to 6 is used to carry the plate making roll 20 to each processing apparatus. Then, the plate making roll 20 is separated and set in the processing apparatus, and the plate making roll is rotated by the driving means provided in the processing apparatus.

On the other hand, as the first industrial robot and the second industrial robot, the plate making roll 20 is gripped by carrying the plate making roll 20 to each processing apparatus using the industrial robot with driving means disclosed in Patent Document 7. It is good also as a structure which is set to this processing apparatus as it is, and a plate-making roll is rotated by the drive means provided in this industrial robot.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described more specifically with reference to examples. However, it is needless to say that these examples are shown by way of example and should not be interpreted in a limited manner.

(Example 1)
The gravure cylinder (gravure plate making roll) was manufactured as follows using the fully automatic manufacturing system of the gravure cylinder of the structure mentioned above.

An aluminum hollow roll (plate base material) having a circumference of 600 mm and a surface length of 1100 mm is mounted on a copper plating bath, the plating solution is overflowed, and the aluminum hollow roll is completely submerged to be 30 A / dm ² , 7.0 V of 40 μm copper. A plating layer was formed. The plating time was 8 minutes, and the surface of the plating was free of spots and pits, and a uniform copper plating layer was obtained.

The copper plating layer formed above is coated with a photosensitive film with a photosensitive film coating device, the image is laser exposed and developed, a resist image is formed, and then wet etching is performed with a corrosive device to engrave an image composed of gravure cells. Thereafter, the resist image was removed to form a printing plate. At this time, a plate-making roll having a gravure cell depth of 10 μm was produced.

This plate-making roll was accommodated in a vacuum film forming apparatus, and titanium was formed by sputtering under the conditions described below to form a titanium underlayer having a thickness of 0.1 μm.
Titanium sample: solid titanium target, atmosphere: argon gas atmosphere, deposition temperature: 200 to 300 ° C., deposition time: 3 minutes, deposition thickness: 0.1 μm.

A DLC film was formed on the upper surface of the underlying film formation layer by a CVD method. The CVD conditions are as follows.
A DLC layer having a thickness of 2 μm was formed in an argon / hydrogen gas atmosphere, toluene as a source gas, a film formation temperature of 80 to 120 ° C., and a film formation time of 60 minutes.
In this way, a gravure cylinder (gravure plate making roll) was completed.

Using the gravure cylinder described above, water-based ink was applied and an OPP film (Oriented Polypropylene Film: biaxially stretched polypropylene film) was used to perform a printing test (printing speed: 200 m / min, OPP film length: 4000 m). It was. None of the obtained printed materials had plate fog and good transferability. As a result, it was confirmed that the diamond-like carbon (DLC) film has a performance comparable to that of the conventional chromium layer and can be sufficiently used as a substitute for the chromium layer. Also, the adhesion of the DLC film was good.

(Example 2)
An experiment similar to that of Example 1 was performed except that a tungsten sample, a nickel sample, a silicon sample, a chromium sample, a tantalum sample, or a cobalt sample was used instead of the titanium sample, and it was confirmed that almost the same result was obtained. did.

10: Fully automatic production system of gravure cylinder, 12, 13: Wall, 14: Shutter, 16: First industrial robot, 18, 32: Robot arm, 20: Plate making roll, 21: Paper polishing device, 22a, 22b : Roll stock device, 24: photosensitive film coating device, 26: laser exposure device, 28: computer, 30: second industrial robot, 34: grinding wheel polishing device, 38: degreasing device, 40: copper plating device, 42: development Equipment: 44: Corrosion equipment, 46: Resist stripping equipment, 48a, 48b: Vacuum film-forming equipment, 50: Roll relay mounting table, 56: Wall, 58, 60: Door, 64: Gravure cylinder, 70: Super with drying function Sonic cleaning device, 72, 74: chuck means, A, B, C: processing chamber.

Claims

A fully automatic production system for gravure cylinders,
A processing chamber A having a handling area for a first industrial robot for chucking and handling a plate-making roll; and a processing chamber B having a handling area for a second industrial robot for chucking and handling a plate-making roll. And connecting the processing chamber A and the processing chamber B,
Disposing at least one vacuum film forming apparatus in the handling area of the first industrial robot in the processing chamber A or in the handling area of the second industrial robot in the processing chamber B;
In the handling area of the first industrial robot in the processing chamber A, a roll stock device, a photosensitive film coating device, an electronic engraving device, a laser exposure latent image forming device, a degreasing device, a grindstone polishing device, an ultrasonic cleaning device, a copper plating At least one processing apparatus selected from an apparatus, a developing apparatus, a corrosive apparatus, a resist image removing apparatus, and a paper polishing apparatus is disposed in the processing area of the second industrial robot in the processing chamber B. Arranging at least one of the treatment apparatuses not arranged in the treatment chamber A,
And the said processing apparatus of the said processing chamber A and the said processing chamber B can be installed and removed, By passing a plate-making roll between said 1st industrial robot and 2nd industrial robot, ,
A plate base material, a copper plating layer provided on the surface of the plate base material and having a number of gravure cells formed on the surface;
Provided on the surface of the copper plating layer on which the gravure cell is formed, selected from the group consisting of nickel, tungsten, chromium, titanium, silver, stainless steel, iron, copper, aluminum, cobalt, indium, tin, silicon, tantalum Manufacturing a gravure cylinder having a base film-forming layer made of at least one material and a DLC film covering the surface of the base film-forming layer,
A fully automatic production system for a gravure cylinder, wherein the vacuum film forming apparatus performs a base film forming process and a DLC film forming process.
Two or more vacuum film forming apparatuses are arranged, and the formation process of the underlying film forming layer and the formation process of the DLC film can be performed simultaneously in each of the vacuum film forming apparatuses. A fully automatic production system for a gravure cylinder according to claim 1.
A method for producing a gravure cylinder using the fully automatic production system for a gravure cylinder according to claim 1 or 2,
Preparing the plate base material; and
Providing a copper plating layer on the surface of the plate base material, and forming a number of gravure cells in the copper plating layer;
In the vacuum film forming apparatus, nickel, tungsten, chromium, titanium, silver, stainless steel, iron, copper, aluminum, cobalt, indium, tin, silicon, tantalum are formed on the surface of the copper plating layer on which the gravure cell is formed. Providing a base film-forming layer composed of at least one material selected from the group consisting of:
Coating the surface of the base film-forming layer with a DLC film in the vacuum film-forming apparatus;
A method for producing a gravure cylinder, comprising:
A gravure cylinder manufactured using the fully automatic manufacturing system for a gravure cylinder according to claim 1 or 2.