EP1038689B1 - Dispositif permettant de decorer des carreaux de ceramique - Google Patents

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EP1038689B1
EP1038689B1 EP99949020A EP99949020A EP1038689B1 EP 1038689 B1 EP1038689 B1 EP 1038689B1 EP 99949020 A EP99949020 A EP 99949020A EP 99949020 A EP99949020 A EP 99949020A EP 1038689 B1 EP1038689 B1 EP 1038689B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J3/00—Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed
    • B41J3/407—Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed for marking on special material
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B28—WORKING CEMENT, CLAY, OR STONE
    • B28B—SHAPING CLAY OR OTHER CERAMIC COMPOSITIONS; SHAPING SLAG; SHAPING MIXTURES CONTAINING CEMENTITIOUS MATERIAL, e.g. PLASTER
    • B28B11/00—Apparatus or processes for treating or working the shaped or preshaped articles
    • B28B11/001—Applying decorations on shaped articles, e.g. by painting
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B28—WORKING CEMENT, CLAY, OR STONE
    • B28B—SHAPING CLAY OR OTHER CERAMIC COMPOSITIONS; SHAPING SLAG; SHAPING MIXTURES CONTAINING CEMENTITIOUS MATERIAL, e.g. PLASTER
    • B28B11/00—Apparatus or processes for treating or working the shaped or preshaped articles
    • B28B11/04—Apparatus or processes for treating or working the shaped or preshaped articles for coating or applying engobing layers
    • B28B11/048—Apparatus or processes for treating or working the shaped or preshaped articles for coating or applying engobing layers by spraying or projecting
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J2/00—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed
    • B41J2/005—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by bringing liquid or particles selectively into contact with a printing material
    • B41J2/01—Ink jet

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  • the invention refers to a device and process for decorating ceramic tiles that is based on the projection of ink on the surface to be printed, and whose purpose is to provide a higher printing speed.
  • Another object of the invention consists of providing the head with total modularity, so that the head is comprised of at least two independent printing modules that are easily replaceable, in such a way that in the event that a failure is produced it suffices to remove the defective printing module and to introduce a new one.
  • the invention is applicable to the decoration of ceramic tiles, but it can likewise be used in any sector of the industry that requires the printing of ink on a surface.
  • This type of device has the inconvenience that the head is constituted by a single printing element, in such a way that it does not occupy the entire width of the tile, for which purpose in order to print the complete decorative motif it is necessary to make several passings of the surface or of the head in order to complete the decorative motif, which determines that the printing speed is considerably reduced.
  • the invention has developed a new device for the decoration of a surface by means of printing ink, for which purpose it has means for projecting the ink on the tile in order to print the desired motif; and it is characterized in that it has at least one head that is constituted by at least two independent printing modules, that are connected to a control unit that controls the operation of each printing module independently, in order to print the desired motif.
  • the independent printing modules are situated in the head obliquely with respect to the trajectory of the tiles, and each head has to include a sufficient number of printing modules that make it possible to cover at least the entire width of the tile, in such a way that with a single passing of the tile along the conveyor belt, the complete printing of the desired motif is carried out, in such a way that the printing speed is increased.
  • Wider printing modules could also be used, in such a way that they can be placed perpendicular to the printing axis.
  • the distribution of the printing modules is done in such a way that they are one after another and/or parallel with a certain unalignment, in such a way that the printing band of each one of said printing modules is situated contiguously to the bands of other printing modules, covering the entire width of the tile.
  • Each independent printing module is constituted by a microprocessor and the corresponding memory in order to operate independently under the control of the control unit.
  • the device of the invention also considers the possibility of having at least as many parallel heads as printing colors are required to print the desired motif, so that each printing module of each head or heads provided in series, in order to cover the entire width of the tiles is (are) connected with the same ink tank, in such a way that the multicolor printing is done in a single passing, whereby the printing speed is considerably increased.
  • the described structure of the device of the invention permits a superior printing quality to be obtained than 200 dpi (dots per inch).
  • the control unit of the device of the invention has communication means in order to carry out its connection to other control computers of other devices, or to other computers by network, memory cards and other communication and data storage systems, in such a way that remote management and verification of the printing devices can be carried out.
  • the device of the invention can operate in combination with other conventional decoration devices, such as flat serigraphy, or rotary serigraphy, devices, decoration with a roller or others existing on the market.
  • the device of the invention can be applied on those pavings and coverings that are produced by single baking or by double baking, including rapid double baking and porous single baking, and likewise stoneware products and porcelain stoneware products manufactured by single baking. Likewise, the device of the invention is applicable to all those pavings and coverings that are produced by pressing or by extrusion.
  • the device of the invention can be applied before a first baking or else between successive bakings.
  • the device of the invention has a conveyor belt (1) that produces the conveyance of the tiles (2) to be printed and in whose trajectory some heads (3) are arranged so that as the tiles pass along the bottom part of the heads the printing of the desired decorative motif on the tiles (2) is produced.
  • Each one of the heads (3) is connected to an ink tank (4), each one with a different color, in such a way that each one of the heads does the printing corresponding to the color that the tank with which it is connected includes, the printing of the desired decorative motif ending when the tile passes under the last head (3).
  • Each one of the heads (3) is constituted by a plurality of printing modules (5), provided with the corresponding slot (6) for the discharge of the projected ink. Therefore, each one of the printing modules (5) of a head (3) projects the same color of ink.
  • each one of the printing modules (5) is independent and the control thereof, is likewise done independently, just as it will be explained hereinafter.
  • the printing modules (5) are located obliquely with respect to the head and to the trajectory of the tiles, and are situated in such a way that they cover the entire width of the tiles, in order to achieve with a single passing of the tile the total printing of the decorative motif.
  • the printing band f of each module (5) is located contiguously in order to cover the entire width of the tile.
  • a single head has been used in the embodiment for the printing of each color, but obviously more heads can be arranged in series, if it were necessary to cover the entire width of the tile.
  • Each printing module (5) includes a control circuit (9), a microprocessor (10) and a memory (11) in order to permit the independent operation of the mechanism (12) for injection of the ink that comes out through the slot (6).
  • control unit (13) that controls the independent operation of each one of said printing units (5) has been provided for, for which purpose said control unit (13) has a control circuit (14) that is connected to a microprocessor (16), to a screen (19), to a keyboard (18) and to an outside communications module (15) through which the connection to other computers (17) is made possible.
  • the microprocessor (16) includes the corresponding memory in which the operating program according to the desired decorative motif is included.
  • each printing module (5) is totally independent and therefore easily replaceable, for which purpose the corresponding connectors that allow the easy removal thereof and the subsequent introduction of a new module are included, thus considerably facilitating the repair in the event of failure.
  • the decorative motif of the tile is a function of the included program, which in turn should be modified by each one of the microprocessors (10), upon partially reading the information contained in the memory (11), printing different decorative motifs, such as the case of the decoration of marble in which different effects are desired may be, that evidently are not homogeneous for each one of the tiles.
  • control unit (13) permits the connection with other computers (17) in order to allow the exchange of information with other devices and/or to permit the remote management and verification of the printing devices.
  • Reference numeral (7) of figure 4 shows a bridge in which the different heads (3) are included, and the front of the machine includes the keyboard (18) by means of which programming of the device is done and the corresponding screen (19) through which the different data that permit the correct operation of the machine are displayed.

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  1. Un dispositif pour la décoration de tuiles céramiques, ledit dispositif comprenant moyens de projection pour projecter de l'encre sur chacune des tuiles (2), pour imprimer un motif sur la tuile (2), ladite tuile (2) disposée sur un moyen de transport (1) pour le transport selon une trajectoire et au moins une tête d'impression (3),
       caracterisé en ce que
       la, au moins une, tête d'impression (3) comprend au moins deux modules (5) d'impression, lesquels son connectés à une unité de control (13), chacun des modules d'impression (5) étant disposé pour la projection de l'encre sur la tuile (2) selon une bande d'impression (f) d'un module d'impression (5) correspondante à une portion d'une largeur de tuile;
       opération de chaque module (5) d'impression étant indépendamment controlée par l'unité de control (13),
       chaque module d'impression (5) comprenant un microprocesseur indépendant (10) et une mémoire indépendante (11), et
       chaque module d'impression (5) étant un module remplaçable comprenant des moyens pour la connexion individuelle à la tête d'impression. (3),
       les modules d'impression (5) étant disposés en parallel avec un degré de non-alignement des uns par rapport aux autres et obliquement par rapport à la trajectoire de la tuile (2), de telle façon que bande d'impression (f) de chaque module d'impression (5) s'étand sur la bande d'impression (f) de au moins un module d'impression adjacent (5).
  2. Un dispositif selon la revendication 1, dans lequel les bandes d'impression (f) des modules d'impression (5) couvrent au moins la largeur de la tuile.
  3. Un dispositif selon la revendication 1, dans lequel le microprocesseur (10) et la mémoire (11) comprises dans chaque module d'impression (5) sont connéctés à l'unité de control (13) à l'aide d'un circuit de control (9) disposé dans le module d'impression (5).
  4. Un dispositif selon la revendication 1, comprenant une pluralité de têtes d'impression (3) disposées en série, et dans lequel les modules d'impression (5) de la pluralité des têtes d'impression (3) sont disposés de telle façon que leur bandes d'impression (f) couvrent au moins la largeur complète de la tuile.
  5. Un dispositif selon la revendication 1, comprenant au moins autant de têtes d'impression (3) disposées an série comme des couleurs d'impression sont nécessaires pour imprimer le motif.
  6. Un dispositif selon la revendication 1, dans lequel l'unité de control (13) comprend des moyens de communication (15) pour connecter avec d'autres ordinateurs (17) et pour permettre le control à distance et la vérification du dispositif.
  7. Un dispositif selon la revendication 1, tel qu'il a une qualité d'impression supérieure à 200 dpi.
EP99949020A 1998-10-14 1999-10-11 Dispositif permettant de decorer des carreaux de ceramique Expired - Lifetime EP1038689B2 (fr)

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ES009802136A ES2152167B1 (es) 1998-10-14 1998-10-14 Dispositivo para decoracion de baldosas ceramicas.
PCT/ES1999/000322 WO2000021760A1 (fr) 1998-10-14 1999-10-11 Dispositif permettant de decorer des carreaux de ceramique

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BR9907779A (pt) 2000-10-10
PT1038689E (pt) 2004-08-31
ES2152167A1 (es) 2001-01-16
DE69916234T2 (de) 2005-04-14
DE69916234D1 (de) 2004-05-13
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ES2219068T3 (es) 2004-11-16
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ES2152167B1 (es) 2001-08-16
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