EP2242654B1 - Dispositif de support de tetes d'impression - Google Patents

Dispositif de support de tetes d'impression Download PDF

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EP2242654B1
EP2242654B1 EP09722690A EP09722690A EP2242654B1 EP 2242654 B1 EP2242654 B1 EP 2242654B1 EP 09722690 A EP09722690 A EP 09722690A EP 09722690 A EP09722690 A EP 09722690A EP 2242654 B1 EP2242654 B1 EP 2242654B1
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Rémi NOGUERA
Cédric COQUET
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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
    • B41J25/00—Actions or mechanisms not otherwise provided for
    • B41J25/001—Mechanisms for bodily moving print heads or carriages parallel to the paper surface
    • 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
    • B41J2/07—Ink jet characterised by jet control
    • B41J2/125—Sensors, e.g. deflection sensors
    • 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
    • B41J2/135—Nozzles
    • B41J2/145—Arrangement thereof
    • 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
    • B41J25/00—Actions or mechanisms not otherwise provided for
    • B41J25/001—Mechanisms for bodily moving print heads or carriages parallel to the paper surface
    • B41J25/003—Mechanisms for bodily moving print heads or carriages parallel to the paper surface for changing the angle between a print element array axis and the printing line, e.g. for dot density changes
    • 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
    • B41J25/00—Actions or mechanisms not otherwise provided for
    • B41J25/304—Bodily-movable mechanisms for print heads or carriages movable towards or from paper surface
    • 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
    • B41J3/4073—Printing on three-dimensional objects not being in sheet or web form, e.g. spherical or cubic objects
    • 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
    • B41J2202/00—Embodiments of or processes related to ink-jet or thermal heads
    • B41J2202/01—Embodiments of or processes related to ink-jet heads
    • B41J2202/19—Assembling head units
    • 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
    • B41J2202/00—Embodiments of or processes related to ink-jet or thermal heads
    • B41J2202/01—Embodiments of or processes related to ink-jet heads
    • B41J2202/20—Modules

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  • the invention relates to a print head support device for sequentially depositing a plurality of fluids on a printing surface.
  • the present invention relates to the technical field of fluid printing devices and more specifically the field of microfabrication of single-material or multimaterial, two-dimensional or three-dimensional components, by inkjet printing.
  • the quality of a deposit produced by inkjet printing depends in part on the physico-chemical properties of the ejected fluid.
  • the lateral resolution must therefore be able to vary from one print head to another depending on the fluid it contains.
  • the first is to tilt each print head relative to the manufacturing direction so as to reduce the distance between two printed dots in the direction perpendicular to the manufacturing direction.
  • an angle is usually mechanically fixed, and if necessary manually modified, for each print head.
  • Document US2006 / 0092199 shows a system with rotating heads and discloses the preamble of claim 1.
  • An alternative solution is to put several print heads one behind the other by shifting them relative to each other so as to divide the lateral resolution by the number of heads present.
  • the main problem of this solution is that, to obtain a constant lateral resolution, the resolution possibilities can only be sub-multiples of the distance between the nozzles.
  • the present invention aims to overcome the disadvantages and limitations of the state of the art mentioned above. As such, the invention aims a print head support to improve the accuracy and deposit properties of several fluids.
  • the present invention provides a print head support having a geometric axis of revolution around which are arranged at least two print head holding means.
  • the subject of the invention is a print head support as defined in claim 1.
  • Providing at least two means for holding the printing heads around the geometric axis of revolution of the head support makes it possible to adjust the lateral resolution of each print head as a function of the fluids to be deposited as well as the deposition properties. get. It is thus possible to deposit several different inks during an operation, without intervention.
  • the invention also relates to a fluid printing device comprising a print head support according to the invention.
  • the figure 1 illustrates an exemplary embodiment of a print head holder that can be mounted on a positioning gantry (not shown) so as to print drops of fluids on a printing surface, preferably horizontal.
  • a rotation plate 7 for driving the print head support in rotation along a geometric axis of revolution 1, preferably perpendicular to the printing surface.
  • the print head support comprises a base element 2 having holding means 4 for printing heads 6, a lower protection element 8 and anchoring means 10 for an observation module 12. are protected by a cockpit 14 which, during normal operation, does not allow any user access inside the head holder and protects the print heads 6 and their control cards from any external aggression.
  • connection box 15 advantageously makes it possible to integrate the connection of the power cables.
  • the hydraulic, pneumatic and electrical pipes are partitioned inside the connection box 15 in separate spaces so as to avoid mishandling of the user.
  • the connection box 15 furthermore makes it possible to facilitate the operation of changing the power cables, insofar as this change does not imply any direct intervention on the print heads 6.
  • the observation module 12 is fixed relative to the positioning gantry while the base element 2 comprising the holding means 4 of the printing heads 6 can rotate through the turntable.
  • the positioning of the print head support makes it possible, during each movement and for each print head, to generate an angle of inclination between the direction of the nozzle lines and the direction of movement of the positioning gantry.
  • the observation module remains fixed with respect to the printing heads and the distance between this observation module and each ejection nozzle of each print head remains constant during the rotation of the element. of support.
  • the basic element 2 represented on the figure 2 , has a hexagonal section, preferably regular, hollowed in its center so as to define an observation space for the observation module 12.
  • the base element 2 could be circular or triangular, pentagonal or any other form of polygon.
  • Means 4 for holding the printing heads 6 are positioned on three of the six sections of the base element 2, preferably equidistant from the geometric axis of revolution 1.
  • the holding means 4 are formed by a pocket 16 defined by a peripheral wall 16a, two side walls 16b and a recess defined by a peripheral wall 17a, two side walls 17b and a bottom wall 17c.
  • Interface parts 18 for positioning the print heads 6 vis-à-vis the base member are fixed in these recesses 17.
  • the interface pieces 18 consist of two fins positioned in the recesses 17 located on either side of the pockets 16 forming the holding means 4.
  • interface pieces 18 form the main support of each holding means 4 and are mounted directly on a printing head nozzle plate 6 thus making part of the connection between the base member 2 and the heads of the printer.
  • these interface pieces 18 form a horizontal positioning abutment for ensuring the parallel positioning of the ejection nozzles vis-à-vis the printing surface and to maintain the print heads 6 at a specific height for which these ejection nozzles are positioned slightly below the lower guard 8.
  • the ejection nozzles of the print heads 6 can easily be cleaned, for example by immersing them in an ultrasonic tray .
  • the interface parts 18 are removable and specific to each type of print head 6 and are paired for a larger size. precision. In addition, the entire phase of positioning of the printing heads 6 in the holding means 4 can be performed automatically. The precision obtained for the positioning of the printing heads 6 thus allows a reproducibility of their positioning relative to the geometric axis of revolution of the head support.
  • the peripheral wall 16a of the pocket 16 has several fastening elements 20 positioned at different heights for fixing the reservoirs of the different types of printheads 6.
  • the peripheral wall 16a advantageously has an insulating member 21, such as a plastic part, to avoid the heat exchange between the base member 2 and the printing heads 6.
  • the insulating member 21 could be achieved by reducing the contact surface by forming shoulders on the peripheral wall 16a.
  • the lower guard member 8 is attached to the lower surface of the base member 2 shown in the figure 3 .
  • this lower protection element 8 is a thin plate having three openings 22 to allow the printing heads 6 to deposit the fluid droplets on the printing surface.
  • the lower protection element 8 also comprises three vertical partitioning fins 24 arranged radially between the openings 22 so as to protect the printing heads 6 relative to each other so as to avoid any type of pollution of a fluid with respect to another.
  • observation opening 26 coaxial with the geometric axis of revolution 1 of the head support is formed on this lower protection element 8.
  • the observation opening 26 is surmounted by a protective cover 28 in which the end of the objective (described below) of the observation module 12 slides, thus protecting it from external aggressions and ink projections.
  • this observation opening 26 has a diameter relatively low to limit the entry of impurities into the observation module 12.
  • anchoring means 10 of the observation module 12 is described below with reference to the figure 4 .
  • These anchoring means 10 are intended to position the optical axis 12c of the observation module 12 in a stable manner in coincidence with the geometric axis of revolution 1.
  • the position of each ejection nozzle can be precisely determined. to the geometric axis of revolution.
  • the observation module 12 consists of a camera 12a and a lens 12b.
  • the camera 12a is preferably mounted on a fastener 10a, itself attached to the positioning gantry.
  • This fastener 10a serves to clamp the upper part of the observation module 12.
  • a fastener 10b is also connected to the objective 12b of the observation module 12, so as to stiffen the connection between the 12a camera and 12b lens.
  • the anchoring means 10 of the observation module 12 then comprise a bronze ring 10c tightly mounted on the lower part of the lens 12b.
  • This bronze ring 10c interacts with an aluminum ring 10d to form a pivot connection.
  • the ring 10d is further connected to threaded elements 10f via three positioning arms 10e.
  • the three positioning arms 10e are positioned within the holding elements 3 and are held in position by threaded elements 10f.
  • the holding elements 3 are both integral with the base element 2 and matching elements 5 and provide the rigidity of the support of the printing heads.
  • the adaptation element 5 advantageously makes it possible to make this assembly integral with the rotation stage 7.
  • the adaptation element 5, shown in FIG. figure 1 has a triangular section, preferably regular, hollowed at its center so as to define a space for the observation module 12.
  • the adaptation element 5 could be circular or hexagonal, pentagonal or any other form of polygon.
  • the positioning of the three positioning arms 10e is effected via a sliding pivot connection so as to be able to adjust the position of the axis of the observation module 12c substantially to that of the geometric axis of revolution 1 by acting on the threaded elements 10f.
  • the optical axis 12c of the observation module 12 is positioned accurately with respect to the printing heads 6 and these can rotate around the geometric axis of revolution 1 of the element of FIG. base 2, without the observation module 12 also moving.
  • the anchoring means 10 of the observation module 12 are advantageously arranged at both ends of the observation module so as to precisely control the direction of the optical axis 12c of the observation module 12.
  • the positioning arms 10e comprise a control system for modifying the direction of the optical axis 12c of the observation module 12 when necessary.
  • the print head support could have as many holding means 4 of print heads 6 as necessary.
  • the print heads could be placed at different distances from the geometric axis of revolution, while remaining around this geometric axis of revolution and therefore without departing from the scope of the patent.

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