EP2361186A1 - Dispositif d'impression à jet d'encre - Google Patents

Dispositif d'impression à jet d'encre

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EP2361186A1
EP2361186A1 EP09771373A EP09771373A EP2361186A1 EP 2361186 A1 EP2361186 A1 EP 2361186A1 EP 09771373 A EP09771373 A EP 09771373A EP 09771373 A EP09771373 A EP 09771373A EP 2361186 A1 EP2361186 A1 EP 2361186A1
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Prior art keywords
printing
air
transverse direction
ink jet
ink
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German (de)
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EP2361186B1 (fr
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Erich Willinger
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Basler lacke AG
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Basler lacke AG
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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
    • B41J11/00—Devices or arrangements  of selective printing mechanisms, e.g. ink-jet printers or thermal printers, for supporting or handling copy material in sheet or web form
    • B41J11/0015—Devices or arrangements  of selective printing mechanisms, e.g. ink-jet printers or thermal printers, for supporting or handling copy material in sheet or web form for treating before, during or after printing or for uniform coating or laminating the copy material before or after printing
    • B41J11/002—Curing or drying the ink on the copy materials, e.g. by heating or irradiating
    • B41J11/0022—Curing or drying the ink on the copy materials, e.g. by heating or irradiating using convection means, e.g. by using a fan for blowing or sucking air

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  • the present invention relates to an ink-jet printing apparatus for printing non-absorbent surface printing media with water-based inks, comprising a printing table, a feeding device for conveying a printing medium in a feed direction, and a transversely displaceable printhead carriage with printheads.
  • aqueous inks for printing uncoated substrates by means of inkjet printing technology
  • DE-A-103 47 034 The use of aqueous inks for printing uncoated substrates by means of inkjet printing technology is known from DE-A-103 47 034.
  • the use of the ink in the inkjet printing system is provided with at least one heating device in the form of a heating plate and / or an infrared heater.
  • the heating plate is arranged directly below, before and / or after the print head, so that the heating plate extends over the entire path covered by the print head.
  • an infrared radiator arranged above the surface to be printed is provided as the heating device.
  • a major disadvantage of this printing system is that it is only suitable for printing on thermally stable substrates.
  • US-A-4 340 893 discloses an ink jet printer having an ink drying apparatus with louvers disposed on either side of the printhead for impinging the substrate to be imprinted immediately after printing with an optionally heated air stream.
  • the invention is based on the object to provide an ink jet printing device of the type mentioned, with which can be fixed at each pass from the printheads incident on the printing medium ink droplets before the droplets run and lead to a significant deterioration in print quality. Another object of the invention is to avoid banding.
  • the slot die is preferably directed onto a printable area of the print heads during a pass in the form of a print strip.
  • the slot nozzle is preferably inclined relative to a vertical at an angle, wherein the angle is preferably between 5 and 15 °, in particular approximately between 6 and 10 °.
  • the air duct for aligning the slot nozzle in the feed direction is displaced parallel and formed tiltable relative to a vertical.
  • To generate a uniform air jet over the entire mouth opening in the transverse direction of the air duct is preferably divided by at least one provided with Lucas miceriesöffhungen partition in at least two sub-channels.
  • the blower is preferably infinitely variable in its strength.
  • the blower is preferably associated with a heating device with preferably infinitely variable temperature.
  • the printhead carriage may be equipped with an air baffle and / or with Lucasabehrsblechen to reduce under the slide forming air vortices.
  • ink jet printing device with water-based inks printed plastic films are particularly suitable for decorating and protecting articles made of composite materials, especially sports and leisure equipment, such as skis, snowboards, skateboards surfboards and the like objects with decorative surface design.
  • Fig. 1 is a front view of an ink jet printing apparatus
  • Fig. 2 is a partially sectioned side view of the ink jet printing device of Figure 1 with air duct in an enlarged view in the direction A. 3 shows a section through the air duct of Figure 1 along the line II in an enlarged view ..;
  • Fig. 4 is a plan view of a partition wall of the air duct of Fig. 3;
  • FIG. 6 shows the section through the freshly printed surface according to FIG. 5 according to FIG.
  • An ink jet printing apparatus 10 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 has a horizontally arranged printing table 12 as a support for a printing medium 14.
  • the printing medium 14, which is usually in the form of rolls, is guided over the printing table 12 in the feed direction x by means of transport rollers 16, 18 of a feed device 20. So that the printing medium 14 rests flat on the printing table 12 in the printing area, openings 13 are provided in a horizontal bearing surface 11 of the dialectic 12 for producing a negative pressure acting on the rear side of the printing medium 14 resting on the printing table 12.
  • the printing medium 14 is usually a foil or a thin plate of a thermoplastic such as e.g. Polyamide, ABS / TPU, PVC, PE.
  • the plastics have a non-absorbent surface.
  • water-based inks are used.
  • a printhead carriage 22 with, for example, eight printheads 24.
  • the printing technology is piezo inkjet printing.
  • the print head carriage 22 is slidably guided in the transverse direction y on two guide rods 26, 28 arranged parallel to one another and at a right angle to the feed direction x.
  • the printing takes place in successive displacement movements - the so-called.
  • Adjusting ⁇ the printhead carriage 22 in the transverse direction y On each pass is carried out by means of the print heads 24 an order of color dots on the printing medium 14 within a print strip 30 of a width b of z. B. 12 mm, which is part of the entire print image.
  • the printing medium 14 is transported by means of the transport rollers 16, 18 of the feed device 20 in the feed direction x by one of the width b of the print strip 30 generated during a pass corresponding distance forward. This process is repeated until completion of the entire print image to be printed.
  • the printing table 12 is an over the entire, by the print head carriage 22 traversable Drack Scheme extending, ⁇ closed at its two end faces air duct 32 with a slot nozzle 34 with extending in the transverse direction y mouth opening 36.
  • the air duct 32 has a substantially rectangular outer cross section and is internally provided with two dividing walls 33a, 33b extending over the entire length of the air duct 32 and dividing the air duct 32 into three subchannels 32a, 32b, 32c.
  • a further dividing wall 33c separates the partial passage 32c from the wedge-shaped slot nozzle 34.
  • the dividing walls 33a, 33b, 33c are provided with air passage openings 38 distributed substantially regularly over the entire length of the air guide passage 32.
  • the air passage openings 38 may, for example, consist of several rows of longitudinal slots extending parallel to one another and extending in the transverse direction y, the longitudinal slots being arranged offset from one another, for example, relative to one another (FIG. 4). In principle, however, all forms of air passage openings 38 are possible, which lead to a over the entire length of the air duct 32 evenly strong air flow at the mouth opening 36 of the slot nozzle 34.
  • the two walls 40, 42 bordering the slot nozzle 34 are curved in the region of the mouth opening 36 in such a way that a plane of symmetry of the walls 40, 42 in the mouth region relative to the vertical one of the outflow direction of an air jet S from the Slit nozzle 34 corresponding angle ⁇ of about 8 °. Due to the possibilities provided for a parallel displacement of the air duct 32 in the feed direction x and by tilting the position of the air duct 32 relative to the vertical, the impact point or the Impact line of the air jet S flowing out of the slit nozzle 34 exactly on the way in the transverse direction y of the printheads 24 traversable way, ie on the pressure strip 30 generated during a pass set.
  • this controller 50 calculates the required control signals of the respective constituent components of the ink jet printing apparatus 10. To do so, the controller 50 is provided with carriage control for moving the printhead carriage 22 in the transverse direction y, with a feed control for controlling the feed device 20 for moving the print medium 14 in the feed direction x and a nozzle control for controlling the nozzles 24 for ejecting colored ink droplets 48 connected to the print medium 14.
  • the air jet S causes partial evaporation of the water in the ink droplets 48.
  • Optimum water evaporation can be adjusted by appropriate preheating and drying of the air.
  • the flattened and due to the partial drying a higher pigment concentration having ink droplets 48a are fixed in this way on the surface of the printing medium 14 and prevented from bleeding (Fig. 6).
  • the printhead carriage 22 is covered with an air jet emerging from the slit nozzle 32 forward air deflecting plate 52 in the feed direction.
  • the print head carriage 22 is equipped with a spoiler or air deflector plate 54, 56 against the printing table 12. The spoilers 54, 56 prevent the formation of air swirl under the printhead carriage 22.

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  • Ink Jet (AREA)

Abstract

L'invention concerne un dispositif d'impression à jet d'encre (10) pour l'impression de milieux à imprimer (14) présentant une surface non absorbante par des encres à base aqueuse, dispositif comprenant une table d'impression (12), un dispositif d'avance pour le transport d'un milieu à imprimer (14) dans une direction d'avance, et un chariot (22) à têtes d'impression (24), mobile en direction transversale (y). Il est prévu au-dessus de la table d'impression (12), un conduit de ventilation (32), raccordé à un ventilateur (44), s'étendant au-dessus de la zone d'impression qui peut être traversée par le chariot (22) à têtes d'impression, en direction transversale (y), présentant un injecteur à fente (34) ayant un orifice d'embouchure (36) s'étendant en direction transversale (y) et dirigé vers la surface d'application (11) de la table d'impression (12). Grâce au dispositif selon l'invention, les gouttelettes d'encre, accélérées par les têtes d'impression pendant une passe sur la surface du milieu à imprimer, peuvent se fixer efficacement, de sorte que celles-ci ne s'écoulent pas. De même, une formation de franges peut être empêchée.
EP09771373.9A 2008-12-16 2009-12-14 Dispositif d'impression à jet d'encre Not-in-force EP2361186B1 (fr)

Priority Applications (2)

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EP09771373.9A EP2361186B1 (fr) 2008-12-16 2009-12-14 Dispositif d'impression à jet d'encre
SI200930811T SI2361186T1 (sl) 2008-12-16 2009-12-14 Priprava za brizgalno tiskanje

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

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EP08405307A EP2199089A1 (fr) 2008-12-16 2008-12-16 Dispositif d'impression à jet d'encre
EP09771373.9A EP2361186B1 (fr) 2008-12-16 2009-12-14 Dispositif d'impression à jet d'encre
PCT/EP2009/067096 WO2010069930A1 (fr) 2008-12-16 2009-12-14 Dispositif d'impression à jet d'encre

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EP2361186A1 true EP2361186A1 (fr) 2011-08-31
EP2361186B1 EP2361186B1 (fr) 2013-10-02

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