3D FORMING FILM MANUFACTURING DEVICE AND 3D FORMING FILM MANUFACTURING METHOD USING SAME
20210197440 · 2021-07-01
Inventors
Cpc classification
B29C51/082
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
B29C51/10
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
B29C51/427
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
B29C51/087
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
B29C51/262
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
B29C51/20
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
International classification
B29C51/08
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
B29C51/20
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
Abstract
A device for manufacturing a 3D forming film performs molding at a uniform pressure by using a variable volume body, and thus, enables undercut portion molding, prevents thermal corrugation on the curved portion, etc., of the forming film and the distortion of the forming film, reduces a thickness deviation of the forming film and excludes an additional cutting process after molding the forming film, thereby improving the quality of the 3D-molded forming film. The device for manufacturing the 3D forming film includes: a mold for molding a forming film; a press head unit which is positioned to correspond to the mold and has a variable spaced distance from the mold; and a variable volume body which is coupled to the press head unit and has elasticity so that a volume thereof is variable due to gas introduction and discharge by the press head unit.
Claims
1. A device for manufacturing a 3D forming film, the device comprising: a mold for molding a forming film; a press head unit which is positioned to correspond to the mold and has a variable spaced distance from the mold; and a variable volume body which is coupled to the press head unit and has elasticity so that a volume thereof is variable due to gas introduction and discharge by the press head unit, wherein the variable volume body comes into contact with the forming film positioned in the mold in accordance with a volume change of the variable volume body, and wherein the variable volume body presses the forming film so that the forming film is mold in a 3D shape.
2. The device of claim 1, wherein the press head unit comprises a gas controller which causes gas transferred from the outside to be introduced into the variable volume body or causes gas inside the variable volume body to be discharged.
3. The device of claim 2, wherein the press head unit comprises: a press frame; an up-and-down moving body which is coupled to the press frame and performs an up-and-down linear motion; a press motor which is coupled to the up-and-down moving body; a screw shaft which has an end thereof coupled to the press motor and the other end thereof coupled to an upper portion of the gas controller and is screw-coupled to the press frame to perform a rotational motion and an up-and-down linear motion; and a press head of which an upper portion thereof is coupled to the gas controller and of which a lower portion thereof is coupled to the variable volume body.
4. The device of claim 1, further comprising an adsorption bed which fixes the forming film by using an adsorption force and include a film alignment unit which aligns the forming film.
5. The device of claim 4, further comprising a pick-up unit which transfers the forming film to the film alignment unit.
6. The device of claim 1, further comprising a pick-up cooling unit which transfers the forming film after molding and cools the forming film after molding in the mold.
7. The device of claim 1, further comprising a first collector where the punched forming film is moved and collected.
8. The device of claim 1, further comprising a second collector where the forming film after molding is moved and collected.
9. The device of claim 1, further comprising a clamp unit which is installed adjacent to the mold and fixes and supports the forming film when the forming film is located in the mold.
10. The device of claim 1, further comprising a heating unit which is located under the mold and heats the mold.
11. The device of claim 1, further comprising a height adjuster which is connected to one side of the mold or the press head unit and adjusts an up and down position of the mold or the press head unit.
12. The device of claim 11, wherein the height adjuster applies pressure to the forming film by adjusting only the up and down position of one of the mold and the press head unit.
13. The device of claim 11, wherein the height adjuster applies pressure to the forming film by adjusting the up and down positions of both the mold and the press head unit.
14. The device of claim 1, wherein the variable volume body is formed such that it expands partially by introducing a portion of the gas before contacting the forming film and then contacts the forming film, and expands by introducing the remaining gas after contacting the forming film so that the mold and a curved portion of the forming film are pressed and 3D-molded.
15. A method for manufacturing a 3D forming film by using the device for manufacturing a 3D forming film of claim 3, the method comprising: a) providing a 3D shape data for a production target and changing the 3D shape data into a 2D data; b) transferring the forming film formed by punching a raw material film by the 2D data to an adsorption bed from a first collector by a first pick-up part; c) aligning the forming film on the adsorption bed by the film alignment unit; d) transferring the forming film onto the mold by the first pick-up part; e) molding the forming film by a process in which the volume of the variable volume body increases and the press head descends and then the variable volume body presses the forming film on the mold heated by a heating unit; f) cooling the forming film after molding, by a process in which the head press ascends while the volume of the variable volume body decreases and then a second pick-up part moves onto the mold; and g) moving the forming film after molding from the mold to a second collector by the second pick-up part.
Description
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0049] According to the most preferable embodiment of the present invention, a device for manufacturing a 3D forming film includes: a mold for molding a forming film; a press head unit which is positioned to correspond to the mold and has a variable spaced distance from the mold; and a variable volume body which is coupled to the press head unit and has elasticity so that a volume thereof is variable due to gas introduction and discharge by the press head unit. The variable volume body comes into contact with the forming film positioned in the mold in accordance with a volume change of the variable volume body. The variable volume body presses the forming film so that the forming film is mold in a 3D shape.
[0050] Hereinafter, the present disclosure will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, the present disclosure may be embodied in various forms and is not limited to the embodiment described in the present specification. In the drawings, parts irrelevant to the description will be omitted for a clear description of the present disclosure. Similar reference numerals will be assigned to similar parts throughout this patent document.
[0051] Throughout the specification, when it is mentioned that a portion is “connected (accessed, contacted, combined)” to another portion, it includes not only “is directly connected” but also “indirectly connected” with another member placed therebetween. Additionally, when it is mentioned that a portion “includes” a component, it means that the portion does not exclude but further includes other components unless there is a special opposite mention.
[0052] Terms used in the present specification are provided for description of only specific embodiments of the present invention, and not intended to be limiting. An expression of a singular form includes the expression of plural form thereof unless otherwise explicitly mentioned in the context. In the present specification, it should be understood that the term “include” or “comprise” and the like is intended to specify characteristics, numbers, steps, operations, components, parts or any combination thereof which are mentioned in the specification, and intended not to previously exclude the possibility of existence or addition of at least one another characteristics, numbers, steps, operations, components, parts or any combination thereof.
[0053] Hereinafter, the embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
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[0056] That is, in the case of most conventional general films, flat (flat plate-shaped) films have been mainly used, and press devices for processing such flat films have been molding the film by applying pressure in only one direction.
[0057] When using such conventional press devices, there is a problem that the 3D-shaped film cannot be molded. This is because the pressure surface of the press device is moved only in the up-and-down or the right-and-left direction so that the curved surface cannot be pressed. Particularly, it is not possible to mold such that the forming film for protecting the display of a mobile phone with a bent end, which has been widely being used recently, has a certain curvature.
[0058] However, in the device for manufacturing a 3D forming film, the separate variable volume body 210 is additionally attached to the end of the press head unit 100, which comes into contact with the mold 220, and gas is controlled to be introduced into or discharged from the variable volume body 210. Accordingly, as with a conventional press device, it is possible not only to manufacture a flat film by pressing the flat upper portion of the mold 220 but also to perform press processing on the 3D forming film with a bend end by the variable volume body 210 pressing the outside of the mold with a bent end.
[0059] A mold having separate curvatures according to the appearance of various mobile phones or displays is designed, and, regardless of the curvature of the bent end of the mold, the variable volume body 210 can press the mold while expanding. Therefore, the device for manufacturing a 3D forming film according to the embodiment of the present invention has an advantage of being freely used regardless of the mold or a target product.
[0060] A detailed configuration for manufacturing a 3D forming film according to the expansion and pressing of the variable volume body 210 will be described. The configuration further includes a height adjuster which is connected to one side of the mold 220 or the press head unit 100 and adjusts an up and down position of the mold 220 or the press head unit 100. It is possible to easily control the molding of the forming film in accordance with the operation of the height adjuster.
[0061] That is, the height adjuster adjusts only the up and down position of any one of the mold 220 or the press head unit 100 and then applies pressure to the forming film, or adjusts simultaneously the positions of both the mold 220 and the press head unit 100 and then applies pressure to the forming film. There is no need to be limited to any one of them.
[0062] In addition, the press head unit 100 may include a gas controller 120 which introduces gas received from the outside into the variable volume body 210 or discharges the gas inside the variable volume body 210. Here, the press head unit 100 may further include: a press frame 160;
[0063] an up-and-down moving body 140 which is coupled to the press frame 160 and performs an up-and-down linear motion; a press motor 150 which is coupled to the up-and-down moving body 140; a screw shaft 130 which has an end thereof coupled to the press motor 150 and the other end thereof coupled to an upper portion of the gas controller 120 and is screw-coupled to the press frame 160 to perform a rotational motion and an up-and-down linear motion; and a press head 110 of which an upper portion thereof is coupled to the gas controller 120 and of which a lower portion thereof is coupled to the variable volume body 210.
[0064] Therefore, it is more preferable that the variable volume body 210 is formed such that it expands partially by introducing a portion of the gas before contacting the forming film and then contacts the forming film, and expands by introducing the remaining gas after contacting the forming film so that the mold and a curved portion of the forming film are pressed and 3D-molded.
[0065] The manufacturing device of the embodiment of the present invention may include a device frame part 920 which forms the outermost shape of the manufacturing device of the present invention. The press frame 160 may be coupled with the device frame unit 920 such that it is located upwardly from the center of the device frame unit 920. The press frame 160 may include a first guide shaft 161, a second guide shaft 162, a third guide shaft 163, and a fourth guide shaft 164 which are coupled with the up-and-down moving body 140 moving in the up and down direction and guide the up-and-down moving body 140. Here, the first to fourth guide shafts 161 to 164 may have a rod shape, but are not limited thereto.
[0066] The gas controller 120 is connected to a pump formed outside the manufacturing device according to the embodiment of the present invention, and the pump may press and supply gas to the gas controller 120 or provide a gas suction force to the gas controller 120. Here, the gas may be air, but is not limited thereto. Further, the gas controller 120 may include a gas control valve. When the pump presses and supplies gas to the gas controller 120, the gas control valve is opened and gas is introduced into the variable volume body 210, thereby increasing the volume of the variable volume body 210. Here, when the variable volume body 210 is changed to a preset volume, the gas control valve is closed to maintain the shape of the variable volume body 210 having the increased volume. Also, when the pump provides a gas suction force to the gas controller 120, the gas control valve is opened and the gas is discharged to the pump, so that the volume of the variable volume body 210 may be reduced.
[0067] The press head unit 100 may further include a screw guide body 165 that is fixedly coupled to the press frame 160 and has a female screw thread formed on an inner surface thereof. Here, the screw shaft 130 may have a male screw thread formed on the outer surface thereof, and the screw shaft 130 and the screw guide body 165 may be coupled. Also, the screw shaft 130 performs an up-and-down linear motion according to the rotation direction of the screw shaft 130 coupled with the press motor 150, and accordingly, the press motor 150 performs an up-and-down linear motion, so that the up-and-down moving body 140 coupled with the press motor 150 may perform an up-and-down linear motion. Also, according to the up-and-down linear motion of the screw shaft 130, the gas controller 120 and the press head 110 may perform an up-and-down linear motion.
[0068] The press head unit 100 may include a press head guide shaft 170 which is coupled to the press head 110 and guides the up-and-down linear motion of the press head 110. Accordingly, even when the screw shaft 130 rotates, the press head 110 and the gas controller 120 do not rotate and the press head 110 can perform an up-and-down linear motion along the press head guide shaft 170. Here, the other end of the screw shaft 130 coupled with the gas controller 120 has an outer surface of a curved surface without a male screw thread formed thereon, and the other end of the screw shaft 130 can perform a free rotation with respect to the gas controller 120.
[0069] The mold 220 is formed in a shape corresponding to the molding shape of the forming film, and may be formed of metal. The mold 220 is installed to be coupled to the press frame 160, and may be positioned to be spaced apart from the press head 110 under the press head 110.
[0070] The variable volume body 210 may be formed of a material having elasticity, and specifically, may be formed of natural rubber or a polymer material. In the embodiment of the present invention, it is described that the variable volume body 210 is formed of the above-mentioned material, but is not limited thereto, and may be formed of another material having elasticity. The variable volume body 210 having an increased volume may have a rectangular parallelepiped shape having a curved edge. Accordingly, a press process in which a bottom side of the variable volume body 210 having an increased volume comes into contact with the forming film and the variable volume body 210 presses the forming film on the mold 220 by the descent of the press head 110.
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[0072] Outside the manufacturing device according to the embodiment of the present invention, the forming film may be formed by punching a raw material film.
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[0078] As described above, each cylinder or motor causes a component coupled to each cylinder or motor to linearly move in up-and-down and the right-and-left directions or in the forward and backward direction. Accordingly, the forming film can be transferred in each of the three-dimensional directions.
[0079] The manufacturing device according to the embodiment of the present invention may further include a heating unit 910 which is located under the mold 220 and heats the mold 220. The heating unit 910 may be coupled with a lower portion of the press frame 160 and heat the mold 220 in the lower portion of the mold 220. The heating unit 910 may be formed of a plurality of heating wires, and heat energy can be generated by electrifying the plurality of heating wires.
[0080] Hereinafter, a method for molding the 3D forming film by using the manufacturing device according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described.
[0081] In a first step, a 3D shape data for a production target is provided, and the 3D shape data may be changed into a 2D data.
[0082] In a second step, the forming film formed by punching a raw material film by the 2D data may be transferred from the first collector 600 to the adsorption bed 310 by the first pick-up part 410.
[0083] In a third step, the forming film on the adsorption bed may be aligned by the film alignment unit.
[0084] In a fourth step, the forming film may be transferred onto the mold 220 by the first pick-up part 410.
[0085] In a fifth step, the volume of the variable volume body 210 increases and the press head 110 descends, and then the variable volume body 210 presses the forming film on the mold 220 heated by the heating unit 910, so that the forming film may be molded.
[0086] In a sixth step, the head press 110 ascends while the volume of the variable volume body 210 decreases and then the second pick-up part 520 moves onto the mold 220, so that the forming film after molding may be cooled.
[0087] In a seventh step, the second pick-up part 520 may move the forming film after molding from the mold 220 to the second collector 700.
[0088] The above descriptions of the embodiment of the present invention are illustrative only. It can be understood by those skilled in the art that the embodiments can be embodied in other specific forms without departing from its spirit or essential characteristics. Therefore, the foregoing embodiments and advantages are merely exemplary and are not to be construed as limiting the present invention. For example, each component described as a single type may be embodied in a distributed manner, and likewise, components described in a distributed manner may also be embodied in a coupled form.
[0089] The scope of the present invention is described by the scopes of the following claims, and all alternatives, modifications, and variations which are derived from the meaning and scope of the claims and equivalents thereto should be construed as being included in the scope of the present invention.
REFERENCE NUMERALS
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TABLE-US-00001 100: press head unit 110: press head 120: gas controller 130: screw shaft 140: vertical moving body 150: press motor 160: press frame 161: first guide shaft 162: second guide shaft 163: third guide shaft 164: fourth guide shaft 165: screw guide body 170: press head guide shaft 210: variable volume body 220: mold 300: film alignment unit 310: adsorption bed 321: first alignment cylinder 322: second alignment cylinder 331: first film alignment body 332: second film alignment body 400: pick-up unit 410: first pick-up part 420: attachable-detachable cylinder 430: first pick-up part transfer 440: ejector cylinder 500: pick-up cooling unit 510: forward and backward transfer cylinder 520: second pick-up part 530: second pick-up part transfer cylinder 600: first collector 610: first collection motor 620: first collection unit 630: first collection sensor 640: first collection frame 700: second collector 710: second collection motor 720: second collection unit 730: second collection sensor 740: second collection frame 800: clamp unit 810: clamp 820: clamp support 830: clamp screw shaft 840: clamp motor 850: clamp sensor 910: heating unit 920: device frame unit 921: pick-up unit guide