JPH0615232B2 - Laminating device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION A. Purpose of the invention [Industrial field of application] The present invention is directed to a predetermined portion surface of an object to be adhered formed into a required shape, and formed or divided into a shape corresponding to the portion surface. The present invention relates to a device for laminating a plurality of patch materials in which the formed member has an uneven shape.

[Conventional technology]

For convenience, the vehicle dash silencer will be described as an example.

The dash silencer is a sound absorbing and soundproofing that can be installed on the dash panel that separates the vehicle engine room from the cabin.
It is a heat insulating member, and is composed of a substrate and a vibration-damping / sound-absorbing / heat-insulating sheet material attached to the cabin-side surface of the substrate. Specifically, the substrate is a sound insulation sheet material such as soft / semi-hard / hard plastic that is molded into a predetermined shape by vacuum molding, press molding, or other methods.The vibration-damping / sound-absorbing / heat-insulating sheet material is an asphalt pitch impregnated material. And various relatively thick fiber felts, various plastic foam sheets, and the outer surface of which is further laminated a sheet material of a suitable material such as soft or semi-hard vinyl chloride or rubber.

Conventionally, a vibration-damping / sound-absorbing / heat-insulating sheet material, which is an adhesive material, is attached to the surface of a desired site of the above-mentioned molded substrate (sound insulation sheet material), which is the object to be bonded. While conforming to the surface shape by hand, apply it by hand with a solvent-based or hot-melt adhesive,
Alternatively, a sheet material is temporarily put on the surface of a desired portion of the substrate by hand, and only pressure bonding is performed using a pneumatic or hydraulic pressure device. Alternatively, the substrate and the sheet material are simultaneously press-molded.

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

Therefore, there are many inconveniences such as inefficiency and in the case of simultaneous pressing, the end material after trimming cannot be reused, and development of a suitable automatic laminating apparatus is desired.

Therefore, the present invention automatically performs the vibration damping / sound absorbing / heat insulating sheet material bonding process on the substrate of the dash silencer as described above, and also the bonding process of the bonding material to the required portion surface of the object to be bonded. It is an object of the present invention to provide a laminating device that can be continuously and efficiently performed.

B, Configuration of the Invention [Means for Solving the Problems] The present invention is directed to an object to be adhered in which an inverse concavo-convex surface shape having a fitting relationship with the shape of the lower surface of the object to be adhered is formed on the upper surface. A pair of jigs for the combined body placement set, and one of the jigs for the bonding station with the bonding material,
A reciprocating type carrier device for laminating objects, in which the other jig is located at either one of the first and second laminating object set / take-out stations provided on both sides of the laminating station; With respect to the predetermined site of the upper surface of the object to be bonded on the standby station and the jig that has been carried in and stopped by the carrier device at the predetermined position of the previous bonding station, The adhesive material carrier device that holds, conveys and places the adhesive material, releases the adhesive material and returns to the adhesive material standby station side, and the adhesive material placed on the surface of a predetermined part on the upper surface of the bonded object. As a whole, it is pressed against the surface to be bonded, and the pressing force,
A gist of a laminating apparatus is composed of an adhesive which is previously applied to a surface of an object to be adhered or an adhesive material pressing device which is adhered and integrated by heat applied to the object to be adhered in advance.

[Work]

That is, by the coordinated sequence control of the above-mentioned respective component devices, a, the object to be bonded carrier device carries in and stops positioning of the object to be bonded to the bonding station, and b, the patch material waiting device uses the patch material waiting station. Side to the upper surface of the object to be bonded from the bonding station side, transfer / placement of the bonding material on the surface of a predetermined site, c, by the bonding material pressing device, pressure bonding of the above-mentioned bonding material to the upper surface of the bonding object , D, the transfer of the adhered material, which has been adhered with the adhesive material, to the outside of the laminating station and the transfer of a new material to be adhered to the laminating station by the carrier for laminating objects to be bonded are sequentially performed. By repeating this cycle as one cycle, the bonding process of the bonding material to the required part surface of the bonded object is automatically and continuously performed. Efficiently are those going to be line.

〔Example〕

An embodiment apparatus shown in the drawings will be specifically described below.

(1) Carrier device to be bonded The carrier device in the device of this example is of a reciprocating type (traverse type) that moves the product to be bonded to and from the bonding station in forward and backward directions to carry it out.

In FIGS. 1 and 2, reference numeral 1.1 is a pair of front and rear left and right rails that are horizontally and immovably supported on the factory floor F by columns 2. Reference numeral 3 denotes a laterally long slider plate mounted on the rail with or without a roller wheel, which is capable of smoothly reciprocating freely on the rail. In this example, the movement to the right is a reciprocal movement a, and the movement to the left is a return movement b. 4 and 5 are slider plate receiving stoppers fixed to the left end and the right end of the rail 1, respectively.
6 and 7 are sprockets (or pulleys) respectively arranged on the left end side and the right end side of the rail, 8 is suspended between both pulleys 6 and 7, and left and right end portions 8a and 8b are respectively left and right end portions of the slider frame 3 A chain (tension wire in the case of a pulley) that is firmly connected to, and 9 is a forward / reverse rotation motor that drives one sprocket 7 as a drive sprocket in the forward / reverse direction.

When the motor 9 is driven in the normal direction, a rightward pulling force acts on the slider plate 3 by the chain 8, and the slider plate 3 reciprocates a rightward on the rail 1. When the right end of the slider plate comes into contact with and is received by the stopper 5 at the right end of the rail (dotted line in FIG. 1), it is detected by the sensor 11, and the signal is used to immediately drive the motor 9 in the normal direction. When stopped, the slider plate 3 is held in its receiving position. When the motor 9 is driven in the reverse direction, a lateral pulling force acts on the slider plate 3 by the chain 8, and the slider plate 3 is pulled.
Moves back on the rail 1 to the left. When the left end of the slider plate comes into contact with and is received by the stopper 4 at the left end of the rail (shown by the solid line in FIG. 1), it is detected by the sensor 10, and the reverse drive of the motor 9 is immediately stopped by the signal, and the slider is moved. The plate 3 is held in its catch position.

Reference numerals 12 and 13 are first and second two bonded object set jig fitting frames integrally formed on the left half side and the right half side of the upper surface of the slider plate, and 14 and 15 are their respective frames 12. The first and second bonded object setting jigs fitted in 13 respectively. Both the first and second jigs 14 and 15 have the same shape, and the upper surface has a pre-molded adherend A (soft / semi-hard / hard, solid meat / foamed meat / composite layer synthetic resin).・ Rubber material, metal, ceramics, carpets, felts, etc.) has a reverse concavo-convex surface shape that has a fitting relationship with the bottom surface shape, and is bonded to these jigs 14 and 15 The body A is placed and set.

All of the above items 1 to 15 are the carrier device to be bonded.

(2) Laminating station, adhesive spray pipe, laminating material pressing device Laminating station I is defined as a laminating station I in the center position of the left-right rail 1 of the above-mentioned laminating carrier device. The positions are set as the first and second bonded object set / take-out stations II and III, respectively.

Thus, when the slider plate 3 is received by the stopper 4 at the left end of the rail and stopped and held, as shown by the solid line in FIG. The portion of the second frame 13 fitted with the tool 15 is located at a predetermined position of the bonding station I, and the first frame 1 on the left side
2 parts are the first bonded object set / take-out station
When the slider plate 3 is positioned corresponding to the predetermined position of II and is stopped and held by the stopper 5 at the right end of the rail, the first frame 12 portion of the laminating station I is opposite to the above. The second frame 13 is located at a predetermined position, and the second frame 13 portion is located at a position corresponding to the second bonded body set / extraction station III.

Reference numerals 16 and 17 indicate the positions between the first set of the object to be bonded / take-out station II and the bonding station I, and the positions between the bonding station I and the second set of the object to be bonded / take-out station III. The adhesive spray pipes are respectively arranged in the transverse direction of the slider plate.

Reference numeral 20 denotes a sticking material pressing jig as a component of the sticking material pressing device, which is placed and set on the first setting jig 14 or the second setting jig 15 of the object carrier device. The united body A is conveyed to the laminating station I and is positioned above the predetermined position where the positioning is stopped at the station, and is firmly attached and supported downward to the lower end of the vertical movement rod 21. The lower surface of the jig 20 has an inverted concavo-convex surface shape that has a fitting relationship with the upper surface shape of the molded patch B described later.

The vertical movement rod 21 is moved up and down with a predetermined stroke l ₁ by a cylinder device (not shown), such as a pneumatic or hydraulic type, which is fixedly supported by a support member (not shown), and is thereby pressed. The first or second setting jig 14.1 in which the jig 20 is located at the laminating station I
5 is moved up and down with respect to the upper surface side.

(3) Adhesive material standby station In FIGS. 2 and 3, IV is an adhesive material standby station that is arranged in parallel on the front side of the laminating station I. In this station, a horizontal base plate 30 supported by columns 31 is used.
Is provided, a frame 32 is provided on the base plate, and an unevenness forming adhesive material setting jig 33 is housed in the frame.

A plurality of patch materials B (soft / semi-hard.
Hard, solid meat, foamed meat, composite layer synthetic resin, rubber material, felts, carpets, metal, ceramics, etc.) are placed and set. Alternatively, the pasting material is, for example, coarse wool felt needle punched from hemp, synthetic fibers, natural fibers, urethane resin foam impregnated with asphalt pitch, or other flexible and moldable material that cannot be pressed by hand. In some cases, the jig 33 described above is used as a tracing mold, and the material is appropriately cut or divided to give more shapeability as needed, or the divided material is manually or appropriately formed. It is supplied by an automatic carrier device (robot device) and covered, and the material is subjected to a molding process on the upper surface of the jig 33 as a molding die by hand or without using an appropriate pressing aid or device, It may be placed on the jig 33 and set.

(4) Adhesive Material Carrier Device In FIGS. 2 and 3, reference numeral 40 denotes an adhesive material carrier device for holding and conveying the adhesive material B from the standby station IV side to the laminating station I side.

The device 40 includes a hydraulic cylinder rod device 41 installed upward, an arm plate 43 fixed to the upper end of a vertically moving rod 42 thereof, and a jig plate 46 connected to the arm plate 43 by two links 44 and 45. And a patch material holding jig 47 attached and supported downward on the lower surface of the jig plate, and the two links 4 described above.
A forward / reverse rotation motor 48 for rotating one of the links 44 of 4.45 and the like.

The vertical movement rod 42 is provided with a spline 42a so that rotation about the axis does not occur.

Each of the pivots 44a on the arm plate 43 side of the two links 44 and 45
45a and each of the pivots 44b and 45b on the jig plate 46 side, a line connecting them in sequence forms a parallelogram.

A pivot shaft 44a of one of the links 44 on the arm plate 43 side is rotatably supported by the arm plate 43 integrally with the link 44, and the pivot shaft 44a is mounted on the lower surface of the arm plate 43 by a forward / reverse rotation motor 48. When the link 44 is driven to rotate in the forward and reverse directions, the link 44 revolves in the forward and reverse directions about the pivot 44a, and the jig plate 46, that is, the jig 47 mounted and supported on the lower surface of the jig plate 46, is moved from the side of the forming patch waiting station IV to the bonding station I. To the side
Further, the horizontal parallel position is moved in the opposite direction.

The rod 42 is moved up and down with a predetermined stroke l ₂ , whereby the jig 47 supported by the rod 42 via the members 43 to 46 is moved up and down.

The jig 47 has a lower surface having an inverted concavo-convex surface shape that is in a fitting relationship with the upper surface shape of the patch B, and intake holes 47a are opened at various places on the lower surface. The jig 47 has an empty chamber 47b communicating with the respective intake holes 47a, and an intake pipe 49 leading to a vacuum pump P or an exhaust blower is connected to the empty chamber 47b.

It is desirable that the jig 47 is semi-rigid or hard and is light in weight. For example, a low-foam urethane resin molded product, an epoxy resin molded product, or another lightweight resin molded product is preferable. Further, the molding object to be bonded set jigs 14 and 15, the molding patch pressing jig 20 and the setting jig 33 may actually be made of the above-mentioned materials, and sufficient durability can be maintained.

(5) Operation In the initial state, it is assumed that the slider plate 3 is stopped by the left end stopper 4 of the rail 1 as shown by the solid line in FIG. In this state, the first bonded object setting jig 14 (hereinafter abbreviated as the first setting jig)
The second object-to-be-bonded set jig 15 (hereinafter abbreviated as second set jig) is located at the object-to-be-bonded object setting / extracting station II (hereinafter abbreviated as station II). Is located in.

In the station II, the bonded object A is set on the first setting jig 14 by an unillustrated bonded object automatic setting / extracting device arranged in the station II. Alternatively, set manually.

As shown by the solid line in FIG. 1, the pressing jig 20 of the sticking material pressing device is in the standby state at the upper limit of the upper position of the laminating station I.

In the patch carrier device 40, the rod 42 is lifted up to the vertical position and the jig 47 is located above the jig 33 of the patch standby station IV (hereinafter abbreviated as station IV). Standing by in the state shown by the solid lines in Figs.

At station IV, a plurality of patch materials B, which are formed in advance on the jig 33 or are made into a concave and convex shape by divided members, are set by an automatic setting device (not shown). Or set manually. Or, as described in (3) above, the jig 3
3 is used as a profile forming die and a shaping material is supplied onto the profile forming die to perform the profile forming process, and the set is left as it is.

The motor 9 is driven in the normal direction, and the slider plate 3 moves forward a to the right of the rail. By the forward movement, the slider plate 3
When the right end of the is received by the stopper 5 at the right end of the rail, it is detected by the sensor 11, and the forward rotation of the motor 9 is immediately stopped by the detection signal, and the slider plate 3 is stopped and held at that position.

In this state, the first set jig 14 on which the object to be bonded A is set is positioned corresponding to the bonding station I, and the second set jig 15 is set to the second object to be bonded.
It is located at a take-out station III (hereinafter abbreviated as station III).

By the forward movement a of the slider plate 3, the bonded object A set on the first setting jig 14 moves from the station II side to the bonding station I side in the first process.
The adhesive spray operation of the adhesive spray pipe 16 of
The object A to be bonded is entirely sprayed with an adhesive agent on its upper surface until it passes through the bottom of the tube 16 in sequence and moves to the bonding station I side.

On the other hand, the rod 42 of the patch carrier device 40 is moved down to a predetermined lower limit position at the time point when the forward movement of the slider plate described in the above item is started or at a predetermined timer time from that point. As a result, the jig 47 descends and its lower surface fits and abuts on the upper surface of the patch B set on the jig 33 of the station IV (shown by the dashed line in FIG. 3). Also, the jig 4 is operated by the operation of the vacuum pump P (also an exhaust blower, the same applies below)
Air is sucked from the air suction holes 47a of No. 7, and the adhesive material B is suction-held to the lower surface of the jig 47 by the air suction force.

Then, the rod 42 is moved up to a predetermined upper limit position, and the motor 48 is started to rotate normally. The second rotation about the pivot 44a of the link 44 by the forward rotation of the motor 48
It is rotated clockwise in the figure, and the jig 47 horizontally moves from the station IV side to the pasting station I side while holding the pasting material B on its lower surface by suction.

Then, the bonding station A, which has been brought into a predetermined position and stopped, and the pressing jig 20 in the pulling up position, are placed between the bonding object A and the bonding object A, which is vertically opposed to the bonding object A. 4), the forward rotation of the motor 48 is immediately stopped.

Next, the rod 42 is moved down to a predetermined lower limit position, the jig 47 is lowered, and the lower surface of the adhesive material B suction-held on the lower surface of the jig 47 is the object to be bonded on the first setting jig 14. The upper surface of A is fitted and abutted (shown by a dashed line in FIG. 4).

At this point, the air suction by the vacuum pump P is released, and the suction holding of the patch B on the lower surface of the jig 47 is released.

The jig 47 whose holding of the patch B is released is
And the reverse rotation of the motor 48 causes the vehicle to return and move on a route opposite to the route from the station IV side to the station I side, and is held in standby at the first position above the station IV.

After the jig 47 moved back from the station I side to the station IV side is completely removed from the area of the station I and moved, the pushing jig 20 of the pushing device is lowered to the predetermined lower limit position by the lowering movement of the rod 21 ( (See FIG. 5, two-dot chain line). As a result, the pressing jig 20 is applied to the upper surface of the pasting material B that has been conveyed and fitted and placed on the upper surface of the object A to be bonded.
The lower surface of the matingly abuttingly presses the adhesive material B against the upper surface of the object to be bonded A, and the adhesive (previously described) is applied to the upper surface of the object to be bonded A in advance. The adherend A
It will be stuck together on the surface.

When pressing of the patch B by the lowered pressing jig 20 for a predetermined time is completed, the jig 20 is moved up and returned to the initial rising upper limit position to be held on standby.

On the other hand, after the slider plate 3 reaches the forward end point (the above-mentioned item), the pressing jig 20 is moved upward and returned to the initial upper limit position of the upward movement (the above-mentioned item), the position corresponding to the station III is set. The adherend A is set on the second setting jig 15 by an unillustrated automatic adherend setting / extracting device arranged in the station III. Alternatively, it is set manually.

Further, as described in the above item, the adhesive material B on the jig 33 of the adhesive material standby station IV is suction-held by the jig 47 of the adhesive material carrier device 40 and is conveyed to the adhesive bonding station I side. The adhesive material B is placed and set on the jig 33 of the station IV while returning to the upper side of the station IV again and waiting, or a molding process in which the adhesive material B is not used as a mold is performed. Done.

After the pressing jig 20 is moved upward in the above item, the motor 9 is reversely driven, and the slider plate 3 is moved back to the left of the rail. When the left end of the slider plate 3 is received by the stopper 4 at the left end of the rail due to the return movement, it is detected by the sensor 10, and the reverse drive of the motor 9 is immediately stopped by the signal, and the slider plate is stopped and held at that position. To be done.

In this state, the first set jig 14 on which the pasted body A of the pasting material B is present is the station.
The second setting jig 15 is located at a position corresponding to II, and the object A to be bonded is set at the station III at a position corresponding to the bonding station I.

By the backward movement b of the slider plate 3, the station III
The adherend A set on the second setting jig 15 by
In the process of moving from the station III side to the laminating station I side, the second adhesive spray pipe 17 is sprayed, and the adherend A successively passes under the pipe 17. By the time the transfer to the laminating station I side is completed, the entire upper surface thereof is subjected to the adhesive spray treatment.

The adhesive material B is adhered to the molded adherend A which has been placed and set on the second setting jig 15 and has been conveyed from the station III side to the predetermined position of the laminating station I and stopped for positioning in the same manner as the above item. The lower surface of the jig 47 of the carrier device is sucked and held from the material standby station IV side, conveyed and covered, and the jig 47 moves back to the station IV side again, and then the pressing jig 20 is lowered similarly to the above item. The adhesive material B is pressed and adhered to the adherend A to be adhered. The pressing jig 20 is lifted after a predetermined time, returns to the predetermined upper limit position for waiting.

In the station II during that time, the adherend A to which the adhesive material has been adhered is removed from the first set jig 14 automatically or manually, and a new adherend A is set. Be seen.

The object to be bonded A on the second setting jig 15 to which the bonding material B has been bonded in the above item moves from the bonding station I side to the station III side when the slider plate 3 is moved forward a again. Then, at the station III, a new object A to be bonded is set by automatically or manually removing it from the setting jig 15.

The subsequent operations are described as one cycle, and the cycle is repeatedly performed, whereby the bonding process of the bonding material B to the bonding target A is performed continuously and efficiently.

The method for applying the adhesive to the upper surface of the object A to be bonded is not limited to the first and second adhesive spray pipes 16 and 17, and a linear or dot application method using another hot melt adhesive may be used. it can. Further, it may be a heater device that heats the upper surface of the object A to be bonded to the adhesive material B to a predetermined temperature.

The sticking material pressing device is controlled so that the pressing jig 20 is opened / closed (raised) around the hinge shaft with respect to the first or second setting jigs 14 and 15 located at the bonding station I, and the bonded object A It is also possible to adopt a system in which a pressing force is applied to the upper patch B.

First set jig 1 at station II or station III
4. Automatic placement setting of the molded adherend A to the second set jig 15, automatic removal of the adherend A to which the adhesive material has been adhered from the jigs 14 and 15, and In the station IV, the automatic placement set of the adhesive material B to the jig 33 or the material sheet or material plate of the adhesive material to be molded, which is not applicable, is, for example, a carrier device similar to the adhesive material carrier device 40 or other appropriate robot. It can be done with a device.

C, Effect of the Invention As described above, according to the device of the present invention, it is possible to automatically and continuously perform the laminating process of the laminating material B on the surface of the required portion of the body A to be laminated, For example, the sound insulation sheet (board) of the dash silencer assembled on the dash panel of the vehicle is laminated with vibration-damping / sound-absorbing / heat-insulating sheet material, and other felt materials are attached to the back surface of the floor mat. It can be effectively used as a laminating device for laminating adhesive on the surface of a desired part.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 shows an apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway front view showing a schematic configuration of the entire apparatus, and FIG. FIG. 3 is a plan view of the material waiting station section, FIG. 3 is a partially cutaway front view of the waiting station section of the pasting material and the carrier device section, and FIG. 4 is a diagram in which the object to be pasted and the pasting material are carried into the pasting station. FIG. 5 is a diagram in the state, and FIG. 5 is a diagram in the state before the pressing jig is lowered. Reference numeral 1 is a rail, 3 is a slider plate which can freely reciprocate on the rail, 14 and 15 are first and second bonded object setting jigs, 20 is a pressing jig, 40 is a sticking material carrier device, A
Is an object to be adhered, B is an adhesive material, I is an adhesive station, II and III are first and second adhesive object set / takeout stations, and IV is an adhesive material waiting station.

Claims (4)

[Claims] Claims: 1. A pair of jigs for a bonded object placement set, which has a reverse concave-convex surface shape on the upper surface, which has a fitting relationship with the lower surface shape of the bonded object, and a pair thereof. One jig to the bonding station with the bonding material,
A reciprocating type carrier device for laminating objects, in which the other jig is located at either one of the first and second laminating object set / take-out stations provided on both sides of the laminating station; The waiting station and the bonding material waiting station side with respect to a predetermined portion surface of the upper surface of the object to be bonded on the jig which has been carried in by the carrier device to the predetermined position of the bonding station in the previous period and positioning is stopped. Adhesive carrier device that holds, conveys and places the adhesive on the adhesive, releases the adhesive and returns to the adhesive standby station, and the adhesive placed on the surface of the part to be bonded. Is pressed against the surface of the body to be bonded, and the pressing force is
A laminating apparatus comprising: an adhesive agent applied to the surface of the object to be adhered or an adhesive material pressing device that adheres and integrates by heat applied to the object to be adhered in advance. 2. The laminating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the laminating material waiting station includes a molding jig for shaping the laminating material into a predetermined surface shape. 3. The adhesive patch carrier device has a lower surface having an inverted concavo-convex surface shape that is in a fitting relationship with the upper surface shape of the adhesive patch, and the upper surface of the adhesive patch is air-sucked to the lower surface to attach the adhesive patch. The laminating apparatus according to claim 1, comprising a jig for holding. 4. The adhesive material pressing device includes a downward adhesive material pressing jig that is vertically moved and is located above a predetermined position where the object to be adhered is positioned and stopped at the bonding station. The laminating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the lower surface of the tool has an inverted concavo-convex surface shape that has a fitting relationship with the upper surface shape of the adhesive material placed on the object to be bonded.