Corrugated fiberboard printing device and box-making machine having the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10239275-B2
Application number	US-201615506131-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 27, 2016
Priority date	Feb 29, 2016
Publication date	Mar 26, 2019
Grant date	Mar 26, 2019

Abstract

A corrugated fiberboard printing device includes a protection device which regulates approaching of a corrugated fiberboard within a predetermined distance against an inkjet head, and a controller. The protection device includes multiple regulation devices which are juxtaposed in a width direction of the corrugated fiberboard, and a movement mechanism which moves each of the multiple regulation devices in the width direction. The controller includes a specific column setting unit which is set to classify a specific column, in which a printing quality is less influenced even when the specific column is regulated by the regulation device, with respect to the corrugated fiberboard in a sheet width direction based on order information, and a movement mechanism control unit which controls the operation of the movement mechanism and moves each of the regulation devices so as to regulate the corrugated fiberboard in the specific column.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A corrugated fiberboard printing device which prints a pattern to a corrugated fiberboard which is transported on a transport passage, comprising:
an inkjet head which is disposed above the transport passage and injects ink to the corrugated fiberboard;
a protection device which regulates approaching of the corrugated fiberboard within a predetermined distance against the inkjet head; and
a controller which acquires order information of the corrugated fiberboard from a production management device and controls the operations of the inkjet head and the protection device,
wherein the protection device includes multiple regulation means which are juxtaposed in a width direction of the corrugated fiberboard, and a movement mechanism which moves each of the multiple regulation means in the width direction, wherein the controller includes
a specific column setting unit configured to set a specific column, in which a printing quality is less influenced by the regulation means, with respect to the corrugated fiberboard in a sheet width direction based on the order information, and
a movement mechanism control unit which controls the operation of the movement mechanism and moves each of the regulation means so as to regulate the corrugated fiberboard in the specific column.

2. The corrugated fiberboard printing device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the specific column setting unit sets a low ink coverage column, in which ink coverage is a threshold value or less, to the specific column.

3. The corrugated fiberboard printing device according to claim 2 ,
wherein the specific column setting unit sets a creasing location at which creasing is formed or a glue application location at which glue is applied to the specific column in a case where the low ink coverage column does not exist or a distribution of the low ink coverage columns is biased.

4. The corrugated fiberboard printing device according to claim 1 ,
wherein as a column has a lower ink coverage, the specific column setting unit preferentially sets the column to the specific column.

5. The corrugated fiberboard printing device according to claim 4 ,
wherein the specific column setting unit sets a creasing location at which creasing is formed or a glue application location at which glue is applied to the specific column in a case where the lower ink coverage column does not exist or a distribution of the lower ink coverage columns is biased.

6. The corrugated fiberboard printing device according to claim 4 ,
wherein the inkjet head is provided to face a transport surface of the corrugated fiberboard in a box-making machine,
wherein each of the regulation means is configured of an injection device which injects air to the corrugated fiberboard from above, and
wherein the specific column setting unit sets the specific column using ink coverage of printing by the inkjet head as the ink coverage.

7. A box-making machine of a corrugated fiberboard, comprising:
the corrugated fiberboard printing device according to claim 4 which is provided on he downstream side of the printing unit in a transport direction of the corrugated fiberboard.

8. The corrugated fiberboard printing device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the specific column setting unit sets a creasing location at which creasing is formed to the specific column.

9. The corrugated fiberboard printing device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the specific column setting unit sets a glue application location at which glue is applied to the specific column.

10. The corrugated fiberboard printing device according to claim 1 ,
wherein each of the regulation means is a regulation part which is disposed above the transport passage by at least the thickness of the corrugated fiberboard and comes into contact with the corrugated fiberboard to regulate an upward displacement of the corrugated fiberboard.

11. The corrugated fiberboard printing device according to claim 10 ,
wherein the regulation part is disposed so as to be separated from the upper surface of the corrugated fiberboard.

12. The corrugated fiberboard printing device according to claim 10 ,
wherein the movement mechanism further includes a mechanism which moves the regulation part forward and rearward against the transport passage,
wherein the controller includes a sheet thickness acquisition unit which acquires thickness information of the corrugated fiberboard, and
wherein the movement mechanism control unit lifts and lowers the regulation part based on the thickness information which is acquired by the sheet thickness acquisition unit.

13. The corrugated fiberboard printing device according to claim 10 ,
wherein the specific column setting unit sets a low ink coverage column, in which ink coverage is a threshold value or less, to the specific column using a total ink coverage of printing on the upstream side of the regulation part in a transport direction of the corrugated fiberboard as the ink coverage.

14. The corrugated fiberboard printing device according to claim 10 ,
wherein the specific column setting unit preferentially sets a column having a lower ink coverage to the specific column using a total ink coverage of printing on the upstream side of the regulation part in a transport direction of the corrugated fiberboard as the ink coverage.

15. The corrugated fiberboard printing device according to claim 13 ,
wherein the regulation part is provided on the upstream side of the inkjet head in the transport direction and the corrugated fiberboard is printed by one or more other printing units on the upstream side of the regulation part in the transport direction,
wherein the specific column setting unit obtains the total ink coverage by summing ink coverage of printing by the one or more other printing units, and
wherein when the specific column setting unit obtains the total ink coverage, the specific column setting unit corrects each ink coverage of the printing by the one or more other printing units according to a degree of dryness of ink on the corrugated fiberboard by the printing of the one or more other printing units.

16. The corrugated fiberboard printing device according to claim 10 ,
wherein the corrugated fiberboard is printed by one or more other printing units on the upstream side of the regulation part in the transport direction,
wherein the one or more other printing units have a print cylinder which rotates at the same peripheral speed as a transport speed of the corrugated fiberboard, and
wherein the regulation part is a roller which is rotated to be driven by the movement of the transported corrugated fiberboard and has the same diameter as the diameter of the print cylinder.

17. The corrugated fiberboard printing device according to claim 13 ,
wherein the regulation part is provided on the downstream side of the inkjet head in the transport direction, and the corrugated fiberboard is printed by one or more other printing units on the upstream side of the regulation part in the transport direction,
wherein the specific column setting unit obtains the total ink coverage by summing ink coverage of printing by the one or more other printing units and ink coverage of printing by the inkjet head, and
wherein when the specific column setting unit obtains the total ink coverage, the specific column setting unit corrects each ink coverage of the printing by the one or more other printing units according to a degree of dryness of each ink on the corrugated fiberboard by the printing of the one or more other printing units, and corrects

Assignees

• Mitsubishi Heavy Ind Mach Systems Ltd

Inventors

• Kaji Makoto
• Sugimoto Kazuya
• Shimohatsubo Makoto
• Yamamuro Kunihiko
• Hisayuki Takao

Classifications

• B41J13/10

  Sheet holders, retainers {, movable guides}, or stationary guides · CPC title

• B31B2100/0022

  made from tubular webs or blanks, including by tube or bottom forming operations · CPC title

• B41J13/0063

  Handling thick cut sheets, e.g. greeting cards or postcards, larger than credit cards, e.g. using means for enabling or facilitating the conveyance of thick sheets (B41J11/20, B41J13/12 take precedence) · CPC title

• B41F5/24

  for flexographic printing · CPC title

• B31B2120/302

  collapsible into a flat condition · CPC title