Screen printing machine operating based on printing conditions

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9604444-B2
Application number	US-201414580805-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 23, 2014
Priority date	Dec 27, 2013
Publication date	Mar 28, 2017
Grant date	Mar 28, 2017

Abstract

A screen printing machine includes a printing execution unit which fills a pattern hole of a mask with solder by sliding a squeegee on the mask contacting a board and thereafter separates the board from the mask. The screen printing machine further includes: a library which stores printing conditions, each of which includes operation parameters of the printing execution unit and corresponds to a combination of options of selection items which include aboard type, a solder type, and a squeegee type; an option display unit which displays the options of each selection item in an image display area; and a printing condition setting unit which reads out, from the library, a printing condition corresponding to a combination of selected options, and which sets the read-out printing condition to a printing control unit which operates the printing execution unit.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A screen printing machine comprising:
a mask having a pattern hole;
a printing execution unit which fills the pattern hole with solder by sliding a squeegee on the mask contacting a board and thereafter separates the board from the mask;
a library which stores printing conditions, each of which comprises operation parameters for operation of the printing execution unit and corresponds to a combination of options of selection items which comprise a board type, a solder type, and a squeegee type;
an option display unit which displays the options of each of the selection items in an image display area;
a printing control unit which operates the printing execution unit based on the operation parameters of the printing conditions stored in the library; and
a printing condition setting unit which reads out, from the library, a printing condition corresponding to a combination of options selected from the options of the selection items displayed in the image display area, and which sets the read-out printing condition to the printing control unit,
wherein the option display unit displays an estimated takt time calculated based on a combination of selected options.

2. The screen printing machine according to claim 1 ,
wherein the options of the board type displayed by the option display unit classified by a thickness of a resist formed on a surface of the board.

3. The screen printing machine according to claim 1 ,
wherein the options of the solder type displayed by the option display unit are classified by solder viscosity.

4. The screen printing machine according to claim 1 ,
wherein the options of the squeegee type displayed by the option display unit are classified by a structure of the squeegee and a material of a blade used for the squeegee.

Assignees

• Panasonic Ip Man Co Ltd

Inventors

• Mantani Masayuki
• Kouchi Mitsuru
• Ono Takashi

Classifications

• B41F15/0881 Primary

  for printing on polyhedral articles · CPC title

• B41F15/08

  Machines · CPC title

• B41M1/12

  Stencil printing; Silk-screen printing · CPC title

• B41F15/00

  Screen printers · CPC title

• B41M1/26

  Printing on other surfaces than ordinary paper (B41M1/40 takes precedence) · CPC title