JP6972529B2 - How to attach the cutting device and cutting means - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a method of mounting a cutting device and a cutting means.

Conventionally, in a cutting device that cuts a workpiece by moving a supporting means that supports the cutting means by a driving means, a cutting device that automatically attaches and detaches the cutting means is known (see, for example, Patent Documents 1 and 2). ).

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2008-12614 Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 6-335893

However, in the conventional cutting device described in Patent Document 1, a driving device (not shown) provided in the cutter blade holder 22 (supporting means) for attaching and detaching the cutter blade 21 (cutting means) by the moving member 37. Since the configuration is performed by (another drive means), in addition to the robot body 20 (drive means) that moves the support means to cut the protective sheet S (workpiece), the cutting means is attached and removed. There is an inconvenience that the device becomes large because another drive means for operating is required.
The conventional cutting device described in Patent Document 2 does not automatically attach and detach the cutter blade 7 (cutting means) to the cutter holder 6 (supporting means).

An object of the present invention is to provide a cutting device and a method of mounting a cutting means capable of preventing an increase in size of the device.

In order to achieve the above object, the cutting apparatus of the present invention moves the cutting means for cutting the workpiece, the supporting means for supporting the cutting means, and the supporting means for supporting the cutting means to the subject. The support means includes a driving means for cutting the work piece and a supply means for supplying the cutting means to be attached to the support means, and the support means has an adjusting member capable of attaching and detaching the cutting means by rotating the support means. Then, the driving means rotates the adjusting member while supporting the supporting means, and attaches the cutting means to the supporting means, and removes the cutting means from the supporting means at least one of them. The supporting means is configured to be capable of performing an operation, the supporting means includes a gripping member for gripping the cutting means, and the adjusting member is rotated relative to the gripping member to hold the gripping member. The driving means is configured to be able to be separated and approached to the cutting means, and the adjusting member is rotated relative to the gripping member while the gripping member is supported so as not to rotate with the adjusting member. The supply means is characterized in that the cutting means is rotatably configured to follow a rotational operation of attaching the cutting means to the support means .
Further, it is preferable that the cutting device of the present invention is provided with a movement restricting means for suppressing the rotation of the adjusting member.
Further, in the method of mounting the cutting means of the present invention, the cutting means for cutting the workpiece, the supporting means for supporting the cutting means, and the supporting means for supporting the cutting means are moved to move the workpiece. In a method of attaching a cutting means in a cutting device including a driving means for cutting and a supply means for supplying the cutting means to be attached to the supporting means, the supporting means is rotated to attach and detach the cutting means. The driving means rotates the adjusting member in a state where the supporting means is supported, the cutting means is attached to the supporting means, and the cutting means is removed from the supporting means. The supporting means includes a gripping member that grips the cutting means, and the adjusting member rotates relative to the gripping member to hold the gripping member. The adjusting member is rotated relative to the gripping member while the driving means supports the gripping member so as not to rotate with the adjusting member. It is characterized in that the cutting means is rotated so as to follow the rotational operation of attaching the cutting means to the supporting means.

According to claim 1 or 6, since the drive means performs at least one of the operation of attaching the cutting means to the support means and the operation of removing the cutting means from the support means, attachment of the cutting means in addition to the drive means and There is no need for a separate drive means for removal, and it is possible to prevent the device from becoming large.
Further, according to claim 2, it is possible to simplify the work of supplying the cutting means attached to the support means and the work of discarding the cutting means removed from the support means.
Further, according to claim 3, it is possible to cope with the case where the cutting means is attached / detached by rotating the adjusting member.
Further, according to claim 4, it is not necessary to separately provide a movement control means, and equipment including peripheral devices can be simplified.
Further, according to claim 5, the cutting means can be delivered to the supporting means without applying an excessive load to the cutting means.

The cutting in the present invention is not only a complete cutting in which a cut penetrating a work piece is continuously continued, but also a pseudo cut in which a cut through a work piece is intermittently continued. Pseudo-cutting in which cuts that are halfway in the thickness direction of the work piece and do not penetrate the work piece continue continuously or intermittently, the composition, properties, properties, and materials of the work piece. Pseudo-cutting in which the modified layer with changed shape, structure, etc. continues continuously or intermittently, and cuts and modifications that penetrate the workpiece and do not penetrate the workpiece. It shall also include pseudo-disconnections in which at least two with the layer are regular or irregular, continuous or intermittent.

The schematic perspective view of the cutting apparatus which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. The operation explanatory view of the cutting apparatus of FIG. Explanatory drawing of the modification of this invention.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
The X-axis, Y-axis, and Z-axis in the present embodiment are orthogonal to each other, the X-axis and the Y-axis are axes in a predetermined plane, and the Z-axis is an axis orthogonal to the predetermined plane. do. Further, in the present embodiment, when viewed from the BD direction shown in FIG. 1 parallel to the Y axis, when the direction is shown, "up" is the arrow direction of the Z axis and "down" is the opposite direction. "Left" is in the direction of the arrow on the X-axis, "right" is in the opposite direction, "front" is in the middle front direction parallel to the Y-axis, and "rear" is in the opposite direction.

In FIGS. 1 and 2, the cutting device 10 of the present invention supports a cutter blade 20 as a cutting means for cutting an adhesive sheet AS as a workpiece, a support means 30 for supporting the cutter blade 20, and a cutter blade 20. A driving means 40 for moving the supporting means 30 to cut the adhesive sheet AS, a movement restricting means 50 for suppressing the rotation of the adjusting member 35, and a supply means 60 for supplying a cutter blade 20 to be attached to the supporting means 30. The workpiece supporting means 80 for supporting the integrated WK1 to which the adhesive sheet AS is attached to the adherend WK, and the cutter blade 20 are provided with the collecting means 70 for collecting the cutter blade 20 removed from the supporting means 30. It is arranged in the vicinity of the cutter blade detecting means 90 for detecting the state.

The support means 30 is a base in which a fitting member 31 having a fitting hole 31A that allows connection with the drive means 40 is formed, and the fitting member 31 is supported by the fitting member 31 via a bracket 32 and a male screw 33A is formed on the outer surface. A gripping member 34 that is supported by an elastically deformable portion 34A on the lower surface of the base 33 and the base 33 so as to be separated from each other and grips the cutter blade 20, and a female screw 35A that is screwed into the male screw 33A are formed. By rotating the grip member 34 relative to the grip member 34 as a predetermined operation, the grip member 34 is separated and approached to the cutter blade 20, and the cutter blade 20 has a hexagonal outer edge shape in which the cutter blade 20 can be attached and detached. It includes an adjusting member 35. An inclined portion 34B is formed on a part of the outer surface of the gripping member 34, and the adjusting member 35 rotates along the male screw 33A, so that the inner circular end portion 35B of the adjusting member 35 slides on the inclined portion 34B. The gripping members 34 are separated from each other by utilizing the elastic restoring force of the elastically deformed portion 34A. The cutter blade 20 is fitted into each sandwiching surface 34C that sandwiches the cutter blade 20 in both gripping members 34, and a groove 34D capable of positioning the cutter blade 20 is formed. Further, above the adjusting member 35, a circular overhanging portion 35C in a plan view (viewed from the upper side in the Z-axis direction) is provided.

The drive means 40 includes a so-called 6-axis robot 41 as a drive device that can displace the support means 30 supported by the tip arm 41A, which is a work unit, at any position and any angle within the work range. The operation of rotating the adjusting member 35 relative to the gripping member 34 with the support means 30 supported by the arm 41A to attach the cutter blade 20 to the support means 30, and the operation of removing the cutter blade 20 from the support means 30. It is designed to do both. The tip of the tip arm 41A is provided with a chuck motor 41C as a drive device for driving the chuck 41B which is fitted into the fitting hole 31A and restricts the movement of the support means 30 with respect to the tip arm 41A. As a result, the driving means 40 can rotate the adjusting member 35 relative to the gripping member 34 while supporting the gripping member 34 so as not to rotate with the adjusting member 35.

The movement restricting means 50 is formed on the main body frame 51 and the upper surface of the main body frame 51, and when the cutter blade 20 is attached to the support means 30, the adjusting member 35 is fitted and the rotation of the adjusting member 35 can be suppressed. Two mounting fitting holes 52 having a hexagonal inner edge shape and an adjusting member 35 are formed on the upper surface of the main body frame 51, and when the cutter blade 20 is removed from the support means 30, the adjusting member 35 is fitted to the adjusting member 35. It is provided with one removable fitting hole 53 having a hexagonal inner edge shape in a plan view capable of suppressing rotation.

The supply means 60 is formed in a supply frame 61 provided with a handle 61A and which can be taken in and out below the mounting fitting hole 52 via a first opening 51A formed on the right side surface of the main body frame 51, and a supply frame 61. The urging means 62 supported on the bottom surface of the circular recess 61B in a plan view, the blade support member 63 supported by the support table 62A of the urging means 62 and capable of sliding and rotating the side surface of the recess 61B, and the blade support. A cutter blade support hole 63B that can be further recessed from the recess 63A formed on the upper surface of the member 63 to position and accommodate the cutter blade 20, a backing plate 64 supported on the lower surface of the blade support member 63, and a bottom surface of the recess 61B. It is provided with a stopper 65 that regulates the rotation of the blade support member 63 that is supported by the blade support member 63 and is rotated by the urging means 62 when the plate 64 comes into contact with the plate 64. When the supply frame 61 is inserted from the first opening 51A to a position where it abuts, the cutter blade 20 set in the cutter blade support hole 63B is placed in a predetermined position directly under the mounting fitting hole 52 in a predetermined direction. It is designed to face. The cutter blade support hole 63B is inserted into the front and rear of the cutter blade 20 by sliding the four side surfaces of the cutter blade 20 or the three side surfaces of the cutter blade 20 and the surface forming the cutting edge 20B. Positioning in the direction and the left-right direction is possible. Further, at the lowermost portion of the cutter blade support hole 63B, an image pickup means such as a camera for detecting the cutting edge 20A of the cutter blade 20 and a cutting edge detecting means (not shown) such as an optical sensor are arranged, and the cutting edge detecting means (not shown) is arranged. This makes it possible to detect that the vertical positioning of the cutter blade 20 has been completed.

The collection means 70 is provided with a handle 71A, and includes a collection box 71 that can be taken in and out below the removable fitting hole 53 via the second opening 51B formed on the left side surface of the main body frame 51.

The workpiece support means 80 includes a support surface 81A capable of supporting the adherend WK by a decompression means (not shown) such as a decompression pump or a vacuum ejector, and a groove 81B for receiving the cutter blade 20 penetrating the adhesive sheet AS. It is equipped with a support table 81.

The cutter blade detecting means 90 is composed of an image pickup means such as a camera, an optical sensor, and the like, and detects the position of the cutting edge 20A of the cutter blade 20 and the position of the cutting edge 20B, and also causes the cutter blade 20 to be chipped, scratched, bent, and the like. It is possible to detect deformation such as breakage, deterioration due to rust and corrosion of the cutter blade 20, and adhesion of foreign matter such as adhesives and other substances to the cutter blade 20.

The operation of the above-mentioned cutting device 10 will be described.
First, the user of the cutting device 10 of the present invention (hereinafter, simply referred to as “user”) pulls out the supply frame 61 from the main body frame 51 by holding the handle 61A, and pulls out the two cutter blades 20 from each cutter blade support hole. After setting to 63B, the supply frame 61 is inserted to a position where it abuts from the first opening 51A, and then a signal for starting automatic operation is input via an operation means (not shown) such as an operation panel or a personal computer. Then, the drive means 40 drives the 6-axis robot 41, the cutter blade 20 is attached, and the chuck 41B is inserted into the fitting hole 31A of the support means 30 stored in a predetermined storage position (not shown), and then the chuck motor. The 41C is driven, the chucks 41B are separated from each other, and the support means 30 is held by the tip arm 41A. Next, the driving means 40 drives the 6-axis robot 41, and as shown by the two-dot chain line in FIG. 1, the cutter blade 20 is arranged at the detection position of the cutter blade detecting means 90, and the position of the cutting edge 20A and the cutting edge 20B are arranged. It stops in the state of recognizing the position and enters the standby state (hereinafter, this state is simply referred to as "standby state"). Based on the detection result of the cutter blade detecting means 90, the driving means 40 has a predetermined position for piercing the cutting edge 20A and a trajectory for cutting at the cutting edge 20B with respect to the adhesive sheet AS to be cut next. The operation of the 6-axis robot 41 is automatically corrected so that the position, the predetermined trajectory, and the like are obtained. As a result, even if the cutter blade 20 is misaligned and is supported by the support means 30, the adhesive sheet AS can be cut into a predetermined shape.

Then, when the integrated object WK1 is placed on the support surface 81A by a transfer means (not shown) such as a user or an articulated robot or a belt conveyor, the workpiece support means 80 drives a decompression means (not shown). The adsorption and retention of the integrated WK1 is started. After that, the driving means 40 drives the 6-axis robot 41, the cutting edge 20A is pierced into the adhesive sheet AS based on the detection result of the cutter blade detecting means 90, and the cutting edge 20A is positioned in the groove 81B. The support means 30 is moved along a predetermined trajectory, and the adhesive sheet AS is cut into a predetermined shape by the cutting edge 20B. As a result, the adhesive sheet AS is completely cut by continuously forming cuts penetrating the adhesive sheet AS, and when the cutting is completed, the driving means 40 drives the 6-axis robot 41 and is in the standby state again. Will be. Next, after the workpiece support means 80 stops driving the decompression means (not shown), the adherend WK to which the adhesive sheet AS cut into a predetermined shape by the user or the transport means (not shown) is attached is used in another step. At the same time as transporting, the adhesive sheet AS portion remaining on the support surface 81A is removed from the support surface 81A, and the same operation as described above is repeated thereafter.

Here, when the cutter blade detecting means 90 detects that the cutter blade 20 supported by the supporting means 30 is deformed, deteriorated, or adheres to foreign matter when the standby state is set, the cutting device 10 causes the cutting device 10. , The operation of replacing the cutter blade 20 is performed. In this operation, first, the driving means 40 drives the 6-axis robot 41 to move the supporting means 30 supported by the tip arm 41A, and as shown in FIG. 2A, the adjusting member 35 is removed and fitted. It is inserted into the hole 53 to prevent the adjusting member 35 from rotating. At this time, the driving means 40 may or may not abut the overhanging portion 35C on the upper surface of the main body frame 51. Next, when the driving means 40 drives the 6-axis robot 41 and rotates the adjusting member 35 relative to the gripping member 34 in the direction in which the gripping force of the cutter blade 20 by the gripping member 34 loosens, the inside of the adjusting member 35 The circular end portion 35B slides on the inclined portion 34B, the gripping member 34 is separated from each other by the elastic restoration of the elastic deformation portion 34A, and the cutter blade 20 falls into the recovery box 71 as shown in FIG. 2 (B). And be collected. After that, the driving means 40 drives the 6-axis robot 41, and as shown in FIG. 2C, the adjusting member 35 is inserted into the mounting hole 52 until it reaches a predetermined depth, and the adjusting member 35 rotates. When suppressed, the cutter blades 20 set in the supply means 60 are located between the gripping members 34 separated from each other. At this time, the driving means 40 may or may not abut the overhanging portion 35C on the upper surface of the main body frame 51. In the drive means 40, the cutter blade 20 is positioned based on the detection result of the cutting edge detecting means (not shown) of the supply means 60, and the cutter blade 20 is set from the blade support member 63 set in a predetermined posture. Has come to support.

Next, when the driving means 40 drives the 6-axis robot 41 and the adjusting member 35 is rotated relative to the gripping member 34 in the direction in which the gripping member 34 grips the cutter blade 20, the inner circle of the adjusting member 35 is formed. The end portion 35B slides on the inclined portion 34B, and the gripping members 34 approach each other, and the gripping member 34 grips the cutter blade 20 as shown in FIG. 2 (D). Then, when a torque sensor (not shown) provided on the 6-axis robot 41 detects that the adjusting member 35 has tightened the grip member 34 with a predetermined torque, the driving means 40 stops driving the 6-axis robot 41. As a result, the cutter blade 20 is fitted into the groove 34D and is positioned and supported by the support means 30. When the adjusting member 35 is rotated relative to the gripping member 34, the blade supporting member 63 rotates together with the cutter blade 20 against the urging force of the urging means 62, so that the supply means 60 is a cutter. The cutter blade 20 can be delivered to the support means 30 without applying an excessive load to the blade 20. Then, when the cutter blade 20 is gripped by the gripping member 34, the driving means 40 drives the 6-axis robot 41 and the standby state is set again. When the cutter blade 20 comes out of the cutter blade support hole 63B, the blade support member 63 is rotated by the urging force of the urging means 62, and the plate 64 abuts on the stopper 65 and is locked.

After that, the second cutter blade 20 set in the supply frame 61 was also supported by the support means 30, and it was conveyed to the outside of the movement restricting means 50 by an image pickup means such as a camera or a cutter blade (not shown) such as an optical sensor. When the detection means detects or all the cutting edge detecting means (not shown) do not detect the cutting edge 20A of the cutter blade 20, the cutting device 10 outputs, for example, a cutter blade supply request such as light or sound. It is possible to drive the cutter blade supply requesting means and urge the user to supply the cutter blade 20. When the user confirms the cutter blade supply request, he / she pulls out the supply frame 61 from the main body frame 51 by holding the handle 61A, sets the two cutter blades 20 in the respective cutter blade support holes 63B, and then sets the supply frame 61. Is inserted from the first opening 51A to the position where it abuts.
Further, when the image pickup means such as a camera or the recovery cutter blade detection means (not shown) such as an optical sensor detects that the cutter blade 20 collected in the collection box 71 has reached a predetermined amount, the cutting device 10 may obtain, for example,. It is possible to drive a cutter blade disposal requesting means (not shown) that outputs a cutter blade disposal request such as light or sound, and urge the user to discard the cutter blade 20. Upon confirming the cutter blade disposal request, the user pulls out the collection box 71 from the main body frame 51 by holding the handle 71A, discards the used cutter blade 20, and then inserts the collection box 71 through the second opening 51B. Leave it.

According to the above embodiment, since the drive means 40 performs both the operation of attaching the cutter blade 20 to the support means 30 and the operation of removing the cutter blade 20 from the support means 30, the cutter blade 40 is performed in addition to the drive means 40. It is possible to prevent the device from becoming large in size by eliminating the need for another drive means for attaching and detaching the 20.

The means and processes in the present invention are not limited as long as they can perform the operations, functions or processes described for the means and processes, much less the constituents of the mere embodiment shown in the above-described embodiment. It is not limited to the process at all. For example, the cutting means is not limited as long as it can cut the workpiece, in light of the common general technical knowledge at the time of filing, and if it is within the technical scope (other means and processes are also available). The same applies and the explanation is omitted).

As shown in FIG. 3A, the support means 30 has a pair of gripping members 34α that rotate via a shaft 37 on a support portion 36 provided on the lower surface of the base 33, and above each gripping member 34α, respectively. A pair of gripping members 34α are provided with an adjusting member 35α provided with a convex portion 35D sliding on the formed U-shaped slope 34E, and the convex portion 35D slides on each slope 34E. May be configured to be separated and close to the cutter blade 20.
Further, as shown in FIG. 3B, the support means 30 includes an adjusting member 35β in which an inner circle portion 35E sliding on the inclined portion 34F formed below the grip member 34 is formed, and the inner circle is provided. The gripping member 34 may be configured to be separated and approached from the cutter blade 20 by sliding the portion 35E on the inclined portion 34F.
As shown in FIG. 1, the support means 30 may employ a bracket 32 that supports the grip member 34 so that the center of the grip member 34 deviates from the center of the tip arm 41A, or FIG. 2 (A). ), As shown in (B), a bracket 32 that supports the grip member 34 so that the center of the tip arm 41A and the center of the grip member 34 are at the same position may be adopted, or the bracket 32 may be used via the bracket 32. Instead, the fitting member 31 may directly support the base 33.

As the cutting means, instead of or in combination with the cutter blade 20, a rotary cutter blade, a laser cutter, an ion beam, thermal power, heat, hydraulic pressure, a heating wire, spraying of gas or liquid, or the like may be adopted. It may be able to form a notch that penetrates the adhesive sheet AS, or it may be able to form a notch that is halfway in the thickness direction of the adhesive sheet AS and does not penetrate the adhesive sheet AS. Alternatively, for example, the adhesive sheet AS may be pseudo-cut so that the cuts that do not penetrate or penetrate the adhesive sheet AS are intermittently continued with a perforated rotary cutter blade or the like, or the adhesive sheet AS may be cut. The modified layer may be formed by changing the composition, characteristics, properties, materials, shapes, structures, etc. with a laser or ion beam, or a laser cutter, ion beam, thermal power, heat, hydraulic pressure, spraying, etc. When a material that outputs energy to cut the adhesive sheet AS is adopted, the adhesive sheet AS is penetrated or penetrated by repeating the ON-OFF operation of those outputs in accordance with the movement of the support means 30 by the drive means 40. The adhesive sheet AS may be pseudo-cut so that the incisions that are not made continue intermittently.

By moving the support means 30 linearly relative to the grip member 34 as a predetermined operation, the grip member 34 can be separated and approached to the cutter blade 20, and at least one of the attachment and detachment of the cutter blade 20 is possible. Adjustment members may be adopted. When the predetermined operation is linear movement, for example, the base 33 in the above embodiment is provided with a cylindrical member without the male screw 33A, and an inner circle sliding in the axial direction of the cylindrical member without the female screw 35A. A cylindrical member may be adopted as the adjusted member.
In the gripping member 34, the groove 34D may be formed only on one sandwiching surface 34C, or may not be formed on both sandwiching surfaces 34C, and the elastically deformed portion 34A may have a leaf spring or a winding spring. , Resin, rubber, sponge, etc. may be adopted, one body may be used, or three or more bodies may be used. The blade 20 may be gripped.
The adjusting member 35 may have a pentagonal cross-sectional shape or less, a heptagonal shape or more, an elliptical shape or a D shape, may not have an overhanging portion 35C, and may have a mounting fitting hole 52 or a detachable fitting. It may have a groove extending in the direction of inserting into the joint hole 53, and may have any shape as long as its rotation can be suppressed by the movement restricting means 50.

The drive means 40 may perform only one of the operation of attaching the cutter blade 20 to the support means 30 and the operation of removing the cutter blade 20 from the support means 30. In this case, the other of these operations may be performed. The operation may be performed by the user, or by another device or another drive device.
The drive means 40 includes a rotary motor, a linear motor, a linear motor, a single-axis robot, an articulated robot with 5 or less axes, an electric device such as an articulated robot with 7 or more axes, an air cylinder, a hydraulic cylinder, a rodless cylinder, and a rodless cylinder. In addition to being able to use actuators such as rotary cylinders, it is also possible to use a combination of these directly or indirectly, and the working part can be the output part of them, and the adherend can be used. The adhesive sheet AS may be cut so as to have the same shape as the outer edge of the WK, the adhesive sheet AS may be cut inside the outer edge of the adherend WK, or the adhesive sheet AS may be cut from the outer edge of the adherend WK. The adhesive sheet AS may be cut on the outside, the adhesive sheet AS may be cut regardless of the outer edge of the adherend WK, and the support means 30 moves linearly with respect to the gripping member 34. Therefore, when the adjusting member that enables the gripping member 34 to be separated and approached from the cutter blade 20 is adopted, the adjusting member is relative to the gripping member 34 while the support means 30 is supported by the tip arm 41A. It may be configured to perform at least one of the operation of attaching the cutter blade 20 to the support means 30 and the operation of removing the cutter blade 20 from the support means 30 by linearly moving the cutter blade 20.
The drive means 40 may move the support means 30 apart and close to the adhesive sheet AS so that the cuts penetrating the adhesive sheet AS continue intermittently, and the adhesive sheet AS may be pseudo-cut. Then, the support means 30 may be moved so that the cuts that do not penetrate the adhesive sheet AS continue continuously, and the adhesive sheet AS may be cut in a pseudo manner, or the adhesive sheet AS may not be penetrated. The support means 30 may be moved while being separated and approached from the adhesive sheet AS so that the cuts continue intermittently, and the adhesive sheet AS may be pseudo-cut. For example, a perforated rotary cutter may be used as the cutting means. A blade may be adopted to move the support means 30 so that the cuts that penetrate or do not penetrate the adhesive sheet AS continue intermittently to pseudo-cut the adhesive sheet AS, for example, the cutting means. As described above, the one that forms the modified layer may be adopted, and the supporting means 30 may be moved so that the modified layer continues continuously or intermittently to pseudo-cut the adhesive sheet AS. , The notch penetrating the adhesive sheet AS, the notch not penetrating the adhesive sheet AS, and the modified layer so that at least two of them are regularly or irregularly, continuously or intermittently. The adhesive sheet AS may be cut in a pseudo manner. The adhesive sheet AS that has been pseudo-cut as described above is completely applied with tension or vibration by a tension applying means, a vibration applying means, or the like, so that the pseudo-cut portion is used as a boundary. The cutting device 10 of the present invention may or may not be provided with such tension applying means, vibration applying means, and the like.
The drive means 40 may be configured to support the support means 30 in a state in which it cannot be attached to or detached from the tip arm 41A. In this case, the chuck motor 41C may not be provided on the tip arm 41A.

The movement restricting means 50 may suppress the rotation of the adjusting member 35 by a mounting fitting hole 52 or a removable fitting hole 53 having a shape substantially similar to the cross-sectional shape of the adjusting member 35. The adjusting member 35, such as suppressing the rotation of the adjusting member 35 having a cross-sectional shape such as a quadrangle, a hexagon, or an octagon, with a mounting fitting hole 52 having a square or U-shaped inner edge shape and a removable fitting hole 53. The rotation of the adjusting member 35 may be suppressed by the mounting fitting hole 52 or the removing fitting hole 53 having a shape unrelated to the cross-sectional shape of the above, or a drive device for sandwiching the adjusting member 35 may be provided. When the rotation of the adjusting member 35 is suppressed by another device or another member, the cutting device 10 of the present invention may not be provided.
The mounting fitting hole 52 and the removing fitting hole 53 may be a bottomed hole, a vertical hole, a horizontal hole, an oblique hole, or a single hole or a plurality of holes, respectively. One may be singular and the other may be plural, and when a plurality of them are provided, two or more may be provided.
Without providing the removal fitting hole 53, the drive means 40 returns the used cutter blade 20 to the mounting fitting hole 52 in which the cutter blade 20 is replaced, and the cutter blade 20 is used by using the mounting fitting hole 52. It may be configured to remove.

The supply means 60 may be configured to supply one or three or more cutter blades 20 at a time, or may adopt a supply frame 61 supported by a slide rail with respect to the main body frame 51, or may use a spring or a spring. The urging means 62 composed of an elastic member such as rubber, a drive device, or the like may be adopted, or may be integrally formed with the movement restricting means 50, or the entire blade support member 63 may not move. The cutter blade 20 may be moved to follow the operation of attaching the cutter blade 20 to the support means 30 by elastically deforming a part or the whole thereof, or the cutting means may be moved by another device or another member. When supplying, it does not have to be provided in the cutting device 10 of the present invention.

The collection means 70 may be configured to collect the cutter blades 20 one by one, or a collection box 71 supported by a slide rail with respect to the main body frame 51 may be adopted, or may be integrated with the movement control means 50. It may be formed, or when the cutter blade 20 is collected by another device or another member, it may not be provided in the cutting device 10 of the present invention.

The workpiece supporting means 80 may adopt a configuration in which the adhesive sheet AS is supported by a gripping means such as a mechanical chuck or a chuck cylinder, a Coulomb force, an adhesive, an adhesive, a magnetic force, Bernoulli adsorption, a drive device, or the like. For example, an adherend support means of a sheet affixing device that attaches an adhesive sheet AS to an adherend WK, an adherend support means of an inspection device that inspects an adherend WK and cuts unnecessary parts, and the like. The integral WK1 may be placed so that the adherend WK is on the upper side, or the integral WK1 may be placed so that the adhesive sheet AS is on the upper side. Only the position with the adherend WK may be adsorbed and held, only the position without the adherend WK may be adsorbed and held, both positions may be adsorbed and held, or the adhesive sheet AS may be held. The adherend WK may not be adhered to the adhesive sheet AS, and when the adhesive sheet AS is supported by another device or another member, the adhesive sheet AS may not be provided in the cutting device 10 of the present invention.

The cutter blade detecting means 90 may be configured to detect only one of the position of the cutting edge 20A of the cutter blade 20 and the position of the cutting edge 20B, or at least one of deformation, deterioration, and adhesion of foreign matter of the cutter blade 20. It may be configured to detect the above, or it may not be provided in the cutting device 10 of the present invention.

The cutting device 10 may be arranged upside down or arranged sideways to cut the adhesive sheet AS.
The cutting device 10 may replace the cutter blade 20 when a predetermined time has elapsed, may replace the cutter blade 20 when a predetermined number of adhesive sheets AS have been cut, or may replace the cutter blade 20 at a predetermined length. The cutter blade 20 may be replaced when the above cuts are made.
The support means 30 stored in the predetermined storage position may not have the cutter blade 20 attached. In this case, the drive means 40 drives the 6-axis robot 41 and the support means 30 is held by the tip arm 41A. After that, the cutter blade 20 may be first supported by the support means 30 in the same operation as in the above embodiment, and then the standby state may be set.
The cutter blade supply request output by the cutter blade supply requesting means and the cutter blade disposal request output by the cutter blade disposal requesting means may be the same or different, and the cutter blade supply requesting means and the cutter blade disposal. At least one of the means of request may not be present.

The material, type, shape, etc. of the workpiece and the adherend WK in the present invention are not particularly limited. For example, the workpiece and the adherend WK may be circular, elliptical, polygonal such as a triangle or a quadrangle, or any other shape, and when the workpiece is an adhesive sheet, pressure-sensitive adhesiveness and heat sensitivity. It may be in an adhesive form such as adhesiveness. Further, such an adhesive sheet may be, for example, a single layer having only an adhesive layer, a sheet composed of only a base sheet and an adhesive layer, or an intermediate layer between the base sheet and the adhesive layer. It may be one layer or two or more layers, such as those having, those having an intermediate layer between the adhesive layers, and the like. The workpieces and adherends WK include, for example, foods, resin containers, semiconductor wafers such as silicon semiconductor wafers and compound semiconductor wafers, circuit boards, information recording boards such as optical disks, glass plates, steel plates, pottery, and wooden boards. , Paper, rubber, resin, or the like, or a composite material formed of two or more of them, and any form of a member or an article can be targeted. In addition, the adhesive sheet is changed to a functional and versatile reading, and for example, an arbitrary shape such as an information description label, a decorative label, a protective sheet, a dicing tape, a die attach film, a die bonding tape, a recording layer forming resin sheet, etc. Any sheet, film, tape, etc. can be attached to any adherend as described above.

As the drive device in the above embodiment, electric devices such as a rotary motor, a linear motion motor, a linear motor, a single axis robot, and an articulated robot, and actuators such as an air cylinder, a hydraulic cylinder, a rodless cylinder, and a rotary cylinder are adopted. In addition, a combination of them directly or indirectly can be adopted.

10 ... Cutting device 20 ... Cutter blade (cutting means)
30 ... Support means 34 ... Grip member 35 ... Adjustment member 40 ... Drive means 50 ... Movement control means 60 ... Supply means 70 ... Recovery means AS ... Adhesive sheet (workpiece)

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Cutting means for cutting the workpiece and
Supporting means for supporting the cutting means and
A driving means for cutting the workpiece by moving the supporting means that supports the cutting means, and a driving means.
A supply means for supplying the cutting means to be attached to the support means is provided.
The support means has an adjusting member that can be attached to and detached from the cutting means by rotating the support means.
The driving means rotates the adjusting member while supporting the supporting means, and performs at least one of an operation of attaching the cutting means to the supporting means and an operation of removing the cutting means from the supporting means. it is possible to be configured to perform,
The support means includes a gripping member that grips the cutting means.
The adjusting member is configured so that the gripping member can be separated and approached by the cutting means by rotating the gripping member relative to the gripping member.
The drive means supports the gripping member so as not to rotate with the adjusting member, and causes the adjusting member to rotate relative to the gripping member.
The supply means is a cutting device characterized in that the cutting means is configured to be rotatable so as to follow a rotational operation of attaching the cutting means to the support means. The cutting device according to claim 1 , further comprising a movement restricting means for suppressing the rotation of the adjusting member. Cutting means for cutting the workpiece and
Supporting means for supporting the cutting means and
A driving means for cutting the workpiece by moving the supporting means that supports the cutting means, and a driving means.
In a method of attaching a cutting means in a cutting device provided with a supply means for supplying the cutting means to be attached to the support means.
The support means has an adjusting member that can be attached to and detached from the cutting means by rotating the support means.
The driving means rotates the adjusting member in a state of supporting the supporting means, and performs at least one of the operation of attaching the cutting means to the supporting means and the operation of removing the cutting means from the supporting means. ,
The support means includes a gripping member that grips the cutting means.
By rotating the adjusting member relative to the gripping member, the gripping member is separated and approached by the cutting means.
The drive means supports the gripping member so as not to rotate with the adjusting member, and causes the adjusting member to rotate relative to the gripping member.
The supply means is a method of mounting the cutting means, which comprises rotating the cutting means so as to follow a rotational operation of attaching the cutting means to the support means .

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