JP7138898B2 - Glass plate processing equipment - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to glass plates for automobiles, liquid crystal panels such as liquid crystal televisions, solar cells, furniture, and construction. The present invention relates to a glass plate processing apparatus for grinding and polishing (hereinafter referred to as processing).

Conventionally, for example, the grinding of a glass plate is performed by a grinding device arranged in a conveying passage of the glass plate.

JP 2013-169622 A

By the way, in the conventional grinding of the glass plate, since it is performed by a grinding device arranged in the conveying passage of the glass plate, it takes a long time, and the processing efficiency of the glass plate is deteriorated as a whole.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned points, and its object is to improve the efficiency of processing the end face of a glass plate, shorten the processing time, and achieve high productivity in glass plate processing. It is to provide a device.

The glass plate processing apparatus of the present invention comprises at least one first processing head means for processing one region of the end face of the glass plate, and the at least one first processing head means is positioned on the one end face of the glass plate. a first moving means for moving along the region; at least one second processing head means for processing another region continuous with the one region of the end surface of the glass plate; and second moving means for moving the two processing head means along another region of the end surface of the glass plate.

According to the glass plate processing apparatus of the present invention, at least one first processing head means for processing one region of the end face of the glass plate, and the at least one first processing head means is arranged to process the end face of the glass plate. a first moving means for moving along one region; at least one second processing head means for processing another region continuous with the one region of the end surface of the glass plate; and second moving means for moving the two second processing head means along the other region of the end surface of the glass plate, the first processing head means and the second processing head means Since the end face of the glass plate can be processed by the method, the end face of the glass plate can be processed efficiently, the processing time can be shortened, and the glass plate can be processed with high productivity.

In a preferred example of the glass plate processing apparatus of the present invention, the first moving means performs at least one first processing to cause at least one first processing head means to process the end surface of one region of the glass plate. The head means is moved along the end surface of one region of the glass plate, and the second moving means causes at least one second processing head means to process the end surface of another region of the glass plate. Since one second processing head means is moved along the end face of another region of the glass plate, the time for processing the end face including the one region and the other region of the glass plate can be shortened, so that the end surface of the glass plate can be processed efficiently.

In another example of the glass plate processing apparatus of the present invention, each of the first moving means and the second moving means mutually moves at least one first processing head means and at least one second processing head means. Since at least one first processing head means and at least one second processing head means are moved so as to approach or separate from each other, the processing time for the end surface of the glass plate can be shortened.

In another example of the glass plate processing apparatus of the present invention, the at least one first processing head means comprises at least one grinding wheel or at least one polishing wheel or at least one grinding wheel and at least one polishing wheel. and since the at least one second working head means comprises at least one grinding wheel or at least one grinding wheel or at least one grinding wheel and at least one grinding wheel, for example at least one One working head means comprises at least one grinding wheel and at least one polishing wheel and at least one second working head means comprises at least one grinding wheel and at least one polishing wheel In this case, the end face including one region and the other region of the glass plate can be continuously ground and polished, the processing time can be shortened, and the end face of the glass plate can be processed. can be done efficiently.

In another example of the glass plate processing apparatus of the present invention, the glass plate processing apparatus includes other first processing head means and other second processing head means for processing the other end face of the glass plate opposite to the end face. so that the processing (grinding or polishing or grinding and polishing) of the end surface of the glass plate can be performed by each of the plurality of first processing head means and the plurality of second processing head means. Therefore, the processing time for the end surface including one region and the other region of the glass plate can be further shortened, and the glass plate processing apparatus with high productivity can be obtained.

ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the efficiency of the processing with respect to the edge surface of a glass plate can shorten these processing time, and it can provide the glass plate processing apparatus with high productivity.

FIG. 1 is an explanatory plan view of an example of an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is an explanatory right side view of the example of the embodiment shown in FIG. FIG. 3 is an operation explanatory diagram of the example of the embodiment shown in FIG. FIG. 4 is an operation explanatory diagram of the example of the embodiment shown in FIG. FIG. 5 is an operation explanatory diagram of the example of the embodiment shown in FIG. FIG. 6 is an operation explanatory diagram of the example of the embodiment shown in FIG. FIG. 7 is an operation explanatory diagram of another example of the embodiment shown in FIG. FIG. 8 is an operation explanatory diagram of another example of the embodiment shown in FIG. FIG. 9 is an operation explanatory diagram of another example of the embodiment shown in FIG. FIG. 10 is an operation explanatory diagram of another example of the embodiment shown in FIG.

The invention will now be described in more detail on the basis of examples of preferred embodiments shown in the drawings. However, the present invention is not limited to these examples.

1 to 10, the glass plate processing apparatus 1 of this example includes a base 3, a support base 4 provided on the base 3 and supporting a rectangular flat glass plate 2 in this example, and a base. A transport for transporting the glass plate 2 in a plane parallel to the surface of the glass plate 2 provided on the table 3, which is one direction in the horizontal plane in this example, and in the X direction which is the transport direction of the glass plate 2 and a region R1 as one region of one end face 6 of the glass plate 2 (region from one end 8 of the end face 6 of the glass plate 2 to the processing point A on the end face 6 side of the glass plate 2 in the X direction) A processing head 7 as processing head means for processing the end surface, in this example, grinding the end surface of the region R1 of the glass plate 2, and a moving unit for moving the processing head 7 along the end surface of the region R1 of the glass plate 2 in the X direction. 10 and, similarly to the processing head 7, a region R2 as another region of the end face 6 of the glass plate 2 (from the other end 9 of the end face 6 of the glass plate 2 in the X direction to the center of the end face 6 side of the glass plate 2) ) and R3 (remaining area obtained by subtracting regions R1 and R2 from the entire area of the end surface 6 of the glass plate 2), and in this example, the end surfaces of the regions R2 and R3 of the glass plate 2 are ground. a processing head 11 as a processing head means for processing, a moving means 12 for moving the processing head 11 in the X direction along the end faces of the regions R2 and R3 of the glass plate 2, and another crossing one direction in the horizontal plane. In one direction, in this example, the other end surface 13 of the glass plate 2 facing the end surface 6 of the glass plate 2 in the Y direction perpendicular to the X direction. a processing head 14 as a processing head means for processing the end face of the region from one end 15 of the end face 13 to the processing point B on the end face 13 side of the glass plate 2, in this example, grinding the end face of the region R4 of the glass plate 2; A moving means 17 for moving the processing head 14 in the X direction along the end face of the region R4, and a region R5 as another region of the end face 13 of the glass plate 2 (the glass plate in the X direction) similarly to the processing head 14 2 from the other end 16 of the end face 13 of the glass plate 2 to the vicinity of the central portion of the end face 13 side of the glass plate 2) and R6 (the remaining region obtained by subtracting the regions R4 and R5 from the entire region of the end face 13 of the glass plate 2). In this example, a processing head 18 as a processing head means for grinding the end faces of the regions R5 and R6 of the glass plate 2, and a moving means 19 for moving the processing head 18 in the X direction along the regions R5 and R6. equipped.

The support base 4 includes a pair of suction cup devices 40 each having a rectangular suction cup extending in the X direction, which sucks and fixes the glass plate 2 from the rear surface of the glass plate 2, and a pair of suction cup devices 40 provided on the base 3 and at the upper end of the support base 4. It has a support base body 41 provided with a pair of suction cup devices 40 , and the support base 4 moves the glass plate 2 conveyed by the conveying means 5 to a processing position with respect to the glass plate 2 via the pair of suction cup devices 40 . to support the glass plate 2 by suction and fixation.

The conveying means 5 includes a sucker device 50 having a rectangular sucker extending in the X direction and sucking and fixing the unprocessed glass plate 2 carried in from the upstream side 100 of the glass plate 2 from the back surface of the glass plate 2, A support base 51 having a suction cup device 50 provided at the upper end and supporting the glass plate 2, a traveling base 52 having the support base 51 and being linearly movable (reciprocating) in the X direction, and a base. 3 and a pair of guide rails 53 for guiding and supporting the running table 52 so as to be linearly movable (reciprocating) in the X direction; and a drive means 54 for moving.

The driving means 54 is provided on the base 3 and includes a rack 55 extending parallel to the X direction, a pinion gear 56 meshing with the rack 55, and an output rotary shaft (motor shaft) to which the pinion gear 56 is attached at one end. ) and a servomotor 57 attached to a traveling table 52 . Rotation of the pinion gear 56 and meshing of the pinion gear 56 with the rack 55 due to the operation move (reciprocate) the traveling table 52 in the X direction, thereby supporting the unprocessed glass plate 2 from the upstream side 100 of the glass plate 2. While being carried into the table 4 , the processed glass plate 2 is carried out from the support table 4 to the downstream side 200 .

Each of the machining heads 7, 11, 14 and 18 is formed similarly to each other, and each of the moving means 10, 12, 17 and 19 is similarly formed. will be described in detail, and the processing heads 11, 14 and 18 and the moving means 12, 17 and 19 will be appropriately given the same reference numerals in the figure, and detailed description thereof will be omitted.

The processing head 7 processes the end surface of the region R1 of the glass plate 2. In this example, the processing head 7 includes a grinding wheel 25 for grinding the end surface of the region R1 of the glass plate 2, and an output rotary shaft (motor) to which the grinding wheel 25 is attached at one end. a spindle motor 26 having a shaft), a slide body 27 to which the spindle motor 26 is attached and which can move up and down in the Z direction, which is the vertical direction, and a slide body 27 which can move up and down in the Z direction (reciprocating motion). a pair of guide rails 28 that guide and support the slide body 27; a ball screw nut (not shown) attached to the slide body 27; a ball screw 29 screwed to the ball screw nut; A servomotor 30 for raising and lowering the slide body 27 along the pair of guide rails 28 in the Z direction (reciprocating motion) is provided.

The moving means 10 includes a traveling base 60 which is linearly movable (reciprocating) in the X direction, and which is provided on the base 3 and guides and supports the traveling base 60 so as to be linearly movable (reciprocating) in the X direction. A pair of guide rails 62 , a drive unit 63 for linearly moving (reciprocating) the traveling table 60 in the X direction along the guide rails 62 , and a grinding head 7 for linearly moving (reciprocating) in the Y direction to remove the glass plate 2 . and a cutting amount adjusting means 64 for adjusting the cutting amount (grinding amount) of the grinding wheel 25 of the machining head 7 with respect to the end face 6 of the processing head 7 in the Y direction.

The driving means 63 includes a rack 70 provided on the base 3 and extending parallel to the X direction, a pinion gear 71 meshing with the rack 70, and an output rotary shaft (motor shaft) having the pinion gear 71 attached to one end. ) and a servomotor 72 attached to the platform 60. The moving means 10 rotates the pinion gear 71 and the rack of the pinion gear 71 by the operation of the servomotor 72 of the driving means 63. The engagement with 70 allows the traveling table 60 to move linearly (reciprocate) in the X direction.

The cutting amount adjusting means 64 includes a moving table 75 on which the machining head 7 is attached and which is supported by the traveling table 60 so as to be linearly movable (reciprocally movable) in the Y direction. A pair of guide rails 76 that are freely (reciprocally) guided and supported, a ball screw nut (not shown) attached to a moving table 75, a ball screw 77 screwed to the ball screw nut, and a ball screw 77 connected to the ball screw 77. and a servo motor 78 for linearly moving (reciprocating) the moving table 75 along a pair of guide rails 76 in the Y direction. By operation, the moving table 75 is moved in the Y direction via the ball screw 77 to adjust the cutting amount (grinding amount) of the grinding wheel 25 of the grinding head 7 with respect to the end surface 6 of the glass plate 2 in the Y direction. .

Each of the moving means 10 and 12 is numerically controlled (NC) so that the respective grinding wheels 25 of the machining heads 7 and 11 start grinding at the same time to move the machining heads 7 and 11 toward or away from each other. The machining heads 7 and 11 are moved respectively.

As with the moving means 10 and 12, each of the moving means 17 and 19 causes the grinding wheels 25 of the working heads 14 and 18 to simultaneously start grinding operations by numerical control to move the working heads 14 and 18 to each other. Machining heads 14 and 18 are moved toward or away from each other.

In addition, each of the moving means 10, 12, 17 and 19 causes the grinding wheels 25 of the machining heads 7, 11, 14 and 18 to simultaneously start the grinding operation by numerical control, so that the machining heads 7 and 11 and the machining The working heads 7, 11, 14 and 18 may be moved respectively so as to move the heads 14 and 18 towards or away from each other.

The moving speeds of the processing heads 7 and 11 in the X direction may be different or equal, and the moving speeds of the processing heads 14 and 18 in the X direction may be different or equal. Furthermore, the moving speeds in the X direction of the machining heads 7, 11, 14 and 18 may be different or equal to each other.

On the side of the processing heads 7 and 11, a pair of guide rails 62 on the side of the processing heads 7 and 11 are shared by the processing heads 7 and 11. A pair of guide rails 62 are shared by the machining heads 14 and 18 .

An example of a method for processing the glass plate 2 by the glass plate processing apparatus 1 of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 to 6. FIG.

As shown in FIG. 3, in the processing of both end faces 6 and 13 of a rectangular flat glass plate 2, the glass plate 2 brought in from the upstream side 100 is sucked and fixed via a suction cup device 50 by the conveying means 5. The unprocessed glass plate 2 transported by the transport means 5 is sucked and fixed to the glass plate 2 at the processing position via a pair of suction cup devices 40 .

Next, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the moving means 10 moves the end surface of the glass plate 2 in advance by moving the glass plate 2 , which is sucked and fixed at the processing position to the glass plate 2 via a pair of suction cup devices 40 . 6 along the edge surface of the region R1 of the glass plate 2 along the X direction parallel to the direction from one end 8 to the other end 9 of the edge surface 6 of the glass plate 2. , the end surface of the region R1 of the glass plate 2 is ground by the grinding wheel 25 of the processing head 7, and while the processing head 7 is being moved in the X1 direction by the moving device 10, the moving device 12 Then, the processing head 11 whose cutting amount (grinding amount) for the end face 6 of the glass plate 2 is adjusted in advance is moved along the end faces of the regions R2 and R3 of the glass plate 2 from the other end 9 to the one end 8 of the end face 6 of the glass plate 2. is moved in the X2 direction, which is the other direction of the X direction parallel to the direction of As in the means 10, the processing head 14 whose cutting amount (grinding amount) for the end face 13 of the glass plate 2 is adjusted in advance is moved along the end face of the region R4 from one end 15 of the end face 13 of the glass plate 2 in the X1 direction. Then, the end surface of the region R4 of the glass plate 2 is ground by the grinding wheel 25 of the processing head 14, and while the processing head 14 is being moved in the X1 direction by the moving device 17, the moving device 19 is used to grind, A processing head 18 whose cutting amount (grinding amount) for the end face 13 of the glass plate 2 is adjusted in advance is moved from the other end 16 of the end face 13 of the glass plate 2 along the end faces of the regions R5 and R6 of the glass plate 2 in the X2 direction. to grind the end surface of the region R5 of the glass plate 2 with the grinding wheel 25 of the processing head 18. As shown in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 5, after grinding the regions R1 and R2 of the glass plate 2 and the regions R4 and R5 of the glass plate 2, the moving means 10 moves the processing head 7 from the processing point A of the glass plate 2 in the X2 direction. While the processing head 7 is being moved in the X2 direction by the moving means 10, the moving means 12 moves the processing head 11 along the end face of the region R3 of the glass plate 2 near the center of the end face 6 side of the glass plate 2. is further moved in the X2 direction from the glass plate 2 to cause the grinding wheel 25 of the processing head 11 to grind the end surface of the region R3 of the glass plate 2, while the moving means 17 moves the processing head 14 from the processing point B of the glass plate 2 in the X2 direction While the processing head 14 is being moved in the X2 direction by the moving means 17, the moving means 19 moves the processing head 18 along the end face of the region R6 of the glass plate 2 near the center of the end face 13 side of the glass plate 2. , the end face of the region R6 of the glass plate 2 is ground by the grinding wheel 25 of the processing head 18. As shown in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 6, after the edge surfaces of the regions R1, R2 and R3 of the glass plate 2 are ground by the moving means 10 and 12, the moving means 10 further moves the processing head 7 in the X2 direction, and the moving means 10 performs processing. While the head 7 is moving in the X2 direction, the moving means 12 moves the processing head 11 from the processing point A of the glass plate 2 in the X1 direction, and the moving means 10 and 12 move the processing heads 7 and 11 as shown in FIG. After grinding the end surfaces of the regions R4, R5 and R6 of the glass plate 2 by the moving means 17 and 19, the processing head 14 is further moved in the X2 direction by the moving means 17, and the moving means 17 While the working head 14 is moving in the X2 direction, the moving means 19 moves the working head 18 from the working point B of the glass plate 2 in the X1 direction, and the moving means 17 and 19 move the working heads 14 and 19 to the position shown in FIG. are returned to the positions shown in .

After the processing heads 7, 11, 14 and 19 are returned, the conveying means 5 grinds both end surfaces 6 and 13 (regions R1, R2 and R3 and regions R4, R5 and R6) of the glass plate 2. The glass plate 2 is sucked and fixed via the sucker device 50 and carried out from the support stand 4 to the downstream side 200 .

The moving means 10 causes the grinding wheel 25 of the processing head 7 to grind the end face of the region R1 of the glass plate 2, and the moving means 12 causes the grinding wheel 25 of the processing head 11 to grind the end faces of the regions R2 and R3 of the glass plate 2. to grind the end face 6 of the glass plate 2, while the moving means 17 grinds the end face of the region R4 of the glass plate 2 with the grinding wheel 25 of the processing head 14, and the moving means 19 1 grinds the end faces of the regions R5 and R6 of the glass plate 2 by the grinding wheel 25 of the processing head 18, thereby grinding the end face 13 of the glass plate 2. As shown in FIG.

In this example, in grinding the end surfaces of the region R1 of the glass plate 2 by the grinding wheel 25 of the processing head 7 and the region R2 of the glass plate 2 by the grinding wheel 25 of the processing head 11, the moving means 10 and the moving means 12 move the processing head 7 along the end surface of the region R1 of the glass plate 2 in the X1 direction, and move the processing head 11 toward the region R2 of the glass plate 2 so as to bring the processing head 7 and the processing head 11 closer to each other. are moved in the X2 direction along the end face of the .

In this example, in grinding the end surfaces of the region R4 of the glass plate 2 by the grinding wheel 25 of the processing head 14 and the region R5 of the glass plate 2 by the grinding wheel 25 of the processing head 18, the moving means 17 and the moving means 19 move the processing head 14 along the end surface of the region R4 of the glass plate 2 in the X1 direction, and move the processing head 18 toward the region R5 of the glass plate 2 so as to bring the processing head 14 and the processing head 18 closer to each other. are moved in the X2 direction along the end face of the .

In this example, the moving means 10 moves the processing head 7 along the end surface of the region R1 of the glass plate 2 in the X1 direction so that the grinding wheel 25 of the processing head 7 moves the end surface of the region R1 of the glass plate 2. The moving means 12 grinds the regions R2 and R3 of the glass plate 2 with the grinding wheel 25 of the processing head 11 by moving the processing head 11 along the end faces of the regions R2 and R3 of the glass plate 2 in the X2 direction. Each end face is ground to grind the end face 6 of the glass plate 2, while the moving means 17 moves the processing head 14 along the end face of the region R4 of the glass plate 2 in the X1 direction. Thus, the grinding wheel 25 of the processing head 14 grinds the end face of the region R4 of the glass plate 2, and the moving means 19 moves the processing head 18 along the end faces of the regions R5 and R6 of the glass plate 2 in the X2 direction. Thus, the grinding wheel 25 of the processing head 18 grinds the end faces of the regions R5 and R6 of the glass plate 2 to grind the end face 13 of the glass plate 2. Alternatively, As shown in FIGS. 7 to 10, the moving means 10 moves the processing head 7 from the processing point A of the glass plate 2 along the end surface of the region R1 of the glass plate 2 in the X2 direction. The grinding wheel 25 grinds the end face of the region R1 of the glass plate 2, and the moving means 12 moves the processing head 11 from the processing point A of the glass plate 2 along the end faces of the regions R3 and R2 of the glass plate 2 in the X1 direction. By moving the grinding wheel 25 of the processing head 11, the end surfaces of the regions R3 and R2 of the glass plate 2 are ground, and the end surface 6 of the glass plate 2 is ground. By moving the processing head 14 from the processing point B of the plate 2 along the end surface of the region R4 of the glass plate 2 in the X2 direction, the grinding wheel 25 of the processing head 14 grinds the end surface of the region R4 of the glass plate 2, The moving means 19 moves the processing head 18 from the processing point B of the glass plate 2 along the end faces of the regions R6 and R5 of the glass plate 2 in the X1 direction, thereby grinding the glass plate 2 with the grinding wheel 25 of the processing head 18. The end face 13 of the glass plate 2 may be ground by grinding the end faces of the regions R6 and R5.

Another example of the method for processing the glass plate 2 by the glass plate processing apparatus 1 of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 7 to 10. FIG.

As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the processing head 7 is moved to the region of the glass plate 2 by the moving means 10 with respect to the glass plate 2 which is suction-fixed at the processing position with respect to the glass plate 2 via a pair of suction cup devices 40 . The glass plate 2 is moved from one end 8 of the end surface 6 of the glass plate 2 to the processing point A of the glass plate 2 in a non-contact state with the end surface of R1, and the glass plate 2 is moved from the one end 8 of the end surface 6 of the glass plate 2 of the processing head 7 by the moving means 10. to the processing point A in the X1 direction, the moving means 12 moves the processing head 11 from the other end 9 of the end face 6 of the glass plate 2 in a non-contact state to the end faces of the regions R2 and R3 of the glass plate 2. While moving the glass plate 2 to the vicinity of the central portion on the side of the end face 6, the moving means 17 moves the processing head 14 to the end face 13 of the glass plate 2 without contacting the end face of the region R4 of the glass plate 2 in the same manner as the moving means 10. While moving from one end 15 to the processing point B of the glass plate 2, and moving the processing head 14 in the X1 direction from the one end 15 of the end surface 13 of the glass plate 2 to the processing point B of the glass plate 2 by the moving means 17, Similarly to the moving means 12, the moving means 19 moves the processing head 18 from the other end 16 of the end face 13 of the glass plate 2 to the end face 13 side of the glass plate 2 in a non-contact state with the end faces of the regions R5 and R6 of the glass plate 2. Move it to the vicinity of the central part.

As shown in FIG. 8, after the machining heads 7 and 11 are moved, the servo motor 78 of the cutting amount adjusting means 64 of the moving means 10 is operated by the moving means 10 to move the moving table 75 of the moving means 10 in the Y direction. The grinding wheel 25 of the processing head 7 is brought into contact with the glass plate 2 to grind the vicinity of the processing point A of the glass plate 2. After the processing heads 14 and 18 are moved, the moving device 17 By operating the servo motor 78 of the cutting amount adjusting means 64, the moving table 75 of the moving means 17 is moved in the Y direction, the grinding wheel 25 of the processing head 14 is brought into contact with the glass plate 2, and the glass plate 2 is processed. The vicinity of point B is ground.

As shown in FIG. 9, after grinding the vicinity of the processing point A of the glass plate 2 by the processing head 7, the grinding wheel 25 of the processing head 7 is brought into contact with the glass plate 2 by the moving means 10, and the glass plate 2 is ground. The glass plate 2 is moved in the X2 direction from the processing point A of the glass plate 2 along the end face of the region R1, and the grinding wheel 25 of the processing head 7 grinds a part of the end face of the region R1. During the movement in the Y direction, the moving means 12 operates the servo motor 78 of the cutting depth adjusting means 64 of the moving means 12 to move the moving table 75 of the moving means 12 in the Y direction, so that the machining head 11 is ground. While the wheel 25 is brought into contact with the processing point A of the glass plate 2 , after grinding the vicinity of the processing point B of the glass plate 2 by the processing head 14 , the grinding wheel 25 of the processing head 14 is moved to the glass plate 2 by the moving means 17 . and move in the X2 direction from the processing point B of the glass plate 2 along the end surface of the region R4 of the glass plate 2 in the contact state, and grind a part of the end surface of the region R4 by the grinding wheel 25 of the processing head 14, and move While the machining head 14 is being moved in the X2 direction by the means 17, the moving means 19 operates the servo motor 78 of the cutting amount adjusting means 64 of the moving means 19 to move the carriage 75 of the moving means 19 in the Y direction. to bring the grinding wheel 25 of the processing head 18 into contact with the processing point B of the glass plate 2 .

As shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, the processing head 7 is further moved in the X2 direction along the end face of the region R1 of the glass plate 2 by the moving means 10, and the end face of the remaining region of the region R1 of the glass plate 2 is moved. is ground by the grinding wheel 25 of the processing head 7, and while the processing head 7 is being moved in the X2 direction by the moving device 10, the processing head 11 is moved by the moving device 12 along the end surfaces of the regions R3 and R2 of the glass plate 2. The glass plate 2 is moved from the processing point A in the X1 direction, the end surfaces of the regions R2 and R3 of the glass plate 2 are ground by the grinding wheel 25 of the processing head 11, and the processing heads 7 and 11 are moved by the moving means 10 and 12. 10, the processing head 14 is further moved in the X2 direction along the end surface of the region R4 of the glass plate 2 by the moving means 17, and the end surface of the remaining region of the region R4 of the glass plate 2 is moved. is ground by the grinding wheel 25 of the processing head 14, and while the processing head 14 is being moved in the X2 direction by the moving device 17, the processing head 18 is moved by the moving device 19 along the end faces of the regions R6 and R5 of the glass plate 2. The glass plate 2 is moved from the processing point B in the X1 direction, the end surfaces of the regions R5 and R6 of the glass plate 2 are ground by the grinding wheel 25 of the processing head 18, and the processing heads 14 and 18 are moved by the moving means 17 and 19. 10, respectively.

After the processing heads 7 , 11 , 14 and 19 are returned, the conveying means 5 sucks and fixes the glass plate 2 after grinding the both end faces 6 and 13 of the glass plate 2 via the suction cup device 50 and removes it from the support table 4 . The glass plate 2 is transported to the downstream side 200 and unloaded.

The glass plate processing apparatus 1 of this example includes a base 3, a support base 4 provided on the base 3 and supporting the glass plate 2, and a support base 4 provided on the base 3 and supporting the glass plate 2 in the X direction. , a processing head 7 for grinding the end surface of the region R1 of one end surface 6 of the glass plate 2, and a movement to move the processing head 7 in the X direction along the end surface of the region R1 of the glass plate 2. means 10, a processing head 11 for grinding the end faces of the regions R2 and R3 of the glass plate 2, a moving means 12 for moving the processing head 11 in the X direction along the end faces of the regions R2 and R3 of the glass plate 2, and glass A processing head 14 for grinding the end face of the region R4 of the glass plate 2, a moving means 17 for moving the processing head 14 along the end face of the region R4 of the glass plate 2 in the X direction, and the end faces of the regions R5 and R6 of the glass plate 2. and a moving means 19 for moving the processing head 18 along the end faces of the regions R5 and R6 of the glass plate 2 in the X direction. 2, and the processing head 14 and the processing head 18 can process the end surfaces of the regions R4, R5 and R6 of the glass plate 2. The processing efficiency of the end surface of the glass plate is high, the processing time can be shortened, and the glass plate can be processed with high productivity.

In the example of the processing method of the glass plate 2 by the glass plate processing apparatus 1 of this example shown in FIGS. The servo motor 78 of the adjusting means 64 is operated to move the carriage 75 of the moving means 10 in the Y direction to separate the grinding wheel 25 of the processing head 7 from the end surface 6 of the glass plate 2 , and then move the moving means 10 . to move the grinding wheel 25 of the processing head 7 from the processing point A of the glass plate 2 in the X2 direction without contacting the end surface of the region R1 of the glass plate 2. After grinding the end surface of the region R4 of the glass plate 2 by the processing head 14, the servo motor 78 of the cutting amount adjusting means 64 of the moving means 17 is operated to move the moving table 75 of the moving means 17 in the Y direction, The grinding wheel 25 of the processing head 14 is moved away from the end surface 13 of the glass plate 2, and then the servo motor 72 of the driving means 63 of the moving means 17 is operated to move the grinding wheel 25 of the processing head 14 to the region R4 of the glass plate. The glass plate 2 may be moved in the X2 direction from the processing point B in a non-contact state with respect to the end surface, and the grinding wheels 25 of the processing heads 7 and 14 may be moved to the end surface 6 and the end surface 6 of the glass plate 2. The servo motors 72 of the moving means 10 and 17 may be operated to move in the X2 direction without separating from the end surface 13 .

In the example of the method for processing the glass plate 2 by the glass plate processing apparatus 1 of this example shown in FIGS. The servo motor 78 of the amount adjusting means 64 is operated to move the carriage 75 of the moving means 12 in the Y direction to move the grinding wheel 25 of the processing head 11 away from the end surface 6 of the glass plate 2, and then move the moving means. The servo motor 72 of the drive means 63 of 12 is operated, and the grinding wheel 25 of the processing head 11 is moved in the X1 direction from the processing point A of the glass plate 2 in a non-contact state with respect to the end surfaces of the regions R3 and R2 of the glass plate 2. While moving, after grinding the end surfaces of the regions R5 and R6 of the glass plate 2 by the processing head 18, the servo motor 78 of the cutting amount adjusting means 64 of the moving means 19 is operated to move the moving table 75 of the moving means 19 in the Y direction. to move the grinding wheel 25 of the processing head 18 away from the end surface 13 of the glass plate 2, and then operate the servo motor 72 of the driving means 63 of the moving means 19 to move the grinding wheel 25 of the processing head 18 to the glass plate. The glass plate 2 may be moved in the X1 direction from the processing point B in a non-contact state with respect to the end surfaces of the regions R6 and R5 of the plate 2, and the grinding wheels 25 of the processing heads 11 and 18 may may be moved in the X1 direction by actuating the servo motors 72 of the moving means 12 and 19 without separating from the end faces 6 and 13 of the glass plate 2, respectively.

In this example, after grinding both end faces 6 and 13 of the glass plate 2 (the end faces of the regions R1, R2 and R3 and the regions R4, R5 and R6), at the downstream side 200 of the glass plate processing apparatus 1 of this example , the polishing of both end surfaces 6 and 13 of the glass plate 2 may be performed in a separate process (online or offline).

Further, when polishing the both end surfaces 6 and 13 of the glass plate 2 in a separate process, another processing head equipped with a polishing wheel is used to polish the both end surfaces 6 and 13 of the glass plate 2. Alternatively, another processing head may have the same configuration as the moving means 10, 12, 17 and 19 and the processing heads 7, 11, 14 and 18 of this example.

In this example, each of the processing heads 7, 11, 14 and 18 has a grinding wheel 25, respectively. , 14 and 18 may each be provided with a polishing wheel instead of the grinding wheel 25 .

In this example, each of the processing heads 7, 11, 14 and 18 is provided with a grinding wheel 25, respectively. , each of the working heads 7, 11, 14 and 18 may further comprise a grinding wheel in addition to the grinding wheel 25, in which case each of the working heads 7, 11, 14 and 18 , Since the grinding wheel 25 and the polishing wheel are provided, there is no need to polish the both end faces 6 and 13 of the glass plate 2 in a separate process (online or offline), and both end faces 6 of the glass plate 2 can be polished. , and 13 can be continuously performed from grinding to polishing, so that the processing time for grinding and polishing can be shortened.

Each of the working heads 7, 11, 14 and 18 comprises a grinding wheel 25 or a grinding wheel or a grinding wheel 25 and a grinding wheel respectively, which in combination can be, for example, a grinding wheel 25 and a plurality of grinding wheels or a plurality of grinding wheels 25 and a grinding wheel or a plurality of grinding wheels 25 and a plurality of grinding wheels.

Furthermore, each of the working heads 7, 11, 14 and 18 may consist of a plurality of working heads 7, 11, 14 and 18, and the glass with such a plurality of working heads 7, 11, 14 and 18 According to the plate processing apparatus 1, both end surfaces 6 and 13 of the glass plate 2 can be ground, polished, or ground and polished by the plurality of processing heads 7, 11, 14, and 18. The processing time for the surfaces 6 and 13 can be further shortened, and the glass plate processing apparatus 1 with high productivity can be obtained.

Each of the plurality of machining heads 7, 11, 14 and 18 may comprise either at least one grinding wheel 25 or at least one grinding wheel or at least one grinding wheel 25 and at least one grinding wheel. .

In this example, each of the moving means 10, 12, 17 and 19 and the machining heads 7, 11, 14 and 18 may be numerically controlled independently. , 19 and the machining heads 7, 11, 14 and 18 may be numerically controlled in synchronism.

In this example, by numerically controlling the moving means 10, 12, 17 and 19 and the processing heads 7, 11, 14 and 18 independently or synchronously, the end surfaces 6 and 13 of the glass plate 2 are continuous. It may be adapted to be ground by hand.

In this example, both the end faces 6 and 13 of the glass plate 2 are ground, respectively. can be

In this example, each of the processing heads 7 and 11 moves in the X direction along the end faces of the region R1 and the regions R2 and R3 of the glass plate 2, and the respective regions R1, R2 and R3 of the glass plate 2 are While processing the end faces, the processing heads 14 and 18 are moved in the X direction along the end faces of the region R4 and the regions R5 and R6 of the glass plate 2 to move the regions R3, R4 and R6 of the glass plate 2. The machining heads 7, 11, 14 and 18 are driven by the servo motors 72 of the driving means 63 and the servos of the cutting depth adjusting means 64 of the moving means 10, 12, 17 and 19, respectively. By synchronously numerically controlling the motors 78, the glass plate 2 is moved in the X direction and the Y direction (XY plane coordinate movement) along the end faces of the regions R1, R2 and R3 and the regions R4, R5 and R6, The both end faces 6 and 13 of the glass plate 2 may be processed, for example, the both end faces 6 and 13 of the glass plate 2 may be curved.

In this example, the processing point A of the glass plate 2 is provided on the one end 8 side of the glass plate 2, but the processing point A is provided on the other end 9 side of the glass plate 2 or near the center portion of the end surface 6 side of the glass plate 2. Alternatively, it may be provided at the center of the end face 6 of the glass plate 2 in the X direction (between one end 8 and the other end 9 of the end face 6 of the glass plate 2 in the X direction), and the processing point B of the glass plate 2 is provided on the one end 15 side of the glass plate 2, but similarly to the processing point A, the processing point B is the other end 16 side of the glass plate 2, near the center of the end surface 13 of the glass plate 2, or the end surface of the glass plate 2 13 in the X direction (between one end 15 and the other end 16 of the end surface 13 of the glass plate 2 in the X direction). And the processing time of polishing can be shortened.

In this example, the glass plate 2 has a rectangular flat plate shape, but instead, the glass plate 2 may have any shape such as oval, circular, polygonal, square, and rectangular.

In this example, each of the machining heads 7, 11, 14 and 18 is driven by a servomotor 72 of a drive means 63 for moving the table 60 in the X direction and a depth of cut adjustment means 64 for moving a table 75 in the Y direction. By numerically controlling the servomotor 78, the four corners of the glass plate 2 (one end 8 and the other end 9 of the end face 6 of the glass plate 2 and one end 15 and the other end 16 of the end face 13 of the glass plate 2) can be cut. ) can also be performed.

In this example, each of the processing heads 7, 11, 14 and 18 processes both end faces 6 and 13 of the glass plate 2 and also chamfers the glass plate 2. Chamfering may be performed along with cutting.

In this example, the driving means 54 of the conveying means 5 includes a rack 55 that is provided on the base 3 and extends parallel to the X direction, a pinion gear 56 that meshes with the rack 55, and a pinion gear 56 attached to one end. and a servomotor 57 mounted on the carriage 52, but instead the drive means 54 comprises a ball screw nut and the ball It may comprise a ball screw threaded into the screw nut and a servomotor connected to the ball screw, in which case the conveying means 5 more accurately conveys the glass plate 2 to the support base 4. be able to.

In this example, the driving means 63 of each of the moving means 10, 12, 17 and 19 are provided on the platform 60 and extend parallel to the X direction, and a pinion gear 71 meshing with the rack 70. , and a servomotor 72 having an output rotary shaft (motor shaft) with a pinion gear 71 attached to one end thereof, and a servomotor 72 attached to the platform 60 . may comprise a ball screw nut, a ball screw threaded onto the ball screw nut, and a servomotor connected to the ball screw, in which case each of the moving means 10, 12, 17 and 19 is , the glass plate 2 can be processed accurately by the processing heads 7, 11, 14 and 18, respectively.

In this example, in processing the end face 6 of the glass plate 2, the servo motors 72 of the driving means 63 of the moving means 10 and 12 and the servo motors 78 of the cutting amount adjusting means 64 are numerically controlled in synchronism with each other. , the end face of the region R1 of the glass plate 2 and the end faces of the regions R2 and R3 of the glass plate 2 may be processed at the same time. By synchronizing and numerically controlling the servo motor 72 of the drive means 63 and the servo motor 78 of the cutting amount adjusting means 64 of the means 17 and 19, respectively, the edge surface of the region R4 of the glass plate 2 and the region of the glass plate 2 The end surfaces of R5 and R6 may be machined simultaneously.

1 glass plate processing apparatus 2 glass plate 3 base 4 support 7, 11, 14, 18 processing head 10, 12, 17, 19 moving means 62 guide rail

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glass plateof the end facefirst territoryareaat least one first processing head means for grinding or polishing or grinding and polishing;of the end facefirst territoryin the areaa first moving means for moving along and a glass platecontinuous with the one region of the end faceanother territoryareaAt least one second processing head means for grinding or polishing or grinding and polishing, and this at least one second processing head means for the glass plateof the end faceand a second moving means for moving along the other one region,
Each of the first moving means and the second moving means includes a traveling table movable in a direction along the end surface of the glass plate, a guide rail that guides and supports the traveling table, and a traveling table that moves along the guide rail. and a driving means for moving the processing head means in a direction orthogonal to the direction along the edge surface of the glass plate to adjust the cutting amount (grinding amount) of the processing head means with respect to the edge surface of the glass plate. and an adjusting means,
The first moving means and the second moving means move the at least one first working head means and the at least one second working head means toward or away from each other, respectively. , at least one first processing head means for the glass sheetSaidmoving in one of the directions along the end surface, and the second moving means moves at least one second processing head means to move the glass plateSaidof the direction along the end facein the direction opposite to the one directionmove in the other directionGrinding or polishing or grinding and polishing the end face of the glass plateA glass plate processing device that is designed to be. The first moving means moves at least one first processing head means to one of the end faces of the glass plate so as to cause the at least one first processing head means to process one region of the end face of the glass plate. The second moving means causes at least one second processing head means to process another region of the end surface of the glass plate. 2. The glass plate processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the second processing head means is moved in the other direction along the other region of the end face of the glass plate. The at least one first machining head means comprises at least one grinding wheel or at least one grinding wheel or at least one grinding wheel and at least one grinding wheel, and the at least one second machining head means comprises 3. The glass plate processing apparatus according to claim 1, comprising at least one grinding wheel or at least one polishing wheel or at least one grinding wheel and at least one polishing wheel. Processing another end face opposite to the end face of the glass plate another first processing head means and another second processing head meansfurther equippedThe glass plate processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3.

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