Kabushiki Kaisha Shinkawa

Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Tohru Takamura

Noboru Fujino

Kazuma Nakayama

Yosuke Ikadai

Taisuke Morimoto

Ryuta Yamaguchi

Nobuyuki Aoyagi

Masakazu Adachi

Toshio Kazami

Takaaki Nagata

Tomohiko Shigihara

Ryunosuke Hozawa

A printing method for printing a first image and a second image while changing a relative position and a relative attitude of a print head relative to a printing object, includes a first printing step of printing a first print image obtained by forming an unprinted region in the first image, a detecting step of detecting the unprinted region, an adjusting step of adjusting the print head such that the second image adjoins the first image, and a second printing step of printing a second print image including the second image and a partial image.

Printing method

A sewing device includes a power source, an input shaft to which a driving force from the power source is transmitted, an output shaft that outputs the driving force transmitted to the input shaft, and a transmission mechanism that transmits the driving force from the input shaft to the output shaft, in which the transmission mechanism includes a first gear that is provided in the output shaft and rotates integrally with the output shaft, a second gear that meshes with the first gear, an intermediate shaft that rotates integrally with the second gear, and a timing belt stretched between the input shaft and the intermediate shaft, in which the second gear is disposed to be movable in a circumferential direction of the first gear. As a result, loosening of the timing belt can be adjusted in a compact configuration.

Sewing device

There is provided a sewing device comprising a needle and a looper, the sewing device including a rotation shaft that rotates the looper, and a set bolt that has a conical distal end and positions the looper in an axial direction relative to the rotation shaft from a radial direction of the rotation shaft, in which the looper includes a through screw hole into which the set bolt is screwed, the rotation shaft includes a groove recessed from a peripheral surface of the rotation shaft, and the groove includes an inclined surface that the distal end of the set bolt contacts. In one aspect, in the sewing device, a cross section of the groove viewed in a direction along an axis of the rotation shaft has a V shape. As a result, a relative position between the needle and the looper can be positioned with significantly high accuracy.

Sewing device and looper positioning method

A clamping device includes a cylinder, a base body, a movable plate, and holding pins. The movable plate is attached to the base body substantially parallel thereto via two pairs of link arms. The movable plate moves along the operating direction of the cylinder. The movable plate can abut against a width-direction side surface of a workpiece. The holding pins are attached to the movable plate. The holding pins abut against an upper portion of the workpiece.

Clamping device and workpiece clamping method

A sewing device includes: a plurality of actuators; and a plurality of seating bodies that are provided in an attachable/detachable manner to the individual actuators to seat on certain regions of an object-to-be-sewn. The sewing device further includes a restraining jig. Due to the restraining jig collectively restraining the plurality of seating bodies provided to the actuators, the plurality of seating bodies can withdraw from the actuators.

A method for monitoring conditions of printing plates in a marking device which uses relief-plate printing. The method employs a camera installed beneath a movable printing plate so that the condition of the printing plate is checked via the camera. A device utilizing such a method includes a plate holder to which the printing plate is attached, an X-Y-Z driver which moves the plate holder in X, Y and Z directions, a camera installed with its photographing side facing up and positioned away from a workpiece carrying table which positions and carries a workpiece that is to be printed, an image processor which processes image signals from the camera, and a monitor which displays images in accordance with the output of the image processor. Thus, the printing plate is photographed by the camera and its condition is checked.

Method and apparatus for monitoring plates in marking device

In a marking method and apparatus which uses relief-plate printing, the distance between printing plate and surface of a workpiece is calculated based upon a rotational position of a vertical direction driving motor before the lowering of the printing plate and a rotational position of the vertical direction driving motor at the time the printing plate comes into contact with the workpiece and signal is accordingly generated by a detector. Thus, the distance between the printing plate and the surface of the workpiece can be easily calculated, and even if the workpieces are not the same in thickness, the amount the plate holder is lowered can be set easily and in a short period of time.

Method of printing on workpieces of differing thicknesses

A lead frame separating device which picks up lead frames stored in a lead frame magazine has downwardly urged detection probes which come in contact with the uppermost lead frame raised by a lead frame lift and a detection sensor which detects movement of the detection probes. With signals from the sensor, a chuck picks up the lead frame.

Lead frame separating device

In performing markings in semiconductor manufacturing devices, the positional discrepancy between printing plate and plate holder is first detected by a camera. After correcting such a discrepancy, the printing plate is positionally fixed and then printing is performed. The printing plate is rotated and moved horizontally in any directions when positional discrepancy is detected and corrected, and an image signal of such positional discrepancy supplied from the camera which is set to face the plate holder is processed to be shown on a monitor for executing correction of the discrepancy.

Marking method and apparatus

A plate base fixing structure including positioning pins provided on either a plate base or plate base fixing block, positioning holes provided in one of the two members which has no positioning pins, the positioning pins being inserted the positioning holes, and a negative-pressure suction hole opened in the plate base fixing block so that the suction hole lets the negative pressure pass to the plate base fixing block. Thus, the plate base is mounted on the plate base fixing block by suction adhesion obtained as a result of the negative pressure.

Plate base fixing structure

A thin film supplier for supplying ink, paste etc., used in relief-plate printing devices, die bonders etc., including an original printing plate placed on a table. The printing plate is provided with a through hole, and a bridge piece is placed in this hole. A recess is formed in the through hole by the bridge piece which has a thickness less than that of the printing plate, and ink, paste, etc. is poured into the recess so that a relief printing plate attached to a plate holder is immersed in such ink, paste, etc.

Thin film supplying mechanism

In the marking method and apparatus, a printing plate which is mounted to a plate holder is moved horizontally and vertically and set above a workpiece. The printing plate is then lowered quickly until it comes into contact with the workpiece upon which printing is performed and then, based upon a signal from a detector which detects such a contact of the printing plate to the workpiece, the printing plate is further lowered slowly a predetermined fixed distance. Thus, even if the thickness of the workpiece is different from workpiece to workpiece, the pressing-in amount of the printing plate into the workpiece can be constant for different workpieces.

An aligning method including steps of placing a printing plate on a transparent plate-carrier which is driven in vertical and horizontal directions; photographing the printing plate and a plate holder, to which the printing plate is to be attached, via a camera from below the plate-carrier; matching standard lines of the plate holder and printing plate with the cross lines of a monitor; lowering the plate holder until the plate holder comes into contact with the printing plate, then attaching the printing plate to the plate holder. The device for such method includes: a plate holder; a plate holder driver which drives the plate holder vertically and horizontally; a plate-carrier installed apart from printing position; a plate-carrier drive drives the plate-carrier in the vertical and horizontal directions; a camera installed below the plate-carrier so that the camera takes pictures of the standard lines of the plate holder and printing plate; and a monitor reproducing the image obtained by the camera. With such an arrangement, the standard lines of the plate holder and printing plate can easily be matched with the cross lines of the monitor, performing a accurate attachment of a printing plate to the print holder.

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Tokyo, Japan

Tohru Takamura