No.7（2004）5.The development of an automatic flocking machine which uses plotting technology

Yasuo TONOYA, Katsumi YAMAMOTO, Hiroshi SHIGEMATSU, Hideki KURIHARA, Isamu YAMAGUCHI, Takashi MIYOKAWA

With the current flocking products we can only flock the entire surface of a material. The automatic flocking machine that we developed can make the following designed products, (1) make image data using computer aided designs and so on. (2) apply adhesives using plotting technology based on image data. (3) flock the designed material using electrostatic power. The automatic flocking machine is composed of a device for applying adhesives and a device for flocking. The device for applying adhesives consists of three shaft control tables and a dispenser. The device for flocking consists of a two-shaft arm table and a flocking gun. The machine that we developed is suitable for high-variety engineer-to-order manufacturing because of its flexible design and maskinglessness.

Keywords
Adhesive, 3D table, dispenser, 2D arm, flocking gun, CAD

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