Patent ID: 8069892
Filing Date: 2011-12-06
Classification: B23K,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A film bonding machine comprising: a honeycomb structural body mover capable of gripping and moving a honeycomb structural body to an intended location; a tape bonder that bonds a continuous tape onto an end surface of the honeycomb structural body; a laser oscillator that oscillates a laser so as to perform cutting processing of the tape bonded onto the end surface of the honeycomb structural body to obtain the honeycomb structural body wherein the tape having a predetermined size along an outer peripheral shape is bonded on the end surface; a moving type or tilt type mirror located in a position capable of reflecting a light reflected from the tape bonded to the end surface of the honeycomb structural body on the same axis as the laser oscillated from the laser oscillator and capable of being moved from the position on the same axis when the laser oscillates; an image pick-up unit that picks up an image of the end surface of the honeycomb structural body reflected by the mirror; a processing position controller that positions the laser from the laser oscillator so as to cut the bonded tape into an intended shape based on the picked image; and a pair of rollers that contact the tape upstream of the honeycomb structural body and contact a residual portion of the tape downstream of the honeycomb structural body, respectively, the residual portion of the tape being created after the tape is cut by the laser oscillator, wherein the tape bonder includes a winding element for winding the residual portion of the tape.