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CN-112085139-B - Method and device for producing a strip of material with integrated electronic components

CN112085139BCN 112085139 BCN112085139 BCN 112085139BCN-112085139-B

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for producing a strip with integrated electronic components, comprising the steps of transporting a material web, cutting a first blank from the material web, lifting the first blank, placing the electronic components onto the material web, transporting the material web with the electronic components located thereon again, cutting the blank from the material web to obtain a second blank on which the electronic components are located, and placing the first blank onto the second blank, such that the electronic components are received between the first blank and the second blank, wherein the first blank and the second blank have or consist of unvulcanized rubber.

Inventors

  • Jens Oliver Adam

Assignees

  • 特克斯玛格销售有限公司

Dates

Publication Date
20260505
Application Date
20200610
Priority Date
20190613

Claims (20)

  1. 1. Method for manufacturing a web (13) with integrated electronic components (3), comprising the steps of transporting a web (4), cutting a first blank (21 a) from the web, lifting the first blank (21 a), placing the electronic components (3) onto the web (4), transporting the web (4) with the electronic components (3) located thereon again, cutting the blank from the web to obtain a second blank (21 b) on which the electronic components (3) are located, and placing the first blank (21 a) onto the second blank (21 b), thereby accommodating the electronic components (3) between the first blank (21 a) and the second blank (21 b), wherein the first and second blanks have unvulcanized rubber or consist of unvulcanized rubber.
  2. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the placement of the electronic component on the web is performed before the first and second blanks are sheared from the web for the purpose of manufacturing the strip having just the electronic component.
  3. 3. A method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein lifting of the first blank and shearing of the second blank are performed simultaneously.
  4. 4. A method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the shearing of the first blank and the shearing of the second blank are performed simultaneously.
  5. 5. The method according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising the step of combining the first blank (21 a) with the second blank (21 b) to obtain a strip (13) with integrated electronic components (3).
  6. 6. A method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein shearing of the second blank is performed after shearing of the first blank.
  7. 7. A method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the first and second blanks are sheared from the same web of material.
  8. 8. A method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the first blank is combined with the second blank under pressure.
  9. 9. The method of claim 8, wherein the first blank is bonded to the second blank by lamination.
  10. 10. The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the electronic component has a memory and at least one antenna and in particular a radio frequency identification chip.
  11. 11. Method for manufacturing a strip (13) with integrated electronic components (3), comprising the steps of transporting a web (4), cutting a first blank (21 a) from the web (4), cutting a second blank (21 b) from the web (4), placing electronic components (3) onto the second blank (21 b), placing the first blank (21 a) onto the second blank (21 b), thereby accommodating the electronic components (3) between the first blank (21 a) and the second blank (21 b), wherein the first blank and the second blank have or consist of unvulcanized rubber.
  12. 12. The method of claim 11, wherein the shearing of the first blank and the shearing of the second blank are performed simultaneously.
  13. 13. The method according to claim 11 or 12, further comprising the step of combining the first blank (21 a) with the second blank (21 b) to obtain a strip (13) with integrated electronic components (3).
  14. 14. A method according to claim 11 or 12, wherein shearing of the second blank is performed after shearing of the first blank.
  15. 15. A method according to claim 11 or 12, wherein the first and second blanks are sheared from the same web of material.
  16. 16. A method according to claim 11 or 12, wherein the first blank is joined to the second blank under pressure.
  17. 17. The method of claim 16, wherein the first blank is bonded to the second blank by lamination.
  18. 18. The method according to claim 11 or 12, wherein the electronic component has a memory and at least one antenna and in particular a radio frequency identification chip.
  19. 19. Apparatus for manufacturing a strip (13) with integrated electronic components (3), comprising means (5) for transporting a web (4) of unvulcanized rubber, shearing means (1), means (2) for placing the electronic components (3) onto the web (4) or onto blanks (21 b,21 a) sheared from the web, means for lifting blanks (21 a,21 b) sheared from the web (4) and for subsequently placing the lifted blanks onto further, sheared blanks (21 b,21 a) so as to receive the electronic components (3) between the two blanks (21 a,21 b).
  20. 20. The apparatus of claim 19, further comprising means for joining two blanks to obtain a strip with integrated electronic components.

Description

Method and device for producing a strip of material with integrated electronic components Technical Field The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for manufacturing a strip with integrated electronic components. In particular, the present invention relates to a method and apparatus for manufacturing rubber strips with integrated radio frequency identification chips (RFID-chips). Background It is known in the prior art to integrate radio frequency identification chips in car tires or in truck tires for logistical and quality assurance reasons. Traffic monitoring and, if necessary, evidence of tire or wheel theft can also be carried out in this way. It is also known to manufacture strips with integrated radio frequency identification chips, so-called radio frequency identification tags, from unvulcanized rubber and then to vulcanize these strips together with the rubber used to manufacture the tire at the time of its manufacture. To manufacture such a web with integrated rfid chips, two separate webs of material are unwound from a roll and the rfid chips are integrated between the two webs and then laminated before the webs are cut into the web or rfid labels. Disclosure of Invention It is an object of the invention to provide a method and an apparatus for manufacturing a strip with integrated electronic components, with which the space requirements for the manufacturing apparatus are reduced. This object is achieved by a method according to claim 1, a method according to claim 4 and an apparatus according to claim 11. The dependent claims relate to advantageous constructional designs of the invention. The method for manufacturing a strip with integrated electronic components according to the invention comprises the steps of transporting a web of material, cutting a first blank from the web of material, lifting the first blank, placing electronic components onto the web of material, transporting the web of material with electronic components located thereon again, cutting the blank from the web of material to obtain a second blank on which electronic components are located, placing the first blank onto the second blank, thereby accommodating electronic components between the first blank and the second blank. According to the invention, the first blank and the second blank are sheared from the same web. Only one device is therefore required for unwinding and transporting the only material web composed of unvulcanized rubber. In this way, the entire manufacturing plant requires much less space, since the equipment for unwinding the second web of unvulcanized rubber can be omitted. In addition, the working process is simplified, since the manufacturing installation only has to be loaded with a material web composed of unvulcanized rubber. If the blanks have sufficiently adhered contact surfaces, the blanks may be joined to one another by said placement. However, it is also possible to additionally bond or laminate the first blank and the second blank to obtain a strip with integrated electronic components. The electronic component preferably has a memory and at least one antenna, wherein the (at least one) antenna can be used for information exchange for writing and/or reading of the memory and, if necessary, for energy supply. In particular, the electronic component is preferably a radio frequency identification chip with at least one antenna. The first and second blanks are preferably composed of unvulcanized rubber. Furthermore, it is possible according to the invention that the first blank and the second blank have different dimensions and that one blank is placed offset relative to the other blank. In this way different forms of the strip can be realized. According to the prior art, only the same dimensions of blanks can be achieved, the edges of which have exactly the same x and y orientation (x-axis: feed direction in manufacture; y-axis: transverse to feed direction; z-axis: vertical axis to large surface of the blank). It is also possible according to the invention that one blank is smaller than the other blank, so that a trapezoid structure is approximately created in cross section with the same orientation of the area centroid. Alternatively, one of the blanks may be offset in the x and y directions relative to the other blank, such that a "Z pattern" is created with a corresponding offset in the area centroid (in the case of edges that are preferably oriented in parallel). Furthermore, one of the blanks may be staggered relative to the other blank only along the x-direction (in the case of edges that are preferably oriented in parallel) to obtain a "diamond pattern". The placement of the electronic component, in particular the rfid chip, on the material web may be performed after the first blank has been cut from the material web in order to produce the material web with exactly this electronic component. Alternatively, the placement of the electronic component may be performed befo