Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to provide a preparation system for electrochromic glass, which can quickly complete the preparation of the electrochromic glass and save the processes of packaging, transferring, cleaning and the like among various coating processes.
In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a manufacturing system for electrochromic glass, including:
a first glass body preparation station group comprising a plurality of first coating stations arranged in sequence so that the first glass substrate is formed into a first glass body comprising a first conductive layer and a first electrochromic layer;
the second glass body preparation station group comprises a plurality of second coating stations which are arranged in sequence, so that a second glass substrate is formed into a second glass body comprising a second conductive layer, a second electrochromic layer and an electrolyte layer;
and the laminating station is used for carrying out a laminating process on the first glass body and the second glass body to form the electrochromic glass.
In an embodiment of the invention, the preparation system further comprises a transfer device for performing transfer operations between the coating stations.
In an embodiment of the invention, the transfer device comprises at least one robotic arm having a plurality of degrees of freedom.
In an embodiment of the present invention, the first glass body manufacturing station includes a first conductive layer coating station and a first electrochromic layer coating station, and the second glass body manufacturing station includes a second conductive layer coating station, a second electrochromic layer coating station, and an electrolyte layer coating station.
In an embodiment of the present invention, the first conductive layer coating station and the first electrochromic layer coating station are symmetrically arranged with respect to the second conductive layer coating station and the second electrochromic layer coating station, respectively, the electrolyte layer coating station is arranged at a downstream end of the second electrochromic layer coating station, and the bonding station is located at both downstream ends of the first electrochromic layer coating station and the electrolyte layer coating station.
In an embodiment of the present invention, the first conductive layer coating station, the first electrochromic layer coating station, the second conductive layer coating station, the second electrochromic layer coating station, the electrolyte layer coating station, and the bonding station are arranged in a ring shape, and the transfer device is arranged inside the ring shape.
In an embodiment of the invention, the manufacturing system further comprises a first glass substrate inlet and a second glass substrate inlet disposed proximate the first conductive layer coating station and the second conductive layer coating station, respectively.
In an embodiment of the present invention, the manufacturing system further comprises an electrochromic glass vent disposed proximate the laminating station.
In an embodiment of the present invention, the preparation system has a closed working space, and the first conductive layer coating station, the first electrochromic layer coating station, the second conductive layer coating station, the second electrochromic layer coating station and the electrolyte layer coating station are located in the working space.
In an embodiment of the present invention, the first conductive layer coating station, the first electrochromic layer coating station, the second conductive layer coating station, the second electrochromic layer coating station, and the electrolyte layer coating station each have an independent and closed working chamber or coating apparatus.
According to the technical scheme, the first glass body preparation station and the second glass body preparation station are arranged simultaneously, so that the first glass body and the second glass body are respectively coated in the first glass body preparation station and the second glass body preparation station to form the first glass body and the second glass body, and finally the first glass body and the second glass body are attached to form the electrochromic glass.
Detailed Description
The following detailed description of embodiments of the invention refers to the accompanying drawings. It should be understood that the detailed description and specific examples, while indicating the present invention, are given by way of illustration and explanation only, not limitation.
In one embodiment of the present invention, a novel manufacturing system for electrochromic glass is provided, as shown in fig. 1-2, the manufacturing system includes a first glass body manufacturing station 1, a second glass body manufacturing station 2 and a bonding station 3, wherein the first glass body manufacturing station 1 includes a plurality of first coating stations arranged in sequence, so that a first glass substrate is formed into a first glass body including a first conductive layer and a first electrochromic layer, specifically, the cleaned and dried first glass substrate is transported to the first coating station for performing a first conductive layer coating process, and a first conductive layer is coated on one side surface of the first glass substrate at the first coating station; after the first conductive layer is coated, the first conductive layer is continuously conveyed to another first coating station for executing a first electrochromic layer coating process, and a first electrochromic layer is coated on the first conductive layer, so that the preparation of the first glass body with two layers of films is finished; the second glass body preparation station group 2 comprises a plurality of second coating stations which are arranged in sequence, so that a second glass substrate is formed into a second glass body comprising a second conductive layer, a second electrochromic layer and an electrolyte layer, the second glass substrate which is to be cleaned and dried is conveyed to the second coating station for executing a second conductive layer coating process, and a second conductive layer is coated on one side surface of the second glass substrate on the second coating station; after the second conductive layer is coated, the second conductive layer is continuously conveyed to another second coating station for executing a second electrochromic layer coating process, and a second electrochromic layer is coated above the second conductive layer; after the second electrochromic layer is coated, the second electrochromic layer is continuously conveyed to another second coating station for executing an electrolyte layer coating process, and an electrolyte layer is coated on the second electrochromic layer until the preparation of the second glass body with the three-layer film is finished; further, the thickness of each film layer in the first glass body and the second glass body is determined according to technical parameters such as manufacturing materials of each film layer, accelerating voltage and the like, and the technical parameters are determined according to actual preparation requirements.
The attaching station 3 is used for performing an attaching process on the first glass body and the second glass body to form electrochromic glass, namely after the first glass body and the second glass body are respectively prepared, the first glass body and the second glass body are conveyed to the attaching station 3, and the first glass body and the second glass body are attached together at the station to form a 7-layer structure of 'a first glass substrate, a first conductive layer, a first electrochromic layer, an electrolyte layer, a second electrochromic layer, a second conductive layer and a second glass substrate', so that the electrochromic glass is prepared.
According to the preparation system for the electrochromic glass provided by the embodiment of the invention, the first glass body preparation station group 1, the second glass body preparation station group 2 and the laminating station 3 are arranged at the same time, so that the first glass substrate and the second glass substrate are respectively coated with films to form the first glass body and the second glass body, and finally the first glass body and the second glass body are laminated to form the electrochromic glass.
In an embodiment of the present invention, in the embodiment of the present invention, the preparation system further includes a transfer device 4 for performing a transfer operation between the coating stations, so that the transfer efficiency between the coating stations is improved, the preparation efficiency of the electrochromic glass is further increased as a whole, and the manual transfer cost is reduced.
In one embodiment of the present invention, the transferring device 4 comprises at least one mechanical arm with multiple degrees of freedom, and further preferably, in this embodiment, the transferring device 4 is preferably two mechanical arms with five degrees of freedom or six degrees of freedom, the movement is flexible, and the working space is large, and the two transferring devices 4 are respectively used for transferring operations between the first glass body preparation process and the second glass body preparation process; in addition, the tail end of the mechanical arm is provided with a suction mechanism (such as a sucker) for stabilizing the transported object so as to better meet the transportation requirement.
In one embodiment of the present invention, the first glass body manufacturing station 1 comprises a first conductivelayer coating station 101 and a first electrochromiclayer coating station 102, wherein the first conductivelayer coating station 101 is configured to perform a first conductive layer coating process on a first glass substrate, i.e., coating one side surface of the first glass substrate with a first conductive layer material, the first conductive layer material comprising one of ITO or FTO; the first electrochromiclayer coating station 102 is used for performing a first electrochromic layer coating process on the upper part of the first conductive layer, namely coating the upper surface of the first conductive layer with a first electrochromic layer material, wherein the first electrochromic layer material comprises WO3、MoO3、Nb2O5Or TiO2One of (1); the second glass body preparation station 2 comprises a second guideA second conductivelayer coating station 201, a second electrochromiclayer coating station 202 and an electrolytelayer coating station 203, wherein the second conductivelayer coating station 201 is used for performing a second conductive layer coating process on a second glass substrate, namely, a second conductive layer material is coated on one side surface of the second glass substrate, and the second conductive layer material is consistent with the first conductive layer material; the first electrochromiclayer coating station 102 is used for performing a second electrochromic layer coating process on the second conductive layer, namely coating a second electrochromic layer material on the upper surface of the second conductive layer, wherein the second electrochromic layer material is consistent with the first electrochromic layer material; the electrolytelayer coating station 203 is used for performing an electrolyte layer coating process on the second electrochromic layer, namely coating the upper surface of the second electrochromic layer with an electrolyte layer material comprising LiNbO3、LiAIO2Or LiTaO3One kind of (1).
In an embodiment of the present invention, the first conductivelayer coating station 101 and the first electrochromiclayer coating station 102 are symmetrically arranged with the second conductivelayer coating station 201 and the second electrochromiclayer coating station 202, respectively, and the electrolytelayer coating station 203 is arranged at the downstream end of the second electrochromiclayer coating station 202, so that the first glass body and the second glass body can be simultaneously and step by step processed, and the time difference between the processing of the first glass body and the processing of the second glass body is shortened as much as possible; further, the electrolytelayer coating station 203 in this embodiment may also be disposed at the downstream end of the first electrochromiclayer coating station 102, and the disposition at this position does not affect the manufacturing process and efficiency of the electrochromic glass; the laminating station 3 is located at the downstream end of the first electrochromiclayer coating station 102 and the electrolytelayer coating station 203, so that the distance between the laminating station 3 and the first electrochromiclayer coating station 102 and the distance between the laminating station 3 and the electrolytelayer coating station 203 are shortened, and the processed first glass body and the processed second glass body can be rapidly conveyed to the laminating station 3 for laminating.
In one embodiment of the invention, the first conductivelayer coating station 101, the first electrochromiclayer coating station 102, the second conductivelayer coating station 201, the second electrochromiclayer coating station 202, the electrolytelayer coating station 203 and the bonding station 3 are arranged in a ring shape, and the arrangement mode can greatly reduce the total floor area of the preparation system while ensuring that the preparation fluency of the electrochromic glass is not influenced; transfer equipment 4 arranges in annular inside, and further, the distance between transfer equipment 4 and each first coating film station, second coating film station or the laminating station 3 equals as far as possible, is favorable to transfer equipment 4's arm end to reach each first coating film station, second coating film station or laminating station 3, can transport smoothly, without obstacle when reducing transfer equipment 4 use quantity.
In one embodiment of the present invention, the manufacturing system further includes a first glass substrate inlet 5 and a second glass substrate inlet 6 disposed adjacent to the first conductivelayer coating station 101 and the second conductivelayer coating station 201, respectively, and further, in this embodiment, the first glass substrate inlet 5 and the second glass substrate inlet 6 are disposed in parallel, which facilitates the transfer device 4 to transfer the first glass substrate and the second glass substrate to the first conductivelayer coating station 101 and the second conductivelayer coating station 201 in a short distance and quickly.
In an embodiment of the present invention, the preparation system further includes an electrochromic glass outlet 7 disposed adjacent to the bonding station 3, which is beneficial for the transfer device 4 to transfer the prepared electrochromic glass out of the preparation system in a short distance and quickly, and avoids the electrochromic glass from being accumulated on the bonding station 3 in time due to transfer to affect the subsequent bonding station 3 of the first glass body and the second glass body.
In one embodiment of the present invention, the manufacturing system has a closed working space, and the first conductivelayer coating station 101, the first electrochromiclayer coating station 102, the second conductivelayer coating station 201, the second electrochromiclayer coating station 202, and the electrolytelayer coating station 203 are located in the working space. Specifically, a uniform working environment setting is adopted in a working space of the preparation system, and the working environment setting is determined according to the preparation method of the electrochromic glass. In an embodiment of the present invention, the electrochromic glass is prepared by a vacuum evaporation method, so that the inside of the working space of the preparation system is in a vacuum state to meet the requirement of the preparation environment of the vacuum evaporation method, that is, the first conductivelayer coating station 101, the first electrochromiclayer coating station 102, the second conductivelayer coating station 201, the second electrochromiclayer coating station 202 and the electrolytelayer coating station 203 are in a common vacuum environment.
In one embodiment of the present invention, the first conductivelayer coating station 101, the first electrochromiclayer coating station 102, the second conductivelayer coating station 201, the second electrochromiclayer coating station 202, and the electrolytelayer coating station 203 each have an independent and closed working chamber or coating apparatus. Specifically, each coating station of the preparation system is provided with an independent and closed working chamber, and the inside of the working chamber is determined according to the preparation method of the electrochromic glass, in one embodiment of the invention, the electrochromic glass is prepared by a magnetron sputtering method, that is, the preparation system in the embodiment is a magnetron sputtering system, the magnetron sputtering device in the magnetron sputtering system comprises two glass substrate inlets and an electrochromic glass outlet, the two inlets are respectively used for conveying a first glass substrate and a second glass substrate, and the electrochromic glass outlet is used for conveying the prepared electrochromic glass; the magnetron sputtering system comprises 5 working chambers which are respectively arranged at a first annular conductivelayer coating station 101, a first electrochromiclayer coating station 102, a second annular conductivelayer coating station 201, a second electrochromiclayer coating station 202 and an electrolytelayer coating station 203, wherein the targets of the five working chambers are respectively a first conductive layer, a first electrochromic layer, a second conductive layer, a second electrochromic layer and an electrolyte layer; furthermore, the magnetron sputtering system comprises a transfer device 4 arranged inside the ring for performing the transfer operation.
Further, if the electrochromic glass is prepared by using the sol-gel method, a sol-gel machine is respectively arranged at the first conductivelayer coating station 101, the first electrochromiclayer coating station 102, the second conductivelayer coating station 201, the second electrochromiclayer coating station 202, and the electrolytelayer coating station 203, so that the electrochromic glass is prepared by using the sol-gel method. In addition, if the preparation system provided by the invention adopts other preparation methods for preparation, the working spaces of the first conductivelayer coating station 101, the first electrochromiclayer coating station 102, the second conductivelayer coating station 201, the second electrochromiclayer coating station 202 and the electrolytelayer coating station 203 can be adaptively changed to meet the preparation requirements of other methods.
The preferred embodiments of the present application have been described in detail above with reference to the accompanying drawings, but the present application is not limited thereto. Within the scope of the technical idea of the present application, numerous simple modifications can be made to the technical solution of the present application, including combinations of the specific technical features in any suitable way, and in order to avoid unnecessary repetition, various possible combinations will not be further described herein. These simple modifications and combinations should also be considered as disclosed in the present application, and all fall within the scope of protection of the present application.
In this application, unless expressly stated or limited otherwise, the terms "mounted," "connected," "secured," and the like are to be construed broadly and can include, for example, fixed connections, removable connections, or integral parts; may be mechanically coupled, may be electrically coupled or may be in communication with each other; they may be directly connected or indirectly connected through intervening media, or they may be connected internally or in any other suitable relationship, unless expressly stated otherwise. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present application can be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art as appropriate.
In this application, unless expressly stated or limited otherwise, the first feature "on" or "under" the second feature may be directly contacting the first and second features or indirectly contacting the first and second features through intervening media. Also, a first feature "on," "over," and "above" a second feature may be directly or diagonally above the second feature, or may simply indicate that the first feature is at a higher level than the second feature. A first feature being "under," "below," and "beneath" a second feature may be directly under or obliquely under the first feature, or may simply mean that the first feature is at a lesser elevation than the second feature.
Although embodiments of the present application have been shown and described above, it is to be understood that the above embodiments are exemplary and not to be construed as limiting the present application, and that changes, modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made to the above embodiments by those of ordinary skill in the art within the scope of the present application.