Attachment method for attaching identification information to metal member and tag

Abstract

To provide an attachment method for attaching identification information to a metal member, and a tag used for use in the attachment method.SOLUTION: An attachment method for attaching identification information to a metal member using a tag and an imprinting machine, includes: receiving an input of the identification information to be imprinted on the tag using the imprinting machine; making an imprint on the tag using the imprinting machine on the basis of the received identification information; and attaching the tag with the imprinted identification information to the metal member.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

[Technical field]

[0001] The present invention relates to a method for attaching identification information to metal members such as iron and steel materials, and to a tag used in the attachment method. [Background technology]

[0002] When constructing buildings and structures, it is common to use metal materials such as iron and steel as frameworks. These metal materials vary in length and thickness, so they must be used appropriately in the locations specified in the design drawings. For this reason, metal materials are given identification information such as product numbers in order to identify them.

[0003] This identification information is written directly on a metal member such as a steel frame using a dedicated marker (pen) such as that described in Non-Patent Document 1 below. [Prior art documents] [Non-patent literature]

[0004] MISUMI Group Headquarters, "Steel Marker Medium", [online], Internet<URL: https: / / jp.misumi-ec.com / vona2 / detail / 223009847689 / > Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0005] The method of directly writing identification information on a metal member using a marker, as described in Non-Patent Document 1, is the simplest method and is widely used.

[0006] However, when the surface of a metal component is processed, such as by plating, there is a problem that the identification information written with a marker will disappear. [Means for solving the problem]

[0007] In view of the above problems, the present inventors have invented a method for attaching identification information to a metal component, which enables identification information to be attached to the metal component even when the surface of the metal component is processed, and a tag for use in this method.

[0008] The first invention is a method for attaching identification information to a metal component using a tag and a stamping machine, in which the stamping machine accepts input of identification information to be stamped on the tag, stamps the tag based on the accepted identification information, and attaches the tag with the identification information engraved on it to the metal component.

[0009] By configuring the present invention as described above, even if the surface of the metal member is subjected to a surface treatment such as plating, the identification information will not disappear.

[0010] In the above-mentioned invention, the method may be configured such that a mounting portion provided on the tag on which the identification information is engraved and the metal member are mounted via an intermediate part.

[0011] In the above-mentioned invention, an attachment method can be configured in which the tag engraved with the identification information is attached to the metal member by passing a wire through a hole provided in the tag engraved with the identification information and a hole portion of the metal member.

[0012] As in these inventions, in order to attach a tag engraved with identification information to a metal member, it is preferable to attach it using an intermediate part such as a wire, so that when the metal member is installed in a structure, the tag can be removed by cutting the intermediate part such as the wire.

[0013] In the above-mentioned invention, the identification information is set for each tag, and when the stamping machine stamps the identification information on the tag placed in the placement area of ​​the stamping machine, the stamping machine temporarily suspends the stamping, and after the tag placed in the placement area is removed, a new tag is placed, and after an operation to resume stamping is received, stamping of the identification information on the next tag is started.This is an attachment method.

[0014] According to the configuration of the present invention, it is possible to engrave a plurality of tags while replacing the tags.

[0015] In the above-mentioned invention, the stamping machine can be configured as an installation method in which, when it stamps identification information on a tag placed in the mounting area of ​​the stamping machine, the stamping is temporarily suspended and a notification is given to prompt the user to replace the tag to be stamped.

[0016] By providing a notification as in the present invention, the operator can know the timing for tag replacement.

[0017] A fourth invention is a tag on which identification information of a metal component is engraved, wherein a stamping machine receives input of the identification information to be engraved on the tag, and the identification information is engraved by the stamping machine based on the received identification information.

[0018] According to the present invention, a tag can be made in which the identification information does not disappear even if the surface of the metal member is subjected to a surface treatment such as plating. Effect of the Invention

[0019] By using the attachment method and tag of the present invention, it is possible to attach identification information to a metal member even if the surface of the metal member is subjected to processing or the like. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0020] [Figure 1] FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of a tag (plate) to be engraved by the engraving method of the present invention. [Diagram 2] FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a schematic diagram of an example of a marking machine used in the present invention. [Diagram 3] FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of a main body device. [Figure 4] FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a state in which a marking machine and a computer are connected to each other. [Diagram 5] 1 is a diagram showing an example of a state in which a tag is placed on a placement area of ​​a placement table of a marking machine; FIG. [Figure 6] FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of a state in which identification information is stamped on a tag by a stamping machine. [Figure 7] FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of the state of a tag on which identification information has been stamped by a stamping machine after plating. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0021] In the present invention, when attaching identification information to a metal member such as a steel frame material, the identification information is stamped onto a tag 1 (plate) and the tag 1 is attached to the metal member. A stamping machine 2 is used to stamp the identification information onto the tag 1.

[0022] An example of the tag 1 is shown in FIG. 1. The tag 1 is a metal plate of a size on which identification information can be engraved. The tag 1 is preferably flat, and for example, a flat plate with a thickness of 1 to 2 mm, a short side of 50 mm, and a long side of 80 mm can be used, but there is no limitation on the size. It is sufficient that the tag 1 can be engraved by an engraving machine 2. The shape of the tag 1 is not limited to a polygonal shape, and may be a circle, an ellipse, or any other shape. The metal member constituting the tag 1 may be any member as long as it is durable against processing such as plating. A metal member such as iron is preferable, but a non-metallic member may also be used.

[0023] An arbitrary position of the tag 1 has an attachment portion 10 for attaching the tag 1 to a metal member. The tag 1 in Fig. 1 shows a case where a hole is drilled as the attachment portion 10. When the attachment portion 10 is a hole, the tag 1 can be attached to the metal member by passing a wire or the like through the hole and attaching the wire to a predetermined position on the metal member, for example, a hole provided in the metal member.

[0024] A marking machine 2 is used to mark identification information on the tag 1. Any marking machine 2 may be used as long as it is capable of marking identification information on the tag 1, and for example, a dot marking machine, a laser marking machine, etc. may be used. The dot marking machine is a marking machine 2 having a support 21 and a marking head, and is a device that drives a marking pin 23 in the vertical direction by air pressure, electricity, etc., to mark information (characters, etc.) to be marked, such as numbers, letters, symbols, marks, etc., on the surface of the tag 1 as a dot cloud. The laser marking machine is a device that irradiates a laser onto the surface of the tag 1 to mark characters, etc. to be marked, such as alphanumeric characters, symbols, marks, etc. FIG. 2 shows an example of the marking machine 2. The marking machine 2 in FIG. 2 shows the case of a dot marking machine.

[0025] The marking machine 2 has, for example, a mounting table 20, a support 21, a main unit 22, a marking pin 23, and a display unit 24.

[0026] The mounting table 20 is a table that supports the entire marking machine 2. The tag 1 is placed on a mounting area 25 of the mounting table 20, and is marked with a cloud of points by a marking pin 23, which will be described later.

[0027] The support pillar 21 is provided on the mounting table 20 and serves as a support for supporting a control device, which will be described later.

[0028] The main device 22 is provided with a marking pin 23 on its bottom surface. Input of characters to be engraved on the tag 1 is received from a predetermined computer 3. Then, based on the received input of characters to be engraved, the marking pin 23 is driven in the up, down, left and right directions to mark the tag 1 placed on the mounting base 20 with a cloud of points.

[0029] The main unit 22 includes a calculation unit 70, a storage device 71, an input device 72, a communication device 73, and the like. FIG. 3 shows an example of a hardware configuration of the main unit 22. The calculation unit 70 executes calculation processing of a program, and also controls the marking machine 2, such as moving the marking pin 23 and / or the tag 1 placed on the placement table 20 in the up, down, left and right directions. The storage device 71 is a device for storing information, such as a RAM or a ROM. The input device 72 is a device for inputting information through a touch panel when the display device 24 is a touch panel display. In the case of a touch panel display, the display device 24 and the input device 72 may be integrally configured. The input device 72 may also be a keyboard or a mouse. The communication device 73 is a device for communicating with the marking machine 2 and the computer 3 that can communicate with the marking machine 2. The marking machine 2 accepts input of characters to be marked on the tag 1, which is set by the computer 3, through the communication device 73, and performs calculations using the calculation unit 70.

[0030] The marking pin 23 is attached to the bottom surface of the main unit 22 and moves up, down, left and right in accordance with control instructions from the arithmetic unit 70 of the main unit 22 to imprint predetermined characters or the like on the tag 1.

[0031] The display device 24 is a display or the like installed on the main unit 22, and displays an operation screen, messages, and the like.

[0032] As the marking machine 2, various kinds of marking machines 2 can be used, for example, a tabletop marking machine P5000 by Gravotec Corporation can be used. By using such a marking machine 2, marking can be performed within a range of 120 mm in width and 100 mm in height. Furthermore, the character height (the height of one character) can be marked at a height of 0.5 mm to 80 mm. This character height can be set in increments of 0.1 mm. Similarly, the character width (the width of one character), character spacing, and character angle (the angle at which the character is italicized) can also be set appropriately.

[0033] It is preferable that the depth of the characters engraved by the marking machine 2 (the depth of the marking) is as deep as possible. For example, in the case of a desktop marking machine P5000, the depth is set to the maximum depth. According to the applicant's investigation, it is preferable to engrave to a depth of about 0.05 mm, but it may be engraved to a depth in the range of about 0.01 mm to 1 mm. The depth can be changed as appropriate depending on the thickness, material, type of surface treatment, etc. of the tag 1.

[0034] Next, the procedure for stamping identification information on tag 1 using tag 1 and stamping machine 2 will be described.

[0035] First, characters and the like of the identification information to be stamped by the stamping machine 2 on the tag 1 are set in a specific computer 3. This setting is performed in a manner predetermined in the stamping machine 2 so that the marking pin 23 can be operated by the arithmetic device 70 of the stamping machine 2, for example. For example, if the characters and the like to be stamped on one tag 1 are set for each line in a spreadsheet, the characters and the like to be stamped are entered and saved line by line.

[0036] The marking machine 2 is connected to the computer 3 by wire or wirelessly. The marking machine 2 is started by a predetermined operation, and the characters to be marked, etc., created by the computer 3 are sent to the marking machine 2 by a predetermined operation from the computer 3. When this information is received via the communication device 73, the arithmetic device 70 in the main unit 22 stores the information received from the computer 3 in the storage device 71.

[0037] When the tag 1 is placed on the placement area 25 of the placement stand 20 of the stamping machine 2 (FIG. 5), a predetermined operation is performed on the stamping machine 2, whereby the arithmetic unit 70 reads out the characters, etc. of the identification information stored in the memory device 71, and controls the stamping of the shapes of the characters, etc. as a cloud of points on the tag 1 according to a predetermined control program and the characters, etc. In other words, the marking pin 23 is moved in the up, down, left, and right directions according to the shapes of the characters, etc., to stamp the tag 1 as a cloud of points.

[0038] FIG. 6 shows an example of an engraved tag 1.

[0039] For example, after one line of characters or the like of a spreadsheet has been engraved on the tag 1, the arithmetic device 70 automatically stops the engraving process and displays on the display device 24 a message instructing the user to replace the tag 1. Upon seeing this message, the operator removes the engraved tag 1 from the mounting area 25 of the mounting base 20 and places a new tag 1 in the mounting area 25 of the mounting base 20. When the operator then performs an operation to resume engraving on the display device 24 or the like, the arithmetic device 70 accepts the operation and reads out the characters or the like for the next tag 1 (the next line of characters or the like in the spreadsheet) and starts engraving.

[0040] By repeating this process multiple times, it is possible to imprint identification information on each tag 1.

[0041] The tag 1 is attached to a metal member using the attachment portion 10 of the tag 1 thus created. For example, the tag 1 is attached to the metal member by passing one wire through each of the hole of the tag 1 and the hole of the metal member.

[0042] The metal member with the tag 1 attached in this manner is placed in a plating tank containing a plating solution, and the surface of the metal member is plated. During this process, both the metal member and the tag 1 are exposed to the plating solution stored in the plating tank.

[0043] Even when the metal member is removed from the plating bath, the identification information engraved on the tag 1 does not disappear, and the visibility of the identification information does not decrease. An example of this tag 1 is shown in FIG.

[0044] The surface treatment for the metal member is not limited to plating. There are various plating methods such as electroplating, electroless plating, chemical conversion treatment, and anodizing, and the present invention can be applied to various plating methods. Furthermore, the above-mentioned plating process may be a general plating process.

[0045] Conventionally, when identification information is written on a metal member using a marker or the like, the identification information may be lost when the metal member is subjected to surface processing such as plating, but by using the present invention, the loss of the identification information can be prevented. Also, by marking (stamping) the identification information on the tag 1 with the stamping machine 2, various identification information can be stamped with a simple operation.

[0046] In the above description, the input of the identification information to be stamped on the tag 1 is received from the computer 3, but the stamping machine 2 may receive the input directly.

[0047] In the above description, the tag 1 is attached to the metal member by using a wire between the hole in the attachment portion 10 of the tag 1 and the hole in the metal member, but the hole in the attachment portion 10 of the tag 1 and the hole in the metal member may be attached using some intermediate part, such as a string or chain. The tag 1 may also be directly attached to the metal member by welding or other methods. [Industrial Applicability]

[0048] By using the tag 1 of the present invention and the method for marking identification information on the tag 1, it is possible to attach identification information to a metal member even when the surface of the metal member is subjected to processing or the like. [Explanation of symbols]

[0049] 1: Tags 2: Stamping machine 3: Computer 10: Mounting part 20:Placement table 21: Post 22: Main unit 23: Marking pin 24:Display device 25: Placement area 70: Arithmetic device 71:Storage device 72: Input device 73:Communication equipment

Claims

1. A method for attaching identification information to a metal component using a tag and a stamping machine, comprising the steps of: receiving an input of identification information to be stamped on the tag in the stamping machine, and stamping the tag with the stamping machine based on the received identification information; Attaching the tag on which the identification information is engraved to the metal member; A mounting method characterized by:

2. The tag is attached to the metal member via an intermediate part.

2. The method of claim 1.

3. attaching the tag engraved with the identification information to the metal member by passing a wire through a hole provided in the tag engraved with the identification information and a hole in the metal member; 3. The mounting method according to claim 2.

4. The identification information is set for each tag, The stamping machine is When the identification information is engraved on the tag placed in the placement area of ​​the marking machine, the marking is temporarily stopped; After the tag placed in the placement area is removed, a new tag is placed, and after an operation to resume marking is received, marking of the identification information on the next tag is started.

4. The method of claim 3.

5. The stamping machine is when the identification information is engraved on the tag placed in the placement area of ​​the marking machine, the marking is temporarily stopped and a notification is given to prompt the user to replace the tag to be marked.

5. The method of claim 4.

6. A tag on which identification information of a metal member is engraved, The tag is a stamping machine that receives an input of identification information to be stamped on the tag, and stamps the identification information based on the received identification information; A tag characterized by:

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