# US 2022/0033293 A1 · Cutting method and cutting machine table for cutting substrate

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- Number: US 2022/0033293 A1
- Document ID: US20220033293A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 17/210,525
- Filed: 2021-03-24
- Published: 2022-02-03
- Earliest claimed: 2020-07-30
- Assignees: Hkc Corporation Limited
- Applicants: Hkc Corporation Limited
- Inventors: Ping FANG; Haijiang YUAN
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20220033293A1

## CPC

- C03B 33/03: Glass cutting tables; Apparatus for transporting or handling sheet glass during the cutting or breaking operations
- C03B 33/033: Apparatus for opening score lines in glass sheets
- C03B 33/037: Controlling or regulating
- C03B 33/07: Cutting armoured, {multi-layered, coated} or laminated, glass products
- C03B 33/076: {Laminated glass comprising interlayers}
- B65G 2249/04: Arrangements of vacuum systems or suction cups
- Y02P 40/57: Improving the yield, e-g- reduction of reject rates
- C03B: MANUFACTURE, SHAPING, OR SUPPLEMENTARY PROCESSES
- B65G: TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS (packaging B65B; handling thin or filamentary materials, e.g. paper sheets or thread, B65H; cranes B66C; portable mobile or lifting or hauling appliances, e.g. hoists, B66D; devices for lifting or lowering goods for loading or unloading purposes, e.g. fork-lift trucks, B66F9/00; emptying bottles, jars, casks, barrels or similar containers, not otherwise provided for, B67C9/00; delivering or transferring liquids B67D; filling or discharging vessels for liquefied, solidified or compressed gases F17C; pipe-line systems for fluids F17D)
- Y02P: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION OR PROCESSING OF GOODS

## Abstract

The present application discloses a cutting method and a cutting machine table for cutting a substrate, where the cutting method includes following steps: cutting a large substrate to be cut to obtain a finished substrate falling on a second cutting machine table; after the cutting, driving the second cutting machine table according to a preset parameter to enable a driving-away height difference to be formed between the second cutting machine table and the first cutting machine table; driving the second cutting machine table away from the first cutting machine table; and resetting the second cutting machine table to an initial state.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A cutting method for cutting a substrate, comprising steps of:
placing a large substrate to be cut on a first cutting machine table and a second cutting machine table of a cutting machine table;
adjusting a cutting apparatus to a cutting position of the substrate to be cut, and cutting the large substrate to be cut to obtain a finished substrate falling on the second cutting machine table;
driving the second cutting machine table according to a preset parameter after the cutting to enable a driving-away height difference to be formed between the second cutting machine table and the first cutting machine table;
driving the second cutting machine table away from the first cutting machine table to drive the finished substrate obtained by cutting away from the large substrate; and
transferring the finished substrate obtained by cutting to a specified position, and resetting the second cutting machine table to an initial state.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The cutting method for cutting the substrate according to claim 1, wherein the step of driving the second cutting machine table according to the preset parameter after the cutting to enable a driving-away height difference to be formed between the second cutting machine table and the first cutting machine table comprises:
lifting an end of the second cutting machine table close to the first cutting machine table according to an angle parameter after the cutting to enable a driving-away inclination angle to be formed between the second cutting machine table and the first cutting machine table.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The cutting method for cutting the substrate according to claim 1, wherein the step of adjusting the cutting apparatus to a cutting position of the substrate to be cut and cutting the large substrate to be cut to obtain a finished substrate falling on the second cutting machine table comprises:
adjusting the cutting apparatus to a cutting position of the substrate to be cut;
adjusting the height of an end of the second cutting machine table close to the first cutting machine table according to a first angle parameter to enable a cutting inclination angle to be formed between the second cutting machine table and the first cutting machine table; and
cutting the large substrate to be cut to obtain the finished substrate falling on the second cutting machine table.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The cutting method for cutting the substrate according to claim 1, further comprising, after the step of adjusting the cutting apparatus to a cutting position of the substrate to be cut and cutting the large substrate to be cut to obtain a finished substrate falling on the second cutting machine table:
adjusting the height of an end of the second cutting machine table close to the first cutting machine table according to a second angle parameter to enable a splitting inclination angle to be formed between the second cutting machine table and the first cutting machine table to split the substrates; and
obtaining a split finished substrate falling on the second cutting machine table after the splitting.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The cutting method for cutting the substrate according to claim 4, wherein the second angle parameter is an angle for lifting the end of the second cutting machine table close to the first cutting machine table to form a splitting inclination angle during the splitting stage, and the lifting height ranges from 300 um to 500 um when the length of the second cutting machine table is 300,000 um.

### Claim 6 (depends on 2)

The cutting method for cutting the substrate according to claim 2, wherein the cutting machine table comprises a driving apparatus for driving the second cutting machine table to be inclined, the driving apparatus comprises a Z-axis screw rod and a drive module for driving the Z-axis screw rod to move, and the Z-axis screw rod is arranged on the lower side of the second cutting machine table;
the step of driving the second cutting machine table according to the angle parameter after the cutting to enable the driving-away inclination angle to be formed between the second cutting machine table and the first, cutting machine table comprises:
moving the Z-axis screw rod by driving the drive module according to the angle parameter after the cutting; and
driving and lifting the end of the second cutting machine table close to the first cutting machine table by the Z-axis screw rod to enable the driving-away inclination angle to be formed between the second cutting machine table and the first cutting machine table.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The cutting method for cutting the substrate according to claim 6, wherein the driving of the drive module can set different driving-away inclination angles based on different sizes of the large substrates to be cut.

### Claim 8 (depends on 6)

The cutting method for cutting the substrate according to claim 6, wherein the cutting machine table comprises a grabbing apparatus;
the step of transferring the finished substrate obtained by cutting to a specified position and resetting the second cutting machine table to an initial state comprises following process:
transferring the finished substrate obtained by cutting to the specified position with the grabbing apparatus; and
resetting the second cutting machine table to the initial state by the cutting machine table;
wherein the driving-away inclination angle matches a grabbing angle of the grabbing apparatus.

### Claim 9 (depends on 6)

The cutting method for cutting the substrate according to claim 6, wherein the Z-axis screw rod is in contact with the second cutting machine table to form a contact point;
the distance between the contact point and the end of the second cutting machine table close to the first cutting, machine table is d1, and the distance between the contact point and one end of the second cutting machine table far away from the first cutting machine table is d2;
wherein d1:d2=1:3.

### Claim 10 (depends on 6)

The cutting method for cutting the substrate according to claim 6, wherein the drive module comprises a servo motor.

### Claim 11 (depends on 2)

The cutting method for cutting the substrate according to claim 2, wherein the distance between an end of the second cutting machine table far away from the first cutting machine table and the end of the second cutting machine table close to the first cutting machine table is A;
the step of driving the second cutting machine table according to the angle parameter after the cutting to enable the driving-away inclination angle to be formed between the second cutting machine table and the first cutting machine table comprises:
driving to lift the end of the second cutting machine table close to the first cutting machine table according to the angle parameter, wherein the lifting height ranges from A/300,000 to A/300, so that the driving-away inclination angle is formed between the second cutting machine table and the first cutting machine table.

### Claim 12 (depends on 3)

The cutting method for cutting the substrate according to claim 3, wherein the first angle parameter is an angle for lifting the end of the second cutting machine table close to the first cutting machine table to form a cutting inclination angle before the cutting, and the lifting height ranges from 1 um to 500 um when the length of the second cutting machine table is 300,000 um.

### Claim 13 (depends on 1)

The cutting method for cutting the substrate according to claim 1, wherein the finished substrate comprises an upper layer glass substrate and a lower layer glass substrate, and the upper layer glass substrate of the finished substrate located on the second cutting machine table protrudes relative to the lower layer glass substrate after the cutting.

### Claim 14 (depends on 1)

The cutting method for cutting the substrate according to claim 1, wherein the preset parameter is a height for lifting the second cutting machine table, and the preset parameter is adjustable according to different properties and types of the substrate to be cut.

### Claim 15 (depends on 1)

The cutting method for cutting the substrate according to claim 1, wherein the driving-away height difference is formed by lifting the entirety of the second cutting machine table.

### Claim 16

A cutting method for cutting a substrate, comprising steps of:
placing a large substrate to be cut on a first cutting machine table and a second cutting machine table of a cutting machine table;
adjusting a cutting apparatus to a cutting position of the substrate to be cut corresponding to the position between the first cutting machine table and the second cutting machine table;
driving a Z-axis screw rod by a drive module to lift an end of the second cutting machine table close to the first cutting machine table according to a first angle parameter to enable a cutting inclination angle to be formed between the second cutting machine table and the first cutting machine table;
cutting the large substrate to be cut to obtain a finished substrate falling on the second cutting machine table; driving the Z-axis screw rod by the drive module to lift the end of the second cutting machine table close to the first cutting machine table according to a second angle parameter after the cutting, so that a splitting inclination angle is formed between the second cutting machine table and the first cutting machine table to split the substrates;
obtaining a split finished substrate falling on the second cutting machine table after the splitting;
driving the Z-axis screw rod by a drive module to lift the end of the second cutting machine table close to the first cutting machine table according to a third angle parameter to enable a driving-away inclination angle to be formed between the second cutting machine table and the first cutting machine table; and
transferring the finished substrate obtained by cutting to a specified position with a grabbing apparatus, and resetting the second cutting machine table to an initial state by the cutting machine table.

### Claim 17 (depends on 16)

The cutting method for cutting the substrate according to claim 16, wherein the third angle parameter is an angle for lifting the end of the second cutting machine table close to the first cutting machine table to form the driving-away inclination angle when the second cutting machine table is driven away from the first cutting machine table, and the lifting height ranges from 500 um to 1000 um when the length of the second cutting machine table is 300,000 um.

### Claim 18

A cutting machine table, comprising:
a first cutting machine table;
a second cutting machine table aligned with the first cutting machine table, wherein the first cutting machine table and the second cutting machine table are configured for supporting a substrate to be cut, and in an initial state, the second cutting machine table is horizontally aligned with the first cutting machine table;
a driving apparatus comprising a Z-axis screw rod and a drive module, wherein the Z-axis screw rod is arranged below an end of the second cutting machine table close to the first cutting machine table, and the drive module drives the Z-axis screw rod to adjust the height of the end of the second cutting machine table close to the first cutting machine table;
a cutting apparatus configured for cutting the large substrate to be cut to obtain a finished substrate; and
a grabbing apparatus configured for transferring the finished substrate obtained by cutting to a specified position.

### Claim 19 (depends on 18)

The cutting machine table according to claim 18, wherein a stop is disposed at an end of the second cutting machine table far away from the first cutting machine table.

### Claim 20 (depends on 18)

The cutting machine table according to claim 18, wherein there are two Z-axis screw rods, and the two Z-axis screw rods are symmetrically disposed on both sides of the end of the second cutting machine table close to the first cutting machine table.
