Patents by Inventor Torsten Vegelahn

Torsten Vegelahn has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11924978
    Abstract: A printing system for printing substrates, in particular circuit boards, such as wafer and solar cells, has a printing device, with a printing table on which the substrate can be positioned and a print head associated with the printing table for printing the substrates positioned on the printing table, has a feed device for feeding the substrates to be printed to the printing device, a discharge device for discharging the printed substrates from the printing device, and a plurality of substrate supports on which each of the plurality of substrates can be supported. The feed device, printing device and discharge device convey the substrate supports with the substrates located thereon. The feed device collects plurality of substrate supports and feeds them to the printing device. The printing device prints the substrates on the collected substrate supports, and the discharge device separates and discharges these collected substrate supports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: EKRA AUTOMATISIERUNGSSYSTEME GMBH
    Inventors: Torsten Vegelahn, Jakob Szekeresch
  • Publication number: 20240001683
    Abstract: The application relates to a storage system for storing and providing printing compound for a printing device, more particularly for printing on planar substrates, including: —at least one container designed to store a liquid printing compound; and —at least one carrier, on which the container can be detachably disposed. According to the application, the storage system includes a storage magazine having a plurality of carriers and having a plurality of containers, and the carriers are fastened to a circulating conveyor belt, the conveyor belt being assigned at least one controllable drive motor for driving the conveyor belt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Torsten VEGELAHN, Michael HAMMANN, Tobias APEL
  • Publication number: 20240001666
    Abstract: The application relates to a doctoring unit for a printing apparatus for printing flat substrates, in particular circuit boards, wafers, or solar cells, comprising two doctor blades, which extend parallel to one another and are pivotably mounted. It is provided that the doctor blades are operatively connected to a gearing, which is formed in a self-locking manner and can be coupled or is coupled to a drive device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventor: Torsten VEGELAHN
  • Publication number: 20230234348
    Abstract: The application relates to a printing machine for printing on planar substrates, in particular circuit boards, including: a printing table which extends in a horizontal plane and on which at least one substrate to be printed on can be arranged; at least one printing device assigned to the printing table, which printing device has a screen holder for an interchangeable printing screen and a doctor device assigned to the screen holder, wherein, by means of the doctor device, a printing material can be applied onto the substrate to be printed on through the printing screen; and a screen magazine assigned to the doctor device for storing at least one printing screen for the doctor device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: Jakob SZEKERESCH, Michael HAMMANN, Torsten VEGELAHN, Werner KREIBL
  • Publication number: 20210168941
    Abstract: A printing system for printing substrates, in particular circuit boards, such as wafer and solar cells, has a printing device, with a printing table on which the substrate can be positioned and a print head associated with the printing table for printing the substrates positioned on the printing table, has a feed device for feeding the substrates to be printed to the printing device, a discharge device for discharging the printed substrates from the printing device, and a plurality of substrate supports on which each of the plurality of substrates can be supported. The feed device, printing device and discharge device convey the substrate supports with the substrates located thereon. The feed device collects plurality of substrate supports and feeds them to the printing device. The printing device prints the substrates on the collected substrate supports, and the discharge device separates and discharges these collected substrate supports.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventors: Torsten VEGELAHN, Jakob SZEKERESCH
  • Patent number: 9211755
    Abstract: A printing table arrangement includes at least one printing device for printing of substrates, at least one printing table, a first transport device to transport the substrates being printed in a first plane, and a lifting device to move the first transport device with the first plane between a printing plane assigned to the printing device and a transport plane lying underneath. The printing table has a second transport device to transport substrates in a second plane beneath the first plane, in which the fixed spacing between the first plane and the second plane corresponds to the spacing between the printing plane and transport plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: EKRA AUTOMATISIERUNGSSYSTEME GMBH
    Inventors: Torsten Vegelahn, Alfred Heupel, Stephan Bergmoser, Michael Hammann
  • Patent number: 8820611
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for printing a substrate, in particular a printed circuit board, with a printing paste, in particular a solder paste, comprising the following steps: —applying a printing screen to the substrate, —printing the substrate using screen printing technology through openings in the printing screen so as to achieve at least one printed structure consisting of printing paste, —separating the printing screen and the substrate by lifting these parts off from one another, —inserting an optical inspection unit between the printing screen and the substrate, —checking the printed structure in terms of the printing paste thickness thereof by means of the inspection unit, —ending the printing when the result of the printing corresponds to at least one preset value. The invention furthermore relates to an inspection unit (1) and a printing device (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Ekra Automatisierungssysteme GmbH
    Inventor: Torsten Vegelahn
  • Publication number: 20130295285
    Abstract: A printing table arrangement includes at least one printing device for printing of substrates, at least one printing table, a first transport device to transport the substrates being printed in a first plane, and a lifting device to move the first transport device with the first plane between a printing plane assigned to the printing device and a transport plane lying underneath. The printing table has a second transport device to transport substrates in a second plane beneath the first plane, in which the fixed spacing between the first plane and the second plane corresponds to the spacing between the printing plane and transport plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: EKRA AUTOMATISIERUNGSSYSTEME GmbH
    Inventors: Torsten Vegelahn, Alfred Heupel, Stephan Bergmoser, Michael Hammann
  • Publication number: 20120228364
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for printing a substrate, in particular a printed circuit board, with a printing paste, in particular a solder paste, comprising the following steps: —applying a printing screen to the substrate, —printing the substrate using screen printing technology through openings in the printing screen so as to achieve at least one printed structure consisting of printing paste, —separating the printing screen and the substrate by lifting these parts off from one another, —inserting an optical inspection unit between the printing screen and the substrate, —checking the printed structure in terms of the printing paste thickness thereof by means of the inspection unit, —ending the printing when the result of the printing corresponds to at least one preset value. The invention furthermore relates to an inspection unit (1) and a printing device (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2010
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Inventor: Torsten Vegelahn
  • Publication number: 20110239883
    Abstract: The invention relates to a printing-table arrangement in which a printing table is formed in such a way that a substrate that is to be printed on can be supplied by means of a supply device, the substrate can be adjusted in position relatively with respect to a printing copy, the printing copy and the substrate can be moved relatively towards each other in the mutually adjusted position, a printing medium can be brought onto the substrate with the aid of the printing roller, the printing copy and the substrate that has been printed on can be moved relatively away from each other again, if necessary the substrate that has been printed on can be tested, and the substrate that has been printed on can be discharged again, in which in particular in a common frame (2) at least two printing tables (3, 4) are arranged side by side in such a way that corresponding substrates (11, 12) can be supplied, printed on and discharged again in parallel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2009
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: Ekra Automatisierungssysteme GmbH
    Inventors: Torsten Vegelahn, Alfred Heupel, Stephan Bergmoser, Michael Hammann