Global Patent Index - EP 3173239 B1

EP 3173239 B1 20210106 - METHOD OF MONITORING A JETTING UNIT

Title (en)

METHOD OF MONITORING A JETTING UNIT

Title (de)

VERFAHREN ZUR ÜBERWACHUNG EINER STRAHLEINHEIT

Title (fr)

PROCÉDÉ DE SURVEILLANCE D'UNE UNITÉ DE PROJECTION

Publication

EP 3173239 B1 20210106 (EN)

Application

EP 16200094 A 20161122

Priority

EP 15196828 A 20151127

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP3173239A1] A method of monitoring a jetting unit (12) in a jetting device (10) in which a droplet of a liquid is jetted out onto a receiving medium (20), the method comprising a step of measuring a physical property of the droplet of liquid, characterized in that the physical property is measured at a time and position when and where the droplet settles on a first surface (18) of the receiving medium (20) and forms a dot (16) thereon, the measurement being carried out from a second side of the receiving medium (20) opposite to the side where the dot (16) is formed.

IPC 8 full level

B41J 2/165 (2006.01); B41J 2/21 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

B41J 2/16579 (2013.01); B41J 2/2142 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 3173239 A1 20170531; EP 3173239 B1 20210106

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 16200094 A 20161122