Min-Ku Kuk
The Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology, vol. 23, no. 4, pp.1054-1057, 2009

Abstract : Exhaust hole drilling is one of the PDP (Plasma Display Panel) manufacturing processes to make about 1mm diameter holes for sucking out air in order to generate vacuum between two PDP glass substrates. In the drilling process, bigsized glasses about the size of a queen size bed are loaded, aligned, drilled, and unloaded, during which the dynamic interactions between glass and the handling equipment are very significant. To analyze exhaust hole drilling equipment dynamics, interaction with glass substrates that have somewhat different material properties from general glasses should be considered. The Young’s modulus and Poisson ratios of the substrates have been determined experimentally and verified via computation that simulates a well-known three-point bending test. Dynamic interaction of the glass with the handling equipment is modeled using a flexible glass and rigid body handling equipment models. The velocity profile by which the glasses are driven and the material properties of the handling equipment components contacting with the glasses are evaluated in view of the structural integrity of the glass and the operational efficiency of the equipment. The dynamic model is demonstrated to be an effective design tool for an exhaust hole drilling machine.

Keyword : PDP glass substrate; Exhaust hole drilling; Multibody; Flexible body; Glass handling mechanism