Multi-Axis Automatic Shoe Sole Processing Apparatus and Method of the Same

Abstract

A multi-axis automatic shoe sole processing apparatus includes a body, a multi-axis mechanical arm, a plasma processing module, and a control module, wherein the multi-axis mechanical arm, the plasma processing module, and the control module are respectively disposed at the body; the multi-axis mechanical arm and the plasma processing module are both electrically connected to the control module, the plasma processing module has a plasma nozzle disposed at the free end of the multi-axis mechanical arm, the control module drives the multi-axis mechanical arm to dislocate the free end according to a shoe data, and drives the plasma processing module to spray plasma from the plasma nozzle for processing the ii surface of a shoe sole with plasma.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A multi-axis automatic shoe sole processing apparatus comprising a body, a multi-axis mechanical arm, a plasma processing module, and a control module, wherein
 the multi-axis mechanical arm, a plasma processing module, and a control module are respectively disposed at the body;   the multi-axis mechanical arm and the plasma processing module are both electrically connected to the control module;   the plasma processing module comprises a plasma nozzle being disposed at the free end of the multi-axis mechanical arm; and   the control module drives the multi-axis mechanical arm to dislocate the free end according to a shoe data, and drives the plasma processing module to spray plasma from the plasma nozzle for processing the surface of a shoe sole with plasma.   
     
     
         2 . The multi-axis automatic shoe sole processing apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the shoe data comprises an outline size of the shoe sole. 
     
     
         3 . The multi-axis automatic shoe sole processing apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the shoe data comprises an auxiliary outline size; and   an outline measurement module is disposed at the body for measuring the shoe sole in order to obtain the auxiliary outline size.   
     
     
         4 . The multi-axis automatic shoe sole processing apparatus according to  claim 3 , wherein
 the outline measurement module comprises a height measurement unit for measuring the portions of the shoe sole in order to obtain an interrelation of height; and   the control module controls the intensity of the spray of plasma ejected from the plasma nozzle, the plasma nozzle is dislocated with the multi-axis mechanical arm based on the shoe data which comprises the interrelation of height, the outline size, or the auxiliary outline size.   
     
     
         5 . The multi-axis automatic shoe sole processing apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the control module receives and processes the shoe data to generates a surface processing path to control the multi-axis mechanical arm for dislocating the plasma nozzle, so as to eject plasma along the surface processing path from the plasma nozzle in order to control the location coated with plasma. 
     
     
         6 . The multi-axis automatic shoe sole processing apparatus according to  claim 4 , wherein the height measurement unit is a laser rangefinder, the interrelation of height is measured and obtained by scanning the shoe sole using the laser rangefinder. 
     
     
         7 . The multi-axis automatic shoe sole processing apparatus according to  claim 6 , wherein the laser rangefinder is installed at the free end of the multi-axis mechanical arm. 
     
     
         8 . The multi-axis automatic shoe sole processing apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the body has a gluing device electrically connected to the control module, the gluing device glues the surface of the shoe sole after the shoe sole has been processed with plasma. 
     
     
         9 . The multi-axis automatic shoe sole processing apparatus according to  claim 8 , wherein the gluing device is installed at the free end of the multi-axis mechanical arm. 
     
     
         10 . The multi-axis automatic shoe sole processing apparatus according to  claim 8 , wherein the gluing device comprises a gluing component and a glue material-activating component, the gluing component glues the surface of the shoe sole, and the glue material-activating component activates the glue glued on the surface of the shoe sole. 
     
     
         11 . The multi-axis automatic shoe sole processing apparatus according to  claim 3 , wherein the body has a conveyer having an entrance at an end and an exit opposing the entrance at the other end, the multi-axis mechanical arm is located close to a side of the conveyer close to the exit, and the outline measurement module is located above a side of the conveyer close to the entrance. 
     
     
         12 . A multi-axis automatic shoe sole processing method comprises steps of:
 receiving and processing a shoe data, wherein the shoe data is corresponding to a model code and is comprising at least an outline size;   planning the surface processing path for processing of the surface of the shoe sole based on the shoe data; and   driving a multi-axis mechanical arm to bring a plasma nozzle along the surface processing path for spraying plasma on the surface of the shoe sole.   
     
     
         13 . The multi-axis automatic shoe sole processing method according to  claim 12 , before the step of planning the surface processing path, further comprising a step of optimizing the shoe data, wherein the shoe sole to be processed will be measured to fill in the shoe data in order to proceed on the step of planning the surface processing path.