Vacuum insulation panel manufacturing device
A vacuum insulation panel manufacturing method that makes it possible to manufacture low-cost, high-performance vacuum insulation panels, and a vacuum insulation panel are provided. This method of manufacturing a vacuum insulation panel ( 1 ) involves: a stacking step in which a first metal plate ( 20 ) is overlaid on one side of a thermally insulating core material ( 10 ), and in which a backing member ( 50 ) having an opening ( 51 ) and a second metal plate ( 30 ) having an exhaust port ( 32 ) are placed, with the opening ( 51 ) and the exhaust port ( 32 ) overlapping, overlaid on each other on the other surface of the core member ( 10 ) in the order of backing member ( 50 ) and second metal plate ( 30 ) from the core member ( 10 ) side; a first welding step for welding outwards of where the core member ( 10 ) is disposed in the first metal plate ( 20 ) and the second metal plate ( 30 ); a vacuum creating step for evacuating air from the exhaust pert ( 32 ) to create a vacuum in an inner area which is held between the first metal plate ( 20 ) and the second metal plate ( 30 ) and in which the core member ( 10 ) is arranged; and a laser welding step in which, in a state in which the inner area is made into a vacuum by the vacuum creating step, the exhaust port ( 32 ) is sealed by means of a sealing material ( 60 ) and the sealing material ( 60 ), the second metal plate ( 30 ) and the backing member ( 50 ) are laser welded.
1. A vacuum insulation panel manufacturing device in which a vacuum insulation panel is manufactured by wrapping an insulating core member with a packaging member in which an evacuation port is provided, applying a vacuum to evacuate inside of the packaging member from the evacuation port, and sealing the evacuation port with a sealing member, the vacuum insulation panel manufacturing device comprising:
a chamber with an opened bottom;
a chamber evacuation hole provided in the chamber;
a quartz glass window unit provided in a top of the chamber;
a holding plate structured to hold an outer periphery of the sealing member, the holding unit including a hole for allowing laser light to pass through;
a lifter structured to raise and lower the holding unit;
a frame structured to hold, raise, and lower the chamber; and
a laser welder provided outside of the chamber.
2. The vacuum insulation panel manufacturing device according to claim 1 , wherein
the holding plate comprises a magnet and is structured to hold the sealing member as a magnetic body by using a magnetic force on an evacuation port side surface of the holding plate.
3. The vacuum insulation panel manufacturing device according to claim 1 , wherein
the holding plate is structured, in a state of holding an outer periphery of the sealing member to lower the sealing member, block the evacuation port by way of the sealing member and press the sealing member toward the evacuation port side, and
the laser welding unit laser is structured to weld the sealing member and the packaging member, in a state in which a stacked portion between the sealing member and the packaging member is restrained without any gap.
4. The vacuum insulation panel manufacturing device according to claim 1 , wherein
a seal member is attached to an outer periphery of an opening of the chamber.
5. The vacuum insulation panel manufacturing device according to claim 1 , wherein
a laser emitter of the laser welder is rotatable around an axis.
6. The vacuum insulation panel manufacturing device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the holding plate is supported by way of a support rod attached in three places along an outer periphery, and
wherein an upper end of the support rod is fixed to the lifter, passing through an outer periphery of a portion where a window is provided to an upper middle portion of the chamber, in which quartz glass is attached to the window.