2019 Volume 92 Issue 7 Pages 189-194
Flock finishes for exhibition displays, which are prepared to custom-made specifications, are difficult to create in an existing mass production line so a hand-held portable flocking machine is used. In order to perform high quality flocking with this machine it is important to determine the optimum flocking distance between the machine and the flocked object. However, the know-how of a skilled worker is needed to realize this at the field site. In the present study, as the flocked objects for exhibition displays, a sphere, a cylinder and a cone were selected. In order to be able to carry out high quality flocking with a handheld portable machine even if the worker skill and know-how is poor, a 3D-capable electrostatic field simulation was utilized to determine the optimum flocking distance of the above objects. To confirm the validity of the simulation result, flock finishing was carried out using analysis values obtained by the electrostatic field simulation.
