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Granted Patent B2
US 11,584,088 · App. 17/386,021 · Granted Feb 21, 2023

Three-dimensional shaping device, method for manufacturing three-dimensional shaped object, and information processing device

Inventor: Shigeru Yamazaki (Nagano, JP)
Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
B29C64/393B29C64/165B29C64/236B29C64/321B33Y10/00B33Y30/00B33Y50/02
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Patent No.
US 11,584,088
App. No.
17/386,021
Granted
Feb 21, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provided a three-dimensional shaping device that shapes a three-dimensional shaped object by laminating a layer. The three-dimensional shaping device includes: an ejection unit configured to eject a shaping material toward a table; a measurement unit configured to measure the shaping material at a measurement position separated from an ejection position of the ejection unit by a predetermined distance; a position changing unit configured to relatively move the ejection position and the measurement position with respect to the table; and a control unit. A movement range in which the measurement position is moved is wider than a shaping region where the shaping material is deposited on the table. The control unit is configured to perform a measurement of a measurement value by the measurement unit at least in a region where the movement range and the shaping region overlap each other, and control the ejection unit and the position changing unit to shape the three-dimensional shaped object in accordance with the measurement value.

Claims (22)

1. A three-dimensional shaping device that shapes a three-dimensional shaped object by laminating a layer, the three-dimensional shaping device comprising:

an ejection unit configured to eject a shaping material toward a table;

a measurement unit configured to measure the shaping material at a measurement position separated from an ejection position of the ejection unit by a predetermined distance;

a position changing unit configured to relatively move the ejection position and the measurement position together with respect to the table while relatively moving the ejection unit with respect to the table along a movement path of the ejection unit; and

a control unit configured to determine whether a shaping region in which the shaping material is deposited above the table along the movement path of the ejection unit includes a non-passing region through which the measurement position does not pass,

the control unit being further configured to add an additional movement path of the ejection unit along which the shaping material is not deposited above the table to the movement path of the ejection unit in response to determining that the shaping region includes the non-passing region, the measurement position passing through the non-passing region while relatively moving the ejection unit with respect to the table along the additional movement path of the ejection unit, a movement region in which the measurement position is moved while relatively moving the ejection unit with respect to the table along the movement path and the additional movement path of the ejection unit covering the shaping region, and

the control unit being further configured to perform a measurement of a measurement value by the measurement unit at least in a region where the movement region and the shaping region overlap each other, and configured to control the ejection unit and the position changing unit to shape the three-dimensional shaped object in accordance with the measurement value.

2. The three-dimensional shaping device according to claim 1 , wherein

the control unit moves the measurement position behind the ejection position in a traveling direction thereof.

3. The three-dimensional shaping device according to claim 1 , wherein

the control unit stops the measurement of the measurement value performed by the measurement unit in a range of the movement region that does not overlap the shaping region.

4. The three-dimensional shaping device according to claim 1 , wherein

the control unit corrects the measurement value in accordance with a time difference from when the shaping material is ejected by the ejection unit to when the ejected shaping material is measured by the measurement unit, and shapes the three-dimensional shaped object in accordance with the corrected measurement value.

5. The three-dimensional shaping device according to claim 1 , wherein

the control unit controls the position changing unit to move the measurement position in accordance with the distance between the ejection position and the measurement position.

6. The three-dimensional shaping device according to claim 1 , wherein

the measurement unit measures at least one of a temperature, a line width, and an ejection amount of the shaping material ejected by the ejection unit.

7. The three-dimensional shaping device according to claim 1 , wherein

the control unit controls at least one of a temperature of the shaping material, an ejection amount of the shaping material, and a moving speed of the ejection position in accordance with the measurement value so as to shape the three-dimensional shaped object.

8. The three-dimensional shaping device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a plasticizing unit configured to plasticize at least a part of a material to generate the shaping material, wherein

the plasticizing unit includes a screw which is rotated around a rotation axis and has a groove forming surface in which a groove is formed; and a barrel which has a facing surface facing the groove forming surface and in which a communication hole through which the shaping material flows out is provided in the facing surface.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 27, 2021
From: YAMAZAKI, SHIGERU
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 056982/0754 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2020-127823 · Jul 29, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220032553A1 · Feb 3, 2022
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