1090results about "Additive mnaufacturing with solid and fluid" patented technology

The present disclosure describes multi-fluid kits for three-dimensional printing, three-dimensional printing kits, and methods of three-dimensional printing. In one example, a multi-fluid kit for three-dimensional printing can include a fusing agent and a ductility agent. The fusing agent can include water and electromagnetic radiation absorber. The electromagnetic radiation absorber can absorb radiation energy and convert the radiation energy to heat. The ductility agent can include water, a water-soluble pore-generating compound that chemically reacts at an elevated temperature to generate a gas, and a plasticizer. The plasticizer can have formula (I) wherein n is an integer ranging from 3 to 8; or formula (II) wherein m is an integer ranging from 3 to 8.

Methods of creating golf club components with complex structures that would be difficult, impossible, or cost prohibitive to produce, such as lattice structures, beam structures, and complex surface-based structures, are described herein. In particular, a binder jet machine is used create complex structures to optimize weighting, sound, and performance of golf club heads. The method preferably includes the steps of designing a golf club head component in CAD using optimization software, printing the component from a powdered material, and then removing excess powder from the component via port holes that extend into an external surface of the component and communicate with interior voids within the component.

The present disclosure describes multi-fluid kits for three-dimensional printing, materials kits for three-dimensional printing, and methods of making three-dimensional printed articles. In one example, a multi-fluid kit for three-dimensional printing can include a fusing agent and a pore-promoting agent. The fusing agent can include water and a radiation absorber. The radiation absorber can absorb radiation energy and convert the radiation energy to heat. The pore-promoting agent can include water and a water-soluble pore-promoting compound. The pore-promoting compound can chemically react at an elevated temperature to generate a gas.

An example of a multi-fluid kit for three-dimensional (3D) printing includes a fusing agent and a surface treating agent. The fusing agent includes an electromagnetic radiation absorber and a first aqueous vehicle. The surface treating agent includes a second aqueous vehicle, a surfactant, and benzyl alcohol dissolved in the second aqueous vehicle.

Support structures are used in certain additive fabrication processes to permit fabrication of a greater range of object geometries. For additive fabrication processes with materials that are subsequently sintered into a final part, an interface layer is formed between the object and support in order to inhibit bonding between adjacent surfaces of the support structure and the object during sintering.

The invention relates to the technical field of 3D printing, and discloses a fiber reinforced composite material 3D printer and a printing method, current deposition tows are heated / cooled under the action of a preset interlayer pressing force through an interlayer pressing device, interlayer fusion can be promoted, the interlayer bonding strength can be improved, the heat history in the wire cooling process can be eliminated, and the 3D printing quality of the fiber reinforced composite material is improved. The crystallization behavior, the grain size and the grain distribution of a polymer in a printing wire material are controlled, and the microscopic uniformity of a composite material printing product is improved. The side face and the upper surface of the current deposition tow are subjected to hot-pressing shaping through the inter-channel pressing device, meanwhile, secondary hot-pressing is conducted on the adjacent printing layer deposition tow, resin of the current deposition tow and resin of the adjacent printing layer deposition tow can be melted and flow, so that the inter-channel gap between the adjacent printing layers is filled, and the printing effect is improved. And the inter-track bonding strength is improved.

The invention relates to the technical field of additive manufacturing 3D printing, and discloses a 3D printing head for a continuous fiber reinforced composite material and a printing method. A concentric circle type step temperature control module is used for applying preset step type temperature fields distributed from inside to outside in a gradient mode to adjacent printing layer deposition tows and current deposition tows in the printing process, and the grain size and uniformity of crystalline resin in the adjacent printing layer deposition tows and the current deposition tows are regulated and controlled. The large deformation degree of a printed product after forming is avoided; and meanwhile, in the printing process, secondary heating melting is conducted on deposition tows of adjacent printing layers, under the action of a preset pressure field, fusion of the deposition tows of the adjacent printing layers and current deposition tows is promoted, the bonding strength between printing layers / channels is improved, and then the mechanical property of a 3D printing continuous fiber additive manufacturing printing product is improved.

A multi-fluid kit for three-dimensional printing can include a fusing agent and a nanoparticle-containing agent. The fusing agent can include water and a radiation absorber, where the radiation absorber absorbs radiation energy and converts the radiation energy to heat. The nanoparticle-containing agent can include a liquid vehicle, high density nanoparticles, and a nanoparticle suspension compound selected from the group consisting of terpineol, ethyl cellulose, and a combination thereof.

A 3D printing system includes a printing head, a base frame and a material platform. The printing head includes a printing seat and a nozzle seat, where the nozzle seat may rotate relative to the printing seat, and an extrusion opening is formed in the nozzle seat. The material platform includes a frame which may rotate relative to the base frame, and at least one feeding component. The feeding component includes a rotatable follow-up portion arranged on the frame, and the feeding component is used for conveying printing materials to the extrusion opening. A flexible line is connected between the frame and the nozzle seat, and includes a conveying line formed between the feeding component and the extrusion opening for conveying printing materials. The platform frame may rotate following the nozzle seat to prevent excessive winding of the flexible line.

In example implementations, a three-dimensional printing kit for printing a colorless three-dimensional object in a three-dimensional printing system is provided. The three-dimensional printing kit includes a build material and an aqueous ultraviolet (UV) fusing agent. The aqueous UV fusing agent includes water in greater than 50 weight percent of the aqueous UV fusing agent and a UV absorber cyclodextrin complex.

The invention provides a continuous fiber 3D printing nozzle structure and a composite material product, and belongs to the technical field of continuous fiber 3D printing manufacturing device.The nozzle structure comprises a hollow columnar spray head, a rolling device and a shell, the rolling device is located at the front end of the hollow columnar spray head, and the shell surrounds the periphery of the hollow columnar spray head; a storage cavity for storing filler is formed by the inner wall of the shell and the outer side wall of the hollow columnar spray head; the rolling device comprises a regular polygon mounting frame and rolling blocks, each edge of the mounting frame serves as a mounting shaft, each mounting shaft is rotationally provided with the corresponding rolling block, raw materials extruded from the hollow columnar spray head pass through a space defined by the multiple rolling blocks, and the rolling blocks are compacted on the surface of the extruded wire in the moving process of the 3D printing nozzle; a filler conveying assembly is arranged on the bottom wall of the shell and used for conveying filler in the storage cavity to the outer surfaces of the rolling blocks. According to the invention, the risks of fuzzing and wire breaking in the printing process of the wires can be reduced.

A method for forming an abrasive article via an additive manufacturing technique including forming a layer of powder material comprising a precursor bond material and abrasive particles, compacting at least a portion of the layer to form a compacted layer, binding at least a portion of the compacted layer, and repeating the steps of forming, compacting, and binding to form a green body abrasive article.

A method of three-dimensional printing can include iteratively applying a polymer build material as individual layers to a powder bed, where the polymer build material includes from about 80 wt % to 100 wt % polymeric particles, and based on a three-dimensional object model, selectively applying a coalescing agent onto individual layers of the polymer build material. The coalescing agent can include an aqueous liquid vehicle and a coalescing solvent that depresses a melting point of the polymeric particles. The method can include exposing the powder bed to heat to selectively coalesce portions of individual layers of the polymer build material in contact with the coalescing solvent. The heat may not be sufficient to coalesce the polymer build material that is not in contact with the coalescing solvent and may be sufficient to fuse the polymeric particles in contact with the coalescing solvent together to form a three-dimensional object.

A method for producing a three-dimensional object from a curable binder composition with an additive manufacturing process, whereby before application of the curable binder composition, at least one, for example at least two, especially at least three, in particular at least four, coloring suspension(s) includes a color pigment and a solvent, especially water, is added to the curable binder composition to color the curable binder composition.

A 3D printing system build material supply unit includes a tray with an opening that defines a spreading plane in which a recoater spreads build material. A double vane is rotatably mounted inside the tray with the rotation axis extending along the tray below the spreading plane and with each vane having convex front and rear sides. A controller controls rotation of the double vane such as to supply a dose of build material with the front side of one vane to the spreading plane by rotating the double vane into a trimming position in which the front side of the one vane approaches the spreading plane such that the dose of build material is enclosed between the front side of the vane and the spreading plane. Excess build material to be trimmed by the recoater accumulates on the other vane rear side and is lowered into the tray.

A de-powdering system includes one or more sidewalls defining a support chamber configured to contain an additive manufacturing build where the additive manufacturing build includes one or more objects disposed within a powder build material. A fluidization mechanism is fluidically couplable to a fluid source and includes one or more flow channels fluidically coupled to the support chamber. The fluid source is actuatable to provide a fluid from the fluid source to the support chamber and inject the fluid into the support chamber via the one or more flow channels. The one or more flow channels are oriented to introduce a swirling flow of the fluid into the support chamber to fluidize at least a portion of the powder build material within the support chamber.

The application describes a machine tool adapted and arranged to carry out removal and addition of material on a work piece located in a work station, the machine having a first head arranged to remove material from the work piece and at least a second head arranged to process the work piece, each of the first and second heads being arranged to be moveable in at least two axes and preferably in 3, 4 or 5 axes and wherein the machine is arranged to control an environment of the work station. The work station is at least partially sealable. The machine has a clean side and a dirty side. Novel processing heads particularly adapted for use in the new machine tool are disclosed. These may also be retrofitted to CNC machines. The novel heads include heads adapted to carry out two processes simultaneously. Heads adapted to carry out heat and pressure treatment are also disclosed. Use of the processing heads to carry out analysis in manufacturing steps is disclosed as is the provision and use of heads that can carry out analysis as well as processing.

The invention relates to a powder bed fusion additive manufacturing system (1) comprising a build chamber (2) extending along a vertical axis (Z) and a removable container (10) which can be inserted into the build chamber (2) in a manufacturing configuration and removed from the build chamber (2) in a powder removal configuration, the removable container (10) comprises a side wall (20) extending along a vertical axis (Z) and a bottom wall (30) movable within the side wall (20) along the vertical axis (Z), the bottom wall (30) comprising a perforated first wall (31) having a first aperture (33), the first aperture (33) being closed in a manufacturing configuration and opened in a depowdering configuration.

In example implementations, a method is disclosed. The method includes dispensing a layer of an optically clear build material, dispensing a fusing agent onto a first portion of the layer of the optically clear build material, dispensing an invisible fluorescence compound on a second portion of the layer of the optically clear build material, and applying ultraviolet (UV) light to the layer to fuse the first portion and the second portion of the optically clear build material that received the fusing agent and the invisible fluorescence compound. The invisible fluorescence compound is to print an embedded feature in the layer that is invisible under a first light and visible under a second light.

Embodiments relate to methods for course correction of a robotic arm in 3D printing applications involves applying arbitrary offsets along X-, Y-, Z-, and theta Z-axes, enabling correction of arbitrary repeatable errors in the arm's nominal (uncorrected) trajectory. By applying those offsets in the reverse, their effects can be cancelled or reduced to achieve repeatable near-planarity in the path of travel.

A three-dimensional printing kit can include a build material with from about 80 wt % to 100 wt % polymeric particles having a D50 particle size from about 10 μm to about 150 μm, and a fusing agent including from about 0.5 wt % to about 20 wt % avobenzone particles dispersed in an aqueous liquid vehicle based on a total weight of the fusing agent.

Methods for manufacturing articles of footwear are provided. In various aspects, the methods comprise utilizing additive manufacturing methods with foam particles. In some aspects, the additive manufacturing methods comprise increasing the temperature of a plurality of foam particles with actinic radiation under conditions effective to fuse a portion of the plurality of foam particles comprising one or more thermoplastic elastomers. Increasing the temperature of the foam particles can be carried out for one or multiple iterations. The disclosed methods can be used to manufacturer articles with sub-regions that exhibit differing degrees of fusion between the foam particles, thereby resulting in sub-regions with different properties such as density, resilience, and / or flexural modulus. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present disclosure.

Golf club components with complex such as lattice structures, beam structures, and complex surface-based structures, are described herein. A binder jet machine is used create complex structures within these golf club components to optimize weighting, sound, and performance of golf club heads. These components may be manufactured using a method that preferably includes the steps of designing a golf club head component in CAD using optimization software, printing the component from a powdered material, and then removing excess powder from the component via port holes that extend into an external surface of the component and communicate with interior voids within the component.

Techniques are described for fabricating sinterable metallic parts by coating a metal powder with a first material, and by depositing a binder composition onto the metal powder that contains a second material, then causing the first and second materials to react to form a polymer. The first and second materials may be selected so that they combine to produce a desired polymer. The binder composition may be deposited using conventional binder jetting techniques.

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an apparatus, a system, and a method. The apparatus is configured to depowder and extract one or more printed parts prepared by a three-dimensional (3D) printer. The apparatus includes an elevated frame, a perforated plate, a lifting-lowering mechanism, a depowdering unit, and at least one gripper. The elevated frame is removably secured to an open top of a first container and configured to transversely receive fully raised at least one 3D printed layer and partially raised at least one powder layer. Upon lifting the elevated frame along with the perforated plate, the depowdering unit is configured to depowder the at least one powder layer and powder in between the one or more 3D printed parts. The at least one gripper is configured to automatically extract the one or more 3D printed parts.

The invention relates to the technical field of additive manufacturing, in particular to a photocuring printing scattering suppression method and system based on acousto-optic modulation. According to the method, in the photocuring printing process, an acousto-optic modulation device is used for generating a focused ultrasonic field in a printing material, specific refractive index distribution is formed in the material based on the photoelastic effect, and therefore a refractive index regulation and control area used for restraining and guiding scattered light propagation is constructed in a local space; therefore, the scattering effect is suppressed, and the forming precision and the structural fidelity are improved. The system comprises a photocuring device, a light source, a printing platform and an acousto-optic modulation device used for achieving the method, the acousto-optic modulation device is composed of an ultrasonic transducer and an acoustic lens, and the acousto-optic modulation device forms a focusing sound field under external excitation and works in cooperation with the light source. The method is suitable for photocuring printing of various high-scattering light-sensitive composite materials, comprises material systems containing particles, cells or components with remarkable refractive index difference, and has good material adaptability.

A recoater for an additive manufacturing apparatus includes a recoater arm and retainer operably coupled with the recoater arm. The retainer includes a housing defining a cavity. A blade carrier supports one or more blades. An actuator is operably coupled with the housing and is configured to compressively retain an upper portion of the blade carrier within the cavity between a slide of the actuator and the housing.

Parts made by additive manufacturing are often structural in nature, rather than having functional properties conveyed by a polymer or other component. Printed parts having piezoelectric properties may be formed using compositions comprising a plurality of piezoelectric particles non-covalently interacting with at least a portion of a polymer material via π-π bonding, hydrogen bonding, electrostatic interactions stronger than van der Waals interactions, or any combination thereof. The piezoelectric particles may be dispersed in the polymer material and remain substantially non-agglomerated when combined with the polymer material. The polymer material may comprise at least one thermoplastic polymer, optionally further including a polymer precursor. The compositions may define an extrudable material that is a composite having a form factor such as a composite filament, a composite pellet, a composite powder, or a composite paste. Additive manufacturing processes using the compositions may comprise forming a printed part by depositing the compositions layer-by-layer.

The invention discloses a gradient functional material BJ printing device and method based on array nozzles. Comprising a printing base plate which is vertically and movably arranged, three independent powder feeding spray heads, a binder spray head, a binder storage tank, a spray head fixing disc, a high-speed camera used for synchronously capturing the bonding condition of a binder and powder, a horizontal sliding rail, a water balance beam and a leveling roller used for leveling the set powder. Wherein the three powder feeding spray heads and the binder spray head are fixedly arranged on a spray head fixing disc which is horizontally and movably arranged, and the high-speed camera is arranged on the lower surface of the spray head fixing disc and right faces a printing substrate. Ceramic / ceramic, ceramic / metal, metal / metal and other gradient functional materials are prepared through array multi-nozzle coaxial powder feeding and binder spraying by adopting a binder spraying-powder conveying method.