781results about "Additive mnaufacturing with solid and fluid" patented technology

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.

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 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 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.

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.

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.

An example of a multi-fluid kit for three-dimensional printing includes a fusing agent, a detailing agent, and a flame-retardant cyclodextrin compound. The fusing agent includes an electromagnetic energy absorber and a first liquid vehicle. The detailing agent includes a second liquid vehicle. The flame-retardant cyclodextrin compound is included in the fusing agent, or in the detailing agent, or in both the fusing agent and the detailing agent.

One example of a jettable antioxidant formulation is used for three-dimensional (3D) printing. The jettable antioxidant formulation includes an antioxidant blend; a surfactant, a dispersant, or a combination thereof; a water-soluble or water-miscible organic co-solvent; and water. The antioxidant blend consists of a primary antioxidant and a secondary antioxidant.

A method of operating an apparatus for the layerwise manufacture of 3D objects. The method includes two or more operational cycles of a warm up phase, starting from ambient, followed by a build phase and a cooling phase. The warm up phase and the build phase each include a layer cycle of: (a) dosing build material to the work surface; (b) distributing a portion of the dosed amount over a build area; (c) heating the dosed amount; and (d) monitoring a temperature of the build material to determine a thermal state. The build phase includes melting layer-specific regions. These steps are repeated until the warm up and build phases are completed. A property of the subsequent warm up phases is determined such that the duration of a subsequent warm up phase is shorter than the duration of a preceding warm up phase.

A build material escapement assembly (300) for an additive manufacturing system (100) includes a retaining plate (310) defining an outer perimeter (312) and an inner perimeter (314), a retractable plate (350), and a top plate (320) coupled to the retractable plate (350), the top plate (320) including a top plate perimeter (322) and being actuatable between a retracted position and an extended position. A diaphragm (330) is coupled to the top plate (320) via the retractable plate (350) and further includes an exposed area (332) extending between the inner perimeter (314) of the retaining plate (310) and the top plate perimeter (322) of the top plate (320). The retractable plate (350) is actuated in a lateral direction as the top plate (320) is moved from the retracted position to the extended position, and a width of the exposed area (332) of the diaphragm (330) is greater than a travel distance (D) that the retractable plate (350) is actuated in the lateral direction.

The present disclosure includes a multi-fluid kit for three-dimensional printing. The multi-fluid kit can include a fusing agent comprising water and a radiation absorber that absorbs radiation energy and converts the radiation energy to heat, an acidic agent having a pH from about pH 1 to about pH 6.9 that includes water and an acidic component, and a pore-promoting agent including water and a pore-promoting compound. The pore-promoting compound can chemically react with the acidic component to generate a gas, and can be selected from sodium bicarbonate, potassium bicarbonate, or a combination thereof.

A three-dimensional printing kit can include a polymeric build material including from about (80) wt % to (100) wt % polymer particles having an average particle size from about (10) μm to about (150) μm, and can also include a fusing agent including an aqueous liquid vehicle and from about (2) wt % to about (20) wt % of a mixture of organic dye radiation absorbers. The mixture of organic dye radiation absorbers can include a charged yellow water-soluble organic dye and a cyan water-soluble organic dye. The mixture of the organic dye radiation absorbers can be from about (1) wt % to about (40) wt % soluble in water.

The present disclosure is directed to a construction element produced by additive manufacturing, an additive manufacturing system for producing the construction element and a method for manufacturing the construction element. The construction element includes an outer layer. The outer layer is configured to define or form an enclosure. The construction element further includes an inner matrix. The inner matrix is formed within the enclosure. The outer layer and the inner matrix are formed integrally, by depositing successive layers using an additive manufacturing system. The inner matrix is defined by a first layup and a second layup. The first layup is laid along a first direction and across the enclosure. The second layup is laid juxtaposing the first layup. The first layup and the second layup define a plurality of air pockets in the inner matrix. Further, a filler material is infused into at least some air pockets of the plurality of air pockets.

To provide a method of forming highly spherical carbon nanomaterial-graft-polyolefin (CNM-g-polyolefin) particles.SOLUTION: The method may comprise: mixing a mixture comprising (a) a carbon nanomaterial-graft-polyolefin (CNM-g-polyolefin), (b) a carrier fluid that is immiscible with the polyolefin of the CNM-g-polyolefin, optionally (c) a thermoplastic polymer not grafted to a CNM, and optionally (d) an emulsion stabilizer at a temperature higher than a melting point or softening temperature of the polyolefin of the CNM-g-polyolefin and the thermoplastic polymer, if included, and at a shear rate sufficiently high to disperse the CNM-g-polyolefin in the carrier fluid; cooling the mixture to below the melting point or softening temperature to form the CNM-g-polyolefin particles; and isolating the CNM-g-polyolefin particles from the carrier fluid.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Additive manufacturing compositions include low-absorbing particles or non-absorbing particles that have an absorbance for wavelengths of 300 nm to 700 nm that is equal to or greater than 0 Au and is less 1.0 Au, such as 0.001 Au ≤ absorbance ≤ 0.7 Au. Slurries including such particles and an uranium-containing particle and that are used in additive manufacturing processes have an increased penetration depth for curative radiation. Removal of low-absorbing particles or non-absorbing particles during post-processing of as-manufactured products results in pores that create porosity in the as-manufactured product that provide a volume accommodating fission gases and / or can enhance wicking of certain heat pipe coolant liquids. Low-absorbing particles or non-absorbing particles can be functionalized for improved properties, for example, with fissionable material for improved ceramic yields, with burnable poisons or stabilizers for increased homogeneity, with stabilizers for localized delivery of the stabilizer, or with combinations thereof.

A 3D printing kit may include a binder fluid and a particulate build material. The particulate build material may include metal particles in an amount of about 95% to about 99.995% by weight and carbon black particles in an amount of about 0.005% to about 2% by weight, where the weight percentages are based on the total weight of the particulate build material.

A method of shaping a shaping material, the shaping material including a powder of a fluororesin, the powder of the fluororesin having a static bulk density of 0.3 g / ml or more and 1.5 g / ml or less, and the powder of the fluororesin having a particle diameter of 10 μm or more and 300 μm or less in terms of D50.