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The invention discloses a photocuring 3D printing mechanism method for multi-material cooperative spraying, and relates to the field of cooperative control, and the photocuring 3D printing mechanism method comprises the following steps: layering a model, generating a material distribution map, and labeling a functional area and a transition area; a multi-nozzle array is used for accurately positioning and spraying according to the atlas; a gradual change path is planned in the transition area, and gradient change of material components is achieved through cooperative spraying; a partition curing strategy is adopted, ultraviolet light full curing and visible light semi-curing are adopted, and leveling is promoted in combination with micro-vibration; spraying a penetrating agent between layers to form a mechanical interlocking enhanced interface; based on visual online defect detection, printing parameters are fed back and adjusted in real time through a CNN model. The device and the method have the advantages that accurate mixing of multiple materials is realized through cooperative spraying of the multiple piezoelectric sprayers and gradual change path planning, and real-time defect detection and correction can be realized by matching with differentiated photocuring, high-frequency micro-vibration leveling and interlayer penetrating agent interlocking, so that high-precision multi-material functional component forming is efficiently completed.

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 present disclosure relates generally to manufacturing pharmaceutical products using additive manufacturing technology. An exemplary printing system comprises: a material supply module for receiving a set of printing materials; a flow distribution module comprising a flow distribution plate, wherein the material supply module is configured to transport a single flow corresponding to the set of printing materials to the flow distribution plate; wherein the flow distribution plate comprises a plurality of channels for dividing the single flow into a plurality of flows; a plurality of nozzles, wherein the plurality of nozzles comprises a plurality of needle-valve mechanisms; one or more controllers for controlling the plurality of needle-valve mechanisms to dispense the plurality of flows based on a plurality of nozzle-specific parameters; and a printing platform configured to receive the dispensed plurality of flows, wherein the printing platform is configured to move to form a batch of the pharmaceutical product.

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 method and system for additive manufacturing are provided herein. The method comprises depositing a structure material, by a nozzle (810), into a support material (808) by applying to the structure material such that the structure material flows through the nozzle. The structure material comprises a polymer and a rheological modifier. Depositing of the structure material is repeated as necessary to create an object (814). The support material is at least partially removed from object. In various examples, the method comprises varying a print parameter from a first portion of the object to a second portion of the object, moving the nozzle away from a previously deposited layer of the object when repositioning for deposition of a subsequent layer of the object, or a combination thereof.

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.

The invention provides a three-dimensional printing method and three-dimensional printing equipment. The three-dimensional printing method comprises the steps that a first material is supplied to a bearing area of a light-permeable material containing mechanism of the three-dimensional printing equipment through a first channel of a material supply mechanism of the three-dimensional printing equipment; a second material different from the first material is supplied to the bearing area of the material containing mechanism through a second channel of the material supply mechanism; a forming platform mechanism of the three-dimensional printing equipment is moved, so that the forming platform mechanism makes contact with the first material and the second material in the bearing area; light rays are projected to the bearing area through an optical mechanism of the three-dimensional printing equipment, so that the first material and the second material are cured, and a curing layer adhering to the forming platform mechanism is formed; and the forming platform mechanism is moved away from the material containing mechanism, so that the curing layer is separated from the material containing mechanism.

Provided herein is an additive manufacturing system having a build chamber, a plurality of tools and a plurality of tool bays where each tool bay is arranged to store one tool. A gantry is arranged to select one tool and removes the selected tool from a tool bay. A tool mount is slidably arranged on the gantry and to detachably couple the selected tool to the gantry. Two guide rails extend in a first direction and are arranged to receive the selected tool. The guide rails are movable along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, so as to enable alignment of the guide rails with one of the tool bays at a time. Channel seals expand or contract based on a relative movement between the tools and the sliders.

An extruder for an additive manufacturing machine has a first and second extrusion duct (6, 7) separated from each other; a first and a second feeding system (8, 9), configured to feed a first and a second material into the first and the second extrusion duct (6, 7); a first and a second heating assembly (10, 11) configured to heat the first and the second material so as to determine the melting of the first and the second material; a mixing chamber (12), which is configured to allow the mixing of the first and of the second melt material exiting from the first and from the second extrusion duct (6, 7); and a control unit (14), configured to independently control the first and the second feeding system (8, 9) and the first and the second heating assembly (10, 11).

A three-dimensional (3D) printer includes a platform assembly on which a 3D object can be built, an extruder, a filament feeding assembly feeding a filament to the extruder, a movable nozzle receiving heated filament from the extruder in a flowable form and directing the flowable filament material on the platform assembly to create the 3D object, and a controlling circuit for controlling an operation of the 3D printer. The platform assembly may include first and second plates separated from one another, a plurality of elongated structures connecting the first and second plates to one another, and a plurality of post assemblies disposed between the first and second plates. The post assemblies may include posts that can be selectively raised and lowered to protrude over the plate, from among the first and second plates, on which the 3D object will be built to assist with the building process.

An extrusion head is provided for additive manufacturing of a product, preferably based on the fused filament fabrication method. The extrusion head is arranged within a mounting structure, and a convection shield is provided between the extrusion head and the mounting structure.

The invention provides three-dimensional printing equipment and a three-dimensional printing method. The three-dimensional printing equipment comprises a light-permeable material containing mechanism and a printing mechanism, wherein the light-permeable material containing mechanism is provided with a bearing area configured to bear a printing material; a feeding mechanism including a first channel configured to supply a first material and a second channel configured to supply a second material different from the first material; the driving mechanism is configured to move at least one of the material containing mechanism and the material supply mechanism; an optical mechanism configured to project light to the bearing area based on the pattern to cure the first material and the second material; the forming platform mechanism is configured to adhere to the curing layer and can carry the adhered curing layer to be separated from the material containing mechanism, and the curing layer comprises at least one of a part formed by the first material, a part formed by the second material and a part formed by the mixture.

The invention provides a three-dimensional printing method and three-dimensional printing equipment. The three-dimensional printing method comprises the steps that a first material is supplied to a bearing area of a light-permeable material containing mechanism of the three-dimensional printing equipment through a first channel of a material supply mechanism of the three-dimensional printing equipment; a second material different from the first material is supplied to the bearing area of the material containing mechanism through a second channel of the material supply mechanism; a forming platform mechanism of the three-dimensional printing equipment is moved, so that the forming platform mechanism makes contact with the first material and the second material in the bearing area; light rays are projected to the bearing area through an optical mechanism of the three-dimensional printing equipment, so that the first material and the second material are cured, and a curing layer adhering to the forming platform mechanism is formed; and the forming platform mechanism is moved away from the material containing mechanism, so that the curing layer is separated from the material containing mechanism.

A dual-switch 3D print head having synergistic printing of resin and continuous fibers, the print head comprising a main frame (1), wherein a resin head extrusion mechanism (3) is provided on the main frame (1); the main frame (1) is connected to a continuous fiber printing mechanism (6) by means of a dual-nozzle switching mechanism (2); a continuous fiber cutting mechanism (7) and a wire feeding and clamping coordination mechanism (63) are provided on the continuous fiber printing mechanism (6); the continuous fiber printing mechanism (6) comprises a continuous fiber printing mounting plate (61); a fiber clamping mounting base (631) is provided on one side of the top of the continuous fiber printing mounting plate (61); a fiber clamping actuator is mounted on the fiber clamping mounting base (631); a clamping connecting rod (635) is movably connected to the end of the fiber clamping actuator; the other end of the clamping connecting rod (635) is connected to a fiber guide wheel (633); a wire feeding gear (634) is provided beside the fiber guide wheel (633); and the wire feeding gear (634) is mounted on the continuous fiber printing mounting plate (61). The dual-switch 3D print head can ensure the precision of the relative positions between dual nozzles during multiple switchings for a long time, and also achieve the organic combination of active wire feeding and passive wire feeding for a continuous fiber wire material is also realized, thereby realizing high-quality printing of continuous fibers.

The utility model relates to the technical field of 3D printing, in particular to a printing head and a three-dimensional printer. The printing head comprises a connecting assembly, a heating device connected with the connecting assembly and a nozzle connected with the heating device, the connecting assembly comprises at least two material guiding channels, the heating device comprises feeding channels corresponding to the material guiding channels, the feeding channels are communicated with the material guiding channels, and the nozzle is connected with the feeding channels. And a discharging channel communicated with the feeding channel is arranged on the nozzle. The three-dimensional printer comprises the printing head. According to the technical scheme, when printing of other colors or consumables is carried out, the consumables do not need to be returned, and the printing speed is increased.

A three dimensional printing system which creates a multiple color printed structure which may be e.g. an inflatable likeness. The printing is done with a stretchy material such as silicone and is printed in layers of different color in order to match the designed likeness colors. In preferred embodiments, the 3d printing is done inside a gel suspension with a specialized print head which dispenses silicone in layers of color to produce the final desired color of silicone in the particular locations as determined by the avatar or likeness design.

The utility model relates to the technical field of 3D printing, in particular to a line merging mechanism, a printing head and a three-dimensional printer, the line merging mechanism is applied to printing equipment, the printing equipment further comprises an extrusion mechanism and a nozzle assembly, and the extrusion mechanism is used for selectively driving a target consumable in a plurality of consumables to advance or retreat; the extrusion mechanism is located at the upstream of a consumable path of the line combining mechanism and the nozzle assembly, and the line combining mechanism comprises a plurality of feeding channels and at least one discharging channel communicated with the feeding channels; the nozzle assembly is used for being communicated with the discharging channel. The printing head comprises the line merging mechanism. The three-dimensional printer comprises the line merging mechanism and a printing head. According to the technical scheme, multi-color printing can be achieved without cutting off the consumables.

The utility model provides a consumable melting assembly for a 3D printer, a nozzle and the 3D printer, the consumable melting assembly comprises a heating body, and a first heating runner and a second heating runner are arranged in the heating body in the axial direction of the heating body; the second heating runner is arranged in the first heating runner, the second heating runner is in an inverted cone shape in the direction from a consumable inlet to a consumable outlet, a melting runner is formed between the outer wall of the second heating runner and the inner wall of the first heating runner, a plurality of through holes are formed in the second heating runner, and the through holes are communicated with the melting runner. And the second heating runner is communicated with the melting runner through the through hole. The resistance of the consumable passing through the flow channel is reduced, the distance between the consumable melting assembly and the inner core of the consumable is shortened, the inner core of the consumable can be quickly melted, the problem that the nozzle is blocked is effectively avoided, and meanwhile the stability of the outlet flow of the nozzle and the printing speed of the 3D printer are effectively improved.

An extruder head assembly, which is for an additive manufacturing machine, includes a melt zone component, and a nozzle operatively connected to the melt zone component. The melt zone component is operatively connected to a cold end component for receiving and heating filament. The melt zone component includes a heat source, and an interior member in thermal communication with the heat source. The interior member defines therein a passage, at least one melt channel, and at least one aperture fluidly connecting the passage to the at least one melt channel. The passage and the at least one melt channel are fluidly connected downstream from the at least one aperture, the nozzle being configured to receive heated filament material from the passage and the at least one melt channel.

The present document relates to a dispensing head for continuous fiber reinforced fused filament type additive manufacturing. The dispensing head is configured for dispensing a material onto a substrate carrier platform, and comprises one or more inlets for receiving a strand of meltable solid material and a reinforcement fiber and a material passage extending from the receiving inlets to a dispensing outlet. The dispensing head further comprises a material heating unit for liquefying the material and drive means for driving the material through the material passage. The material heating unit comprises a solid radiation body extending from the dispensing outlet at least in a direction parallel to the substrate carrier platform, defining a radiation face toward the substrate carrier platform, wherein the radiation body is thermally separated from the dispensing outlet.

Disclosed are methods for preparing non-filamentous scaffolds (e.g., sheets) for cell or tissue culture. These methods can comprise providing at least a first printing composition (e.g., a bioink) and a second printing composition (e.g., a bioink or a fugitive ink); chaotic printing the first printing composition and the second printing composition to generate a microstructured precursor comprising a plurality of lamellar structures formed from the first printing composition and the second printing composition; extruding the microstructured precursor through a nozzle (e.g., a fan-shaped nozzle, a curved fan-shaped nozzle, or an annular nozzle) to produce a non-filamentous microstructured precursor; and curing the non-filamentous microstructured precursor to provide the non-filamentous scaffold for cell or tissue culture.

Hybrid 3D printing systems and methods that can embed continuous fibers in photosensitive resins to produce a dense, high surface quality, fiber reinforced component, including complex shapes. The system includes a nozzle system having a resin container and a fiber path therethrough, the nozzle system having an outlet for resin and a continuous fiber, and at least three light sources spaced around and each in close proximity to the outlet, with each of the at least three light sources independently controllable. In use, the light source behind the nozzle, when the nozzle is moving, is activated to cure the photosensitive resin. The continuous fiber can be a pre-impregnated, high density fiber bundle (e.g., 6K, 12K).

A thermal folding forming method for additive manufacturing of a three-dimensional lattice structure of a fiber-reinforced composite, the method comprising the following specific steps: a first step, printing a fiber-reinforced composite having a repeated two-dimensional planar lattice structure by means of a dual-nozzle continuous fiber-reinforced composite additive manufacturing apparatus; a second step, using a robotic arm gripper (4) to grip the printed fiber-reinforced composite having a two-dimensional planar lattice structure and place same onto a retractable hot roller thermal folding and heating device, and heating same at a fiber connection point, wherein the thermal folding device is arranged in a 10 x 10 columnar lattice and can be fully retracted with a retractable height ranging from 0-50 mm, such that the fiber-reinforced composite having a two-dimensional planar lattice structure is heated and elevated by means of the retractable hot roller, and can be folded into the fiber-reinforced composite having a three-dimensional lattice structure; and a third step, using the robotic arm gripper (4) to grip the fiber-reinforced composite having a three-dimensional lattice structure and place same into a water-cooling box for water cooling and shape setting. The forming method can improve the structural complexity of the fiber-reinforced composite, thereby achieving the three-dimensional structure transformation of the composite.

A printhead apparatus (100) for 3D printing, wherein an extrusion portion (110) comprises a switching assembly (11) and a plurality of extrusion assemblies (12), and each extrusion assembly (12) is provided with an extrusion channel (T1) and a switch portion (13); the switching assembly (11) comprises a moving component (14) capable of being driven to rotate, wherein the moving component (14) is provided with a trigger portion (15), and the plurality of switch portions (13) respectively corresponds to different positions on a rotational path of the trigger portion (15), so that the plurality of switch portions (13) is triggered when the moving component (14) rotates to different angles; and a pushing component (51) of a nozzle portion (120) collides with vertical supports (311) of a gantry (310) to achieve the switching of nozzle assemblies (52).

The present disclosure provides a 3D printer including a receiving surface for accepting the accumulation of material layers, and a gantry having a shaft and carriage that is translated along the shaft, and an extruder assembly that is articulated to rotate a printing plane, wherein the extruder assembly is attached to the carriage and the articulated extruder assembly is manipulated to rotate the printing plane away from parallel with the receiving surface.

The invention discloses a multi-ceramic-material 3D printing nozzle, device and method. The 3D printing nozzle designed by the invention can be adaptive to simultaneous extrusion and intermittent extrusion of one or more different biological ceramic slurries; the printing device comprises a 3D printing platform with an FDM printer as a main body, a discharging module combined with a printing nozzle and a pneumatic system, and a curing module composed of follow-up ultraviolet laser. Through a pulse strategy and relative pressure control and in combination with a laser-assisted curing technology, a runner invasion behavior (backflow) is overcome, construction of a biological ceramic scaffold with spatial heterogeneous material distribution is realized, and a new idea is provided for preparation of a multi-ceramic material bone repair scaffold.

The invention discloses an ultra-high-speed motor bearing anti-deformation crown-shaped retainer and a manufacturing method, and belongs to the technical field of motor bearings. The super-high-speed motor bearing anti-deformation crown-shaped retainer is formed by printing functionally graded materials, the functionally graded materials comprise a hard-phase material and a soft-phase material, the hard-phase material is glass fibers, and the soft-phase material is nylon 66; the equivalent elastic modulus of the functionally graded material is continuously and gradually changed in the axial direction from the bottom of the pocket to the tail end of the lock claw, so that the elastic modulus of the bottom area of the pocket is higher than that of the tail end area of the lock claw, and elliptical deformation of the pocket and centrifugal deformation of the lock claw are cooperatively restrained. And active reconstruction of a rigidity field of the crown-shaped retainer is achieved, specifically, a tough phase is constructed in a locking claw area to absorb collision energy, a strengthening phase is formed in a pocket area to weaken stress concentration, a rigidity gradient is established at a connecting part to restrain the umbrella-shaped effect, and the crown-shaped retainer with the high toughness-gradient-high strength characteristics and the design method of the crown-shaped retainer are provided.

The invention is directed to a method for the preparation of an energetic material product such as a propellant or explosive charge or grain. The method includes additive manufacturing with co-extrusion of at least two materials to form a multi-layered filament and layer-by-layer deposition of the multi-layered filament. The multi-layered filament has a first material layer and a second material layer and at least one layer includes an energetic material. In another aspect, the invention is directed to an apparatus for use in this method, the apparatus comprising a co-extrusion nozzle.

The invention relates to the technical field of additive manufacturing equipment, and discloses a double-nozzle switching structure for multi-material 3D printing, the double-nozzle switching structure comprises a switching lifting assembly, the switching lifting assembly comprises a mounting plate, the inner side of the mounting plate is rotatably sleeved with a motorized shaft, the bottom of the motorized shaft is fixedly connected with a connecting main body, and the connecting main body is fixedly connected with a nozzle; the spray head assembly comprises a discharging assembly, the bottom of the connecting body is fixedly connected with a delay driving assembly, the bottom of the delay driving assembly is rotationally sleeved with a collecting tank, the bottom end of the collecting tank is fixedly sleeved with a chassis, and the edge of the top of the chassis is fixedly connected with a material bearing assembly. The connecting body and the motorized shaft are in linkage to achieve 180-degree switching of the spray head, the discharging assembly blows out spray head materials, the material bearing assembly and the collecting tank cooperate to recycle the materials, the material bearing assembly comprises a semicircular pipeline, and the problems that when the spray head is switched to replace the materials, the spray head needs to be emptied, time is consumed, and consumables are wasted are solved.

The present invention discloses a 4D printing method, apparatus, and application thereof, including processes such as proportioning of multi-viscosity liquid components, flow mixing, degassing, temperature-controlled curing, filling, and final curing. Based on an integrated molding design concept, the method enables the preparation of pneumatically driven, self-propelled, deformable bionic structures (referred to as "bionic deformable actuators"). The apparatus and method of the present invention can produce functional components made of elastic, flexible materials with a viscosity range of 2,000 to 38,000 cps. This greatly simplifies the preparation process of bionic deformable actuators, enabling direct printing and single-stage molding without the need for secondary processing.