148results about "Multiple 3D object manufacturing" patented technology

The invention discloses a three-dimensional model package arranging method, device and equipment, a medium and a product, and relates to the technical field of three-dimensional (3D) printing.The method comprises the steps that space parameters of a to-be-printed model and a printing area are determined, the to-be-printed model comprises i three-dimensional models, and i is a positive integer larger than 1; based on the model parameters of the i three-dimensional models, the arrangement sequence of the i three-dimensional models is determined, and the model parameters are the contour parameters of the minimum enclosing rectangles of the three-dimensional models; and the i three-dimensional models are placed in the printing area based on the space parameters of the printing area and the placing sequence of the i three-dimensional models by utilizing a preset model printing rule. According to the method, the arrangement uniformity of the printing models can be improved while the package arrangement speed is ensured, the to-be-printed models are arranged in the printing area as many as possible, excessive analysis on the to-be-printed models is avoided, the calculation amount of a processor is saved, package arrangement efficiency and package arrangement quality are both considered, and the package arrangement experience of a user is improved.

A method may include (a) providing a cartridge including a volume of photohardenable composition in an irradiation zone; (b) selectively irradiating the volume of the photohardenable composition included in the cartridge with one or more wavelengths of excitation light to at least partially harden, polymerize, and / or cross-link the resin composition to at least partially form one or more objects in the volume; (c) removing the cartridge from the irradiation zone after selective irradiation step; and optionally repeating steps (a)-(c) with a series of one or more additional cartridges including a next volume of photohardenable composition. An assembly for printing 3D objects may include a printer having at least one excitation light source configured to solidify photohardenable resin and form one or more 3D objects in a cartridge.

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.

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.

The invention discloses a preparation method of an environment-friendly 3D printing three-dimensional surface floor, which comprises the following steps: S1, drawing a plane drawing of the floor, generating a 3D model of the floor by using a computer, and obtaining all layered structures and arrangement modes for forming the floor; and S2, raw materials for preparing the floor are prepared according to the 3D model of the floor in the S1, the raw materials are conveyed into a 3D printer for 3D printing, and all layered structures for the floor are printed. Through a sustainable raw material system, a formaldehyde-free laminating process, high-precision 3D printing texture forming, a three-layer environment-friendly protection layer, a bio-based edge sealing technology and an internet-of-things intelligent production system, production energy consumption is reduced by 40%, waste is reduced by 50%, closed-loop recovery is achieved, meanwhile, the international environment protection certification is met, the production efficiency is improved by 30%, and the production cost is reduced. And a full-chain green manufacturing scheme for synergistically improving the environmental protection performance, the production efficiency and the product quality is formed, and the double-carbon target requirement is met.

A tooling assembly (200) and method (300) of aligning a plurality of components (70) for a repair process in an additive manufacturing machine (100) includes positioning the plurality of components (70) such that a repair surface (72) of each of the plurality of components (70) contacts an alignment plate (202), e.g., under the force of gravity or using biasing members (262). The method (300) further includes surrounding the alignment plate (202) with containment walls (220) to define a reservoir (222) around the plurality of components (70) and dispensing a fill material (212), such as wax or a potting material, into the reservoir (222) which is configured for fixing a relative position of the plurality of components (70) when the fill material (212) is solidified.

A work carrier, particularly a work carrier for manufacturing three-dimensional screen printing workpieces, comprises at least one print bed having a print area to be printed, and a support structure that supports the print bed and is formed separately from the print bed, the support structure having a support base and at least one stop for the print bed, the print bed being positioned on the support base, and in the position on the support base, the print bed being in contact with the at least one lateral stop.

To provide a technology capable of suppressing information leakage to other users while providing useful information to a user in a three-dimensional molding device.SOLUTION: A three-dimensional molding system includes: a discharge part with a nozzle; a stage that has a molding surface and where molding materials are stacked; a position change part that changes a relative position of the stage to the nozzle; a camera that is placed outside an outer edge of the molding surface when viewed from a direction perpendicular to the molding surface, and is placed in a position that allows it to photograph the entire molding surface; a control part that molds a three-dimensional molding object based on molding data; and a display part having a first display area capable of displaying an image captured by the camera and a second display area capable of displaying at least one of molding conditions for molding the three-dimensional molding object and a device state representing a state of the discharge part. The control part selects, for each three-dimensional molding object, either a first state in which an image is displayed in the first display area or a second state in which no image is displayed in the first display area.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

A 3D printing apparatus is disclosed herein. The apparatus comprises a container, a build material extraction module, an energy source and a controller. The container is to receive a build volume comprising portions in which an un-cured thermally curable binder has been applied to define a 3D object to be generated and portions on which no binder has been applied. The build material extraction module is to remove part of the build material on which no binder has been applied. The energy source to heat the contents of the container. And the controller is to control the build material extraction module to remove part of the build material on which no binder has been applied; and control the energy source to heat the build material to thermally cure any binder in the container.

The present invention includes a cartridge for printing one or more three-dimensional objects, the cartridge being configured to contain a volume of a photopolymerizable composition, the cartridge including side walls attached to a bottom wall to define a volume space for containing the volume, the cartridge being configured for including one or more printing zones, wherein a printing zone is sized to facilitate being irradiated by one or more, preferably at least two, excitation light projections to at least partially form a three- dimensional printed object within the volume of photopolymerizable composition in the printing zone. Systems and methods including a cartridge described herein are also disclosed.

A multi-layered support surface assembly for a three-dimensional (3D) printer is provided. One or more of the layers of the multi-layered support surface assembly are cut into multiple removable sections of preselected configurations based on size and shape of multiple objects to be three-dimensionally printed thereon. On completing the objects built thereon by the 3D printer, one or more of the removable sections are removed for further processing, without disturbing positions of incomplete objects being built on other removable sections. The layers include a base plate to be secured to a support platform of the 3D printer; a sheet magnet layer secured to a top surface of the base plate; an upper plate secured to a top surface of the sheet magnet layer; an adhesive layer secured to a top surface of the upper plate; and a foam grow surface pad secured to a top surface of the adhesive layer.

The present application relates to the technical field of high polymer material additive manufacturing, in particular to a processing and manufacturing process of seamless double-plastic high-cavity pipe, which uses additive manufacturing process to manufacture the seamless double-plastic high-cavity pipe. The prefabricated plastic inner pipe is clamped on the rotatable clamp below the printing head, a base plate is arranged at the starting printing position and the outer pipe main pipe section is printed layer by layer on the base plate, the printing operation and the angle adjustment operation are alternately performed until the printing of the outer pipe main pipe section is completed, then the angle of the prefabricated plastic inner pipe is adjusted, and the outer pipe sealing section is printed layer by layer at the unprinted gap part of the hollow outer wall plastic outer pipe, during which a special disintegrable support sheet is used to support the formation of the overhanging upper bottom of the outer pipe sealing section. The prepared seamless double-plastic high-cavity pipe is used for structural analysis or performance test, and the application of additive manufacturing technology avoids the manufacturing of complex co-extrusion die head and the occupation of production equipment, which provides convenience for enriching the number of experimental groups and developing more mature products.

The present application provides a method and a device for determining a print position of a 3D model, a computer device, and a storage medium. The method includes: obtaining an objective 3D model selected by a user and determining a projection of an objective area including the objective 3D model to a print plane; determining whether storage data exists; determining a first print position of the objective 3D model on the print plane according to the projection when the storage data does not exist; and determining a second print position of the objective 3D model on the print plane according to the projection and the storage data when the storage data exists. No intersection is existed between the second print position and the storage data. The second print position of the objective 3D model can be not the same position as the print positions of the 3D models selected before the objective 3D model, and a problem of reducing a printing accuracy caused by repeated printing at one position on the printing plane can be solved, and realizing an effect of ensuring the print accuracies of models.

The present disclosure relates to a system (5) for distributing raw material powder (6) from a reservoir (7) of raw material powder to a plurality of at least two additive manufacturing devices (3) for additive manufacturing, the system (5) comprising at least one gas flow driver (11) and at least two conveying lines (15) for conveying the raw material powder (6) to the at least two additive manufacturing devices (3) by a gas flow driven by the at least one gas flow driver (11), and characterized in that: The system further includes a supply manifold (30) for supplying raw material powder (6) to the at least two conveying lines (15), the supply manifold (30) constructed and arranged to be controlled by at least two shut-off valves (37) to selectively direct the raw material powder (6) to one of the at least two conveying lines (15), each of the at least two shut-off valves (37) being disposed in the supply manifold (30) and configured to selectively open and close to selectively supply the raw material powder (6) to the at least two conveying lines (15).

Object model data defining a plurality of objects to be built by a three-dimensional printing apparatus is obtained. The plurality of objects to be built are arranged in a configuration to be printed with objects having a first property arranged in a first separable region of a build volume and objects having a second property arranged in a second separable region of the build volume. Print data defining the configuration of the plurality of objects to be built is generated.

A system and method for manufacturing three-dimensional structures are provided. The system includes multiple printing stations and a robotic unit configured to interact with the multiple printing stations, each of which is accessible by the robotic unit. Each printing station includes a station controller for controlling at least one deposition control parameter. The system also includes a system controller configured to operate the robotic unit, wherein the system controller is communicatively coupled to the multiple printing stations for controlling at least the execution of printing tasks performed at the multiple printing stations. The station controller is at least partially controlled by the system controller, wherein the system controller is configured to allow at least one deposition control parameter of each printing station to be adjusted independently of the deposition control parameters of the other printing stations within the multiple printing stations.

Methods are described herein for printing a three-dimensional structural component onto a base. For example, a method can include receiving a set of predetermined thicknesses for the three-dimensional structural component, instructing a printing device to print a set of layers of the three-dimensional structural component onto the base, and printing the three-dimensional structural component onto the base using the set of predetermined thicknesses to form a printed set of layers. The printed set of layers can include an exposed surface comprising a tall region, an intermediate region, and a short region. A difference in height between the tall region of the exposed surface and the short region of the exposed surface can be greater than a separation distance between the base and a printhead assembly of the printing device. The intermediate region of the exposed surface can have a smoothly sloped geometry.

In one example a method includes obtaining object model data and colour data. The object model data describes at least portion of an object to be generated in additive manufacturing using build material having a first colour and fusing agent having a second, different colour. The colour data describes an intended colour of at least portion of the object to be manufactured by additive manufacturing. The intended colour is substantially the first colour, the second colour or a colour therebetween. The method includes determining instructions to apply the fusing agent to a first region of a layer of the build material. The first region corresponds to portion of the object; the instructions are to apply fusing agent at a contone level such that the colour of the portion of the object corresponding to the first region is substantially the same as the intended colour as described by the colour data.

A tooling assembly (200) and method (300) of aligning a plurality of components (70) for a repair process in an additive manufacturing machine (100) includes positioning the plurality of components (70) such that a repair surface (72) of each of the plurality of components (70) contacts an alignment plate (202), e.g., under the force of gravity or using biasing members (262). The method (300) further includes surrounding the alignment plate (202) with containment walls (220) to define a reservoir (222) around the plurality of components (70) and dispensing a fill material (212), such as wax or a potting material, into the reservoir (222) which is configured for fixing a relative position of the plurality of components (70) when the fill material (212) is solidified.

Disclosed herein are systems and methods for producing a small-scale mixer based on an at-scale mixer that may be used for pharmaceutical product manufacturing. In particular, disclosed herein are methods that involve use of a three-dimensional printer to produce components of the small-scale mixer, a smoothing apparatus to smooth a surface of the small-scale mixer, and a fusing apparatus to fuse the components of the small scale-mixer to produce the small-scale mixer.

A 3D printer printing head assembly comprises a printing head carrier and a printing head, which comprises at least two printing units implemented such that they are mutually offset in the print plane. Each printing unit comprises an extruder, filament feeder, cooling mechanism, and nozzle. The printing units at a mutual spacing are adapted for simultaneous printing in different, mutually offset print planes. This assembly therefore allows for printing in multiple planes simultaneously. Furthermore, the object of the invention is a 3D printer with this assembly.

In accordance with one or more embodiments herein, an apparatus (100) for additive manufacturing is provided, where the apparatus (100) comprises a particle beam providing module (110) and a removable build module (120). The removable build module (120) comprises: a build tank (140), comprising walls (145); at least one powder supply tank (150); and a recoating arrangement (160), arranged to recoat the build tank (140) with powder from the at least one powder supply tank (150). The particle beam providing module (110) and the removable build module (120) together form a vacuum chamber when the removable build module (120) is attached to the particle beam providing module (110) in the apparatus (100), so that the walls (145) of the build tank (140) form a barrier part of said vacuum chamber. Further, a method (700) for additive manufacturing is provided. A cover (165) of the removable build module (120) is arranged to be automatically removed from the removable build module (120) when the removable build module (120) is removed from the apparatus (100), for easy access to the build tank (140).

Systems and methods for manufacturing an object are provided herein. In some embodiments, a system includes a printer assembly configured to perform an additive manufacturing process using a curable material; at least one sensor; and a material removal device. The system may be configured to form an object portion from a curable material using a printer assembly. The system may be configured to generate sensor data of the object portion using the at least one sensor, and determine whether there is a defect in the object portion based on the sensor data. In response to determining that a defect is present in the object portion, the system may be configured to remove a region containing the defect in the object portion using a material removal device.

A method of printing a hydrogel scaffold is provided which includes providing a container containing an ink and a liquid that is immiscible with the ink; applying light from a light source to the ink to form a portion of the hydrogel scaffold; and applying light from a light source one or more additional times to produce one or more additional portions of the hydrogel scaffold.

Provided are systems and methods for forming a casing liner in a wellbore of a hydrocarbon well. The forming including disposing a casing liner print head in an annular region located between a casing pipe disposed in a wellbore of a hydrocarbon well and a wall of the wellbore, and conducting a downhole lining operation including operating the casing liner print head to eject casing liner material into the annular region to form, in the annular region, a casing liner including elongated voids formed in the casing liner material.