50results about "Multiple 3D object manufacturing" patented technology

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 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 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

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.

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.

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.

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.

A method and system for manufacturing one or more three-dimensional porous structures (10). Filaments (2) are deposited on a support in a predetermined interconnected arrangement in a plurality of stacked layers (11) for forming one or more porous structure with interconnected pores (15). A nozzle head (30) with a plurality of nozzles (20) is used for depositing filaments. The plurality of nozzles are spaced apart from each other with a predetermined spacing therebetween. Each nozzle has an opening area through which filaments are dispensed as the nozzle head is moved relative to the support. Multiple 3D porous structures are manufactured in parallel, using a subset of nozzles for each porous structure, each subset of nozzles including at least one nozzle. Neighboring subsets of nozzles are distanced in order to provide a working area on which the relevant porous structure of the plurality of porous structures is manufactured.

The present invention relates to the field of radiation curing and 3D printing of objects to be cured by radiation. To present a solution that allows the simultaneous radiation curing of several objects, thereby avoiding or at least reducing the disadvantages of partially insufficient curing or potentially excessive irradiation, a radiation curing device is proposed comprising a curing chamber and at least one chamber separator configured to divide the curing chamber into sub-chambers, such that each sub-chamber is designed to accommodate at least one of several objects to be cured, the several objects to be cured being jointly supported by a carrier, and the curing chamber and the at least one chamber separator each comprising at least one radiation source configured for radiation curing.

The invention relates to an additive manufacturing system for manufacturing one or more three-dimensional (3D) objects, the system comprising:-a printing surface drive unit (11) configured for holding a printing surface (2); -at least one deposition unit (3) comprising at least one nozzle arranged for dispensing build material (preferably in filamentary form) through its open area on the printing surface, and at least one nozzle drive unit (10) arranged for holding the at least one nozzle; -a controller configured for the operating system to deposit build material, preferably in filamentary form, in an interconnected arrangement on the printing surface, forming a plurality of stacked layers, thereby forming one or more three-dimensional objects, the controller is configured for, during deposition of build material by said deposition unit:-controlling the printing surface drive unit to move the printing surface within a two-dimensionally (2D) defined printing surface area within which the printing surface moves during deposition of build material; -controlling the nozzle drive unit to move the at least one nozzle along a one-dimensional (1D) defined nozzle trajectory extending at an angle with respect to the two-dimensional defined printing surface area, so as to establish a 3D relative position between the printing surface and the nozzle to produce the one or more 3D objects.

A method is described in which data representing a plurality of three-dimensional objects to be printed in a printing job is received and printer control data is generated based on an attribute to be prioritised for each object. The plurality of three-dimensional objects are printed in one printing job by printing a plurality of successive layers based on the generated printer control data. Printing a layer comprising printing a portion of a first object in a first print mode, wherein a first attribute is prioritised, and printing a portion of a second object in a second print mode, wherein a second attribute is prioritised.

The present disclosure generally relates to an additive manufacturing system comprising: a material supply module for melting and pressurizing a printing material; a micro-screw print head comprising: a micro-screw having a threaded stem portion and a conical head portion, the threaded stem portion being volumetrically threaded along its entire length; a sleeve; and a nozzle having a distal end comprising an inner conical surface and an outlet port for ejecting the printing material, the inner conical surface of the nozzle configured to contact the conical head portion of the micro-screw to stop ejection of the printing material at the nozzle when the micro-screw print head is in a closed position; and a drive module comprising: a rotary motor for driving rotational movement of the micro-screw and an actuator for driving vertical movement of the micro-screw.

To provide a three-dimensional molding system that can increase a strength of an interface between a molding surface and a molding material discharged from a first discharge section and a second discharge section, and can reduce warpage of a first molded object and a second molded object.SOLUTION: A three-dimensional molding system includes a first discharge section, a second discharge section, a stage, a heating section, and a control section. The control section performs: a molding process for molding a first molded object and a second molded object on a molding surface by discharging molding materials having different plasticization temperatures from each other from the first and second discharge sections; and a heating process for heating, at different temperatures from each other, the molding material discharged from the first discharge section and the molding material discharged from the second discharge section. The molding process is performed so as to overlap: a period in which the molding material discharged from the first discharge section is deposited on the molding surface; and a period in which the molding material discharged from the second discharge section is deposited on the molding surface.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

A 3D printing system includes a first build platform, a second build platform, a light engine, and a controller. The first build platform contains photocurable resin between a first build surface and a first transparent wall. A first build plane is defined along the first transparent wall. The second build platform contains photocurable resin between a second build surface and a second transparent wall. A second build plane is defined along the second transparent wall. The controller is programmed to: operate the light engine to selectively irradiate the first build plane; translate the light engine to the second mechanical platform; operate the light engine to selectively irradiate the second build plane; translate the light engine back to the first mechanical platform; repeat operating and translating the light engine to alternately accrete photocurable resin at the first and second build surfaces.

The application discloses a preparation method of a flexible wave-absorbing resin-based composite material, which comprises the following steps: mixing a flexible photosensitive resin with multi-walled carbon nanotubes and spherical carbonyl iron, and performing ultrasonic treatment and mechanical stirring to obtain a flexible wave-absorbing resin-based composite slurry; and then performing light curing 3D printing to obtain the flexible wave-absorbing resin-based composite material. The application further discloses a method for preparing a multi-stage honeycomb structure flexible wave-absorber for high-frequency application based on the flexible wave-absorbing resin-based composite material. The preparation method is simple in operation, fast in forming speed and low in cost, and the prepared multi-stage honeycomb structure flexible wave-absorber has excellent wave-absorbing performance, and even at a high bending angle (150°), the multi-stage honeycomb structure flexible wave-absorber still has low reflection loss. In addition, the material has the advantages of high flexible deformation, self-recovery and no crease damage in repeated bending, greatly improves the environmental adaptability, and can be applied in the fields of intelligent wearable functional devices, intelligent electronics or intelligent driving and the like.

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

A three-dimensional molding system includes: an ejection unit including a nozzle; a stage including a molding surface and on which the molding material is laminated; a position changing unit configured to change relative positions of the stage and the nozzle; a camera disposed outside an outer edge of the molding surface when viewed from a direction perpendicular to the molding surface, and at a position where the entire molding surface is imaged; a control unit configured to mold a three-dimensional molded object based on molding data; and a display unit including a first display area configured to display an image or a moving image captured by the camera, and a second display area configured to display at least one of a molding condition for molding the three-dimensional molded object and a device state representing a state of the ejection unit. The control unit selects, for each three-dimensional molded object, one of a first state in which the image or the moving image is displayed in the first display area and a second state in which the image or the moving image is not displayed in the first display area.

To provide a system and a method for avoiding delays and inefficiencies when one object is moving between multiple manufacturing devices in a case where multiple different objects are manufactured using multiple manufacturing devices.SOLUTION: The method includes simultaneously cycling a plurality of pallets through a conveyor system. The conveyor system is cyclical, and the conveyor system includes an entrance point and an exit point for each pallet, and a plurality of manufacturing points corresponding to a plurality of manufacturing devices. The method includes simultaneously cycling the plurality of pallets passing the plurality of manufacturing points for two or more cycles, each pallet being associated with a series of manufacturing instructions for a corresponding object. While simultaneously cycling the plurality of pallets through the conveyor system, using a different combination of the plurality of manufacturing devices, each object is manufactured in accordance with the series of manufacturing instructions associated with each pallet. Thereby different objects for each pallet are manufactured.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

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 invention provides a method that can improve the build strategy for solid fabrication and accelerate the additive manufacturing of multiple articles on a build platform. The proposed solution relates to a method for additive manufacturing of a plurality of articles (1.1-1.5, 2.1-2.5) by utilizing at least one build head of a three-dimensional modeling device, in which the articles (1.1-1.5, 2.1-2.5) are successively built-up along an axis (X-axis) on a build platform (P). In the layer plane of each of the articles (1.1-1.5, 2.1-2.5) successive to one another along the axis (X), an outer shell (K) is first produced via at least one build head, which forms a boundary with the fill area (F) of each of the articles (1.1-1.5, 2.1-2.5). Subsequently, at least one build head is adjusted along an axis (X-axis) to continuously introduce build material into the filling area (F) of the plurality of articles (1.1-1.5, 2.1-2.5) along a first build path, and then the build head is again adjusted along an axis (X-axis) to continuously introduce build material into the filling area (F) of the plurality of articles (1.1-1.5, 2.1-2.5) along a second build path offset from the first build path.

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

A 3D printing system includes a first build platform, a second build platform, a light engine, and a controller. The first build platform contains photocurable resin between a first build surface and a first transparent wall. A first build plane is defined along the first transparent wall. The second build platform contains photocurable resin between a second build surface and a second transparent wall. A second build plane is defined along the second transparent wall. The controller is programmed to: operate the light engine to selectively irradiate the first build plane; translate the light engine to the second mechanical platform; operate the light engine to selectively irradiate the second build plane; translate the light engine back to the first mechanical platform; repeat operating and translating the light engine to alternately accrete photocurable resin at the first and second build surfaces.