Automatic color changing machine of 3D printer

A 3D printer and automatic technology, applied in the field of 3D printing, can solve the problems of breaking the color material, the structure is not stable enough, and the operation is troublesome, so as to achieve the effect of preventing the color material from breaking, the use effect is good, and the transmission is stable.

Active Publication Date: 2016-09-21
KUNSHAN YINGFUSI THREE DIMENSIONAL TECH CO LTD
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The main consumables for 3D printing are hot-melt materials. If you print a model with multiple colors, you need to change the material many times. However, the existing 3D printers need to manually change the material, which is very troublesome.
In addition, if the remaining material is not enough to support the entire model during the printing process, the printing will be interrupted in the middle, which will affect the continuity of the printing work. Usually, the operator needs to watch in real time and replace it in time when the remaining material is insufficient. The degree of automation is low and the increase reduce the workload of the operator;
[0003] The patent publication number is: CN 104228065 A invention patent discloses a 3D printer automatic refueling device, which uses a rotary feeding mechanism, so that the entire structure is not stable enough during feeding, and the color material will be broken when the rotation is unstable;
[0004] Another example is the invention patent with the patent announcement number: CN 103770334 B, which uses a color-changing mechanism, but it still uses a rotating method for refueling, and the structure of the gears is prone to jamming, and the use effect is poor

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[0022] like figure 1 , figure 2 , The present invention proposes an automatic color changing machine for 3D printers, including a base plate 1, on which a loading device 2, a feeding mechanism 3, and a servo module 4 are arranged, and the feeding mechanism 3 is located in the loading device. 2 and the servo module 4; the feeding mechanism 3 includes a plurality of hobbing feeding mechanisms 5 arranged in a straight line; the material loading device 2 includes a plurality of feeding trays 6 corresponding to the hobbing feeding mechanism 5; The color material on the feeding tray 6 passes through the hobbing feeding mechanism 5 and the clamping block 7 in sequence;

[0023] The servo module 4 is slidably connected with a clipping block 7 for transmitting and cutting the color material, wherein the servo module 4 includes a support seat 14, and the support seat 14 is provided with a slide rail 15, and the clip The material block 7 includes a hollow sliding block 16, the lower p...

Embodiment 2

[0028] The difference between this embodiment and Embodiment 1 is that the structure for softening the color material inside the hollow slider is a heating rod, and a clamping device is arranged parallel to the heating rod, and the clamping device is also inside the hollow slider. The feeding device 20 includes a clamping cylinder 21, the output end of the clamping cylinder 21 is provided with a clamping head 22, and the clamping head 22 is located on the straight line where the feeding port 17 and the feeding port are located. It includes two clips 23, a material chute 24 is arranged between the clips 23, the color material passes through the material chute 24, and the material chute 24 is provided with anti-skid lines. When the new color material is close to the original color material, the clamping head 22 starts to clamp for 3-5 seconds, and then automatically welds

[0029] The working mode of the present invention is:

[0030] 1. Carrier wire:

[0031] First select a c...

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Abstract

The invention proposes an automatic color changing machine of a 3D printer. The color changing machine comprises a baseplate; a carrying device, a feeding mechanism and a servo module are arranged on the baseplate; the feeding mechanism is positioned between the carrying device and the servo module; the feeding mechanism includes multiple hobbing feeders linearly arranged; the carrying device includes multiple feeding discs corresponding to the hobbing feeders; the servo module is slidingly connected with a clamping block for conveying and cutting coloring materials; and the coloring materials on the feeding discs penetrate through the hobbing feeders and the clamping block in sequence. The color changing machine automatically changes colors in normal printing process, can enable single-color models to become more colorful, can satisfy specific functions of multi-color products, uses the slide rail type clamping devices to realize more stable conveying, uses the fixed feeding discs for achieving higher stability, automatically cuts off the coloring materials, prevents snapping of the coloring materials, and is excellent in use effect.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to the technical field of 3D printing, in particular to an automatic color changing machine for a 3D printer. Background technique [0002] At present, the development of 3D printing technology is very rapid. During the working process of the 3D printer, the filament is heated to a molten state by electric heating in the nozzle. After each layer is processed, the worktable drops by one layer, and deposits layer by layer repeatedly until the printing of a 3D model is completed. The main consumables for 3D printing are hot-melt materials. If you need to change the material several times when printing models of multiple colors, the existing 3D printer needs to be manually changed, and the operation is very troublesome. In addition, if the remaining material is not enough to support the entire model during the printing process, the printing will be interrupted in the middle, affecting the continuity of the printing work. Usually, the...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): B29C67/02B33Y30/00
CPCB33Y30/00
Inventor 顾亮
Owner KUNSHAN YINGFUSI THREE DIMENSIONAL TECH CO LTD
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