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3d-printing device and process for producing an object with use of a 3d-printing device

a 3d printing and printing device technology, applied in the direction of additive manufacturing processes, manufacturing tools, additive manufacturing with liquids, etc., can solve the problems of affecting the quality of printed parts, the quality of objects achievable by the prior art known additive methods cannot reach the constant quality of comparable objects produced by injection molding,

Inactive Publication Date: 2019-01-03
WACKER CHEM GMBH
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[0137]Preferably, the 3D printing device also comprises a cleaning station which enables the automatic cleaning of the discharge device of the printhead. Owing to the constant determination of the position of the printhead, cleaning can also be undertaken during the production of an object. For this purpose, the printing is interrupted and the printhead is moved to the cleaning station. After conducting the cleaning operation, the printhead is guided precisely to the next position at which a print material is to be placed and the printing operation is continued.

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However, the devices known from the prior art have technical detects which affect the quality of the printed parts.
The quality of the objects achievable by the additive methods known from the prior art does not reach the constant quality of comparable objects produced by means of injection molding.
Nor is it possible by the known methods to ensure uniform quality of the end product, as is indispensable for the industrial use of the objects produced.
Troublesome factors are in particular misprints which arise owing to changes in the material discharge from the print nozzle, or misprints having defects such as air bubbles.

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[0021]The print material may be material for manufacture of a permanent component, especially silicone, or may be material which is required for temporarily manufactured parts or regions, especially support material in the form of polyethylene glycol (PEG), for example.

[0022]The discharge device is set up to release print materials in the form of individual isolated droplets, as a series of droplets or in the form of a strand in the direction of the discharge axis. Flowing transitions between these forms are possible. In the context of this description, a droplet of a print material discharged from the discharge device and placed on the baseplate or on the object is referred to as a voxel. A strand refers to both discharged and as yet unplaced print material and to placed print material. A placed print material is understood to mean either a voxel or a strand.

[0023]The print materials are detected and / or geometrically measured in the region of the discharge device, and so the measur...

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Abstract

Improved 3D printed articles are produced in a 3D printing apparatus by controlling the apparatus in response to the measurement of the size, geometry, and / or weight of print materials exiting the discharge device of the apparatus.

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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application is the U.S. National Phase of PCT Appln. No. PCT / EP2016 / 059094 filed Apr. 22, 2016 and claims priority to PCT / EP2015 / 080742, filed Dec. 21, 2015, the disclosures of which are incorporated in their entirety by reference herein.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION1. Field of the Invention[0002]The invention relates to a method of manufacturing an object using a 3D printing device having at least one printhead having at least one discharge device, wherein the discharge device is set up to place print materials at target positions in order to additively manufacture the object. Further aspects of the invention relate to a 3D printing device configured to conduct the method.2. Description of the Related Art[0003]A multitude of different additive manufacturing methods are known from the prior art for production of prototypes, short runs or individual articles. What is common to these methods, also referred to as 3D printing, is that an a...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): B29C64/393B29C64/118
CPCB29C64/393B29C64/118B29C64/112B29C64/182B29C64/106B33Y50/02B33Y30/00B33Y70/00B33Y80/00B29C64/209B33Y40/00B29C64/30B29C64/35B33Y10/00B29C64/264
Inventor ELLER, KLAUSPETER, MAXIMILIAN
Owner WACKER CHEM GMBH
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