3D Laminating Quality Estimation With Real-Time Shaping Feedback
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing three-dimensional laminating and shaping techniques cannot estimate the quality of shaped objects in real time, making it impossible to produce high-precision three-dimensional laminated and shaped objects.
Innovation Solution
A three-dimensional laminating and shaping apparatus comprising a material ejector, a light beam irradiator, and a data acquirer that captures monitoring data to estimate shaping quality, allowing for real-time quality assessment during the shaping process.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If real-time quality monitoring is implemented during shaping, then manufacturing precision is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a feedback mechanism where monitoring data acquired during the shaping process is used to estimate shaping quality in real-time. The shaping quality estimator receives monitoring data from sensors and cameras, processes this information, and provides feedback about the quality of the three-dimensional laminated object being formed. This allows for continuous quality assessment and adjustment during manufacturing, resolving the contradiction by enabling precision improvement through systematic feedback integration.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a shaping quality estimator as an intermediary component that bridges the monitoring system and the control system. This estimator processes raw monitoring data and translates it into meaningful quality assessments, serving as a mediator between data acquisition and decision-making. By adding this intermediary layer, the system can implement quality monitoring without requiring direct complex interactions between all system components.
2Productivity
If real-time quality estimation is implemented, then productivity is improved through reduced material waste, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary action by estimating shaping quality in real-time during the shaping process, allowing potential quality issues to be detected and corrected before they result in defective products. The monitoring and estimation systems continuously assess the forming object, enabling preventive adjustments that avoid material waste and rework, thereby improving productivity through early detection and correction of quality deviations.
Solution Approach 2:
The feedback mechanism enables continuous quality assessment during manufacturing, allowing for real-time adjustments that prevent material waste. By monitoring shaping quality throughout the process rather than only after completion, the system can make corrective adjustments that improve productivity by reducing scrap and rework, while the modular feedback architecture manages device complexity.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables the production of high-precision three-dimensional laminated and shaped objects by providing real-time quality estimation, reducing material waste and shaping time.
Implementation Method 1
a light beam irradiator that irradiates the ejected material with a light beam
Data Source
AI summary
A three-dimensional laminating and shaping apparatus capable of measuring the quality of a three-dimensional laminated and shaped object in real time during shaping of the three-dimensional laminated and shaped object includes a material ejector that ejects the material of the three-dimensional laminated and shaped object onto a shaping table on which the three-dimensional laminated and shaped object is shaped, a light beam irradiator that irradiates the ejected material with a light beam, a data acquirer that acquires monitoring data used to monitor a shaping state of the three-dimensional laminated and shaped object during shaping of the three-dimensional laminated and shaped object, and a shaping quality estimator that estimates shaping quality of the three-dimensional laminated and shaped object based on the monitoring data.