3D Shaping System with Sample Quality Check
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current three-dimensional shaping devices using the inkjet method face challenges in predicting shaping quality, requiring lengthy operation times and often resulting in unexpected outcomes, leading to dissatisfaction and increased time and cost. Additionally, there is a need for a simpler method to color three-dimensional objects.
Innovation Solution
A shaping system that includes a shaping executing part and a controlling part, allowing for the creation of a sample three-dimensional object to check shaping quality beforehand, and enabling users to designate colors for the shaping process without modifying the shaping data, using multiple inkjet heads to achieve desired colors efficiently.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If a three-dimensional object with long sides (a few to thirty centimeters) is shaped using an inkjet method, then the shaping quality can be achieved, but the operation time becomes extremely long (a few hours to a few days)
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by creating a sample three-dimensional object that replicates the shaping conditions (materials, parameters, process) of the target object but at a smaller scale. This sample is shaped beforehand to predict the outcome of the full-scale shaping operation, allowing quality verification before committing to the lengthy shaping process of the actual target object.
2Reliability
If a sample three-dimensional object is created to check shaping quality beforehand, then the prediction of shaping outcome is improved, but additional operation time and resources are required for sample creation
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses copying by creating a sample three-dimensional object that replicates the essential characteristics and shaping conditions of the target object. This sample serves as a copy or model that allows prediction of the target object's shaping quality without having to shape the full-scale target object, thereby reducing overall time and resource consumption.
3Productivity
If multiple inkjet heads are used to color the three-dimensional object, then the coloring efficiency is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies merging by combining multiple inkjet heads into a single integrated coloring unit that operates simultaneously. This allows multiple colors to be applied in parallel to different regions of the three-dimensional object, significantly improving coloring efficiency while managing device complexity through integrated design and coordinated control of the multiple heads.
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
This approach allows for the prediction and assurance of desired shaping quality, reduces operation time, and simplifies the coloring process, enabling better client satisfaction and cost management in three-dimensional object shaping.
Implementation Method 1
a plurality of inkjet heads configured to respectively discharge ink droplets of colors different from each other
Data Source
AI summary
A shaping system configured to shape a three-dimensional object based on shaping data includes: a shaping executing part configured to execute shaping of the three-dimensional object; and a shaping controlling part configured to control an operation of the shaping executing part, where the shaping controlling part is capable of executing: a first shaping control for causing the shaping executing part to shape a first three-dimensional object using the shaping data that expresses the first three-dimensional object, and a second shaping control for causing the shaping executing part to shape a second three-dimensional object using at least a part of the shaping data that expresses the first three-dimensional object, and the second three-dimensional object is a three-dimensional object for checking a shaping quality of the first three-dimensional object, and is a three-dimensional object that can be shaped in a shorter time than time required for shaping the first three-dimensional object.