SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED CLEANING OF PARTS PRODUCED BY THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTER

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method of operating a cleaning system for removing support material from parts produced by a three-dimensional printer.SOLUTION: A cleaning method comprises: operating a cleaning system 10 to correlate data for features on a part located within a receptacle with st...

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Main Authors ERWIN RUIZ, HOOVER LINN C, RON E DUFORT, PATRICK J HOWE
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Japanese
Published 24.08.2017
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ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY
ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, i.e. MANUFACTURING OFTHREE-DIMENSIONAL [3-D] OBJECTS BY ADDITIVE DEPOSITION, ADDITIVEAGGLOMERATION OR ADDITIVE LAYERING, e.g. BY 3-D PRINTING,STEREOLITHOGRAPHY OR SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING
AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR
SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS
TRANSPORTING
WORKING OF PLASTICS
WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL
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Summary:PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method of operating a cleaning system for removing support material from parts produced by a three-dimensional printer.SOLUTION: A cleaning method comprises: operating a cleaning system 10 to correlate data for features on a part located within a receptacle with structural data in a file used by the three-dimensional printer to fabricate the part; then operating one or more actuators 34 to locate a fluid spraying nozzle pneumatically connected to a pressurized fluid source 22 opposite areas containing support material; operating the pressurized fluid source to enable pressurized fluid to be sprayed from the fluid spraying nozzle 18 on the support material; generating image data of cleaned areas with an image sensor 38 so that the removal of the support material can be confirmed; and, if an area is not sufficiently cleaned, repeating the cleaning operation.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1 【課題】３次元のプリンタにより作られた部品から支持材料を取り除くクリーニングシステムを操作する方法の提供。【解決手段】クリーニングシステム１０を操作して、容器内の部品上の外形に関するデータと、３次元のプリンタにより部品を作成するために使用されたファイル内の構造データと、を関連付ける。次いで、１つ以上のアクチュエータ３４を操作して、加圧流体の供給源２２に圧搾空気で接続する流体吹き付けノズルを支持材料のある領域に対向して配置し、加圧流体の供給源を操作して、流体吹き付けノズル１８から支持材料に加圧流体を吹き付けるようにし、支持材料が取り除かれたことを確認できるよう、画像センサ３８を用いて、クリーニングされた領域の画像データを生成し、領域が十分にクリーニングされていない場合、クリーニング動作を繰り返す、クリーニング方法。【選択図】図１
Bibliography:Application Number: JP20170019435