MODELING APPARATUS, METHOD, MODELING SYSTEMS AND ANNEALING APPARATUS

• Main Authors: TAKAI ATSUSHI, TAKEUCHI JUN, ARAO TSUYOSHI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 24.09.2020
• Subjects: 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

To suppress with a simple configuration warpage and deformation of a three-dimensional modeled article to obtain a high-quality three-dimensional modeled article.SOLUTION: The modeling apparatus of an embodiment that laminates a modeling material to form a three-dimensional modeled article, includes a local heating unit for locally heating the modeling material when the modeling material is laminated, a local cooling unit for locally cooling the modeling material when the modeling material is laminated, and an annealing unit for annealing an obtained three-dimensional modeled article at a predetermined temperature or higher.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1 【課題】簡易な構成で立体造形物の反りや変形を抑制し、品質の高い立体造形物を得る。【解決手段】実施形態の造形装置は、造形材料を積層して三次元造形物を造形する造形装置であって、造形材料の積層時に造形材料を局所的に加熱する局所加熱部と、積層時に造形材料を局所的に冷却する局所冷却部と、得られた三次元造形物を所定温度以上でアニーリングするアニーリング部と、を備える。【選択図】図１