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US 11,312,081 B2Granted
Shaping system, shaping method, and shaping control apparatus
AssigneeMimaki Engineering Co., Ltd.
InventorKenji Harayama
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Abstract
A shaping system for shaping a stereoscopic shaped object, the shaping system including a shaping device serving as a shaping portion and a control PC serving as a shaping controller. At a time of shaping a shaped object, the shaping device further forms a support layer that supports at least a part of the shaped object being shaped, and the control PC predicts a support layer removal time which is a time required for removing the support layer after formation of the shaped object and the support layer in the shaping device is completed.
Claims10
A shaping system for shaping a shaped object that is stereoscopic, the shaping system comprising:
- a shaping portion that is a three-dimensional shaping device which performs an operation of shaping the shaped object;
- and
- a shaping controller that controls the operation of shaping the shaped object in the shaping portion,
- wherein
- at a time of shaping the shaped object, the shaping portion is configured to further form a support layer that supports at least a part of the shaped object being shaped, and
- the shaping controller is configured to predict a support layer removal time which is a time required for removing the support layer after formation of the shaped object and the support layer in the shaping portion is completed;
- the shaping controller is configured to predict the support layer removal time based on a surface area of the support layer;
- the shaping portion is configured to use a material having a property of dissolving with respect to a support material removing liquid which is a predetermined liquid as a support material to become a material of the support layer,
- the support layer removal time is a time required for removing the support layer when removing the support layer by immersing the shaped object and the support layer in the support material removing liquid, and
- the shaping controller is configured to predict a surface area during dissolution which is a surface area of the support layer remaining at a time point a part of the support layer is dissolved by being immersed in the support material removing liquid, and to predict the support layer removal time based further on the surface area during dissolution;
- wherein the shaping controller is configured to:
- select a layout that minimizes the support layer removal time or a total time of a shaping time and the support layer removal time from various layouts each comprising a corresponding support layer,
- adjust a position of an inkjet head of the three-dimensional shaping device that ejects a material for shaping the shaped object with respect to a layering direction of the selected layout of the shaped object to be 3D printed, and
- control the three-dimensional shaping device to print the shaped object in the layering direction.
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A shaping control apparatus that controls an operation of a shaping portion that is a three-dimensional shaping device which performs an operation of shaping a shaped object,
- wherein
- at a time of shaping the shaped object, the shaping portion is configured to further form a support layer that supports at least a part of the shaped object being shaped, and
- the shaping control apparatus is configured to predict a support layer removal time which is a time required for removing the support layer after formation of the shaped object and the support layer in the shaping portion is completed;
- the shaping control apparatus is configured to predict the support layer removal time based on a surface area of the support layer;
- the shaping portion is configured to use a material having a property of dissolving with respect to a support material removing liquid which is a predetermined liquid as a support material to become a material of the support layer,
- the support layer removal time is a time required for removing the support layer when removing the support layer by immersing the shaped object and the support layer in the support material removing liquid, and
- the shaping control apparatus is configured to predict a surface area during dissolution which is a surface area of the support layer remaining at a time point a part of the support layer is dissolved by being immersed in the support material removing liquid, and to predict the support layer removal time based further on the surface area during dissolution;
- wherein the shaping controller is configured to:
- select a layout that minimizes the support layer removal time or a total time of a shaping time and the support layer removal time from various layouts each comprising a corresponding support layer,
- adjust a position of an inkjet head of the three-dimensional shaping device that ejects a material for shaping the shaped object with respect to a layering direction of the selected layout of the shaped object to be 3D printed, and
- control the three-dimensional shaping device to print the shaped object in the layering direction.
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