Three-dimensional object shaping system
AssigneeMimaki Engineering Co., Ltd.
InventorKunio Hakkaku
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Abstract
The present disclosure makes it possible to appropriately shape a three-dimensional object with high precision. A three-dimensional object shaping system of the present disclosure for shaping a three-dimensional object includes: inkjet heads that discharge ink droplets using an ink jet method; a shaping platform that is a platform-shaped member on which the three-dimensional object being shaped is supported at a position facing the inkjet heads; a main scanning driver that causes the inkjet heads to perform a main scanning operation in which ink droplets are discharged while moving relative to the shaping platform in a pre-set main scanning direction; and an airflow generator that generates airflows that flow from the inkjet heads toward the shaping platform.
Claims16
A three-dimensional object shaping system that is a shaping apparatus for shaping a three-dimensional object, comprising:
- a controller that controls an operation for shaping the three-dimensional object by controlling each unit of the shaping apparatus based on a geometric information and a color image information of the three-dimensional object that is to be shaped;
- a plurality of inkjet heads, configured to discharge ink droplets using an inkjet method;
- a shaping platform that is a platform-shaped member configured to support the three-dimensional object being shaped at a position facing the inkjet heads;
- a carriage that holds the plurality of inkjet heads facing the shaping platform;
- a main scanning driver, configured to cause the inkjet heads to perform a main scanning operation in which ink droplets are discharged while moving relative to the shaping platform in a pre-set main scanning direction;
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- a laminate direction driver, configured to move the inkjet heads or the shaping platform in a laminate direction orthogonal to the main scanning direction and a nozzle surface of each of the inkjet heads;
- wherein the three-dimensional object is shaped by stacking a plurality of ink layers formed by discharging the ink droplets onto the shaping platform,
- the carriage comprises an air flow generator which generates an airflow that flows from the plurality of inkjet heads toward the shaping platform;
- wherein the air flow generator comprises:
- an air passage, disposed in the carriage;
- and
- a plurality of air outlets, disposed in the carriage,
- wherein the plurality of inkjet heads is arranged in the air passage so as to be side-by-side in the main scanning direction with the plurality of air outlets disposed therebetween.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.