Plasticizing device, injection molding device, and three-dimensional shaping device
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorYuki Imai
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Abstract
A plasticizing device includes: a rotary body having a groove forming surface in which a groove is formed and having a screw configured to rotate; a barrel having a facing surface facing the groove forming surface and having a communication hole through which a plasticized material flows out to an outside; a heating unit configured to heat the material supplied to the groove; a screw case accommodating the screw; and a biasing portion configured to bias the rotary body from the screw case toward the rotary body and having a rotary member having a hardness lower than that of the rotary body at a tip end, or a sealing portion configured to seal a fluid in a space between the screw case and the rotary body.
Claims7
A plasticizing device comprising:
- a rotary body having a groove forming surface in which a groove is formed and having a screw configured to rotate around a rotation axis, the rotary body being configured with a main part and a flange outwardly extending from the main part along a radial direction perpendicular to the rotation axis, the flange having a first contact surface extending along the radial direction;
- a barrel having a facing surface facing the groove forming surface and having a communication hole through which a plasticized material flows out to an outside;
- a heater configured to heat the material supplied to the groove;
- a screw case accommodating the screw, the screw case having a ledge, the ledge having a second contact surface extending along the radial direction, the first and second contact surfaces directly facing and aligning each other along the rotation axis;
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- one of a biasing portion and a sealing portion,
- wherein the biasing portion is configured to bias the rotary body from the screw case toward the rotary body and having a rotary member having a hardness lower than a hardness of the rotary body at a tip end of the biasing portion, and the biasing portion is provided in the ledge directly adjacent to the first contact surface, and
- the sealing portion is configured to seal a fluid in a space between the screw case and the rotary body, and the sealing portion is provided in the ledge directly adjacent to the first contact surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.