Device and method for the production of a three-dimensional object

A method for production of a three-dimensional object comprising a solidifiable material, which is either present as a fluid in an original state or can be liquefied, by a sequential discharge of drops, the method comprising:

• providing the solidifiable material in a fluid phase or plasticizing the solidifiable material into the fluid phase,
• inserting the fluid phase into a clockable discharge unit,
• discharging the drops from an outlet orifice of a discharge unit along an axis in a direction towards an object carrier for the three-dimensional object to be produced, with the object carrier or the object, which is already at least partially produced, on the one hand, and the outlet orifice on the other hand, being movable in space relative to each other,
• a position-controlled, mutual alignment of the object carrier or the object, which is already at least partially produced, on the one hand and the outlet orifice on the other hand, wherein the axis in a mutually aligned state intersecting a surface of the object carrier or of the object, which is already at least partially produced,
• wherein the axis in the mutually aligned state is arranged approximately at a right angle in reference to a tangent to the surface and the discharge of the drops occurs in a direction of gravity, and
• wherein the object carrier or the object, which is already at least partially produced, is arranged on a multi-axis geometry and supported at a 45°-incline, rotatable by a rotary motor.

A device for producing a three-dimensional object comprising a solidifiable material, the device comprising:

• an object carrier for the object to be produced, a discharge unit with an outlet orifice for discharging the solidifiable material along an axis in a direction towards the object carrier for constructing the object,
• control means for controlling the motion in space of at least one element comprising the object carrier or the object on the one hand and the outlet orifice on the other hand,
• means for a mutual alignment of the object carrier or the object on the one hand and the outlet orifice on the other hand, which means for a mutual alignment are controlled for a mutual alignment by the control means, with the axis in a mutually aligned state intersecting a surface of the object carrier or the already produced object,
• wherein the object carrier or the object is arranged on a multi-axis geometry and supported at a 45°-incline, rotatable by a rotary motor.

A method for the production of a three-dimensional object comprising a solidifiable material, the method comprising:

• providing the solidifiable material in a discharge unit,
• discharging the solidifiable material from an outlet orifice of the discharge unit along an axis in a direction towards the object carrier for an object to be produced, wherein the object carrier or the object to be produced on the one hand and the outlet orifice on the other hand are movable in space relative to each other,
• a position-controlled, mutual alignment of the object carrier or the object on the one hand and the outlet orifice on the other hand, wherein in a mutually aligned state the axis intersecting a surface of the object carrier or of an already at least partially produced object,
• wherein the object carrier or the object is arranged on a multi-axis geometry and supported at a 45°-incline, rotatable by a rotary motor.