Solid object shaping apparatus, control method for solid object shaping apparatus, and control program for solid object shaping apparatus
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsKohei UTSUNOMIYA, Satoshi YAMAZAKI
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Abstract
A solid object shaping apparatus, which includes a head unit that ejects a liquid, and a curing unit that cures the liquid so as to form a block, shapes a solid object by using the blocks, and can cure the liquid in a plurality of curing modes including a first curing mode in which the liquid is cured so that the block with a first size is formed by a first reference amount of liquid, and a second curing mode in which the liquid is cured so that the block with a second size in which a surface area is larger than a surface area in the first size is formed by using the first reference amount of liquid.
Claims8
A solid object shaping apparatus comprising:
- a head unit that ejects a liquid;
- and
- a curing unit that cures the liquid ejected from the head unit,
- wherein a block is formed by using the cured liquid, and a solid object is shaped by using the plurality of blocks, and
- wherein the curing unit can cure the liquid in a plurality of curing modes including a first curing mode in which the liquid is cured so that the block with a first size is formed by a first reference amount of liquid ejected from the head unit, and a second curing mode in which the liquid is cured so that the block with a second size in which a surface area is larger than a surface area in the first size is formed by using the first reference amount of liquid ejected from the head unit.
A control method for a solid object shaping apparatus which includes a head unit that ejects a liquid;
- and a curing unit that cures the liquid ejected from the head unit, and which forms a block by using the cured liquid, and shapes a solid object by using the plurality of blocks, the method comprising:
- curing the liquid ejected from the head unit in any one of a plurality of curing modes including a first curing mode in which the liquid is cured so that the block with a first size is formed by a first reference amount of liquid ejected from the head unit, and a second curing mode in which the liquid is cured so that the block with a second size larger than the first size is formed by using the first reference amount of liquid ejected from the head unit.
A control program for a solid object shaping apparatus which includes a head unit that ejects a liquid;
- a curing unit that cures the liquid ejected from the head unit;
- and a computer, and which forms a block by using the cured liquid, and shapes a solid object by using the plurality of blocks, the program causing the computer to function as:
- a control portion that controls the curing unit to cure the liquid ejected from the head unit in any one of a plurality of curing modes including a first curing mode in which the liquid is cured so that the block with a first size is formed by a first reference amount of liquid ejected from the head unit, and a second curing mode in which the liquid is cured so that the block with a second size in which a surface area is larger than a surface area in the first size is formed by the first reference amount of liquid ejected from the head unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.