Laminating and shaping apparatus and method for controlling laminating and shaping apparatus

Abstract

This invention enables to shape a laminated and shaped product by lamination in a horizontal direction and provide a laminating and shaping apparatus including a shaping tank in which a laminated and shaped product is shaped by an accommodated shaping material, a slider that has a shaping reference surface as a base of the laminated and shaped product, and slidably moves in a direction away from an inner wall of the shaping tank and perpendicular to the shaping reference surface, a light emitter that emits a light beam to the shaping material in the shaping tank from outside the shaping tank, and a material supplier that supplies the shaping material between an inner wall of the shaping tank, which is formed on a side of the light emitter, and the shaping reference surface, by dropping the shaping material. The light emitter emits the light beam to the shaping material accommodated between the inner wall and the shaping reference surface.

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