Three dimensional shaping apparatus and casting mold shaping method
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsMasahito KIMORI, Keisuke YOSHIDA, Kenta KASANO
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Abstract
A three dimensional shaping apparatus for performing additive manufacturing includes: a table; a head that heats and ejects a thermoplastic shaping material to laminate the thermoplastic shaping material on the table; a squeegee that applies a mold material in a slurry form to laminate the mold material on the table; and a hardening acceleration unit that accelerates hardening of the mold material laminated on the table.
Claims9
A three dimensional shaping apparatus that performs additive manufacturing, the three dimensional shaping apparatus comprising:
- a table;
- a head configured to heat and eject a thermoplastic shaping material to laminate the thermoplastic shaping material on the table;
- a squeegee configured to apply a mold material in a slurry form to laminate the mold material on the table;
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- a hardening acceleration unit configured to accelerate hardening of the mold material laminated on the table.
A casting mold shaping method for shaping a casting mold, the casting mold shaping method comprising:
- shaping a shaped object on a table by additive manufacturing by repeating a lamination process, wherein the lamination process includes heating and ejecting a thermoplastic shaping material from a head of a three dimensional shaping apparatus to laminate the thermoplastic shaping material on the table, applying a mold material in a slurry form using a squeegee of the three dimensional shaping apparatus to laminate the mold material on the table, and accelerating hardening of the mold material laminated on the table by using a hardening acceleration unit of the three dimensional shaping apparatus;
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- melting the thermoplastic shaping material inside the shaped object and discharging the thermoplastic shaping material that has been melted, thereby obtaining a casting mold formed of the mold material that has been hardened.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.