CN102602146A - Piezoelectric-type three-dimensional printing forming system and forming method thereof - Google Patents

Piezoelectric-type three-dimensional printing forming system and forming method thereof Download PDF

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CN102602146A
CN102602146A CN2012100534936A CN201210053493A CN102602146A CN 102602146 A CN102602146 A CN 102602146A CN 2012100534936 A CN2012100534936 A CN 2012100534936A CN 201210053493 A CN201210053493 A CN 201210053493A CN 102602146 A CN102602146 A CN 102602146A
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Abstract

The invention discloses a piezoelectric-type three-dimensional printing forming system and a forming method thereof. The system comprises a box body and a supporting framework thereof, an X-direction movement mechanism (11), a bearing structure (21) which is connected onto the X-direction movement mechanism, a powder storage cavity (13), a forming cavity (17), a three-dimensional image layering discrete mechanism, a powder pavement mechanism (20) and a piezoelectric-type spray head (10), wherein the powder storage cavity (13) and the forming cavity (17) are arranged below the bearing structure, and the powder pavement mechanism (20) and the piezoelectric-type spray head (10) are loaded on the bearing structure (21). The piezoelectric-type spray head can spray a solution without heating the solution, so that more varieties of solutions can be sprayed, and the piezoelectric-type three-dimensional printing forming system can be applied to the emerging fields such as biology, pharmacy and the like. Caking ingredients can be mixed into powder through the system, so that sufficient caking ingredients can be added to achieve satisfactory caking strength. In addition, the piezoelectric-type three-dimensional printing forming system has advantages of compact structure, simpleness in operation, low equipment expense and high forming precision.

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Piezoelectric three dimension printing shaping system and forming method thereof
Technical field
The present invention relates to the 3 D-printing field shaping technique, more specifically, relate to a kind of piezoelectric type and spray 3 D-printing formation system and forming method thereof.
Background technology
The 3 D-printing rapid shaping technique is the earliest by people such as the Emanuel Sachs of Massachusetts Institute Technology development, is one of technology of the tool vitality in present rapid shaping field, has broad application prospects.This technology is a kind of growth form manufacturing technology based on " discrete/as to pile up " thought, utilizes computer technology that three-dimensional CAD model is separated into a series of two-dimensional section figure along a direction, then according to sectional view information, successively prints and piles up moulding.In each layer is printed; Utilize accurate shower nozzle on the powder plane of completing in advance, to spray bonding solution; Powder bonded in the jeting area is got up the powder plane decline certain altitude that to have printed then and layer overlay powder in the above, the printing of preparing next sectional view.So circulation, successively bonding is piled up, and accomplishes up to all sectional view Print Alls of whole C AD model, through post processing, removes the not powder of bonding, has just formed the entity threedimensional model.
It can produce this product rapidly and accurately according to the three-dimensional modeling data of product, and the car that does not need by traditional part manufacture process, mill, multiple machining apparatus and moulds such as plane, mill, pincers, cost is low, weak point consuming time.The 3 D-printing rapid shaping technique occupies advantage at aspects such as formed precision, equipment price, environmental pollution, molding cycle and raw material diversity with respect to other quick molding methods.With photocureable rapid shaping, laminated solid body autofrettage and selective laser sintering rapid forming compared with techniques, the 3 D-printing rapid shaping technique has the advantage that equipment price is low, formed precision is high, environmental pollution is little.Compare with the fusion sediment rapid shaping technique, the 3 D-printing rapid shaping technique is can the moulding material kind more, and the product time ratio is shorter.The 3 D-printing rapid shaping technique has been widely used in prototype to be made fast, and mould is made fast, functional part manufacturing, medical science model, pharmaceutical engineering, fields such as organizational project.
Yet, in 3 D-printing rapid shaping field, generally all adopting hot bubble type nozzle ejection moulding material or binding material at present, the mode that produces thermal through heating produces droplet.This mode exerts an influence to the material character that sprays inevitably, and is particularly bigger in the application constraint of emerging fields such as biology, pharmacy to the 3 D-printing rapid shaping technique.The 3 D-printing formation system generally all is that bonding component is added in the solution, the viscosity limitation when being sprayed, and bonding component content is often not enough, and adhesion strength is not ideal enough.In addition, existing rapid prototyping system complex structure, control accuracy is not enough, and required powder and the binding agent of moulding cost an arm and a leg, and these have all limited further and have promoted the use of.
Summary of the invention
Above defective to prior art; The object of the present invention is to provide a kind of piezoelectric three dimension printing shaping system and corresponding forming method thereof, thereby can when moulding, sprayed solution need not heating, but the sprayed solution kind is many; And cost of equipment is low, and molded article adhesion strength and precision are high.
According to one aspect of the present invention; A kind of piezoelectric three dimension printing shaping system is provided; This system comprises that casing and support frame thereof, X divide layer scattering mechanism, shop powder mechanism and piezoelectric type shower nozzle to motion, bearing structure, powder chamber, 3-D view, wherein:
Said X is installed on the support frame to motion; Comprise stepper motor, along X-direction setting and be parallel to each other two band synchronously; And across between said parallel synchronous band and with the joining power transmission shaft of said stepper motor; The two ends of this power transmission shaft are separately installed with synchronous pulley, drive the motion that the said parallel synchronous band that is attached thereto is carried out X-direction thus;
The both sides of said bearing structure are connected in said parallelly be with synchronously respectively, are used to carry said piezoelectric type shower nozzle and shop powder mechanism;
Said powder chamber is arranged on and is positioned in the casing under the said bearing structure, comprises powder storing chamber and forming cavity, is respectively applied for to deposit the dusty material that constitutes the 3-D view entity;
Said 3-D view divides layer scattering mechanism to be used for the 3-D view that needs moulding is separated into a series of continuous two-dimensional sheet image according to certain floor height;
Said shop powder mechanism is arranged on the said bearing structure with its X to the motion campaign, and the floor height that divides layer scattering mechanism to set according to said 3-D view promotes to transfer to forming cavity with the dusty material of corresponding height from said powder storing chamber successively;
Said piezoelectric type shower nozzle is arranged on the said bearing structure with its X to the motion campaign; Can move back and forth along Y direction simultaneously perpendicular to X-direction; Be used for spraying solution respectively, carry out molding bonded thus dusty material as binding agent to the dusty material that is pushed into forming cavity by said shop powder mechanism successively.
Through above technical conceive of the present invention; Owing to adopt the injection equipment of piezoelectric type shower nozzle as binder solution; Compare with the thermal bubble type nozzle structure; Need not heated solution during injection, can spray a greater variety of solution thus, and can assign to reach satisfied adhesion strength through being bonded in the adjustment solution; Because shower nozzle and shop powder mechanism are loaded on the load carrier; Can make that the structural configuration of functional unit is more compact on the one hand; Conveniently with X connecting and motion to motion; Can also remedy the shortcoming of the supporting construction insufficient rigidity of piezoelectric type shower nozzle on the other hand, thereby guarantee to print normally carrying out of spraying; In addition and since bearing structure Y to size bigger, if adopt one-sided driving, the phenomenon that the non-drive side response is slower than driving side appears easily, the corresponding printing precision that influences adopts bilateral to be with drive pattern synchronously among the present invention, can address the above problem well.
As further preferably; Said shop powder mechanism comprises direct current generator and through shaft coupling and the joining powder-laying roller tube of this direct current generator; The two ends of said powder-laying roller tube have the sheet powder blocking plate, under the driving of direct current generator, dusty material are promoted to transfer to forming cavity from said powder storing chamber thus.
Be set to dispose the roller shape structure of sheet powder blocking plate through spreading powder mechanism; And itself and direct current generator independently linked; Can will push away long-pending powder through the rotation of roller structure and suitably kick up, reduce shop powder resistance, the powder plane that while powder-laying roller tube can smoothly have been spread; In addition, the powder-laying roller tube is in the process that to moving along with the X of bearing structure, and the sheet powder blocking plate can prevent that powder from falling from two ends in moving process, to improve the precision that powder moves and to avoid waste.
As further preferably, said piezoelectric type shower nozzle is connected with solution supply device, and this solution supply device is used to store and replenish the solution as binding agent to the piezoelectric type shower nozzle.
Print solution supply device through adding for the piezoelectric type shower nozzle; Can guarantee in forming process, to have the printing solution of q.s; Can change or add the printing solution of other kinds easily to different 3-D view types simultaneously, improve operation ease and efficient.
As further preferably, said powder chamber also comprises recycling cavity, and this recycling cavity is close to said forming cavity and is arranged on the one of which side, but is made up of and its bottom has the pumping board of folding the casing of upper surface open, is used to be recycled into the unnecessary dusty material of die cavity.
Through being close to the recycling cavity that forming cavity is provided with body structure, can promptly reclaim dusty material through simple operations, in addition, but because the bottom half of recycling cavity has the pumping board of folding, the convenient unnecessary powder that will collect takes out.
As further preferably; Said 3 D-printing system also comprises powder-scraping device; This powder-scraping device is installed in said recycling cavity place and for example is sponge material, flexible scraper plate etc., is used for the lip-deep powder execution of powder-laying roller tube of position so far of moving is wiped and clean operation.
Through powder-scraping device is set, can effectively wipe and clean the lip-deep residual powder of powder-laying roller tube, the formed precision of the two dimensional image of corresponding each floor height of raising.
As further preferably; Said support frame is welded by angle steel with holes or channel-section steel with holes; The supporting traverse structure is installed on framework thus easily; And powder chamber, X fixed through the supporting traverse structure to parts such as motions, and can adjust each position component through the adjusting position that is threaded.
As further preferably; The diapire of said powder storing chamber and forming cavity is made up of pressing plate with holes respectively; Be respectively arranged with negative-pressure adsorption mechanism in the bottom of this pressing plate with holes; This negative-pressure adsorption mechanism comprises by the base plate of band cavity, cover plate with holes and accomplishes the common cavity that forms of first sealing ring that seals between the two; With the vacuum extractor that the base plate of said band cavity links to each other, cover the filter screen on the said cover plate with holes, and accomplish second sealing ring that seals between said filter screen, cover plate with holes and the pressing plate with holes.
Negative-pressure adsorption mechanism through above-mentioned structure; For each powder storing chamber or forming cavity that is used to deposit powder for molding; Vacuum extractor deflates to cause and forms negative pressure in the cavity; And hole and filter screen through cover plate with holes and pressing plate with holes, with the dusty material negative-pressure adsorption compacting in powder storing chamber or the forming cavity, the density that can increase the 3-D view entity thus plays the effect that improves printing precision.
As further preferably, said powder storing chamber and forming cavity comprise powder chamber elevating mechanism respectively, and this powder chamber elevating mechanism is by stepper motor, constitute with the joining worm reducer of this stepper motor and with the joining feed screw nut pair of said worm reducer.
Through above-mentioned structure, the step motor drive worm reducer drives the forming cavity diapire through feed screw nut pair then and the powder storing chamber diapire critically moves up and down.In addition, reducer of turbodrill can guarantee the self-locking of vertical direction, and certain deceleration multiple can be realized the enough little spacing of each motion.
As further preferably; Said 3 D-printing formation system also includes automatic control device; This automatic control device is used for dividing the unifications such as motion control, vacuum extractor and temperature control on layer scattering, the three-dimensional to control to the 3-D view of whole 3 D-printing formation system operating process, realizes the unmanned formula work to whole 3 D-printing process thus.
According to another aspect of the present invention, corresponding 3 D-printing method also is provided, this method comprises:
The 3-D view that divides layer scattering mechanism will need moulding through 3-D view is separated into a series of continuous two-dimensional sheet images with certain bed thickness;
Under motion drove, shop powder mechanism promoted to transfer to forming cavity with the dusty material of corresponding height from said powder storing chamber successively according to the floor height that said 3-D view divides layer scattering mechanism to set at X;
X is brought into shower nozzle to motion the print area of die cavity top; And according to the two-dimensional sheet image information drive the piezoelectric type shower nozzle along X to moving; Said piezoelectric type shower nozzle self along perpendicular to the Y of X-direction to moving and optionally spraying solution as binding agent, thus according to the two-dimensional sheet image information with the dusty material molding bonded;
X returns initial position to motion and bearing structure, prepares the printing of next two-dimensional sheet image, repeats above step then and so circulates, and all prints completion up to all two-dimensional sheet images.
On the whole; The present invention contrasts prior art has following beneficial effect: produce droplet through the piezoelectric type nozzle ejection in this system; Need not heated solution during injection, can spray a greater variety of solution, the 3 D-printing forming technique is applied in emerging fields such as biology, pharmacy; And can assign to reach satisfied adhesion strength through being bonded in the adjustment solution.Shower nozzle and shop powder mechanism are loaded on the load carrier, can make that the structural configuration of functional unit is more compact, conveniently with X connecting to motion; In addition, X adopts the bilateral drive pattern to motion, and kinematic accuracy is higher, and Forming Quality is good.
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Fig. 1 is the general structure sketch map according to 3 D-printing formation system of the present invention;
Fig. 2 is the schematic perspective view according to 3 D-printing formation system of the present invention;
Fig. 3 is the structural representation according to the shop powder mechanism in the 3 D-printing formation system of the present invention;
Fig. 4 is according to the sketch map of the X in the 3 D-printing formation system of the present invention to motion and bearing structure;
Fig. 5 is the structural representation according to the powder chamber elevating mechanism in the 3 D-printing formation system of the present invention;
Fig. 6 is the structural representation according to the negative-pressure adsorption mechanism in the 3 D-printing formation system of the present invention.
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In order to make the object of the invention, technical scheme and advantage clearer,, the present invention is further elaborated below in conjunction with accompanying drawing and embodiment.Should be appreciated that specific embodiment described herein only in order to explanation the present invention, and be not used in qualification the present invention.
Please be simultaneously referring to Fig. 1 to Fig. 2,3 D-printing formation system of the present invention comprises that piezoelectric type shower nozzle 10, powder chamber 22, shop powder mechanism 20, bearing structure 21, X are to motion 11, negative-pressure adsorption mechanism 12, powder chamber elevating mechanism 14, powder-scraping device 19, casing and support frame 23 thereof and automatic control device assemblies such as (not shown).
Piezoelectric type shower nozzle 10 is formed by the transformation of piezoelectric ink jet printer; The piezoelectric type shower nozzle, shower nozzle motion (being that Y is to motion) and the drive unit thereof that have kept ink-jet printer; And add and print solution supply device 9, guarantee in forming process, to have the printing solution of q.s.What Y adopted to motion is that stepper motor drives band synchronously, the cylindrical guide guiding, the grating detection mode, drive the piezoelectric type shower nozzle along Y to moving.Piezoelectric type shower nozzle 10 has reduced the expense of three-dimensional printing formation unit based on the design of piezoelectric ink jet printer; Produce droplet through the piezoelectric type nozzle ejection, need not heated solution during injection, can spray a greater variety of solution; In addition, through bonding component is blended in the powder, the group water solution of printing in the solution supply device 9 is ejected into the powder bonded moulding of powder surface with print area, can in powder, add sufficient bonding component, reaches satisfied adhesion strength.
Powder chamber 22 comprises powder storing chamber 13 and forming cavity 17.Powder storing chamber 13 and forming cavity 17 all are not have upper and lower surfaces cuboid sidewall and constitute as the pressing plate with holes 46 (Fig. 6 illustrates) of diapire by two, and formation can hold the container of dusty material.For the ease of unnecessary dusty material is reclaimed, can also comprise recycling cavity 16.This recycling cavity 16 is made up of the casing of a upper surface open, be close to forming cavity 17 being recycled into the unnecessary dusty material of die cavity, but the pumping board of folding is arranged at the bottom, the convenient unnecessary powder taking-up that will collect.
Bearing structure 21 is body structures; Be used for carrying shop powder mechanism 20, piezoelectric type shower nozzle 10; It is arranged together compactly; Convenient and X are connected and drive lower edge X to motion at it to motion 11, can accomplish the translation of shop powder mechanism 20, also can be with Y to the X-Y of the collaborative completion of motion piezoelectric type shower nozzle to scanning motion.Bearing structure 21 remedies improved ink-jet printer insufficient rigidity simultaneously, guarantees to print normally carrying out of spraying.
Powder-scraping device 19 is made up of a flexible material such as for example sponge that is installed on the recycling cavity 16, when pawnshop powder roller 29 (Fig. 3 illustrates) moves to this position, rotates and produces with it and rub, and will wipe attached to the powder on surface, keeps any surface finish.
Support frame 23 bags adopt porose angle steel or channel-section steel with holes to be welded; Supporting traverse 24 can be installed on framework easily; And powder chamber elevating mechanism 14, powder chamber 22 and X is fixing through supporting traverse 24 to modules such as motions 11, and can be through the be threaded position of each module of position adjustment of adjusting.
See also Fig. 3, show an embodiment of shop powder mechanism 20.As shown in Figure 3, the direct current generator 25 of band decelerator drives powder-laying roller tube 29 through shaft coupling 27 and rotates.Powder-laying roller tube 29 two ends are provided with sheet powder blocking plate 28, prevent that powder from falling from two ends.The direct current generator 25 of band decelerator is fixed on the bearing structure 21 through motor bearing 26 and two roller bearings 30 respectively with powder-laying roller tube 29.In the powder process of the shop of 3 D-printing moulding,, dusty material is pushed into forming cavity 17 from powder storing chamber 13 through the translation of powder-laying roller tube 29; Through the rotation of powder-laying roller tube 29, the powder of piling up is suitably kicked up, reduce to spread the powder resistance; The powder plane that while powder-laying roller tube 29 can smoothly have been spread.
See also Fig. 4, show the embodiment of X to motion 11.As shown in Figure 4; Stepper motor 31 through shaft coupling and one across both sides along X to the power transmission shaft 36 of round guide 35 link; A synchronous pulley 32 is respectively installed at power transmission shaft 36 two ends respectively; Two synchronous pulleys respectively drive a tooth form synchronous belt 34, are with synchronously respectively for every to link through contiguous block 33 this side with bearing structure 21.So, formed from bearing structure 21 both sides simultaneously synchronously driven X to motion.Avoided because the non-drive side response that one-sided driving brings is slower than the harmful effect of driving side to formed precision.The X that bilateral drives is to round guide 35 guiding of motion 11 through both sides.
See also Fig. 5, show an embodiment of powder chamber elevating mechanism 14.As shown in Figure 5, stepper motor 37 links to each other with the worm screw of worm reducer 44 through shaft coupling 38, and the nut of the worm-wheel shaft of worm reducer 44 and screw pair 42 is rigidly connected, and so, the rotation of stepper motor 37 is delivered to the rotation of nut.Worm reducer 44 is fixed on the support plate 39, and worm-wheel shaft and nut in the vertical direction can not move, so the motion of the leading screw in the vertical direction of the rotating band movable wire thick stick pair of nut 42 of nut.Two cylinder axis 40 of leading screw and screw mandrel both sides are rigidly connected through upper junction plate 45 and lower connecting plate 41; The linear bearing 43 that cooperates with cylinder axis 40 is fixed on the support plate 39; Cooperation guiding through cylinder axis 40 and linear bearing 43 guarantees that leading screw is that in the vertical direction moves.Negative-pressure adsorption mechanism 12 is fixed on the upper junction plate 45, moves at vertical direction with screw mandrel.Support plate 39 is fixed on the supporting traverse 24, and supporting traverse 24 is fixed on the support frame 23, can be through adjusting position and the height easily of being threaded.
See also Fig. 6, show an embodiment of negative-pressure adsorption mechanism 12.Structure as shown in Figure 6; The base plate 50 of band cavity, first sealing ring 48 and cover plate with holes 51 form a cavity; There is an interface 49 to be connected to vacuum extractor on the base plate 50 of band cavity; Cover one deck filter screen 52 on the cover plate 51, and by the sealing between second sealing ring, 47 completion filter screen 52, cover plate with holes 51 and the pressing plates with holes 46.Pressing plate 46 with holes is used to carry the dusty material in powder storing chamber 13 or the forming cavity 17; Vacuum extractor deflates to cause and forms negative pressure in the cavity; And hole and filter screen through cover plate with holes 51 and pressing plate 46 with holes; With the dusty material negative-pressure adsorption compacting in powder storing chamber 13 or the forming cavity 17, improve the density of 3 D-printing profiled part.
In addition; 3 D-printing formation system of the present invention also includes automatic control device; This automatic control device is the basis with the motion control card; The computer terminal control module has been gathered multinomial functions such as two-dimensional sheet image systematic function, flow process control, motion control, ink-jet printer control, shop powder Electric Machine Control, vacuum extractor and temperature control, realizes the unmanned formula work control to whole 3 D-printing process.
Corresponding shaping method according to 3 D-printing formation system of the present invention will be described below.
At first, when automatic control device brings into operation, the 3-D view of product is separated into a series of continuous two-dimensional sheet images with certain bed thickness.The powder storing chamber elevating mechanism drives powder storing chamber diapire rising certain altitude; X to motion drive the powder-laying roller tube by powder storing chamber to the forming cavity translation; The powder-laying roller tube rotates simultaneously, adds dusty material to forming cavity from powder storing chamber, and with the powder plane compaction in the forming cavity and smooth.The print area of X above motion is brought into the pressure type electric injector die cavity, computer calls the print routine of former ink-jet printer, and according to the information of every layer of two-dimensional sheet image, the Y of control piezoelectric type shower nozzle is to motion; Detect Y simultaneously to motion conditions, keep X to motion and Y to motor coordination; The print routine of former ink-jet printer is according to the information of every layer cross section simultaneously, and the control shower nozzle optionally sprays the solution as binding agent.Injection has the zone of solution, and dusty material bonds together, and does not have the powder of sprayed solution in moulding, to play a supporting role.After one deck two-dimensional sheet image is printed and is accomplished, the distance of forming cavity diapire bed thickness of decline under the forming cavity elevating mechanism drives.Piezoelectric type shower nozzle and powder-laying roller tube are got back to initial position, prepare the printing of one deck two-dimensional sheet image down.Repeat above process then, so circulation is all printed completion up to all two-dimensional sheet images, and the 3 D-printing moulding of product is accomplished.Through after the curing at initial stage, removing not, bond powders just can take out molded article in the powder chamber.To the product post processing of being correlated with, further improve intensity.
Those skilled in the art will readily understand; The above is merely preferred embodiment of the present invention; Not in order to restriction the present invention, all any modifications of within spirit of the present invention and principle, being done, be equal to and replace and improvement etc., all should be included within protection scope of the present invention.

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1. piezoelectric three dimension printing shaping system, this system comprise that casing and support frame thereof, X divide layer scattering mechanism, shop powder mechanism (20) and piezoelectric type shower nozzle (10) to motion (11), bearing structure (21), powder chamber (22), 3-D view, wherein:
Said X is installed on the support frame to motion (11); Comprise stepper motor (31), along X-direction setting and be parallel to each other two band (34) synchronously; And across between said parallel synchronous band (34) and with the joining power transmission shaft of said stepper motor (31) (36); The two ends of this power transmission shaft (36) are separately installed with synchronous pulley (32), drive the motion that the said parallel synchronous band (34) that is attached thereto is carried out X-direction thus;
The both sides of said bearing structure (21) are connected in respectively on the said parallel synchronous band (34), are used to carry said piezoelectric type shower nozzle (10) and shop powder mechanism (20);
Said powder chamber (22) is arranged on and is positioned in the casing under the said bearing structure (21), comprises powder storing chamber (13) and forming cavity (17), is respectively applied for to deposit the dusty material that constitutes the 3-D view entity;
Said 3-D view divides layer scattering mechanism to be used for the 3-D view that needs moulding is separated into a series of continuous two-dimensional sheet image according to certain floor height;
Said shop powder mechanism (20) is arranged on said bearing structure (21) and goes up with its X to the motion campaign, and the floor height that divides layer scattering mechanism to set according to said 3-D view promotes to transfer to forming cavity (17) with the dusty material of corresponding height from said powder storing chamber (13) successively;
Said piezoelectric type shower nozzle (10) is arranged on said bearing structure (21) and goes up with its X to the motion campaign; Can move back and forth along Y direction simultaneously perpendicular to X-direction; Be used for spraying solution respectively, carry out molding bonded thus dusty material as binding agent to the dusty material that is pushed into forming cavity (17) by said shop powder mechanism (20) successively.
2. piezoelectric three dimension printing shaping as claimed in claim 1 system; It is characterized in that; Said shop powder mechanism (20) comprises direct current generator (25) and passes through shaft coupling and the joining powder-laying roller tube of this direct current generator (25) (29); The two ends of said powder-laying roller tube (29) have sheet powder blocking plate (28), under the driving of direct current generator, dusty material are promoted to transfer to forming cavity (17) from said powder storing chamber (13) thus.
3. according to claim 1 or claim 2 piezoelectric three dimension printing shaping system; It is characterized in that; Said piezoelectric type shower nozzle (10) is connected with solution supply device (9), and this solution supply device (9) is used for storing and replenishing the solution as binding agent to piezoelectric type shower nozzle (10).
4. like any described piezoelectric three dimension printing shaping system of claim 1-3; It is characterized in that; Said powder chamber (22) also comprises recycling cavity (16); This recycling cavity (16) is close to said forming cavity (17) and is arranged on the one of which side, but is made up of and its bottom has the pumping board of folding the casing of upper surface open, is used to be recycled into the unnecessary dusty material of die cavity (17).
5. like any described piezoelectric three dimension printing shaping system of claim 1-4; It is characterized in that; Said 3 D-printing system also comprises powder-scraping device (19); This powder-scraping device (19) is made up of sponge material and is installed in said recycling cavity (16) and locates, and is used for the lip-deep powder of powder-laying roller tube of position that moves so far carried out wiping and clean operation.
6. piezoelectric three dimension printing shaping as claimed in claim 1 system is characterized in that said support frame is welded by angle steel with holes or channel-section steel with holes.
7. piezoelectric three dimension printing shaping as claimed in claim 1 system; It is characterized in that; The diapire of said powder storing chamber (13) and forming cavity (17) is made up of pressing plate with holes (46) respectively; Bottom at this pressing plate with holes (46) is respectively arranged with negative-pressure adsorption mechanism; This negative-pressure adsorption mechanism comprises by the base plate (50) of band cavity, cover plate with holes (51) and accomplishes the common cavity that forms of first sealing ring (48) that seals between the two; With the vacuum extractor that the base plate (50) of said band cavity links to each other, cover the filter screen (52) on the said cover plate with holes (51), and second sealing ring (47) of accomplishing sealing between said filter screen (52), cover plate with holes (51) and the pressing plate with holes (46).
8. piezoelectric three dimension printing shaping as claimed in claim 1 system; It is characterized in that; Said powder storing chamber (13) and forming cavity (17) comprise powder chamber elevating mechanism respectively, and this powder chamber elevating mechanism is by stepper motor (37), with the joining worm reducer of this stepper motor (37) (44) and constitute with the joining feed screw nut pair of said worm reducer (44) (42).
9. piezoelectric three dimension printing shaping as claimed in claim 1 system; It is characterized in that; Said 3 D-printing formation system also includes automatic control device; This automatic control device is used for dividing the unifications such as motion control, vacuum extractor and temperature control on layer scattering, the three-dimensional to control to the 3-D view of whole 3 D-printing formation system operating process, realizes the unmanned formula work to whole 3 D-printing process thus.
10. any described system of use such as claim 1-9 carries out the method for 3 D-printing moulding, and this method comprises:
The 3-D view that divides layer scattering mechanism will need moulding through 3-D view is separated into a series of continuous two-dimensional sheet images with certain bed thickness;
Under the drive of motion (11), shop powder mechanism (20) promotes to transfer to forming cavity (17) with the dusty material of corresponding height from said powder storing chamber (13) successively according to the floor height that said 3-D view divides layer scattering mechanism to set at X;
X is brought into shower nozzle (10) to motion (11) print area of die cavity (17) top; And according to the two-dimensional sheet image information drive piezoelectric type shower nozzle (10) along X to moving; Said piezoelectric type shower nozzle (10) self along perpendicular to the Y of X-direction to moving and optionally spraying solution as binding agent, thus according to two sheets dimension image information with the dusty material molding bonded;
X returns initial position to motion (11) and bearing structure (21), prepares the printing of next two-dimensional sheet image, repeats above step then and so circulates, and all prints completion up to all two-dimensional sheet images.
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