CN105383058A - High-speed circular type color 3D printer - Google Patents
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The invention discloses a high-speed circular type color 3D printer. The printer comprises a workbench and an annular belt arranged on the workbench. Multiple nozzle assemblies are installed on the outer wall of the annular belt and provided with multiple spraying pipes. The spraying pipes contain multiple kinds of liquid printing materials comprising white substrate materials and multiple kinds of colorful materials. During the one-time movement, the spraying pipes work respectively, print an image through the white substrate materials firstly, especially the area in deep color in the image, and then print the colorful part of the image through the colorful materials, the upper part area of the finally formed image protrudes outwards, the stereoscopic impression of the image is improved, and the image is more vivid. Meanwhile, the printing speed is world-leading, printing is more rapid, efficient and flexible, and the printer is especially suitable for large-batch production.
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Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of printer or printing equipment, be specifically related to a kind of colored 3D printer of high-speed circulating formula of similar mode of printing, belong to colored 3D printer field.
Background technology
In kind printing is now popular technology, refer to printing curve on material object, such as printing curve on phone housing, printed material is made not only to be confined to the planar mediums such as paper, such as CN202213316U discloses a kind of universal colorful entity digital printer, can on the material object of soft, hard material printing word or pattern etc.But the figure that existing printer is got is all simple color graphics, lack third dimension, vivid not, although and by the figure of the mode carve of embossment, there is third dimension, engraving high cost, efficiency is lower, be difficult to produce in enormous quantities.
3D prints production technology and belongs to shaping increasing material manufacturing technology, by software, the 3D solid figure of Computer Design is resolved into some layer planes and cuts into slices, printed out by 3D printer, thus produce parts and component needed for unlike material; Because of advantages such as its flexibility, customized, baroque parts of near-net-shape, there is broad based growth prospect.The production method developed at present comprises laser stereoforming method, selective laser sintering process, selective electronic bundle sintering process, heat are melted and piled up the method for forming etc., and namely such as CN103895228A discloses a kind of heat and melt and pile up the colored 3D printing device of the method for forming.
It is generally that powder 3D prints (3DP) that traditional 3D prints, and is a kind of 3D Method of printing utilizing droplet ejection, powder bonding technology.Under the control of the computer, according to the information in current hierarchical cross section, on one deck dusty material completed in advance, jet binder selectively, makes amount of powder bond to shower nozzle, forms one deck cross section thin layers; After one deck has been shaped, workbench declines a thickness, carries out the paving powder of lower one deck, then constituency jet binder, and shaping thin layer also can stick to one with formation of parts simultaneously; This process of continuous circulation, till part processes; Usually part formed thereby also needs certain post processing, as drying, sintering etc., thus obtains last part.But, existing powder 3D printer needs the long period to carry out confession powder and binding agent, hardening time is long, and it is huge to take up room, operating process is lengthy and jumbled, particularly convenient not during cleaning unshaped powder, easily causes powder contamination surrounding environment, for this reason, CN103935037A discloses the colored 3D printer of a kind of integrated form powder.
How material object printing to be combined with 3D printing technique, both to have obtained the stereoeffect of 3D printing, effectively can reduce costs again, enhance productivity, thus reach fast, efficiently, flexibly, applicable production in enormous quantities is the target that printing industry is pursued always.Just because of above-mentioned reason, the rapid printer that can print colored 3D effect photo will have huge use value and market prospects, as the patent No. be 2015104586204 Chinese patent and the patent No. be in 2015104596206 Chinese patents, give a kind of rapid printer that can print colored 3D effect photo, but this device needs three-shaft linkage when printing, shower nozzle needs operation back and forth, although shower nozzle can high-speed mobile, the space that printing effect is still also improved.
Summary of the invention
In order to solve the problem, present inventor has performed and study with keen determination, develop a kind of material-spraying device to circulate the colored 3D printer of the high-speed circulating formula of walking about and adopt its high speed printing method, this printer comprises can along a direction, the nozzle component that preferred X-axis or Y direction move horizontally, can along the workbench of the vertical movement of Z-direction, with the rotating endless belt be arranged on above workbench, described nozzle component to be arranged on endless belt and to move along X-direction along with the rotation of endless belt, each nozzle component is installed multiple jet pipe and at least one ultraviolet lamp, jet pipe wherein respectively contain many kinds of liquid prints material, comprise white matrix material and multiple colorful material, in a moving process, each jet pipe works respectively, first image is printed by white matrix material, especially the region that in image, color is darker, again by the color of colorful material printed drawings picture, the image upper part region of final formation is outwardly, improve the third dimension of image, more lively, thus complete the present invention.
Specifically, the object of the present invention is to provide a kind of circulating colored 3D printer, this printer comprises image processing module and actuating unit, wherein,
Described image processing module comprises receiver module 010, hierarchical block 020, computing module 030 and output module 040,
Described actuating unit comprises workbench 4 and nozzle component 3, wherein,
Described workbench 4 is in order to place and to fix thing to be printed, and preferred described workbench 4 along Z-direction vertically movement, can be provided with endless belt 7 above described workbench 4, and described nozzle component 3 has multiple, and is all arranged on the outer wall of described endless belt 7.
According to the present invention, the length of described nozzle component 3 is more than or equal to the width of the thing to be printed on described workbench 4.
According to the present invention, described nozzle component 3 comprises the jet pipe 31 of many laid out in parallel and the material solidification equipment 36 with jet pipe laid out in parallel, and described jet pipe 31 is provided with multiple nozzle 32, the nozzle of described upper jet pipe towards workbench 4, and/or
Be loaded with material in preferred described jet pipe 31, and be separately connected with feed constant-voltage system 33.
According to the present invention, multiple nozzle 32 is arranged on described jet pipe 31, nozzle 32 minimum diameter be nanometer to micromicron level, nozzle 32 is provided with voltage sensor switch 37, and/or
Voltage sensor switch 37 in preferred nozzle 32 is communicated to control chip 34 by wire 35, and described control chip 34 is connected with image processing module, and preferred described control chip 34 and wire 35 are arranged in jet pipe 31.
According to the present invention, described material solidification equipment 36 comprises one or two or multiple ultraviolet lamp, preferably one, is all positioned at the side of described head group part 3.
According to the present invention, described actuating unit also comprises waste collection groove 1 and liquid sucking device 5, described waste collection groove 1 and liquid sucking device 5 be all arranged on nozzle component 3 along with when endless belt is moved can process path on,
Preferably, described liquid sucking device 5 comprises imbibition joint 51 and Negative pressure machine 52, more preferably, described imbibition joint 51 is the hood-like of one end open, the end face of its opening is provided with silicone gasket, and described liquid sucking device 5 is also provided with scraper plate, and described scraper plate is made up of soft materials such as silica gel.
According to the present invention, described nozzle component 3 is in order to spray finishing material on described thing to be printed, and preferred described nozzle component 3 can rotate along with endless belt 7 and along X-direction successively through the top of workbench 4 and respectively to spray finishing material on described thing to be printed
Preferably, described endless belt 7 is endless-belt.
According to the present invention, each nozzle component 3 at least comprises jet pipe and one or more for splendid attire colour (as red, yellow, blue) material for the jet pipe of splendid attire white/Transparent color matrix material, preferably have 4 jet pipes, described jet pipe also comprises one or more for the jet pipe of splendid attire black material, preferably, described jet pipe 31 has 8, wherein, the jet pipe of splendid attire black, redness, yellow and blue material respectively has one, and the jet pipe of splendid attire white/Transparent color matrix material has 4.
The present invention also provides a kind of and adopts above-mentioned colored 3D printer to carry out the method for printing speed, comprises the steps:
Step 1, is obtained image information, is processed by image processing module,
Step 2, is placed in thing to be printed or workpiece 6 on workbench 4, adjusts the distance of thing to be printed and shower nozzle,
Step 3, by the workbench 4 on actuating unit and nozzle component 3 work compound, first prints matrix material on workpiece or thing to be printed, and optionally this step is carried out once or repeatedly,
Step 4, by the workbench 4 on actuating unit and nozzle component 3 work compound, workpiece or thing to be printed prints colorful material, and optionally this step is carried out once or repeatedly,
Optionally repeat above step 3 and 4, until print complete;
According to the present invention, in step 2, thing to be printed or workpiece 6 are placed on workbench 4, infrared ray are set and survey the height that high sensor treats printed matter and measure, the distance of thing to be printed and shower nozzle at 2 to 10mm, preferably 3 to 5mm;
Preferably, before actuating unit performs print job, nozzle component 3 is moved to above liquid sucking device 5, and imbibition process is done to the jet pipe on nozzle component, and/or
In print procedure, after the reciprocal several times of X-direction, nozzle component is moved to above waste collection groove 1 every the scheduled time or nozzle component, and perform loose spray operation, preferably, nozzle component performs once loose spray operation after X-direction moves back and forth 7-10 time.
The beneficial effect of the colored 3D printer of high-speed circulating formula provided by the invention gathers as follows:
(1) the colored 3D printer of high-speed circulating formula provided by the invention has many material jet pipes, can the material of splendid attire different colours, and in a moving process, multiple jet pipe works respectively, and complete the spraying of multiple color, printing effect is high;
(2) the colored 3D printer of high-speed circulating formula provided by the invention has the jet pipe of one or more splendid attire white or colourless matrix material, the coating with predetermined thickness can be formed fast and efficiently on workpiece to be printed, make that the image that prints has projection, produce obvious third dimension or 3D effect;
(3) in the colored 3D printer of high-speed circulating formula provided by the invention, the chip of Control Nozzle work is arranged in jet pipe, save space, improve the integrated of nozzle component, make the movement of nozzle component more flexible, facilitate described control chip to be connected with image processing module, the control information received is decomposed, thus can accurately control each nozzle;
(4) the material solidification equipment in the colored 3D printer of high-speed circulating formula provided by the invention is equipped with cooling system, avoid ultraviolet lamp temperature too high, thus extend the service life of ultraviolet lamp, and there is the phenomenon of consolidation and plug nozzle in the material avoided in nozzle;
(5) the colored 3D printer of high-speed circulating formula provided by the invention carries out in time " loose spray " in print procedure, avoiding because causing remainder to occur to solidify and the situation of plug nozzle after the solvent composition volatilization in material material, ensure that working life and the work quality of nozzle and nozzle component 3;
(6) the colored 3D printer of high-speed circulating formula provided by the invention nozzle component and on jet pipe length be all more than or equal to the width of thing to be printed, this nozzle component need not be moved along two horizontal directions, but only move horizontally the shower nozzle operation that can complete whole thing to be printed along an axis (such as X-axis or Y-axis);
(7) nozzle component of the colored 3D printer of high-speed circulating formula provided by the invention has multiple, the system that whole nozzle component is formed only once need can complete repeatedly spraying operation along one of two horizontal axis (such as X-direction) are mobile, thus drastically increases printing effect;
(8) nozzle component of the colored 3D printer of high-speed circulating formula provided by the invention has multiple, and multiple nozzle component is all arranged on the endless belt of rotation capable of circulation, thus make each nozzle component loopy moving, and then in this printer, can remain that at least one nozzle component is in running order;
(9) in employing high-speed circulating formula provided by the invention colored 3D printer printing speed method, the printed drawings picture of different-thickness can be obtained simply by the printing times setting matrix material layer and colorful material layer, operation fast, image quality accuracy is high, third dimension strong, especially the occupying first place in the world soon of its speed;
(10), in employing high-speed circulating formula provided by the invention colored 3D printer printing speed method, can form the image of 3D effect on different workpieces or thing to be printed, the time can be as short as several minutes, far away faster than current 3D print speed.
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Fig. 1 illustrates the Working table structure schematic diagram of the actuating unit according to a kind of preferred embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 2 illustrates the actuating unit overall structure side view according to a kind of preferred embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 3 illustrates the actuating unit upper nozzle modular construction schematic diagram according to a kind of preferred embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 4 illustrates the nozzle component side view of the actuating unit according to a kind of preferred embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 5 illustrates the nozzle component top view of the actuating unit according to a kind of preferred embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 6 illustrates image processing module according to a kind of preferred embodiment of the present invention and course of work schematic diagram;
Fig. 7 illustrates the material solidification equipment side view according to a kind of preferred embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 8 illustrates the material solidification equipment top view according to a kind of preferred embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 9 illustrates the aspirator top view according to a kind of preferred embodiment of the present invention;
Figure 10 illustrates the aspirator side view according to a kind of preferred embodiment of the present invention;
Figure 11 illustrates the actuating unit overall structure schematic diagram according to a kind of preferred embodiment of the present invention.
Drawing reference numeral illustrates:
1-waste collection groove
3-nozzle component
31-jet pipe
32-nozzle
33-feed constant-voltage system
34-control chip
35-wire
36-material solidification equipment
361-ultraviolet lamp
362-bosh
363-cooling water pipe
364-cooling water pump
365-cooling water tank
37-voltage sensor switch
4-workbench
5-liquid sucking device
51-imbibition joint
511-silicone gasket
512-protuberance
513-screw rod
52-Negative pressure machine
6-thing to be printed or workpiece to be printed
7-endless belt
8-frame
9-Z axial brake device
010-receiver module
020-hierarchical block
030-computing module
040-output module
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Below by drawings and Examples, the present invention is described in more detail.Lead to these explanations, the features and advantages of the invention will become more explicit.
Word " exemplary " special here means " as example, embodiment or illustrative ".Here need not be interpreted as being better than or being better than other embodiment as any embodiment illustrated by " exemplary ".Although the various aspects of embodiment shown in the drawings, unless otherwise indicated, accompanying drawing need not be drawn in proportion.
According to the invention provides the colored 3D printer of a kind of high-speed circulating formula, this printer comprises image processing module and actuating unit, wherein:
Described image processing module comprises receiver module 010, hierarchical block 020, computing module 030 and output module 040, for receiving image information, layered shaping is done to the image information received, and calculate the distribution of color of every one deck respectively, and then calculate the working time of shower nozzle when printing this layer, finally, the information calculated is passed to actuating unit, in order to control actuating unit work.The endless belt 7 that described actuating unit comprises workbench 4 and is arranged on above workbench 4, described endless belt 7 outer wall is provided with multiple nozzle component 3, preferably, described endless belt 7 is endless-belt, wherein said workbench is in order to place and to fix workpiece 6 to be printed, i.e. thing to be printed, described nozzle component is in order to go up spray finishing material to described workpiece to be printed (thing to be printed), preferably, described nozzle component 3 can rotate along with endless belt 7 and successively through the top of workbench 4, and respectively to described thing spray finishing material to be printed, wherein, the nozzle component be positioned at above workbench all moves along X-direction.
Further, length and described workpiece 6 width to be printed of described nozzle component are basically identical, or the length of described nozzle component is slightly longer than the width of described workpiece 6 to be printed, namely, when described workpiece 6 to be printed is placed and fixes on the table, nozzle component only need move along X-direction namely can the full material to be sprayed of upper surface spraying playing workpiece 6 to be printed; By the long enough that this nozzle component is arranged, the feed motion of nozzle component along Y direction can be eliminated, thus greatly increase printing effect.
3D described in the present invention prints to adopt and is similar on surface that photo curable material is sprayed on object by 3D printing type to form predetermined pattern, and define the pattern with stereoeffect because material has certain thickness, also can be referred to as stereotome and print.
In one preferred embodiment, as shown in figure 11, described endless belt 7 outer wall is provided with multiple nozzle component 3, the nozzle of described upper jet pipe is outside endless belt 7, described nozzle component rotates along with endless belt and successively through the top of workbench 4, preferably, rotates along X-direction, nozzle component on endless belt moves along X-direction, and respectively to spray finishing material on described workpiece to be printed; When nozzle component is positioned at except other positions except the workbench, to be controlled and can not spray finishing material by control chip, this setup can avoid the reciprocating motion of nozzle component, improves printing effect further.In one preferred embodiment, be also provided with the rotating shaft for controlling the rotation of this endless belt and power set in described printout, described rotating shaft has multiple.
In one preferred embodiment, described nozzle component 3 comprises the jet pipe 31 of many laid out in parallel and the material solidification equipment 36 with jet pipe laid out in parallel, and described jet pipe 31 is provided with multiple nozzle 32, can see Fig. 3, Fig. 4, Fig. 5.
According to the present invention, be all loaded with material in described many jet pipes 31, described many jet pipes 31 are all separately connected with feed constant-voltage system 33, and described feed constant-voltage system 33 is in order to ensure that in jet pipe 31, material is sufficient;
According to the present invention, described jet pipe 31 is provided with nozzle 32 described in multiple nozzle 32 very tiny, its minimum diameter can reach nanometer even micromicron level, and each nozzle 32 is provided with voltage sensor switch 37, by voltage sensor switch 37 Control Nozzle 32 whether material spray and material spray amount.Show nozzles much more extremely because jet pipe tightens solid matter, the material that sprays can be made even, and drop is tiny, when the fines feed liquid of different colours drip be positioned at the same area time, the color that naked eyes recognize is the color after combination.
In one preferred embodiment, voltage sensor switch 37 on each nozzle 32 is communicated to control chip 34 by wire 35, described control chip is connected with image processing module, the control information received is decomposed, accurately to control the work of each nozzle, can see shown in Fig. 3, Fig. 4, Fig. 5.
Preferably, described control chip 34 and wire 35 are all arranged in jet pipe, to save space, reduce the structure outside jet pipe, too much wire can be avoided simultaneously through jet pipe wall, thus reduce the difficulty of sealing duct.
The nozzle that the present invention uses can be the commercialization or the self-control nozzle that meet above performance indications, such as can use ink gun disclosed in CN1676331A and manufacture method thereof, such as also can adopt NSK shower nozzle (electronics group produced by NSK), Japan's Konica (KONICA) piezoelectric type shower nozzle, Japan's Epson (EPSON), Kyocera (KYOCERA), Japan Ricoh (RICOH), Toshiba of Japan (TOSHIBA), Britain Sai Er (XAAR) industrial inkjet shower nozzle, U.S.'s Polaris (SPECTRA) prints heat foamable shower nozzle, piezoelectric type shower nozzle, safe ancient cooking vessel (TRIDENT) of the U.S. etc.
According to the present invention, jet pipe 31 on described nozzle component 3 can have many, but at least comprise for the jet pipe of splendid attire colorful material and the jet pipe for splendid attire white matrix material, preferably include for the jet pipe of red, yellow, the blue material of splendid attire and the jet pipe for splendid attire white matrix material, therefore described jet pipe at least can have 4, article 4, the material of the interior splendid attire different colours respectively of jet pipe, comprises red material, yellow material, blue material and white/Transparent color matrix material respectively; Further preferably, described jet pipe can also include one or more for the jet pipe of splendid attire black material, further, the described jet pipe for splendid attire white/Transparent color matrix material is provided with one or more, preferably arrange many, thus be conducive to fast, print matrix material to volume, not only reducing costs, but also substantially increasing printing effect.
Preferably, described jet pipe in each nozzle component 3 has 8, is respectively used to the material of splendid attire different colours, wherein, the jet pipe of the red material of splendid attire black material, splendid attire, the yellow material of splendid attire, the blue material of splendid attire respectively has one, and the jet pipe of splendid attire white/Transparent color matrix material has 4.
According to the present invention, in described jet pipe, the material of splendid attire is in a liquid state in jet pipe, in order to make the material rapid curing sprayed through nozzle from jet pipe, is also provided with the material solidification equipment 36 with described multiple jet pipe laid out in parallel in described nozzle component 3.
Preferably, described material can rapid curing under the irradiation of ultraviolet light, therefore the material solidification equipment 36 described in the present invention comprises can the outwards ultraviolet lamp of emitting ultraviolet light or ultraviolet lamp group, it is such as LED ultraviolet lamp group, described ultraviolet lamp can have one or two or more, when this ultraviolet lamp has two or more, be disposed between many jet pipes, in the present invention, preferably a ultraviolet lamp is set on each nozzle component, all be positioned at the side of described head group part 3, material is sprayed at presumptive area according to the shape of image, curing molding immediately under the irradiation of ultraviolet light.
Described material solidification equipment 36 is equipped with cooling system, such as water cooling system, ultraviolet lamp temperature can be avoided too high, thus extend the service life of ultraviolet lamp.Such as, in uncolled situation, after material solidification equipment starts, temperature can reach more than 50 DEG C, sometimes reach 80 DEG C, even up to 100 DEG C, be not only unfavorable for uviol lamp Long-Time Service, and the material that can affect in nozzle, resin object consolidation after its solvent is evaporated, thus plug nozzle, impact prints normally to be carried out.And by after cooling, its temperature can be reduced to less than 40 DEG C, preferably be reduced to less than 30 DEG C, such as, reach room temperature, or temperature is between 15-25 DEG C.
In one preferred embodiment, described cooling system comprises the bosh 362 being arranged on ultraviolet lamp 361 both sides, described bosh 362 has two, be centered around in half-surrounded near ultraviolet lamp, and described two boshes 362 are connected by pipeline, the cooling water of its inside can be circulated, two boshes 362 are all connected with cooling water pipe 363, described cooling water pipe 363 one end is connected on bosh 362, the other end is communicated to the cooling water tank 365 being loaded with a large amount of cooling water, described cooling water pipe 363 is provided with cooling water pump 364, by described cooling water pump 364 for the circulation of cooling water in cooling system provides power, can see Fig. 7, Fig. 8.
The material used in fast colourful 3D printer of the present invention can be a kind of composition, it comprises light-cured resin and pigment, described pigment comprises matrix material and the colorful material of white or Transparent color, described light-cured resin is the resin that UV-irradiation issues third contact of a total solar or lunar eclipse curing reaction, in order to liquid state uses, by resin dissolves and/or be scattered in solvent.
According to the present invention, conventional photocuring photosensitive resin can be used, as following oligomer: (epoxy acrylate, urethane acrylate, polyester acrylate, polyether acrylate, silicone oligomer can be that wherein one or more mixture is formed for pure acrylic resin, epoxy resin, unsaturated polyester (UP), modification acrylate.
According to the present invention, the inorganic pigment of routine and photocuring photosensitive resin can be mixed to form matrix material, preferably be dissolved in or be suspended in solvent, described inorganic pigment can be such as titanium dioxide pigment, and described solvent can be such as conventional organic solvent, as alcohols solvent, ketones solvent, esters solvent, preferred alcohols kind solvent, is more preferably ethanol or its aqueous solution.
According to the present invention, the color pigment of routine and photocuring photosensitive resin can be mixed to form colorful material, preferably be dissolved in or be suspended in solvent, described color pigment can be such as various inorganic, organic color pigment, preferred organic color pigment, such as Anthraquinones or phthalocyanines color pigment.Described solvent such as can for conventional organic solvent, and as alcohols solvent, ketones solvent, esters solvent, preferred alcohols kind solvent, is more preferably ethanol or its aqueous solution.
The printing material that the present invention adopts can also comprise various additive, the cationic initiator, radical initiator, promoter, levelling agent, reactive diluent, defoamer etc. of such as various routine.
In a preferred embodiment, described workbench 4 can move, and also can be fixed, if workbench is motionless, the relative movement between workbench and nozzle component 3 only has nozzle component along with when moving along X-direction endless belt; Workbench also can move, the thing to be printed that now workbench can control on it moves along X-axis or moves along Y-axis, the object of its movement is to be printed of quick-replaceable, especially when the multiple nozzle component running hours on endless belt, moving along X-axis or along Y-axis by workbench, has one to be printed at least below the nozzle of guarantee nozzle component, runs to avoid nozzle component sky, or the workpiece to be replaced such as time-out, and then fully improve printing effect.
In the present invention preferably, described X-direction and Y direction are all positioned at same horizontal plane, further, described workbench vertically can also move while Y direction movement, as shown in Figure 2, Z-direction wherein represents vertical direction, in the present invention, due to nozzle component once movement can complete print job, above-mentioned vertical direction can not had to move.X-direction described in the present invention and Y direction are virtual direction, and this both direction is all positioned at a plane vertical with vertical direction Z, and X-direction and Y direction orthogonal.
In a preferred embodiment, as shown in Figure 1, Figure 2, described actuating unit also comprises waste collection groove 1 and liquid sucking device 5, described waste collection groove 1 and liquid sucking device 5 to be all arranged on when nozzle component 3 moves along X-direction can on the path of process.
According to the present invention, when described nozzle component moves to the top of described waste collection groove 1 along X-direction and stops, can perform " loose spray " operation, described waste collection groove is used for collecting and the useless ink of " loose spray " operation ejection described in splendid attire.Loose spray described in the present invention refers to a kind of spraying operation of nozzle all on jet pipe outside spraying of material to greatest extent simultaneously, because material has volatility, when after the solvent composition volatilization in material especially material, remainder is easy to solidify, thus plug nozzle, the object of described loose spray is by nozzle outside material spray in large quantities, make in the flow process of material, take away solidification or material that is partially cured and that be bonded on nozzle, to avoid the feed blocking nozzle that have cured, ensure working life and the work quality of nozzle and nozzle component 3.
Described liquid sucking device 5 comprises imbibition joint 51 and Negative pressure machine 52, described imbibition joint and nozzle component match, when described nozzle component moves to the top of described liquid sucking device along X-direction and stops, described imbibition joint and nozzle component can in the vertical direction relative movements, namely nozzle component moves down or imbibition joint moves up, described imbibition joint and nozzle component are tightly connected, provide power by the material in jet pipe and nozzle and air sucking-off by described Negative pressure machine.Described liquid sucking device mainly works during initiating switchup after long-time parking, or the work when finding that print quality is undesirable, provides the material of external force by remaining in nozzle and air sucking-off, and then makes to be full of material in nozzle, do not have tomography by Negative pressure machine.
In a preferred embodiment, described imbibition joint 51 is the hood-like of one end open, the end face of its opening is provided with silicone gasket 511, by the close contact of silicone gasket and nozzle component, nozzle is made to be sealed in by the airtight cavity that nozzle component is formed, can see shown in Fig. 9, Figure 10.
The adjacent open end of described imbibition joint 51 is provided with outwardly protuberance 512, described protuberance 512 offers screwed hole, imbibition joint 51 is also provided through the screw rod 513 of described screwed hole for movement under charged imbibition joint 51 in the vertical direction, rotated by the charged screw rod 513 of the driving mechanisms such as motor, and then drive imbibition joint to move up, make described silicone gasket 511 and nozzle component close contact, and then form seal cavity.
Described liquid sucking device 5 is also provided with scraper plate, described scraper plate is made up of soft materials such as silica gel, and after described Negative pressure machine completes pumping operation, described scraper plate moves in airtight cavity, is hung by the material of exposed for nozzle exterior bonding, to ensure the clean and tidy of nozzle, nozzle is made to be in holding state.
In the present invention be preferred embodiment, when described actuating unit comprises multiple nozzle component 3, each nozzle component is provided with 8 jet pipes, and wherein have 4 splendid attire white/Transparent color matrix material, other 4 jet pipes splendid attire black, redness, yellow and blue material respectively, to adapt to multiple printing requirement.
According to the present invention, described image processing module comprises receiver module 010, hierarchical block 020, computing module 030 and output module 040.
As shown in Figure 6, image information to be printed, for receiving image information to be printed, can be passed to receiver module by the load mode such as data wire, bluetooth by described receiver module 010;
Image is divided into multilayer for the shade degree according to image by described hierarchical block 020, generally comprise at least one deck hypothallus and one deck color layer, therefore minimum need to be divided into two-layer, also image can be divided into more multi-layered on this basis, i.e. one or more layers hypothallus and one or more layers color layer.Namely the existence of hypothallus causes final image to have stereoeffect, hypothallus can be selected to print one or many, namely once print more matrix material and form thicker matrix, or repeatedly print matrix material, the thicker matrix of final formation, finally on hypothallus, print color layer, also can hypothallus and color layer printing alternate.The number of plies that any amount is set can be selected in principle, the several printed drawings according to expecting of specific layer as readability and printed drawings as the strong and weak unrestricted choice of third dimension.That is, the number of plies separated is more, 3D effect or third dimension stronger, print quality is also higher, correspondingly also extends the time-write interval, and certainly, if having abundant jet pipe, each jet pipe spraying once also can complete corresponding job requirements.
In the multiple picture layers separated by hierarchical block, has in a picture layer color information included with image to be printed at least, the information of this picture layer needs to be passed to computing module, is calculated print color proportioning needed for this picture layer and corresponding shower nozzle working condition by computing module; In multiple picture layer, also include the picture layer that recite dark colour area information in image, this picture layer can have multiple, and the area size that different picture layer is recorded also can be different;
Its page order first prints the picture layer recording dark colour area information, and can only print with the material of white/Transparent color, be all the picture layer recording dark colour area information and then preferentially print the larger picture layer in the region of record, after the picture layer of described record dark colour area information has all printed, this workpiece to be printed is provided with certain thickness, then prints the described picture layer with the color information of image to be printed on this basis.Above-mentioned print procedure be mainly applicable to layering less time situation, if layering is a lot, the picture layer with the color information of image to be printed suitably can be inserted in the process of picture layer printing described record dark colour area information, to make the sidepiece color of the product photo projection part finally printed even, third dimension is enriched.
Described computing module 030 is for the color proportioning needed for this picture layer of color information calculating printing of image to be printed and corresponding shower nozzle working condition, namely by analyzing any point place color situation, calculate the proportioning for printing the initial material required for this color, described initial material comprises red material, blue material and yellow material; For the ease of controlling, in described computing module, also record the numbering of every bar jet pipe, and the material color in every bar jet pipe, above-mentioned information can artificially input and change, to adapt to amendment and the adjustment of equipment.
Described output module is used for the information unification that hierarchical block and computing module pass out to be sent to actuating unit, actuating unit is controlled, comprise and control actuating unit upper nozzle assembly 3 and move along X-direction and move along Z-direction with optional workbench, also comprise the opening and closing controlling ultraviolet lamp 36, voltage sensor switch 37 is opened at predetermined instant, nozzles spray material.
The present invention also provides a kind of and adopts above-mentioned colored 3D printer to carry out the method for printing speed, comprises the steps:
Step 1, is obtained image information, is processed by image processing module,
Step 2, is placed in thing to be printed or workpiece 6 on workbench 4, adjusts the distance of thing to be printed and shower nozzle,
Step 3, by the workbench 4 on actuating unit and nozzle component 3 work compound, first on workpiece or thing to be printed, print matrix material, optionally this step is carried out once or repeatedly, when multiple nozzle component (generally have this step perform once)
Step 4, by the workbench 4 on actuating unit and nozzle component 3 work compound, workpiece or thing to be printed prints colorful material, and optionally this step is carried out once or repeatedly, when multiple nozzle component (generally have this step perform once)
Optionally repeat above step 3 and 4, until print complete.
In above step 1, image processing module process mainly comprises following step by step 1 '-3 ':
Step 1 ': input image to be printed to the receiver module in image processing module;
Step 2 ': in hierarchical block, input the layering number of plies,
Step 3 ': module to be calculated has calculated and has started actuating unit after the data obtained are passed to actuating unit by output module.
In above step 2, thing to be printed or workpiece 6 are placed on workbench 4, more near better on the distance principle of thing to be printed and shower nozzle, but prerequisite to scrape shower nozzle, for this reason, arrange infrared ray to survey the height that high sensor treats printed matter and measure, the distance of general control thing to be printed and shower nozzle is between 0 to 20mm, preferably 1 to 15mm, more preferably 2 to 10mm, also preferred 3 to 5mm.
Above step 3 prints matrix material on workpiece or thing to be printed, can print one or many, depending on thickness and the printing effect of required matrix material;
Above step 4 prints colorful material on workpiece or thing to be printed, can be last printing, namely printed colorful material and namely terminated to print; But when needing print pattern solid or 3D effect thickness that is comparatively obvious or matrix material thicker, this colorful material also can print repeatedly, thus patterned side can be avoided to show out host material.
Above step 3 and 4 needs to have been come by the workbench 4 on actuating unit and nozzle component 3 work compound.
According to the present invention, needed to check that whether the material on actuating unit is sufficient before starting actuating unit, whether equipment state is normal, and also fixed on the table by trade union college to be printed before activation;
According to the present invention, before actuating unit performs print job, need nozzle component to move to above liquid sucking device 5, and imbibition process is done to the jet pipe on nozzle component;
According to the present invention, in print procedure, need nozzle component to be moved to above waste collection groove 1 after the reciprocal several times of X-direction every the scheduled time or nozzle component, and perform loose spray operation, in the present invention preferably, nozzle component moves back and forth 3-15 time along X-direction, preferred 5-12 time, more preferably 7-10 rear execution once loose spray operation.
Further, in the process of actuating unit printed drawings picture, first be loaded with the nozzles spray material on the jet pipe of white/Transparent color matrix material, this jet pipe prints the image of white or Transparent color by spraying material, and this image has third dimension, subregion on image is outwardly, finally has the nozzles spray material on the jet pipe being loaded with redness, yellow, blueness and black, completes the print job treated and print workpiece.
Preferably, the region to be printed of workpiece to be printed is white, to strengthen visual effect, if this region to be printed is non-white, can consider first this region to be sprayed into white, in addition, white described in the present invention/Transparent color material, is preferably white mass.
The product printed according to printer provided by the invention and Method of printing be colored, with the image of stereoscopic visual effect, this image is basically identical with the image be delivered in image processing module, difference is that this image is not planar graph, it has certain height in the region darker in color, namely this region is protruding upward, enhance the third dimension of image, seem more lively, vivid.
Embodiment 1
Workpiece to be printed is phone housing, and plan prints personage's half body portrait photo overleaf.
For this reason, first by data wire or bluetooth, portrait photo digital information to be printed is passed to the receiver module of image processing module;
According to the solid that will obtain or 3D effect, such as, in portrait photo, personage's face profile, hair, jacket etc. wish to occur boss, the color of different depth degree is set, then according to the shade degree of image, image is divided into multilayer, comprises at least one or more layers hypothallus and one or more layers color layer;
The information of the picture layer of corresponding hypothallus is passed to computing module, is calculated by computing module and print color proportioning needed for this picture layer and corresponding shower nozzle working condition;
Be placed in by phone housing on workbench 4, the distance adjusting thing to be printed and shower nozzle is 3mm;
Actuating unit receives by output module the data that computing module calculates, and then starting, opening the ultraviolet lamp for making material solidify simultaneously.First nozzle component 3 is along with moving along X-direction endless belt, multiple nozzle component works in turn, phone housing prints white matrix material (its be suspended in acrylic compounds light-cured resin and ethanolic solution for titanium dioxide), depending on required protruding thickness,, and obtain the white hypothallus of thickness about 1.1 ~ 1.5mm or thicker.The nozzle component worked in this process can be multiple,
Can adjust height afterwards, namely workbench moves down along the vertical direction of Z axis, makes mobile phone shell still be in suitable printable position (this process can be omitted when printing simple workpiece).
Subsequently the information of the picture layer of corresponding color layer is passed to computing module, calculates and print color proportioning needed for this picture layer and corresponding shower nozzle working condition;
Other nozzle components 3 continue along with endless belt is moved along X-direction, the hypothallus of phone housing prints colorful material (it is dissolved in acrylic compounds light-cured resin and ethanolic solution for corresponding each coloured dye), namely obtain final products, its effect is the color solid image that some position has the projection of thick about 1.1 ~ 1.5mm or thicker.
Whole process about 35-50 consuming time second, wherein, image processing time is about 30-45 second, and the print execution time is 5-10 second (debugging, time comprising printout).
More than combine and preferred embodiment describe the present invention, but these embodiments are only exemplary, only play illustrative effect.On this basis, can carry out multiple replacement and improvement to the present invention, these all fall within the scope of protection of the present invention.
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1. circulating colored 3D printer, is characterized in that,
This printer comprises image processing module and actuating unit, wherein,
Described image processing module comprises receiver module (010), hierarchical block (020), computing module (030) and output module (040),
Described actuating unit comprises workbench (4) and nozzle component (3), wherein,
Described workbench (4) is in order to place and to fix thing to be printed, preferred described workbench (4) can along Z-direction vertically movement, described workbench (4) top is provided with endless belt (7), described nozzle component (3) has multiple, and is all arranged on the outer wall of described endless belt (7).
2. printer according to claim 1, is characterized in that,
The length of described nozzle component (3) is more than or equal to the width of the thing to be printed on described workbench (4).
3. printer according to claim 1 and 2, is characterized in that,
Described nozzle component (3) comprises the jet pipe (31) of many laid out in parallel and the material solidification equipment (36) with jet pipe laid out in parallel, described jet pipe (31) is provided with multiple nozzle (32), the nozzle of described upper jet pipe towards workbench (4), and/or
Be loaded with material in preferred described jet pipe (31), and be separately connected with feed constant-voltage system (33).
4., according to the printer one of claims 1 to 3 Suo Shu, it is characterized in that,
Multiple nozzle (32) is arranged on described jet pipe (31), nozzle (32) minimum diameter be nanometer to micromicron level, nozzle (32) is provided with voltage sensor switch (37), and/or
Voltage sensor switch (37) in preferred nozzle (32) is communicated to control chip (34) by wire (35), described control chip (34) is connected with image processing module, and preferred described control chip (34) and wire (35) are arranged in jet pipe (31).
5. according to the printer one of Claims 1-4 Suo Shu, it is characterized in that, described material solidification equipment (36) comprises one or two or more ultraviolet lamps, preferably one, is positioned at the side of described nozzle component (3).
6. according to the printer one of claim 1 to 5 Suo Shu, it is characterized in that, described actuating unit also comprises waste collection groove (1) and liquid sucking device (5), described waste collection groove (1) and liquid sucking device (5) be all arranged on nozzle component (3) along with when endless belt is moved can process path on
Preferably, described liquid sucking device (5) comprises imbibition joint (51) and Negative pressure machine (52), more preferably, hood-like in one end open of described imbibition joint (51), the end face of its opening is provided with silicone gasket, described liquid sucking device (5) is also provided with scraper plate, and described scraper plate is made up of soft materials such as silica gel.
7., according to the printer one of claim 1 to 6 Suo Shu, it is characterized in that,
Described nozzle component (3) is in order to spray finishing material on described thing to be printed, and preferred described nozzle component (3) can be rotated along with endless belt (7) and along X-direction successively through the top of workbench (4) and respectively to spray finishing material on described thing to be printed; Preferably, described endless belt (7) are endless-belt.
8., according to the printer one of claim 1 to 7 Suo Shu, it is characterized in that,
Each nozzle component (3) at least comprises jet pipe and one or more for splendid attire colour (as red, yellow, blue) material for the jet pipe of splendid attire white/Transparent color matrix material, preferably have 4 jet pipes, described jet pipe also comprises one or more for the jet pipe of splendid attire black material, preferably, described jet pipe (31) has 8, wherein, the jet pipe of splendid attire black, redness, yellow and blue material respectively has one, and the jet pipe of splendid attire white/Transparent color matrix material has 4.
9. adopt the described colored 3D printer of one of claim 1 to 8 to carry out the method printed, comprise the steps:
Step 1, is obtained image information, is processed by image processing module,
Step 2, is placed in thing to be printed or workpiece (6) on workbench (4), adjusts the distance of thing to be printed or thing workpiece to be printed and shower nozzle,
Step 3, by the workbench (4) on actuating unit and nozzle component (3) work compound, first prints matrix material on workpiece or thing to be printed, and optionally this step is carried out once or repeatedly,
Step 4, by the workbench (4) on actuating unit and nozzle component (3) work compound, workpiece or thing to be printed prints colorful material, and optionally this step is carried out once or repeatedly,
Optionally repeat above step 3 and 4, until print complete.
10. Method of printing according to claim 9, is characterized in that,
In step 2, thing to be printed or workpiece (6) are placed on workbench (4), infrared ray are set and survey the height that high sensor treats printed matter and measure, the distance of thing to be printed and shower nozzle at 2 to 10mm, preferably 3 to 5mm;
Preferably, before actuating unit performs print job, nozzle component (3) is moved to liquid sucking device (5) top, and imbibition process is done to the jet pipe on nozzle component, and/or
In print procedure, nozzle component is moved to waste collection groove (1) top after the reciprocal several times of X-direction every the scheduled time or nozzle component, and perform loose spray operation, preferably, nozzle component performs once loose spray operation after X-direction moves back and forth 7-10 time.
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