CN113103574A - Multi-material 3D printer with gradient powder supply system - Google Patents
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Abstract
The utility model provides a many materials 3D printer with gradient supplies powder system, which comprises a frame, sealed box, shaping jar system, shop's powder system, optical system and dust removal clean system etc, the gradient that can realize the horizontal continuous gradient of cross section and change supplies the powder system is installed to one side at the shaping jar, one set of powder system that supplies is also installed to the opposite side at the shaping jar, this 3D printer not only can realize the continuous gradient change of two kinds or more than two kinds of powder material horizontal cross sections, but also can realize the material gradient change of high Z axle direction, can realize many materials 3D and print.
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Technical Field
The invention relates to a multi-material 3D printer with a gradient powder supply system, and belongs to the field of additive manufacturing.
Background
The gradient material is a material formed by changing the composition and structure of two or more materials with different properties gradually or suddenly without interface, the research on multi-materials such as the gradient material by using a 3D printing method has been introduced, for example, the 3D printer (CN109047765A) with a gradient powder supply system in the prior application can realize the continuous gradient change from one material to another material in the processing horizontal section, but can not realize the gradient change in the height Z-axis direction, and the patent CN106735214A introduces a 3D printing device and a 3D printing forming method of a functional gradient material part, can realize the gradient change of the material in the height Z-axis direction, but can not realize the gradient change in the horizontal section, if a multi-material 3D printer which can realize the continuous gradient change in the horizontal section and the gradient change in the height Z-axis direction is developed, the method provides great flexibility and convenience for development and research of gradient materials and new materials, promotes compounding, optimal selection and optimal use of multiple materials, and has practical significance.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to provide a multi-material 3D printer with a gradient powder supply system, which can realize continuous gradient change of horizontal sections of two or more powder materials, can realize material gradient change in the height Z-axis direction, and can realize multi-material 3D printing.
The above object of the present invention is achieved by: the utility model provides a many materials 3D printer with gradient powder supply system, it includes frame, sealed box, includes the optical system that functional unit such as laser, galvanometer, collimating mirror constitute, including shaping jar system, shop's powder system, blanking system and dust removal clean system etc. above the table surface of one side of shaping jar, install the gradient that can realize the continuous gradient change of cross section level and supply the powder system, the gradient that installs above the table surface of one side of shaping jar supply the powder system, the gradient supplies powder system blanking mouth to be located between shaping jar and one side blanking system blanking mouth, above the table surface of the opposite side of shaping jar, also installs one set of powder system that supplies, this supplies powder system blanking mouth to be located between shaping jar and the blanking system blanking mouth of opposite side, on the table surface of shaping jar upper shed, installs the bucket type shop's powder dolly that can follow X axle reciprocating motion, the powder of the powder supply systems on two sides of the forming cylinder falls into a hopper of a bucket type powder laying trolley from a blanking port, the bucket type powder laying trolley moves through the forming cylinder to uniformly lay the powder on the upper surface of the forming cylinder, and the powder is selectively sintered and formed by focused laser beams.
The powder supply system arranged above the working table surface on the other side of the forming cylinder is a gradient powder supply system capable of realizing horizontal continuous gradient change of the cross section, and at least one powder can be added into the gradient powder supply system.
The two bucket type powder spreading trolleys which are arranged on the working table surface at the upper opening of the forming cylinder and can reciprocate along the X axis are provided, namely a left bucket type powder spreading trolley 51 and a right bucket type powder spreading trolley 52, the left bucket type powder spreading trolley 51 only receives powder of the left gradient powder supply system 61 at the position of a left gradient powder supply system blanking port 61a, and the right bucket type powder spreading trolley 52 only receives powder of the right gradient powder supply system 62 at the position of a right gradient powder supply system blanking port 62 a.
The multi-material 3D printer with the gradient powder supply system has the following beneficial effects:
the multi-material 3D printer with the gradient powder supply system can ensure that the gradient change proportion of the material composition along the direction vertical to the powder laying direction of the horizontal plane of the powder laying layer is constant all the time, can realize the material composition change in the forming height direction, can simply and quickly obtain a functional gradient material test sample piece or part through subsequent precise selective laser sintering processing, can quickly obtain a material with continuously changed multi-material composition, can quickly obtain the tissue, physical property and mechanical property data of different composition materials, and has profound influence on the research and development of functional materials and new materials.
The multi-material 3D printer with gradient powder supply system according to the present invention will be further described with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic cross-sectional front view of an embodiment of a multi-material 3D printer with a gradient powder supply system;
FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of the distribution direction of a material on the transverse section of a forming cylinder when a gradient powder supply system on the left side of a multi-material 3D printer with the gradient powder supply system supplies powder;
FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of the distribution direction of the material on the transverse section of the forming cylinder when the gradient powder supply system on the right side of the multi-material 3D printer with the gradient powder supply system supplies powder;
FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of the distribution direction of the material on the longitudinal section of the forming cylinder when the gradient powder supply systems on the left and right sides of the multi-material 3D printer with the gradient powder supply system alternately supply powder; (ii) a
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1-a frame; 2-sealing the box body; 3-a workbench; 4-a forming cylinder system;
51-left bucket type powder spreading trolley; 52-right bucket type powder spreading trolley; 61-left gradient powder supply system;
61 a-a left-side gradient powder supply system blanking port; 62-right gradient powder supply system;
62 a-a blanking port of the gradient powder supply system on the right side;
71-left blanking system; 71 a-left blanking port;
72-a right blanking system; 72 a-right blanking port;
8-laser, galvanometer and optical path system;
a-powder material A; b-powder material B; c-powder C; d-powder material D;
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Referring to fig. 1, which shows a schematic front cross-sectional view of an embodiment of a multi-material 3D printer with a gradient powder supply system, a left-side powder spreading design and a right-side powder spreading design are adopted, two powder supply systems are arranged on the left and right sides of a forming cylinder, a left-side gradient powder supply system is arranged on the left side, a right-side gradient powder supply system is arranged on the right side, a bucket-type powder spreading trolley can be adopted, when the powder supply of the left-side gradient powder supply system 61 is required, the bucket-type powder spreading trolley moves to a blanking port 61a of the left-side gradient powder supply system, powder is loaded and is subjected to powder spreading and laser sintering processing to a designated height, when the powder supply of the right-side gradient powder supply system 62 is required, the bucket-type powder spreading trolley moves to a right blanking port (72a) first, the internal material of the powder spreading trolley is emptied and then moves to a blanking port 62a of the right-side gradient powder supply system, the powder is loaded and, the bucket type powder spreading trolley moves to a left blanking port (71a) first, the inner material of a hopper of the powder spreading trolley is emptied, then the bucket type powder spreading trolley moves to a left gradient powder supply system blanking port 61a, powder is filled in, powder spreading and laser sintering processing are carried out, and the operation is repeated in a circulating mode until the processing is completed, a schematic diagram of the distribution direction of the transverse section material of the forming cylinder when the left gradient powder supply system 61 supplies powder is shown in fig. 2, a schematic diagram of the distribution direction of the transverse section material of the forming cylinder when the right gradient powder supply system 62 supplies powder is shown in fig. 3, and a schematic diagram of the distribution direction of the longitudinal section material of the forming cylinder when the left gradient powder supply system and the right gradient powder.
In the embodiment of the multi-material 3D printer with a gradient powder supply system shown in fig. 1, two hopper-type powder spreading trolleys are used, namely a left hopper-type powder spreading trolley 51 and a right hopper-type powder spreading trolley 52, the left hopper-type powder spreading trolley 51 receives the powder of the left gradient powder supply system 61 only at the discharge opening 61a of the left gradient powder supply system, the right hopper-type powder spreading trolley 52 receives the powder of the right gradient powder supply system 62 only at the discharge opening 62a of the right gradient powder supply system, when the powder supply of the left gradient powder supply system 61 is required, the left hopper-type powder spreading trolley 51 moves to the discharge opening 61a of the left gradient powder supply system, the powder is filled and processed by powder spreading and laser sintering, the powder is processed to a designated height, when the powder supply of the right gradient powder supply system 62 is required, the left hopper-type powder spreading trolley 51 moves to the discharge opening 61a of the left gradient powder supply system to stand by the left side, the right hopper-type powder spreading trolley 52 moves to the discharge opening, the powder is filled, powder spreading and laser sintering processing are carried out, and the operation is carried out in a reciprocating mode until the processing is finished, the left bucket type powder spreading trolley and the right bucket type powder spreading trolley are respectively responsible for materials of respective feeding systems, so that the emptying operation is avoided when the powder spreading materials are replaced when one bucket type powder spreading trolley is used, and the used processing powder is greatly saved.
What has been described above is merely a preferred embodiment of the invention. It should be noted that, for those skilled in the art, variations and modifications can be made without departing from the principle and the core idea of the present invention, and the protection scope of the present invention is considered to be covered.
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1. The utility model provides a many materials 3D printer with gradient supplies powder system, it includes frame, sealed box, includes the optical system that functional unit such as laser, galvanometer, collimating mirror constitute, including shaping jar system, shop's powder system, blanking system and dust removal clean system etc. in the table surface top of one side of shaping jar, install the gradient that can realize the horizontal continuous gradient of cross section and change and supply powder system, its characterized in that: the powder feeding system is characterized in that a gradient powder feeding system is arranged above a working table surface on one side of a forming cylinder, a blanking port of the gradient powder feeding system is positioned between the forming cylinder and a blanking port of the blanking system on one side, a powder feeding system is also arranged above the working table surface on the other side opposite to the forming cylinder, a blanking port of the powder feeding system is positioned between the forming cylinder and the blanking port of the blanking system on the other side, a bucket type powder spreading trolley capable of reciprocating along an X axis is arranged on the working table surface on the upper opening of the forming cylinder, powder of the powder feeding systems on two sides of the forming cylinder falls into a hopper of the bucket type powder spreading trolley through the blanking port, the bucket type powder spreading trolley moves through the forming cylinder to uniformly spread the powder on the upper surface of the forming cylinder, and the powder is selectively sintered and molded by a.
2. The multi-material 3D printer with the gradient powder supply system according to claim 1, wherein: the powder supply system arranged above the working table surface on the other side of the forming cylinder is a gradient powder supply system capable of realizing horizontal continuous gradient change of the cross section, and at least one powder can be added into the gradient powder supply system.
3. The multi-material 3D printer with the gradient powder supply system according to claim 1, wherein: the two bucket type powder spreading trolleys are arranged on a working table surface at the upper opening of the forming cylinder and can move in a reciprocating mode along the X axis, the number of the bucket type powder spreading trolleys is two, the left bucket type powder spreading trolley (51) and the right bucket type powder spreading trolley (52) are arranged, the left bucket type powder spreading trolley (51) only receives powder of the left gradient powder supply system (61) at a left gradient powder supply system blanking port (61a), and the right bucket type powder spreading trolley (52) only receives powder of the right gradient powder supply system (62) at a right gradient powder supply system blanking port (62 a).
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