CN117841327A - FDM consumable regeneration device and method - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to the technical field of FDM consumable regeneration, in particular to an FDM consumable regeneration device and method. The consumable regeneration device comprises a device main body, wherein the device main body comprises a case, a production cavity is formed in the case, a first aluminum material is arranged at the bottom of the production cavity, and a second aluminum material is vertically arranged above the first aluminum material; the top of the second aluminum material is provided with an extrusion mechanism, the extrusion mechanism is used for extruding regenerated consumable materials, a first fan is arranged below the extrusion mechanism, the left side of the second aluminum material is provided with a winding mechanism, and the winding mechanism is used for winding the regenerated consumable materials; the FDM consumable regeneration method is realized by adopting the FDM consumable regeneration device. The invention can realize the regeneration and winding of the waste consumable, has better cooling performance and improves the regeneration efficiency of the waste consumable.

Description

FDM consumable regeneration device and method

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of FDM consumable regeneration, in particular to an FDM consumable regeneration device and method.

Background

FDM (fused deposition modeling) is a widely used technique for 3D printing, which creates a three-dimensional model by stacking the extrusion heads layer by layer using thermal fuses. However, since FDM belongs to additive manufacturing, many waste consumables such as supporting structures are generated in the printing process, which causes resource waste, and therefore, the FDM consumable recycling device is required to recycle waste plastics.

For example, in chinese patent publication No. CN112706319a, after a sufficient amount of PLA waste is weighed, the PLA waste is crushed twice and then remelted and pulled, and the scrapped PLA is remolded to form a brand-new PLA wire, and then wound for secondary use.

Because 3D printing consumables such as PLA are very soft in texture after melting, directly carry out the rolling and lead to the bonding of consumptive material to lead to unable use easily, so realize the regeneration of consumptive material difficultly.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention provides an FDM consumable regeneration device and method, which can overcome certain or certain defects in the prior art.

The FDM consumable regeneration device comprises a device main body, wherein the device main body comprises a case, a production cavity is formed in the case, a first aluminum material is arranged at the bottom of the production cavity, and a second aluminum material is vertically arranged above the first aluminum material; the second aluminum product top is equipped with extrusion mechanism, and extrusion mechanism is used for extruding regeneration consumptive material, and extrusion mechanism below is equipped with first fan, and the second aluminum product left side is equipped with winding mechanism, and winding mechanism is used for carrying out the rolling to regeneration consumptive material.

According to the invention, the waste consumable can generate the regenerated consumable through the extrusion mechanism, and the regenerated consumable can be cooled through the first fan, so that the hardness of the regenerated consumable is improved, the winding mechanism is convenient to wind, and the winding mechanism can wind the regenerated consumable, so that the reutilization of the waste consumable is preferably realized.

Preferably, the extrusion mechanism comprises a feeding funnel arranged at the top of the second aluminum product, the feeding funnel is used for storing waste consumables, a heating assembly is arranged below the feeding funnel, the heating assembly comprises an assembly shell, heat insulation cotton is arranged in the assembly shell, a plurality of electric heating pipes are arranged in the heat insulation cotton and used for heating the waste consumables, a first matching hole is formed in the assembly shell along the axial direction, a second matching hole is correspondingly arranged at the bottom of the feeding funnel, the first matching hole is correspondingly matched with the second matching hole, and a nozzle is arranged at the bottom of the first matching hole.

According to the invention, the feeding hopper can store crushed waste consumables, the heating assembly can heat the waste consumables to be in a molten state, the heat preservation cotton can preserve heat of the molten consumables in the heating assembly to prevent the nozzle from being blocked, the nozzle can extrude the consumables in the molten state, namely regenerated consumables are generated, and the regenerated consumables are gradually hardened when meeting cold after being extruded from the nozzle.

Preferably, the top of the second aluminum material is provided with a motor bracket, a stepping motor is arranged at the motor bracket, a feeding screw rod is arranged at the stepping motor, a matching pipe is sleeved at the feeding screw rod, one end of the matching pipe is in threaded fit with the second matching hole, and the other end of the matching pipe is in threaded fit with the nozzle; the outer wall of the matching pipe is provided with 2 heat conducting blocks, the 2 heat conducting blocks are used for being matched with the matching pipe, a plurality of mounting holes are formed in the heat conducting blocks, and the plurality of mounting holes are used for being matched with the electric heating pipes.

According to the invention, waste consumable materials in the feeding hopper can be uniformly input into the heating assembly when the feeding screw rotates, the matching pipe can be matched with the feeding screw, so that the melted waste consumable materials cannot overflow into the assembly shell, the electric heating pipe can be installed on the heat conducting block, the electric heating pipe heats and transfers heat to the heat conducting block, and the heat conducting block transfers heat to the matching pipe, so that melting of the waste consumable materials is preferably realized.

Preferably, the feeding screw rod is provided with an input section, a compression section and a metering section which are formed in sequence along the axial direction, the diameter of the metering section is larger than that of the input section, and the diameter of the compression section is reduced from the input section to the gradually metering section.

In the invention, the waste consumable material cannot be melted in the input section, but is preheated and pressed to be compacted, so that uniform feeding is preferably facilitated, and uniform discharging of the subsequent nozzle is facilitated; the diameter of the compression section is gradually large, so that the space is gradually reduced, and heating is needed, so that compression heating of waste consumables is preferably realized, tiny bubbles in waste plastics are reduced, and the printing performance of regenerated consumables is improved; the metering section is of a fixed diameter, so that uniform discharge of the nozzle is preferably realized.

Preferably, the right end of the second aluminum product is provided with a guide mechanism, the guide mechanism comprises a third aluminum product fixedly connected with the second aluminum product, a traction motor is arranged above the third aluminum product and is used for being matched with regenerated consumable materials, a wire arranging support is arranged below the third aluminum product, a plurality of guide plates which are arranged in parallel are formed at the wire arranging support, guide holes are formed at the guide plates, the guide holes are used for being matched with the regenerated consumable materials, and a second fan is arranged on the left side of the wire arranging support.

According to the invention, the traction machine can realize traction of the regenerated consumable, the traction machine is provided with the traction component used for being matched with the regenerated consumable, the regenerated consumable is continuously pulled through the motor, and the second fan can further reduce the temperature of the regenerated consumable, so that the hardness of the regenerated consumable is improved, and the regenerated consumable is conveniently matched with the traction component.

Preferably, the winding mechanism comprises a fourth aluminum material fixedly matched with the second aluminum material, a sliding block is arranged at the fourth aluminum material, limiting blocks are arranged at two sides of the sliding block in a sliding manner, a mounting frame is arranged below the fourth aluminum material, a matching screw rod is rotatably arranged at the mounting frame, matching lugs are correspondingly formed at the sliding block and are used for being correspondingly matched with the matching screw rod, wire holes are formed at the matching lugs, and the wire holes are used for being matched with regenerated consumable materials; the right side of the matched screw rod is provided with a matched gear; a driving component is arranged below the matched screw; the driving assembly comprises a matching shell, the matching shell is fixedly matched with the second aluminum material, a matching shaft is arranged at the matching shell, a support disc is rotatably arranged at the matching shaft, a winding disc is arranged at the support disc, a belt pulley is formed at one end of the support disc, which is close to the matching shell, a speed regulating motor is arranged below the matching support, and the speed regulating motor and the belt pulley are driven through a synchronous belt.

According to the invention, the matching screw is arranged, so that the matching with the matching convex blocks of the sliding block is preferably realized, the sliding block can linearly move at the fourth aluminum material when the matching screw rotates, and the limiting block can limit the moving range of the sliding block; the wire guide is used for penetrating the regeneration consumptive material of follow traction motor department output to realize driving regeneration consumptive material translation, speed governing motor can drive the support dish and rotate, thereby drive the take-up reel and rotate, regeneration consumptive material tip is fixed in take-up reel department, so can realize the rolling of regeneration consumptive material when the take-up reel rotates.

Preferably, one end of the belt pulley, which is close to the matching shell, is provided with a cam groove, a rocker arm is arranged at the cam groove, the matching shell is provided with a matching groove, the rocker arm penetrates through the matching groove, the top of the rocker arm is provided with a transverse plate, one side of the transverse plate is symmetrically provided with 2 matching hooks relative to the matching screw rod, the matching hooks are used for correspondingly matching with the matching gears, and a tension spring is arranged between the 2 matching hooks; the diaphragm both ends form 2 risers, 7 riser departments are equipped with the selection support, and selection support department is equipped with 2 cambered surfaces, and second aluminum product bottom slip is equipped with support slider and bearing slider, and bearing slider is close to second aluminum product one end and is equipped with antifriction bearing, is equipped with compression spring between support slider and the bearing slider, and compression spring is used for keeping antifriction bearing and supports the trend of leaning on the cambered surface.

According to the invention, through the arrangement of the cam groove, the rocker arm can reciprocate up and down, the matched hook can be matched with the matched gear, when the rocker arm moves up and down, the matched hook can drive the matched gear to rotate, namely the matched screw rod is driven to rotate, so that translation of the sliding block is realized, only one matched hook can be matched with the matched gear in one single movement, and the rolling bearing is matched with the cambered surface on the same side of the matched hook; the tension spring is used for keeping the trend that the matched hooks are abutted against the matched gears, so that when the rocker arm moves upwards, the matched hooks can push the matched gears to rotate, when the rocker arm moves upwards, the matched hooks push the matched gears to rotate by a fixed angle, so that the matched screw rod rotates by a fixed angle, and the sliding block moves by a fixed distance, so that the position of the regenerated consumable material at the winding roll is spirally wound; when the sliding block abuts against the limiting block, the matching hook cannot rotate the gear when abutting against the matching gear, at the moment, the rocker arm is forced to perform angle offset, so that the selection bracket also deflects along with the rocker arm, at the moment, the bearing sliding block moves towards the supporting sliding block to be separated from the currently matched cambered surface against the pressure of the compression spring until the rolling bearing is matched with the other cambered surface, at the moment, the matching hook on the same side of the other cambered surface is also matched with the matching gear, and when the rocker arm moves upwards again, the matching hook can push the matching gear to move in the opposite direction, so that the sliding block moves reversely; through the structure, the movement and automatic reversing of the sliding block can be better realized, so that the spiral reciprocating movement of the regenerated consumable material at the winding roll is realized, and the winding quality is improved.

Preferably, a control cabinet is arranged at the bottom of the production cavity, a touch screen is arranged on the side face of the case, and the control cabinet is electrically connected with the touch screen.

According to the invention, the automatic control of the FDM consumable regeneration device is preferably realized by arranging the control cabinet, and the monitoring and adjustment of temperature and other data by a user are facilitated by arranging the touch screen, so that the working efficiency of the FDM consumable regeneration device is improved.

Preferably, the front part of the case is rotatably provided with a case door, and an acrylic plate is arranged at the case door.

According to the invention, by arranging the box door, a user can observe the production condition in the machine box conveniently.

The FDM consumable regeneration method provided by the invention comprises the following steps of:

step S1: placing the crushed waste consumable materials into a feeding funnel;

step S2: manually passing the regenerated consumable extruded by the spray head through the guide hole to draw the regenerated consumable to the traction motor, and matching the regenerated consumable with the traction motor;

and S3, enabling the regenerated consumable materials output from the traction motor to pass through the wire guide hole and be fixedly matched with the winding roll.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an axial view of a device body in accordance with at least one embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view showing an internal structure of a device body according to at least one embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic front view of a partial structure in a production chamber according to at least one embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic illustration of an isometric view of a partial structure within a production chamber according to at least one embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of an explosion of an extrusion mechanism according to at least one embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram illustrating an axial measurement of a heat conducting block according to at least one embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a schematic front view of a feed screw in accordance with at least one embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram illustrating an axial view of a wire management bracket according to at least one embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram illustrating an axial view of a winding mechanism according to at least one embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram illustrating an explosion of a winding mechanism according to at least one embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 11 is an enlarged schematic view of a portion of FIG. 10 at A;

FIG. 12 is an enlarged schematic view of a portion of FIG. 10 at B;

FIG. 13 is an enlarged schematic view of a portion of FIG. 10 at C;

fig. 14 is a partially enlarged schematic view of fig. 10 at D.

Detailed Description

For a further understanding of the present invention, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to examples. It is to be understood that the examples are illustrative of the present invention and are not intended to be limiting.

Example 1

Referring to fig. 1-3, the present embodiment provides an FDM consumable recycling device, which includes a device main body 100, the device main body 100 includes a chassis 110, a production cavity 214 is formed in the chassis 110, a first aluminum material 301 is disposed at the bottom of the production cavity 214, and a second aluminum material 302 is vertically disposed above the first aluminum material 301; the second aluminum product 302 top is equipped with extrusion mechanism 220, and extrusion mechanism 220 is used for extruding regeneration consumptive material, and extrusion mechanism 220 below is equipped with first fan 321, and second aluminum product 302 left side is equipped with winding mechanism 240, and winding mechanism 240 is used for carrying out the rolling to regeneration consumptive material.

Through the scheme that this embodiment provided, abandonment consumptive material can be through extrusion mechanism 220 production regeneration consumptive material, can cool down regeneration consumptive material through first fan 321 to make the hardness of regeneration consumptive material improve, make things convenient for winding mechanism 240 to wind, winding mechanism 240 can wind regeneration consumptive material, so realized the reuse of abandonment consumptive material better.

Specifically, the waste consumables need to be crushed and then added to the extrusion mechanism 220.

That is, when using this FDM consumable regenerating unit, add extrusion mechanism 220 department with the discarded consumable after smashing, extrusion mechanism 220 extrudes the regeneration consumable, and first fan 321 cools down so that the regeneration consumable of just extruding hardens in the short time, and winding mechanism 240 carries out the rolling to the regeneration consumable after the hardening, and the regeneration consumable after the rolling can be directly used for the FDM printer that is used in commonly used to carry out the material increase and make.

See in fig. 2, 3 and 5, extrusion mechanism 220 is including locating the feed hopper 322 at second aluminum product 302 top, feed hopper 322 is used for depositing abandonment consumptive material, feed hopper 322 below is equipped with heating element 323, heating element 323 includes subassembly casing 5231, be equipped with thermal insulation cotton 5232 in the subassembly casing 5231, be equipped with a plurality of electrothermal tubes in the thermal insulation cotton 5232, the electrothermal tube is used for heating abandonment consumptive material, subassembly casing 5231 is formed with first mating holes 5231a along the axial, feed hopper 322 bottom corresponds and is equipped with second mating holes 5221, first mating holes 5231a correspond the cooperation with second mating holes 5221, first mating holes 5231a bottom is equipped with nozzle 324.

Wherein, the waste consumable after smashing can be deposited to feed hopper 322, and heating element 323 can heat the waste consumable and make it become molten state, and heat preservation cotton 5232 can keep warm the consumable of melting in the heating element 323 and prevent to block up nozzle 324, and the consumable of molten state can be extruded to nozzle 324, produces regeneration consumable promptly, meets cold gradually hardening after regeneration consumable is extruded from nozzle 324.

It will be appreciated that the cartridge is a 24V-60W conventional cartridge and that the nozzle 324 is a brass nozzle 324.

As shown in fig. 3-6, a motor bracket 425 is arranged at the top of the second aluminum material 302, a stepping motor 426 is arranged at the motor bracket 425, a feeding screw 5233 is arranged at the stepping motor 426, a matching pipe 5234 is sleeved at the feeding screw 5233, one end of the matching pipe 5234 is in threaded fit with the second matching hole 5221, and the other end of the matching pipe is in threaded fit with the nozzle 324; the outer wall of the matching pipe 5234 is provided with 2 heat conducting blocks 5235, the 2 heat conducting blocks 5235 are used for being matched with the matching pipe 5234, a plurality of mounting holes 6235a are formed in the position of the heat conducting blocks 5235, and the plurality of mounting holes 6235a are used for being matched with an electric heating pipe.

Wherein, can evenly input heating element 323 department with the abandonment consumptive material in the feed hopper 322 when feed screw 5233 rotates, cooperation pipe 5234 can realize with feed screw 5233 cooperation, so the abandonment consumptive material after melting can not spill over in the subassembly casing 5231, the electrothermal tube can be installed to the heat conduction piece 5235, the electrothermal tube generates heat and gives the heat conduction piece 5235, the heat conduction piece 5235 gives the cooperation pipe 5234 with heat transfer, so realized the melting of abandonment consumptive material preferably.

It can be appreciated that the temperature sensor is disposed at the heat conducting block 5235, and the temperature parameter of the heat conducting block 5235 can be obtained in real time by disposing the temperature sensor.

As seen in fig. 7, the feed screw 5233 includes an input section 7233a, a compression section 7233b, and a metering section 7233c formed in this order in the axial direction, the diameter of the metering section 7233c being larger than that of the output section, the diameter of the compression section 7233b gradually decreasing from the metering section 7233c to the output section.

The waste consumable material is not melted in the input section 7233a, but is preheated and pressed to be compacted, so that uniform feeding is preferably facilitated, and uniform discharging of the subsequent nozzle 324 is facilitated; the diameter of the compression section 7233b is gradually larger, so that the space is gradually reduced, and heating is needed here, so that the compression heating of waste consumables is preferably realized, tiny bubbles in waste plastics are reduced, and the printing performance of regenerated consumables is improved; metering section 7233c is of a fixed diameter, so uniform discharge of nozzle 324 is preferably achieved.

See in fig. 2, 3 and 8, the second aluminum product 302 right-hand member is equipped with guiding mechanism 230, guiding mechanism 230 include with second aluminum product 302 fixed connection's third aluminum product 331, third aluminum product 331 top is equipped with traction motor 332, traction motor 332 is used for cooperating with regeneration consumptive material, third aluminum product 331 below is equipped with reason line support 333, reason line support 333 department forms a plurality of parallel arrangement's guide board 8331, guide board 8331 department forms guide hole 8332, guide hole 8332 is used for cooperating with regeneration consumptive material, reason line support 333 left side is equipped with second fan 334.

Wherein, traction motor 332 can realize the traction of regeneration consumptive material, and it has and is used for with regeneration consumptive material complex traction component, realizes constantly dragging regeneration consumptive material through the motor, and second fan 334 can further reduce the temperature of regeneration consumptive material to improve the hardness of regeneration consumptive material, conveniently cooperate with traction component.

It is understood that the tractor assembly is an existing 3D printing consumable extruder assembly.

2-4 and 11-14, the winding mechanism 240 comprises a fourth aluminum material 341 fixedly matched with the second aluminum material 302, a sliding block 442 is slidably arranged at the fourth aluminum material 341, a limiting block 443 is slidably arranged at the sliding block 4422 side, a mounting frame 444 is arranged below the fourth aluminum material 341, a matching screw 445 is rotatably arranged at the mounting frame 444, a matching lug 1142a is correspondingly formed at the sliding block 442, the matching lug 1142a is correspondingly matched with the matching screw 445, a wire hole 1142b is formed at the matching lug 1142a, and the wire hole 1142b is used for being matched with regenerated consumable materials; mating gear 1445a is formed on the right side of mating screw 445; a drive assembly 250 is provided below the mating screw 445; the driving assembly 250 comprises a matching housing 451, the matching housing 451 is fixedly matched with the second aluminum material 302, a matching shaft 1052 is arranged at the matching housing 451, a bracket disc 452 is rotatably arranged at the matching shaft 1052, a winding roll 453 is arranged at the bracket disc 452, a belt pulley 1252a is formed at one end, close to the matching housing 451, of the bracket disc 452, a speed regulating motor 454 is arranged below the matching bracket, and the speed regulating motor 454 and the belt pulley 1252a are in transmission through a synchronous belt 455.

Wherein, by arranging the matching screw 445, matching with the matching bump 1142a of the sliding block 442 is preferably realized, so that when the matching screw 445 rotates, linear movement of the sliding block 442 at the fourth aluminum 341 can be realized, and the limiting block 443 can limit the movement range of the sliding block 442; the wire hole 1142b is used for passing through the regeneration consumable output from the traction motor 332 to realize driving the regeneration consumable to translate, the speed regulating motor 454 can drive the bracket disc 452 to rotate, thereby driving the winding roll 453 to rotate, and the end part of the regeneration consumable is fixed at the winding roll 453, so that the winding of the regeneration consumable can be realized when the winding roll 453 rotates.

Further, the limiting block 443 is adjusted to be matched with the width of the winding roll 453, so that the sliding block 442 can be rolled and cooperated with the winding roll 453 when the regenerated consumable is driven to translate, layered winding of the winding roll 453 is preferably realized, and the condition that the regenerated consumable is difficult to discharge when in use is prevented.

12-14, a cam groove 1252b is formed at one end of the pulley 1252a close to the mating housing 451, a rocker arm 456 is arranged at the cam groove 1252b, a mating groove 1053 is formed at the mating housing 451, the rocker arm 456 passes through the mating groove 1053, a transverse plate 1356a is formed at the top of the rocker arm 456, 2 mating hooks 1356b are symmetrically arranged on one side of the transverse plate 1356a with respect to the mating screw 445, the mating hooks 1356b are used for correspondingly mating with the mating gear 1445a, and a tension spring 1356c is arranged between the 2 mating hooks 1356 b; two ends of the transverse plate 1356a are provided with 2 vertical plates 1356d, a selection bracket 1356e is arranged at the 7 vertical plates 1356d, 2 cambered surfaces 1356f are arranged at the selection bracket 1356e, a supporting sliding block 1446 and a bearing sliding block 1447 are slidably arranged at the bottom of the second aluminum material 302, a rolling bearing 1447a is arranged at one end, close to the second aluminum material 302, of the bearing sliding block 1447, a compression spring 1448 is arranged between the supporting sliding block 1446 and the bearing sliding block 1447, and the compression spring 1448 is used for keeping the trend of the rolling bearing 1447a against the cambered surfaces 1356 f.

Wherein, by providing the cam groove 1252b, the up-and-down reciprocating movement of the rocker arm 456 can be realized, the mating hook 1356b can be mated with the mating gear 1445a, when the rocker arm 456 moves up-and-down, the mating hook 1356b can drive the mating gear 1445a to rotate, that is, drive the mating screw 445 to rotate, so that the translation of the sliding block 442 is realized, only one mating hook 1356b can be mated with the mating gear 1445a in a single movement, and the rolling bearing 1447a is mated with the cambered surface 1356f on the same side as the mating hook 1356 b; the tension spring 1356c is used to keep the mating hook 1356b in a tendency to abut against the mating gear 1445a, so that when the rocker arm 456 moves upward, the mating hook 1356b can push the mating gear 1445a to rotate, and when the rocker arm 456 moves upward, the mating hook 1356b pushes the mating gear 1445a to rotate a fixed angle, so that the mating screw 445 rotates a fixed angle, and the slider 442 moves a fixed distance, so that the position of the regenerated consumable at the winding reel 453 is spirally wound; when the sliding block 442 abuts against the limiting block 443, the engaging hook 1356b abuts against the engaging gear 1445a and cannot rotate the gear, at this time, the rocker arm 456 is forced to perform angular offset, so that the selecting bracket 1356e also deflects along with the rocker arm 456, at this time, the bearing sliding block 1447 moves towards the supporting sliding block 1446 against the pressure of the compression spring 1448 and is separated from the currently engaged cambered surface 1356f until the rolling bearing 1447a engages with the other cambered surface 1356f, at this time, the engaging hook 1356b on the same side as the other cambered surface 1356f also engages with the engaging gear 1445a, so that when the rocker arm 456 moves upwards again, the engaging hook 1356b can push the engaging gear 1445a to move reversely, thereby making the sliding block 442 move reversely; through the structure, the movement and automatic reversing of the sliding block 442 can be preferably realized, so that the spiral reciprocating movement of the regenerated consumable material at the winding roll 453 is realized, and the winding quality is improved.

Referring to fig. 1-2, a control cabinet 215 is disposed at the bottom of the production chamber 214, a touch screen 111 is disposed on the side of the chassis 110, and the control cabinet 215 is electrically connected with the touch screen 111.

Wherein, through setting up switch board 215, realized the automatic control of FDM consumptive material regenerating unit preferably, through setting up touch-sensitive screen 111, made things convenient for the user to monitor and adjust data such as temperature to improve FDM consumptive material regenerating unit's work efficiency.

Specifically, the control core is an Arduino series Mega 2560 development board, data acquisition is achieved through an external sensor, data uploading is achieved through an ESP-32WIFI module, and a switch of related equipment is controlled through a driving relay.

Referring to fig. 1, a door 112 is rotatably provided at the front of the cabinet 110, and an acryl plate 1121 is provided at the door 112.

Wherein, by providing the door 112, a user can observe the production condition in the case 110 conveniently.

It is understood that the acrylic plate 1121 is made of a transparent material.

Referring to fig. 1, a plurality of universal wheels 113 are provided at the bottom of the case 110.

Wherein, through setting up universal wheel 113 in quick-witted case 110 bottom, the removal of FDM consumptive material regenerating unit has preferably been realized.

Example 2

See fig. 3, this embodiment provides a regeneration device for FDM consumable, which is different from embodiment 1 in that a pulley support 3211 is provided below the first fan 321, a fixed pulley 3212 is provided at the pulley support 3211, and the fixed pulley 3212 is used for cooperating with the regenerated consumable, and by setting the fixed pulley 3212, the stability of extrusion of the regenerated consumable can be improved.

Example 3

The embodiment provides a method for regenerating FDM consumable materials, which is implemented by adopting the FDM consumable material regenerating device in embodiment 1, and comprises the following steps:

step S1: placing the crushed waste consumables into a feed hopper 322;

specifically, after the waste consumable enters the feeding hopper 322, the stepping motor 426 starts to drive the feeding screw 5233 to rotate, the waste consumable enters the matching pipe 5234, the heat conduction block 5235 heats the waste consumable in the matching pipe 5234 to melt the waste consumable, the feeding screw 5233 rotates to convey the melted waste consumable to the nozzle, and the regenerated consumable is extruded through the nozzle, so that the waste consumable is preferably converted into the regenerated consumable.

Further, the first fan 321 can cool down the regenerated consumable material extruded from the nozzle to accelerate hardening of the regenerated consumable material.

Step S2: manually pulling the regenerated consumable extruded by the spray head to the traction motor 332 through the guide hole 8332, and matching the regenerated consumable with the traction motor 332;

specifically, the regeneration consumptive material is passed into from a plurality of guide holes 8332 and can be prevented that regeneration consumptive material from taking place to twist reverse in traction motor 332 department to improved traction motor 332 and pulled the stability of regeneration consumptive material, simultaneously, second fan 334 can cool down once more the regeneration consumptive material of traction motor 332 below, so further improves the hardness of regeneration consumptive material, thereby the better is convenient for its cooperation with traction motor 332.

Step S3, the regenerated consumable material output from the traction motor 332 is passed through the wire guide 1142b and is fixedly engaged with the winding roll 453.

Specifically, through passing the regeneration consumptive material through wire guide 1142b, so slider 442 can drive regeneration consumptive material translation when fourth aluminum product 341 department reciprocating motion, so when winding reel 453 rotates the rolling, regeneration consumptive material can be in heliciform layering state in winding reel 453 department to make regeneration consumptive material can the better material in the real-time of follow-up printing, prevented that regeneration consumptive material from taking place the winding in winding reel 453 department and leading to the circumstances of ejection of compact difficulty to appear when the follow-up printing.

Through the method, the waste consumable can be converted into the regenerated consumable, and the reuse rate of the consumable is improved.

It is to be understood that, based on one or several embodiments provided herein, those skilled in the art may combine, split, reorganize, etc. the embodiments of the present application to obtain other embodiments, which do not exceed the protection scope of the present application.

The invention and its embodiments have been described above by way of illustration and not limitation, and the examples are merely illustrative of embodiments of the invention and the actual construction is not limited thereto. Therefore, if one of ordinary skill in the art is informed by this disclosure, the structural mode and the embodiments similar to the technical scheme are not creatively designed without departing from the gist of the present invention.

Claims (10)

1. FDM consumable regenerating unit, its characterized in that: the device comprises a device main body (100), wherein the device main body (100) comprises a machine case (110), a production cavity (214) is formed in the machine case (110), a first aluminum material (301) is arranged at the bottom of the production cavity (214), and a second aluminum material (302) is vertically arranged above the first aluminum material (301); the top of the second aluminum product (302) is provided with an extrusion mechanism (220), the extrusion mechanism (220) is used for extruding regenerated consumable materials, a first fan (321) is arranged below the extrusion mechanism (220), the left side of the second aluminum product (302) is provided with a winding mechanism (240), and the winding mechanism (240) is used for winding regenerated consumable materials.
2. 2. The FDM consumable regeneration device according to claim 1, wherein: the extrusion device comprises an extrusion mechanism (220), wherein the extrusion mechanism comprises a feeding funnel (322) arranged at the top of a second aluminum product (302), the feeding funnel (322) is used for storing waste consumables, a heating component (323) is arranged below the feeding funnel (322), the heating component (323) comprises a component shell (5231), heat insulation cotton (5232) is arranged in the component shell (5231), a plurality of electric heating pipes are arranged in the heat insulation cotton (5232) and used for heating the waste consumables, a first matching hole (5231 a) is formed in the component shell (5231) along the axial direction, a second matching hole (5221) is correspondingly formed in the bottom of the feeding funnel (322), the first matching hole (5231 a) is correspondingly matched with the second matching hole (5221), and a nozzle (324) is arranged at the bottom of the first matching hole (5231 a).
3. 3. The FDM consumable regeneration device according to claim 2, characterized in that: a motor bracket (425) is arranged at the top of the second aluminum material (302), a stepping motor (426) is arranged at the motor bracket (425), a feed screw (5233) is arranged at the stepping motor (426), a matching pipe (5234) is sleeved at the feed screw (5233), one end of the matching pipe (5234) is in threaded fit with the second matching hole (5221), and the other end of the matching pipe is in threaded fit with the nozzle (324); the outer wall of the matching pipe (5234) is provided with 2 heat conducting blocks (5235), the 2 heat conducting blocks (5235) are used for being matched with the matching pipe (5234), a plurality of mounting holes (6235 a) are formed in the position of the heat conducting blocks (5235), and the plurality of mounting holes (6235 a) are used for being matched with the electric heating pipes.
4. 4. The FDM consumable regeneration device of claim 3, wherein: the feeding screw (5233) is provided with an input section (7233 a), a compression section (7233 b) and a metering section (7233 c) which are sequentially formed along the axial direction, the diameter of the metering section (7233 c) is larger than that of the input section (7233 a), and the diameter of the compression section (7233 b) is reduced from the input section (7233 a) to the gradually metering section (7233 c).
5. 5. The FDM consumable regeneration device of claim 4, wherein: the guiding mechanism (230) is arranged at the right end of the second aluminum product (302), the guiding mechanism (230) comprises a third aluminum product (331) fixedly connected with the second aluminum product (302), a traction motor (332) is arranged above the third aluminum product (331), the traction motor (332) is used for being matched with regenerated consumable materials, a wire arranging support (333) is arranged below the third aluminum product (331), a plurality of guide plates (8331) which are arranged in parallel are formed at the wire arranging support (333), guide holes (8332) are formed at the guide plates (8331), the guide holes (8332) are used for being matched with regenerated consumable materials, and a second fan (334) is arranged on the left side of the wire arranging support (333).
6. 6. The FDM consumable regeneration device according to claim 1, wherein: the winding mechanism (240) comprises a fourth aluminum material (341) fixedly matched with the second aluminum material (302), a sliding block (442) is arranged at the fourth aluminum material (341) in a sliding mode, limiting blocks (443) are arranged at two sides of the sliding block (442) in a sliding mode, a mounting frame (444) is arranged below the fourth aluminum material (341), a matching screw (445) is rotatably arranged at the mounting frame (444), matching lugs (1142 a) are correspondingly formed at the sliding block (442), the matching lugs (1142 a) are correspondingly matched with the matching screw (445), wire holes (1142 b) are formed at the matching lugs (1142 a), and the wire holes (1142 b) are matched with regenerated consumable materials; a mating gear (1445 a) is formed on the right side of the mating screw (445); a driving component (250) is arranged below the matching screw (445); the driving assembly (250) comprises a matching shell (451), the matching shell (451) is fixedly matched with the second aluminum material (302), a matching shaft (1052) is arranged at the matching shell (451), a support disc (452) is arranged at the matching shaft (1052) in a rotating mode, a winding roll (453) is arranged at the support disc (452), a belt pulley (1252 a) is formed at one end of the support disc (452) close to the matching shell (451), a speed regulating motor (454) is arranged below the matching support, and the speed regulating motor (454) and the belt pulley (1252 a) are in transmission through a synchronous belt (455).
7. 7. The FDM consumable regeneration device of claim 6, wherein: a cam groove (1252 b) is formed at one end, close to the matching shell (451), of the pulley (1252 a), a rocker arm (456) is arranged at the cam groove (1252 b), a matching groove (1053) is formed at the matching shell (451), the rocker arm (456) penetrates through the matching groove (1053), a transverse plate (1356 a) is formed at the top of the rocker arm (456), 2 matching hooks (1356 b) are symmetrically arranged on one side of the transverse plate (1356 a) relative to the matching screw (445), the matching hooks (1356 b) are used for correspondingly matching with the matching gear (1445 a), and a tension spring (1356 c) is arranged between the 2 matching hooks (1356 b); the two ends of the transverse plate (1356 a) are provided with 2 vertical plates (1356 d), the 7 vertical plates (1356 d) are provided with a selection bracket (1356 e), the selection bracket (1356 e) is provided with 2 cambered surfaces (1356 f), the bottom of the second aluminum material (302) is provided with a supporting sliding block (1446) and a bearing sliding block (1447) in a sliding mode, one end, close to the second aluminum material (302), of the bearing sliding block (1447) is provided with a rolling bearing (1447 a), a compression spring (1448) is arranged between the supporting sliding block (1446) and the bearing sliding block (1447), and the compression spring (1448) is used for keeping the trend that the rolling bearing (1447 a) abuts against the cambered surface (1356 f).
8. 8. The FDM consumable regeneration device according to claim 1, wherein: the bottom of the production cavity (214) is provided with a control cabinet (215), the side surface of the machine case (110) is provided with a touch screen (111), and the control cabinet (215) is electrically connected with the touch screen (111).
9. 9. The FDM consumable regeneration device according to claim 1, wherein: the front part of the case (110) is rotatably provided with a case door (112), and an acrylic plate (1121) is arranged at the case door (112).
10. The FDM consumable regeneration method is characterized by comprising the following steps of: implemented with the FDM consumable regeneration apparatus of any one of claims 1-9.