CN214111485U

CN214111485U - Multifunctional 3D printer

Info

Publication number: CN214111485U
Application number: CN202020001901.3U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 陈宇驰
Original assignee: Shanghai Yiwu Information Technology Co ltd
Current assignee: Shanghai Yiwu Information Technology Co ltd
Priority date: 2020-01-02
Filing date: 2020-01-02
Publication date: 2021-09-03
Anticipated expiration: 2030-01-02

Abstract

The utility model provides a multifunctional 3D printer, which comprises a printer frame, a motion component, a printer head and a control center, wherein the control center is connected with the motion component and the printer head, and the printer frame comprises a support column, a base, an XY surface frame and a top frame; the supporting columns are fixed on the base and the top frame; the XY surface frame is sleeved on the supporting column in a sliding manner; the motion assembly comprises an X-axis motion assembly, a Y-axis motion assembly and a Z-axis motion assembly; the X-axis motion assembly and the Y-axis motion assembly are fixed on the XY surface frame; the Z-axis motion assembly is parallel to the support column and fixed on the base and the top frame, and further comprises a printing material groove and an upper sealing plate; the printing material groove comprises a material groove wall and a release film; the release film is arranged at the bottom of the printing material groove; the printing material groove is arranged on the XY surface frame; the upper closing plate is fixed on the top frame. The utility model has the advantages that: the 3D printing in two modes of SLA and FDM is realized on one machine, and different requirements of different users can be met.

Description

Multifunctional 3D printer

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a 3D prints, in particular to multi-functional 3D printer.

Background

Along with the development of economy in China, the living standard of people is improved, and the production and the daily increase of personalized products in China drive the rapid development of a 3D printing technology. With the vigorous development of 3D printing in China, how to improve the existing 3D printing technology to improve the universality of different requirements becomes an urgent problem to be solved.

The existing 3D printer has three printing technical principles of SLA, FDM and SLS. Wherein SLA is photocuring printing, and is cured by ultraviolet laser irradiation by utilizing the characteristics of photosensitive resin; FDM is melting stacking printing, consumable materials are extruded by a heating nozzle, and printing is realized by cooling stacking; SLS is laser sintering, which uses a laser to sinter a printing material powder into a shape. Of which both SLA and FDM printing principles are the most common ones.

At present, FDM printer equipment has poor printing precision and low forming speed, but has wide range of printing consumables, strong material selectivity and low price; the SLA printer has large material selection limitation, can only select photosensitive resin, and has expensive equipment price, high printing fineness and high appearance quality. Different machines are required for different user requirements, which results in a high cost for the manufacturer to prepare different machines.

In order to solve the above problems, CN201710442315.5 proposes a novel 3D printer and a method for using the same, in which a laser is installed on an FDM print head base to implement the SLA function, but in an actual use process, the FDM print head inevitably affects the use of the SLA print head, so that the SLA function cannot be actually implemented.

Therefore, a multifunctional 3D printer capable of completely realizing two different 3D printing modes of SLA and FDM is urgently needed in the market.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

In order to solve the technical problem, the utility model discloses a multi-functional 3D printer, the technical scheme of the utility model is implemented like this:

a multifunctional 3D printer comprises a printer frame, a motion assembly, a printer head and a control center, wherein the control center is connected with the motion assembly and the printer head, and the printer frame comprises a support column, a base, an XY surface frame and a top frame; the supporting column is fixed on the base and the top frame; the XY surface frame is sleeved on the supporting column in a sliding manner; the motion assembly comprises an X-axis motion assembly, a Y-axis motion assembly and a Z-axis motion assembly; the X-axis motion assembly and the Y-axis motion assembly are fixed on the XY surface frame; the Z-axis motion assembly is parallel to the supporting column and fixed on the base and the top frame, and is characterized in that: the printing device also comprises a printing material groove and an upper sealing plate; the printing material groove comprises a material groove wall and a release film; the release film is arranged at the bottom of the printing material groove; the printing material groove is arranged on the XY surface frame; the upper sealing plate is fixed on the top frame.

Preferably, the upper sealing plate comprises a fixing bracket and a photocuring SLA printing screen plate; the photocuring SLA printing screen plate is detachably fixed on the fixed support.

Preferably, the printer head is detachably mounted on the motion assembly; the printer head is one of an FDM printer head or an SLA printer head.

Preferably, the printer head comprises an FDM printer head and an SLA printer head; the FDM printer head faces down; the SLA printer head faces upward.

Preferably, an FDM heating base plate is arranged on the base.

Preferably, the support column is an optical axis.

Preferably, the printer head is disposed on the X-axis motion assembly; the X-axis movement assembly comprises an X-axis lead screw and an X-axis slide rail; the X-axis slide rail is arranged on the Y-axis moving assembly.

Preferably, the printer head is disposed on the Y-axis motion assembly; the Y-axis motion assembly comprises a Y-axis lead screw and a Y-axis slide rail; the X-axis slide rail is arranged on the Y-axis moving assembly.

By implementing the technical scheme of the utility model, the technical problem that the SLA printing principle and the FDM printing principle can not be realized simultaneously in the prior art can be solved; implement the technical scheme of the utility model, can realize the complete SLA of realizing and print the mode with two kinds of different 3D of FDM to satisfy the technological effect of different users' different demands.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings needed to be used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only one embodiment of the present invention, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to the drawings without creative efforts.

Fig. 1 is a reference diagram of a usage state of a multifunctional 3D printer in an SLA mode;

fig. 2 is a reference diagram of a multifunctional 3D printer in an FDM mode in a use state with a print tank and an upper sealing plate removed.

In the above drawings, the reference numerals denote:

the printing device comprises a printer head 1, a printer head 2, a support column 2, a base 3, a 4-XY surface frame, a top frame 5, a 6-X axis motion assembly, a 7-Y axis motion assembly, an 8-Z axis motion assembly, a printing trough 9 and an upper sealing plate 10.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be described clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present invention, not all embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by a person skilled in the art without creative efforts belong to the protection scope of the present invention.

For convenience and description, the lower direction refers to the direction of gravitational force and the upper direction refers to the opposite direction of gravitational force.

In a specific embodiment, as shown in fig. 1 and 2, a multifunctional 3D printer comprises a printer frame, a motion assembly, a printer head 1 and a control hub, wherein the control hub connects the motion assembly and the printer head 1, and the printer frame comprises a support column 2, a base 3, an XY plane frame 4 and a top frame 5; the supporting column 2 is fixed on the base 3 and the top frame 5; the XY surface frame 4 is sleeved on the supporting column 2 in a sliding manner; the motion assembly comprises an X-axis motion assembly 6, a Y-axis motion assembly 7 and a Z-axis motion assembly 8; the X-axis motion assembly 6 and the Y-axis motion assembly 7 are fixed on the XY surface frame 4; the Z-axis motion assembly 8 is parallel to the support column 2 and fixed on the base 3 and the top frame 5; the method is characterized in that: the printing device also comprises a printing material groove 9 and an upper sealing plate 10; the printing material groove 9 is arranged on the XY surface frame 4; the upper closing plate 10 is fixed to the top frame 5.

In this particular embodiment, the printer frame is used to provide support for the whole, wherein the base 3 is used to provide support for the whole apparatus and to contain the printing semi-finished product in the FDM printing state; the supporting column 2 is vertical to the base 3, one end of the supporting column is arranged on the base 3, the other end of the supporting column is arranged on the top frame 5, the XY surface frame 4 is sleeved on the supporting column 2 in a sliding mode and can move up and down along the direction of the supporting column 2, in the process, the Z axis motion assembly 8 provides power and controls the motion of the Z axis motion assembly, the number of the Z axis motion assemblies 8 is not less than 2, and therefore the motion stability of the XY surface frame 4 is guaranteed; the top frame 5 plays a role in fixing on one hand and provides a mounting platform for the upper sealing plate 10 on the other hand; the XY plane frame 4 is used for fixing the X-axis motion assembly 6 and the Y-axis motion assembly 7, and the X-axis motion assembly 6 and the Y-axis motion assembly 7 work together to enable the printer head 1 to move in the space of the XY plane frame 4; print silo 9 and be used for holding SLA and print the material, its bottom is provided with from the type membrane, and 3D prints the product and goes up the shaping on last shrouding 10, separates it through from the type membrane.

A multifunctional 3D printer has two operation modes, one is an SLA mode, and the other is an FDM mode; in the FDM mode, the printer head 1 is an FDM head, the printer head 1 faces downwards and follows the printing rule of the common FDM mode, and the control center controls the movement of the movement assembly according to a preset numerical control model and controls the printer head 1 to spray FDM spraying materials to the base 3 layer by layer; in an SLA mode, a printer head 1 is an SLA head, the printer head 1 faces upwards, in an initial state, an upper cover is located at the bottom of a printing trough 9, ultraviolet rays emitted by the SLA head and a motion assembly under the control of a control center penetrate through the bottom of the printing trough 9 and irradiate the bottom of the upper cover, so that the SLA printing material on the upper cover is solidified and formed, 3D printing and forming of one layer is completed, then the control center controls an XY surface frame 4 to move downwards through controlling a Z-axis motion assembly 8, 3D printing and solidifying forming of the next layer are carried out, the steps are repeated repeatedly, and the SLA 3D printing process is achieved; through the interaction between the modules, the 3D printing in two modes of SLA and FDM on one machine is realized, and different requirements of different users can be met.

In a preferred embodiment, as shown in fig. 1 and 2, the upper sealing plate 10 comprises a fixing bracket and a photocuring SLA printing screen; the photocuring SLA printing screen plate is detachably fixed on the fixed support.

In the preferred embodiment, the fixed bracket is installed on the top frame 5 through a thread structure, and the fixed bracket is connected with the photocuring SLA printing screen plate through a thread structure or a slot, so that the fixed bracket is convenient to detach and install and is convenient to clean; simultaneously it is fixed to print the otter board with the SLA, and SLA prints 9 movements of silo, abandons prior art and prints the otter board motion, and the fixed design of silo has avoided printing the otter board and has leaded to the problem of the slight displacement deviation of otter board in the silo back and forth movement, has avoided printing liquid and has leaded to printing the problem that the liquid level rocked because of the otter board motion in printing silo 9.

In a preferred embodiment, as shown in fig. 1 and 2, the printer head 1 is removably mounted on the kinematic assembly; the printer head 1 is one of an FDM printer head or an SLA printer head.

In this preferred embodiment, the printer head 1 is mounted on the moving assembly by using a threaded structure, the printer head 1 is one of an FDM printer head or an SLA printer head, and the corresponding FDM printer head or SLA printer head is mounted by using the threaded structure according to actual needs; if for FDM printer head, printer head 1 was down during installation, if for SLA printer head, printer head 1 was up during installation.

In a preferred embodiment, as shown in fig. 1 and 2, the printer head 1 includes an FDM printer head and an SLA printer head; the FDM printer head faces down; the SLA printer head faces upward.

In this preferred embodiment, the printer head is simultaneously equipped with an FDM printer head and an SLA printer head, which are respectively adapted to two different printing modes.

In a preferred embodiment, as shown in fig. 1 and 2, the base 3 is provided with an FDM heating base plate.

In this kind of preferred embodiment, be provided with FDM heating bottom plate on the base 3, print the in-process at FDM and heat the 3D product of printing, prevent that the product from appearing in the forming process and stick up the limit phenomenon to improve product quality.

In a preferred embodiment, the support column 2 is an optical axis, as shown in fig. 1 and 2.

In this preferred embodiment, the support column 2 is an optical axis, thereby realizing the motion guidance for the XY plane frame 4.

In a preferred embodiment, as shown in fig. 1 and 2, the printer head 1 is arranged on the X-axis movement assembly 6; the X-axis movement assembly 6 comprises an X-axis lead screw and an X-axis slide rail; the X-axis slide rail is arranged on the Y-axis moving assembly 7.

In this preferred embodiment, the printer head 1 is disposed on the X-axis motion assembly 6, and the motor disposed on the X-axis drives the X-axis lead screw to rotate, so as to realize the movement along the X-axis direction of the X-axis motion assembly 6, and meanwhile, the X-axis slide rail is disposed on the Y-axis motion assembly 7, and the motor disposed on the Y-axis drives the Y-axis lead screw to rotate, so as to drive the X-axis slide rail to move in the Y-axis direction, so as to cooperate with the movement of the printer head 1 within the range of the XY-plane frame 4.

In a preferred embodiment, the printer head 1 is arranged on the Y-axis motion assembly 7; the Y-axis motion assembly 7 comprises a Y-axis lead screw and a Y-axis slide rail; the X-axis slide rail is arranged on the Y-axis moving assembly 7.

In this preferred embodiment, the printer head 1 is disposed on the Y-axis motion assembly 7, and the motor disposed on the Y-axis drives the rotation of the Y-axis lead screw to move along the Y-axis motion assembly 7 in the Y-axis direction, and meanwhile, the Y-axis slide rail is disposed on the X-axis motion assembly 6, and the motor disposed on the X-axis drives the X-axis lead screw to rotate to drive the Y-axis slide rail to move in the X-axis direction, so as to cooperate with the movement of the printer head 1 within the range of the XY-plane frame 4.

It should be understood that the above description is only exemplary of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the present invention, and that any modifications, equivalents, improvements, etc. made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included within the scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. The utility model provides a multi-functional 3D printer, includes printer frame, motion subassembly, printer head and control maincenter, the control maincenter is connected the motion subassembly with the printer head, printer frame includes support column, base, XY face frame and top frame, the support column is fixed the base with on the top frame, XY face frame slides and cup joints on the support column, the motion subassembly includes X axle motion subassembly, Y axle motion subassembly and Z axle motion subassembly, X axle motion subassembly with Y axle motion subassembly is fixed on the XY face frame, Z axle motion subassembly is on a parallel with the support column is fixed the base with on the top frame, its characterized in that: the printing device also comprises a printing material groove and an upper sealing plate; the printing material groove comprises a material groove wall and a release film; the release film is arranged at the bottom of the printing material groove; the printing material groove is arranged on the XY surface frame; the upper sealing plate is fixed on the top frame.

2. The multifunctional 3D printer according to claim 1, wherein the upper sealing plate comprises a fixing bracket and a photocuring SLA printing screen plate; the photocuring SLA printing screen plate is detachably fixed on the fixed support.

3. The multifunctional 3D printer of claim 1, wherein said printer head is removably mounted on said motion assembly; the printer head is one of an FDM printer head or an SLA printer head.

4. The multifunctional 3D printer of claim 1, wherein the printer head comprises an FDM printer head and an SLA printer head; the FDM printer head faces down; the SLA printer head faces upward.

5. The multifunctional 3D printer according to claim 1, wherein said base is provided with an FDM heating base plate.

6. The multifunctional 3D printer according to claim 1, wherein the support column is an optical axis.

7. The multifunctional 3D printer according to claim 1, wherein said printer head is disposed on said X-axis motion assembly; the X-axis movement assembly comprises an X-axis lead screw and an X-axis slide rail; the X-axis slide rail is arranged on the Y-axis moving assembly.

8. The multifunctional 3D printer according to claim 1, wherein said printer head is disposed on said Y-axis motion assembly; the Y-axis motion assembly comprises a Y-axis lead screw and a Y-axis slide rail; the X-axis slide rail is arranged on the Y-axis moving assembly.