Classifications

• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
  • B29C—SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
  • B29C64/00—Additive manufacturing, i.e. manufacturing of three-dimensional [3D] objects by additive deposition, additive agglomeration or additive layering, e.g. by 3D printing, stereolithography or selective laser sintering
  • B29C64/40—Structures for supporting 3D objects during manufacture and intended to be sacrificed after completion thereof
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B22—CASTING; POWDER METALLURGY
  • B22F—WORKING METALLIC POWDER; MANUFACTURE OF ARTICLES FROM METALLIC POWDER; MAKING METALLIC POWDER; APPARATUS OR DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR METALLIC POWDER
  • B22F10/00—Additive manufacturing of workpieces or articles from metallic powder
  • B22F10/40—Structures for supporting workpieces or articles during manufacture and removed afterwards
  • B22F10/47—Structures for supporting workpieces or articles during manufacture and removed afterwards characterised by structural features
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B22—CASTING; POWDER METALLURGY
  • B22F—WORKING METALLIC POWDER; MANUFACTURE OF ARTICLES FROM METALLIC POWDER; MAKING METALLIC POWDER; APPARATUS OR DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR METALLIC POWDER
  • B22F3/00—Manufacture of workpieces or articles from metallic powder characterised by the manner of compacting or sintering; Apparatus specially adapted therefor ; Presses and furnaces
  • B22F3/24—After-treatment of workpieces or articles
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B33—ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY
  • B33Y—ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, i.e. MANUFACTURING OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL [3-D] OBJECTS BY ADDITIVE DEPOSITION, ADDITIVE AGGLOMERATION OR ADDITIVE LAYERING, e.g. BY 3-D PRINTING, STEREOLITHOGRAPHY OR SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING
  • B33Y99/00—Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B22—CASTING; POWDER METALLURGY
  • B22F—WORKING METALLIC POWDER; MANUFACTURE OF ARTICLES FROM METALLIC POWDER; MAKING METALLIC POWDER; APPARATUS OR DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR METALLIC POWDER
  • B22F10/00—Additive manufacturing of workpieces or articles from metallic powder
  • B22F10/20—Direct sintering or melting
  • B22F10/28—Powder bed fusion, e.g. selective laser melting [SLM] or electron beam melting [EBM]
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B22—CASTING; POWDER METALLURGY
  • B22F—WORKING METALLIC POWDER; MANUFACTURE OF ARTICLES FROM METALLIC POWDER; MAKING METALLIC POWDER; APPARATUS OR DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR METALLIC POWDER
  • B22F2999/00—Aspects linked to processes or compositions used in powder metallurgy
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B33—ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY
  • B33Y—ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, i.e. MANUFACTURING OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL [3-D] OBJECTS BY ADDITIVE DEPOSITION, ADDITIVE AGGLOMERATION OR ADDITIVE LAYERING, e.g. BY 3-D PRINTING, STEREOLITHOGRAPHY OR SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING
  • B33Y10/00—Processes of additive manufacturing
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B33—ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY
  • B33Y—ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, i.e. MANUFACTURING OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL [3-D] OBJECTS BY ADDITIVE DEPOSITION, ADDITIVE AGGLOMERATION OR ADDITIVE LAYERING, e.g. BY 3-D PRINTING, STEREOLITHOGRAPHY OR SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING
  • B33Y80/00—Products made by additive manufacturing
• • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
  • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
  • Y02P—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION OR PROCESSING OF GOODS
  • Y02P10/00—Technologies related to metal processing
  • Y02P10/25—Process efficiency

Definitions

• the invention relates to a component manufactured by means of additive manufacturing with a support structure.
• the invention relates to a method for building a
• the invention relates to a
• Bending device for removing a support structure Bending device for removing a support structure.
• Building material may be in powder form, for example. Examples of such manufacturing methods are laser sintering, mask sintering, etc.
• Supports The support structures are usually connected on the one hand to the component and on the other hand to the build platform or they bind, for example in the component interior, at both ends of the component
• Support structures are used in particular for supporting components or component sections. You can prevent a sinking of components in the space or a delay of the components, as long as they have not yet reached their final strength. In other words, the support structures prevent the loss of dimensional accuracy of a component or form deviations. about
• CONFIRMATION COPY suitable support structure may also dissipate heat to the build platform, if desired.
• the support structures are fabricated in the course of building the component using the same additive manufacturing process and material as the component itself.
• these are interconnected support members with or without a peripheral frame structure.
• These support elements are usually connected directly below the component via predetermined breaking points with the component. For removing such support structures from the component to
• Completion of the manufacturing process usually takes place a mechanical post-processing, in which the support structures with the help of tools such as Meisel, saw, pliers, etc. are broken off or broken.
• the removal of such rigid, inflexible Support structures usually characterized by the fact that violent breaks are generated at the predetermined breaking points, caused by pulling, tearing or similar application of force to the support elements.
• the necessary forces are comparatively large, so that it often comes in connection with the removal of such support structures to damage the Bauteilöber Structure.
• An object of the present invention is to enable removal of a support structure for a component manufactured by additive manufacturing in a particularly simple manner. This object is achieved by a method according to claim 1 or a method according to claim 2 or a component according to claim 3 or a bending device according to claim 10.
• the inventive method for removing a support structure of a manufactured by additive manufacturing component, wherein the support structure has a free end and a fixed end connected to the component, is characterized in that the free end of the support structure by applying a bending moment repeatedly from a starting position is deflected into a deflection position such that the support structure at a defined location by plastic deformation a
• the inventive method for building a support structure of a manufactured by additive manufacturing component wherein the support structure is constructed so that on the one hand has a fixed, connected to the component end and that on the other hand has a free end or such a free end after the construction of the Support structure can be produced, is characterized in that the support structure is constructed so that the free end of the support structure by applying a bending moment repeatedly deflected from a starting position into a deflection position is such that the support structure at a defined location by plastic deformation a
• the inventive component produced by additive manufacturing with a support structure having a free end and a fixed end connected to the component, characterized in that the free end of the support structure by
• the bending device according to the invention for removing a support structure of a component produced by additive manufacturing, wherein the support structure has a free end and a fixed end connected to the component, is characterized in that the bending device is formed, the free end of the support structure by applying a Bending moment repeatedly deflected from a starting position into a deflection position such that the support structure at a defined location by plastic deformation undergoes work hardening until the support structure at this point breaks in a further deflection (claim 10).
• a basic idea of the invention is to provide a support structure such that it is flexible and thus deflectable (bendable) at least in one spatial direction. This is preferably achieved by a suitable geometric shape of the support structure in conjunction with a suitable connection of the support structure to the component. The separation of the supports of the component is then no longer by the introduction of large forces in a more or less undirected manner. Instead, a free end of the support structure is repeatedly (several times) deflected in the one spatial direction, so that the support structure is plastically deformed at a defined location (stretching / compression) and in this way there is a work hardening. By few Auslenkzien of the free end of the support structure is in other words a change in the
• the support structure is not at any point, but (at least) at its free end opposite the fixed end, in particular in the connection region of the support structure with the component, plastically deformed, so that there takes place the work hardening (claim 4).
• the break thus takes place at the fixed end of the support structure, so that advantageously the entire support structure is removed from the component.
• This targeted fracturing of the fixed end provoked by strain hardening preferably takes place within a range of
• Predetermined breaking points via which the fixed end of the support structure is connected in one embodiment of the invention to the component (claim 5).
• the predetermined breaking points can be designed such that no residues remain on the component during the removal of the support structure.
• the deflectability (bendability) of the support structure is directional (claim 6), this directional dependence is caused by the formation of the support structure (geometry, shape, etc.) and / or the formation of the connection area, so the way Connection of the fixed end of the support structure with the component. On the one hand, this means that one missing one
• Deflection ability in one or more directions can be used to despite the deflectability of the support structure, the required stability during the construction process to
• the support structure with respect to the squeegee direction be aligned.
• the deflectability is used in a specific direction, according to predetermined breaking points
• the predetermined breaking points can be adapted to the deflection direction (or vice versa).
• the free end of the support structure in a defined spatial direction is deflectable (claim 7).
• an embodiment of the invention has been found in which the free end of the support structure is deflected exclusively in a single defined spatial direction.
• the length of the support structure is significantly greater than its height and width (claim 8). In such elongated or stretched
• Support structures are in particular walls, beams, rods or the like. The deflection of the support structure is preferably carried out by engaging the free end of the
• the support structure comprises a number of spaced support walls (claim 9).
• the support structure comprises a plurality of interconnected support walls.
• the connecting elements interconnecting the support walls are preferably designed such that they do not hinder the deflections.
• the connecting elements of the support walls can both be designed such that they mitvolling the deflections of the support structure, as well as such that they do not mitvollit these deflections.
• Support structures through mechanical reworking. With the help of the invention, however, supporting structures can be removed particularly simply, comparatively quickly and with little effort, in particular without many individual steps.
• the removal of the support structures can in a particularly safe, defined manner by deliberately induced fractures at the fixed end of the support structures, ie at the end, which is connected to the component, caused by a previously performed
• Removing support structures is a significant advantage.
• the support structure is preferably designed such that a few repetitions of the deflection movement, d. H. few
• the support structure used is preferably provided with predetermined breaking points, which weaken the material in a preferably narrow range, for example at points, lines or surfaces, such that a deflection (bending) of the support structure with a small number of repetitions is sufficient to the Elastic limit of the material too
• the support structures according to the invention can be produced to save material, especially if the support structures as a stand-alone support elements without
• the support structures can be constructed particularly thin-walled, without their support function is impaired. As a result, they can be set up very quickly at the same time.
• the support structures may comprise reinforcing elements for reinforcement, for example in the form of longitudinally extending ribs or the like, without substantially impairing the ease of removability.
• the support structure according to the invention can be deflected from a starting position (zero position) into a deflection position.
• the support structure is preferably deflected depending on the direction.
• the support structure is deflectable in such a way that in a designated area, preferably in the region of the later break points, especially in a range of specially provided predetermined breaking points, a work hardening of the support structure follows, namely - fourth - so far that the Material property of the support structure material in this area changed so that already a few
• the invention is not limited to certain additives
• Support structure can take place, in particular due to a deflection of the free end of the support structure by
• the removal of the support structure takes place
• Fig. 1 shows a component with a plurality of support walls
• Fig. 2 is a single support wall.
• the required support structures in the form of support walls 2 are constructed at the same time using suitable computer-generated CAD data and control familiar to the person skilled in the art by means of suitable computer software.
• building material for the component 1 and the Support walls 2 serves a suitable powder, for example of a metal material.
• support walls 2 spaced, non-interconnected support walls 2 are provided.
• the length 3 of the individual support walls 2 is significantly greater than their height 4 and width 5.
• the support walls 2 are thin-walled, i. the height 4 is significantly smaller than the width 5.
• the longitudinal direction 6 of the support walls 2 is perpendicular.
• the support walls 2 in the longitudinal direction 6 extending, centrally arranged reinforcing elements in the form of support ribs 7.
• Each individual support wall 2 is with its fixed end 8, namely along its width 5, forming a number
• the support wall 2 runs out into a plurality of teeth 12 and binds only at the tooth tips at points on the component 1.
• Connection points lie on a line 13.
• the support walls 2 are separated near the build platform 14 of this, whereby the fixed ends 8 opposite free ends 9 of the support walls 2 arise.
• the separation is carried out by means of a suitable separation process, for example by means of cutting or milling.
• the arrangement of the supporting walls 2 with respect to the component 1 or the building platform 14 depends primarily on the fact that the supporting walls 2 their support function and their other functions able to fulfill.
• support walls 2 whose design is optimized with a view to a particularly low material consumption, especially in use especially
• the arrangement of the supporting walls 2 can also be varied with respect to other parameters.
• the powdery building material is applied by means of a doctor blade (not shown).
• the support walls 2 can be arranged such that they extend in doctoring direction, ie parallel to the direction of movement 15 of the doctor blade. Because of your
• the support walls 2 survive, if they are provided with the support ribs 7 or other suitable reinforcing elements, also a sweeping of a blade with a hard blade.
• the support walls 2 may also be arranged transversely to the squeegee direction 15.
• the design and arrangement of the support wall 2 and the design and arrangement of the predetermined breaking points 12, are chosen so that the deflectability of the free end 9 of the support wall. 2
• the teeth 12 with their tips form the predetermined breaking points of the support wall 2, ie the region or those regions of the support structure which, due to a weakening of the material, in this case due to the shaping of the teeth, allow work hardening.
• the tooth tips is due to the multiple bending of the support wall 2 as the first
• the support walls 2 can be pivoted about a transverse direction 18 of the support wall 2, i. perpendicular to the central longitudinal axis of the support wall 2 lying transverse axis 19 deflect (bend), said transverse axis 19 in the region of
• Predetermined breaking points (teeth) 12 runs. There is only one spatial direction for the deflection, namely perpendicular to this transverse axis 19. In FIG. 2, this deflection direction is indicated by arrows 21 on both sides of the starting position 16.
• a suitable bending device (not shown) is provided, with the aid of which the support wall 2 is acted upon at its free end 9, in particular in the region or in the vicinity of its lower narrow side 22 with a defined bending moment, for example by a side or bottom force acting on the free end.
• the bending device is designed such that it transmits the force in the deflection direction 21 on the support wall 2.
• the Bending device can be driven manually or by motor,
• the length 3 of the support wall 2 corresponds substantially to the distance of the line of action of the force acting at the free end 9 force (F) to the fixed end 8 of the support wall 2.
• the support wall 2 is relatively far deflected from its zero position 16 so that it comes to particularly large expansion or compression processes in the interior of the support wall 2, in particular in the connection region with the component 2, ie in the region of the predetermined breaking points 12.
• the necessary for the removal of the support walls 2 deflections have to be made in a particularly defined manner, especially in a direction-dependent deflectability of the support walls 2, an automated method for removing the support walls 2, preferably using a motor-driven bending device, particularly easy to implement ,
• the support structures in this case the support walls 2 are provided at certain, preferably regular intervals, along their longitudinal direction 6 with holes for fatigue, for example in the form of suitable material tapers. In other words, you can
• Predetermined breaking points not only directly on the component 1, but also spaced from the component 1 in the further course of the support walls 2 may be provided.
• the support walls 2 have
• a plurality of predetermined breaking points from each other separate longitudinal sections. In this way, the complete removal of the support structures can be done section by section, if necessary.

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