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
  • B29C64/10—Processes of additive manufacturing
  • B29C64/106—Processes of additive manufacturing using only liquids or viscous materials, e.g. depositing a continuous bead of viscous material
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B28—WORKING CEMENT, CLAY, OR STONE
  • B28B—SHAPING CLAY OR OTHER CERAMIC COMPOSITIONS; SHAPING SLAG; SHAPING MIXTURES CONTAINING CEMENTITIOUS MATERIAL, e.g. PLASTER
  • B28B1/00—Producing shaped prefabricated articles from the material
  • B28B1/001—Rapid manufacturing of 3D objects by additive depositing, agglomerating or laminating of material
• • 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
  • B29C64/20—Apparatus for additive manufacturing; Details thereof or accessories therefor
  • B29C64/227—Driving means
  • B29C64/241—Driving means for rotary motion
• • 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
  • B29C64/20—Apparatus for additive manufacturing; Details thereof or accessories therefor
  • B29C64/205—Means for applying layers
  • B29C64/209—Heads; Nozzles
• • 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
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  • B29C64/227—Driving means
• • 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
  • B29C64/30—Auxiliary operations or equipment
  • B29C64/307—Handling of material to be used in additive manufacturing
  • B29C64/321—Feeding
• • 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
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• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B33—ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY
  • B33Y—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
  • B33Y70/00—Materials specially adapted for additive manufacturing
• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E04—BUILDING
  • E04G—SCAFFOLDING; FORMS; SHUTTERING; BUILDING IMPLEMENTS OR AIDS, OR THEIR USE; HANDLING BUILDING MATERIALS ON THE SITE; REPAIRING, BREAKING-UP OR OTHER WORK ON EXISTING BUILDINGS
  • E04G21/00—Preparing, conveying, or working-up building materials or building elements in situ; Other devices or measures for constructional work
  • E04G21/02—Conveying or working-up concrete or similar masses able to be heaped or cast
  • E04G21/04—Devices for both conveying and distributing
• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E04—BUILDING
  • E04G—SCAFFOLDING; FORMS; SHUTTERING; BUILDING IMPLEMENTS OR AIDS, OR THEIR USE; HANDLING BUILDING MATERIALS ON THE SITE; REPAIRING, BREAKING-UP OR OTHER WORK ON EXISTING BUILDINGS
  • E04G21/00—Preparing, conveying, or working-up building materials or building elements in situ; Other devices or measures for constructional work
  • E04G21/02—Conveying or working-up concrete or similar masses able to be heaped or cast
  • E04G21/04—Devices for both conveying and distributing
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• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E04—BUILDING
  • E04G—SCAFFOLDING; FORMS; SHUTTERING; BUILDING IMPLEMENTS OR AIDS, OR THEIR USE; HANDLING BUILDING MATERIALS ON THE SITE; REPAIRING, BREAKING-UP OR OTHER WORK ON EXISTING BUILDINGS
  • E04G21/00—Preparing, conveying, or working-up building materials or building elements in situ; Other devices or measures for constructional work
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  • E04G21/0445—Devices for both conveying and distributing with distribution hose with booms
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• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B33—ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY
  • B33Y—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
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• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B33—ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY
  • B33Y—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
  • B33Y30/00—Apparatus for additive manufacturing; Details thereof or accessories therefor
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B33—ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY
  • B33Y—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
  • B33Y50/00—Data acquisition or data processing for additive manufacturing
  • B33Y50/02—Data acquisition or data processing for additive manufacturing for controlling or regulating additive manufacturing processes

Definitions

• the invention relates to a printing system for forming a strand of building material for 3D printing of a building part and a use of such a printing system for forming a strand of building material for 3D printing of a building part.
• the object of the invention is to provide a printing system for forming a strand of building material for 3D printing of a building part, which has improved properties. Furthermore, the object of the invention is to provide a use of such a printing system for forming a strand of building material for 3D printing of a building part.
• the invention solves this problem by providing a printing system with the features of claim 1 and a use with the features of claim 15.
• Advantageous developments and/or refinements of the invention are described in the dependent claims.
• the printing system according to the invention is designed for the, in particular automatic, formation of a strand of building material for 3D printing of a, in particular 3-dimensional, part of the building.
• the printing system has a print head, a parallel robot, in particular a delta robot, and a coarse movement device.
• the print head is designed for the, in particular automatic, discharge of building material from the printing system and for the, in particular automatic, shaping of building material to form the strand of building material.
• the parallel robot has at least three robot arm devices for the, in particular automatic, fine positioning or movement of the print head in relation to the coarse movement device, in particular during the discharge and/or the shaping of building material.
• At least the next two of the robot arm devices are offset, in particular arranged, relative to one another at an obtuse arc angle along a circumferential direction around a central axis of the parallel robot.
• the coarse movement device is designed for the, in particular automatic, coarse movement or positioning of the parallel robot with the print head, in particular during the discharge and/or the shaping of building material.
• This, in particular the parallel robot enables a particularly fast compensation or a particularly fast equalization of a positioning or aiming inaccuracy of the coarse movement device. This thus enables the strand of building material for 3D printing of the building part to be formed in a positionally or precisely targeted manner or precisely and/or quickly. Additionally or alternatively, this, in particular the obtuse arc angle, enables good accessibility to the central axis.
• the strand in particular discharged and/or formed, can be continuous or can extend in length, in particular of a certain length.
• the building material can be concrete, in particular fresh concrete, and/or thixotropic and/or puncture-resistant or dimensionally stable, in particular during discharge.
• the 3-print can be called additive manufacturing. Additionally or alternatively, the strand can be deposited or applied, in particular in layers, on an already formed strand and/or another strand can be deposited or applied on the strand or strands, in particular in layers.
• the structure part can be a building structure part and/or a wall and/or a ceiling. Additionally or alternatively, the strand, in particular a width of the strand, can have the wall and/or ceiling thickness, in particular the overall thickness.
• the printing system can be an extruder system for extruding the strand of building material for 3D printing from the building part.
• the print head can be an extruder head for extruding building material out of the printing system.
• the print head can have an extruder nozzle.
• the extruder nozzle can have an outlet opening for the outlet, in particular of the strand, of building material from the pressure system, in particular in a non-vertical, in particular horizontal, outlet direction.
• the outlet opening can have or have an, in particular maximum, opening width of at least 100 mm (millimeters), in particular at least 200 mm, and/or at most 800 mm, in particular at most 600 mm, in particular 400 mm, in particular in a direction relative to the outlet orthogonal first radial direction.
• the outlet opening can have an, in particular maximum, opening height of at least 15 mm, in particular at least 25 mm, and/or at most 400 mm, in particular at most 200 mm, in particular at most 100 mm, in particular 50 mm, in particular in a second radial direction orthogonal to the exit direction.
• the outlet opening can have a square shape, in particular have or have a trapezoidal shape, in particular a parallelogram shape, in particular a rectangular shape.
• a strand cross section, in particular a shape and/or a size of the strand cross section, of the strand, in particular a discharged strand can correspond to, in particular be the same as, an opening cross section, in particular a shape and/or a size of the opening cross section.
• the opening cross section of the outlet opening and/or the strand cross section of the strand can/can be non-parallel, in particular orthogonal, to the outlet direction.
• the pressure system for depositing the discharged strand can be designed in such a way that the strand, in particular the deposited strand, retains its strand cross-section, in particular the strand that has been discharged.
• the pressure system need not or cannot be designed in such a way that the building material must or can be pressed onto an already existing layer or layer of building material and thus deformed.
• parallel robot can be used synonymously with the term “parallel robot”.
• the parallel robot can be designed for, in particular translational, fine positioning or movement and/or, in particular rotary, fine alignment or movement of the print head in relation to the coarse movement device, in particular in a, in particular horizontal, positioning direction.
• the robot arm devices can have, in particular, be articulated arm devices.
• the robot arm devices can be linked to a base and/or a platform of the parallel robot, in particular by means of universal joints.
• the base of the parallel robot can be mounted, in particular in or along a vertical direction and/or the central axis, above the moving parts of the parallel robot and/or the platform of the parallel robot.
• the term “central axis” can be used synonymously for the term “middle axis”.
• the print head can be arranged at least partially on the central axis and/or between the, in particular three, robot arm devices and/or the base and/or the platform.
• the printing system can be designed for, in particular automatic, rotational movement of the parallel robot and the print head, in particular with its outlet opening, in particular around the central axis, in particular during the discharge and/or the shaping of building material.
• the obtuse arc angle between a vector from the central axis to one of the robot arm devices and another or next vector from the central axis to another or next one of the robot arm devices.
• the obtuse arc angle may be a minimum of 105 ° (degrees).
• all, in particular each, closest of the robot arm devices can be offset to one another with an obtuse arc angle, in particular approximately, in particular exactly, the same or equivalent. In particular, approximately the same can mean that the arc angles have or can have an angular deviation of at most 5°, in particular at most 2.5°.
• the parallel robot can, in particular at its, in particular lower, end, carry the print head, in particular directly. Additionally or alternatively, the print head, in particular with its outlet opening, can extend beyond the parallel robot, in particular downwards, in particular along the vertical direction or the central axis, and/or laterally or circumferentially or forwards, in particular in or along a horizontal direction and/or the exit direction and/or radially to the central axis. Furthermore, additionally or alternatively, the coarse movement device, in particular at its end, can carry the parallel robot, in particular carrying the print head, in particular directly. Furthermore, additionally or alternatively, the parallel robot can expand or extend, in particular with the print head, beyond the coarse movement device. This, in particular the expansion, can allow the strand to be discharged, particularly in the horizontal exit direction, relatively close, particularly vertically, above an already formed strand, particularly without damaging it, and thus allow the strand that has emerged to be deposited from a relatively low height.
• the coarse movement device can be designed for the translational and/or rotational coarse movement of the parallel robot with the print head, in particular in one, in particular horizontal, direction of movement.
• the print head can be designed to discharge, in particular the strand, of building material from the printing system, in particular the outlet opening, in the direction of movement that is non-orthogonal, in particular reversed, in particular opposite, in the outlet direction, in particular during the coarse movement.
• the pressure system in particular the print head
• the coarse movement device can end for coarse movement of the parallel robot with the print head at a speed approximately equal to the exit speed Movement speed, especially during the discharge, be formed. This can, in particular the roughly equal speeds, make it possible for the discharged and/or deposited strand to be able to retain its strand cross section, which in particular corresponds to, in particular equals, the cross section of the opening.
• a minimum of 135° in particular a minimum of 150°, in particular 165°
• opposite can mean 180°.
• a difference or a deviation of a maximum of 5 percent (%), in particular of a maximum of 2%, in particular of a maximum of 1% can mean.
• the printing system can have a control device, in particular a control and/or regulation device.
• the control device can be used for, in particular automatic, monitoring, in particular open-loop and/or closed-loop control, of the print head and/or the parallel robot and/or the coarse movement device, in particular as a function of data, in particular a building or construction plan, in particular in a memory of the control device , the part of the building to be printed.
• the control device can have, in particular be, a computer. This may allow a worker not to have to control the printing system and/or reduce or even eliminate errors in construction.
• the pressure system has an, in particular flexible, conveying hose.
• the conveying hose leads to the conveyance of building material, in particular from the coarse movement device, to the print head between the two nearest robot arm devices offset with the obtuse arc angle to one another, in particular laterally or circumferentially and/or radially to the central axis.
• This enables building material to be discharged using the print head. Additionally or alternatively, this is made possible by the good accessibility to the central axis.
• the coarse movement device, the parallel robot and/or the print head can carry the conveying hose, in particular directly. Additionally or alternatively, the conveying hose does not need or can carry the parallel robot and/or the print head.
• the conveying hose can be arranged partially on the central axis and/or the base and/or the platform.
• the pressure system can be designed for, in particular automatic, rotational movement of the delivery hose and the print head, in particular with its outlet opening, in particular around the central axis, in particular during the discharge and/or the shaping of building material.
• the print head can have a deflection device or a deflection element.
• the deflection device can be arranged upstream of the outlet opening and for deflecting a flow of building material, in particular of the non- horizontal, in particular vertical, direction, in particular from top to bottom, in the direction, in particular in the outlet direction, in particular from back to front, of the outlet opening. This, in particular the deflection device, can enable the horizontal exit.
• the parallel robot can be a hexapod. But the parallel robot need not be a hexapod. Additionally or alternatively, the parallel robot may, but need not, have four or more robot arm assemblies.
• the parallel robot in particular the delta robot, has exactly three robot arm devices.
• the obtuse arc angle is approximately, in particular exactly, 120°. This enables a simple and therefore cost-effective construction of the parallel robot. Furthermore, additionally or alternatively, this enables the fine positioning of the print head in relation to the coarse movement device in or with, in particular precisely, three translatory degrees of freedom. Furthermore, additionally or alternatively, this enables particularly good accessibility to the central axis.
• the phrase "substantially” can be used synonymously with the term "about”.
• the parallel robot has electric and/or hydraulic and/or pneumatic-free drive devices.
• the drive devices are designed to drive, in particular automatically, or to move the robot arm devices. This enables a particularly fast and/or precise fine positioning of the print head in relation to the coarse movement device.
• the term "actuators" can be used synonymously for the term "drive devices”.
• the base can carry the drive devices, in particular directly.
• the coarse movement device has a serial robot, in particular a distributor boom, for the coarse movement of the parallel robot, in particular at a boom tip of the distributor boom, in particular with the print head.
• the rough moving means is the serial robot.
• This enables a large range of the coarse movement device and thus a large part of the building. Additionally or alternatively, this enables a space-saving and therefore easily mobile and/or a structure of the coarse movement device that can be set up quickly on site and is therefore quickly ready for use. Furthermore, additionally or alternatively, this enables the rough movement of the parallel robot with the print head in or with, in particular precisely, three translatory degrees of freedom.
• the term "serial robot” can be used synonymously for the term "serial robot".
• the pressure system can have a conveying line, in particular a conveying pipe, in particular an inflexible one, for conveying building material, in particular to the conveying hose.
• the conveying line can lead at least partially along the coarse movement device and/or to the conveying hose.
• the serial robot can carry the conveying line, in particular directly.
• the conveying line can carry the conveying hose, in particular directly.
• the conveying line does not need or can carry the parallel robot and/or the print head.
• the serial robot has, in particular only, rotary joints. Axes of rotation of the rotary joints are, in particular, only parallel to one another, in particular aligned or oriented. This enables easy control of the coarse movement of the parallel robot with the print head by means of the coarse movement device. Additionally or alternatively, this enables a simple and therefore cost-effective construction of the coarse movement device. Furthermore, additionally or alternatively, this enables an in particular non-adjustable or non-changeable and/or parallel alignment of the parallel robot and/or the print head in relation to a base, in particular a foot, of the serial robot. In particular, the axes of rotation can be horizontal, in particular aligned. Additionally or alternatively, the serial robot can have, in particular be, an articulated arm construction.
• the printing system has an alignment device, in particular a support system.
• the alignment device is designed for, in particular automatic, alignment, in particular of a base, in particular of a foot, of the coarse movement device in relation to a construction environment of the printing system.
• This enables the serial robot to have, in particular, only the rotary joints. Additionally or alternatively, this allows the axes of rotation to be horizontal, in particular aligned. Furthermore, additionally or alternatively, this enables, in particular, the alignment of the parallel robot and/or the print head.
• the term "orientation" can be used synonymously for the term "alignment”.
• the alignment device can carry the coarse movement device, in particular at its base, in particular directly.
• the print head and/or the parallel robot are/are free from a degree of freedom of inclination.
• This enables a simple and therefore cost-effective construction of the print head and/or the parallel robot.
• this is an in particular non-adjustable or non-changeable and/or parallel alignment of the print head and/or the parallel robot in relation to the coarse movement device, in particular one end of the coarse movement device.
• tilt can be used synonymously for the term "inclination”.
• the printing system has an interface for and/or the position and/or orientation detection or sensor device, in particular independent of the coarse movement device and/or external.
• the position and/or alignment detection device is used to detect a, in particular dynamic, position and/or alignment variable, in particular a value of the position and/or alignment variable, determining a, in particular translational, position, in particular a value of the position, and/or a, in particular rotatory alignment, in particular a value of the alignment, of the print head and/or of the parallel robot in relation to, in particular the, construction environment of the printing system.
• the printing system has a control device, in particular the control device.
• the control device is designed to control the parallel robot for fine positioning of the print head in relation to the coarse movement device as a function of the detected position and/or alignment variable. This enables the strand of building material for 3D printing to be formed in a positionally accurate manner from the building part in relation to the building environment.
• the interface, the position and/or alignment detection device and/or the control device can be electrical.
• the term "detection” can be used synonymously for the term "sensing”.
• the detection and/or the control can be automatic.
• the position and/or orientation quantity can be physical.
• the position can be an actual position.
• the orientation can be an actual orientation.
• the position and/or alignment detection device can have, in particular, be an image processing system (e.g. a laser light section system), at least one triangulation sensor, a light barrier function and/or at least one ultrasonic sensor.
• image processing system e.g. a laser light section system
• at least one triangulation sensor e.g. a triangulation sensor
• a light barrier function e.g. a light barrier function
• ultrasonic sensor e.g. a laser light section system
• the position and/or alignment detection device has a tachymeter, in particular a laser tachymeter.
• the position and/or alignment detection device is a tachymeter. This enables high accuracy, especially in the 1 mm meter range.
• the tachymeter can be optical and/or electrical.
• the printing system has an inertial sensor or detection device.
• the inertial sensor device has at least one inertial sensor.
• the inertial sensor is on the print head and/or the parallel robot for detecting an in particular dynamic inertial or movement quantity, in particular a value of the inertial quantity, determining a particular translational and/or rotational movement, in particular a value of the movement, of the print head and/or the parallel robot in relation to the construction environment of the printing system, in particular directly, arranged, in particular fastened, and formed.
• the control device is used to control the parallel robot for fine positioning of the print head in relation to the coarse movement device by linking the position and/or alignment variable detected, in particular at a low frequency, arriving at the control device in particular and/or with a time delay and the, in particular with a higher frequency, detected, in particular and/or arriving at the control device with a smaller or no or no time offset, inertial variable with one another, in particular by means of an estimate, in particular by an observer.
• This enables error-minimised and/or, in particular, therefore, particularly precise compensation, in particular in a foresighted manner and/or, in particular, therefore, up-to-date or in real time.
• the phrase “inertial measurement unit” can be used synonymously for the term “inertial sensor device”.
• the inertial sensor device and/or the inertial sensor can be electrical.
• the inertial sensor can have, in particular be, an acceleration and/or yaw rate sensor.
• the inertial variable can have, in particular be, an acceleration and/or a yaw rate.
• the detection and/or the linking can be automatic.
• the term “sampling rate” can be used synonymously for the term “frequency”.
• the term “fusion” can be used synonymously for the term "link”.
• the estimate can include, in particular be, an interpolation, in particular by means of a dynamic model.
• the estimation can be iterative.
• the observer can have, in particular be, a Kalman filter, in particular a standard or extended Kalman filter.
• the inertial sensor device can be independent and/or external to the coarse movement device and/or the position and/or orientation detection device.
• the pressure system has a chassis, in particular a car building material pump having the chassis.
• the carriage carries the print head, the parallel robot and the coarse movement device, in particular directly.
• the chassis can carry the coarse movement device at its base, in particular directly.
• the chassis can carry the conveying hose, the alignment device, in particular directly, the interface, the position and/or alignment detection device, the inertial sensor device and/or the control device.
• the alignment device can carry the chassis, in particular directly, in particular at the place of use and/or for alignment of the coarse movement device in relation to the construction environment of the printing system.
• the pressure system has a building material pump.
• the building material pump is designed for, in particular automatically, conveying building material, in particular at least partially along the coarse movement device, in particular for discharging conveyed building material out of the pressure system.
• the building material pump can be connected to the printhead for a flow of building material from the building material pump to the printhead, in particular by means of the delivery line and/or the delivery hose.
• the building material pump can be designed to deliver building material through the delivery line and/or the delivery hose.
• the building material pump can be discontinuous, in particular a piston pump, in particular a two-piston pump, in particular with a diverter valve.
• control device can be designed for, in particular automatic, monitoring, in particular open-loop and/or closed-loop control, of the building material pump, in particular as a function of data on the building part to be printed.
• the chassis can carry the building material pump, in particular directly.
• the print head for forming the strand of building material is designed with a grain size or a maximum grain size of at least 2 mm, in particular at least 8 mm and/or at most 50 mm.
• the parallel robot has or has a load capacity of at least 10 kg (kilograms) and/or at most 3000 kg, in particular at most 500 kg.
• the parallel robot has or has a positioning accuracy of at least 50 mm and/or at most 0.1 mm, in particular at most 1 mm.
• the parallel robot has or has a range of at least 10 mm, in particular at least 100 mm, and/or at most 1000 mm, in particular at most 500 mm.
• the parallel robot has a maximum speed of at least 10 mm/s (millimeters per second) and/or at most 10 m/s (meters per second). Furthermore, additionally or alternatively, the parallel robot has or exhibits a maximum acceleration and/or deceleration of at least 0.1 m/s 2 (meters per square second) and/or a maximum of 500 m/s 2 . Furthermore, additionally or alternatively, the coarse movement device has or has a load capacity of at least 50 kg and/or at most 5000 kg. Further additionally or alternatively has or has the
• Coarse movement device has a positioning accuracy of at least 500 mm and/or at most 10 mm. Further additionally or alternatively has or has the
• Coarse movement device in particular the range of at least 10 m (meters) and / or at most 100 m. Furthermore, additionally or alternatively, the coarse movement device has or has a maximum speed of at least 10 mm/s and/or at most 2 m/s. Further additionally or alternatively has or has the
• Coarse movement device has a maximum acceleration and/or deceleration of at least 1 m/s 2 and/or at most 20 m/s 2 .
• the invention relates to the, in particular automatic, use of, in particular, the printing system as mentioned above for the, in particular automatic, formation of, in particular, the strand of building material for 3D printing of, in particular, the building part.
• Fig. 2 shows a schematic plan view of a parallel robot of the printing system of Fig. 1,
• Fig. 3 shows schematically the printing system of Fig. during a use according to the invention
• Fig. 4 shows schematically a print head and a building material pump of the printing system of Fig. 1 during use of Fig. 3,
• FIG. 5 shows a schematic of a building part that is 3D-printed using the printing system of FIG. 1 and consists of strands of building material formed
• Fig. 6 shows schematically a position and/or alignment detection device, an inertial sensor device and a control device of the printing system of Fig. 1.
• the printing system 1 has a print head 2, a parallel robot 3, in particular a delta robot 3', and a coarse movement device 4.
• the print head 2 is designed to discharge building material BS from the printing system 1 and to shape building material BS to form the strand ST of building material BS, in particular it discharges and shapes and thus forms, as shown in FIG.
• the parallel robot 3 has at least three robot arm devices 5 for fine positioning of the print head 2 in relation to the coarse movement device 4, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, in particular positioned finely.
• At least the next two of the robot arm devices 5 are offset from one another at an obtuse arc angle a along a circumferential direction UR around a central axis MA of the parallel robot 3 .
• the coarse movement device 4 is designed for the coarse movement of the parallel robot 3 with the print head 2, in particular roughly moved.
• the printing system 1 has a delivery hose 6 .
• the conveying hose 6 leads to the line of building material BS, in particular from the coarse movement device 4, to the print head 2 between the two nearest robotic arm devices 5 with the obtuse arc angle a offset from one another, in particular leads.
• the parallel robot 3 in particular the delta robot 3', has exactly three robot arm devices 5.
• the obtuse arc angle ⁇ is approximately, in particular exactly, 120°.
• the parallel robot 3 has electrical and/or hydraulic and/or pneumatic-free drive devices 7, in particular a number corresponding to, in particular the same as, the number of robot arm devices 5, three in the exemplary embodiment shown.
• the drive devices 7 are designed to drive the robot arm devices 5, in particular drive them.
• the coarse movement device 4 has a serial robot 8 , in particular a placing boom 9 , for the coarse movement of the parallel robot 3 , in particular on a mast tip 9S of the placing boom 9 .
• the coarse movement device 4 is the serial robot 7.
• the serial robot 8 has rotary joints 10 .
• Axes of rotation 10A of the swivel joints 10 are parallel to one another, in particular horizontal.
• the serial robot 8 has at least five rotary joints 10 .
• the serial robot can have at least two rotary joints.
• the printing system 1 has an alignment device 11 , in particular a support system 12 .
• the alignment device 11 is designed to align the coarse movement device 4 in relation to a construction environment BU of the printing system 1, in particular aligns, in particular horizontally.
• the print head 2 and/or the parallel robot 3 is/are free from a tilting degree of freedom.
• the printing system 1 has an interface for and/or the position and/or alignment detection device 13, which is in particular independent of the coarse movement device 4 and/or external, as shown in FIGS.
• the position and/or alignment detection device 13 is used to detect a particularly dynamic position and/or alignment variable PAG determining a position PO and/or an alignment AR of the print head 2 and/or the parallel robot 3 in relation to the construction environment BU of the printing system 1 formed, in particular detected.
• the printing system 1 has a control device 14 .
• the control device 14 is designed, in particular controlled, to control the parallel robot 3 for fine positioning of the print head 2 in relation to the coarse movement device 4 as a function of the detected position and/or alignment variable PAG.
• the position and/or alignment detection device 13 has a tachymeter 15, in particular a laser tachymeter 15'.
• the position and/or alignment detection device 13 is a tachymeter 15.
• the printing system 1 also has an inertial sensor device 16 .
• the inertial sensor device 16 has at least one inertial sensor 16'.
• the inertial sensor 16' is arranged and configured on the print head 2 and/or the parallel robot 3 for detecting an inertial variable IG, in particular a dynamic one, that determines a movement of the print head 2 and/or the parallel robot 3 in relation to the construction environment BU of the printing system 1 , especially recorded.
• the control device 14 is used to control the parallel robot 3 for fine positioning of the print head 2 in relation to the coarse movement device 4 by linking the position and /or alignment variable PAG and the inertial variable IG, in particular recorded with a higher frequency fh, in particular and/or arriving at the control device 14 with a smaller or no time delay At or without any time delay At, formed together, in particular by means of an estimate, in particular by an observer BT , particularly linked and thus controlled.
• the inertial sensor 16' is arranged and detects where the position and/or alignment detection device 13 detects. In other words: the inertial sensor 16' has the same target point as the position and/or alignment detection device 13.
• the printing system 1 has a chassis 17, in particular a car building material pump 18 having the chassis 17, as shown in FIGS.
• the chassis 17 carries the print head 2, the parallel robot 3 and the coarse movement device 4.
• the pressure system 1 has a building material pump 19, as shown in FIG.
• the building material pump 19 is designed to convey building material BS, in particular at least partially along the coarse movement device 4, in particular to discharge conveyed building material BS, out of the pressure system 1, in particular conveying it.
• control device 14 is designed, in particular controlled, to control the print head 2, the parallel robot 3, the coarse movement device 4 and/or the building material pump 19, in particular as a function of data DBWT for the structural part BWT to be printed.
• the print head 2 is designed, in particular forms, to form the strand ST of building material BS with a grain size KO or a maximum grain size of at least 2 mm, in particular at least 8 mm, and/or at most 50 mm.
• the parallel robot 3 has a load capacity 3TL of at least 10 kg and/or at most 3000 kg, in particular at most 500 kg.
• the parallel robot 3 has a positioning accuracy 3PG of at least 50 mm and/or at most 0.1 mm, in particular at most 1 mm.
• the parallel robot 3 has a range 3R of at least 10 mm, in particular at least 100 mm, and/or at most 1000 mm, in particular at most 500 mm.
• the parallel robot 3 has a maximum speed 3vmax of at least 10 mm/s and/or at most 10 m/s.
• the parallel robot 3 has a maximum acceleration and/or deceleration 3amax of at least 0.1 m/s 2 and/or at most 500 m/s 2 .
• the coarse movement device 4 has a load capacity 4TL of at least 50 kg and/or at most 5000 kg.
• the coarse movement device 4 has a positioning accuracy 4PG of at least 500 mm and/or at most 10 mm.
• the coarse movement device 4 has a range 4R of at least 10 m and/or at most 100 m.
• the coarse movement device 4 has a maximum speed 4vmax of at least 10 mm/s and/or at most 2 m/s. Furthermore, additionally or alternatively, the coarse movement device 4 has a maximum acceleration and/or deceleration 4amax of at least 1 m/s and/or at most 20 m/s 2 .
• FIGS. 3, 4 and 6 show a use according to the invention of the printing system 1 for forming the strand ST of building material BS for 3D printing of the building part BWT.
• FIG. 5 shows the building part BWT 3D-printed by means of the printing system 1 from formed strands ST of building material BS.
• the invention provides an advantageous printing system for forming a strand of building material for 3D printing of a building part, which has improved properties.
• the invention provides an advantageous use of such a printing system for forming a strand of building material for 3D printing of a building part.

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