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The present invention relates to a three-dimensional metal printing technique, and more particularly, to a three-dimensional metal printing technique, in which a liquid formate solution in which a metal is ionized is locally precipitated by laser irradiation, Dimensional metal printing apparatus and a printing method using the same.
The conventional printer device is to perform a two-dimensional printing by performing a predetermined printing on a flat sheet material or a flat surface of a solid material, but recently, a three-dimensional surface (e.g., a cylindrical surface, a spherical surface, A three-dimensional printer capable of printing an object having various curved surfaces (e.g., various curved surfaces) is developed and used.
Three-dimensional printers currently in use include FDM-based 3D printers and SLA, SLS, and DLP-based 3D printers.
The FDM (Fused Deposition Modeling) method, which is commonly used, is a method of melting a thin filament-like thermoplastic material in a nozzle and outputting it as a thin film, printing a three-dimensional solid shape while stacking one layer at a time, 3D printers have inherent limitations in melting thermoplastics, making it difficult to obtain a smooth surface, and materials are limited to the polymer family.
The SLS (Selective Laser Sintering) method is a selective laser sintering method. In this method, the material to be solidified is in the form of powder, and when a laser is selectively applied to the powder applied to the bed, It is the way it is made.
In addition, the SLA (Stereo Lithography Apparatus) method is a method in which a laser is projected onto a water tank containing a photo-curable liquid resin to cure it. The support for supporting the printed matter and the printed material is formed on a building platform, As each building platform moves, it presents the next location to accumulate, resulting in the completion of a 3D printing print on the building platform.
However, this SLA method is relatively more accurate than the FDM method, but has a disadvantage in that the material is limited and the amount of wasted resin is large.
In addition, the DLP (Digital Light Processing) method is a method of projecting light of a shape to be shaped by using a beam projector to a liquid photocurable resin, and curing the resin in a projected shape.
SLM (Selective Laser Melting) method and DED (Directed Energy Deposition) method are used as a direct printing method of metal. SLM method is a method of forming a product by sintering powder by exposing a laser to a metal powder type bed , And the DED method is a method in which a metal is directly melted and deposited by laser deposition to form a metal product. These two methods are most often used for outputting a three-dimensional metal product.
However, all of these conventional metal printing methods require a high energy laser output and there is a problem of waste of material. In addition, the most disadvantage of such a conventional metal printing method is that a vacuum chamber is required or the configuration of an auxiliary device for preventing oxidation is very difficult and there are many limitations on the size of the product.
The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a method of forming a three dimensional (3D) solid body by using a hydrothermal method in which metal is precipitated locally by irradiating a metal formate solution, Dimensional metal printing apparatus and a printing method using the same, which can improve the oxidation process, the reduction of the surface quality, and the metal printing processing technology which requires high energy. There is a purpose.
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for concentrating a laser beam on a metal formate solution discharged through a nozzle and exposing the laser beam to a metal formate solution in a storage tank or by using a hydrothermal method in which metal is locally precipitated by heat A three-dimensional metal printing apparatus and a printing method using the three-dimensional metal printing apparatus capable of rapidly manufacturing a three-dimensional arbitrary shape metal product through a path by three-dimensional CAD data.
A three-dimensional metal printing apparatus according to the present invention includes: a stage; A material supply means for supplying a liquid metal formate solution in which metal ions are dissolved to the stage; And a laser irradiator for irradiating the stage with a laser beam to deposit a metal by a local thermo-chemical reaction in the metal formate solution supplied to the stage.
According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a three-dimensional metal printing method comprising the steps of: (a) supplying a liquid metal formate solution in which metal ions are dissolved on a top surface of a stage; (b) irradiating the metal formate solution supplied to the stage with a laser beam to precipitate the metal by a local thermochemical reaction in the metal formate solution to form a three-dimensional shape.
According to the present invention, a desired metal solid object can be produced by irradiating a laser beam onto a metal formate solution on a stage and continuously depositing metal while changing a relative position between the stage and the laser irradiator through a path by three- have.
The three-dimensional metal printing method of the present invention does not require a layer to be formed in a plane parallel to the stage and output the layer in a direction perpendicular to the running surface of the shape, so that a supporter is unnecessary.
In addition, when the three-dimensional metal printing method according to the present invention is used, a smooth surface in units of micrometers can be obtained, and additional structures such as supporters are not needed, so that the method can be used immediately without removing the supporter.
1 is a plan view illustrating the principle of a three-dimensional metal printing method according to the present invention.
2 is a front view illustrating the principle of a three-dimensional metal printing method according to the present invention.
3 is a cross-sectional view illustrating the configuration of a three-dimensional metal printing apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a configuration of a three-dimensional metal printing apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a cross-sectional view illustrating the configuration of a three-dimensional metal printing apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a cross-sectional view illustrating the configuration of a three-dimensional metal printing apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention.
7A and 7B are views showing a comparison between the three-dimensional object made by the conventional three-dimensional metal printing apparatus and the three-dimensional object made by the three-dimensional printing apparatus of the present invention. Dimensional metal printing apparatus, and Fig. 7 (b) is a three-dimensional object made by the three-dimensional metal printing apparatus of the present invention.
Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of a three-dimensional metal printing apparatus and a printing method using the same according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
1 and 2 are diagrams for explaining the principle of a three-dimensional metal printing method according to the present invention. In the three-dimensional metal printing method of the present invention, a liquid metal formate solution (metal the metal formate solution supplied to the
For this purpose, the three-dimensional metal printing apparatus of the present invention includes a method of supplying a metal formate solution to a necessary portion on the
3, a three-dimensional metal printing apparatus using a method of feeding a metal formate solution M by a predetermined amount onto a
The central axis of the
The type of the laser beam emitted from the
The laser beam emitted from the
The metal formate solution M is discharged by a predetermined amount to a necessary portion of the
The relative position adjustment between the
At this time, the
The linear motion system for horizontally moving or raising and lowering the
The three-dimensional metal printing apparatus of the present invention having the above structure discharges a predetermined amount of the metal formate solution M onto the
On the other hand, in the three-dimensional metal printing apparatus of this embodiment, the axis of the ray spot beam emitted from the
That is, in the three-dimensional metal printing apparatus of this embodiment, the axis of the
The embodiments of the above-described three-dimensional metal printing apparatus all exemplify a method of discharging a certain amount of metal formate solution M to a necessary portion of the upper surface of the
However, it is also possible to completely immerse the
The three-dimensional metal printing apparatus shown in FIG. 5 is provided with a
When the
At this time, a desired three-dimensional object can be produced while the
To this end, the
The embodiment of the three-dimensional metal printing apparatus shown in Fig. 5 is such that the
In order to adjust the relative height between the
5, it is not necessary to continue to replenish the metal formate solution M in the
Meanwhile, the three-dimensional metal printing method using the three-dimensional metal printing apparatus of the present invention as described above is a principle in which metal is precipitated by a thermo-chemical reaction in a metal formate solution (M) solution, The metal pattern is formed by the reduction of the liquid metal. At this time, the energy source necessary for metal reduction can be provided by the laser beam. Generally, in order to precipitate ions in the electrolyte, an electron exchange process needs to be performed, and a reducing agent for supplying electrons to metal ions is included in the electrolyte to lower the activation energy. In the present invention, a metal formate solution (M) to provide a partial activation energy source to allow selective metal precipitation.
The metal formate solution (M) used in the three-dimensional printing of the present invention can be prepared by reacting lithium formate-water (LiCHO 2 ), sodium formate-water (NaCHO 2 ), potassium formate-water (KCHO 2 ), rubidium formate- 2), Cesium formate-water ( CsCHO 2), Thallium formate-water (TlCHO 2), Ammonium formate-water (
The metal formate solution (M) may be used by mixing a neutralizing agent and a reducing agent as required.
When the metal formate solution (M) is irradiated with a laser beam to continuously deposit metal to form a three-dimensional object, the deposition rate and quality of the metal precipitate are controlled, A method of appropriately controlling the pH of the mate solution solution, the solution temperature, the metal ion concentration, and the reaction control substances such as the neutralizing agent can be used.
The three-dimensional metal printing method of the present invention does not need to form a layer with a plane parallel to the
In addition, when the three-dimensional metal printing method according to the present invention is used, a smooth surface in units of microns can be obtained, and additional structures such as supporters are not necessary, so that it can be used immediately without removing the supporter. It is expected that this will be more useful due to the nature of the material being metal.
While the present invention has been described in connection with what is presently considered to be the most practical and preferred embodiment, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made in the present invention without departing from the scope of the present invention.
1: stage 2: nozzle
21: beam guide channel 22: heater
3: laser irradiator 4: material storage tank
M: Metal formate solution
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A nozzle 2 for discharging a liquid metal formate solution in which metal ions are dissolved on the upper surface of the stage 1 on the upper side of the stage 1;
A laser irradiator 3 for irradiating a laser beam onto the stage 1 to deposit a metal by a local thermochemical reaction in a metal formate solution discharged onto the stage 1 through the nozzle 2;
And a heater (22) installed on the nozzle (2) to heat the metal foam solution by heating the nozzle (2)
Characterized in that the axis of the laser beam emitted from the laser irradiator (3) is at an angle with the axis of the nozzle (2) so that the laser beam is irradiated to the metal formate solution from the outside of the nozzle (2) Printing device.
(a) supplying a liquid metal formate solution in which metal ions are dissolved to the upper surface of the stage 1;
(b) irradiating the metal formate solution supplied to the stage 1 with a laser beam to precipitate the metal by a local thermal-chemical reaction in the metal formate solution to form a three-dimensional shape,
In the step (a), the metal foamate solution is supplied through the tip of the nozzle 2 disposed close to the upper surface of the stage 1. In the step (b), the nozzle 2 and the laser irradiator 3 ) Relative to the stage (1) in a vertical direction or a horizontal direction to form a three-dimensional shape.
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