KR101712433B1 - Cooling system for 3d printer nozzle - Google Patents
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a filament supply pipe to which filaments are fed; A nozzle provided at a lower end of the filament supply pipe; A heat block disposed above the nozzle to heat the filament supply pipe; A heat sink disposed above the heat block for cooling the filament supply pipe; And a cooling unit for sequentially cooling the heat sink and the filament injected from the nozzle using outside air.
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The present invention relates to a cooling system of a nozzle for a 3D printer, and more particularly, to a cooling system of a nozzle for a 3D printer for manufacturing a predetermined solid body while melt-extruding a filament as a molding material and stacking the filament.
Generally, a 3D printer refers to a machine that prints (shapes) a real three-dimensional shape based on a three-dimensional drawing (data) created by a computer design program.
That is, after the three-dimensional drawing is completed by using a CAD or a 3D modeling program, the corresponding data is transmitted to the printer through a predetermined data interface, and the 3D printer creates a corresponding stereoscopic object based on the transmitted drawing data .
Then, a virtual cross section is formed on the basis of the drawing data, and a continuous layer is formed while fusing a filament material such as ABS plastic through a nozzle, and the solid object is formed by fusion.
The 3D printer uses an actual filament made of thermoplastics. The filament can be injected into the filament supply pipe 2 shown in FIG. 7 and injected through the
However, the
That is, the filament is heated by the heat block 3 and is instantaneously expanded inside the filament supply pipe 2. At this time, the friction area (contact area) between the expanded filament and the inner wall of the filament supply pipe 2, So that the molten filament sticks to the inner wall of the filament supply pipe 2. [
The problem is that even if the filament is completely injected through the
7, the problem is solved by providing the heat sink 4 on the outer circumferential surface of the filament supply pipe 2. However, in the above-described method, the temperature of the filament supply pipe 2 So that the filaments still stick to the inner wall of the filament supply pipe 2.
Meanwhile, the melted filaments injected from the conventional
The above problem is solved by performing a separate operation for smoothing the surface of the output even when the output is finished, thereby slowing the production time of the output.
Therefore, the applicant of the present invention has proposed the present invention to solve the above-mentioned problems, and as a prior art document related thereto, Korean Patent Laid-Open No. 10-2015-0094414 entitled " 3D printer extruder "
The present invention provides a cooling system for a nozzle for a 3D printer which is configured to sequentially cool a filament supply pipe and a filament injected from a nozzle by using external air as one cooling means have.
The present invention relates to a filament supply pipe to which filaments are fed; A nozzle provided at a lower end of the filament supply pipe; A heat block disposed above the nozzle to heat the filament supply pipe; A heat sink disposed above the heat block for cooling the filament supply pipe; And a cooling unit circulating outside air to cool the heat sink and the filament injected from the nozzle.
The cooling unit may include: an air inlet disposed to face the heat sink; a duct connected to the air inlet to form an air outlet disposed toward a lower portion of the nozzle; And a cooling fan provided inside the duct.
The air inlet of the duct may partially accommodate the heat sink and may be larger than the size of the heat sink or the cooling fan so that outside air passed through the heat sink and outside air not passing through the heat sink may be introduced. .
The duct may include a mixing space through which the outside air passing through the heat sink and the outside air not passing through the heat sink can be mixed with each other.
Further, the cooling fan may be arranged to face the heat sink accommodated in the air inlet.
In addition, the duct may have an internal space that gradually decreases from the mixing space toward the air outlet so as to increase the flow rate or the flow rate of the mixed outside air in the mixing space.
The air outlet of the duct may be detachably provided with an air guide portion uniformly guiding the external air over the entire circumferential surface of the filament discharged from the nozzle.
The air guide unit may include an insertion member communicably connected to the air outlet; And circulates external air introduced through the insertion member along the circumferential direction of the nozzle. A circulation member having a receiving hole through which a part of the lower end of the nozzle can be received; And a circulating air outlet for discharging the air flowing along the circulation member in the entire circumferential direction of the outer circumferential surface of the filament discharged from the nozzle.
Further, the circulating air outlet may be formed along the entire inner surface of the circulation member that defines the receiving hole.
The insertion member may be provided with a branching member for branching the flow direction of the external air so that external air discharged through the air outlet may flow along the forming direction of the circulation member.
The cooling system of the nozzle for a 3D printer according to the present invention is characterized in that the cooling system of the nozzle for 3D printer firstly cools the heat sink when the external air is introduced into the air inlet of the duct and the external air cooled by the heat sink is discharged to the air outlet The filaments injected from the nozzles are cooled secondarily, so that the heat sink and the filaments injected from the nozzles can be simultaneously cooled by only one cooling fan.
In addition, since the cooling system of the nozzle for a 3D printer of the present invention can increase the cooling efficiency of the heat sink, it is possible to prevent the filament residue from adhering to the inner wall of the filament supply tube and to smoothly flow the filament in the filament supply tube do.
In addition, the cooling system of the nozzle for a 3D printer of the present invention can cool the melted filament injected from the nozzle by using outside air without naturally cooling the nozzle, thereby improving the output speed of the 3D printer.
In addition, the cooling system of the nozzle for a 3D printer of the present invention can prevent the melted filament injected from the nozzle from flowing down or spreading in the course of natural cooling, thereby improving the quality of the output, The productivity of the output can be increased because the output finishing operation is not performed.
1 is a perspective view of a cooling system of a nozzle for a 3D printer according to an embodiment of the present invention;
2 is a cross-sectional view of the cooling system shown in Fig.
Figure 3 is a side view of the cooling system in the direction of arrow A shown in Figure 1;
4 is a perspective view of an air guide according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 5 is a sectional view of the air guide shown in FIG. 4 as viewed from the front; FIG.
FIG. 6 is a sectional view of the air guide shown in FIG. 5 as seen from a plane; FIG.
7 is a view showing a configuration of a conventional nozzle for a 3D printer.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The advantages and features of the present invention, and the manner of achieving them, will be apparent from and elucidated with reference to the embodiments described hereinafter in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
It should be understood, however, that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but is capable of many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, To fully disclose the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art, and the invention is only defined by the scope of the claims.
Hereinafter, a
1 to 3, a
The
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The
The
Air at room temperature or cooling can be heat exchanged with the
The
That is, since the
The
The cooling unit 150 includes a
One end of the
2, the
The
The outside air a flowing into the
The external air a 'flowing directly into the
The temperature of the outside air a flowing into the
Therefore, if only the external air (a) passed through the
However, the
At this time, the
2, the mixing space S may be formed so as to be curved so that the flow of the external air a. A 'may be stagnated for a while, The introduced outside air a, a 'may be stagnantly mixed while being struck against the inner wall of the
As described above, when the outside air a passed through the
That is, the temperature of the outside air mixed in the mixing space S is lower than the temperature of the outside air a passed through the
External air having a temperature lower than the temperature of the external air (a) passed through the
Here, the
2, the
The cooling
Since the external air having a low flow rate can be introduced into the
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Since the
If the filament is bent in the
In order to compensate for the above disadvantages, the
4 to 6, the
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At this time, the outside air circulating and flowing along the
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Therefore, since the filament blown from the
6, external air discharged through the
The branching
The external air that is branched by the
While the present invention has been described in connection with what is presently considered to be practical exemplary embodiments, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments.
Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited by the described embodiments, but should be determined by the scope of the appended claims and equivalents thereof.
100: Nozzle cooling system for 3D printer
110: filament supply pipe 120: nozzle
130: heat block 140: heat sink
200: cooling section 210: duct
211: air inlet 213: air outlet
220: cooling fan 230: air guide
231: insertion member 233: circulation member
237:
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A nozzle provided at a lower end of the filament supply pipe;
A heat block disposed above the nozzle to heat the filament supply pipe;
A heat sink disposed above the heat block to prevent overheating of the filament supply pipe; And
A cooling unit for sequentially cooling the heat sink and the filament injected from the nozzle using outside air; Lt; / RTI >
The cooling unit may include: a duct having an air inlet disposed to face the heat sink and an air outlet disposed toward a lower portion of the nozzle; And a cooling fan provided inside the duct,
The air outlet of the duct is provided with an air guide portion for uniformly guiding outside air to the entire outer peripheral surface of the filament discharged from the nozzle,
Wherein the air guide portion includes: an insertion member communicably connected to the air outlet; A circulation member circulating the external air introduced through the insertion member along the circumferential direction of the nozzle and having a receiving hole capable of receiving a part of the lower end of the nozzle; And a circulation air outlet for discharging the air flowing along the circulation member to the entire circumferential direction of the outer circumferential surface of the filament discharged from the nozzle.
The air inlet of the duct is formed to have a size larger than the size of the heat sink or the cooling fan to partially receive the heat sink and allow outside air passed through the heat sink and external air not passed through the heat sink to flow Wherein the cooling system is a nozzle for a 3D printer.
Wherein the duct has a mixing space in which external air passing through the heat sink and external air not passing through the heat sink can be mixed with each other through the air inlet, .
Wherein the cooling fan is disposed to face the heat sink accommodated in the air inlet.
Wherein the duct has an internal space that gradually decreases from the mixing space toward the air outlet so as to increase the flow rate or flow rate of the mixed outside air in the mixing space.
Wherein the circulating air outlet comprises:
Wherein the nozzle is formed along the entire inner surface of the circulation member forming the receiving hole.
Wherein the insertion member is provided with a branching member for branching the flow direction of the outside air so that the outside air discharged through the air outlet can flow along the forming direction of the circulation member. Cooling system.
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