KR20160009733A - Block type 2.5d printing system and method for manufacturing mosaic and relief tile module - Google Patents

Abstract

A block type 2.5D printing system for manufacturing mosaic and relief tile module according to the present invention comprises a terminal for designing a flat plate and a relief and generating the designed flat plate and the relief design data; an operating server for receiving the designed flat plate and the design data of relief from the terminal and settling up the expenses generated according to the type and number of tile blocks and piece blocks used for the flat plate and the relief; a 2.5D printer for receiving the flat plate and the relief design data of a block laminated method from the terminal or operating server and printing the flat plate and relief to the designated block while matching the block information of a plurality of block supply slots; and a communication network which is in charge of transmitting data between the terminal and operating server and the 2.5D printer of a block laminated method. By automating a process for manufacturing mosaic which is mostly relied on the manual work, profitability is secured as well as designed image can be realized by using various colors of tiles, thereby raising artistry and value of buildings and facilities applying this.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to a 2.5-D printing system and a printing method for a block-stacking type mosaic tile module. 2. Description of the Related Art [0002]

The present invention relates to a 2.5D printing system and a printing method of a block lamination method for producing a mosaic tile tile module, and more particularly, to a 2.5D printing system and a printing method using a flat panel (Mosaic reputation and relief) that can decorate buildings and urban infrastructure in the real world, by using the results of cyber space (including Mosaic) It is a field that creates new trends and cultural trends such as securing artistic creativity and creativity in buildings and urban infrastructure in mobile devices or computer programs.

Ultimately, it is possible to provide a space for creating works from computers and mobile devices, and to apply interior and exterior of cities and buildings to users / owners by applying the application fields to the spaces of buildings and infrastructure. We want to remodel architecture and structure space as the center of new urban fashion.

Currently, most of the buildings and infrastructures that make up the city are made up of similar tiles (including marble), bricks, and glass, and thus have a limited appearance. In order to overcome this, it is necessary to design the color and stereoscopic effect of the building and the urban infrastructure in harmony with the surrounding environment by the choice of the user and the owner, and use the mosaic supporting module Automatic construction and economical construction.

In other words, when designing buildings and urban infrastructures, architects mainly work on safety, aesthetics, and economy. However, it is difficult to escape the visual and physical limitations provided by the materials used when applying the construction method of selecting and attaching the uniformly uniformized materials as in the present. In order to overcome this problem, in countries where artistic architectural culture such as Italy, Spain, and the United States has been developed, mosaics are individually handcrafted (SICIA, a world-class tile company in Italy) or partial automation . However, this is limited to the 2D representation of the plane due to limitations of manual and partial automation. If the operator relies on the manual operation, there are limitations on the kinds of tiles that the operator can work with, which makes it difficult to apply various tile colors. That is, when relying on manual and partial automation, very high cost is required, and various colors (for example, 256 colors) and limitation of implementation of the complementary effect are limited. Therefore, it is necessary to describe the new and old concepts related to building expression that can enhance the value through improvement of the artistry of various construction facilities by expressing the outside and inside of buildings and urban infrastructure variously in color and stereoscopic according to the needs of users / owners . The present invention relates to a 2.5D printing-based mosaic coping module, a manufacturing method and apparatus, and a product and a building to which the present invention is applied.

Recently, 3D printing technology has attracted attention as a technology that will induce the third industrial revolution. 3D printing can produce necessary products anywhere in the world with digital design drawings and 3D printers, It is attracting attention as the core of the paradigm change.

3D printing itself has already been used in production of prototypes since the late 1980s. However, due to recent developments in materials technology, the range of production has been diversified as it has been applied to glass, metal, and custom tile manufacturing.

The price of products that reached hundreds of millions of won has fallen to tens of millions, and the popularization of millions of won's worth of products has come to the fore.

As individual needs are diversified, personalized products, which are difficult to produce with conventional standardized mass production processes, can be produced directly with 3D printers. In the manufacturing industry, trial and error from product planning to prototype implementation is dramatically shortened Is expected to accelerate.

3D printing techniques are classified according to whether the material used is liquid, solid or powder, and how the material is used to shape it. 3D printing technology has been known to be commercialized in about 20 ways so far, but the common points are made according to the principles of 'differential' and 'integral', and they are divided into three stages.

First, a computer design is made using a 3D design program and then stored in a predetermined data format (STL format, etc.). The 3D printer analyzes the three-dimensional design drawn by dividing the three-dimensional design into a thin horizontal layer as if it is differentiated, When the material is drawn from the floor to the top in a shape drawn on the top, the three-dimensional model is completed.

In other words, they are using both the differentiating minutiae of a single model, and the principle of integrating these finely chopped pieces into the original model.

Solid-based, resin-extruded (FDM), powder-based rapid prototyping (SLS), and DLP and SLA (liquids) that classify 3D printers that can deliver new revolutionary potentials by process (solid, liquid, Based, photo-curable resin molding).

In the case of FDM (resin extrusion method), materials such as solid plastics dissolving in heat are pulled out like a thread, and this is gradually melted and stacked. When the material is inserted into a sprayer capable of moving forward and backward and rightward and leftward, the sprayer instantly melts the material to make a model Spray the material little by little and make a shape. Although the cost is relatively low and the material can be put into various kinds and the durability of the model made is strong, the layer is obvious on the surface due to the thickness of the material spraying machine, the production speed is long, precision is not very high, Since the surface of the substrate is rough, a post-treatment process is required.

SLA (Light-curing resin molding) method is a method of hardening a layer of light-curable plastic, which reacts with light, into a water tank by layering one layer at a time. As the molding plate is lowered in the water tank, hardened materials are piled up little by little. Which is suitable for making a smooth, complicated or delicate shape, but has a problem that the material cost and the cost are expensive.

The DLP (Digital Optical Technology) method is a method in which a thin layer of photocurable plastic reacts with a laser or a strong ultraviolet ray to obtain a resultant product. The liquid is immediately hardened by an ultraviolet lamp attached to the sides of the injector, The raw material is sprayed again on the floor and piled up. Precision is the highest, which allows delicate expression, but it is time consuming and expensive. The DLP method is advantageous in precision, surface finish, and manufacturing speed, but the FDM method is advantageous in material strength. In this way, the 3D printer produces data that is cut into more than 10,000 pieces horizontally as if it is differentiated as if it is a three-dimensionally drawn object, and a very thin film (layer) is stacked one by one to complete the object from the bottom to the top. Just as an inkjet printer combines the three colors of red, blue, and yellow to create a variety of colors, 3D printers build up layers that are wider, narrower, and more or less aligned, depending on the design. Three-dimensional printers developed up to now can stack about 1 ~ 3cm height per hour, and the thickness of the layer is about 0.01 ~ 0.2mm, thinner than one sheet of paper. The thinner the layer, the more elaborate the object is, but the longer the printing time, and the stacking method creates the model, so there is a limit to 100% perfect reproduction of the actual surface. That is, the solid and liquid and powder-based 3D printing methods known so far have fundamental problems such as very slow laminating speed, weak model strength (limited use as a prototype), difficulty in mixing materials and colors, and high-level 3D graphic design technology. In order to solve these problems, the present inventors have proposed a 3D printing system of a block stacking method and a method of generating design data for 3D printing, which is determined based on a new fourth 3D printing principle, as a patent application 10-2013-0107216.

In addition, most users have a lot of 2D image information (for example, a photo or picture image file, a picture taken with a smartphone camera), but they do not have 3D modeling data. Especially, In order to further secure the modeling data, a 2.5D printing system of a block lamination system for automatically producing photographs, images, or mosaic forms of the original product and a method of generating design data for 2.5D printing are proposed in Patent Application No. 10-2014-0020277 .

Mosaic is an art that expresses a certain shape or shape by arranging small fragments such as marble, various stones and glass to decorate the glass and walls of the cathedral from the Middle Ages. Although customized mosaic work is largely manual, the ARTAIC company (www.artaic.com) in the United States supplies tiles of various shapes, sizes, and materials through the tubes installed at regular intervals, and the robot- After placing the tile grooves at the specified position on the work table with grooves, adhesive tape is attached and fixed, and then the adhesive tape is removed by attaching with cement or the like at the installation site. In this paper, we propose a new 2D mosaic system that can be used to create a 2D mosaic of a building. There is a fundamental problem.

In order to make the selected image as a relief, only the method of making it by hand (or CAM sculpture) is the only problem that the stereoscopic effect is given to the 2D shape such as the mosaic.

The problems caused by the manual operation described above with reference to Figs. 1 and 2 will be described in more detail.

For reference, FIG. 1 is a photograph of a mosaic by a handmade by a Italian tile specializing company. FIG. 2 is a photograph of various examples in which a mosaic tile is installed on an outer wall of a building.

There is a limitation on the number of colors that can be used because the operator has to select the tile from the tile storage box. 2) The work speed is so low that the production cost is high. 3) It is difficult to control the quality uniformly. 4) It is difficult to find a wrong tile.

To solve this problem, the ARTAIC company (www.artaic.com) in the US supplied tiles of various shapes, sizes, and materials through the tubes installed at regular intervals, and the robotic arm picked up the tiles, After placing the adhesive tape at a specified position on the table, the adhesive tape is attached and fixed, and then the adhesive tape is removed by attaching it with cement or the like at the installation site.

1) The method of attaching and fixing the adhesive tape by turning the tile upside down is restricted to 2D, so the 2.5D co-mosaic is used. And 2) it is not possible to produce various patterns of mosaics because it is possible to arrange blocks only in a dot-matrix manner, and 3) the number of colors and the number of colors 5) The fact that the inspection of the tile condition after the completion of the mosaic module assembly is dependent on the visual inspection of the operator 6) The number of the module and the row number And it is difficult to apply it to a large mosaic work.

Mosaic is widely used in places where it emphasizes artistic features including religious buildings because of its aesthetic effect due to the combination of tiles and masonry joint that have not been discolored for many years and the unique beauty of tile material. However, If you use x 8mm tiles, you have to attach a minimum of 10,000 tiles per square meter, which is very expensive (the operator takes 5,000 minutes = 83.3 hours to calculate tile picking time and 30 seconds per piece).

Korean Registered Patent No. 10-1346704 (December 24, 2013)

Accordingly, 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 manufacturing a flat plate and a relief by stacking small micro tiles (about 8 x 8 mm) The tile is supplied to the production equipment through a stable supply of tiles), and the mosaic tile production device operates in conjunction with the data designed by the computer or the mobile device, selects designated tiles, Pick & PlaceE), and fixing by a tile adhering technology suitable for the use environment and application, and a method and an apparatus for manufacturing the same.

At this time, tile information (color, thickness and material, etc.) mounted on each position and slot of the feeder should be standardized and standardized with the mosaic co-design program of the interlocking computer or mobile device. The present invention aims at providing a related solution for interfacing a design program of a computer or a mobile device, a mosaic co-ordinate production apparatus, a material supply apparatus, and a construction method.

In other words, the present invention is not limited to the field of simply printing 3D images such as photographs and pictures in the form of living decoration / collection items, and in particular, it can be applied to the entire exterior walls of a building and interior interior areas, soundproof walls, tunnels, roads, 2.5D printing based on block stacking method that creates desired image and enhances artistry by applying mosaic supporting module made of various tiles with different colors and materials and thickness to walls and bottom surfaces to be decorated, To provide products and buildings to which the mosaic supporting module is applied.

In order to accomplish the above object, a block stacking type 2.5D printing system for producing a mosaic tile tile module according to the present invention comprises a terminal for designing a flat plate and a relief, Flat and coarse-grained design of block stacking method from operating server, terminal or operating server that receives the design data of the designed flat plate and auxiliary plate and calculates the cost according to the type and number of tile block and slice block used for flat plate and auxiliary plate A 2.5D printer that receives data and prints a flat and a subordinate block in a designated block by matching with block information of a plurality of block supply slots, and a communication network for transferring data between the terminal, the operation server, and the block stacking type 2.5D printer .

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a 2.5D printing method of a block lamination method for producing a mosaic tile tile module according to the present invention comprises the steps of: (a) combining a virtual block having a different color, (B) receiving the design data of the mosaic reputation and the relief to be subjected to 2.5D printing designed in the step (a) from the terminal or the operation server by the external communication means of the 2.5D printer (c) supplying the block supply feeder of the 2.5D printer with matching blocks requested by the design data (matching designed block characteristics and block characteristics actually installed in the equipment), (d) The driving unit stacks the blocks supplied from the block feeder feeder to the designed coordinate position of the work table to stack the mosaic flat plate and the auxiliary plate system; (e) inspecting whether the image processing means of the 2.5D printer correctly stacks the blocks in place; And (f) fixing the blocks in which the bonding and curing means of the 2.5D printer are stacked by the header and the driving device.

The 2.5D printing system and printing method of the block lamination method for manufacturing the mosaic tile tile module according to the present invention automates the mosaic manufacturing process which is mostly dependent on the manual work, thereby securing economical efficiency, It is effective to increase the artistry and value of the buildings and facilities to which they are applied.

In addition, according to the present invention, a method of manufacturing a mosaic tile-based tile module based on 2.5D printing according to the present invention is not a method of melting and stacking materials but a method of picking and picking various types of tiles or pieces, It is a new concept to produce mosaic flat plate and coaster of design, and it has the effect of automatically producing mosaic coherent which is difficult to manufacture even by hand by adopting a method of stacking tiles or stacking blocks having different heights.

In addition, the method of manufacturing a mosaic-tile-based tile module based on 2.5D printing according to the present invention can select various types of tiles or pieces and rotate blocks (including tiles or pieces) during pick-and- Can be arranged in various patterns instead of simply being arranged in a dot matrix form, thereby enhancing the artistic characteristic unique to the mosaic.

In addition, the 2.5D printing based mosaic tile tile module according to the present invention can be mounted on a mesh, and can be firmly attached to a curved surface using a tile adhesive. It is possible to complete the construction without changing the order of the module even when a large area mosaic is attached by attaching the sticker.

In addition, a 2.5D printing based mosaic tile tile module manufacturing apparatus according to the present invention is equipped with a feeder having dozens of block slots for simultaneously supplying blocks of various shapes, materials and colors to 2.5D printers, It is possible to produce a flat plate and a relief that is faithful to the design by assembling the blocks by selecting them.

 In addition, the apparatus for producing a mosaic tile-tile module based on 2.5D printing according to the present invention includes a plurality of feeders having dozens of block slots, and when the feeder operation is completed, the feeder is switched to the next feeder the number of block slots of the x feeder) can be used, so that it is possible to produce a mosaic plate and a relief having a high degree of detail and high artistry.

In addition, the mosaic coping module and manufacturing method based on 2.5D printing of the block lamination method according to the present invention can produce a new flow and cultural trend of ensuring productivity and creativity in a program, ultimately creating art works with computers and mobile devices, It has the effect of pioneering a new profit model for computers and mobile devices, a business that allows one to see the results in real life.

Lastly, the mosaic plate and supporting module based on 2.5D printing with block stacking method can be attached to various objects to meet the needs of users or makers. Especially, the structure and various facilities (public institutions, various facilities, roads, etc. Social overhead capital), it is possible to design and construct the present uniform city aesthetic appearance to be suitable for the surrounding environment, culture, art, society, and sightseeing.

FIG. 1 is a photograph showing a mosaic hand made by an Italian tile company,
FIG. 2 is a photograph showing various examples of a mosaic tile installed on an outer wall of a building,
FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a 2.5 D printing system according to the present invention,
FIG. 4 is a structural view of a mosaic module manufactured by 2.5 D printing of a block lamination method according to the present invention,
5 is a block diagram of a block stacking type 2.5D printer according to the present invention,
Fig. 6 is an external view of a block feeder of a block stacking type 2.5D printer according to the present invention,
FIG. 7 is a block diagram of a multi-block block feeder of a block stacking type 2.5D printer according to the present invention,
8 is a conceptual diagram of an electric circuit forming block and component mounting of a 2.5D printing system in a block stacking method according to the present invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Prior to this, terms and words used in the present specification and claims should not be construed as limited to ordinary or dictionary terms, and the inventor should appropriately interpret the concept of the term appropriately in order to describe its own invention in the best way. The present invention should be construed in accordance with the meaning and concept consistent with the technical idea of the present invention.

Therefore, the embodiments described in this specification and the configurations shown in the drawings are merely the most preferred embodiments of the present invention and do not represent all the technical ideas of the present invention. Therefore, It is to be understood that equivalents and modifications are possible.

Accordingly, in order to expand the mosaic tile to a mosaic tile and the objects, buildings, and infrastructure to which it is applied, it is necessary to replace the method that relies on manual work as in the present example. For example, in the case of a building, 1) (2) mosaic conversion of the entire image to a computer or mobile device, (3) additional conversion of the part where the tilting and tile rotation is required, and (4) division into a standard size module (Code) (row number, column number) for each module to be attached to the building in order, and 5) block-laminated 2.5D printing based on the automatic tile mosaic module And more particularly to a mosaic tile-tile module.

3, the block stacking type 2.5D printing system according to the present invention includes a terminal 200 including a computer and a smart phone, an operation server 300, and a 2.5D printer 100, and a communication network 400 .

The terminal 100 generates design data for the mosaic plate and auxiliary tile 190 designed and designed for mosaic plate and relief.

The operation server 300 receives the design data of the mosaic flat plate and the auxiliary bather 190 designed from the terminal 100 and determines the types and the number of blocks (including tiles and pieces) used in the mosaic flat plate and the auxiliary bather 190 The amount of money that is incurred in accordance with the present invention.

The 2.5D printer 100 receives mosaic flat plate and auxiliary design data of the block stacking method from the terminal 200 or the operation server 300 and receives block information of a plurality of block supply slots provided in the feeder Matches and prints mosaic plates and reliefs in designated blocks.

The communication network 400 is responsible for data transmission between the terminal 200, the operation server 300, and the 2.5D printer 100 of the block stacking method.

First, referring to FIG. 5, the 2.5D printer 100 of the block stacking method will be described in detail.

5 is a block diagram of a block stacked 2.5D printer in accordance with the present invention. 5, a 2.5D printer 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an external communication means (not shown) receiving design data of the mosaic flat plate and the auxiliary tile 190 from the terminal 200 or the operation server 300 170); A work table (110) having a work plate for stacking blocks (including tiles and pieces) for assembling the mosaic plate and the reliefs of the design data; A block storage means (120) in which a plurality of blocks for assembling the mosaic flat plate and the sub relief are stored; A block supply feeder 130 provided with a plurality of (for example, 32 or 64) block slots for supplying the respective blocks stored in the block storage means 120; A header and driving device 140 for selecting the blocks supplied from the block supply feeder 130 and placing the selected blocks at corresponding designed positions of the mosaic plate and the auxiliary tile 190 to be assembled in the work table 110; And bonding and curing means (150) for fixing the molded blocks to be positioned at the corresponding designed positions by the header and driving device (140). The work table 110 is a work space in which a designed mosaic flat plate and auxiliary tiles 190 are made. The reels and trays and tubes 120 are provided with a plurality of blocks (including tiles and pieces) required to construct the mosaic plate and tongue 190 made in the work table 110.

4 is a mosaic tile configuration diagram. Mosaic tiles are available in a range of sizes ranging from 30 x 30 cm with randomly arranged small tiles ranging in size from 8 to 20 mm. The micro tile has a flat front side and a rear side has a concave and a convex portion formed on the back side of the tile. A net 1 is a method of attaching a mesh to a rear side of a tile and attaching it to a wall with a tile adhesive, a method of attaching a tape to a front side of a tile, There is a second method of fixing the tape with the adhesive and then removing the tape on the front part. ARTAIC company in USA can make personalized mosaic module by partial automation, but it can only 2D physical because it attaches tape to the front part of the second method.

In the present invention, the block fixing plate 25 is attached to the work table 110 of the 2.5D printer 100 while the block fixing plate 25 in the form of a net is attached to the rear portion so that 2.5D A tape 45 is used to fix the block fixing plate 25. The upper end of the tape 45 fixing the block fixing plate 25 is made of a non-adhesive material. The tape 45 having the block fixing plate 25 fixed thereon is firstly separated from the work table 110 after all the blocks 35 are bonded to the block fixing plate 25 and then the block fixing plate 25 ).

That is, the lower end of the adhesive tape 45 made of a material which does not adhere the upper end of the adhesive tape 45 is attached to the work table 110 of the 2.5D printer 100, and an adhesive agent After the block mosaicing operation is completed, the block tacking plate 25 is fixed to the block fixing plate 25 and the blocks 35 (including tiles and pieces) are placed and fixed on the block fixing plate 25. And is separated from the work plate.

On the other hand, in case of mosaic tiles used for outdoor purposes for safety, it is necessary to completely prevent the tiles from falling off after they are attached to the wall.

That is, since there is a limitation in using only the adhesive tape 45, a physical means (for example, a nut at the corner of the tile) for fixing the block 35 on the work table 110 of the sake 2.5D printer 100 (For example, a bolt or a rivet or a pin) for temporarily fixing the block fixing plate 25, fixing the additional block fixing plate 25, fixing the blocks and pieces on the bottom plate coated with the adhesive material, Respectively. Bolts, rivets, or pins that fix the block can be made of a transparent material so as not to affect the mosaic color.

In the case of a large mosaic image of 30 m in width and 30 m in length, if the size of the basic mosaic module is 30 x 30 cm, 10,000 mosaic modules are required. Therefore, there is a fear that the order of the mosaic modules may be changed during the operation. Occurs.

That is, when a large mosaic image (for example, the entire building is decorated with a mosaic) having a width of several meters or more by continuously installing the tiles in the left, right, top and bottom, Dividing a large image into left, right, upper, and lower portions according to a predetermined size (for example, 30x30 cm size) of the large image, and assigning a column and a row number in which each module is located within the large image, 100 prints the mosaic module according to the row and column information of the module received from the terminal through the external communication unit 170; Outputting an attachment indicating a row and a row of the mosaic module after completing 2.5D printing; And attaching an attachment indicative of rows and columns to the mosaic module.

The number of blocks that can be provided by one block supply feeder 130 is limited. It is possible to increase the number of blocks to be provided by additionally providing the block slots by increasing the length of the block feeding feeder 130. However, in this case, since the moving distance of the header and the driving device 140 is increased, .

In order to solve this problem, a block supply feeder 130 having a plurality of block slots for supplying blocks (including tiles and pieces) of various characteristics (color, material and shape) and a plurality of block supply feeders 130 After completing the operation of using blocks of color, shape and material provided by the block feeder 130 in one step; After the block feeder 130 is switched to the working space in this step to complete the operation of using blocks of additional color and material; The block supply feeder 130 is switched in three steps to repeat the mosaic work by using blocks of many colors, materials and shapes.

The tiles of the mosaic can be arranged in a matrix of dots arranged at regular intervals in the horizontal / vertical direction. However, in order to enhance the artistry and diversity, the blocks must be arranged in various shapes.

For this purpose, the block stacked type 2.5D printer 100 may be configured such that, when a mosaic flat plate and a tile are designed by arranging blocks in a pattern inclined at an arbitrary angle instead of a simple arrangement of blocks (including tiles and pieces) (Tile) is picked up by the header and driving device 140 and rotated at a specified angle so that a place on the work table of the work table 110 ) So that the mosaic plate and the relief are made.

The primary meaning of the present invention is to implement a 2.5D mosaic tile printing based on blocks (including tiles and pieces) for the first time. For block-based 2.5D mosaic coping printing, it is necessary to stack the blocks with the lowest height first and then stack the blocks with the highest height in order of height. The reason why different height blocks are used is that there is a risk that the blocks are separated and fall down over a long period of time because a plurality of blocks having the same height are laminated and bonded together.

To this end, a block supply feeder 130 provided with a slot for supplying blocks (including tiles and pieces) having various characteristics of the same thickness, and a block supply feeder 130 After the work of placing the blocks of the thickness provided by the one-stage block supply feeder 130 at the designated position is completed, the step block supply feeder 130 is switched to the work space, After completing the placement work using the block of the thick height, the work space is switched to the next block supply feeder 130 to repeat the mosaic work by using blocks having different thicknesses, colors, materials, and shapes Should be configured.

The function of the block feeder 130, which is required to stably supply many types of blocks (including tiles and pieces) to the header and drive unit 140, is very important. The block feeder 130 is shown in FIG. Includes a conveyor belt 131, a stopper 132, a block slot 133, a block storage means 134, a drive motor 135, and a guide groove 136, as shown.

6 is a perspective view of a block feeder according to the present invention.

To this end, the block supply feeder 130 having block slots 133 for supplying blocks of various characteristics (including tiles and pieces) is provided with a block storage means 134, The block is sequentially moved away from the conveyor belt 131 and the conveyor belt 131 is rotated by the driving motor 135 so that the block moves along the upper surface of the conveyor belt 131 and the stopper 132 and align the blocks to pick up the blocks in the header and driving device 140.

At this time, a guide plate for preventing the blocks from splashing upward is provided on the upper end of the conveyor belt 131 provided for each block slot 133, and the guide groove 136 is formed on the guide plate in the direction of the conveyor belt 131, So that the operator can check the block transfer status through each slot and correct the block when an error occurs.

The means for checking whether the correct operation is performed when the corresponding block is picked up at the designated position by the header and driving device 140 and correcting the error when the erroneous operation is performed is very important in securing the mass production quality and yield. The block stacking type 2.5D printer 100 includes an image processing unit 160 for monitoring the operation state of the mosaic plate and the auxiliary substrate in operation on the work table 110, Tiles, and pieces) are placed on the work plate, determines whether the designated block is placed as designed, and if it is determined that the operation state of the block is wrong, The workpiece is picked up by the header and driving device 140 before the adhesive is cured and transferred to the error storage block box and the same block is picked up and replaced again by the block supply feeder 130 do.

Alternatively, it is possible to determine coordinates, inclination, and color information in which all the blocks (including tiles and pieces) are placed on the work board from the image processing means 160 and determine whether all of the blocks are placed as designed, If it is determined that the blocks are in the wrong state, the blocks are picked up by the header and driving device 140 before moving to the error-free block storage box before the adhesive hardening is performed on the work plate, The block is re-worked by pick-and-place operation in the block 130, and when the blocks are adhesively cured and fixed on the work plate, the blocks are marked.

In addition, the block stacked type 2.5D printer 100 uses a nozzle that uses a vacuum suction force in connection with a vacuum pump commonly used as a means for picking up a block by the header and the driving device 140 , Or a block of a certain size (for example, 8x8 mm) is used, so that it can be configured to use a clamping and releasing mechanism (for example, an electric tweezer type) in the form of a clamp for picking up a block.

The block storage means (120) such as the reels and trays and tubes and containers sort and store the molded blocks (including tiles and pieces) by size, color, material and form.

The block supply feeder 130 of the block stacked type 2.5D printer connects the block storage means in order according to standard specifications. However, when a part of the feeder fails, the order of the blocks supplied from the block slot may be changed.

In order to solve this problem, the block stacked type 2.5D printer 100 receives the block stacking scheme flat and coarse design data from the terminal and the computer 200 or the operation server 300, The actual block information provided in each of the block supply slots of the block and the block information of the design data is matched with each other,

As mentioned above, mosaic tiles are sold in products (size 30 x 30 cm or so) that randomly arrange small micro tiles ranging from 8 to 20 mm mechanically. The micro tile has a flat front side and a rear side of the tile has a concavo-convex shape. In order to fabricate the 2.5D mosaic coping module, a first method of attaching a mesh to a rear side of a tile and attaching it to a wall with a tile adhesive, And a second method in which a tile fixing plate is adhered to a tile fixing plate made of a ceramic or the like and a tile fixing plate is adhered to a wall surface with a tile adhesive.

If the bonding and curing means 150 for fixing the block (including tiles and pieces) is an adhesive treatment means capable of embedding an adhesive on the lower end of the block when the block is immersed, The block supplied through the block supply feeder 130 is moved to the adhesive treatment means and placed at the lower end of the block before placing the block supplied at the corresponding designed position of the mosaic flat plate and the auxiliary tile 190 assembled in the work table 110 Can be configured to be buried.

Or before the bonding and curing means 150 for securing the block (including tiles and pieces) are placed at the corresponding designed positions of the flat and sub-tanks 190 being assembled in the work table 110, And a means for injecting or spraying an adhesive to a position where the block 140 is placed on the apparatus 140.

Alternatively, before the bonding and curing means 150 begins to stack the blocks on the corresponding layer with the header and drive device 140, the operation of the mosaic plate and associated tile 190 being assembled in the work table 110 It is possible to configure the entire plate or the entire block-stacking portion to spray or spray the adhesive in advance.

The block (including tiles and pieces) is assembled by bonding with an adhesive beforehand or by bonding with an ultraviolet (UV) curable adhesive so that the adhesive surface of the block is cured and fixed Can be configured.

In another embodiment, a method of making a tile by means of the block stacked type 2.5D printer 100 includes a method of using blocks (tiles and pieces) having different heights, and 2) a method of stacking and stacking blocks having the same height have.

To this end, the height (Z-axis) of the header and driving device 140 must be adjustable.

That is, under the control of the motion control unit 180, the header and the driving unit 140 accumulate the blocks of the corresponding layer through the process of transferring the specified blocks to the designed coordinate position and releasing them, The motion control means 180 controls the height (Z-axis) of the header and driving device 140 with the next layer block stack height of the header and driving device 140 so that the header and driving device 140 stack the corresponding block of the next layer Step is repeated.

The present invention proposes a method for automatically producing a mosaic tile module (for example, at least 2 million mosaic tiles in the case of a 20 m x 10 m size) using micro tiles, which are substantially impossible to manufacture when dependent on manual operation.

That is, in the printing method by the 2.5D printer 100, the steps of producing blocks (including tiles and pieces) of different colors, materials and shapes, and combining blocks 35 different in color, material and shape, A step of manually or automatically designing the mosaic flat plate and the auxiliary tile 190 is performed (S100).

The external communication means 170 of the block stacked type 2.5D printer 100 receives the design data of the mosaic reputation and the relief to be subjected to the 2.5D printing from the terminal 200 or the operation server 300 (S200).

Then, the block supply feeder 130 of the 2.5D printer 100 performs a step of matching the blocks requested by the design data (matching the designed block characteristics and block characteristics actually installed in the equipment) to each other S300).

The header of the 2.5D printer 100 and the driving unit 140 stack the corresponding blocks supplied from the block feeder 130 at the designed coordinate positions of the work table 110 to stack the mosaic flat plate and the sub- (S400).

The bonding and curing unit 150 of the 2.5D printer 100 fixes the molded blocks stacked by the header and the driving unit 140 in operation S600.

Meanwhile, before fixing the blocks, the 2.5D printer 100 preferably further performs step S500 of checking whether the blocks are correctly stacked in place.

More specifically, the step `S500` checks whether the correct operation is performed when the corresponding block is picked up at the designated position by the header and driver 140, and corrects the erroneous operation when the erroneous operation is performed. .

The block stacking type 2.5D printer 100 includes an image processing unit 160 for inspecting a work state of the mosaic flat plate and the sub relief completed by the work table 110, A step of determining whether all of the blocks (including tiles and pieces) are placed on the work board and determining whether all of the blocks are laid out is discriminated (S510) If it is determined that the blocks are not adhered and hardened to the working plate, the blocks are picked up by the header and driving device 140, moved to the error-free block storage box, (Step S520), and when the blocks are fixed by adhesive hardening on the work plate, steps of marking the blocks are performed (S520).

The tiles of the mosaic can be arranged in a matrix of dots arranged at regular intervals in the horizontal / vertical direction. However, in order to enhance the artistry and diversity, the blocks must be arranged in various shapes.

For this, in the step S400, the block stacked type 2.5D printer 100 arranges the blocks in a pattern inclined at an arbitrary angle instead of simply arranging blocks (including tiles and pieces) in a dot matrix form, If it is designed, the step of receiving angle information tilted by each block is further performed (S410), and a block (tile) is picked up by the header and driving device 140 and rotated at a specified angle, A step of making a mosaic is performed (S420).

The primary meaning of the present invention is to implement a 2.5D mosaic tile printing based on blocks (including tiles and pieces) for the first time. For block-based 2.5D mosaic coping printing, it is necessary to stack the blocks with the lowest height first and then stack the blocks with the highest height in order of height. To this end, a block supply feeder 130 provided with a slot for supplying blocks (including tiles and pieces) having various characteristics of the same thickness, and a block supply feeder 130 As shown in Fig. 7, and after completing the operation of placing the blocks of the thickness provided by the first-stage block supply feeder 130-1 at the designated positions, the two-stage block supply feeder 130 -2) is switched to the work space to complete the work of placing using the block of the thicker height than the first step, and then the work space is switched by the three-step block feeder 130-3 to 130-4, And blocks with different color, material and shape are used to perform the mosaic relief operation.

In the case of a large mosaic image of 30 m in width and 30 m in length, if the size of the basic mosaic module is 30 x 30 cm, 10,000 mosaic modules are required. Therefore, there is a fear that the order of the mosaic modules may be changed during the operation. Occurs.

For this purpose, when a large mosaic image (for example, an entire building is decorated with a mosaic) having a width of several meters or more by continuously installing the tiles in left and right directions is used, the basic size of the mosaic module Dividing the large image into left and right upper and lower parts in accordance with the size of the large image; Printing the mosaic module in the column and the row with the 2.5D printer 100; Outputting an attachment indicating a row and a row of the mosaic module after completing 2.5D printing; And attaching an attachment indicating rows and columns to the mosaic module.

8, the 2.5D printer 100 interconnects electrically conductive blocks 414 to a specific layer to form an electrical circuit and a contact point 417, It is possible to attach the electronic component and the electronic component constituting the circuit on the board 415 or the electric device 416 on which the electric circuit and the electronic component are mounted at the same time.

The use of ice blocks in these mosaic backbone modules can bring innovation to winter sports and events, ice sculptures and food and beverage used in special events, and a variety of other commodities in one region. The color of the ice block can be made differently, so it can be assembled and laminated and combined with LED lighting to show the new aesthetic of ice that has not been seen before. Ice can be made at the lowest cost by solidifying it with water.

In a 3D printer, there may be a method of making a model by spraying water with a nozzle and solidifying momentarily, but there is a problem that the ice is very weak and it needs to remove a lot of energy.

The header of the 2.5D printer 100 and the driving unit 140 use ice blocks having various characteristics (shape, material or color) as the corresponding blocks supplied from the block supply feeder 130, In the bonding and curing unit 150 of the D printer 100, water or a coagulant may be applied to the corresponding ice block surface so that the ice block and the ice block are coupled to each other. One way to combine ice blocks and ice blocks at low temperatures (around zero degrees Celsius) is to spray water on one of the ice blocks and then attach the ice blocks to allow the water to solidify and couple the two.

As described above, the use of ice-shaped blocks is enlarged by 3D printing as follows. In a printing method using a 3D printer, steps of producing ice blocks (including tiles and pieces) of different colors and materials and shapes are performed (S10), and a personalized model Is manually or automatically designed (S20).

The external communication unit 170 of the block stacking type 3D printer 100 receives the design data of the 3D printing target model from the terminal 200 or the operation server 300 in operation S30.

The block supply feeder 130 of the 3D printer 100 matches the ice blocks requested by the design data (supplying the designed block characteristics and the ice block characteristics actually installed in the equipments) to the block supply feeder 130 (S40 ).

The header of the 3D printer 100 and the driving unit 140 stack the corresponding ice blocks supplied from the block supply feeder 130 at the designed coordinate positions of the work table 110 to accumulate the models (S50 ).

The bonding and curing unit 150 of the 3D printer 100 fixes the ice blocks stacked by the header and the driving unit 140 in operation S60.

In this case, in the bonding and curing unit 150 of the 3D printer 100, water or a coagulant may be applied to the corresponding ice block surface so as to couple the ice block and the ice block together, The temperature of the portion where the block supplying feeder 130 contacts the ice block 130 is maintained at a low temperature (about the melting temperature) so as not to melt the ice block so as to maintain the state of the corresponding ice blocks supplied from the block supplying feeder 130 .

The 2.5D printing system of the block lamination method according to the present invention can manufacture various products by using a block made of an edible material (for example, chocolate) instead of the above-mentioned ice block.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but, on the contrary, It is to be understood that various modifications and changes may be made without departing from the scope of the appended claims.

15: mosaic tile module 25: (block-shaped) block fixing plate
35: Block (including tiles and slices) 45: Double-sided tape
100: 2.5D Printer 110: Work Table
115: Up / down movement means 120: Reel and tube and container
130: block feeder
130-1: First-stage block feeder 130-2: Second-stage block feeder
130-3: Three-stage block feeder 130-4: n-step block feeder
131: Conveyor belt 132: Stopper
133: block slot 134: block storage means (tube)
135: drive motor 136: guide groove
140: Headers and drives
150: bonding and fusing means 160: image processing means
170: External communication means 180: Motion control means
190: Mosaic reputation and relief
200: terminal 300: operating server
400: wired / wireless communication network
414: electrically conductive block 415: electronic component
416: electric appliance 417: contact point

Claims (28)

A terminal 200 for designing a flat plate and a relief and generating designed flat plate and auxiliary design data;
An operation server 300 for receiving design data of flat and coarse tiles designed from the terminal 200 and for accounting for costs incurred according to the types and number of tile blocks and fragments used in the reputation and relief;
A 2.5D printer (not shown) for receiving the flat and coarse design data of the block stacking scheme from the terminal 200 or the operation server 300, and matching the block information of the block supply slots with the block information, (100); And
And a communication network (400) for transferring data between the terminal (200), the operation server (300) and the 2.5D printer (100) of the block stacking scheme. Lamination type 2.5D printing system.
The method according to claim 1,
The 2.5D printer 100
External communication means (170) for receiving the design data of the mosaic flat plate and the auxiliary layout from the terminal (200) or the operation server (300);
A work table (110) having a work plate for stacking blocks for assembling a mosaic plate and a relief of designed data;
A block storage means 120 for storing a plurality of blocks for assembling the mosaic plate and the tile, sorted by size, color, material and type;
A block supply feeder 130 provided with a plurality of (for example, 32 or 64) block slots for supplying the respective blocks stored in the block storage means 120;
A header and driving device 140 for selecting the blocks supplied from the block supply feeder 130 and placing the selected blocks at corresponding designed positions of the mosaic plate and the auxiliary tile 190 to be assembled in the work table 110; And
And a bonding and hardening means (150) for fixing the blocks to be positioned at the designed position by the header and the driving device (140). 2. The block stacking type 2.5D Printing system.
3. The method of claim 2,
The block supply feeder 130
A block storage means 134 for storing a block;
A conveyor belt 131 for moving the block stored in the block storage unit 134;
A driving motor 135 for transmitting the power to rotate the conveyor belt 131;
A block slot (133) for receiving the block moved by the conveyor belt (131) into a position where it picks up in the header and drive device (140);
A stopper 132 for preventing a block stored in the block slot 133 from falling off;
And a guide groove (136) for guiding a block moving from the block storage means (134) to the brook slot (133).
The method of claim 3,
Wherein a guide plate for preventing the block from bouncing upward is provided on the upper end of the conveyor belt 131 and a groove is formed on the guide plate in the direction of the conveyor belt 131. [ Lamination type 2.5D printing system.

3. The method of claim 2,
The 2.5D printer 100
An adhesive tape 45 having an adhesive property is adhered only on one side of the work table of the work table 110 and an adhesive tape 45 on the side of the block fixing plate 25 in the form of a net formed on the upper surface of the adhesive tape 45, Wherein the tile block or the block block is glued and fixed, and when the mosaic operation is completed, the mosaic tile tile module is manufactured by separating the work plate from the work table (110) 2.5D printing system.
3. The method of claim 2,
The 2.5D printer 100
A working plate to which a physical means of transparent material for fixing the block is added is fixed to the working table 110, an adhesive material is applied on the working plate, and the block is placed and firstly adhered and fixed, A block - laminated 2.5D printing system for the production of mosaic tile modules.
3. The method of claim 2,
In the 2.5D printer 100,
A plurality of the block supply feeders 130 are continuously provided and each of the block supply feeders 130 is provided with a plurality of slots corresponding to the color, When the work using the color, material, and type of blocks provided by the first block supply feeder 130-2 is completed, a method of switching the work space to the second block supply feeder 130-2 to complete the operation of using the blocks of the color, , And a mosaic operation is performed using blocks of the color, material, and shape repeatedly. The 2.5D printing system of the block stacking type for producing the mosaic tile-tile module.

8. The method of claim 7,
The 2.5D printer 100
A block having a predetermined thickness provided by the first block supply feeder 130-1 is positioned at a designated position and the thickness of the block supplied from the second block supply feeder 130-2 is greater than the thickness provided by the first block supply feeder 130-1 By placing the thick block at the designated position and then placing the thicker block as the work space is switched to the block supply feeders 130-3 and 130-4 in the next step, stacking and printing the blocks of different thickness A 2.5D printing system with block lamination for the production of mosaic tile modules.
9. The method according to any one of claims 5 to 8,
The 2.5D printer 100
Instead of receiving the layout gradient information of the block and simply arranging it in a dot matrix form, the header and driving device 140 may rotate the block and arrange it in an oblique pattern at an arbitrary angle to perform a mosaic operation Wherein the tile layer is formed on the surface of the substrate.
10. The method of claim 9,
The 2.5D printer 100
And image processing means (160) for monitoring the working state of the mosaic plate and the auxiliary tile in operation on the work table (110)
The image processing means 160 determines coordinates, inclination and color information, which are states of blocks placed on a work plate of the work table 110, and determines whether the block is located at a designated position according to the designed flat and auxiliary design data And if the block is placed at the designated position, the stacked block is adhered to the bonding and hardening means 150. On the other hand, if the block is not placed at the designated position, A block stacking type 2.5D printing system for making a mosaic tile tile module for picking up blocks and moving them to the block storage means 120 and placing them again in the block supply feeder 130 .
11. The method of claim 10,
The method according to claim 1, wherein when a block is stacked by the bonding and curing unit (150) and an erroneous block is detected, the corresponding block is marked and displayed in a 2.5 D printing system for building a mosaic coherent tile module.
11. The method of claim 10,
The header and driver 140
A 2.5D printing system with a block stacking method for producing a mosaic tile module, characterized in that a nozzle using a vacuum suction connected to a vacuum pump or an error or block is picked up by a fixed and a diagonal.
3. The method of claim 2,
The bonding and curing means (150)
And a glue treatment means for glueing the lower portion of the block when the block is immersed. 2. The 2.5D printing system according to claim 1,

3. The method of claim 2,
The bonding and curing means (150)
Wherein the header and drive unit (140) are means for injecting or spraying an adhesive to a position where the block is placed, and a block stacking type 2.5D printing system for producing a mosaic tile tile module.
3. The method of claim 2,
The bonding and curing means (150)
Before starting to stack the blocks on the corresponding layer with the header and drive device 140, the entire working plate of the assembled mosaic plate and auxiliary tile 190 in the work table 110, Wherein the tile is a means for pre-scanning or atomizing the tile.
3. The method of claim 2,
The block
Wherein the adhesive surface is pre-bonded with an adhesive, or is bonded with ultraviolet (UV) curable adhesive to be assembled, and the adhesive surface of the block is cured to fix the block. D printing system.
3. The method of claim 2,
The 2.5D printer 100
The header and driving unit 140 stacks the blocks of the corresponding layer by transporting and releasing the designated blocks to the designed coordinate position under the control of the motion control unit 180, The motion control means 180 controls the height (Z-axis) of the header and the driving device 140 so that the header and the driving device 140 stack the corresponding block of the next layer And the height of the flat plate and the auxiliary tile 190 to be printed is adjusted by repeating the process of repeating the above steps.
A 2.5D printing method of a block stacking method for producing a mosaic tile-tile module by stacking blocks different in color, material, and shape, which has been manufactured in advance by a 2.5D printer (100)
(a) Manually or automatically designing a mosaic flat plate and a sub-base 190 by combining imaginary blocks having different colors and materials and shapes with the terminal 200;
(b) The external communication means 170 of the 2.5D printer 100 receives the design of the mosaic flat plate and the copulation designed for the 2.5D printing designed in the step (a) from the terminal 200 or the operation server 300 Receiving data;
(c) supplying the block supply feeder 130 of the 2.5D printer 100 with the blocks requested by the design data, matching the designed block characteristics and block characteristics actually installed in the equipment;
(d) The header of the 2.5D printer 100 and the driving unit 140 stack the corresponding blocks supplied from the block feeder 130 to the designed coordinate positions of the work table 110, ); And
(f) fixing the blocks stacked by the header and the driving unit (140) by the bonding and curing unit (150) of the 2.5D printer (100) ≪ / RTI > a 2.5D printing method of a block lamination method for a printing method.
The method of claim 18, wherein
(e) Before the step (f) of fixing the blocks by the image processing means (160) of the 2.5D printer (100), checking whether the blocks are correctly stacked in place 2.5D printing method of block stacking method for making mosaic tile module.
20. The method of claim 19,
In the step (e)
The image processing means 160 determines coordinates, inclination and color information, which are states of blocks placed on a work plate of the work table 110, and determines whether the block is located at a designated position according to the designed flat and auxiliary design data And if the block is placed at the designated position, the stacked block is adhered to the bonding and hardening means 150. On the other hand, if the block is not placed at the designated position, The block supply feeder 130 picks up a block and moves it to the block storage means 120 and places the block again in the block supply feeder 130 and places it again. Printing method.
21. The method of claim 20,
Wherein the image processing means (160) marks and displays the corresponding block when an erroneous block is found after bonding the stacked blocks by the bonding and curing means (150). A 2.5D printing method of lamination type.
19. The method of claim 18,
In step (d), the header and driving device 140
Wherein the mosaic tile tiles are arranged in a pattern in which the block is tilted at an arbitrary angle after the blocks are caught and rotated instead of the layout gradient information of the blocks further received and simply arranged in a dot matrix form, 2.5D Printing Method of Block Lamination for Module Fabrication.
19. The method of claim 18,
In step (d), the header and driving device 140
A block having a predetermined thickness provided by the first block supply feeder 130-1 is positioned at a designated position among a plurality of sequentially provided block feeder feeders 130, A block thicker than the thickness provided by the supply feeder 130-1 is positioned at a specified position, and as the work space is switched to the next block supply feeder 130-3, 130-4, Wherein the blocks are stacked and printed with different thicknesses. 2. The method according to claim 1,
19. The method of claim 18,
In the case of a large mosaic image,
In the step (a)
(a-1) dividing the large-size mosaic image module into left and right upper and lower portions corresponding to a basic size (for example, 30x30 cm size) of the large-size mosaic image module, and assigning column and row numbers of each divided module in the large-
In the step (d)
(d-1) The header and the driving device 140 print the mosaic module of the row and column, output the attachment indicating the row and the row of the mosaic module after completing 2.5D printing, and display the row and column in the mosaic module The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of: attaching an adherend.
19. The method of claim 18,
In the step (d)
The board 415 or the electric device 416 on which the electronic components constituting the circuit are mounted on the contact 417 is formed in the specific layer by interconnecting the blocks through which the electricity passes, A 2.5 D printing method of a block stacking method for producing a mosaic tile-tile module, which is characterized by attaching an electric circuit structure and electronic parts at the same time.
19. The method of claim 18,
In the step (d)
The block supplied by the header and drive unit 140 from the block feeder 130 is an ice block,
In the step (f)
Wherein the bonding and curing means (150) for bonding the frost block is water or a coagulant.
27. The method of claim 26,
The block supply feeder 130
Wherein the ice block is kept at a temperature at which the ice block is not melted.
19. The method of claim 18,
Wherein the block is a block made of an edible material. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the block is a block made of an edible material.

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