200414994 玖、發明說明： 【發明所屬之技術領域】 本發明大體上相關於一種工具，並且相關於一種用於 創造一工具的方法，本發明尤其相關於一種層疊式工具， 其係可以被有效率地創造出來，其係具有所希求之屬性， 並且其係能夠可靠地且成本有效地生產具有一所希求構形 的物件。 【先前技術】 一種工具係被用來選擇性地創造出一種具有一所希求_ 形狀、尺寸、並且/或具有某些其他所希求屬性及性質之 實體物件或貨品。一種工具創造策略係需要使用一種鋼或 是其他類型之相當堅硬材料之「塊體（bl〇ck)」，該塊體 被選擇性地「製作（worked )」或形成為一所希求工具。 雖然此方式係容許一工具能夠被選擇性地創造出來，然其 係為相當耗時、無效率、且昂貴者。 為了對付與則述工具創造朿略相關之缺點，一種層疊 式工具創造策略係經常被使用並且需要選擇性地創造出用_ 以協同地形成所希求工具之各種選用元件或「區塊（ sections )」。此種層疊策略之一非限制性示例係可於美 國第5, 031，483號專利（下稱483號專利）中尋得，483 號專利係在1991年6月16日核准公告，且其逐字及逐段 之所有内容係被完全地且完整地加入本文作為參考。雖然 此一層疊策略係容許一個工具能夠被快速地且有效率地創 造出來，其具有許多缺點。舉例說明且非限制性的是，由 200414994 於典型且所希求類型之工具鋼（其一般被用來創造工具） 的某些固有特性或性質使其無法被有效地切割成區塊或選 擇性地結合或附接至其他已形成區塊，此等鋼材可能經常 無法被取得以使用在一整體層疊程序中。因此，在許多狀 況之中，可替換的或是非所希求的或是「次級的（ inf er i or )」材料係必須被使用於層疊式工具的建構，從 而導致所產生的工具具有非吾人所希求之性質或特徵。 雖然此等可替換材料在許多狀況之中係可於原型或產 生之工具的整個壽命期間令人滿意地運作，在許多其他狀_ 況之中’可能會需要一種不是由此等可替換材料所提供之 更堅固的硬化工具鋼材表面或是高度拋光之「A」級類型 的「工作（working)」表面。因此，在這些狀況中，藉由 使用此種層疊策略所創造出的工具大體上不會具有所需要 之工作表面，並且無法以一種令人滿意或吾人所希求的方 式進行運作。 再者，由於此工作表面是藉由每個個別區塊之選擇性 耦接而協同地形成，並且在許多狀況下為藉由個別地位於_ 每個相鄰成對之已附接區塊元件之間、並形成工作表面一 部份之一結合材料而形成，一層疊程序之使用係本身可以 實際上防止此種高度拋光的「A」級類型工作表面之產生 。特別是，在不存在有像是一工具形成類型鋼材之具有所 希求及同質性質以形成此一工作表面之同質材料的狀況係 會貫際上使得所形成的工作表面無法經由所希求的方式被 形成，並使得所形成的工作表面無法產生一個具有所希求 7 200414994 之特徵的工具。 再者，-種原型工具係通常在一開始被建立以確保或 確認所設計的工具實際上能夠產生一個具有所希求之尺寸 、形狀、或是其他構形的物件，帛以創 异 終「生產工具u灿心nt_」之設計規 以在產生創造出-最終生產工具之時間及費用之前能夠確 定修改最初设計之需要。使用此種方法，典型上會需要最 少二個具有所希求之設計及構形的工具（亦即一=一或 「原型（prototype )」工具及一個第二或「生產5 —)」工具）。此第一原型工具之使用係 欲地增加整體製造/生產成本以及製造一最終所希求產品 所需要或所必須的時間。 本發明係克服了先前所描述之工具設計及創造之某些 或全部缺點，並且，获签+办丨g 一 創造出像是-種具有一相當長工作壽命及所希求之最Z 作表面的層疊式工具，而不需要在一開始創造出並❹一 個原型工具以作為創造一「最終的（finished)」或「生 產（P—)」工具之整個程序的一部份，從而降低 了生產成本並增加了設計及生產—所希求產品所需的時間。- 【發明内容】 本發明之一第一非限制性優點係為提供一種工且，1 係克服了先前層疊式工具之前述的某些或全部缺點。-- 本發明之一第二非限制性優點係為提供-種用於創造 工具的方法’其係服了先前層疊式工具創造方法之前述的 200414994 某些或全部缺點。 具 本么明之一第三非限制性優點係為提供一種層疊式工 其係具有一個相當長的工作壽命。 具 本毛明之一第四非限制性優點係為提供一種層疊式工 其係具有-個帶有-所希求之完成度的工作表面。 具 ^月之第五非限制性優點係為提供一種層疊式工 其係能夠被快速地且有效率地形成。 …本毛月之第六非限制性優點係為提供-種方法，藉 ^ 個原型工具能夠用來有效率地創造出一生產 或「最終的（finished)」工具。 根據本發明之_馇 . 第一非限制性方面，一種層疊式工具 係被提供。特別是’層疊式工具係具有一個從一第一材料 碧’J造出來的第 立β /八· 》、， ^ ^主 邛伤，以及一個從一第二材料形成的工具 創造表面。 =據本發明之—第二非限制性方面，—種卫具係被提 ::。工具係為藉由創造出-第-區塊元件；創造出一第 二件；將第一區塊元件附接至第二區塊元件；以及 ： 非㊆薄之材料層放置在第-區姨开彼 的程序所製成者。在第件之―作表面上 個工：據本發明之-第三非限制性方面，-種用於形成一 ，、的方法係被提供，此方法包含有以下步驟：形成一 個弟一區塊元件；形成一個篦- 件輕接至第…帛-…件；將第-區塊元 塊元^ 以及將某一切材料附接至第二區 塊70件的一表面。 丄177叶 根據本發明之一第四非限制 _ B M良制性方面，一種用於創造出 工具的方法係被提供。特別是， ., 疋此方法包含有以下步驟 •創k出一個具有一工作表面 扪原型工具；以及將材料沉 檟在工作表面上，從而形成一工具。 本發明的這些以及其他特點、 α 吁點方面、以及優點將從本 ^明較佳實施例之以下詳細描 羽lL ^迷並參照以下圖示而可為熟 白此項技藝之人士所理解0 【實施方式】 /見在參照第一圖’所顯不的是一個程序說明圖1 〇， 其係說明了本發明較佳實施例之工具創造方法。 特別是，工具創造方法1 〇包括有-個第-步驟i 2 〔、中’像疋區塊70件1 4、1 6的各種區塊元件係根據 :被方法1 〇所生產出來之所希求工具的幾何需求而被創 造出來。 應當為熟習此項技藝之人士理解的是，創造出像是區 ▲ 一件1 4 1 6之母個此等區塊元件的方式係取決於被 本I明之使用者利用之特定層疊式工具創造策略以及將被 創w出來之工具的需求而定。應為熟習此項技藝之人士所 了解的是’本發明並未受限於特定類型的層疊式工具創造 策略，或者是受限與一特定類型的工具一起使用。舉例而 吕’像是區塊1 4、1 6的區塊可根據483號專利所教示 者根據在483號專利内所描述之「習知技藝」所教示者 、或者根據包括有已為本案申請人所發展出來的適切程序 等任何其他層疊式工具創造程序而被創造出來。 200414994 步驟1 3係在步驟1 2之後，並且在此步驟1 3之中 ’被創造出來的區塊元件（像是元件1 4、1 6 )係被選 擇性地麵接或結合在一起。步驟1 8係在步驟1 3之後， 並且在此步驟1 8之中，被創造出來並接著被耦接或結合 的區塊元件（例如是元件i 4、1 6 )係協同地形成一個 具有一個未完成工作或物件創造表面2 2之未完成的工具 2 0。特別是，在一個非限制性實施例之中，每個區塊（ 像疋區塊元件1 4、1 6 )係首先被創造出來，並接著依 據所希求地耦接（藉由一結合材料或使用其他機械式附接 元件）以形成一個所希求之未完成或原型工具。或者，每 個區塊元件在其一旦被形成時係被立即附接至另一區塊元 件’從而相繼地「建立（bu i 1 d i ng up )」一個藉由方法1 0形成的工具。在程序步驟1 8的結尾時，一個層疊式工 具2 0係被形成。應當注意的是，在工具相關技藝及本專 利申請案之中，用詞「層疊式工具（laminate t〇〇1)」係 具有一種非常特定的意義。特別是，用詞「層疊式工具（ laminate tool)」係意指一種工具，其係帶有一個工作表 面2 2，或是一個藉由數種非類似型材料（例如，一種結 合劑以及被用來形成像是元件1 4、1 6之區塊元件的材 料）形成的工作表面。再者，應當可理解的是，工具2 〇 包含有一個「原型工具（prototype tool )」，並且用1 「原型工具（prototype tool )」亦意指或歸屬於具有_ 相當短之「工作壽命（working life)」（例如，工具能 夠形成具有一所希求尺寸、形狀、或其他屬性之物件的^ 200414994 間）的任何工具。應當可理解的{，像是區塊元件1 4、 i 6之區塊元件可以從像是各種鋼材、結、及/或鋼之材 或者疋從貝質上為使用者所希求之任何其他材料來形 成。 在工具2 0被形成之後，步驟2 4係接續步驟丄8， 在少驟2 4之中’ 一個第二材料3 〇係被沉積在未完成的 工作表面2 2之上。特別是，此第二材料3 〇可以選擇性 也匕s有鎳、鈦、D—2工具鋼、s—7工具鋼、η—工具鋼 、或P-20工具鋼、或包括有各種其他相#堅硬而適用於加 工之鋼材等其他材料。再者，像是材料3 〇的這些材料可 以藉由各種沉積或材料塗敷技術而被運用至工作表面2 2 。作為示例而非限制之用，第二材料3 〇之一液態貯具3 2係可以從液態貯具3 2處被實體地傳送3 7，用以於表 面2 2之上創造出-個新的表面3 6。特別是，本發明之 方法的使用者係以第二材料3 〇選擇性地「喷灑（邛以” )」在表面2 2上，直到一個相當薄的第二材料3 〇層大 致上覆蓋住表面2 2而創造出一個新的表面3 6為止。在 本發明的最佳實施例之中，第二材料3 〇係被運用直到其 係被沉積在表面2 2上大約0. 〇〇〇5英吋至大約四分之一英 吋（大約0· 127毫米至大約6· 35毫米）的厚度為止。然而 ，應當理解的是，此厚度可依需要而改變，並且在其他非 限制性實施例中，所沉積之材料3 〇的厚度在表面2 2上 了月b不會疋均勻的。作為示例而非限制之用，像是錦之某 種第二材料3 〇可以具有一個大約〇· 〇〇〇5英吋至大約 12 200414994 〇· 002英吁（大約〇· 127毫米至大约〇· 51毫米）的厚度。 在一個非限制性實施例之中，從表面3 6進入工具2 6及/或其他散熱件中之熱傳係會快速地冷卻表面3 6。 快速冷卻係會導致已沉積的材料3 0形成一種「微粒結構 ( fine grain structure)」，而不需要在隨後進行熱處 理或者，工具26可以在材料30被運用至其上之前被 冷卻，從而增加了介於新運用之表面3 6與工具2 6之間 的熱梯度，用以使得被運用的材料3 〇更加快速地冷卻。 或者’材料3 0係可能藉由-雷射鑛膜程序或是藉由包括 有但非限於濺鍍之任何其他可用程序而被運用。 b在所運用/沉積之材料3 〇並未具有所希求之厚度或 是所希求之最後加工的狀況下’步驟2 4之後係可接續於 一個對藉由同質的及選擇性地沉積材料3〇所 進行加工的額外㈣（並未顯示）。方法1〇係於步^ 9終止’其中，—個「最終卫具（❿㈣⑶_ 係被創造出來。 因此，應當理解的是，前沭古、土 J疋别述方法1 〇亦容許能夠快土 地且有效率地修改一個原型工 U用以創造出一個4 產類2L工具3 1 ，從而降低了整體 a』登篮生產成本，並且前述杀 序及方法1 0更容許一最終工且 * 八3 1此夠從一「層疊式j 具(laminate tool ) , r y.,, , /ro ^ ^」（例如，一個藉由使用_層聂 所創造的工具）形成，而在 且私月 隹问時具有一個所希求之 面係容許最終工具3 1能夠且古 , '' 丄犯夠具有一相當長的工作 時能夠生產具有一所希求尺寸 ' 尺寸形狀、以及其他屬性的賀 13 200414994 體物件。 ^ 應當了解的是，本發明 ’之確切結構及方法，不同 本發明於以下申請專利範圍 施行。 並未受限於上文中所描述及討 的改k及修改係可以在不背離 所界定之精神與料的狀況下 【圖式簡單說明】200414994 (1) Description of the invention: [Technical field to which the invention belongs] The present invention relates generally to a tool, and to a method for creating a tool. The present invention is particularly related to a layered tool, which can be efficiently The ground is created with the desired attributes, and it is able to reliably and cost-effectively produce an object with the desired configuration. [Prior Art] A tool system is used to selectively create a solid object or product having a desired shape, size, and / or some other desired attributes and properties. A tool creation strategy requires the use of a steel or other type of fairly hard material "bloc" that is selectively "worked" or formed into a desired tool. Although this approach allows a tool to be selectively created, it is quite time consuming, inefficient, and expensive. In order to deal with the shortcomings related to the strategy of tool creation, a tiered tool creation strategy is often used and needs to be selectively created to synergistically form various optional components or "sections" of the desired tool. ". One non-limiting example of such a cascading strategy can be found in U.S. Patent No. 5,031,483 (hereinafter referred to as 483 Patent), which was approved for publication on June 16, 1991, and its The entire contents of the word and paragraph are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety. Although this cascading strategy allows a tool to be created quickly and efficiently, it has many disadvantages. Illustrative and non-limiting, some inherent characteristics or properties of 200414994 in the typical and desired type of tool steel (which is generally used to create tools) prevent it from being effectively cut into blocks or selectively Combined with or attached to other formed blocks, these steels may often not be available for use in a monolithic lamination process. Therefore, in many cases, alternative or undesired or "inferior or" materials must be used in the construction of layered tools, resulting in tools that are not our own. The desired nature or characteristic. Although in many cases these replaceable materials work satisfactorily throughout the life of the prototype or the tool produced, in many other cases' it may require an alternative Provides a stronger hardened tool steel surface or a highly polished "A" type "working" surface. Therefore, in these situations, the tools created by using this cascading strategy will generally not have the required work surface and will not be able to operate in a satisfactory or desirable manner. Furthermore, since this work surface is formed synergistically by the selective coupling of each individual block, and in many cases is by individually located in each adjacent pair of attached block components It is formed by combining materials between and forming a part of the work surface. The use of a lamination process itself can actually prevent the generation of such highly polished "A" type work surfaces. In particular, the absence of a homogeneous material that has the desired and homogeneous properties like a tool-forming type steel to form this working surface will continually render the formed working surface inaccessible in the desired manner. Formed and prevented the resulting work surface from producing a tool with the characteristics desired of 7 200414994. Furthermore, a prototype tool system is usually established at the beginning to ensure or confirm that the designed tool can actually produce an object with the desired size, shape, or other configuration, in order to create a final "production "Uchanxinnt" design rules to determine the need to modify the original design before the time and cost of creating-final production tools is incurred. Using this method, typically at least two tools with the desired design and configuration (ie, one = one or "prototype" tool and one second or "production 5-)" tool are required. The use of this first prototype tool is intended to increase overall manufacturing / production costs and the time required or necessary to manufacture a final desired product. The present invention overcomes some or all of the shortcomings of the tool design and creation previously described, and is awarded + office to create something like-a type with a long working life and the most desired surface. Cascading tools, instead of having to create and prototype a prototype tool at the beginning as part of the overall process of creating a "finished" or "production (P)" tool, thereby reducing production costs It also increases the time required to design and produce the desired product. [Summary of the Invention] One of the first non-limiting advantages of the present invention is to provide a tool, and 1 is to overcome some or all of the aforementioned shortcomings of the previous laminated tools. -A second non-limiting advantage of the present invention is to provide a method for creating a tool 'which overcomes some or all of the aforementioned 200414994 disadvantages of the previous method of layered tool creation. One of the third non-limiting advantages of the present invention is to provide a cascading tool which has a relatively long working life. One of the fourth non-limiting advantages of the present invention is to provide a layered tool having a work surface with a desired degree of completion. A fifth non-limiting advantage of the present invention is to provide a tiered system which can be formed quickly and efficiently. … The sixth non-limiting advantage of this month is to provide a way to borrow ^ prototype tools that can be used to efficiently create a production or "finished" tool. According to a first non-limiting aspect of the present invention, a stacked tool system is provided. In particular, the 'stacked tool system' has a first β / A8 made from a first material Bi'J, a main wound, and a tool creation surface formed from a second material. = According to the present invention-the second non-limiting aspect,-the rapture of a security system ::. The tool is to create a first block element by creating a second block element; attach a first block element to the second block element; and: place a non-thin layer of material in the first block element The creator of the open procedure. In the first piece of work-on the surface: according to the third non-limiting aspect of the present invention, a method for forming a block is provided, and the method includes the following steps: forming a block of a block Element; forming a 篦 -piece lightly connected to the first ... 帛 -... piece; attaching the first block element block ^ and attaching all the materials to a surface of 70 pieces in the second block.丄 177 According to a fourth non-restrictive aspect of the present invention, a method for creating a tool is provided. In particular, this method includes the following steps: • Creating a prototype tool with a work surface; and immersing the material on the work surface to form a tool. These and other features, aspects of α, and advantages of the present invention will be described in detail from the following detailed description of the preferred embodiment of the present invention and can be understood by those skilled in the art with reference to the following drawings. [Embodiment] / What is not shown in reference to the first figure is a program description figure 10, which illustrates the tool creation method of the preferred embodiment of the present invention. In particular, the tool creation method 10 includes a first-step i 2 [, Chinese '70' image blocks, various block elements 1, 4, 16 based on: desired by the method 10 The geometric requirements of the tool were created. It should be understood by those skilled in the art that the way to create a block element like a block 1 4 1 6 depends on the particular layered tool created by the user of this document It depends on the strategy and the needs of the tools that will be created. It should be understood by those skilled in the art that the present invention is not limited to a particular type of tiered tool creation strategy, or to be used with a particular type of tool. For example, Lu's blocks like blocks 1, 4 and 16 can be taught according to the "knowledge skills" described in the 483 patent, or based on including the application for this case. Appropriate programs developed by humans are created by any other layered tool creation program. 200414994 Step 1 3 is after step 12 and the block elements (such as elements 1 4 and 16) created in step 13 are selectively grounded or combined together. Step 18 is after step 13 and in this step 18, the block elements (for example, elements i 4, 16) that are created and then coupled or combined are cooperatively formed into one with one Unfinished work or objects to create surface 2 2 unfinished tools 2 0. In particular, in a non-limiting embodiment, each block (like the 疋 block elements 14 and 16) is first created and then coupled as desired (by a combination of materials or Use other mechanical attachment elements) to form a desired unfinished or prototype tool. Alternatively, each block element is immediately attached to another block element once it is formed, thereby successively "building (bu i 1 d i ng up)" a tool formed by Method 10. At the end of program step 18, a stacking tool 20 system is formed. It should be noted that the term "laminate t00〇1" in tool-related skills and this patent application has a very specific meaning. In particular, the term "laminate tool" means a tool that has a work surface 22, or one that is made of several non-similar materials (e.g., a bonding agent and used). To form the working surface formed by the material of the block components such as the components 14 and 16. Furthermore, it should be understood that the tool 20 includes a "prototype tool", and the use of 1 "prototype tool" also means or belongs to a _ fairly short "working life ( working life) "(for example, any tool that can form an object with the desired size, shape, or other attributes ^ 200414994). It should be understood that {block elements like block elements 1, 4, and 6 can be made of materials such as various steels, knots, and / or steel, or any other material desired by the user from the nature of the shell To form. After the tool 20 is formed, step 24 is followed by step 丄 8. Among steps 24, a second material 30 is deposited on the unfinished work surface 22. In particular, the second material 30 may optionally include nickel, titanium, D-2 tool steel, s-7 tool steel, η-tool steel, or P-20 tool steel, or include various other phases. #Hard and suitable for processing other materials such as steel. Furthermore, materials such as material 30 can be applied to the work surface 2 2 by various deposition or material coating techniques. By way of example and not limitation, one of the second materials 30, the liquid container 3 2 can be physically transferred 3 7 from the liquid container 32 to create a new one on the surface 2 2 Surface 3 6. In particular, the user of the method of the present invention selectively "sprays" the second material 30 onto the surface 22 until a relatively thin layer of the second material 30 covers substantially Surface 2 2 while creating a new surface 3 6 so far. In the preferred embodiment of the present invention, the second material 30 series is applied until the system is deposited on the surface 22 from about 0.005 inches to about a quarter of an inch (about 0 · 127 mm to approximately 6.35 mm). However, it should be understood that this thickness may be changed as needed, and in other non-limiting embodiments, the thickness of the deposited material 30 may not be uniform on the surface 22 2a. By way of example and not limitation, a second material such as Jinzhi 3 0 may have a diameter of about 0.0005 inches to about 12 200414994 0.002 inches (about 0.127 mm to about 0.005 inches). 51 mm). In one non-limiting embodiment, the heat transfer from surface 36 into tool 26 and / or other heat sinks will rapidly cool surface 36. The rapid cooling system will cause the deposited material 30 to form a "fine grain structure" without the need for subsequent heat treatment or the tool 26 may be cooled before the material 30 is applied thereto, thereby increasing The thermal gradient between the newly applied surface 36 and the tool 26 is used to make the applied material 30 cool faster. Alternatively, the 'Material 30' may be applied by a laser ore process or by any other available process including but not limited to sputtering. b In the case where the material 3 used / deposited does not have the required thickness or the final processing required, step 2 4 can be followed by a pair of materials that are deposited by homogeneous and selective 3 Extra plutonium processed (not shown). Method 10 is terminated at step ^ 9, where a "final guard (❿㈣⑶_ system was created. Therefore, it should be understood that the former method and the former method also allow the land to be fast and Efficiently modify a prototype tool U to create a 4 production 2L tool 3 1, thereby reducing the overall production cost of a basket, and the aforementioned order and method 1 0 allows a final job and * 8 3 1 This is enough to form from a "laminate tool, r y. ,,, / ro ^ ^" (for example, a tool created by using _ 层 聂), and when asked in a private month Having a desired aspect allows the final tool 3 1 to be ancient, and '' the offender is capable of producing a body with a desired size, size, shape, and other attributes when it has a considerable amount of work. ^ It should be understood that the exact structure and method of the present invention are different from the scope of the following patent applications. The invention is not limited to the changes and modifications described and discussed above without departing from the defined spirit and Condition of material Single Description]
第一圖 明圖。 圖式部分 為本發明較佳實施例之工具創 造方法的程序說The first picture illustrates the picture. Schematic part is the program description of the tool creation method of the preferred embodiment of the present invention.
元件代表符號 工具創造方法 第一步驟 步驟 區塊元件 區塊元件 步驟 工具 工作或物件創造表面 工具 第二材料 生產類型工具 液態貯具 表面 7 傳送Symbols for component creation Tool creation method First step Step Block component Block component Step Tool Work or object creation surface Tool Second material Production type tool Liquid container Surface 7 Transfer