摘要:
A method for fabricating an object includes forming, first applying, second applying, and repeating. The forming forms a powder layer. The first applying applies a droplet containing a radiation absorber to the powder layer. The second applying applies radiant energy to the powder layer. The repeating repeats the forming, the first applying, and the second applying. The first applying includes applying the droplet to a surface of the powder layer to form a fabrication region; dividing the fabrication region into a plurality of divided regions; and applying the droplet a plurality of times to a partial specific divided region among the plurality of divided regions. The second applying includes applying the radiant energy with a variable radiation intensity to a range including at least the specific divided region.
摘要:
A three-dimensional fabricating apparatus includes a fabrication chamber, a flattening member, a surplus powder chamber, and an impact applicator. The fabrication chamber stacks powder in layers and a layered fabrication object in which the powder is bonded together. The flattening member relatively moves with respect to the fabrication chamber to fill the fabrication chamber with the powder. The surplus powder chamber is disposed outside the fabrication chamber, to receive a surplus of the powder having not been filled in the fabrication chamber. The impact applicator is movable with the flattening member to contact and impact on the surplus powder chamber.
摘要:
A three-dimensional fabricating apparatus includes a fabrication stage, a rotator, a powder remover, and a cleaning controller. Fabrication layers including powder bonded together are to be laminated on the fabrication stage. The rotator rotates and moves relatively with respect to the fabrication stage in a direction along a stage surface of the fabrication stage to flatten a surface of the powder on the fabrication stage and form a powder layer. The powder remover contacts a circumferential surface of the rotator and removes the powder adhering to the circumferential surface of the rotator. The cleaning controller is operatively connected to the rotator to control a cleaning operation to rotate the rotator and clean the powder accumulated between the circumferential surface of the rotator and the powder remover.
摘要:
An ink ejecting printer includes a recording head disposed with a prescribed clearance between the recording head and a recording medium having a predetermined length in a main scanning direction and ejects ink droplets onto the recording medium, a partitioning member longer than the recording head that has a predetermined width and can be moved between a position facing the recording head and a retracted position, a supporting member that supports the partitioning member movable between the position facing the recording head and the retracted position, a biasing unit that biases the supporting member toward the partitioning member is at the retracted position, a moving unit that moves the supporting member toward the partitioning member is at the position facing the recording head against the biasing unit, and a drive controller that moves the partitioning member to the position facing the recording head and performs dummy ejection at predetermined times.
摘要:
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit forming an image on a recording medium; and a feeding unit feeding the recording medium in first and second directions opposite to each other relative to the image forming unit. Further when the recording medium is supplied from a first or second side of the feeding unit, while the feeding unit feeds the recording medium in the first or second feeding direction, the image forming unit forms an image on the recording medium, and the feeding unit further feeds the recording medium to the second or first side, respectively, of the feeding unit.
摘要:
Disclosed is an image forming apparatus including a recording head; a cap member capping the nozzle surface of the recording head and including a release port and a suction port; a suction unit in communication with the suction port; a switch unit opening and closing the release port to the air and capable of adjusting the opening amount of the release port to at least a first opening amount and a second opening amount larger than the first opening amount; and a control unit that controls the suction unit and the switch unit so that the release port is opened to the first opening amount to have a predetermined amount of air flow into the cap member after the cap member is suctioned by the suction unit, and the release port is then opened to the second opening amount.
摘要:
An image forming apparatus including a recording head having an array of nozzles disposed on a nozzle face of the recording head, a suction cap to cover the nozzle face of the recording head, a cap holder movable relative to the recording head to movably hold the suction cap, an induction member provided between the cap holder and the suction cap to receive liquid dropping from the suction cap, and a discharge channel connected to the induction member through which the liquid retained by the induction member is discharged externally. The suction cap is first removed from the nozzle face of the recording head while the induction member still remains in contact with the nozzle face of the recording head so that the induction member receives liquid dropping from the suction cap upon retraction of the cap holder from the recording head.
摘要:
An image forming apparatus including a recording head having an array of nozzles disposed in a surface of the recording head to eject liquid droplets vertically upward to form an image on a recording medium conveyed above the recording head, a suction cap to cover the surface of the recording head from above, and a waste liquid receiver provided to a periphery of the recording head to receive liquid streaming down the periphery of the recording head upon removal of the suction cap from the surface of the recording head.
摘要:
According to an embodiment, a three-dimensional fabricating apparatus includes a supply unit, a flattening unit, a discharge unit, and a controller. The supply unit is configured to supply powder. The flattening unit is configured to flatten a surface of the supplied powder and form a powder layer. The discharge unit is configured to discharge a first fabrication liquid solidifying the powder and a second fabrication liquid not solidifying the powder onto a surface of the powder layer. The controller is configured to cause the discharge unit to discharge the first fabrication liquid and the second fabrication liquid in accordance with a discharge pattern in which the second fabrication liquid is discharged to a region adjacent to at least some of a plurality of regions in which the first fabrication liquid is discharged.
摘要:
An apparatus for fabricating a three-dimensional object includes a fabrication stage and a flattener. A fabrication layer in which powder particles are bound together is formed layer-by-layer on the fabrication stage. The flattener relatively moves in a moving direction along a stage surface of the fabrication stage and flattens a surface of powder on the fabrication stage to form a powder layer. The fabrication stage and the flattener are arranged to be relatively movable in a height direction. In formation of the powder layer on the fabrication layer formed on the fabrication stage, the apparatus performs an operation to increase a distance between the flattener and the fabrication stage in the height direction when the flattener moves to a position near an edge of the fabrication layer in the moving direction.