ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING APPARATUS AND ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING METHOD

    公开(公告)号:US20200307079A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-10-01

    申请号:US16826930

    申请日:2020-03-23

    Abstract: An additive manufacturing apparatus includes a cylindrical rotating body, a rotation drive unit causing the rotating body to rotate around an axis of rotation, a supply unit provided above the rotating body and supplying slurry containing ultraviolet light curable resin to a top surface of the rotating body during rotation of the rotating body, a flattening unit provided above the rotating body, located downstream of the supply unit and flattening the slurry supplied to the top surface of the rotating body at an end portion thereof during rotation of the rotating body, a relative drive unit relatively moving the rotating body with respect to the supply unit and the flattening unit, and an irradiation unit provided above the rotating body, located downstream of the flattening unit in the rotating direction of the rotating body and performing spot-irradiation with ultraviolet light at an irradiation position during rotation of the rotating body.

    ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING APPARATUS AND ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING METHOD

    公开(公告)号:US20220396029A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-15

    申请号:US17833991

    申请日:2022-06-07

    Abstract: An additive manufacturing apparatus configured to laminate a plurality of thin films to form a modeled object, the additive manufacturing apparatus including a stage; a roll coater, including a first roll and a second roll, configured to form each of the thin films, the thin film being made of a modeling material, the modeling material being a material of the modeled object; and a drive unit configured to move the roll coater on the stage, the roll coater: is arranged so that the second roll is located on the stage; passes the modeling material between a first roll surface of the first roll and a second roll surface of the second roll; and the drive unit moves the roll coater on the stage in a direction orthogonal to the second axis, and thereby laminates the thin film, formed on the second roll surface, onto the stage.

    ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING APPARATUS AND ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING METHOD

    公开(公告)号:US20200307084A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-10-01

    申请号:US16825165

    申请日:2020-03-20

    Abstract: An additive manufacturing apparatus includes a rotating body including therein a space defined by an inner circumferential surface, a rotation drive unit causing the rotating body to rotate, a supply unit supplying slurry containing ultraviolet light curable resin to the inner circumferential surface, a first drive unit causing the supply unit to move in a radial direction of the rotating body, a flattening unit located downstream of the supply unit and flattening the slurry supplied to the inner circumferential surface of the rotating body at an end portion thereof during rotation of the rotating body to a thickness of one layer, a second drive unit causing the flattening unit to move along the radial direction of the rotating body, and an irradiation unit provided downstream of the flattening unit and spot-radiating ultraviolet light at an irradiation position determined based on a shape of the molded object.

    ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING SYSTEM AND REMOVING METHOD

    公开(公告)号:US20200307078A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-10-01

    申请号:US16825440

    申请日:2020-03-20

    Abstract: An additive manufacturing system comprises an additive manufacturing apparatus forming a molded object by curing slurry which becomes a base material of the molded object and a removing apparatus removing slurry attached to the molded object, in which the removing apparatus comprises a container having an axis of rotation and a peripheral wall provided with a plurality of small holes, the container permitting the molded object to be fixed therein, and a drive unit driving the container to rotate around the axis of rotation.

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