Filament spool auto-change in a modeling machine
    6.
    发明授权
    Filament spool auto-change in a modeling machine 有权
    灯丝阀芯在建模机器中自动更换

    公开(公告)号:US07172715B2

    公开(公告)日:2007-02-06

    申请号:US10858122

    申请日:2004-06-01

    IPC分类号: B29C41/02

    摘要: A filament cassette and a filament loading assembly supply modeling filament to a liquifier in a three-dimensional deposition modeling machine. Two or more cassettes containing spooled filament are inserted into the machine. A strand of filament from a first one of the cassettes is fed to the liquifier for extrusion. Without operator intervention, the filament strand from the first cassette is withdrawn from the liquifier, and a filament strand from a second one of the cassettes is fed to the liquifier. The switching of filament feed sources is triggered by an event, such as an identification that the filament from the first cassette has reached a predetermined minimum length. In this manner, a used primary filament cassette is automatically replaced with a standby filament cassette, so that the machine need not experience downtime waiting for an operator to change the cassettes.

    摘要翻译: 灯丝盒和细丝装载组件将建模细丝提供给三维沉积建模机中的液化器。 将两个或多个包含卷绕丝的盒插入机器。 将来自第一盒的丝束送入液化器进行挤出。 没有操作员干预,来自第一盒的细丝线从液化器中取出,并且来自第二盒的细丝被送入液化器。 灯丝进给源的切换由事件触发,例如来自第一盒的灯丝已经达到预定的最小长度的识别。 以这种方式,使用的初级灯丝盒被备用灯丝盒自动替换,使得机器不需要等待操作者更换盒子的停机时间。

    Thin-wall tube liquifier
    9.
    发明授权
    Thin-wall tube liquifier 失效
    薄壁管液化器

    公开(公告)号:US6004124A

    公开(公告)日:1999-12-21

    申请号:US13388

    申请日:1998-01-26

    摘要: A rapid prototyping system has a liquifier carried by a extrusion head. The liquifier is formed of a single piece of thin-wall tubing preferably made of metal, encased in a heating block. The thin-wall tube has a inlet end for receiving a filament of molding material and an outlet end for delivering the material in liquid form. A first section of the tube adjacent the inlet end functions as the entrance or cap zone. This first section of the tube is exterior to the heating block. The tube has a second section which passes through the heating block forming a heating zone. A nozzle can be formed by swaging the outlet end of the tube to a nozzle geometry, or, a nozzle may be brazed or welded to the outlet end of the tube. The heating block preferably contains a heating element in heat exchange relation to the second section of the tube to heat the filament to a temperature just above its solidification temperature. The extrusion head may alternatively carry two liquifiers that share a common nozzle, for receiving and dispensing two different materials.

    摘要翻译: 快速成型系统具有由挤压头承载的液化器。 液化器由优选由金属制成的单片薄壁管制成,封装在加热块中。 薄壁管具有用于接收成型材料丝的入口端和用于输送液体形式的材料的出口端。 邻近入口端的管的第一部分用作入口或帽区。 管的第一部分是加热块的外部。 管具有通过加热块的第二部分,形成加热区。 可以通过将管的出口端模锻到喷嘴几何形状来形成喷嘴,或者可以将喷嘴钎焊或焊接到管的出口端。 加热块优选地包含与管的第二部分热交换的加热元件,以将丝线加热至刚好高于其固化温度的温度。 挤出头可替代地携带两个共用共同喷嘴的液化器,用于接收和分配两种不同的材料。

    Method of building three-dimensional object with modified ABS materials
    10.
    发明申请
    Method of building three-dimensional object with modified ABS materials 审中-公开
    用改性ABS材料建立三维物体的方法

    公开(公告)号:US20090295032A1

    公开(公告)日:2009-12-03

    申请号:US11717866

    申请日:2007-03-14

    申请人: Paul E. Hopkins

    发明人: Paul E. Hopkins

    IPC分类号: B28B1/14

    CPC分类号: B29C64/106

    摘要: A method for building a 3D object with an extrusion-based layered deposition system comprising feeding a modified ABS material to an extrusion head of the extrusion-based layered deposition system, melting the fed modified ABS material in the extrusion head under conditions that improve a response time of the extrusion head, and depositing the molten thermoplastic material in a layer-by-layer manner to form the 3D object.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于基于挤出的分层沉积系统构建3D物体的方法,包括将改性的ABS材料输送到基于挤出的分层沉积系统的挤出头部,在改善反应的条件下熔化挤出头中的进料的改性ABS材料 挤出头的时间,以及逐层沉积熔融的热塑性材料以形成3D物体。