CN103302859A - Color three-dimensional printer and printing method - Google Patents
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The invention discloses a color three-dimensional printer and a printing method. The printer comprises a mounting frame, an electric mixer, a consumable spraying chamber and at least three consumable stepping motors, wherein the consumable stepping motors are respectively fixed on the mounting frame and provided with consumable fixing positions for containing the external consumable; the consumable spraying chamber is arranged on the mounting frame and provided with an electric mixer inlet and at least three consumable inlets; the electric mixer inlet is used for penetrating through a mixing shaft of the electric mixer, each consumable inlet is used for the penetration of the consumable transmitted by one consumable stepping motor, the consumable stepping motors are respectively adjacent to the consumable spraying chamber without contacting so as to transmit the consumable into the consumable spraying chamber in a stepping manner; the electric mixer is fixedly arranged on the mounting frame, the mixing part of the electric mixer is arranged in the consumable spraying chamber for mixing, and is connected with the body of the electric mixer through the mixing shaft; a consumable nozzle is further arranged in the consumable spraying chamber which is controlled to extrude the mixed consumable in the consumable spraying chamber.
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Technical field
The present invention relates to 3D and print, in particular, a kind of color three dimension printer and color three dimension Method of printing.
Background technology
3 D-printing (3D printing) is a kind of RP technique, based on the mathematical model file, but uses jointing materials such as powdery metal or plastics, comes the technology of constructed object by the mode of successively printing.Past, its fields such as mould manufacturing, industrial design of being everlasting were used to modeling, the existing direct manufacturing that is used for some products just gradually.Some high value applications particularly, such as hip joint or tooth, or some airplane components etc., had and used this technology to print the parts that form.Because article are printed by material accumulation from level to level, this technology is also referred to as accumulation and makes (Additive manufacturing).
That the 3D printing is the most frequently used is fusion sediment rapid shaping (Fused Deposition Modeling, FDM) technology, fusion sediment is the fuse deposition again, be with thread heat-fusible materials heating and melting, shower nozzle by having a minute nozzle squeezes and gushes out, and hot melt material melts the back from the nozzle ejection, is deposited on to make on the material that panel or preceding one deck solidified, temperature begins to solidify after being lower than solidification temperature, by the formation of the accumulation layer by layer final finished of material.It usually uses ABS(acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS) plastics) or the PLA(PLA) etc. as material.But, existingly melt extrude type 3D printer and all can only print monochromatic consumptive material, because its groundwork principle is to drive the consumptive material silk by stepper motor to enter extruder head, so object dimensional object that can not printing color.
Bonding (the Three Dimensional Printing and Gluing of three-dimensional powder, 3DP) raw material of technology uses dusty material, as ceramic powders, metal dust, plastic powders etc., 3DP technical work principle is to spread one deck powder earlier, use nozzle adhesive to be sprayed on the zone that needs moulding then, make material powder bonding, form part section, constantly repeat to spread powder, spraying, bonding process then, be layering, obtain the part that finally prints.The advantage of 3DP technology is that shaping speed is fast, need not supporting construction, and can export the colour print product, and this is that present other technologies are all difficult to realize.But its complex structure, price are high, and unit price often more than 100,000 even more than 1,000,000, is difficult to popularization and application.
Therefore, there is defective in prior art, needs to improve.
Summary of the invention
Technical problem to be solved by this invention provides a kind of color three dimension printer and color three dimension Method of printing novel, popularization and application on a large scale.
Technical scheme of the present invention is as follows: a kind of color three dimension printer, and it comprises installing rack, electric blender, consumptive material spray booth and at least three consumptive material stepper motors; Each described consumptive material stepper motor is fixedly set in described installing rack respectively, and it arranges the consumptive material fixed bit, is used for the consumptive material of ccontaining outside; Described consumptive material spray booth is arranged at described installing rack, and it arranges electric blender entrance and at least three consumptive material entrances; Described electric blender entrance is used for passing the shaft of described electric blender, and each consumptive material entrance is used for passing the consumptive material that a described consumptive material stepper motor transmits; Contiguous and the noncontact setting with described consumptive material spray booth respectively of each described consumptive material stepper motor is sent to described consumptive material spray booth inside for controlled with described consumptive material stepping; Described electric blender is fixedly set in described installing rack, and its mixing part is arranged at described consumptive material spray booth inside, is used for controlled stirring, and described mixing part connects the body of described electric blender by described shaft; Described consumptive material spray booth also arranges the consumptive material nozzle, is used for the inner mixing consumptive material through stirring of the described consumptive material spray booth of controlled crowded spray.
Preferably, described color three dimension printer also comprises consumptive material heating tube and consumptive material thermocouple; The heating part of described consumptive material heating tube is arranged at described consumptive material spray booth inside, is used for heating; The thermometric portion of described consumptive material thermocouple is arranged at described consumptive material spray booth inside, is used for thermometric; Described consumptive material spray booth also arranges consumptive material heating tube entrance and consumptive material thermocouple entrance; Described consumptive material heating tube entrance is used for passing the heating part of described consumptive material heating tube, and described consumptive material thermocouple entrance is used for passing the thermometric portion of described consumptive material thermocouple.
Preferably, the heating part of described consumptive material heating tube is installed on the body of described consumptive material heating tube by a mounting pipe; Described consumptive material heating tube entrance is used for passing described mounting pipe; The thermometric portion of described consumptive material thermocouple is installed on the body of described thermocouple by a tube connector; Described thermocouple entrance is used for passing described tube connector.
Preferably, described color three dimension printer also comprises objective table, objective table stepper motor, two consumptive material spray booth stepper motors; Each described consumptive material spray booth stepper motor is fixedly set in described installing rack respectively, and fixes described consumptive material spray booth respectively, is used for the described consumptive material spray booth of control and moves along two orthogonal direction steppings respectively; These two orthogonal directions form a plane; Described objective table stepper motor is fixedly set in described installing rack, and fixing described objective table, is used for the described objective table of control along moving perpendicular to described in-plane stepping; Described objective table is used for the object that carrying is printed.
Preferably, described color three dimension printer also comprises three consumptive material spray booth stepper motors; Each described consumptive material spray booth stepper motor is fixedly set in described installing rack respectively, and fixes described consumptive material spray booth respectively, is used for the described consumptive material spray booth of control and moves along three orthogonal direction steppings respectively.
Preferably, in the described color three dimension printer, described electric blender comprises that one stirs stepper motor, transmission device and described shaft, described mixing part.
Preferably, in the described color three dimension printer, described installing rack is a support platform; Described consumptive material stepper motor is fixedly set in the top of described support platform, and described consumptive material spray booth is fixedly set in the below of described support platform; Preferably, an objective table is set also, itself and described installing rack are wholely set, and are used for the object that carrying is printed.
Preferably, described color three dimension printer also arranges a control system, its set handling unit, and the electric blender control module that is connected with described processing unit respectively, heating tube control module, thermocouple control module and each step motor control unit, be respectively applied to the control instruction according to described processing unit, the described electric blender of corresponding control, described heating tube, described thermocouple, each described stepper motor; Described processing unit is used for receiving outside file to be printed information, generates control instruction, sends to each corresponding control module respectively.
Preferably, in the described color three dimension printer, described control system also comprises the color scheme map unit that is connected with described processing unit, be used to described processing unit that predefined color scheme is provided, according to described file to be printed information and described color scheme, generate described control instruction by described processing unit.
Preferably, in the described color three dimension printer, between the consumptive material entrance of the described consumptive material spray booth that each described consumptive material stepper motor is corresponding with it feed pipe is set, is used for ccontaining and the described consumptive material of location transmission.
Preferably, described color three dimension printer also arranges and supports spray booth, support heating tube, support thermocouple, three support spray booth stepper motor and at least one support stepper motors; Described support stepper motor is fixedly set in described installing rack, and it arranges the backing material fixed bit, is used for the backing material of ccontaining outside; Contiguous and the noncontact setting of described support stepper motor and described support spray booth is sent to described support spray booth inside for controlled with described backing material stepping; Each described support spray booth stepper motor is fixedly set in described installing rack respectively, and fixes described support spray booth respectively, is used for the described support spray booth of control and moves along three orthogonal direction steppings respectively; The heating part of described support heating tube is arranged at described support spray booth inside, is used for heating; The thermometric portion of described support thermocouple is arranged at described support spray booth inside, is used for thermometric; Described support spray booth arranges at least one backing material entrance, supports the heating tube entrance, supports thermocouple entrance and electric blender entrance; Wherein, each backing material entrance is used for passing the backing material of an outside, and described support heating tube entrance is used for passing the heating part of described support heating tube, and described support thermocouple entrance is used for passing the thermometric portion of described support thermocouple; Described support spray booth also arranges support nozzle, is used for the backing material of the inner heating and melting of the described support spray booth of controlled crowded spray.
A kind of color three dimension Method of printing, it may further comprise the steps: according to file to be printed information, control at least three consumptive material stepper motors stepping respectively transmit consumptive material; At inner each consumptive material of mixing of consumptive material spray booth; According to file to be printed information, control at least three consumptive material spray booth stepper motors are adjusted the position of the consumptive material nozzle of consumptive material spray booth respectively in regular turn along three orthogonal directions, and the type that is sprayed into is squeezed in control.
Adopt such scheme, the present invention has improved the fusion sediment technology, and cheap colored 3D print system can be provided, and the consumptive material of use is simple, and popularization and application on a large scale has very high market application foreground.
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Fig. 1 overlooks the direction schematic diagram for one embodiment of the present of invention;
Fig. 2 is the application schematic diagram of one embodiment of the present of invention;
Fig. 3 is the system principle schematic diagram of one embodiment of the present of invention;
Fig. 4 is the thermocouple schematic diagram of one embodiment of the present of invention;
Fig. 5 is the power management schematic diagram of one embodiment of the present of invention;
Fig. 6 is the step motor control management schematic diagram of one embodiment of the present of invention;
Fig. 7 is the schematic flow sheet of one embodiment of the present of invention.
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For the ease of understanding the present invention, below in conjunction with the drawings and specific embodiments, the present invention will be described in more detail.Provided preferred embodiment of the present invention in the accompanying drawing.But the present invention can realize with many different forms, be not limited to the described embodiment of this specification.On the contrary, provide the purpose of these embodiment be make the understanding of disclosure of the present invention comprehensively thorough more.
Need to prove that when element is called as " being fixed in " another element, can directly can there be element placed in the middle in it on another element or also.When an element is considered to " connection " another element, it can be to be directly connected to another element or may to have element placed in the middle simultaneously.The employed term of this specification " vertical ", " level ", " left side ", " right side " and similar statement are just for illustrative purposes.
Unless otherwise defined, the employed all technology of this specification are identical with the implication that belongs to those skilled in the art's common sense of the present invention with scientific terminology.In this specification in specification of the present invention employed term be not for restriction the present invention just in order to describe the purpose of specific embodiment.The employed term of this specification " and/or " comprise one or more relevant Listed Items arbitrarily with all combinations.
The present invention changes on original basis of having only a stepper motor to drive single consumptive material at a bracing frame a plurality of stepper motors is installed, and nozzle still keeps one, as shown in Figure 1.For example, one embodiment of the present of invention are, a kind of color three dimension printer, it comprises installing rack, electric blender, consumptive material spray booth and at least three consumptive material stepper motors, for example, comprise three consumptive material stepper motors, four consumptive material stepper motors, five consumptive material stepper motors, six consumptive material stepper motors or more consumptive material stepper motor etc.Like this, can realize entering simultaneously the consumptive material silk of 3 kinds of colors, preferred, there are several motor can realize entering of several consumptive materials, in other words, need how many different consumptive materials, how many stepper motors then are set; When 3 consumptive materials enter in the spray booth simultaneously, the mixing of multiple color can be realized, thereby colored color spray scheme can be realized, can realize the mixing of any one color in theory.In order to realize the abundant mixing of color, for example, the stirring of using the another one stepper motor to continue, as shown in Figure 2.The rotating speed of electric blender can be realized sufficient dissolving with the fastest for well in theory, produces colour thereby the part of consumptive material of all kinds fully can be mixed.Why adopting the shower nozzle of the three-primary colours of more stepper motor rather than employing here, is because be the mixing of consumptive material rather than the mixing of pigment here.
Preferably, described installing rack is a support platform; Described consumptive material stepper motor is fixedly set in the top of described support platform, and described consumptive material spray booth is fixedly set in the below of described support platform; Preferably, an objective table is set also, itself and described installing rack are wholely set, and are used for the object that carrying is printed.
Each described consumptive material stepper motor is fixedly set in described installing rack respectively, and it arranges the consumptive material fixed bit, is used for the consumptive material of ccontaining outside; For example, outside consumptive material all is placed in consumptive material stepper motor inside, and is preferred, and outside consumptive material partly is placed in consumptive material stepper motor inside, and part in addition is arranged on the installing rack or other positions.
Described consumptive material spray booth is arranged at described installing rack, and it arranges electric blender entrance and at least three consumptive material entrances; Described electric blender entrance is used for passing the shaft of described electric blender, and each consumptive material entrance is used for passing the consumptive material that a described consumptive material stepper motor transmits; Preferably, also comprise described consumptive material.Preferably, described consumptive material stepper motor is set to the gear type stepper motor, and described consumptive material is adaptive to arrange equidistant teeth groove.
Contiguous and the noncontact setting with described consumptive material spray booth respectively of each described consumptive material stepper motor is sent to described consumptive material spray booth inside for controlled with described consumptive material stepping; Preferably, between the consumptive material entrance of the described consumptive material spray booth that each described consumptive material stepper motor is corresponding with it feed pipe is set, is used for ccontaining and the described consumptive material of location transmission.Preferably, described feed pipe is metal tube, and itself and consumptive material entrance are pegged graft, and preferred, the caliber of described feed pipe and described consumptive material entrance is 1.5 to 3 times of described consumptive material cross section the widest part, so that consumptive material enters and keeps certain compactness.Preferably, described feed pipe inwall arranges some spacing rings, is used for limiting the approximate location of consumptive material, prevents that it from rocking.Adopt feed pipe, not only be easy to install and produce, also be easy to cleaning, be particularly conducive to long-term use.
Described electric blender is fixedly set in described installing rack, and its mixing part is arranged at described consumptive material spray booth inside, is used for controlled stirring, and described mixing part connects the body of described electric blender by described shaft; That is to say that electric blender has shaft and mixing part, mixer rotates its shaft, drives its mixing part, makes each consumptive material of consumptive material spray booth inside can be stirred in together, and preferred, each consumptive material can stir.Preferably, described electric blender comprises that one stirs stepper motor, transmission device and described shaft, described mixing part.For example, stir stepper motor by belt and the described shaft of gear driven, thereby drive described agitator.
Described consumptive material spray booth also arranges the consumptive material nozzle, is used for the inner mixing consumptive material through stirring of the described consumptive material spray booth of controlled crowded spray.Preferably, described consumptive material spray booth also arranges the consumptive material nozzle, the mixing consumptive material that is used for the inner heating and melting of the described consumptive material spray booth of controlled crowded spray and stirs.Preferably, the below of described consumptive material spray booth or side-lower arrange described consumptive material nozzle.
As shown in Figure 1, the color three dimension printer comprises three consumptive material stepper motors, the first consumptive material stepper motor 101 is sent into the consumptive material spray booth with first consumptive material 201 according to demand, the second consumptive material stepper motor 102 is sent into the consumptive material spray booth with second consumptive material 202 according to demand, the 3rd consumptive material stepper motor 103 is sent into the consumptive material spray booth with the 3rd consumptive material 203 according to demand, sprays by nozzle after stirring.For example, consumptive material is to have dispersed pulverulent solids or liquid, and is preferred at this moment, also comprises a consumptive material storage silo, is used for the corresponding consumptive material of storage.Preferably, consumptive material storage silo physics is inverted, and its outlet connects the consumptive material stepper motor.And for example, each consumptive material melt and mix after again by the nozzle ejection, for example, consumptive material is the thread solid-state material of strip.
Preferably, the color three dimension printer also comprises consumptive material heating tube and consumptive material thermocouple; The heating part of described consumptive material heating tube is arranged at described consumptive material spray booth inside, is used for heating; The thermometric portion of described consumptive material thermocouple is arranged at described consumptive material spray booth inside, is used for thermometric; Preferably, a temperature controller is set also, it connects described consumptive material thermocouple by compensating wire, also drives a contactor by a relay, connects and controls described consumptive material heating tube by contactor.Described consumptive material spray booth also arranges consumptive material heating tube entrance and consumptive material thermocouple entrance; Described consumptive material heating tube entrance is used for passing the heating part of described consumptive material heating tube, and described consumptive material thermocouple entrance is used for passing the thermometric portion of described consumptive material thermocouple.Preferably, the heating part of described consumptive material heating tube is installed on the body of described consumptive material heating tube by a mounting pipe; Described consumptive material heating tube entrance is used for passing described mounting pipe; The thermometric portion of described consumptive material thermocouple is installed on the body of described thermocouple by a tube connector; Described thermocouple entrance is used for passing described tube connector.Like this, fast dismounting consumptive material thermocouple and consumptive material heating tube are convenient to cleaning.Preferably, the heating part of described consumptive material heating tube arranges a branching portion near described consumptive material nozzle, in order to guarantee the temperature at described consumptive material nozzle place, obtains better printing effect.
In conjunction with being applied to above-mentioned arbitrary related embodiment, further, embodiments of the invention can also be that described color three dimension printer also comprises objective table, objective table stepper motor, two consumptive material spray booth stepper motors; Each described consumptive material spray booth stepper motor is fixedly set in described installing rack respectively, and fixes described consumptive material spray booth respectively, is used for the described consumptive material spray booth of control and moves along two orthogonal direction steppings respectively; These two orthogonal directions form a plane; For example, described color three dimension printer comprises two consumptive material spray booth stepper motors of X-axis and Y-axis both direction, makes the consumptive material spray booth in one plane to move.And described objective table stepper motor is fixedly set in described installing rack, and fixing described objective table, is used for the described objective table of control along moving perpendicular to described in-plane stepping; Described objective table is used for the object that carrying is printed; Like this, the consumptive material spray booth is in one plane mobile, and objective table moves perpendicular to this plane, both combinations, and the consumptive material nozzle of consumptive material spray booth can carry out 3D and print in a three-dimensional spatial area in its optional position.
Perhaps, in conjunction with being applied to above-mentioned arbitrary related embodiment, further, embodiments of the invention can also be that described color three dimension printer also comprises three consumptive material spray booth stepper motors; Each described consumptive material spray booth stepper motor is fixedly set in described installing rack respectively, and fixes described consumptive material spray booth respectively, is used for the described consumptive material spray booth of control and moves along three orthogonal direction steppings respectively; That is to say that described color three dimension printer comprises the stepper motor of X, Y, three directions of Z axle, can be referred to as X-axis stepper motor, y-axis stepper motor, Z shaft step motor, thereby can control the direction of whole consumptive material nozzle; For example, nozzle by the motor of X, Y, three directions of Z axle, is adjusted the position of consumptive material spray booth below spray booth, thereby adjusts position and the direction of consumptive material nozzle.Like this, the consumptive material nozzle can carry out 3D and print in a three-dimensional spatial area in its optional position.And for example, this example also arranges an objective table for the carrying printing objects, and this objective table is fixedly set in described installing rack.
For example, as shown in Figure 2, in the described color three dimension printer, electric blender 301 is installed on support platform 302 tops, its shaft passes support platform, link the mixing part that is positioned at consumptive material spray booth inside, consumptive material stepper motor 101, consumptive material stepper motor 103 are installed on support platform 302 tops, consumptive material spray booth 303 is installed on support platform 302 belows, consumptive material nozzle 304 is arranged at consumptive material spray booth 303 belows, the color three dimension printer is realized printing at objective table 306, and the object 305 of printing places on the objective table 306; Thermocouple 307, heating tube 308 insert consumptive material spray booth inside respectively.Consumptive material 201,202,203 is not shown in consumptive material stepper motor 101,102(Fig. 2 respectively), under 103 the driving, enter consumptive material spray booth 303, through heat fused, stir after, from the ejection of consumptive material nozzle, realize that 3D prints.
In conjunction with being applied to above-mentioned arbitrary related embodiment, further, embodiments of the invention can also be, described color three dimension printer also arranges a control system, its set handling unit, and the electric blender control module that is connected with described processing unit respectively, heating tube control module, thermocouple control module and each step motor control unit, be respectively applied to the control instruction according to described processing unit, the described electric blender of corresponding control, described heating tube, described thermocouple, each described stepper motor; Particularly, what stepper motors are arranged, just the corresponding step motor control unit that equal number is set, corresponding control one by one.Described processing unit is used for receiving outside file to be printed information, generates control instruction, sends to each corresponding control module respectively.Preferably, described control system also comprises the color scheme map unit that is connected with described processing unit, be used to described processing unit that predefined color scheme is provided, according to described file to be printed information and described color scheme, generate described control instruction by described processing unit.For example, the user can be in color scheme map unit self-defined its preferred colors, and for example, the user can adjust color scheme in the color scheme map unit according to the printing effect in early stage.
For example, preferred, a hardware plan as shown in Figure 3, Chip1 is ATMEGA16U2-mu, and Chip2 is ATMEGA2560-16U, and ATmega2560 is as CPU, and the ATmega16u2-mu of low side belongs to attached chip, is used for the conversion chip with usb circuit, the concrete connection as shown in Figure 3.Because be the printing technique that adopts usb communication in the present embodiment, also be that Gcode finally carries out transfer of data by the communication mode of USB.The code that the notice machine was carried out when G-code was printing, printing is preceding by stl file generation G-CODE code, and how the notice printer is carried out.
The thermocouple schematic diagram as shown in Figure 4, other adjunct circuit can be finished according to the mode of connection of thermocouple, that Chip3 adopts is MAX6675, this chip is special-purpose cold junction compensation K type thermocouple conversion chip.For the 3D printer of colour, if in design, do not relate to the nozzle of supportive material, just have only a nozzle and spray booth, then only need a K type thermocouple to get final product.At first determine the maximum temperature of controll plant, select to be fit to the thermocouple of calibration number, the temperature range of K type thermocouple is-40～+ 1200 ℃.When needs supportive material, two or above spray booth and nozzle thereof then are set, need the K type thermocouple of respective amount this moment, controls the temperature of each spray booth respectively.Perhaps, can select the thermocouple of other types for use, various embodiments of the present invention all do not have extra restriction to this yet.
Power management as shown in Figure 5, Chip4 is KPJX-4S-S, it directly is connected with the 220V power supply, Chip5 is that LM1084-5V, Chip6 are V_REG_MIC2920; LM1084 and MIC2920 then are responsible for the voltage stabilizing of 5V power supply and 3.3V power supply.Chip most important control Stepping Motor Control, the Chip7 chip of Cai Yonging is the chip A4928 chip of Allergro here, its basic control interface is as shown in Figure 6.
Controllor for step-by-step motor has six needs and drives in colored 3D printer, also be that above-mentioned driving governor needs six, perhaps adopts the chip that can drive a plurality of stepper motors simultaneously also can.Wherein, Chip8 is MCP4018, and this is the digital regulation resistance of 7 single I2C.Other circuit mainly comprise peripheral components circuit such as SD card.
Software scenario: the control scheme of software refers to control colored printing flow process, flow chart comprises and subscribes color, the pulse of determining each stepper motor of tabling look-up, drives stepper motor, each stepper motor and drive consumptive material and enter spray booth, finally obtain required color as shown in Figure 7.Because the control of the system of 3D printer is not to control as other software systems, the value here all is that predefine is good.And the good color scheme of this predefine must be handled by replicatorG software in advance, and its concrete processing mode is the color scheme of introducing on original basis.Because the scheme of original replicatorG is to carry out the cutting of two dimension and the material of some supports of interpolation etc. by the model with the .stl form of three-dimensional.The scheme of this cutting in the time of the scheme of printing color, will increase new function, because must add this attribute of color.So when transforming, when the cutting threedimensional model, must introduce the color of model.When introducing color, the operation of its some Gcode is classified.Such as redness, then at this moment when mega2560 control step motor, can formulate the rotational angle of stepper motor SM1-SM3.Also be that some colors are with the number of degrees of the angle of corresponding six consumptive material drive motors.Just can realize printing to colour by this table.Also be the form that replicatorG has safeguarded a correspondence, the color scheme is mapped to the angle of stepper motor rotation among the Gcode or the pulse of each different stepper motor.The mapping table of color and motor pulses is as shown in the table.Such as the scheme of redness then its mapping scheme be " red ".
| Color | SM1 (red) | SM2(is green) | SM3(indigo plant) | The SM3(Huang) | The SM5(palm fibre) | SM6(is white) |
| Red | 0.9/1.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Green | 0 | 0.9/1.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Blue | 0 | 0 | 0.9/1.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| … | … | … | … | … | … | … |
Need to prove that last table only is a color scheme Mapping Examples among the embodiment, not as any restriction to each related embodiment of the present invention.
In conjunction with being applied to above-mentioned arbitrary related embodiment, further, embodiments of the invention can also be, described color three dimension printer also arranges the support member print system, comprises supporting spray booth, support heating tube, support thermocouple, three support spray booth stepper motor and at least one support stepper motors; Described support stepper motor is fixedly set in described installing rack, and it arranges the backing material fixed bit, is used for the backing material of ccontaining outside; Contiguous and the noncontact setting of described support stepper motor and described support spray booth is sent to described support spray booth inside for controlled with described backing material stepping; Each described support spray booth stepper motor is fixedly set in described installing rack respectively, and fixes described support spray booth respectively, is used for the described support spray booth of control and moves along three orthogonal direction steppings respectively; The heating part of described support heating tube is arranged at described support spray booth inside, is used for heating; The thermometric portion of described support thermocouple is arranged at described support spray booth inside, is used for thermometric; Described support spray booth arranges at least one backing material entrance, supports the heating tube entrance, supports thermocouple entrance and electric blender entrance; Wherein, each backing material entrance is used for passing the backing material of an outside, and described support heating tube entrance is used for passing the heating part of described support heating tube, and described support thermocouple entrance is used for passing the thermometric portion of described support thermocouple; Described support spray booth also arranges support nozzle, is used for the backing material of the inner heating and melting of the described support spray booth of controlled crowded spray.Wherein, can also adopt the correlation technique feature of the various embodiments described above simply to replace and combination, and/or, adopt relevant control system, be applied to the described support member print system of above-described embodiment.For example, backing material is selected phase-change wax backing material, photocuring backing material for use.Like this; part for the structure more complicated; there are interior void and overhanging portion in regular meeting in the part; usually to fill with backing material; adopt above-described embodiment, can realize supporting drop that solid material ejects until curing, auxiliary solid material is shaped; after course of injection was finished, backing material was removed from mold elements.
Adopt the described color three dimension printer of above-mentioned arbitrary embodiment, embodiments of the invention also comprise, a kind of color three dimension Method of printing, and it may further comprise the steps: according to file to be printed information, control at least three consumptive material stepper motors stepping respectively transmit consumptive material; For example, according to file to be printed information, control three consumptive material stepper motors stepping transmission consumptive material respectively, for example, stepping transmits red consumptive material, green consumptive material, blue consumptive material respectively.Then, at inner each consumptive material of mixing of consumptive material spray booth; For example, at inner also each consumptive material of mixing that melts of consumptive material spray booth; And for example, at inner back each consumptive material of mixing that melts of consumptive material spray booth.According to file to be printed information, control at least three consumptive material spray booth stepper motors are adjusted the position of the consumptive material nozzle of consumptive material spray booth respectively in regular turn along three orthogonal directions, and the type that is sprayed into is squeezed in control.And for example, adopt the related technical characterictic of above-mentioned color three dimension printer, the embodiment in each step of color three dimension Method of printing.
Further, embodiments of the invention can also be each technical characterictic of the various embodiments described above, the enforceable color three dimension printer and the color three dimension Method of printing that are combined to form mutually.
Need to prove that above-mentioned each technical characterictic continues combination mutually, forms the various embodiment that do not enumerate in the above, all be considered as the scope of specification record of the present invention; And, for those of ordinary skills, can be improved according to the above description or conversion, and all these improvement and conversion all should belong to the protection domain of claims of the present invention.
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1. a color three dimension printer is characterized in that, comprises installing rack, electric blender, consumptive material spray booth and at least three consumptive material stepper motors;
Each described consumptive material stepper motor is fixedly set in described installing rack respectively, and it arranges the consumptive material fixed bit, is used for the consumptive material of ccontaining outside;
Described consumptive material spray booth is arranged at described installing rack, and it arranges electric blender entrance and at least three consumptive material entrances; Described electric blender entrance is used for passing the shaft of described electric blender, and each consumptive material entrance is used for passing the consumptive material that a described consumptive material stepper motor transmits;
Contiguous and the noncontact setting with described consumptive material spray booth respectively of each described consumptive material stepper motor is sent to described consumptive material spray booth inside for controlled with described consumptive material stepping;
Described electric blender is fixedly set in described installing rack, and its mixing part is arranged at described consumptive material spray booth inside, is used for controlled stirring, and described mixing part connects the body of described electric blender by described shaft;
Described consumptive material spray booth also arranges the consumptive material nozzle, is used for the inner mixing consumptive material through stirring of the described consumptive material spray booth of controlled crowded spray.
2. according to the described color three dimension printer of claim 1, it is characterized in that, also comprise consumptive material heating tube and consumptive material thermocouple;
The heating part of described consumptive material heating tube is arranged at described consumptive material spray booth inside, is used for heating;
The thermometric portion of described consumptive material thermocouple is arranged at described consumptive material spray booth inside, is used for thermometric;
Described consumptive material spray booth also arranges consumptive material heating tube entrance and consumptive material thermocouple entrance; Described consumptive material heating tube entrance is used for passing the heating part of described consumptive material heating tube, and described consumptive material thermocouple entrance is used for passing the thermometric portion of described consumptive material thermocouple;
Preferably, the heating part of described consumptive material heating tube is installed on the body of described consumptive material heating tube by a mounting pipe; Described consumptive material heating tube entrance is used for passing described mounting pipe; The thermometric portion of described consumptive material thermocouple is installed on the body of described thermocouple by a tube connector; Described thermocouple entrance is used for passing described tube connector.
3. according to the described color three dimension printer of claim 1, it is characterized in that, also comprise objective table, objective table stepper motor, two consumptive material spray booth stepper motors;
Each described consumptive material spray booth stepper motor is fixedly set in described installing rack respectively, and fixes described consumptive material spray booth respectively, is used for the described consumptive material spray booth of control and moves along two orthogonal direction steppings respectively; These two orthogonal directions form a plane;
Described objective table stepper motor is fixedly set in described installing rack, and fixing described objective table, is used for the described objective table of control along moving perpendicular to described in-plane stepping; Described objective table is used for the object that carrying is printed;
Perhaps, also comprise three consumptive material spray booth stepper motors; Each described consumptive material spray booth stepper motor is fixedly set in described installing rack respectively, and fixes described consumptive material spray booth respectively, is used for the described consumptive material spray booth of control and moves along three orthogonal direction steppings respectively.
4. according to the described color three dimension printer of claim 1, it is characterized in that described electric blender comprises that one stirs stepper motor, transmission device and described shaft, described mixing part.
5. according to the described color three dimension printer of claim 1, it is characterized in that described installing rack is a support platform; Described consumptive material stepper motor is fixedly set in the top of described support platform, and described consumptive material spray booth is fixedly set in the below of described support platform; Preferably, an objective table is set also, itself and described installing rack are wholely set, and are used for the object that carrying is printed.
6. according to the described color three dimension printer of claim 1, it is characterized in that, one control system also is set, its set handling unit, and the electric blender control module that is connected with described processing unit respectively, heating tube control module, thermocouple control module and each step motor control unit, be respectively applied to the control instruction according to described processing unit, the described electric blender of corresponding control, described heating tube, described thermocouple, each described stepper motor; Described processing unit is used for receiving outside file to be printed information, generates control instruction, sends to each corresponding control module respectively.
7. according to the described color three dimension printer of claim 6, it is characterized in that, described control system also comprises the color scheme map unit that is connected with described processing unit, be used to described processing unit that predefined color scheme is provided, according to described file to be printed information and described color scheme, generate described control instruction by described processing unit.
8. according to the described color three dimension printer of claim 1, it is characterized in that, between the consumptive material entrance of the described consumptive material spray booth that each described consumptive material stepper motor is corresponding with it feed pipe is set, be used for ccontaining and the described consumptive material of location transmission.
9. according to the arbitrary described color three dimension printer of claim 1 to 8, it is characterized in that, also arrange and support spray booth, support heating tube, support thermocouple, three support spray booth stepper motor and at least one support stepper motors;
Described support stepper motor is fixedly set in described installing rack, and it arranges the backing material fixed bit, is used for the backing material of ccontaining outside;
Contiguous and the noncontact setting of described support stepper motor and described support spray booth is sent to described support spray booth inside for controlled with described backing material stepping;
Each described support spray booth stepper motor is fixedly set in described installing rack respectively, and fixes described support spray booth respectively, is used for the described support spray booth of control and moves along three orthogonal direction steppings respectively;
The heating part of described support heating tube is arranged at described support spray booth inside, is used for heating;
The thermometric portion of described support thermocouple is arranged at described support spray booth inside, is used for thermometric;
Described support spray booth arranges at least one backing material entrance, supports the heating tube entrance, supports thermocouple entrance and electric blender entrance; Wherein, each backing material entrance is used for passing the backing material of an outside, and described support heating tube entrance is used for passing the heating part of described support heating tube, and described support thermocouple entrance is used for passing the thermometric portion of described support thermocouple;
Described support spray booth also arranges support nozzle, is used for the backing material of the inner heating and melting of the described support spray booth of controlled crowded spray.
10. a color three dimension Method of printing is characterized in that, may further comprise the steps:
According to file to be printed information, control at least three consumptive material stepper motors stepping respectively transmit consumptive material;
At inner each consumptive material of mixing of consumptive material spray booth;
According to file to be printed information, control at least three consumptive material spray booth stepper motors are adjusted the position of the consumptive material nozzle of consumptive material spray booth respectively in regular turn along three orthogonal directions, and the type that is sprayed into is squeezed in control.
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