Increasing material manufacturing system and increasing material manufacturing method
Technical field
The invention belongs to laser gain material manufacturing equipment technical fields, in particular to a kind of increasing material manufacturing system and increasing
A kind of material manufacturing method.
Background technique
Increasing material manufacturing (Additive Manufacturing, AM) technology be based on Layered manufacturing principle, using material by
Digital model, is directly embodied as a kind of new manufacture of entity component by the cumulative method of layer.U.S. material and test
(ASTM) F42 international commission, association gives the definition of increasing material manufacturing: increasing material manufacturing is according to three-dimensional modeling data by material
Connection is fabricated to the process of object, manufactures relative to subtraction, its usually successively cumulative process.Laser gain material manufactures (Laser
Additive Manufacturing, LAM) technology is a kind of using laser as the increases material manufacturing technology of energy source, laser has energy
The high feature of metric density, it can be achieved that difficult-to-machine metal manufacture, such as aerospace field use titanium alloy, high temperature alloy
Deng, while laser gain material manufacturing technology also has the advantages that not limited by design of part, can be used for structure is complicated, difficult processing and
The processing and manufacturing of thin-walled parts.Currently, material applied by laser gain material manufacturing technology has covered titanium alloy, high temperature alloy, iron
Based alloy, aluminium alloy, refractory alloy, amorphous alloy, ceramics and functionally gradient material (FGM) etc., high-performance is complicated in aerospace field
Porous labyrinth manufacture has significant advantage in component and biological manufacturing field.
If directly carrying out laser gain material manufacture under air atmosphere, the surface of material is easily oxidized, surface oxides meeting
Cause workpiece surface uneven, and oxide impurity seriously affects the metallurgical bonding inside drip molding, endangers drip molding
Performance.Therefore in laser gain material manufacturing equipment system, in addition to laser, powder feed system and control system, it is also necessary to have one
The seal molding chamber of a inert gas shielding guarantees Control for Oxygen Content of metal component during laser forming in forming cavity
In claimed range, avoids oxygen and metal that oxidation reaction occurs under the high temperature conditions, influence the final mass of drip molding.
Part is formed under vacuum state in forming cavity, and the part size shaped by laser gain material manufacturing technology is logical
It is often limited by the volume of forming cavity.The volume of common laser gain material manufacture forming cavity is fixed at this stage, and forming dimension is not
Same part requires to carry out exhaust to entire forming cavity.Therefore, part lesser for forming dimension, to entire forming cavity
The disadvantages of utilization rate that progress exhaust will cause forming cavity is lower, the exhaust waiting time is longer and higher cost.Therefore,
It needs one kind that can neatly control the volume of forming cavity according to the size of part to be formed, and then can greatly shorten
The exhaust time of forming cavity, the metal component reduce inert protective gas consumption, reduce the wasting of resources, improving production efficiency
Laser gain material manufacture system.
Summary of the invention
Present invention aim to address laser gain material change system above shortcomings and disadvantage in the prior art, examples
The volume size for such as solving forming cavity cannot change and then lesser in forming dimension according to the size of part to be formed
The problem of unnecessary wasting of resources is caused when part, the purpose are achieved through the following technical solutions.
The present invention provides a kind of increasing material manufacturing system, the increasing material manufacturing system includes increasing material manufacturing module, the increasing
There are two material manufacture module tools horizontal support and the increasing material manufacturing forming cavity between described two horizontal supports, described two
A horizontal support extends in parallel and spaced a predetermined distance from, and the increasing material manufacturing system further includes increasing material manufacturing device and rides upon
Longitudinal carrier on described two horizontal supports, the longitudinal carrier can be along described two relative to described two horizontal supports
The direction that horizontal support extends is mobile, and the increasing material manufacturing device is coupled with the longitudinal carrier by guide device and can
It is moved together with the longitudinal carrier, wherein the increasing material manufacturing system can include multiple increasing material manufacturing modules, adjacent
Two increasing material manufacturing modules be to be joined together by split attachment device.
According to another aspect of the present invention, the guide device can be along the direction that the longitudinal carrier extends relative to institute
It states longitudinal carrier movement and thus drives the increasing material manufacturing device mobile.
According to another aspect of the present invention, the guide device includes bootstrap block and vertical axis, and the vertical axis setting exists
On the bootstrap block or in the bootstrap block, the bootstrap block can be along the direction that the longitudinal carrier extends in longitudinal branch
It is moved on frame,
According to another aspect of the present invention, the vertical axis is movably disposed on the bootstrap block or described
In bootstrap block, the vertical axis is moved along the vertical direction relative to the bootstrap block.
According to another aspect of the present invention, the increasing material manufacturing device includes laser and powder feed system.
According to another aspect of the present invention, the longitudinal carrier along the direction that described two horizontal supports extend move with
Movement of the guide device along the direction that the longitudinal carrier extends is synchronous or asynchronous.
The present invention also provides a kind of increasing material manufacturing method, the increasing material manufacturing method is by previously described increasing material system
The system of making is performed, and the increasing material manufacturing method includes:
Step 1: according to the size of part to be formed, selecting the increasing material manufacturing module of predetermined quantity, make to make a reservation for
The forming cavity of the increasing material manufacturing module of quantity is connected to;
Step 2: forming chamber pumping to connection is simultaneously filled with not active gases to the forming cavity of connection, so that not active gases
Forming cavity full of connection;
Step 3: the laser gain material manufacture of part is carried out in the forming cavity of connection.
According to another aspect of the present invention, step 3 includes: to extend the longitudinal carrier along described two horizontal supports
Direction is moved on described two horizontal supports, also, makes the guide device along the direction that the longitudinal carrier extends in institute
It states on longitudinal carrier mobile to drive the increasing material manufacturing device mobile, passes through the longitudinal carrier and the guide device
The increasing material manufacturing of part is completed in linkage.
According to another aspect of the present invention, in the case where shaping small size part, an increasing material manufacturing mould is selected
Block, or selected two increasing material manufacturing modules and the forming cavity of two increasing material manufacturing modules is made to communicate with each other, at
In the case where shape large-scale part, selectes more than two increasing material manufacturing modules and make described two above increasing material manufacturing modules
Forming cavity communicate with each other.
According to another aspect of the present invention, make the longitudinal carrier moving along the direction that described two horizontal supports extend
With the guide device moving either synchronously or asynchronously along the direction that the longitudinal carrier extends.
By above-mentioned increasing material manufacturing system and increasing material manufacturing method, the present invention realizes following beneficial technical effect:
(1) in the lesser situation of the part size of forming, expansible increasing material manufacturing system can greatly shorten forming
The chamber pumping time.The exhaust process needs of traditional band large-scale metal component increasing material manufacturing change system take a long time, and produce
Inefficiency.And expansible increasing material manufacturing system is used, choosing can be passed through under the premise of meeting formation of parts size
Increasing material manufacturing module as few as possible is selected to reduce the volume of forming cavity as far as possible, be then evacuated again and is filled with not active gases ratio
Such as inert gas, forming chamber air is driven out of outside chamber.Evacuation time is greatly shortened in this way, improves production efficiency.
(2) in the biggish situation of the part size of forming, large scale that expansible increasing material manufacturing system can shape
The flexibility of part is higher.Traditional band large-scale metal component increasing material manufacturing system, if to shape more bulky than forming cavity zero
When part, it is necessary to a forming cavity bigger than volume of part to be formed is manufactured again, is taken a long time in this way, process is tedious,
Higher cost;And expansible increasing material manufacturing system of the invention, can neatly modularization extension forming cavity volume, reach into
The size requirement of shape part.
(3) can significantly saving and protection gas usage amount.Before laser gain material manufacturing process starts, need at
Shape is intracavitary to be filled with not active gases such as inert gas (such as argon gas and helium), so that the intracorporal oxygen content of chamber is lower than 50ppm, with
Guarantee to be influenced by surrounding air in forming process.Current existing band large-scale metal component increasing material manufacturing system, needs
A large amount of inert protective gas.And this expansible increasing material manufacturing system, before forming inert gas used in exhaust process
Amount will be greatly reduced, and reduce production cost.
In conclusion this increasing material manufacturing system and increasing material manufacturing method in through the invention, change in forming ruler
The inherent shortcoming of existing forming cavity constancy of volume, substantially reduces the exhaust time when very little different part, improves production effect
Rate reduces comprehensive production cost.
Detailed description of the invention
By reading the following detailed description of the preferred embodiment, various other advantages and benefits are common for this field
Technical staff will become clear.The drawings are only for the purpose of illustrating a preferred embodiment, and is not considered as to the present invention
Limitation.And throughout the drawings, the same reference numbers will be used to refer to the same parts.In the accompanying drawings:
Fig. 1 is the three-view diagram of the increasing material manufacturing system of embodiment of the present invention,
Fig. 2 is the structural schematic diagram of the increasing material manufacturing system of embodiment of the present invention, and in Fig. 2, figure (a) is increasing material manufacturing
The side view of system, figure (b) are the top view of increasing material manufacturing system, and figure (c) is the main view of increasing material manufacturing system, and figure (d) is
The perspective view of increasing material manufacturing system.
Description of symbols: 1-1 workbench blanking region;1-2 machining area;1-3 increasing material manufacturing forming cavity;1-4 is longitudinal
Bracket;1-5 horizontal support, 1-6 horizontal support;1-7 vertical axis;1-8 longitudinal carrier;2-1 exit from do;The safe enclosing of 2-2;2-
3 top platforms;The safe enclosing of 2-4;2-5 workbench blanking region;2-6 machining area;2-7 forming cavity;The rotation of 2-8 hermatic door is opened
It closes;2-9 processes unit.
Specific embodiment
The illustrative embodiments of the disclosure are more fully described below with reference to accompanying drawings.Although showing this public affairs in attached drawing
The illustrative embodiments opened, it being understood, however, that may be realized in various forms the disclosure without the reality that should be illustrated here
The mode of applying is limited.It is to be able to thoroughly understand the disclosure on the contrary, providing these embodiments, and can be by this public affairs
The range opened is fully disclosed to those skilled in the art.
Increasing material manufacturing system with attached drawing to embodiment of the present invention and increasing material manufacturing system With reference to embodiment
System method is described further, but the scope of protection of the present invention is not limited thereto.
Fig. 1 is the three-view diagram of increasing material manufacturing system in embodiment.As shown in fig. 1, the increasing material system in present embodiment
The system of making includes increasing material manufacturing module, such as module I.Module I tool is there are two horizontal support 1-5 and 1-6 and is located at laterally branch
Increasing material manufacturing forming cavity 1-3 between frame 1-5 and 1-6, two horizontal supports 1-5 and 1-6 are extended in parallel and spaced a predetermined distance from,
The increasing material manufacturing system further includes increasing material manufacturing device and rides upon longitudinal carrier 1- on two horizontal supports 1-5 and 1-6
8, longitudinal carrier 1-8 can be along the directions that two horizontal supports 1-5 and 1-6 extend relative to two horizontal supports 1-5 and 1-6
(i.e. y-axis direction) is mobile, which is coupled with longitudinal carrier 1-8 by guide device and can be with longitudinal carrier
1-8 is moved together.Particularly, the increasing material manufacturing system can include multiple increasing material manufacturing modules, such as module I, module ii and
Module ii I, two adjacent increasing material manufacturing modules, such as module I and module ii or module ii and module ii I are to pass through split
What attachment device was joined together.The split attachment device is, for example, plug-in type device.
Particularly, the guide device can along longitudinal direction bracket 1-8 extend direction (i.e. x-axis direction) relative to longitudinal branch
Frame 1-8 is mobile and thus drives the increasing material manufacturing device mobile.The guide device includes bootstrap block and vertical axis 1-7, is erected
To axis 1-7 setting on the bootstrap block or in the bootstrap block, the bootstrap block can along longitudinal direction bracket 1-8 extend direction
It is moved on longitudinal carrier 1-8, vertical axis 1-7 can be moved along the vertical direction relative to the bootstrap block, the increasing material manufacturing
Device includes laser and powder feed system.In addition, visible workbench blanking region 1-1 and machining area 1-2 in Fig. 1.The increasing
Material manufacture system further includes atmosphere protection system, and the atmosphere protection system includes O2It detection device, air extractor and does not live
Property gas inlet (not shown).
As shown in fig. 1, forming cavity x-axis width remains unchanged, and forming cavity y-axis length can be by making adjacent increasing material system
The forming cavity of modeling block is connected to extend, such as the partition between the forming cavity by removing adjacent increasing material manufacturing module makes
Forming cavity connection achievees the purpose that increase or reduces forming cavity volume to extension forming chamber.Laser and powder feeding system
System is placed on longitudinal carrier 1-8 via guide device, such as vertical axis 1-7, and longitudinal carrier 1-8 in the process of moving can
Keep the airtightness of forming cavity.Longitudinal carrier 1-8 can be moved in forming cavity in the y-axis direction, and vertical axis 1-7 can be in x-axis side
Mobile relative to longitudinal carrier 1-8 upwards, furthermore vertical axis 1-7 can be moved along the vertical direction relative to bootstrap block, to make
Laser and powder feed system can be moved to any one position of forming cavity, any one position is all in this way in forming cavity
It can be with formation of parts.Increased by the laser that part is completed in the linkage of longitudinal carrier 1-8 and guide device (it includes vertical axis 1-7)
Material manufacture.The movement of longitudinal carrier 1-8 and guide device can be either synchronously or asynchronously.
As shown in fig. 1, in specific forming process, in the case where shaping small size part, it can choose a mould
Block, such as module I, or two modules of selection, such as module I and module ii and it is connected to the forming cavity of two modules, such as
One piece of partition between the forming cavity of remove module I and the forming cavity of module ii is so that forming cavity is connected to.Forming cavity volume at this time
Smaller, the waiting time of such exhaust can be reduced, and the dosage of inert gas can also be reduced, thus save the cost.In forming ruler
In the case where very little biggish part, it can choose three modules, such as module I, module ii and module ii I and make these three modules
Forming cavity connection, such as the two pieces of partitions removed between the forming cavities of these three modules reach to expand forming cavity volume
Shape the requirement of large-scale part.
Fig. 2 is the structural schematic diagram of the increasing material manufacturing system of the remodeling of embodiment of the present invention, it illustrates: exit from do
2-1;Safe enclosing 2-2;Top platform 2-3;Safe enclosing 2-4;Workbench blanking region 2-5;Machining area 2-6;Forming cavity
2-7;Hermatic door rotary switch 2-8;And processing unit 2-9.System in Fig. 2 further enriches safe enclosing 2-2 and top
Portion platform 2-3, closer to practice, convenient for the understanding and implementation of those skilled in the art.
The workflow of above-mentioned increasing material manufacturing system is described below, specifically:
Step 1: according to the size of part to be formed, selecting the increasing material manufacturing module of predetermined quantity, make to make a reservation for
The forming cavity of the increasing material manufacturing module of quantity is connected to;
Step 2: forming chamber pumping to connection is simultaneously filled with not active gases to the forming cavity of connection, so that not active gases
Forming cavity full of connection;
Step 3: the laser gain material manufacture of part is carried out in the forming cavity of connection.
Step 3 can also include: to make longitudinal carrier 1-8 along the direction that two horizontal supports 1-5 and 1-6 extend in two cross
The direction longitudinal carrier 1- for being moved on bracket 1-5 and 1-6, also, extending the guide device along the longitudinal carrier 1-8
It is mobile to drive the increasing material manufacturing device mobile on 7, it is completed by the linkage of the longitudinal carrier and the guide device
The increasing material manufacturing of part.
In the case where shaping small size part, a module, such as module I can choose, or two modules of selection,
Such as module I and module ii and be connected to the forming cavity of two modules, such as remove module I forming cavity and module ii forming
One piece of partition between chamber is so that forming cavity is connected to.The waiting time of forming cavity small volume at this time, such exhaust can be reduced,
The dosage of inert gas can also be reduced, thus save the cost.In the case where forming dimension biggish part, it can choose three
Module, such as module I, module ii and module ii I are simultaneously connected to the forming cavity of these three modules, such as remove these three modules
Two pieces of partitions between forming cavity reach the requirement of forming large-scale part to expand forming cavity volume.
It is alternatively possible to check whether increasing material manufacturing system is normal, together before carrying out the laser gain material manufacture forming of part
When check atmosphere control system, monitoring and feedback system it is whether normal.
It is smaller in the part size of forming by the structure and workflow of increasing material manufacturing system in above embodiment
When, the forming cavity exhaust time can be greatly shortened, production efficiency is improved;It, can be flexible when the part size of forming is larger
Ground extension forming cavity volume reaches the size requirement of large scale formation of parts, avoids the forming cavity for repeating to manufacture different volumes;This
Outside, due to can neatly adjust the volume of forming cavity, thus can significantly saving and protection gas usage amount, avoid wave
Take, so as to further decrease manufacturing cost.
The foregoing is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, but scope of protection of the present invention is not limited thereto,
In the technical scope disclosed by the present invention, any changes or substitutions that can be easily thought of by anyone skilled in the art,
It should be covered by the protection scope of the present invention.Therefore, protection scope of the present invention answers the protection model with claim
Subject to enclosing.