Manufacturing method of three-dimensional object

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11305481-B2
Application number	US-201916600597-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 14, 2019
Priority date	Oct 15, 2018
Publication date	Apr 19, 2022
Grant date	Apr 19, 2022

Abstract

Provided is a manufacturing method of a three-dimensional object for manufacturing a three-dimensional object by laminating unit layers using a fluid constituent material. The manufacturing method includes a unit layer formation step of forming the unit layer of one layer by forming a first unit layer in which first layers each having a first thickness are laminated and then forming a second unit layer formed of a second layer having a second thickness greater than the first thickness to adjoin the first unit layer. By executing such a manufacturing method of the three-dimensional object, it is possible to manufacture a highly dense three-dimensional object in a short time.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for manufacturing a three-dimensional object, the method comprising;
forming a plurality of first unit layers on a plate, each first unit layer of the plurality of first unit layers being configured with a plurality of first layers that are stacked on each other in a first direction, each first layer of the plurality of first layers having a first thickness along the first direction, two adjacent unit layers of the plurality of first unit layers being spaced apart from each other via a space;
forming a plurality of second unit layers in the spaces between the two adjacent unit layers of the plurality of first unit layers so as to form a first group of unit layers on the plate, each second unit layer of the plurality of second unit layers being configured by a single second layer, the single second layer having a second thickness in the first direction; and
repeating the formation of the plurality of first unit layers and the formation of the plurality of second unit layers a plurality of times on a previously formed group of unit layers,
wherein the second thickness is larger than the first thickness, and
a first height in the first direction of each first unit layer of the plurality of first unit layers is equal to a second height in the first direction of each second unit layer of the plurality of second unit layers.

2. The method according to claim 1 ,
wherein a first material for forming each first unit layer of the plurality of first unit layers is ejected from a ejector, and
a second material for forming each second unit layer of the plurality of second unit layers is ejected from the ejector.

3. The method according to claim 1 ,
wherein an outer most layer of the three-dimensional object is formed with only the plurality of first unit layers.

4. The method according to claim 1 ,
wherein, when a first material for forming each first unit layer of the plurality of first unit layers is ejected from an ejector, the first material has a first viscosity, and
when a second material for forming each second unit layer of the plurality of second unit layers is ejected from the ejector, the second material has a second viscosity that is smaller than the first viscosity.

5. The method according to claim 4 ,
wherein, when the plurality of first unit layers are formed, the first material is heated by a heater at a first temperature, and
when the plurality of second unit layers are formed, the second material is heated by the heater at a second temperature that is higher than the first temperature.

6. The method according to claim 4 ,
wherein the first material and the second material are different from each other.

7. The method according to claim 1 ,
wherein after the first group of unit layers is formed, a second group of unit layer is formed on the first group of unit layers, and the second group of unit layer is stacked on the first group of unit layers in the first direction,
every first unit layer of the plurality of first unit layers in the second group of unit layers is formed on every second unit layer of the plurality of second unit layers in the first group of unit layers, and
every second unit layer of the plurality of second unit layers in the second group of unit layers is formed on every first unit layer of the plurality of first unit layers in the first group of unit layers.

Assignees

• Seiko Epson Corp

Inventors

• Tsunoya Akihiko

Classifications

• B22F12/55

  Two or more means for feeding material · CPC title

• B22F12/52

  Hoppers · CPC title

• B22F12/33

  translatory in the deposition plane · CPC title

• B22F12/10

  Auxiliary heating means · CPC title

• B22F10/43

  characterised by material · CPC title