Plasticization device, three-dimensional shaping device, and injection molding device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11440227-B2
Application number	US-202017004204-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 27, 2020
Priority date	Aug 29, 2019
Publication date	Sep 13, 2022
Grant date	Sep 13, 2022

Abstract

The plasticization device includes: a rotor rotating centered on a rotation axis by a drive motor and having a groove forming surface in which a first groove portion is formed along a rotation direction; a rotor case configured to accommodate the rotor; a barrel facing the groove forming surface and having a through hole; and a heating unit, in which a material supplied between the first groove portion and the barrel is plasticized by rotation of the rotor and heating by the heating unit to flow out from the through hole, and a side surface of the rotor has a material guiding port configured to guide the material to the first groove portion, and a second groove portion configured to feed the material supplied between the rotor and the rotor case to the material guiding port.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A plasticization device comprising:
a cylindrical rotor rotating centered on a rotation axis by a drive motor, the cylindrical rotor having an upper surface connected to the drive motor, a bottom surface, and a side surface that connects the upper surface to the bottom surface, the bottom surface having a groove forming surface in which a first groove portion is formed along a rotation direction;
a rotor case configured to accommodate the rotor;
a barrel having a flat surface that faces the first groove portion of the bottom surface of the rotor, a through hole being formed in the barrel that communicates with the first groove portion; and
a heating unit, wherein
a material supplied between the first groove portion and the flat surface of the barrel is plasticized by rotation of the rotor and heating by the heating unit to flow out from the through hole, and
the side surface of the rotor has
a material guiding port configured to guide the material to the first groove portion, and
a second groove portion formed by a flight portion that spirally protrudes outward from the side surface, and the second groove portion is configured to feed the material supplied between the rotor and the rotor case to the material guiding port.

2. The plasticization device according to claim 1 , wherein
the second groove portion includes a first portion continuous with the material guiding port and a second portion farther from the material guiding port than the first portion, and
a groove depth of the first portion is deeper than a groove depth of the second portion.

3. The plasticization device according to claim 1 , wherein
the second groove portion includes a first portion continuous with the material guiding port and a second portion farther from the material guiding port than the first portion, and
a groove width of the first portion is larger than a groove width of the second portion.

4. The plasticization device according to claim 1 , wherein
the second groove portion includes a first portion continuous with the material guiding port and a second portion farther from the material guiding port than the first portion,
the second groove portion is inclined with respect to a plane orthogonal to the rotation axis, and
an inclination angle of the first portion with respect to the plane is smaller than an inclination angle of the second portion with respect to the plane.

5. The plasticization device according to claim 1 , wherein
the rotor includes a first rotor portion and a second rotor portion,
a distance from the barrel to the first rotor portion along the rotation axis is shorter than a distance from the barrel to the second rotor portion along the rotation axis, and
a diameter of the first rotor portion is smaller than a diameter of the second rotor portion.

6. The plasticization device according to claim 1 , wherein
the second groove portion is spiral.

7. The plasticization device according to claim 1 , wherein
a plurality of sets of the first groove portion, the material guiding port, and the second groove portion are provided.

8. A three-dimensional shaping device comprising:
the plasticization device according to claim 1 ; and
a nozzle communicating with the through hole and configured to discharge a plasticized material toward a table.

9. An injection molding device comprising:
the plasticization device according to claim 1 ; and
a nozzle communicating with the through hole and configured to inject a plasticized material to a mold.

Assignees

• Seiko Epson Corp

Inventors

• YUWAKI Kohei
• Nakamura Kazuhide
• Saito Koichi

Classifications

• B22F1/102

  Metallic powder coated with organic material · CPC title

• B33Y30/00

  Apparatus for additive manufacturing; Details thereof or accessories therefor · CPC title

• B29C64/209

  Heads; Nozzles · CPC title

• B22F12/53

  Nozzles · CPC title

• B33Y40/10

  Pre-treatment · CPC title