Manufacturing method of three-dimensional object and manufacturing method of sheet cutting apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11890679-B2
Application number	US-202217572600-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 10, 2022
Priority date	Feb 15, 2021
Publication date	Feb 6, 2024
Grant date	Feb 6, 2024

Abstract

A manufacturing method of a three-dimensional object includes: a positioning step, an adhering step, a placing step, an additive manufacturing step, and a detaching step. In the positioning step, a fixing plate in which adhesive injection holes are formed is placed on a thin plate, and the thin plate is positioned on the fixing plate. In the adhering step, an adhesive is dripped to the adhesive injection holes, and the fixing plate is adhered to the thin plate. In the additive manufacturing step, a three-dimensional object in which the thin plate and a solidified layer are integrated is formed. In the detaching step, adhesion between the thin plate and the fixing plate is removed by a removing agent corresponding to the adhesive.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A manufacturing method of a three-dimensional object, comprising:
a positioning step of placing a fixing plate, which has a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other and in which a plurality of adhesive injection holes that are through holes are formed in a plate thickness direction, on a thin plate with a thickness of 1 mm or less, and positioning the thin plate to a predetermined position on the first surface of the fixing plate;
an adhering step of, after the positioning step, dripping an adhesive into the adhesive injection holes from a side close to the second surface and solidifying the adhesive in the adhesive injection holes to form a plurality of adhesive layers in the adhesive injection holes in order to adhere the first surface of the fixing plate to the thin plate;
a placing step of, after the adhering step, fixing the fixing plate and the thin plate onto a build table configured to be movable in a vertical direction of an additive manufacturing apparatus at a position with the thin plate on top;
an additive manufacturing step of, after the placing step, forming a plurality of solidified layers consisting of a build material on the thin plate by the additive manufacturing apparatus, and forming the three-dimensional object in which the thin plate and the solidified layers are integrated; and
a detaching step of, after the additive manufacturing step, taking out the fixing plate and the three-dimensional object from the additive manufacturing apparatus, and removing adhesion between the thin plate and the fixing plate by using a removing agent corresponding to the adhesive.

2. The manufacturing method of the three-dimensional object as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the additive manufacturing step repeats a material layer forming step of forming a material layer consisting of the build material on the build table and a solidifying step of irradiating the material layer with a laser beam or an electron beam to form a solidified layer.

3. The manufacturing method of the three-dimensional object as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a secondary processing step of, after the detaching step, performing secondary processing on the three-dimensional object.

4. The manufacturing method of the three-dimensional object as claimed in claim 1 , wherein in the positioning step,
the thin plate is placed on a positioning plate to which a positioning member is mounted,
the thin plate is brought into contact with the positioning member to be positioned, and
the fixing plate is fit with the positioning member to be positioned.

5. The manufacturing method of the three-dimensional object as claimed in claim 1 , wherein in the placing step,
the fixing plate is fixed to a mounting plate,
the mounting plate, the fixing plate, and the thin plate are fixed to the build table, so that the mounting plate is in contact with the build table.

6. The manufacturing method of the three-dimensional object as claimed in claim 5 , wherein a bottom area of the mounting plate is greater than a bottom area of the fixing plate.

7. The manufacturing method of the three-dimensional object as claimed in claim 5 , further comprising a rear surface processing step of processing a rear surface of the mounting plate before the placing step, so that the thin plate becomes horizontal during the additive manufacturing step.

8. The manufacturing method of the three-dimensional object as claimed in claim 1 ,
wherein a thermal expansion coefficient of the thin plate is 5.0×10 −6 /° C. or less.

9. The manufacturing method of the three-dimensional object as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the thin plate consists of a nickel-iron alloy.

10. The manufacturing method of the three-dimensional object as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the thickness of the thin plate is 0.5 mm or less.

11. A manufacturing method of a sheet cutting apparatus, wherein the sheet cutting apparatus comprises a cutter having a core in a cylindrical shape and a blade member wound around the core material, and
the blade member is manufactured, as the three-dimensional object, according to the manufacturing method of the three-dimensional object as claimed in claim 1 .

Assignees

• Sodick Co Ltd

Inventors

• Higuchi Shigeo

Classifications

• B33Y40/00

  Auxiliary operations or equipment, e.g. for material handling · CPC title

• B22F10/66 Primary

  by mechanical means · CPC title

• B22F12/30

  Platforms or substrates · CPC title

• B22F12/41

  characterised by the type, e.g. laser or electron beam · CPC title

• B33Y40/20

  Post-treatment, e.g. curing, coating or polishing · CPC title