Method for setting excess thickness, device for setting excess thickness, method for producing shaped object, and program

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12017309-B2
Application number	US-201917416313-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 27, 2019
Priority date	Dec 19, 2018
Publication date	Jun 25, 2024
Grant date	Jun 25, 2024

Abstract

An excess metal amount setting method includes: a thermal shrinkage prediction step of predicting a thermal shrinkage amount in the deposited body after manufacturing; a thermal shrinkage modifying step of obtaining a thermal deformation modifying profile by expanding a target profile according to the thermal shrinkage amount; a release strain prediction step of predicting an elastic deformation amount due to release strain of the deposited body after machining; an elastic deformation modifying step of obtaining an elastic deformation modifying profile by deforming the thermal deformation modifying profile according to the elastic deformation amount in a direction opposite to a deformation direction due to the release strain; and an excess metal amount setting step of adjusting an outer edge shape of the deposited body so that an excess metal amount from the elastic deformation modifying profile to an outer edge of the deposited body falls within a predetermined reference range.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An excess metal amount setting method for setting an excess metal amount of a deposited body in manufacturing the deposited body with weld beads formed by melting and solidifying a filler metal and forming a built object having a target shape by performing machining on the deposited body, the excess metal amount setting method comprising:
a thermal shrinkage prediction step of predicting a thermal shrinkage amount in the deposited body after manufacturing;
a thermal shrinkage modifying step of obtaining a thermal deformation modifying profile by expanding a target profile representing an outer edge of the target shape of the built object according to the thermal shrinkage amount;
a release strain prediction step of predicting an elastic deformation amount due to release strain of the deposited body after the machining;
an elastic deformation modifying step of obtaining an elastic deformation modifying profile by deforming the thermal deformation modifying profile according to the elastic deformation amount in a direction opposite to a deformation direction due to the release strain; and
an excess metal amount setting step of adjusting an outer edge shape of the deposited body so that an excess metal amount from the elastic deformation modifying profile to an outer edge of the deposited body falls within a predetermined reference range.

2. The excess metal amount setting method according to claim 1 , wherein
the machining includes rough processing and finish processing,
in the release strain prediction step, a first elastic deformation amount caused by release strain due to the rough processing and a second elastic deformation amount caused by release strain due to the finish processing are predicted respectively, and
in the elastic deformation modifying step, a first elastic deformation modifying profile obtained by deforming the thermal deformation modifying profile according to the first elastic deformation amount and a second elastic deformation modifying profile obtained by deforming the first elastic deformation modifying profile according to the second elastic deformation amount are obtained.

3. The excess metal amount setting method according to claim 1 , wherein,
in the excess metal amount setting step, in a case where the excess metal amount does not fall within the reference range, the outer edge shape of the deposited body is adjusted by changing at least one of the number of weld beads and a bead length.

4. The excess metal amount setting method according to claim 1 , wherein,
in the excess metal amount setting step, the excess metal amount in a deposition direction of the weld bead is set to be equal to or less than a thickness of one layer of the weld bead.

5. The excess metal amount setting method according to claim 1 , wherein
the built object has a portion having an overhang shape in a deposition direction of the weld bead.

6. The excess metal amount setting method according to claim 5 , wherein
the outer edge shape of the deposited body is adjusted only in a portion of the deposited body that becomes the overhang shape of the built object.

7. The excess metal amount setting method according to claim 1 , wherein the weld bead is formed by melting the filler metal using an arc as a heat source.

8. The excess metal amount setting method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a displaying step of displaying, in an overlapping manner, a deposited body profile representing an outer edge shape of the deposited body and at least one of the thermal deformation modifying profile and the elastic deformation modifying profile on a display unit;
an input step of receiving a change instruction of a building region of the deposited body; and
a displaying step of displaying, on the display unit, the deposited body profile of the deposited body obtained by changing the outer edge shape of the deposited body according to the input change instruction.

9. An excess metal amount setting device that sets that sets an excess metal amount of a deposited body in manufacturing the deposited body with weld beads formed by melting and solidifying a filler metal and forming a built object having a target shape by performing machining on the deposited body, the excess metal amount setting device comprising:
a thermal shrinkage prediction unit configured to predict a thermal shrinkage amount after manufacturing;
a thermal shrinkage modifying unit configured to obtain a thermal deformation modifying profile by expanding a target profile representing an outer edge of the target shape of the built object according to the thermal shrinkage amount;
a release strain prediction unit configured to predict an elastic deformation amount due to release strain of the deposited body after the machining;
a release strain modifying unit configured to obtain an elastic deformation modifying profile by deforming the thermal deformation modifying profile according to the elastic deformation amount in a direction opposite to a deformation direction due to the release strain; and
an excess metal amount setting unit configured to adjust an outer edge shape of the deposited body so that an excess metal amount from the elastic deformation modifying profile to an outer edge of the deposited body falls within a predetermined reference range.

10. A method for manufacturing a built object, comprising:
additively manufacturing, with the weld beads, the deposited body designed by the excess metal amount setting method according to claim 1 , performing the machining, and forming into the built object having the target shape.

11. A method for manufacturing a built object, comprising:
additively manufacturing, with the weld beads, the deposited body designed by the excess metal amount setting method according to claim 5 , performing the machining, and forming into the built object having the target shape.

12. A method for manufacturing a built object, comprising:
additively manufacturing, with the weld beads, the deposited body designed by the excess metal amount setting method according to claim 6 , performing the machining, and forming into the built object having the target shape.

13. A method for manufacturing a built object, comprising:
additively manufacturing, with the weld beads, the deposited body designed by the excess metal amount setting method according to claim 7 , performing the machining, and forming into the built object having the target shape.

14. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute a procedure of an excess metal amount setting method for setting an excess metal amount of a deposited body in manufacturing the deposited body with weld beads formed by melting and solidifying a filler metal and forming a built object having a target shape by performing machining on the deposited body, the program causing the computer to execute:
a thermal shrinkage prediction procedure of predicting a thermal shrinkage amount in the deposited body after manufacturing;
a thermal shrinkage modifying procedure of obtaining a thermal deformation modifying profile by expanding a target profile representing an outer edge of the target shape of the built object according to the thermal shrinkage amount;
a release strain prediction procedure of predicting an elastic deformation amount due to release strain of the deposited body after the machining;
an elastic deformation modifying procedure of obtaining an elastic deformation modifying profile by deforming the thermal deformation modifying profile according to the elastic deformation amount in a direction opposite to

Assignees

• Kobe Steel Ltd

Inventors

• Sato Shinji
• Yamada Takeshi
• Huang Shuo
• Hida Masatoshi
• Fujii Tatsuya

Classifications

• B23K26/0006

  taking account of the properties of the material involved (B23K26/32, B23K26/40 take precedence) · CPC title

• B23K15/0093

  characterised by the properties of the materials to be welded · CPC title

• B23K15/0086

  welding for purposes other than joining, e.g. build-up welding · CPC title

• B23K10/027

  Welding for purposes other than joining, e.g. build-up welding · CPC title

• B23K9/04

  Welding for other purposes than joining, e.g. built-up welding · CPC title