Additive manufacturing device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12194537-B2
Application number	US-202117330992-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 26, 2021
Priority date	Jun 4, 2020
Publication date	Jan 14, 2025
Grant date	Jan 14, 2025

Abstract

There is provided an additive manufacturing device including a control device of controlling a relative posture of a heat retaining light beam irradiation device to a melting light beam irradiation device, in a state where a heat retaining light irradiation range of a heat retaining light beam larger than a melting light irradiation range of a melting light beam is overlapped with the melting light irradiation range, and such that a size of the heat retaining light irradiation range is changeable with respect to a size of the melting light irradiation range.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An additive manufacturing device comprising:
a powder material supply device including an ejection nozzle to supply a powder material from the ejection nozzle to a substrate, the powder material including a hard material and a cemented carbide binder;
a melting light beam irradiation device including a melting light beam generator to radiate a melting light beam from the melting light beam generator, the melting light beam heating the powder material supplied to the substrate to a temperature equal to or higher than a melting point of the powder material to melt the powder material;
a heat retaining light beam irradiation device including a heat retaining light beam generator to radiate a heat retaining light beam from the heat retaining light beam generator, the heat retaining light beam heating the powder material to a temperature lower than the melting point to retain the temperature in an outer side of a melting light irradiation range that is an irradiation range irradiated with the melting light beam;
a first motor configured to rotate so as to rotate a substrate around a horizontal central axis, and a second motor configured to rotate so as to move the substrate in a direction of the horizontal central axis; and
a controller configured to independently control each of the melting light beam irradiation device and the heat retaining light beam irradiation device, with respect to a irradiation of the melting light beam and the heat retaining light beam, and a relative movement of the melting light beam and the heat retaining light beam to the substrate,
wherein the controller is configured to control a relative posture of the heat retaining light beam irradiation device to the melting light beam irradiation device, in a state where a heat retaining light irradiation range is overlapped with the melting light irradiation range, and wherein the controller is configured to control rotation of the first motor and rotation of the second motor so as to control relative movement of the melting light beam and heat retaining light beam with respect to a circumferential surface of the substrate.

2. The additive manufacturing device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the controller is configured to control the posture of the heat retaining light beam irradiation device, in a state in which an irradiation direction of the heat retaining light beam is inclined with respect to an irradiation direction of the melting light beam.

3. The additive manufacturing device according to claim 1 ,
wherein an irradiation direction of the melting light beam is a direction perpendicular to a shaping surface of the substrate on which an additive manufactured object is shaped.

4. The additive manufacturing device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the heat retaining light irradiation range includes a quadrangular shape having a long side along a moving direction of the heat retaining light beam.

5. The additive manufacturing device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the heat retaining light irradiation range includes an elliptical shape having a long axis along a moving direction of the heat retaining light beam.

6. The additive manufacturing device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the heat retaining light irradiation range is an annular shape that accommodates the melting light irradiation range having a circular shape inside the heat retaining light irradiation range.

7. The additive manufacturing device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the heat retaining light irradiation range is longer on a rear side than on a front side in a moving direction of the melting light beam, with respect to the melting light irradiation range.

8. The additive manufacturing device according to claim 1 ,
wherein when a molten pool is irradiated with the heat retaining light beam, the molten pool being formed by irradiating the substrate with the melting light beam to melt the powder material, the controller is configured to control the power density of the heat retaining light beam representing an output per unit area such that a cooling rate in the molten pool representing a temperature drop per unit time is 540° C./s or less at a freezing point of the cemented carbide binder included in the molten pool.

9. The additive manufacturing device according to claim 8 ,
wherein the controller is configured to change at least the power density of the heat retaining light beam based on a temperature of the powder material on the substrate.

10. The additive manufacturing device according to claim 8 ,
wherein the heat retaining light beam is configured to heat the substrate to 600° C. or higher.

11. The additive manufacturing device according to claim 8 ,
wherein the controller is configured to control at least the power density of the heat retaining light beam on a rear side in a moving direction of the melting light beam.

12. The additive manufacturing device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the powder material supply device is configured to eject the powder material to supply the powder material onto the substrate, and is provided so as to be movable integrally with the melting light beam irradiation device.

13. The additive manufacturing device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the controller is configured to control the movement of the heat retaining light beam radiated by the heat retaining light beam irradiation device so as to follow a trajectory of the movement of the melting light beam radiated by the melting light beam irradiation device.

14. The additive manufacturing device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the heat retaining light beam irradiation device is configured to heat the substrate to retain a temperature of the substrate.

15. The additive manufacturing device according to claim 1 ,
wherein a melting point of the hard material is higher than a melting point of the cemented carbide binder.

16. The additive manufacturing device according to claim 15 ,
wherein the hard material is tungsten carbide.

17. The additive manufacturing device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the cemented carbide binder is cobalt or nickel.

18. The additive manufacturing device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the controller is further configured to
determine whether a bead height representing a height of the beads is stable when the bead height is greater than a predetermined minimum bead height and less than a predetermined maximum bead height based on the image data,
when the bead height is greater than or equal to the predetermined maximum bead height, control the powder material supply device to reduce a supply amount of the powder material, and
when the bead height is less than the predetermined minimum bead height, control the powder material supply device to increase a supply amount of the powder material.

19. The additive manufacturing device according to claim 2 , wherein the controller is configured to control the posture of the heat retaining light beam irradiation device to reduce an inclination angle of the heat retaining light beam with respect to the irradiation direction of the melting light beam to reduce the heat retaining light irradiation range, and the controller is configured to control the posture of the heat retaining light beam irradiation device to increase the inclination angle of the heat retaining light beam with respect to the irradiation direction of the melting light beam to increase the heat retaining light irradiation range.

20. An additive manufacturing device comprising:
a powder material supply device

Assignees

• Jtekt Corp

Inventors

• Mizoguchi Takashi
• Nagahama Takaya
• Shiiba Koichi
• Tano Makoto
• Kato Kohei
• Hasegawa Sho

Classifications

• B23K26/0608

  in the same heat affected zone [HAZ] (B23K26/0613, B23K26/0619 take precedence) · CPC title

• B22F2302/10

  Carbide · CPC title

• B22F12/50

  Means for feeding of material, e.g. heads · CPC title

• B22F10/85

  for controlling or regulating additive manufacturing processes · CPC title

• B33Y50/02

  for controlling or regulating additive manufacturing processes · CPC title