Plasticizing Apparatus, Injection Molding Apparatus, And Three-Dimensional Modeling Apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2021402663-A1
Application number	US-202117358135-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jun 25, 2021
Priority date	Jun 26, 2020
Publication date	Dec 30, 2021
Grant date	—

Abstract

A plasticizing apparatus, includes: a drive motor; a rotor that is rotated around a rotation axis by the drive motor and that has a groove forming surface on which a groove is formed; a barrel that has a facing surface facing the groove forming surface and that includes a communication hole in the facing surface; a heating portion that heats a material supplied to between the groove and the barrel; and a controller that controls the drive motor and the heating portion to plasticize the material supplied to between the groove and the barrel and discharge the material from the communication hole, the facing surface includes a first region and a second region that is closer to the communication hole than is the first region, the controller controls the heating portion to set a temperature of the second region to be higher than a temperature of the first region, and the controller controls the heating portion to reduce a temperature difference between the first region and the second region when the material includes a crystalline resin as compared with a case where the material includes an amorphous resin.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A plasticizing apparatus, comprising:
a drive motor; a rotor that is rotated around a rotation axis by the drive motor and that has a groove forming surface on which a groove is formed; a barrel that has a facing surface facing the groove forming surface and that includes a communication hole in the facing surface; a heating portion that heats a material supplied to between the groove and the barrel; and a controller that controls the drive motor and the heating portion to plasticize the material supplied to between the groove and the barrel and discharge the material from the communication hole, wherein the facing surface includes a first region and a second region that is closer to the communication hole than is the first region, the controller controls the heating portion to set a temperature of the second region to be higher than a temperature of the first region, and the controller controls the heating portion to reduce a temperature difference between the first region and the second region when the material includes a crystalline resin as compared with a case where the material includes an amorphous resin.

2 . The plasticizing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the controller acquires material information indicating a type of the material, and determines whether the material includes a crystalline resin or an amorphous resin based on the material information.

3 . The plasticizing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
when the material includes an amorphous resin, the controller controls the heating portion to adjust a temperature of the first region to be lower than a glass transition point of the amorphous resin, and to adjust a temperature of the second region to be equal to or higher than the glass transition point.

4 . The plasticizing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
when the material includes a crystalline resin, the controller controls the heating portion to adjust temperatures of both the first region and the second region to be equal to or higher than a melting point of the crystalline resin.

5 . The plasticizing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
when the material includes a crystalline resin, the controller adjusts a temperature of the first region to be lower than a melting point of the crystalline resin, and adjusts a temperature of the second region to be equal to or higher than the melting point of the crystalline resin.

6 . The plasticizing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the heating portion includes a first heating portion and a second heating portion that is disposed closer to the communication hole than is the first heating portion, and the controller individually controls the first heating portion and the second heating portion.

7 . The plasticizing apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein
the first heating portion and the second heating portion have a shape surrounding the communication hole when viewed from a direction perpendicular to the groove forming surface.

8 . The plasticizing apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein
the first heating portion and the second heating portion have a polygonal shape or a ring shape when viewed from a direction perpendicular to the groove forming surface.

9 . The plasticizing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
when viewing a cross section along the rotation axis, the groove forming surface of the rotor has a shape that protrudes toward the barrel from an outer periphery toward the central axis, and the facing surface of the barrel has a shape of being recessed such that a depth increases from an outer periphery toward the central axis.

10 . An injection molding apparatus, comprising:
the plasticizing apparatus according to claim 1 ; and a nozzle that communicates with the communication hole and from which the plasticized material is injected into a molding mold.

11 . A three-dimensional modeling apparatus, comprising:
the plasticizing apparatus according to claim 1 ; and a nozzle that communicates with the communication hole and from which the plasticized material is discharged toward a table.

Assignees

• Seiko Epson Corp

Inventors

• Anegawa Kenta

Classifications

• Y02P10/25

  Process efficiency · CPC title

• B29C45/46 Primary

  Means for plasticising or homogenising the moulding material or forcing it into the mould {(combined with mould opening, closing or clamping devices B29C45/70)} · CPC title

• B29K2995/0039

  Amorphous · CPC title

• B22F10/18

  by mixing binder with metal in filament form, e.g. fused filament fabrication [FFF] · CPC title

• B29C2945/76367

  Metering · CPC title