System for applying a building material

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2022152868-A1
Application number	US-202017439462-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Mar 9, 2020
Priority date	Mar 15, 2019
Publication date	May 19, 2022
Grant date	—

Abstract

A system for applying a building material including: a mixing device for mixing individual components of the building material into a curable building material; a pressure head which can be moved in at least one spatial direction and by means of which the workable building material can be applied; a delivery line, with which the curable building material can be conveyed from the mixing device to the pressure head; at least one delivery device for delivering the curable building material from the mixing device through the delivery line to the pressure head; a feed device, which is designed in such a manner that at least two separate components of the building material can be fed via at least two separate inlets into the mixing device, more particularly into a mixing chamber of the mixing device.

First claim

1 . A system for application of a curable building material, the system comprising:
a mixing apparatus for mixing individual components of the curable building material to give a curable building material in the setting state; a printing head which is movable in at least one direction in space and by means of which setting building material can be applied; a transport conduit by means of which setting building material can be conveyed from the mixing apparatus to the printing head; at least one transport device for transporting setting building material from the mixing apparatus through the transport conduit to the printing head; a feed device which is configured so that at least two separate components of the curable building material can be introduced via at least two separate inlets into the mixing apparatus.

2 . The system according to claim 1 , wherein the mixing apparatus is not arranged on the movable printing head and/or no mixing apparatus is arranged on the movable printing head.

3 . The system according to claim 1 , wherein the mixing apparatus comprises a dynamic mixer and a static mixer.

4 . The system according to claim 1 , wherein there is an inlet nozzle for admixing an additive to the setting building material in the transport conduit and/or in the region of the printing head.

5 . The system according to claim 1 , wherein there is an apparatus for aerating and/or deaerating the setting building material.

6 . The system according to claim 1 , wherein there is an apparatus for changing the temperature of the setting building material.

7 . The system according to claim 1 , wherein there is a measuring unit for determining a chemical and/or physical property of the setting building material in the mixing apparatus, in the transport conduit, in the printing head and/or after the delivery from the printing head.

8 . The system according to claim 7 , wherein the measuring unit is designed so that the determination of the chemical and/or physical property can be carried out during application of the building material.

9 . The system according to claim 1 , wherein an outlet which is controllable in respect of the size of the through-opening is present on the printing head.

10 . The system according to claim 1 , wherein a control unit is present.

11 . The system according to claim 10 , wherein the control unit is configured so that the transport power of the transport device is or can be controlled and/or regulated on the basis of a chemical and/or physical property of the curable building material determined using the measuring unit.

12 . The system according to claim 10 , wherein the control unit is configured so that an addition rate of at least one component of the curable building material by means of the feed device is or can be regulated as a function of the chemical and/or physical property of the curable building material.

13 . The system according to claim 1 , wherein:
a first component of the building material is present in solid form and comprises a mineral binder and optionally aggregates; a second component of the building material is present in liquid form and comprises water; an optional third component comprising a plasticizer is present; an admixture which can be added via the inlet nozzle; where the components and optionally the admixture are present in vessels which are spatially separated from one another and are constituents of the feed device and/or communicate with the latter.

14 . The system according to claim 13 , wherein the first component comprises a dry mineral binder composition comprising cement and mineral fillers, where the binder composition comprises at least one setting accelerator based on aluminium sulfate, at least one superplasticizer based on a polycarboxylate ether and at least one rheological auxiliary, where the polycarboxylate ether has at least 1 mmol, of carboxylic acid groups per gram of dry polycarboxylate ether.

15 . A method for producing three-dimensional objects from curable building materials, comprising printing a three-dimensional object suing the system according claim 1 .

Assignees

• Sika Tech Ag

Inventors

• Boon Gary
• Lootens Didier
• Liard Maxime
• Hauguel Lolita

Classifications

• B33Y10/00

  Processes of additive manufacturing · CPC title

• E04G21/0418

  with distribution hose · CPC title

• B28C7/024

  by measuring properties of the mixture, e.g. moisture, electrical resistivity, density · CPC title

• B28B1/001 Primary

  Rapid manufacturing of 3D objects by additive depositing, agglomerating or laminating of material (selective deposition modelling of metallic powder B22F10/00; rapid manufacturing of 3D objects in general and in particular of plastics B29C64/00) · CPC title

• B33Y30/00

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