Three dimensional printer

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9604410-B2
Application number	US-201514723018-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 27, 2015
Priority date	Jun 20, 2014
Publication date	Mar 28, 2017
Grant date	Mar 28, 2017

Abstract

An improved lamination molding apparatus which can remove the fume swiftly and efficiently away from the optical pathway of the laser beam, is provided.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A lamination molding apparatus, comprising:
a chamber covering a desired molding region and being filled with an inert gas of predetermined concentration;
a recoater head capable of moving in a first horizontal uniaxial direction so as to supply a material powder in the molding region of the chamber and planarize the material powder supplied; and
a fume suction opening provided on both sides of the recoater head along a second horizontal uniaxial direction crossing orthogonally with the first horizontal uniaxial direction,
wherein the recoater head includes a squeegee blade provided on both sides thereof configured to flat the material powder and to form a material powder layer, and
the fume suction opening suctions fume generated in the molding region from the first horizontal uniaxial direction.

2. The lamination molding apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:
an inert gas supplying opening and an inert gas discharging opening provided on both sides of the molding region along the first horizontal uniaxial direction.

3. The lamination molding apparatus of claim 1 , wherein:
the recoater head is provided on a base having the molding region; and
the fume suction opening is connected out of the chamber.

4. The lamination molding apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:
a laser beam emitter provided above the chamber, including (a) a laser beam source configured to generate laser beam, and (b) a pair of galvanometer scanner configured to allow two-dimensional scanning of the laser beam in the molding region.

5. The lamination molding apparatus of claim 4 , further comprising:
a fume diffusing member on an upper surface of the chamber proximate the laser beam emitter configured to receive a supply of the inert gas; and
an opening in the fuse diffusing member configured to discharge the inert gas towards the molding region of the chamber so as to form a streamline flow along an optical pathway of the laser beam.

Assignees

• Sodick Co Ltd
• Sodick Co Ltd

Inventors

• Okazaki Shuji
• Kawada Shuichi
• Muranaka Katsutaka

Classifications

• B33Y30/00

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

• B29C67/0077 Primary

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B29C64/153 Primary

  using layers of powder being selectively joined, e.g. by selective laser sintering or melting · CPC title