阅读说明：本技术 Fff技术3d打印机及其控制方法 (FFF (flexible flat filter) technology 3D printer and control method thereof ) 是由 封华 龙旺平 李健喆 章锦晶 吴晓雨 虞中伟 范新鹏 袁瑞 刘欢 于 2019-10-17 设计创作，主要内容包括：本申请公开了一种FFF技术3D打印机。该打印机包括：打印机主体,加热装置,设置在所述打印机主体的底板上；外罩,可转动的设置在所述打印机主体的顶部；第一控制系统,设置在控制柜内,与所述加热装置、外罩电连接；用于接收材料参数的选择信息,并根据所述选择信息控制所述外罩的打开或闭合,同时控制所述加热装置的加热或停止加热。本申请解决了由于打印材料对温度的要求不同造成的打印机适应性不佳的技术问题。(The application discloses FFF technique 3D printer. The printer includes: the printer comprises a printer main body and a heating device, wherein the heating device is arranged on a bottom plate of the printer main body; the outer cover is rotatably arranged at the top of the printer main body; the first control system is arranged in the control cabinet and is electrically connected with the heating device and the outer cover; the heating device is used for receiving selection information of material parameters and controlling the opening or closing of the outer cover according to the selection information and controlling the heating of the heating device or stopping the heating. The application solves the technical problem that the adaptability of the printer is poor due to different requirements of the printing material on the temperature.)

1. A FFF technology 3D printer, comprising: the printer comprises a printer main body and a heating device, wherein the heating device is arranged on a bottom plate of the printer main body; the outer cover is rotatably arranged at the top of the printer main body; the first control system is arranged in the control cabinet and is electrically connected with the heating device and the outer cover; the heating device is used for receiving selection information of material parameters and controlling the opening or closing of the outer cover according to the selection information and controlling the heating of the heating device or stopping the heating.

2. The FFF technology 3D printer of claim 1, wherein the printer body comprises: the feeding mechanism is fixedly arranged on the three-axis movement mechanism, the three-axis movement mechanism is connected with the feeding mechanism, and the second control system is arranged in the control cabinet; the second control system is electrically connected with the three-axis movement mechanism and the feeding mechanism.

3. The FFF technology 3D printer of claim 2, further comprising: and the first auxiliary material feeding mechanism is arranged on the support at the top of the printer main body and is electrically connected with the second control system.

4. The FFF technology 3D printer of claim 2, further comprising: and the second auxiliary material feeding mechanism is arranged on the support at the top of the printer main body and is electrically connected with the second control system.

5. The FFF technology 3D printer of claim 1, wherein the first control system comprises: a first touch display screen for inputting the selection information.

6. The FFF technology 3D printer of claim 2, wherein the second control system comprises: and the second touch display screen is used for inputting control information.

7. A control method of a 3D printer, comprising:

receiving selection information of material parameters;

and controlling the opening or closing of the outer cover according to the selection information, and controlling the heating of the heating device or stopping the heating.

8. The method for controlling a 3D printer according to claim 7, further comprising, after receiving the selection information of the material parameter:

judging whether the temperature parameter obtained according to the selection information is higher than a preset temperature parameter threshold value or not;

if yes, generating a first control instruction for entering a high-temperature working mode;

if not, a second control command to enter the low temperature operating mode is generated.

9. The control method of the 3D printer according to claim 7, wherein controlling the opening or closing of the housing according to the selection information, and controlling the heating or stopping the heating of the heating device includes:

the outer cover is controlled to be closed through a first control instruction, and the heating device is controlled to continuously heat or heat to a preset high temperature.

10. The control method of the 3D printer according to claim 7, wherein controlling the opening or closing of the housing according to the selection information, and controlling the heating or stopping the heating of the heating device further comprises:

and controlling the outer cover to be opened through a first control instruction, and controlling the heating device to stop heating or to be heated to a preset low temperature.

Technical Field

The application relates to the field of 3D printers, in particular to a FFF (flexible flat panel) technology 3D printer and a control method thereof.

Background

FFF technique 3D printer is applied to trades such as artistic intention, education, jewelry, medical treatment, aviation.

The inventor finds that the FFF technology 3D printer generally mainly prints PLA or ABS materials at present, the cost and the precision of the 3D printer of the technology are relatively low, the market selling price is about 3000 yuan RMB, even lower, but the engineering strength of the product printed by the technology is low, and the dimensional precision is poor.

The 3D printer of the technologies is very high in selling price, the selling price of the RMB is about 10 ten thousand, the cost is difficult to accept for general consumption, and particularly, a user who mainly prints the PLA material and occasionally needs to print the PEEK material has no selectable scheme.

Aiming at the problem of poor adaptability of a printer caused by different requirements of printing materials on temperature in the related art, an effective solution is not provided at present.

Disclosure of Invention

The application mainly aims to provide a FFF (flexible flat film) technology 3D printer and a control method thereof, so as to solve the problem of poor adaptability of the printer caused by different requirements of printing materials on temperature.

In order to achieve the above object, according to an aspect of the present application, there is provided an FFF technique 3D printer and a control method thereof.

The FFF technology 3D printer according to the application comprises: the printer comprises a printer main body and a heating device, wherein the heating device is arranged on a bottom plate of the printer main body; the outer cover is rotatably arranged at the top of the printer main body; the first control system is arranged in the control cabinet and is electrically connected with the heating device and the outer cover; the heating device is used for receiving selection information of material parameters and controlling the opening or closing of the outer cover according to the selection information and controlling the heating of the heating device or stopping the heating.

Further, the printer main body includes: the feeding mechanism is fixedly arranged on the three-axis movement mechanism, the three-axis movement mechanism is connected with the feeding mechanism, and the second control system is arranged in the control cabinet; the second control system is electrically connected with the three-axis movement mechanism and the feeding mechanism.

Further, the method also comprises the following steps: and the first auxiliary material feeding mechanism is arranged on the support at the top of the printer main body and is electrically connected with the second control system.

Further, the method also comprises the following steps: and the second auxiliary material feeding mechanism is arranged on the support at the top of the printer main body and is electrically connected with the second control system.

Further, the first control system includes: a first touch display screen for inputting the selection information.

Further, the second control system includes: and the second touch display screen is used for inputting control information.

In order to achieve the above object, according to another aspect of the present application, there is provided a control method of a 3D printer.

The control method of the 3D printer comprises the following steps: the method comprises the following steps: receiving selection information of material parameters; and controlling the opening or closing of the outer cover according to the selection information, and controlling the heating of the heating device or stopping the heating.

Further, after receiving the selection information of the material parameter, the method further includes: judging whether the temperature parameter obtained according to the selection information is higher than a preset temperature parameter threshold value or not; if yes, generating a first control instruction for entering a high-temperature working mode; if not, a second control command to enter the low temperature operating mode is generated.

Further, controlling the opening or closing of the housing according to the selection information, and controlling the heating or stopping of the heating device includes: the outer cover is controlled to be closed through a first control instruction, and the heating device is controlled to continuously heat or heat to a preset high temperature.

Further, controlling the opening or closing of the housing according to the selection information, and controlling the heating or stopping of the heating device further includes: and controlling the outer cover to be opened through a first control instruction, and controlling the heating device to stop heating or to be heated to a preset low temperature.

In the embodiment of the application, a heating control mode is adopted, and the printer main body and the heating device are arranged on a bottom plate of the printer main body; the outer cover is rotatably arranged at the top of the printer main body; the first control system is arranged in the control cabinet and is electrically connected with the heating device and the outer cover; the selective information is used for receiving material parameters, and according to selective information control the opening or closing of dustcoat, simultaneous control heating device's heating or stop heating have reached the purpose that different printing materials used different temperatures to realized the technological effect who promotes the adaptability of printer, and then solved because the printing material is not good technical problem of printer adaptability that the requirement difference of temperature caused.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this application, serve to provide a further understanding of the application and to enable other features, objects, and advantages of the application to be more apparent. The drawings and their description illustrate the embodiments of the invention and do not limit it. In the drawings:

fig. 1 is one of schematic structural diagrams of an FFF technology 3D printer according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 2 is a schematic side view of an FFF technology 3D printer according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 3 is a second schematic structural diagram of a FFF technology 3D printer according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a control method of a 3D printer according to an embodiment of the present application.

Reference numerals

1. A printer main body; 2. a heating device; 3. a housing; 4. a first control system; 5. a control cabinet; 6. a printing platform; 7. a three-axis motion mechanism; 8. a feeding mechanism; 9. a second control system; 10. A first touch display screen; 11. and a second touch display screen.

Detailed Description

In order to make the technical solutions better understood by those skilled in the art, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only partial embodiments of the present application, but not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present application.

It should be noted that the terms "first," "second," and the like in the description and claims of this application and in the drawings described above are used for distinguishing between similar elements and not necessarily for describing a particular sequential or chronological order. It should be understood that the data so used may be interchanged under appropriate circumstances such that embodiments of the application described herein may be used. Furthermore, the terms "comprises," "comprising," and "having," and any variations thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, system, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of steps or elements is not necessarily limited to those steps or elements expressly listed, but may include other steps or elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus.

In this application, the terms "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "front", "rear", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", "middle", "vertical", "horizontal", "lateral", "longitudinal", and the like indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings. These terms are used primarily to better describe the invention and its embodiments and are not intended to limit the indicated devices, elements or components to a particular orientation or to be constructed and operated in a particular orientation.

Moreover, some of the above terms may be used to indicate other meanings besides the orientation or positional relationship, for example, the term "on" may also be used to indicate some kind of attachment or connection relationship in some cases. The specific meanings of these terms in the present invention can be understood by those skilled in the art as appropriate.

Furthermore, the terms "mounted," "disposed," "provided," "connected," and "sleeved" are to be construed broadly. For example, it may be a fixed connection, a removable connection, or a unitary construction; can be a mechanical connection, or an electrical connection; may be directly connected, or indirectly connected through intervening media, or may be in internal communication between two devices, elements or components. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art according to specific situations.

It should be noted that the embodiments and features of the embodiments in the present application may be combined with each other without conflict. The present application will be described in detail below with reference to the embodiments with reference to the attached drawings.

As shown in fig. 1-3, the present application relates to an FFF technology 3D printer, comprising: the printer comprises a printer body 1 and a heating device 2, wherein the heating device is arranged on a bottom plate of the printer body 1; a housing 3 rotatably provided on the top of the printer body 1; the first control system 4 is arranged in the control cabinet 5 and is electrically connected with the heating device 2 and the outer cover 3; for receiving selection information of material parameters and controlling the opening or closing of the housing 3 according to the selection information, and controlling the heating of the heating device 2 or stopping the heating.

Specifically, the printer main body 1 has a 3D printing function; as is preferable in the present embodiment, the printer main body 1 includes: the printing device comprises a printing platform 6, a three-axis movement mechanism 7, a feeding mechanism 8 and a second control system 9, wherein the printing platform 6 is movably arranged on the three-axis movement mechanism 7, the feeding mechanism 8 is fixed on the three-axis movement mechanism 7, the three-axis movement mechanism 7 is connected with the feeding mechanism 8, and the second control system 9 is arranged in the control cabinet 5; the second control system 9 is electrically connected with the three-axis movement mechanism 7 and the feeding mechanism 8; the feeding mechanism 8 is used for realizing the feeding of the printing material; the lifting and the left-right movement are realized through the matching of the printing platform 6 and the three-axis movement mechanism 7, so that the printing is realized; the control of the three-axis movement mechanism 7 and the feeding mechanism 8 is realized through the second control system 9, a control program is arranged in the second control system 9, feeding and three-axis movement are respectively realized according to the control program, and then printing is realized through the printing platform 6.

Preferably, in this embodiment, the second control system 9 includes: and a second touch display screen 11 for inputting control information. Control information can be input into the second control system 9 through the second touch display screen 11, and is converted into a control program through the second control system 9, so that 3D printing is realized.

Heating device 2 sets up on the bottom plate of print platform 6 bottoms, has the effect of print platform 6 heating, and then for the printing material heating on print platform 6 to the printing material who adapts to different temperatures has been realized, and then has promoted the adaptability of printer.

The outer cover 3 is rotatably arranged at the top of the printer main body 1, so that the two states of closing and opening can be realized by controlling the rotation of the outer cover 3, when the heating device 2 is used for heating and the outer cover 3 is controlled to enter the closing state, the heat can be effectively prevented from flowing outwards, and the heat is isolated in the printer main body 1 through the outer cover 3; in the embodiment, the rotation is driven by a motor, so that the realization is simple.

The first control system 4 has the function of controlling the housing 3 and the heating device 2, and the control command can be received from the outside or preset in the first control system 4, preferably received from the outside, and the housing 3 and the heating device 2 can be controlled according to the actual situation; in this embodiment, the first control system 4 receives selection information from the outside, and generates a corresponding control instruction according to the selection information, thereby controlling the housing 3 and the heating device 2.

Preferably, in this embodiment, the first control system 4 includes: a first touch display screen 10 for inputting the selection information. Through the operation of the first touch display screen 10, corresponding selection information can be input or selected, and the control of the outer cover 3 and the heating device 2 is further completed.

The first control system 4 is disposed in the control cabinet 5, and the printing main body can be isolated from the first and second control systems by the control cabinet 5.

From the above description, it can be seen that the following technical effects are achieved by the present application:

in the embodiment of the application, a heating control mode is adopted, and the printer main body 1 and the heating device 2 are arranged on a bottom plate of the printer main body 1; a housing 3 rotatably provided on the top of the printer body 1; the first control system 4 is arranged in the control cabinet 5 and is electrically connected with the heating device 2 and the outer cover 3; the selective information is used for receiving material parameters, and according to selective information control the opening or closing of dustcoat 3, simultaneous control heating device 2's heating or stop heating have been reached different printing material and have been used the purpose of different temperatures to realized the technological effect who promotes the adaptability of printer, and then solved because the printing material is not good technical problem of printer adaptability that the requirement difference of temperature caused.

Preferably, in this embodiment, the method further includes: the first auxiliary material feeding mechanism is arranged on a support at the top of the printer main body 1 and is electrically connected with the second control system 9; preferably, in this embodiment, the method further includes: the second auxiliary material feeding mechanism is arranged on the bracket at the top of the printer main body 1 and is electrically connected with the second control system 9; first auxiliary material feeding mechanism and second auxiliary material feeding mechanism all can with the 8 cooperations of feed mechanism, realize transporting of printing material, in this embodiment, recommend the auxiliary material feeding mechanism on the use support, printing material operation smoothness nature can be better.

As shown in fig. 4, the present application relates to a control method of a 3D printer, including:

s100, receiving selection information of material parameters;

through the first touch screen, the user can input corresponding material parameters and can also select the corresponding material parameters, and in the embodiment, preferably, the selection information is determined through the selected material parameters; the material parameters are material types, such as PLA, ABS, PP, PA, PEEK and the like, the different types have different requirements on temperature, the PLA and the ABS are required to be printed under the low-temperature condition, and the printing precision and strength requirements are relatively low; and PP, PA, PEEK material require to print under the high temperature condition, the precision of printing, intensity requirement are also relatively high. In this embodiment, a material-temperature table may be established for different types of materials and temperature values, and when a user selects or inputs a certain material type, a table is looked up according to the type, and a corresponding temperature value is matched in the table, that is, a temperature parameter.

According to the embodiment of the present invention, preferably, after receiving the selection information of the material parameter, the method further includes:

judging whether the temperature parameter obtained according to the selection information is higher than a preset temperature parameter threshold value or not;

if yes, generating a first control instruction for entering a high-temperature working mode;

if not, a second control command to enter the low temperature operating mode is generated.

Setting a temperature parameter threshold value which can be a value or a range in advance in the first control system 4, considering the high-temperature printing material as a high-temperature printing material when the temperature parameter threshold value is higher than the value or the maximum value of the range, setting a high-temperature working mode, and generating a first control instruction; and if the temperature is lower than the value or the minimum value of the range, the printing material is considered to be low-temperature printing material, a low-temperature working mode is set, and a second control instruction is generated to provide guarantee for the control of the outer cover 3 and the heating device 2.

And S102, controlling the opening or closing of the outer cover 3 according to the selection information, and controlling the heating of the heating device 2 or stopping heating.

According to the embodiment of the present invention, it is preferable that controlling the opening or closing of the housing 3 according to the selection information, and controlling the heating or stopping the heating of the heating device 2 include:

the outer cover 3 is controlled to be closed through a first control instruction, and the heating device 2 is controlled to continuously heat or heat to a preset high temperature.

When the high-temperature printing material is judged, a high-temperature working mode is entered, the heating device 2 is heated through a first control instruction, the outer cover 3 is rotated to be closed, and the printing environment temperature is kept in a high-temperature state; therefore, the requirements of different materials on different temperatures are met, a selectable scheme is provided for users, and the cost is not high.

According to the embodiment of the present invention, it is preferable that controlling the opening or closing of the housing 3 according to the selection information, and controlling the heating or stopping the heating of the heating device 2 further include:

and controlling the outer cover 3 to be opened through a first control command, and controlling the heating device 2 to stop heating or heating to a preset low temperature.

When the low-temperature printing material is judged, a low-temperature working mode is entered, the heating device 2 is stopped heating (or low-temperature heating) through a second control instruction, the outer cover 3 is rotated to an open state, and the printing environment temperature is ensured to be maintained at a required low-temperature state (which cannot be too low); therefore, the requirements of different materials on different temperatures are met, a selectable scheme is provided for users, and the cost is not high.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the modules or steps of the present invention described above may be implemented by a general purpose computing device, they may be centralized on a single computing device or distributed across a network of multiple computing devices, and they may alternatively be implemented by program code executable by a computing device, such that they may be stored in a storage device and executed by a computing device, or fabricated separately as individual integrated circuit modules, or fabricated as a single integrated circuit module from multiple modules or steps. Thus, the present invention is not limited to any specific combination of hardware and software.

The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present application and is not intended to limit the present application, and various modifications and changes may be made by those skilled in the art. Any modification, equivalent replacement, improvement and the like made within the spirit and principle of the present application shall be included in the protection scope of the present application.