阅读说明：本技术 一种自动化牙模成型系统 (Automatic tooth mold forming system ) 是由 刘大鹏 于 2020-12-31 设计创作，主要内容包括：本发明公开了一种自动化牙模成型系统,包括成型模块、转运模块、分离模块、后处理模块；其中成型模块通过3D打印机在打印面板上快速成型牙模,转运模块用于实现打印面板的抓取转运,分离模块包括分离台及分离机构,通过分离机构实现分离台上牙模与打印面板的分离,后处理模块用于对牙模进行后处理,后处理包括清洗、风干、固化、分拣的一种或多种。本发明能够实现牙模自动化成型下料,整个过程无需人工参与,自动化程度高,节约人力及时间成本,有效保证产品质量的稳定性,极大地提高生产效率,大大提高牙科矫正器的生产产能,减少人工生产带来的依赖性和不确定性,降低生产成本。(The invention discloses an automatic tooth mold forming system, which comprises a forming module, a transferring module, a separating module and a post-processing module, wherein the transferring module is arranged on the forming module; wherein the shaping module passes through the quick shaping dental model of 3D printer on printing the panel, transports the module and is used for realizing snatching of printing the panel and transports, and separation module includes separating platform and separating mechanism, realizes through separating mechanism that the separation of dental model and printing the panel goes up the separating platform, and the aftertreatment module is used for carrying out the aftertreatment to the dental model, and the aftertreatment includes one or more of washing, air-dry, solidification, letter sorting. The automatic forming and blanking device can realize automatic forming and blanking of the dental cast, does not need manual participation in the whole process, has high automation degree, saves labor and time cost, effectively ensures the stability of product quality, greatly improves the production efficiency, greatly improves the production capacity of the dental appliance, reduces the dependence and uncertainty caused by manual production, and reduces the production cost.)

1. An automatic tooth mold forming system is characterized by comprising a forming module, a transferring module, a separating module and a post-processing module;

wherein the shaping module includes the 3D printer and arranges the printing panel in the 3D printer, through the quick shaping dental model of 3D printer on printing the panel, the transportation module is used for realizing snatching of printing the panel and transports, the separation module includes separating platform and separating mechanism, realizes through separating mechanism that the separation bench goes up the dental model and prints the separation of panel, the aftertreatment module is used for carrying out the aftertreatment to the dental model, the aftertreatment includes one or more of washing, air-dry, solidification.

2. The automatic dental mold forming system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the separating mechanism comprises a pressurizing cylinder, an ejector plate is connected to a piston rod of the pressurizing cylinder, ejector pins are arranged on the ejector plate, cylindrical holes are arranged on the printing panel, and the pressurizing cylinder drives the ejector plate to drive the ejector pins to penetrate through the cylindrical holes to eject the dental molds on the printing panel.

3. The automated dental cast molding system of claim 2, wherein the separating mechanism further comprises a cylinder panel for mounting a pressurized cylinder, and a guide post and an oil-free bushing are provided between the cylinder panel and the ejector plate.

4. The automatic dental cast molding system according to claim 1, wherein the separating table is provided with a limiting mechanism for limiting and fixing the printing panel.

5. The automatic tooth mold forming system according to claim 4, wherein the limiting mechanism comprises a limiting frame for accommodating the printing panel, a corner cylinder is arranged on a side of the limiting frame, a pressing block is connected to the corner cylinder, and the pressing block is driven to rotate by the corner cylinder to realize the pressing and limiting of the printing panel.

6. The automatic dental cast molding system according to claim 1, wherein the transfer module comprises a ground rail and a transfer robot arranged on the ground rail, and a free end of the transfer robot is provided with a front end clamp for grabbing the printing panel.

7. The automatic dental model forming system of claim 6, wherein the front end fixture comprises a straight plate, a pull rod connected with a free end of the robot is arranged at the center of the straight plate, telescopic cylinders are arranged at two ends of the straight plate, a piston rod of each telescopic cylinder is connected with a clamping jaw, and the clamping jaws are driven by the telescopic cylinders to realize the grabbing of the side edge of the printing panel.

8. The automatic dental model forming system of claim 7, wherein linear slide rails are further arranged at two ends of the linear plate, linear slide blocks are arranged on the linear slide rails, and the piston rod of the telescopic cylinder is connected with the clamping jaws through the linear slide blocks.

9. The automated dental cast molding system of claim 7, wherein the jaws are provided with a slot adapted to the side of the print panel.

10. The automatic dental cast molding system according to claim 1, wherein a limiting block is arranged in the 3D printer for realizing division of the printing area and limiting placement of the printing panel.

Technical Field

The invention relates to an automatic dental model forming system, and belongs to the technical field of dental correction.

Background

In the prior art of preparation of invisible orthotics, the currently common manufacturing method is manual or semi-automatic. The whole manufacturing process comprises the working procedures of obtaining a digital model in a patient mouth, 3D printing a tooth model, cleaning a tooth model, curing, pressing a film, cutting, demoulding, polishing, cleaning, inspecting, packaging and the like. And the semi-automatic manufacturing only realizes mechanical production by some of the procedures, and both the two manufacturing modes need manual work.

In the preparation process, the dental cast is printed and is often needed to be manually shoveled down one by one and taken out, so that the subsequent processing steps can be carried out, the automation degree is lower, the labor and time cost are higher, the dependence on operators is higher, the dental cast is easily damaged, the production efficiency of the invisible corrector is reduced, the stability of the product quality cannot be guaranteed, and the production capacity of the invisible corrector is greatly limited.

Disclosure of Invention

The purpose of the invention is as follows: in order to overcome the problems of the tooth mold forming process, the invention provides an automatic tooth mold forming system which can realize automatic forming and blanking of the tooth mold, does not need manual participation in the whole process, saves a large amount of manpower and time cost, effectively ensures the stability of product quality, greatly improves the production efficiency and reduces the production cost.

The technical scheme is as follows: in order to achieve the purpose, the invention provides an automatic tooth mold forming system, which comprises a forming module, a transferring module, a separating module and a post-processing module;

wherein the shaping module includes the 3D printer and arranges the printing panel in the 3D printer, through the quick shaping dental model of 3D printer on printing the panel, the transportation module is used for realizing snatching of printing the panel and transports, the separation module includes separating platform and separating mechanism, realizes through separating mechanism that the separation bench goes up the dental model and prints the separation of panel, the aftertreatment module is used for carrying out the aftertreatment to the dental model.

Because the dental model after printing can be glutinous on printing the panel, inconvenient unloading and aftertreatment of carrying on, so realize the dental model and print the autosegregation of panel through the separation module, then carry out aftertreatment through aftertreatment module to the dental model.

Further, separating mechanism includes pressure cylinder, be connected with the liftout plate on pressure cylinder's the piston rod, the ejecting pin of having arranged on the liftout plate, the cylindrical hole of having arranged on the printing panel drives the liftout plate through pressure cylinder and drives the ejecting pin and pass the cylindrical hole and ejecting with the tooth mould on the printing panel, realizes tooth mould and the separation of printing the panel.

Further, separating mechanism still includes the cylinder panel who is used for installing boost cylinder, set up guide post and oilless bush between cylinder panel and the liftout plate to guarantee the flexible stability of liftout plate.

Furthermore, a limiting mechanism is arranged on the separating table and used for limiting and fixing the printing panel.

Further, stop gear is including the spacing frame that is used for holding printing panel, be equipped with the corner cylinder on the spacing frame side, be connected with the briquetting on the corner cylinder, realize printing panel's the spacing that compresses tightly through the rotation of corner cylinder drive briquetting.

Further, the transfer module includes the ground rail and arranges the transfer robot on the ground rail, the free end of transfer robot is equipped with front end anchor clamps for realize printing snatching of panel.

Further, front end anchor clamps include a word board, word board center department is equipped with the pull rod of being connected with the transfer robot, a word board both ends set up telescopic cylinder, telescopic cylinder piston rod is connected with the jack catch, realizes snatching of printing the panel side through telescopic cylinder drive jack catch.

Further, linear slide rails are further arranged at two ends of the linear plate, linear slide blocks are arranged on the linear slide rails, piston rods of the telescopic cylinders are connected with the clamping jaws through the linear slide blocks, and the clamping stability of the clamp is improved through the matching of the slide blocks and the slide rails.

Further, set up the draw-in groove with printing panel side looks adaptation on the jack catch to realize the jack catch and the block of printing the panel side, guarantee the stability that printing the panel transported.

Further, be equipped with the stopper in the 3D printer for realize printing regional cutting apart and print the spacing of panel and place. Every printing area corresponds a printing panel, and the stopper is arranged around the edge of every printing area, can realize the subregion and print in turn and go up unloading, links up the high efficiency, effectively improves printing efficiency.

Has the advantages that: compared with the prior art, the automatic tooth mold forming system provided by the invention has the following advantages:

1. the automation degree is high. The invention can realize full-automatic tooth mold forming, the whole process does not need manual participation, the labor and time cost is saved, the stability of the product quality is effectively ensured, and the production cost is reduced.

2. And (4) batch forming. The automatic transfer of the printing panel between a plurality of processing modules is realized through the cooperation of robot front end anchor clamps, then realizes using the batch dental model machine-shaping of printing the panel as the unit, greatly improves production efficiency, realizes automated control.

2. The separation is efficient. The rapid separation of a plurality of tooth moulds is realized through the cooperation of pressurized cylinder and liftout plate, and the separation process is safe high-efficient, effectively reduces the tooth mould damage, improves the production productivity of dental appliance greatly, reduces artifical separation's dependence and uncertainty.

Drawings

The present invention will be further described and illustrated with reference to the following drawings.

FIG. 1 is a schematic overall structure of a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of the structure of a printing panel in a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic structural view of a front end clamp in a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic structural view of a spacing mechanism in a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of the structure of the separating mechanism in the preferred embodiment of the present invention;

the figure includes: 1. 3D printer, 2, printing panel, 2-1, cylindrical hole, 3, ground rail, 4, transfer robot, 5, separating table, 6, buffer table, 7, washing pond, 8, solidification machine, 9, transfer roller, 10, pull rod, 11, I-shaped plate, 12, telescopic cylinder, 13, jack catch, 14, spacing frame, 15, corner cylinder, 16, briquetting, 17, pressurized cylinder, 18, cylinder panel, 19, ejector plate, 20, ejector pin.

Detailed Description

The technical solution of the present invention will be more clearly and completely explained below with reference to the description of the preferred embodiments of the present invention in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a preferred embodiment of an automated dental cast molding system, comprising a molding module, a transfer module, a separation module, and a post-processing module;

the forming module comprises a plurality of 3D printers 1 and a printing panel 2 arranged in the 3D printers, and the 3D printers are used for quickly forming the dental model on the printing panel according to task requirements; the transfer module comprises a ground rail 3 and a transfer robot 4 arranged on the ground rail 3 and is used for realizing grabbing and transferring of the printing panel 2; the separation module comprises a separation table 5 and a separation mechanism, and the separation of the tooth mold on the separation table 5 and the printing panel is realized through the separation mechanism; the post-processing module is used for performing post-processing on the dental model, and the post-processing comprises one or more of cleaning, air drying and curing.

In this embodiment, the post-processing module includes washing pond 7 and solidification machine 8, and the size of washing pond 7, solidification machine 8 suits with printing panel 2 to realize the washing of dental cast, solidification on the printing panel 2. Further, conveying rollers 9 are arranged at the feeding end and the discharging end of the curing machine 8, and are used for realizing feeding and discharging conveying of the printing panel 2.

Further, the forming module, the separating module and the post-processing module are arranged along the ground rail 3, and the transfer of the printing panel 2 among the forming module, the separating module and the post-processing module is realized through the sliding of the transfer robot 4 along the ground rail 3.

As shown in fig. 2, the printing panel 2 is preferably a rectangular panel, and cylindrical holes 2-1 are arranged on the printing panel 2, so that on one hand, the weight and the contact area can be reduced, and on the other hand, the automatic separation of the dental cast from the printing panel can be conveniently realized.

Because the period of 3D printing dental cast is longer, for effectively improving shaping efficiency, can adopt the subregion to print in turn and go up unloading, realize the high-efficient linking between each process. Each printing area corresponds a printing panel, and a limiting block is arranged around the edge of each printing area, so that the division of the printing areas in the 3D printer and the limiting placement of the printing panels 2 are realized.

Further, the free end of transferring the robot is connected with the front end anchor clamps that are used for snatching the printing panel, in addition can also adopt material modes such as collet, sucking disc.

As shown in fig. 3, the front end fixture includes a linear plate 11, a pull rod 10 connected with the free end of the robot is arranged at the center of the linear plate 11, telescopic cylinders 12 are arranged at two ends of the linear plate 11, piston rods of the telescopic cylinders 12 are connected with clamping jaws 13, and the clamping jaws 13 are driven by the telescopic cylinders 12 to realize the grabbing of the side edge of the printing panel.

Further, be equipped with the draw-in groove with printing panel side looks adaptation on the jack catch 13 to realize the jack catch and the block of printing the panel side, guarantee the stability that printing the panel transported. A buffer layer, such as a rubber layer, can be arranged in the clamping groove, and a tooth pattern structure can be arranged on the rubber layer to increase friction force.

Further, a linear slide rail is arranged between the telescopic cylinder 12 and the clamping jaw 13, a piston rod of the telescopic cylinder 12 is connected with the clamping jaw 13 through a sliding block, and the clamping stability of the clamp is improved through the matching of the sliding block and the slide rail.

Further, a limiting mechanism is arranged on the separating table 5 and used for limiting and fixing the printing panel.

As shown in fig. 4, the limiting mechanism includes a limiting frame 14 capable of accommodating the printing panel, a corner cylinder 15 is disposed on a side of the limiting frame 14, a pressing block 16 is connected to the corner cylinder 15, and the pressing block 16 is driven to rotate by the corner cylinder 15 to realize pressing and limiting of the printing panel.

Further, still be equipped with the reference column on the spacing frame 14, can arrange in four apex angle departments, realize printing the accurate location of panel on spacing frame 14 through the cooperation of reference column and the last locating hole of printing the panel.

Furthermore, the side of the limit frame 14 is also provided with a groove matched with the front end clamp, so that the front end clamp can extend into the limit frame 14 to carry out loading and unloading.

As shown in fig. 5, the separating mechanism includes a pressurizing cylinder 17 installed on a cylinder panel 18, a piston rod of the pressurizing cylinder 17 is connected with an ejector plate 19, ejector pins 20 adapted to the cylindrical holes 2-1 are distributed on the ejector plate 19, the ejector plate 19 is driven by the pressurizing cylinder 17 to drive the ejector pins 20 to penetrate through the cylindrical holes 2-1 to eject the tooth molds on the printing panel 2, so as to separate the tooth molds from the printing panel.

In this embodiment, the mode that separating mechanism adopted ejecting separation realizes the die and the quick separation of printing the panel, also can adopt in other embodiments to push away the shovel, press from both sides modes such as getting and realize the die separation, but compare in other embodiments, ejecting separation mode is safe high-efficient more, effectively reduces the damage to the die, improves the production productivity of stealthy unscrambler greatly.

Further, a guide post and an oilless bushing (not shown) are disposed between the cylinder head plate 18 and the liftout plate 19 to ensure the stability of the extension and retraction of the liftout plate 19. In this embodiment, the oilless bush is distributed on the cylinder panel 18 at four corners, and the guide post runs through the oilless bush and is connected in the bottom of the ejector plate 19.

Further, the separation module further comprises a cache table 6 for implementing cache placement of the printing panels. A plurality of transportation processes of printing the panel can't go on simultaneously, can realize through the temporary storage platform that the buffer memory of printing the panel is placed, and the robot of being convenient for realizes transporting in order, and the dental cast prints a period of time that can stew after accomplishing simultaneously and in order to strengthen the solidification.

In addition, the forming method of the automatic dental model forming system comprises the following steps:

s1, rapidly forming a dental model on the printing panel 2 through the 3D printer 1, and then transferring the printed printing panel 2 to the separating table 5 through the transfer robot 4;

s2, the printing panel 2 is limited and fixed through a limiting mechanism on the separating table 5, then the ejection plate 19 is driven by the pressurizing cylinder 17 to drive the ejection pin 20 to penetrate through the cylindrical hole 2-1 to eject the tooth mold on the printing panel 2, and the tooth mold is separated from the printing panel;

s3, the separated dental model and the printing panel 2 are sequentially transferred to a cleaning pool 7 and a curing machine 8 for cleaning and photocuring through the transfer robot 4.

The transfer robot is matched with the front end clamp to realize batch forming and blanking of the tooth molds, automatic separation and post-treatment of the tooth molds are carried out, and the specific procedures of the separation and the post-treatment of the tooth molds can be designed and adjusted according to the actual application condition, so that the production capacity of the dental appliance is effectively improved, the dependence and uncertainty caused by manual operation are reduced, and the transfer robot has the advantages of compact structure, quick clamping, automatic control and the like, has good market prospect and is suitable for popularization and use.

The above detailed description merely describes preferred embodiments of the present invention and does not limit the scope of the invention. Without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention, it should be understood that various changes, substitutions and alterations can be made herein by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims and their equivalents. The scope of the invention is defined by the claims.