Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba

Toshiba Kikai Kabushiki Kaisha

Technology Research Association for Future Additive Manufacturing

Shibaura Machine Co., Ltd.

Toshiba Kikai Kohuchiki Kichs

Shimpei Fujimaki

Hiroshi Ohno

Mitsuo Sasaki

Yasutomo Shiomi

Satoshi Tsuno

Tomohiko Yamada

Yasushi Fukase

Shuhei Honma

Hisanori Fuwa

Yuta Suzuki

Daisuke Morimatsu

Shogo Tanigaki

An additive manufacturing system includes an additive manufacturing unit configured to shape an object including a plurality of layers, a measurement unit configured to measure a state of each of the plurality of layers, and a control unit. The control unit includes a storage unit configured to store reference information based on internal defect information indicating a defect existing inside a sample object shaped by the additive manufacturing unit and including the plurality of layers, based on an electromagnetic wave which has passed through the sample object, and sample measurement information indicating a measurement result of the plurality of layers of the sample object measured by the measurement unit, and an estimation unit configured to estimate whether a defect occurs inside the object, based on measurement information indicating a measurement result of the plurality of layers of the object measured by the measurement unit and the reference information.

Additive manufacturing system

A nozzle includes a nozzle member includes a first passage, a second passage surrounding the first passage and configured to eject powder and fluid from an end portion, a diffusion room apart from the end portion and configured to supply the powder and the fluid to the second passage, and a supply path to supply the powder and the fluid to the diffusion room. A first inner surface of the nozzle member includes a first curved surface in a conical shape having a diameter decreasing toward the end portion. A second inner surface of the nozzle member includes a second curved surface in a conical shape having a diameter decreasing toward the end portion. The second passage is formed between the first curved surface and the second curved surface. The diffusion room is formed between the first inner surface and the second inner surface.

Nozzle and additive manufacturing apparatus

A nozzle according to one embodiment has an inner surface and an outer surface, and is provided with a first passage through which an energy ray passes, and a second passage that is provided between the inner surface and the outer surface, and through which powder and fluid pass. The second passage includes a second open end on one end thereof in a first direction. A first surface that is one of the inner surface and the outer surface includes a first edge on one end thereof in the first direction. A second surface that is the other one of those includes a second edge on one end thereof in the first direction, and is distanced from the first edge toward the first direction. The fluid ejected from the second open end flows along the second surface, and separates at the second edge.

An additive manufacturing device includes a table that supports an additive manufactured object, and a manufacturing unit including a first nozzle that is movable with respect to the table and a second nozzle that is movable with respect to the table and also movable with respect to the first nozzle. The manufacturing unit discharges powder from at least one of the first nozzle and the second nozzle, and emits an energy beam from at least one of the first nozzle and the second nozzle to melt or sinter the powder to additively manufacture the object supported on the table.

Additive manufacturing device and additive manufacturing method

A nozzle according to one embodiment includes a nozzle unit and a guide surface. A first passage, a second passage, and the guide surface are provided to the nozzle unit. The first passage has a first open end. The second passage has a second open end, and a section that is positioned upstream of the second open end and that extends in a second direction. The guide surface has an edge in a first direction. The guide surface is exposed on the outer side at the edge, is along a third direction at the edge, the third direction being a direction becoming more distanced from an axis than the second direction does, as the third direction is extended further toward the first direction. A flow of fluid ejected from the second open end follows the guide surface, and becomes separated from the nozzle unit at the edge.

Nozzle, processing apparatus, and additive manufacturing apparatus

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Mishima, Japan

Shimpei Fujimaki