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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2023
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A plasticizing device includes a flat screw including a groove forming surface in which a groove is formed, a barrel having a facing surface and a communication hole formed in the facing surface, the communication hole allowing a plasticized material to flow out, a heating unit, a flow path through which the plasticized material flows, a nozzle communicating with the flow path, a plurality of measurement units configured to measure pressures or temperatures in the flow path, an aspiration delivery unit, including a cylinder, having a branch flow path and a plunger configured to move in the cylinder so as to aspirate the plasticized material into the branch flow path or deliver the aspirated plasticized material to the nozzle, and a control unit configured to identify a state of the plasticized material in the flow path based on measurement values of the measurement units.
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