公开(公告)号：JP2001353786A

公开(公告)日：2001-12-25

申请号：JP12621899

申请日：1999-03-29

Applicant: 3 D SYSTEMS INC

Inventor： HULL CHARLES W ,  SPENCE STUART T ,  ALBERT DAVID J ,  SMALLEY DENNIS R ,  HARLOW RICHARD A ,  STEINBURGH PHILIP ,  TARNOFF HARRY L ,  NGUYEN HOP D ,  LEWIS CHARLES W ,  VORGITCH TOM J ,  REMBA DAVID Z

IPC: B29C35/08 ,  B29C67/00 ,  B29K105/24 ,  G01J1/42 ,  G03C9/08 ,  G03F7/00 ,  G03F7/20 ,  G06F17/50 ,  G06T17/00 ,  G06T17/10 ,  G06T17/20

Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To accurately form an object by a method for automatically forming a three-dimensional object. SOLUTION: The three-dimensional object (30) is formed by selectively curing many layers (23) of a transitive fluid medium (22) through exposing each of the layers (23) in a pattern selected by a specific stimulation (27). The fluid medium 22 is irradiated with the stimulation (27) in the form of a beam having a specified width and thereby thin layers (30a, 30b, 30c) which transit are successively laminated into a constituted object. Further, the selected pattern (20) of the layers (23) is obtained by processing stored data (20) which define the desired shape of the object (30). A data processing step (21) partially changes the stored data so that the changed data representing the individual thin layers corrected appropriately to the width of the beam is provided.

公开(公告)号：JP2000015706A

公开(公告)日：2000-01-18

申请号：JP13310999

申请日：1999-04-05

Applicant: 3 D SYSTEMS INC

Inventor： HULL CHARLES W ,  SPENCE STUART T ,  ALBERT DAVID J ,  SMALLEY DENNIS R ,  HARLOW RICHARD A ,  STEINBURGH PHILIP ,  TARNOFF HARRY L ,  NGUYEN HOP D ,  LEWIS CHARLES W ,  VORGITCH TOM J ,  REMBA DAVID Z

IPC: B29C35/08 ,  B29C67/00 ,  B29K105/24 ,  G01J1/42 ,  G03C9/08 ,  G03F7/00 ,  G03F7/20 ,  G06F17/50 ,  G06T17/00 ,  G06T17/10 ,  G06T17/20

Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To realize the quicker development and production of a highly accurate three dimensional plastic by a method wherein the coordinate data on an offered three dimensional substance are operated so as to automatically produce a three dimensional substance in response to the operated coordinate data. SOLUTION: By converting the CAD/CAM data of a substance into data representing the sections of the substance and directing a laser beam, the sectional shapes of the substance are drawn on the surfaces of liquid photosensitive polymer layers by means of the above-mentioned sectional data. By directing the beam so as to form a section to be adhered onto the sections already hardened and piled up through the hardening of the liquid photosensitive polymer layer in order to be arranged on the sections already hardened and piled up, the sections already hardened and piled up are positioned to the liquid photosensitive polymer layer. Further, by controlling a directing means and a positioning means by utilizing the above-mentioned sectional data, the piled-up sections of the substance are reproduced out of hardened photosensitive polymers.