Apparatus and Method for Manufacture of a 3D-Modeled Object
First Claim
1. An apparatus for manufacturing a 3D-modeled object, comprising:
- a modeler that models a 3D object by stacking layers of a modeling material one over another;
a tag feeder that feeds a wireless communication tag to a predetermined position; and
a controller that controls stacking of the modeling material by the modeler and feeding of the wireless communication tag by the tag feeder,whereinthe controller makes the tag feeder feed the wireless communication tag to the predetermined position in the modeling material in a middle of the stacking of the modeling material by the modeler such that the wireless communication tag is embedded inside the 3D-modeled object formed of the stacked layers of the modeling material.
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Abstract
The manufacturing apparatus (1) for three-dimensional moldings is provided with a molding block (20), a tag-supplying block (30) and a control unit (12). The molding block (20) is a molding device for molding a three-dimensional object by successively layering molding material layer by layer. The tag-supplying block (30) is a tag-supplying device for supplying a wireless communication tag to a specified position. The control unit (12) causes the tag-supplying block (30) to supply the wireless communication tag to the specified position of the molding material during layering of the molding material by the molding block (20) so that the wireless communication tag is embedded inside the three-dimensional molding that is obtained by layering the molding material.
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20 Claims
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1. An apparatus for manufacturing a 3D-modeled object, comprising:
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a modeler that models a 3D object by stacking layers of a modeling material one over another; a tag feeder that feeds a wireless communication tag to a predetermined position; and a controller that controls stacking of the modeling material by the modeler and feeding of the wireless communication tag by the tag feeder, wherein the controller makes the tag feeder feed the wireless communication tag to the predetermined position in the modeling material in a middle of the stacking of the modeling material by the modeler such that the wireless communication tag is embedded inside the 3D-modeled object formed of the stacked layers of the modeling material. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 17, 18)
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9. A method for manufacturing a 3D-modeled object, comprising:
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a process (a) of, after starting stacking of layers of a modeling material, suspending the stacking for a while to feed a wireless communication tag to a predetermined position in the modeling material; and a process (b) of, after feeding the wireless communication tag, restarting the stacking of the modeling material to continue to stack the modeling material until modeling of the 3D-modeled object is completed so that the wireless communication tag is embedded inside the 3D-modeled object. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 19, 20)
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