EP3972808A1 - Procédé de fabrication additive - Google Patents
Procédé de fabrication additiveInfo
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- EP3972808A1 EP3972808A1 EP20725585.2A EP20725585A EP3972808A1 EP 3972808 A1 EP3972808 A1 EP 3972808A1 EP 20725585 A EP20725585 A EP 20725585A EP 3972808 A1 EP3972808 A1 EP 3972808A1
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Definitions
- the present invention relates to a method for layer-by-layer additive manufacturing of a part.
- parts produced layer by layer may have defects generated for example during the process.
- Additive manufacturing processes are generally long and the part produced may prove, during the final inspection, to be defective and therefore discarded. The material used is then lost, whereas it is generally expensive. In addition, the process time used for the production of the part is lost. It may thus be advantageous to carry out an inspection of the part as it is manufactured.
- US 2019/0009472 discloses a method of controlling a 3D printed part with a 3D printer.
- DE 10 2017 005 426 describes a machine and a process for additive manufacturing.
- the machine is designed to allow rapid change of process specific printheads and other systems such as measurement sensors.
- the method provides for measurement of the surface temperatures by means of a temperature sensor.
- a subject of the present invention is thus, according to a first of its aspects, an additive manufacturing process layer by layer of a part with an additive manufacturing machine, comprising the following steps:
- the method can also make it possible to detect excess material or deformation defects in step c), if one or more such defects are present on said at least one layer.
- a single layer of material is deposited in step a) and this layer is scanned after its deposition.
- this layer is scanned after its deposition.
- step a) several layers of material are deposited in step a) before scanning them in step b), with a scan taking place with the last layer deposited in the foreground.
- steps a) and b) are overlapped, the scan being carried out as the material is deposited to form a layer.
- Treatment step c) can be performed after completion of each layer. As a variant, it is carried out after making several layers. In another variant, it is carried out only once the part has been completely produced.
- the additive manufacturing machine advantageously comprises an enclosure, in particular a closed enclosure, the support for the part being present in the enclosure.
- the scanning step b) is advantageously implemented using a scanning tool chosen from the group consisting of a profilometer, in particular an optical profilometer, camera or laser, preferably a laser profilometer, a distance sensor , a camera, a mechanical profilometer and a 3D scanner, preferably by projection of structured light, in particular of fringes, preferably a profilometer, capable of scanning the part.
- a profilometer in particular an optical profilometer, camera or laser
- a laser profilometer preferably a laser profilometer
- a distance sensor preferably a distance sensor
- the latter is moved point by point and does not scan a line.
- the scanning tool in particular the profilometer, is preferably placed outside the enclosure.
- the scanning step b) can then be carried out by the profilometer through a portion of wall transparent to the wavelength of the profilometer, over the visible range, between 380 nm and 800 nm.
- the transparent wall portion preferably forms at least part of a wall defining the enclosure.
- the transparent wall portion may constitute a glazed wall.
- the scan tool is preferably non-intrusive, being outside the room.
- Step a) of depositing said at least one layer of material can be carried out using a nozzle, in particular opening into the enclosure.
- the nozzle can be fixed to a carriage, the carriage being able to be movable along at least two axes (X, Y), preferably three orthogonal axes (X, Y, Z) relative to the support.
- the scanning tool in particular the profilometer, is also preferably fixed relative to the carriage, in particular being fixed near the nozzle.
- the trolley can form part of a wall defining the enclosure and / or be mounted on such a wall.
- the carriage which is integral with the nozzle and the scanning tool, in particular the profilometer, can be mobile or be fixed.
- the support for manufacturing the part is advantageously movable along at least two axes (X, Y), or even three orthogonal axes (X, Y, Z). This relative mobility of the carriage and / or the support makes it possible to deposit the material in the place provided for the construction of each layer of the part.
- the additive manufacturing process can be a printing process by material extrusion, also called “material extrusion” in which the Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) or Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF), a 3D printing by projection of binder also called “binder jetting” in English which includes Drop-On-Demand (DOD) technology, a 3D printing by powder bed fusion also called “powder bed fusion” in English, including selective laser sintering (SLS) and selective melting (SLM) technologies, 3D printing by material jetting, 3d printing by directed energy deposition also called “Directed Energy Deposition” in English, a 3d printing by photopolymerization in a tank also called “Vat Photopolymerization” in English which includes the stereolithography technology (SLA) .
- the process can also be a mixture of these different technologies such as Multi Jet Fusion (MJF) technology which combines binder projection and powder bed fusion.
- the part's additive manufacturing method is preferably FDM.
- the material used for the additive manufacturing is preferably a thermoplastic polymer chosen, for example, from the group consisting of PAEK (Polyaryletherketone) of which PEEK (polyetheretherketone) and PEKK (polyetherketonecetone), PEI (Polyetherimide also known under the name of ULTEM), PPS (Polyphenylene sulfide), ABS (acrylonitrile butadiene styrene), PA (polyamide), PP (polypropylene), PLA (poly lactic acid), TPU (thermoplastic polyurethane) and PET (polyethylene), and mixtures thereof.
- PAEK Polyaryletherketone
- PEEK polyetheretherketone
- PEKK polyetherketonecetone
- PEI Polyetherimide also known under the name of ULTEM
- PPS Polyphenylene sulfide
- ABS acrylonitrile butadiene styrene
- PA polyamide
- PP polypropylene
- PLA
- the polymer can be amorphous and / or semi-crystalline, charged or not.
- the polymer can be loaded with fibers, in particular carbon / glass fibers, mineral, metallic or vegetable filler, in particular glass beads or wood, or be unfilled.
- Step a) is preferably carried out by depositing extruded polymer wire.
- the method may include a step prior to the first implementation of step a), consisting in scanning the support intended to receive the part during its manufacture, before depositing the first layer of the part. This makes it possible to take a mark for the subsequent manufacture of the part.
- the data acquired in step b) can include the three-dimensional coordinates of the deposited and scanned layer.
- Step c) of data processing may include, from the data acquired, the analysis of at least one global quantity in order to monitor the additive manufacturing process, layer by layer.
- the overall magnitude is preferably chosen from a thickness of the deposited layer, a standard deviation of the thickness of the deposited layer, an amount of material deposited for the layer, a displacement of the carriage at each deposited layer, the average width of the beads.
- the data acquired in scanning step b) can make it possible, in data processing step c), to identify areas of lack of material, to control the geometry of the material deposition at each layer, to control roughness between the layers, to know the void rate within a layer, several layers or the part.
- the method may include a preliminary step of configuring the additive manufacturing machine for carrying out step a) with set parameters and on the basis of reference geometric data of the part and / or of each layer of the part. , stored in a memory.
- processing step c) advantageously comprises a comparison of the data acquired in step b) with the setpoint parameters and detection of any discrepancies between the data acquired and the setpoint parameters.
- processing step c) may include a comparison of the data acquired in step b) with the stored reference geometric data, in order to detect an average deviation of the contour of the part from the geometric data of reference, and / or an average deviation from the deposition trajectories of the material constituting the part.
- the data acquired in step b) can make it possible to recognize the contours of the layer, of the layers or of the manufactured part and thus to virtually reconstruct the part actually manufactured, layer by layer, and to compare it with the initial data of reference. This may allow quality control to be performed and may or may not accept the part from a dimensional point of view.
- the trajectories of deposition of the material constituting the part can correspond, when the additive manufacturing is a deposition of extruded polymer wire, to the trajectories of the nozzle, which is for example controlled by numerical control programming.
- Step c) may include determining the surface dimension and the depth of each lack of material defect.
- step c) may include the recording of data on this defect, these data comprising in particular the coordinates, the surface dimension and the depth of the defect.
- the predetermined threshold value of area dimension is for example 5pm * 5pm, or even greater than 5pm * 5pm, for example equal to 50pm * 50pm.
- the predetermined depth threshold value may be 10 pm, or even greater than 10 pm, for example equal to 100 pm.
- the method may also include the scrapping of the part, even if it has not been completed, since processing step c) leads to determining the presence of a number of defects greater than a predetermined threshold value and / or the presence of 'at least one defect of dimensions greater than a predetermined threshold value, the threshold values being predetermined for a given part.
- the method may include a step of repairing said at least one lack of material defect by adding material.
- the method can make it possible to choose between these two possibilities in the event of detection of lack of material defect (s) on one or more given layers, or to choose to continue manufacturing without repair, if the defect (s) do not critically affect the quality, by their dimensions and / or their number.
- the repair step can be implemented between step c) of treatment and step d) consisting of performing a new step a), namely depositing at least one new layer on the previous one.
- This repair can take place after completion of a layer or several layers or even a portion of the layer being deposited, after scanning and data processing.
- the material added may be different from the material deposited for each layer in step a), being preferably more fluid. It is preferably compatible. It can be of the same nature. Pairs of materials that can be used can be established, one of the materials being dispensable by the nozzle used for the deposition of the material layers and the other of the materials being dispensable through a second nozzle for repairing one or more layers. several defects of lack of material. Alternatively, the same nozzle can allow depositing the layers of material to form the part and depositing material for the repair of one or more shortage defects.
- the same material, for example PEKK 6004 CF for example, can be deposited by either nozzle.
- the second nozzle may be of reduced diameter compared to the main nozzle to fill areas of small dimensions corresponding to defects of lack of material.
- Repairing shortage defects by adding material, in particular using the second nozzle, can be particularly advantageous for large parts.
- the dimensions of the deposit are generally increased, in width and in height. Increasing the width may cause the path not to fill all areas properly. Adding material to areas where material is lacking, including the use of a second nozzle, helps fill in these unwanted holes.
- Another subject of the invention is an additive manufacturing machine for implementing the method as defined above, the additive manufacturing preferably being printing by extrusion. of material (FDM, FFF), the machine comprising:
- a nozzle for extruding and depositing the wire to form the part, a carriage on which the nozzle is fixed,
- the additive manufacturing machine can include an enclosure, in particular a closed one.
- the support may be in the enclosure, and the profilometer is preferably outside the enclosure, the nozzle opening into the enclosure.
- the carriage can form all or part of a wall of the enclosure, and / or be integral with such a wall.
- the enclosure may or may not be heated and its heating temperature, if applicable, may vary, depending on the materials used for additive manufacturing (or materials). For some materials, it is preferable that it is heated. However, some materials do not require a heated enclosure.
- the heating temperature of the enclosure is for example defined as a function of the T g (glass transition temperature) of the material used for the additive manufacturing.
- T g glass transition temperature
- the enclosure can be heated to a temperature between 50 ° C and 100 ° C.
- the temperature of the enclosure will be equal to approximately 150 ° C.
- the heating temperature of the enclosure can be up to 250 ° C.
- the enclosure can be heated to avoid the deformations generated by excessively large temperature gradients in the room during its manufacture.
- the additive manufacturing machine may also include a wall, forming for example part of a wall of the enclosure, transparent to the wavelength of the profilometer, arranged so as to allow scanning by the profilometer of at least a part. of the room through this wall.
- the machine may include a second nozzle for repairing a lack of material, the second nozzle preferably having a diameter smaller than that of the nozzle.
- the second nozzle can be adapted to deposit a material, in particular a polymer, which is more fluid than that of the nozzle for depositing the layers of the part.
- the nozzle for the extrusion and deposit of the wire can also be used for the repair of shortage defects.
- FIG. 1 schematically represents an example of an additive manufacturing machine according to the invention
- FIG. 2 represents a block diagram of the steps of a particular implementation of the additive manufacturing process according to the invention
- Figure 3 is a schematic view of an example of a part produced with the additive manufacturing process according to the invention.
- FIG 4 is a graph of data from the scanning step in the implementation of the process for several parts according to Figure 3,
- FIG 5 is a graph of data from the scanning step in the implementation of the process for several parts according to Figure 3,
- FIG 6 is a graph of data from the scanning step in the implementation of the process for several parts according to Figure 3,
- FIG 7 is a graph of data from the scanning step in the implementation of the process for several parts according to Figure 3,
- Figure 8 comprises several schematic images resulting from the processing of data from the scanning step, for different layers of the part of Figure 3, during the implementation of the method according to the invention,
- FIG 9 is an enlarged photograph illustrating a portion of the part of Figure 3,
- FIG 10 shows a block diagram of the steps of another example of implementation of the additive manufacturing process according to the invention.
- FIG 11 schematically shows an example of an additive manufacturing machine for implementing the method illustrated in Figure 10, and
- Figure 12 shows schematically the result of the scan of an example of a part to be repaired using the method according to the invention.
- FIG. 1 shows an additive manufacturing machine 1 for producing a part P layer by layer.
- the additive manufacturing technique is a printing process by deposition of molten filament, a technology called FDM, or even FFF.
- the machine 1 comprises a cabinet 10 shown in dotted lines in this figure.
- the machine 1 comprises, housed in the cabinet 10, a support 2 for the part P to be manufactured, at least one coil 3 of wire 4 made of polymer material, a nozzle 5 for the extrusion and the deposit of the wire 4 in order to form part P, a carriage 6 on which the nozzle 5 is fixed.
- At least one of the carriage 6 and of the support 2 is movable along at least two X, Y axes, in this example along three X, Y and Z axes, relative to the other.
- the carriage 6 is movable relative to the support 2, but it is not beyond the scope of the invention if it is the support 2 which is movable and the carriage 6 which is fixed, or if both, carriage 6 and support 2 are movable relative to one another.
- the machine 1 also comprises a scanning tool consisting in this example of a profilometer 7, in this example laser, in particular of class 2, fixed relative to the carriage 6.
- the profilometer 7 makes it possible to scan the part P and to acquire topographic data. of part P, layer by layer for example.
- the profilometer chosen in this example has an observation area of 39mm wide, to obtain a resolution of 0.05mm. You can change the profilometer measuring head to enlarge the scanned width, which goes in the direction of a decrease in resolution, or to decrease it, in order to increase the resolution. To scan a part whose dimensions are larger than the measured width, several passes are made.
- the machine 1 comprises, in the cabinet 10, an enclosure 11, closed.
- the enclosure 11 is heated, to a temperature of about 150 ° C, for a material used for additive manufacturing consisting of PEKK.
- the enclosure 11 contains the support 2 which carries the part P, here shown with several layers C deposited.
- the profilometer 7 is located outside the enclosure 11, in a space 13 of the machine 1 which is temperature-regulated.
- the machine 1 comprises a portion of wall 12 transparent to the wavelength of the profilometer 7, arranged so as to allow the scanning by the profilometer 7 of at least part of the part P through this portion of wall 12.
- the wall portion 12 may be integral with the carriage 6 on which are fixed the nozzle 5 and the profilometer 7.
- the nozzle 5 opens into the chamber 11 for the deposition of material in order to manufacture the part layer by layer.
- the machine 1 also comprises a computer system 15 connected at least to the profilometer 7 in order to collect data from it, to the coil 3 to control the deposition of material and to the carriage 6 so as to control the displacement in X, Y and Z of it.
- the computer system 15 connected to the profilometer 7 may not be the same as that which controls the machine 1, but these two computer systems can communicate with each other when necessary, for example in the event of a machine shutdown.
- the additive manufacturing machine 1 is used to implement the additive manufacturing process which will be described with reference to FIG. 2 which illustrates the steps thereof.
- the additive manufacturing process for part P comprises a first step 20 comprising the scanning, using profilometer 7, of support 2, before depositing the first layer C of part P. This measurement is carried out to obtain a distance reference between the profilometer and the support, it is a calibration step. This data acquisition relating to the medium 2 can be omitted in an alternative embodiment of the invention.
- a first layer of the part P is then produced, by depositing an extruded wire of polymer material using the nozzle 5, in a step 21.
- the carriage 6 is moved relative to the support 2 in order to deposit material. at the desired location.
- a step 22 the first layer C of the part P which was deposited in step 21 is scanned, using the profilometer 7, through the transparent wall 12.
- the beam F is visible in FIG. 1.
- the carriage 6 can be moved relative to the support 2 to perform the scan.
- the acquired data is processed to detect and geolocate at least one lack of material defect, if one or more defects of this type are present on the first layer C deposited in step 21.
- steps 21 and 22 can be carried out several times before implementing step 23. It is possible, additionally or as a variant, as illustrated, to repeat steps 21 and 22 after implementation of step. 23 until all the layers of part P.
- step 21 consists of depositing not one but several layers C before performing step 22 of scanning.
- the scan of step 22 is carried out as soon as the material is deposited, before making the entire C layer, as and when the latter is deposited.
- the scan performed in step 22 makes it possible to acquire topographic data of the deposited C layer.
- the data processing step 23 comprises in particular, from the acquired data, the analysis of one or more global quantities in order to monitor the additive manufacturing process, layer by layer.
- the overall quantities analyzed there may be mentioned a thickness of the deposited layer C, a standard deviation of the thickness of the C layer deposited, an amount of material deposited for the layer C and a displacement of the carriage 6 and / or of the support for each layer C deposited, an average roughness, an average width of the beads of deposited yarn.
- the additive manufacturing machine 1 is also configured for performing step 21 with setpoint parameters and on the reference geometric database of the part P and / or each layer C of part P, stored in a memory of the computer system 15.
- Processing step 23 comprises a comparison of the data acquired in step 22 with the setpoint parameters and detection of any deviations between the data acquired and the setpoint parameters.
- Processing step 23 further comprises a comparison of the data acquired in step 22 with the stored reference geometric data, in order to detect an average deviation of the contour of the part P with respect to the reference geometrical data and / or a deviation means relative to the trajectories of deposition of material constituting part P, programmed upstream of manufacture.
- Step 23 also comprises determining the surface dimension and the depth of each detected lack of material defect and, when the area dimension and the depth of a lack of material defect are respectively greater than predetermined threshold values of surface dimension and depth, the recording of data on this defect, this data comprising in particular the coordinates, the surface dimension and the depth of the defect.
- the predetermined threshold value of area dimension is in the illustrated example 50pm * 50pm and the predetermined threshold value of depth is 100pm.
- a question Q1 is answered on the presence of a number of defects greater than a predetermined threshold value and / or the presence of at least one defect of dimensions greater than a predetermined threshold value, the threshold values being predetermined for a given part P. If the answer to question Q1 is that there is a number of defects greater than the predetermined threshold value and / or the presence of at least one defect of dimensions greater than the predetermined threshold value, NOK in the diagram of FIG. 2 , then the process leads to step 24 disposal of part P, not completed. Otherwise, OK on the diagram in figure 2, part P is finished, by repeating steps 21 and 22.
- a question Q2 similar to question Q1 is asked. If the answer to question Q2 is that there is a number of defects greater than the predetermined threshold value and / or the presence of at least one defect of dimensions greater than the predetermined threshold value, NOK in the diagram of FIG. 2 , then the method leads to step 24 of discarding the part P, not completed. Otherwise, OK on the diagram in figure 2, the finished part P is validated in a step 25.
- control carried out during manufacture according to the process according to the invention is a form of non-destructive testing, also called NDT, but which takes place throughout the manufacturing process unlike the usual non-destructive testing which is carried out on the finished part.
- This step of the usual non-destructive testing on a finished part is thus not necessary, thanks to the invention, which makes it possible on the one hand to save this usual final step and on the other hand not to have to invest in the NDT system making it possible to implement it, a system which is generally expensive.
- FIG. 3 a part P, consisting of a tensile test piece, produced using the method according to the invention, implemented by the additive manufacturing machine 1 according to the invention.
- Figure 8 illustrates several of the C layers scanned from the Ep_C specimen.
- the image titled 8A illustrates the second deposited and scanned layer
- the image labeled 8B represents the third layer
- the image 8C the fourth layer represents the third layer
- the image 8C the fourth layer represents the third layer
- the image 8C the fourth layer represents the third layer
- the image 8C the fourth layer represents the third layer
- the image 8C the fourth layer represents the third layer
- the 8D image the fifth layer the 8E image the sixth layer
- the image 8F the seventh layer image 8G the twelfth layer
- image 8H the thirteenth layer.
- FIGS. 4 to 7 illustrate graphs representing at least part of the result of processing data acquired on part P during its manufacture, after deposition of each layer C, by scan, for each of the test pieces Ep_A, Ep_B and Ep_C.
- the graph of figure 4 represents the volume V expressed in mm 3 as a function of the rank n of each layer C.
- the graph of figure 5 illustrates the average height H per layer, expressed in mm, as a function of the rank n of each layer.
- C The graph of figure 6 illustrates the displacement of the carriage, Dp, expressed in mm, as a function of the rank n of each layer C.
- the graph of figure 7 represents the standard deviation of the height of the layer, Dev, expressed in mm, as a function of the rank n of each layer C.
- the rank n corresponds to the number of the layer C deposited.
- the first layer deposited has rank 1
- the second layer, deposited on the first layer has rank 2, etc., up to the highest rank which corresponds to the last layer deposited for the production of part P.
- the values illustrated for the test piece Ep_A are small squares, those for the test piece Ep_B are small circles, and those for the test piece Ep_C are small triangles.
- a portion of part P has been illustrated in FIG. 9 to represent the detection of defects D, identified by small crosses in this figure, of lack of material.
- defects of the lack of material type are located by scanning and processing the scan data, they are compared to threshold values, for example of dimensions greater than 5 pm * 5 pm and depth greater than 10 pm.
- threshold values for example of dimensions greater than 5 pm * 5 pm and depth greater than 10 pm.
- a defect has a size greater than at least one of the threshold values, its coordinates as well as its size (on the surface) and its depth are recorded. This can make it possible to make decisions about whether to keep and continue to manufacture part P or to dispose of it.
- FIG. 10 Another example of implementation of the method according to the invention is shown in FIG. 10.
- the method comprises the same steps as those illustrated in FIG. 2, but also comprises a step of repairing the lack of material defect (s) as will be explained below.
- the data acquired by scan can be classified in the present invention into two categories allowing two types of analysis.
- the overall quantities per layer mentioned above, can be acquired and analyzed, in particular compared to reference values and set values, to monitor the additive manufacturing process.
- material shortage defects especially those that can be corrected, can be detected and geolocated for treatment, in particular by adding material.
- the additive manufacturing machine 1 illustrated in FIG. 11 which comprises a second nozzle 16 supplied with a second wire 17 of polymer material by a second coil 18.
- the second wire 17 is produced, in the example illustrated, in a polymer material which is more fluid than wire 4.
- the second nozzle 16 has a smaller diameter than the nozzle 5.
- One or more defects of lack of material can be repaired, if necessary, after production of a layer, or of several layers, or even during the production of a layer not entirely deposited on the previous one or on the support 2.
- a new layer can then be placed on top, then the scan, then the data processing and a possible new repair, and so on until the part is produced.
- FIG. 12 schematically shows a layer of a part displayed after it has been deposited, the scan and the data processing.
- the R contour of the part is visible.
- An advantage of the invention when the method includes repair, is that it makes it possible to repair a defective zone due to a lack of material during the manufacture of the part. Another advantage is that the porosity at the level of the overlap zones between the contour and the filling can be reduced. Another advantage is to allow limit the number of parts discarded because they have too many shortage defects or one or more shortage defects of too large dimensions.
- the additive manufacturing process can be other than FDM technology.
- the additive manufacturing process can consist of a 3D printing by projection of binder also called “binder jetting” in which the Drop-On-Demand (DOD) technology is part in particular, a 3D printing by powder bed fusion.
- binder jetting also called “powder bed fusion” in English which includes the technologies of selective laser sintering (SLS) and selective fusion (SLM), 3D printing by projection of material “material jetting”, 3d printing by directed energy deposition also called “Directed Energy Deposition” in English, a 3d printing by photopolymerization in a tank also called “Vat Photopolymerization” in English which includes stereolithography technology (SLA).
- SLS selective laser sintering
- SLM selective fusion
- 3D printing by projection of material "material jetting” 3d printing by directed energy deposition also called “Directed Energy Deposition” in English
- a 3d printing by photopolymerization in a tank also called “Vat Photopolymerization” in English which includes stereolithography
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