Abstract: A three-dimensional shaping apparatus includes a plasticizing section, a stage, an ejection section having a first nozzle and a second nozzle, each of which communicates with the plasticizing section, a first ejection adjusting section, a second ejection adjusting section, a moving section that relatively moves the ejection section with respect to the stage, and a control unit.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a molding mold used in an injection molding apparatus includes: generating a first plasticized material by plasticizing a first shaping material containing an amorphous metal and a resin; and shaping a laminate that is a part of the molding mold by discharging the first plasticized material toward a stage to laminate a layer.

Abstract: A plasticizing device that plasticizes at least a part of a material to generate a plasticized material, the plasticizing device includes: a drive motor; a screw configured to rotate around a rotation axis by a drive force of the drive motor and having a groove forming surface in which a groove is formed; a speed reducer disposed between the drive motor and the screw and configured to transmit the drive force of the drive motor to the screw; a barrel having a facing surface facing the groove forming surface and having a through hole into which the plasticized material flows; a first heater configured to heat the material supplied between the screw and the barrel; a first cooling unit configured to cool the drive motor; and a heat insulating unit disposed between the first cooling unit and the speed reducer. At least a part of the heat insulating unit overlaps the first cooling unit when viewed along the rotation axis of the screw.

Abstract: Provided is a three-dimensional shaping device including a melting unit configured to melt a material into a shaping material, and a nozzle configured to discharge the shaping material supplied from the melting unit toward a stage. The melting unit includes a screw configured to rotate about a rotation axis and having a groove forming surface in which a groove to which the material is supplied is formed, a heating unit configured to heat the material supplied to the groove, a barrel having a facing surface that faces the groove forming surface and provided with a communication hole that communicates the facing surface with the nozzle, and a discharge amount adjustment mechanism provided in the communication hole and configured to adjust a flow rate of the shaping material discharged from the nozzle.

Abstract: A plasticizing apparatus that plasticizes a material includes: a drive motor; a screw rotated by the drive motor and having a groove forming surface in which a groove is formed; and a barrel having a facing surface that faces the groove forming surface and provided with a heater and a communication hole. The barrel includes a first member, and a second member having thermal conductivity different from that of the first member, and the second member is provided closer to the communication hole than the first member.

Abstract: A plasticizing device includes a first member having a groove portion that has a spiral shape extending to a center, a motor that rotates the first member, a second member that faces the first member, and a heating unit for heating a material that is transported along the groove portion, the first member having a plurality of recessed portions on a bottom surface of the groove portion. By providing a plurality of recessed portions on the bottom surface of the first member through which the material flows, the rotational force of the rotating first member is easily transmitted to the material and the amount of material flowing in the first member can be increased.

Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing a mold used in an injection molding device. The manufacturing method includes: a first step of shaping a stacked body as a part of the mold by discharging a shaping material to stack layers on a base plate; and a second step of manufacturing the mold including a mold base, the base plate, and the stacked body by incorporating the base plate on which the stacked body is shaped inside an opening provided in the mold base.

Abstract: A variation in a deposition amount per unit area of a plasticized material discharged from each nozzle and deposited on a stage due to a variation in a discharge amount of the plasticized material discharged from each nozzle is reduced. A three-dimensional shaping device includes: a plasticizing unit configured to generate a plasticized material by rotation of a screw; a discharge unit configured to discharge the plasticized material from a plurality of nozzles; a discharge amount adjustment unit configured to adjust a discharge amount of the plasticized material from each of the plurality of nozzles; a moving unit configured to relatively move the discharge unit with respect to a stage; and a control unit.

Abstract: A shaping device includes a cutting unit configured to cut a first shaped product or an intermediate component formed by adding a shaping material to the first shaped product on a stage, and a control unit configured to control the cutting unit to cut the first shaped product or the intermediate component to shape a shaped object different from the first shaped product and the intermediate component.

Abstract: A plasticizing apparatus, includes: a drive motor; a rotor that is rotated around a rotation axis by the drive motor and that has a groove forming surface on which a groove is formed; a barrel that has a facing surface facing the groove forming surface and that includes a communication hole in the facing surface; a heating portion that heats a material supplied to between the groove and the barrel; and a controller that controls the drive motor and the heating portion to plasticize the material supplied to between the groove and the barrel and discharge the material from the communication hole, the facing surface includes a first region and a second region that is closer to the communication hole than is the first region, the controller controls the heating portion to set a temperature of the second region to be higher than a temperature of the first region, and the controller controls the heating portion to reduce a temperature difference between the first region and the second region when the material inclu

Abstract: A three-dimensional shaping device includes: a plasticizing unit configured to plasticize a material to generate a plasticized material; a stage having a deposition surface on which the plasticized material is deposited; an ejection unit that has a plurality of nozzles arranged side by side along a first axis parallel to the deposition surface of the stage, and that is configured to eject the plasticized material in a continuous linear form from the plurality of nozzles toward the deposition surface; an ejection switching unit configured to individually switch between stopping and resuming ejection of the plasticized material from the plurality of nozzles; a moving unit configured to move the ejection unit with respect to the stage along a second axis that is parallel to the deposition surface of the stage and that intersects the first axis; and a control unit configured to laminate a shaping layer formed of the plasticized material on the deposited surface of the stage by controlling the plasticizing unit, t

Abstract: An injection molding apparatus includes a plasticizing portion, a measurement injection portion that is disposed between the plasticizing portion and a molding mold, measures the plasticized material, and injects the measured plasticized material into the molding mold, a first drive portion changing a relative position between the plasticizing portion and the measurement injection portion, a pressure detection portion detecting a pressure inside the measurement injection portion and a control portion, in which the measurement injection portion is configured such that a volume of an internal space thereof, in which the plasticized material is stored, changes according to a change in the relative position between the measurement injection portion and the plasticizing portion, and the control portion executes at least one of a measurement operation of causing the measurement injection portion to measure the plasticized material by controlling the first drive portion to move the plasticizing portion and the measu

Abstract: The method of forming a three-dimensional object includes: a first forming process of causing a nozzle to eject a forming material onto a forming surface of a forming base and forming a first portion and a second portion such that the first portion and the second portion are away from each other in a first direction in parallel to the forming surface; a curing process of curing the first portion and the second portion; and a second forming process of causing the nozzle to eject the forming material between the first portion and the second portion and forming a third portion that has a shape that successively connects an end surface of the first portion in the first direction to an end surface of the second portion in the first direction, after the curing process.

Abstract: There is provided a plasticizing device including a rotor which rotates around a rotational axis, and has a groove forming surface provided with a groove, a barrel which is opposed to the groove forming surface, and has a communication hole, and a first heating section configured to heat a material fed between the rotor and the barrel, wherein the material fed between the rotor and the barrel is plasticized and discharged from the communication hole due to a rotation of the rotor and heating by the first heating section.

Abstract: A plasticizing apparatus includes a drive motor, a rotor rotated by the drive motor and having a groove-forming surface provided with a groove, a barrel facing the groove-forming surface and having a communication hole, an enclosure that accommodates the rotor, a heating section that heats a material, and a wear suppressor provided in at least one of the portion between the rotor and the barrel and the portion between the rotor and the enclosure. When the wear suppressor is provided between the rotor and the barrel, the wear suppressor is fixed to the rotor or the barrel and has Vickers hardness higher than the Vickers hardness of one of the rotor and the barrel, the one to which the wear suppressor is fixed, whereas when the wear suppressor is provided between the rotor and the enclosure, the wear suppressor is fixed to the rotor or the enclosure and has Vickers hardness higher than the Vickers hardness of one of the rotor and the enclosure, the one to which the wear suppressor is fixed.

Abstract: The material feeding device is configured so that in the state in which a hopper having an opening part and containing a material is attached to a coupling member configured so that the hopper is detachably attached to the coupling member, when the hopper is located in a first area, a first member configured to be able to make a sliding displacement on a slide surface having the first area where a feed hole is disposed makes the sliding displacement to a third area different from the first area to make it possible to take a communicated state in which the opening part and the feed hole are communicated with each other, and when the hopper is located in a second area, the first member makes a sliding displacement to the first area to make it possible to take a non-communicated state in which the first member covers the feed hole.

Abstract: A plasticizing device includes a screw that has a grooved face provided with a first groove, a barrel that has an opposed face and a communication hole communicating with the first groove at the opposed face, and a heating section that heats a material supplied to the first groove, wherein the first groove includes a central portion opposed to the communication hole, a material supply portion that is provided at an outer circumference of the grooved face , and a coupling portion that couples the central portion to the material supply portion, a second groove that is coupled to the communication hole is provided and when viewed from the rotational axis direction, an end at the outer circumferential side of the second groove is located inside a track drawn by a boundary line between the material supply portion and the coupling portion when the screw is rotated once.

Abstract: An injection molding apparatus includes an injection-molding mold including a fixed mold and a movable mold, the fixed mold having a gate opening into which a molding material flows, the movable mold having a cavity and being configured to be separated from the fixed mold during mold opening; a hot runner including a nozzle having a channel that guides the molding material to the gate opening, and a heater, the hot runner being disposed in the fixed mold; and a control unit that controls a temperature of the heater to adjust a temperature of the hot runner. The control unit controls the temperature of the heater to a first temperature when the molding material is injected from the hot runner to the cavity, and after the injection of the molding material is completed, controls the temperature of the heater to a second temperature that is higher than the first temperature.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a three-dimensional shaped object, which is a method of shaping a three-dimensional shaped object using a cutting tool configured to cut a first length in a cutting direction, includes: a first portion shaping step of stacking a shaping material to shape a first portion having a length in the cutting direction shorter than the first length; a first portion cutting step of cutting the first portion in the cutting direction by the cutting tool; and a second portion shaping step of stacking the shaping material to couple to a first end surface of the first portion in a direction opposite to the cutting direction, and to shape a second portion having a length in the cutting direction shorter than that of the first portion.

Abstract: An injection molding apparatus including a fixed die including a gate via which a molding material flows in, a movable die that forms along with the fixed die a cavity and separates from the fixed die at a point of time of mold opening, an open-gate hot runner that includes a nozzle including a channel that guides the molding material to the gate and a heater that heats the channel, the hot runner being attachable to and detachable from the fixed die, and a cap member that is disposed between the fixed die and the hot runner and has a melting point higher than a melting point of the molding material.