Abstract: A three-dimensional shaping device includes: a dispensing unit including a nozzle; a stage having a shaping surface on which a shaping material is to be laminated; a position changing unit configured to change a relative position between the nozzle and the stage; a control unit configured to control the position changing unit; and a measurement module used to measure a difference of the nozzle from a reference position in the shaping surface based on a first position of the nozzle in the shaping surface and a second position of the nozzle in the shaping surface. The first position is a position in which the nozzle is assumed to be positioned by the control unit controlling the position changing unit. The second position is a position changed by the control unit controlling the position changing unit.

Abstract: A three-dimensional shaping stage includes: a placement portion having a reference surface whose flatness is adjusted; a shaping stage that has a shaping surface on which a shaping layer is stacked, a first side surface on which a recessed portion is formed, and a second side surface opposite to the first side surface, and that is placed on the reference surface; a pressing member including an engaging member engaging with the recessed portion and configured to press the shaping stage in a direction along the shaping surface; and a retaining member configured to retain the shaping stage on the second side surface.

Abstract: A three-dimensional shaping device includes: a dispensing unit including a plasticizing unit that includes a first heater and plasticizes a material to generate a plasticizing material, and a nozzle that dispenses the plasticizing material; a stage on which the plasticizing material is stacked; a heating unit including a second heater that heats the plasticizing material stacked on the stage; a drive unit configured to change a relative position between the nozzle and the heating unit; and a control unit configured to control the drive unit. A tip end of the nozzle is positioned below the heating unit during shaping of a three-dimensional shaped object, and the control unit controls the drive unit to set a distance between the tip end of the nozzle and the heating unit based on at least one of a temperature of the dispensing unit, a temperature of the heating unit, and a distance between the stage and the tip end of the nozzle.

Abstract: A three-dimensional shaping stage includes: a placement portion that includes an opening and a reference surface whose flatness is adjusted; a shaping stage that is placed at the reference surface so as to cover the opening and that includes a shaping surface at which shaping layers are stacked; a heating unit that is disposed below the shaping stage and that is configured to heat the shaping stage; a pressing unit configured to press the heating unit against the shaping stage via the opening; and a holding unit configured to relatively hold the shaping stage to the reference surface.

Abstract: A production device for melt-blown non-woven fabric, with which a high molecular weight polymer can be reduced in molecular weight by applying a shear force to the high molecular weight polymer without adding an additive such as a peroxide that promotes thermal decomposition reaction, and a low molecular weight polymer can be efficiently produced. The low molecular weight polymer and the melt-blown non-woven fabric are produced using a continuous high shearing device that applies a shear force to the high molecular weight polymer serving as a raw material by rotation of a screw body 37 to reduce the molecular weight of the high molecular weight polymer so as to obtain a low molecular weight polymer, and cools the low molecular weight polymer by passing the low molecular weight polymer through a passage 88 arranged in the axial direction inside the screw body 37.

Abstract: A screw includes a screw main body, a conveyance portion conveying a raw material, and a passage provided in the screw main body. The passage includes a first passage element, a second passage element, and a third passage element. The screw main body has a plurality of cylindrical bodies arranged in an axial direction of the rotating shaft. At least a portion of the conveyance portion is formed on outer peripheral surfaces of the cylindrical bodies adjacent to each other, and the passage is formed in the cylindrical body so as to cross over between the adjacent cylindrical bodies.

Abstract: A conveyance portion, a barrier portion, and a path are provided at places of a portion of a screw main body in which a kneading portion is provided. In at least one of the places, an entrance is opened to cause raw materials, conveyance of which is limited by a barrier portion to increase pressure on the raw materials, to flow in. The raw materials flowing in from the entrance flow through the path in the opposite direction to a conveyance direction of the conveyance portion. An exit is opened in an outer circumferential surface of the screw main body at a position outside the conveyance portion in which the entrance is opened.

Abstract: A production method for a low molecular weight polymer suitable for a melt-blown non-woven fabric and a production device for melt-blown non-woven fabric, with which a high molecular weight polymer can be reduced in molecular weight by applying a shear force to the high molecular weight polymer without adding an additive. The low molecular weight polymer and the melt-blown non-woven fabric are produced using a continuous high shearing device that applies a shear force to the high molecular weight polymer serving as a raw material by rotation of a screw body to reduce the molecular weight of the high molecular weight polymer so as to obtain a low molecular weight polymer, and cools the low molecular weight polymer by passing the low molecular weight polymer through a passage arranged in the axial direction inside the screw body.

Abstract: An extruder screw includes a screw main body, conveyance portions, barrier portions, and paths. The raw materials, the conveyance of which is limited by the barrier portions, flow in from the entrance. The raw materials flowing in from the entrance flow through the paths in an opposite direction to a conveyance direction of the conveyance portions. The exit is opened in the outer circumferential surface of the screw main body at a position on an upstream side in the conveyance direction in the conveyance portions in which the entrance is opened.

Abstract: A three-dimensional shaping device includes: a discharge part that includes a nozzle configured to discharge a shaping material from a nozzle opening thereof; a stage that includes a shaping surface on which the shaping material is to be deposited; a heating part configured to heat the shaping material deposited on the stage; and a control part configured to control the heating part. The heating part includes a first region and a second region closer to an outer periphery of the heating part than is the first region, as viewed from a direction of a perpendicular line of the shaping surface. The control part controls the heating part to make a temperature of the second region higher than a temperature of the first region.

Abstract: A three-dimensional shaping device includes: a dispensing unit including a nozzle; a stage having a shaping surface on which a shaping material is to be laminated; a position changing unit configured to change a relative position between the nozzle and the stage; a control unit configured to control the position changing unit; and a measurement module used to measure a difference of the nozzle from a reference position in the shaping surface based on a first position of the nozzle in the shaping surface and a second position of the nozzle in the shaping surface. The first position is a position in which the nozzle is assumed to be positioned by the control unit controlling the position changing unit. The second position is a position changed by the control unit controlling the position changing unit.

Abstract: A kneading apparatus includes a processor, and a extruder. The extruder includes a screw. The screw includes a screw main body. A conveyance portion, a barrier portion, and a path are provided at places of the screw main body. In at least one of the places, the path is provided inside the screw main body, and includes an entrance and an exit. The raw materials, pressure on which is increased by the barrier portion, flow in from the entrance. The raw materials flowing in from the entrance flow through the path toward the exit. The exit is positioned to be remote from the entrance in an axial direction.

Abstract: In a production method for a conductive composite material for an extruder that continuously discharges a kneaded product produced by kneading a raw material using a screw, the screw has a the screw body, the raw material transported along an outer circumferential surface of the screw body receives increased pressure by a barrier part in a transport part and is introduced to a passage from an inlet, and while the kneaded product is continuously discharged, the raw material transported along the outer circumferential surface of the screw body flows in the passage of the extruder and then is guided to the transport part via an outlet provided in the screw body, the raw material contains a conductive filler and a thermoplastic elastomer.

Abstract: A kneading apparatus includes a processor, and a extruder. The extruder includes a screw. The screw includes a screw main body. A conveyance portion, a barrier portion, and a path are provided at places of the screw main body. In at least one of the places, the path is provided inside the screw main body, and includes an entrance and an exit. The raw materials, pressure on which is increased by the barrier portion, flow in from the entrance. The raw materials flowing in from the entrance flow through the path toward the exit. The exit is positioned to be remote from the entrance in an axial direction.

Abstract: A production method for a low molecular weight polymer suitable for a melt-blown non-woven fabric and a production device for melt-blown non-woven fabric, with which a high molecular weight polymer can be reduced in molecular weight by applying a shear force to the high molecular weight polymer without adding an additive. The low molecular weight polymer and the melt-blown non-woven fabric are produced using a continuous high shearing device that applies a shear force to the high molecular weight polymer serving as a raw material by rotation of a screw body to reduce the molecular weight of the high molecular weight polymer so as to obtain a low molecular weight polymer, and cools the low molecular weight polymer by passing the low molecular weight polymer through a passage arranged in the axial direction inside the screw body.

Abstract: Provided are a carbon fiber composite material having high strength and elasticity and containing recycled carbon fibers, and a method for producing same. When a raw material is transported along the outer circumferential surface of a screw main body 37 having a passage 88 therein, the transport of the raw material is restricted by a barrier portion 82 provided on the outer circumferential surface, a shearing force is applied to the raw material by the screw main body 37, and a stretching force is applied to the raw material by passing the raw material from the inlet 91 of the passage 88 provided on the outer circumferential surface to the outlet 92 of the passage 88, thereby obtaining a carbon fiber composite material having good strength and elasticity and containing 50-70 wt % of recycled carbon fibers well dispersed therein.

Abstract: An extruder screw includes a screw body. The screw body is rotated about an axis parallel to a direction of conveyance of a raw material. A conveyance portion having a flight is provided on the outer peripheral surface of the screw body. The flight is configured to convey the raw material along the axis of the screw body when the screw body is rotated. A passage for permitting the raw material fed by the flight to pass therethrough to the outer peripheral surface of the screw body is provided in the screw body in a position deviated from the axis of the screw body.

Abstract: At a part of the screw main body at which the kneading portion is provided, conveyance portions, a barrier portion and a path are provided at a plurality of places. At least one of the places, the path is provided inside the screw main body, and includes an entrance and an exit. The entrance is opened in such a manner that the raw material whose pressure is enhanced by being restricted in conveyance by the barrier portion flows into the entrance. The path is formed in such a manner that the raw material flowing into the path from the entrance flows toward the exit in a direction opposite to the direction of conveyance.

Abstract: A conveyance portion, a barrier portion, and a path are provided at places of a screw main body in which a kneading portion is provided. In at least one of the places, the path is provided inside the screw main body, and includes an entrance and an exit. The entrance is opened to urge the raw materials having the conveyance limited by the barrier portion to increase pressure on the raw materials, to flow in the entrance. The raw materials flowing from the entrance flow through the path in the same direction as a conveyance direction of the conveyance portion.

Abstract: An extruder screw conveying raw materials while kneading them includes a screw main body, conveyance portions, barrier portions, and paths. The conveyance portions convey the raw materials in an axial direction. The paths each include an entrance and an exit. The raw materials, the conveyance of which is limited by the barrier portions, flow in from the entrance. The raw materials flowing in from the entrance flow through the paths in the same direction as a conveyance direction of the conveyance portions. The exit is opened in the outer circumferential surface of the screw main body at a position outside the conveyance portions in which the entrance is opened.