权利要求:
CLAIMS
1 . Method for manufacturing a three-dimensional object (2, 2a, 2b), the method including: a. arranging a base platform (21) with respect to a support structure (12), the base platform (21) including a deposition surface (211) with a material locking structure; b. fixing the base platform (21) with respect to the support structure (12); c. depositing body material in a flowable state onto the base platform (21), thereby forming an object body (22) on the base platform (21) in an additive manner, wherein the deposition surface (211) serves as bearing surface for the object body (22) and wherein body material directly contacting the base platform (21) forms a form fit together with the material locking structure; d. releasing the fixing of the base platform (21) with respect to the support structure (12); e. removing the three-dimensional object (2, 2a, 2b) from the support structure (12).
2. Method according to claim 1 , wherein the body material is deposited in bead form, in particular by way of extrusion.
3. Method according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the material locking structure includes a plurality of material locking features, the material locking features being distributed, in particular equally distributed, over the deposition surface (211).
4. Method according to claim 3, wherein the number of material locking features is at least 5, in particular from 10 to 400.
5. Method according to any of claims 3 or 4, wherein the material locking features are or include in each case an opening, in particular a through-hole (214) or a recess (215a, 215b, 215c) that opens into the deposition surface (211).
6. Method according to any of the previous claims, wherein step (b.) includes clamping the base platform (21) with respect to the support structure (12), and wherein step (d.) includes releasing said clamping.
7. Method according to any of the previous claims, wherein the method includes, prior to or as part of step (a.), attaching, in particular removably attaching, a platform lock to the base platform (21).
8. Method according to claim 7, wherein the platform lock projects, when attached to the base platform (21), from a base platform backface (212), wherein the base platform backface (212) is arranged opposite the deposition surface (211).
9. Method according to claim 8, wherein the platform lock includes a number of distinct platform fixing members, the platform fixing members being in each case in particular a pin or stud (213).
10. Method according to any of claim 7 to claim 9, wherein the method includes, subsequent to or as part of step (d.), detaching the platform lock from the base platform
1 1 . Method according to any of the previous claims, wherein the deposition surface (211) has a surface area of at least 2’500 mm2, in particular from 10’000 mm2to 1 m2.
12. Method according to any of the previous claims, wherein the body material is a plastic material, in particular a thermoplastic polymer material.
13. Method according to any of the previous claims, wherein the body material is deposited at a temperature in a range of 120 degrees Celsius to 450 degrees Celsius and/or at a pressure in a range of 1 bar to 35 bar.
14. Method according to any of the preceding claims, wherein step (c.) is carried out by means of a programmable handling device, the programmable handling device being or including in particular an industrial robot.
15. Method according to claim 14, wherein at least one of steps (a.) and (e.), is carried out by means of the programmable handling device.
16. Method according to claim 15, wherein the base platform (21) includes a platform handling tool engagement feature, wherein at least one of steps (a.) and (e.) includes releasably engaging the platform handling tool engagement feature with a platform handling tool (13) by way of positive locking.
17. Method according to claim 16, wherein the handling tool engagement feature includes at least one platform handling tool engagement recess, in particular a pair of platform handling tool engagement recesses (216), the at least one platform handling tool engagement recess (216) being arranged at the base platform back- face (212), wherein the at least one platform handling tool engagement recess is
configured for engaging with a platform handling tool (13), the platform handling tool (13) having an in particular fork-shaped or pliers-shaped platform engagement part for engaging with the at least one platform handling tool engagement recess (216).
18. Method according to any of claim 16 or 17, wherein engaging the platform handling tool (13) with the platform handling tool engagement feature includes positioning the platform handling tool (13) by way of displacing the platform handling tool parallel or tangentially relative to the base platform backface (212).
19. Method according to any of the preceding claims, the method further including, subsequent to step (c.), machining a surface of the three-dimensional object (2, 2a, 2b), in particular of the object body (22), in particular by at least one of polishing, grinding or milling.
20. Method for manufacturing a plurality of three-dimensional objects (2, 2a, 2b), the method including providing a plurality of stored base platforms (21’) in a base platform storage (14), the method further including repeatedly executing the method according to one of claims 1 to 19, including, in each repetition, the steps of: aO. picking-up a stored base platform from (2T) the base platform storage (14); f. placing the three-dimensional object (2, 2a, 2b) in an object storage.
21 . Three-dimensional object (2, 2a, 2b), the three-dimensional object including a base platform (21) and an object body (22), the base platform (21) including a deposition surface (211) with a material locking structure, the object body (22) including or being made from cured body material deposited onto the base platform (21), wherein the deposition surface serves as bearing surface for the object body (22)
and wherein body material directly contacting the base platform (21) forms a form fit together with the material locking structure.
22. Three-dimensional object (2, 2a, 2b) according to claim 21 , wherein the three-dimensional object (2, 2a, 2b) is manufactured according to one of claims 1 to 19.
23. Manufacturing system (1) for manufacturing a plurality of three-dimensional objects (2, 2a, 2b) according to one of claims 21 or 22, and/or according to a method according to one of claims 1 to 20, the manufacturing system (1) including:
• a support structure (12);
• an object storage (15), the object storage being or including in particular an object storage platform and/or an object storage rack, and/or an object storage magazine, the object storage being configured for storing a plurality of manufactured three-dimensional objects (2, 2a, 2b), in particular in a stacked and/or side-by side manner;
• a base platform storage (14) the base platform storage (14) being or including in particular a base platform storage platform and/or a base platform storage rack and/or a base platform magazine, the base platform storage (14) being configured for storing a plurality of stored base platforms (21'), in particular in a stacked and/or side-by-side manner;
• a depositing device (16), the depositing device (16) being configured for depositing body material in a flowable state;
• a programmable handling device, wherein the depositing device (16) is coupled to or configured for releasably coupling to the programmable handling device for manipulating, in particular moving and/or positioning, the depositing device (16) with respect to the support structure (12) in a three-dimensional manner via the programmable handling device.
24. Manufacturing system (1) according to claim 23, wherein the support structure (12) includes at least one clamping device, in particular a plurality of clamping devices, wherein the clamping devices are in particular in each case a zero-point clamping device (122). 25. Manufacturing system (1) according to one of claims 23 or 24, wherein the programmable handling device is or includes an industrial robot, in particular an articulated robot (11).
26. Manufacturing system (1) according to one of claims 23 to 25, the manufacturing system further including a platform handling tool (13), the platform handling tool (13) being coupled to or configured for releasably coupling to the programmable handling device, the platform handling tool (13) being configured for releasably engaging with a platform handling tool engagement feature of a base platform by way of positive locking, thereby enabling manipulating, in particular moving and/or positioning, the base platform (21) in a three-dimensional manner via the programmable handling device in an engaged state.