METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SPRAYING A LIQUID RAW MATERIAL FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTING

Abstract

Disclosed is a method for spraying a liquid raw material for three-dimensional printing, in which a liquid raw material inside a flow channel is sprayed out of the flow channel, a liquid section or a droplet is formed outside the flow channel, the spraying process is controlled by a control circuit, and inside the flow channel, the liquid raw material is fully or partially connected to a gasification circuit, the liquid raw material which is connected to the gasification circuit has a region with a relatively high resistance (14), a current of a certain intensity is applied to the liquid raw material which is connected to the gasification circuit, the region with a relatively high resistance of the liquid raw material is fully or partially gasified, and an impact force generated through gasification is utilized to push the liquid raw material out of the flow channel, and thus the spraying of the liquid raw material is achieved. Disclosed is a device for spraying a liquid raw material for three-dimensional printing, which mainly consists of a housing and a control circuit, wherein a raw material inlet and a raw material outlet are arranged on the housing, a flow channel is arranged inside the housing, the control circuit controls an operating process, a narrow region is arranged inside the flow channel, an electrical access region is formed on each side of the narrow region. The method and the device can realize a high-speed spraying of a liquid raw material in the field of 3D printing, a flexible control over the fluidity of the liquid raw material is obtained, raw material droplets with a tiny volume can be generated, and the structure is simple, the stability is high.

Claims

1. A method for spraying a liquid raw material for three-dimensional printing, in which by means of spraying a liquid raw material inside a flow channel out of the flow channel, a liquid section or a droplet is formed outside the flow channel, and the spraying process is controlled by a control circuit, wherein: inside the flow channel, the liquid raw material is fully or partially connected to a gasification circuit; the liquid raw material which is connected to the gasification circuit has a region with a relatively high resistance; a current of a certain intensity is applied to the liquid raw material which is connected to the gasification circuit, the region with a relatively high resistance of the liquid raw material is fully or partially gasified, and an impact force generated through gasification is utilized to push the liquid raw material out of the flow channel, thereby the spraying of the liquid raw material is achieved; the liquid raw material is conductive; the gasification circuit is utilized to apply the current to the liquid raw material which is connected with the gasification circuit and thus generate an effect of resistance heating; as to the region with a relatively high resistance, a resistance of this region is higher than that of other regions of the liquid raw material which is connected to the gasification circuit; as to the current of a certain intensity applied to the liquid raw material which is connected to a gasification circuit, the intensity of the current at least equals to the intensity required to fully or partially gasify the region with a relatively high resistance of the liquid raw material.

2. The method for spraying a liquid raw material for three-dimensional printing of claim 1, wherein: inside the flow channel, the liquid raw material is fully or partially connected to the gasification circuit, and the liquid raw material is connected in series to the gasification circuit; as to the region with a relatively high resistance, the region with a relatively high resistance is formed through setting a region with a relatively small radial sectional area for the liquid raw material which is connected to the gasification circuit, wherein a general direction in which a gasification current flows in the liquid raw material is an axial direction, and a normal of the radial sectional area is coincided with or in parallel with the axial direction; the flow channel is a structure which can accommodate the liquid raw material and in which the liquid raw material can flow.

3. The method for spraying a liquid raw material for three-dimensional printing of claim 1, wherein: at a starting point when the region with a relatively high resistance is gasified, there exists the liquid raw material between the region with a relatively high resistance and an outlet of the flow channel.

4. The method for spraying a liquid raw material for three-dimensional printing of claim 1, wherein: the liquid raw material is a raw material in a molten state, or a raw material in a semi-molten state, or a solution, or a suspension liquid; the gasification circuit is a part of the control circuit.

5. The method for spraying a liquid raw material for three-dimensional printing of claim 1, wherein: major steps of spraying the liquid raw material consist in: step S1, the control circuit controls the liquid raw material to flow inside the flow channel; step S2, the liquid raw material forms a region with a relatively high resistance inside the flow channel; the region with a relatively high resistance of the liquid raw material is connected to the gasification circuit; step S3, the current of a certain intensity is applied, and thus an effect of resistance heating is generated in the region with a relatively high resistance of the liquid raw material, so as to fully or partially gasify the liquid raw material in the region with a relatively high resistance; step S4, an impact force generated through gasification pushes the liquid raw material between the region with a relatively high resistance of the liquid raw material and the outlet of the flow channel out of the flow channel.

6. A device for spraying a liquid raw material for three-dimensional printing, mainly consisting of a housing and a control circuit, wherein a raw material inlet and a raw material outlet are arranged on the housing, a flow channel is arranged inside the housing, the raw material inlet and the raw material outlet are connected with the internal flow channel, and the control circuit controls an operating process; wherein: a narrow region is arranged inside the flow channel, an electrical access region is formed on each side of the narrow region, the electrical access region is utilized to guide a gasification current into the liquid raw material inside the flow channel; the current flows from the electrical access region on one side, through the narrow region, and then into the electrical access region on the other side; when the current flows through the narrow region, the liquid raw material in the narrow region is fully or partially heated and gasified, and an impact force generated through gasification pushes the liquid raw material inside the flow channel to be sprayed out of the raw material outlet; the gasification current is utilized to heat and gasify the liquid raw material.

7. The device for spraying a liquid raw material for three-dimensional printing of claim 6, wherein: the number of the flow channel is at least two, there exists an intersection between flow channels, and the narrow region is arranged at the intersection.

8. The device for spraying a liquid raw material for three-dimensional printing of claim 6, wherein: the number of the flow channel is one, one end of the flow channel is connected with the raw material inlet, the other end of the flow channel is connected with the raw material outlet, and the narrow region is located between the raw material inlet and the raw material outlet.

9. The device for spraying a liquid raw material for three-dimensional printing of claim 6, wherein: a solid raw material transportation unit and a heating unit are provided; the solid raw material transportation unit is utilized to feed the solid raw material into the flow channel; and the heating unit is utilized to heat the solid raw material, so as to generate the liquid raw material and maintain a molten state of the liquid raw material; or, a heating unit is provided and no solid raw material transportation unit is provided; and the heating unit is utilized to maintain a molten state of the liquid raw material.

10. The device for spraying a liquid raw material for three-dimensional printing of claim 6, wherein: an electrode is arranged at the raw material outlet.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0052] FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating a composition principle of a first specific embodiment of a device for spraying a liquid raw material for three-dimensional printing according to the present invention;

[0053] FIG. 2 to FIG. 6 are schematic diagrams illustrating a process of spraying a liquid raw material in a first specific embodiment of a method for spraying a liquid raw material for three-dimensional printing according to the present invention, wherein an arrow P1 in these figures represent an action direction of a pressure;

[0054] FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram illustrating a situation that a solid raw material is adopted in the first specific embodiment of a device for spraying a liquid raw material for three-dimensional printing as shown in FIG. 1 and the solid raw material is melted inside a flow channel to obtain a liquid raw material, wherein an arrow D1 in the figure represents an action direction of a driving force;

[0055] FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram illustrating a composition principle of a second specific embodiment of a device for spraying a liquid raw material for three-dimensional printing according to the present invention;

[0056] FIG. 9 to FIG. 12 are schematic diagrams illustrating a process of spraying a liquid raw material in a second specific embodiment of a method for spraying a liquid raw material for three-dimensional printing according to the present invention;

REFERENCE NUMERALS IN THE FIGURES

[0057] 1housing I, 2electrode I, 3electrode II, 4narrow region I, 5raw material inlet I, 6raw material outlet I, 7control circuit I, 8liquid raw material I, 9gasification region I, 10cutoff liquid raw material I, 11droplet I, 12electrical access region I, 13electrical access region II, 14region with a relatively high resistance, 15solid raw material, 16softened region, 17liquid raw material II, 18housing II, 19electrode III, 20electrode IV, 21electrode V, 22raw material outlet II, 23raw material inlet II, 24raw material inlet III, 25control circuit II, 26narrow region II, 27liquid raw material III, 28liquid raw material IV, 29gasification region II, 30cutoff liquid raw material II, 31droplet II.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS

[0058] The present invention will be described in detail below with a preferred specific embodiment of the present invention as an example and in combination with accompanying drawings.

[0059] In a first specific embodiment of a method for spraying a liquid raw material for three-dimensional printing according to the present invention as shown in FIG. 2 to FIG. 6, a liquid raw material inside a flow channel is sprayed out of the flow channel to form a liquid section or a droplet outside the flow channel, and the spraying process is controlled by a control circuit (namely, a control circuit I 7); the key points lie in that:

[0060] inside the flow channel, the liquid raw material (namely, liquid raw material I 8) is fully connected to a gasification circuit (the gasification circuit is a part of the control circuit I 7); the liquid raw material which is connected to the gasification circuit has a region with a relatively high resistance (namely, region with a relatively high resistance 14). A current of a certain intensity is applied to the liquid raw material which is connected to the gasification circuit, so as to fully gasify the region with a relatively high resistance of the liquid raw material, and an impact force generated through gasification is utilized to push part of the liquid raw material out of the flow channel, thereby the spraying of the liquid raw material is achieved (as shown in FIG. 6);

[0061] the liquid raw material is conductive; the gasification circuit is utilized to apply the current to the liquid raw material which is connected with the gasification circuit and thus generate an effect of resistance heating; as to the region with a relatively high resistance, a resistance of this region with a relatively high resistance is higher than that of other regions of the liquid raw material which is connected to the gasification circuit; as to the current of a certain intensity applied to the liquid raw material which is connected to a gasification circuit, the intensity of the current at least equals to the intensity required to fully or partially gasify the region with a relatively high resistance of the liquid raw material.

[0062] In the present specific embodiment, inside the flow channel, the above liquid raw material is fully connected to the gasification circuit, and the liquid raw material is connected in series to the gasification circuit; as to the region with a relatively high resistance, the region with a relatively high resistance is formed through setting a region with a relatively small radial sectional area for the liquid raw material which is connected to the gasification circuit, wherein a general direction in which a gasification current (namely, a current required for gasification) flows in the liquid raw material is an axial direction, and a normal of the radial sectional area is coincided with or in parallel with the axial direction.

[0063] In the present specific embodiment, at a starting point when a region with a relatively high resistance is gasified, there exists the liquid raw material between the region with a relatively high resistance and an outlet of a flow channel.

[0064] In the present specific embodiment, the liquid raw material is an aerial aluminum alloy in a molten state.

[0065] FIG. 1 and FIG. 7 show a first specific embodiment of a device for spraying a liquid raw material for three-dimensional printing according to the present invention. The specific embodiment is a first specific embodiment applying a method for spraying a liquid raw material for three-dimensional printing according to the present invention as shown in FIG. 2 to FIG. 6:

[0066] a device for spraying a liquid raw material for three-dimensional printing mainly consists of a housing (namely, housing I 1), a control circuit (namely, control circuit I 7) and a heating unit (not shown in the drawings); wherein a raw material inlet (namely, raw material inlet I 5) and a raw material outlet (namely, raw material outlet I 6) are arranged on the housing I 1, and an electrode (namely, electrode II 3) is arranged at the raw material outlet; a flow channel is arranged inside the housing I 1, the number of the flow channel is one, and the flow channel penetrates through the housing I 1 and the electrode II 3; the raw material inlet I 5 and the raw material outlet I 6 are connected with the internal flow channel; a narrow region (namely, narrow region I 4) is arranged inside the flow channel, one end of the flow channel is connected with the raw material inlet I 5, the other end of the flow channel is connected with the raw material outlet I 6, and the narrow region I 4 is located between the raw material inlet I 5 and the raw material outlet I 6; electrical access regions (namely, electric access region I 12 and electric access region II 13) are arranged on two sides of the narrow region I 4, the electrical access regions are utilized to guide a current into the flow channel, the electrical access regions are regions at which the current is connected to the flow channel, and the electrical access regions are utilized to guide a gasification current into the liquid raw material inside the flow channel; the current flows from the electrical access region on one side, through the narrow region I 4, and then into the electrical access region on the other side; when the current flows through the narrow region I 4, the liquid raw material in the narrow region I 4 is fully or partially heated and gasified. The electrical access region II 13 is connected to the control circuit I 7 through an electrode II 3.

[0067] The control circuit I 7 includes a gasification circuit, a logical circuit, a detection circuit, an electric field generation circuit and a drive circuit; the gasification circuit is connected with the logical circuit through a drive circuit, and the gasification circuit is utilized to output a current required for gasifying the liquid raw material in the narrow region I 4 to electrical access regions (namely, electrical access region I 12 and electrical access region II 13) on two sides of the narrow region I 4. The detection circuit is connected with the logical circuit, and the detection circuit is utilized to monitor whether the liquid raw material is in contact with the electrode II 3; the electric field generation circuit is connected with the logical circuit through the drive circuit, and the electric field generation circuit is utilized to establish an electric field between the liquid raw material and the electrode II 3 before the liquid raw material is in contact with the electrode II 3, aiming at reducing the surface tension of the liquid raw material, so as to lower the flow resistance of the liquid raw material in the narrow region I 4 and the electrical access region II 13. When the liquid raw material in the narrow region I 4 needs to be gasified, the logical circuit drives the gasification circuit through the drive circuit to output a strong current within a set time, for example, to output a current with an intensity of 200 A lasting for one five hundred thousandth of a second.

[0068] A sectional area of the electrical access region II 13 is greater than or equal to a sectional area of the narrow region I 4, and sections of the electrical access region II 13 and the narrow region I 4 are radial sections of the flow channel. When the sectional area of the electrical access region II 13 is greater than the sectional area of the narrow region I 4, since the sectional area of the narrow region I 4 is relatively small (smaller than the sectional area of the electrical access region I 12 and the electrical access region II 13), a resistance of the liquid raw material in the narrow region I 4 is the largest one, thereby resulting in gasification of the liquid raw material in this region, wherein the gasification degree thereof depends on the intensity and duration of the current applied.

[0069] In the present specific embodiment, a diameter of a radial section of the narrow region I 4 is 30 m, a diameter of the electrical access region I 12 of the flow channel is 800 m, and a diameter of the electrical access region II 13 of the flow channel is 100 m.

[0070] In the present specific embodiment, the liquid raw material is an aerial aluminum alloy in a molten state, that is, a molten aerial aluminum alloy. The heating unit is mainly composed of (or is) a high temperature resistance wire. The resistance wire is wound outside the housing I 1, and the housing I 1 and the electrode II 3 are heated in a manner of resistance heating (namely, resistance heat emission) to a high temperature of 800 C. The housing I 1 is manufactured from high-purity corundum, and the electrode II 3 is manufactured from special tungsten alloy. The heating unit is controlled by the control circuit I 7.

[0071] Since the electrode II 3 is arranged inside the housing I 1, the distance between the electrode II 3 and the narrow region I 4 is short (for example 120 m), it only needs a low voltage and a low power (for example, the voltage is 100 V and the power is 0.1 W) to establish an electric field between the liquid raw material and the electrode II 3 before the liquid raw material is in contact with the electrode II 3.

[0072] The liquid raw material inside the flow channel (for example, the liquid raw material I 8 as shown in FIG. 2) can be obtained from a raw material bin which can store a liquid raw material or generate a liquid raw material, and the liquid raw material can also be generated through heating a solid material inside the flow channel directly. If the liquid raw material is obtained from a raw material bin which can store a liquid raw material or generate a liquid raw material, then the electrical access region I 12 is connected to the control circuit I 7 via the electrode I 2.

[0073] If the liquid raw material is generated through heating a solid material inside the flow channel directly, a solid raw material transportation unit (not shown in the drawings) and a heating unit (not shown in the drawings) need to be provided additionally. The solid raw material transportation unit is utilized to feed the solid raw material to the flow channel; and the heating unit heats the solid raw material to generate a liquid raw material and maintain a molten state of the liquid raw material. The electrical access region I 12 is connected to the control circuit I 7 through the solid raw material 15. The solid raw material 15 is composed of an aerial aluminium alloy wire. The solid raw material transportation unit is mainly composed of a wire feeding roller and a motor, wherein the wire feeding roller drives the solid raw material 15 to move in a direction D1 as shown in FIG. 7. As shown in FIG. 7, the solid raw material 15 is heated to generate a liquid raw material II 17 inside the flow channel, a transition region, namely, a softened region 16, is generated between the solid raw material 15 and the liquid raw material II 17. The softened region 16 is deformed under the effect of an extrusion force, the softened region 16 fits closely with a wall of the flow channel to generate an effect of sealing, thereby playing a role of preventing the liquid raw material II 17 from leaking towards the raw material inlet I 5 (under a premise that a feeding speed of the solid raw material is lower than or equal to a spraying amount of the liquid raw material in a unit time).

[0074] Specific application solutions:

[0075] major steps of spraying a liquid raw material are as listed follows in combination with the first specific embodiment of a method for spraying a liquid raw material for three-dimensional printing according to the present invention and the first specific embodiment of a device for spraying a liquid raw material for three-dimensional printing according to the present invention:

[0076] Step S1, as shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, the control circuit controls the liquid raw material I 8 to flow inside the flow channel: as to the liquid raw material (namely, liquid raw material I 8, a molten aerial aluminum alloy) inside the flow channel, under an effect of surface tension effect and a non-invasive (or non-infiltration) influence of the liquid raw material I 8 on an inner surface of the flow channel, at a narrowed position (an intersection between the electrical access region I 12 and the narrow region I 4) of the flow channel, the liquid raw material I 8 cannot flow from the electrical access region I 12 towards the electrical access region II 13 by means of its own gravity, as shown in FIG. 2. The control circuit I 7 startups the electric field generation circuit (a component of the control circuit I 7), an electric field with a voltage of 100 V and a power of 0.1 W is established between the liquid raw material I 8 and the electrode II 3 (an electric arc may be generated between them), meanwhile, a pressure of 1 standard atmospheric pressure is applied to the liquid raw material I 8 (as shown by an arrow P1 in FIG. 2 to FIG. 6), such that the liquid raw material I 8 flows to the electrical access region II 13, as shown in FIG. 3.

[0077] Step S2, as shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. 4, the liquid raw material I 8 forms a region with a relatively high resistance inside the flow channel: after the liquid raw material I 8 is in contact with the electrode II 3 (as shown in FIG. 3), the control circuit I 7 shuts off the electric field generation circuit with a duration (or time-lapse) of a set time period (the duration is obtained through a calculation based on such parameters as an intensity of pressure, and a diameter of the flow channel, or obtained through empirical values, for example 20 microseconds), such that a contact area between a front (leading edge) of the liquid raw material I 8 in the electrical access region II 13 and the electrode II 3 exceeds a radial sectional area of the narrow region I 4 (as shown in FIG. 4).

[0078] As shown in FIG. 4, the region with a relatively high resistance of the liquid raw material is connected to the gasification circuit: the liquid raw material I 8 bridges (or connects) the electrical access region I 12 and the electrical access region II 13, namely, the liquid raw material I 8 is in sufficient contact with both the electrode I 2 and the electrode II 3.

[0079] Step S3, as shown in FIG. 5, a current of a certain intensity is applied to generate an effect of resistance heating in the region with a relatively high resistance of the liquid raw material, so as to fully gasify the liquid raw material in the region with a relatively high resistance: the control circuit I 7 startups the gasification circuit (a component of the control circuit I 7) to apply a current at an intensity of 200 A and with a duration of one five hundred thousandth of a second to the liquid raw material I 8, such that the liquid raw material I 8 in the narrow region I 4 is gasified within one five hundred thousandth of a second, thereby a gasification region I 9 is generated in the flow channel.

[0080] Step S4, as shown in FIG. 5 and FIG. 6, an impact force generated through gasification pushes the liquid raw material, which is located between the region with a relatively high resistance of the liquid raw material and the outlet of the flow channel, out of the flow channel: the impact force generated through instant gasification pushes a cutoff liquid raw material I 10, which is located between the narrow region I 4 and the raw material outlet I 6, out of the flow channel within an extremely short time, thereby a droplet I 11 is formed.

[0081] As shown in FIG. 9 to FIG. 12, in a second specific embodiment of a method for spraying a liquid raw material for three-dimensional printing according to the present invention, a liquid raw material inside a flow channel is sprayed out of the flow channel, to form a liquid section or a droplet outside the flow channel, and the spraying process is controlled by a control circuit (namely, a control circuit II 25);

[0082] inside the flow channels, liquid raw materials (namely, liquid raw material III 27 and liquid raw material IV 28) are partially connected to a gasification circuit (the gasification circuit is a part of the control circuit); the liquid raw materials which are connected to the gasification circuit have a region with a relatively high resistance (namely, a narrow region at an intersection between the liquid raw material III 27 and the liquid raw material IV 28). A current of a certain intensity is applied to the liquid raw materials which are connected to the gasification circuit, so as to fully gasify the region with a relatively high resistance of the liquid raw materials, an impact force generated through gasification is utilized to push part of the liquid raw materials out of the flow channels, thereby the spraying of the liquid raw materials is achieved (as shown in FIG. 12);

[0083] the liquid raw materials are conductive; the gasification circuit is utilized to apply the current to the liquid raw materials which are connected with the gasification circuit and thus generate an effect of resistance heating; as to the region with a relatively high resistance, a resistance of this region with a relatively high resistance is higher than that of other regions of the liquid raw materials which are connected to the gasification circuit; as to the current of a certain intensity applied to the liquid raw materials which are connected to a gasification circuit, the intensity of the current at least equals to the intensity required to fully or partially gasify the region with a relatively high resistance of the liquid raw materials.

[0084] In the present specific embodiment, inside the flow channels, the above liquid raw materials are partially connected to the gasification circuit, and the liquid raw materials are connected in series to the gasification circuit; as to the region with a relatively high resistance, the region with a relatively high resistance is formed through setting a region with a relatively small radial sectional area for the liquid raw materials which are connected to the gasification circuit, wherein a general direction in which a gasification current (namely, a current required for gasification) flows in the liquid raw materials is an axial direction, and a normal of the radial sectional area is coincided with or in parallel with the axial direction.

[0085] In the present specific embodiment, at a starting point when the region with a relatively high resistance is gasified, there exist the liquid raw materials between the region with a relatively high resistance and an outlet of the flow channel.

[0086] In the present specific embodiment, the liquid raw materials are composed of an aerial aluminum alloy in a molten state.

[0087] FIG. 8 shows a second specific embodiment of a device for spraying a liquid raw material for three-dimensional printing according to the present invention. The specific embodiment is a second specific embodiment applying a method for spraying a liquid raw material for three-dimensional printing according to the present invention as shown in FIG. 9 to FIG. 12: a device for spraying a liquid raw material for three-dimensional printing mainly consists of a housing (namely, housing II 18), a control circuit (namely, control circuit II 25) and a heating unit (not shown in the drawings); wherein two raw material inlets (namely, raw material inlet II 23 and raw material inlet III 24) and one raw material outlet (namely, raw material outlet II 22) are arranged inside the housing II 18, an electrode (namely, electrode III 19) is arranged at the raw material outlet; a flow channel is arranged inside the housing II 18, and the number of the flow channel is two; wherein the first flow channel is a main flow channel, which penetrates through the housing II 18 and the electrode III 19, and is connected with the raw material inlet II 23 and the raw material outlet II 22; the second flow channel is a secondary flow channel, wherein one end of the secondary flow channel is connected with the raw material inlet III 24, the other end is intersected with the main flow channel, and a narrow region (namely, narrow region II 26) is arranged at an intersection between the flow channels. The main flow channel and the secondary flow channel on two sides of the narrow region II 26 are both electrical access regions, and the electrical access regions are utilized to guide a gasification current into the liquid raw materials inside the flow channels; the electrical access regions are connected to the gasification circuit (a submodule of the control circuit II 25) via an electrode IV 20 and an electrode V 21; and the electrode III 19 is connected to the control circuit II 25.

[0088] The composition of the control circuit II 25 is the same as that of the control circuit I 7, and the control circuit II 25 comprises a gasification circuit, a logical circuit, a detection circuit, an electric field generation circuit and a drive circuit; the gasification circuit is connected with the logical circuit through a drive circuit, and the gasification circuit is utilized to output a current required for gasifying the liquid raw materials in the narrow region II 26 into electrical access regions (namely, the main flow channel and the secondary flow channel) on two sides of the narrow region II 26. The detection circuit is connected with the logical circuit, and the detection circuit is utilized to monitor whether the liquid raw materials are in contact with the electrode III 19; the electric field generation circuit is connected with the logical circuit through the drive circuit, and the electric field generation circuit is utilized to establish an electric field between the liquid raw material in the main flow channel and the liquid raw material in the secondary flow channel before the liquid raw material in the main flow channel is in contact with the liquid raw material in the secondary flow channel, aiming at reducing the surface tension of the liquid raw materials and pulling the two to move towards each other. When the liquid raw materials in the narrow region II 26 need to be gasified, the logical circuit drives the gasification circuit through the drive circuit to output a strong current within a set time, for example, to output a current with an intensity of 200 A lasting for one five hundred thousandth of a second.

[0089] In the present specific embodiment, the liquid raw materials are composed of an aerial aluminum alloy in a molten state, that is, molten aerial aluminum alloy. The heating unit is mainly composed of a high temperature resistance wire. The resistance wire is wound outside the housing II 18, and the housing II 18 and the electrode III 19 are heated in a manner of resistance heating (namely, resistance heat emission) to a high temperature of 800 C. The housing II 18 is manufactured from high-purity corundum, and the electrode III 19 is manufactured from special tungsten alloy. The heating unit is controlled by the control circuit II 25.

[0090] Specific application solutions:

[0091] major steps of spraying a liquid raw material are listed as follows in combination with the second specific embodiment of a method for spraying a liquid raw material for three-dimensional printing according to the present invention and the second specific embodiment of a device for spraying a liquid raw material for three-dimensional printing according to the present invention:

[0092] Step S101, as shown in FIG. 9 and FIG. 10, the control circuit II 25 controls the liquid raw material III 27 and the liquid raw material IV 28 to flow inside the flow channels: as to liquid raw materials (namely, liquid raw material III 27 and liquid raw material IV 28, molten aerial aluminum alloy) inside the flow channels, under an effect of surface tension and a non-invasive influence of liquid raw materials on an inner surface of the flow channels, in a narrow region at an intersection between the main flow channel and the secondary flow channel, the liquid raw material III 27 and the liquid raw material IV 28 cannot flow through the narrow region (namely, narrow region II 26) at the intersection position by means of its own gravity, thus the liquid raw material III 27 and the liquid raw material IV 28 cannot contact with each other, and under an effect of gravity, a front of a lower end of the liquid raw material IV 28 in the main flow channel is in contact with the electrode III 19, but cannot pass through the raw material outlet II 22, as shown in FIG. 9. The control circuit II 25 determines the position of the front of a lower end of the liquid raw material IV 28 based on the fact that whether the front of a lower end of the liquid raw material IV 28 is in contact with the electrode III 19 or not. The control circuit II 25 startups an electric field generation circuit (a component of a control circuit II 25), an electric field with a voltage of 500 V and a power of 0.1 W is established between the liquid raw material III 27 and the liquid raw material IV 28 (an electric arc may be generated between them), meanwhile, a surface tension of the liquid raw material III 27 and the liquid raw material IV 28 at the narrow region II 26 is changed by means of an electric field force, and the liquid raw material III 27 and the liquid raw material IV 28 are pulled to be close to and in contact with each other by means of the electric field force.

[0093] Step S102, as shown in FIG. 10, the liquid raw material III 27 and the liquid raw material IV 28 form a region with a relatively high resistance in the flow channels: after the liquid raw material III 27 is in contact with the liquid raw material IV 28 (as shown in FIG. 10), the control circuit II 25 shuts off the electric field generation circuit, and the liquid raw material III 27 and the liquid raw material IV 28 form a region with a relatively high resistance (with regard to liquid raw materials in the entire flow channels) at a connecting position in the narrow region II 26. Each side of the region with a relatively high resistance of the liquid raw materials is connected to the gasification circuit (a submodule of the control circuit II 25) through the electrode IV 20 and the electrode V 21.

[0094] Step S103, as shown in FIG. 11, a current of a certain intensity is applied to generate an effect of resistance heating in the region with a relatively high resistance of the liquid raw materials, so as to fully gasify the liquid raw materials in the region with a relatively high resistance: the control circuit II 25 startups the gasification circuit (a component of the control circuit II 25) to apply a current at an intensity of 200 A and with a duration of one five hundred thousandth of a second to the liquid raw material in the narrow region II 26, such that the liquid raw materials in the narrow region II 26 are gasified within one five hundred thousandth of a second, thereby a gasification region II 29 is generated inside the flow channels.

[0095] Step S104, as shown in FIG. 11 and FIG. 12, the impact force generated through gasification pushes the liquid raw materials, which are located between the region with a relatively high resistance of the liquid raw materials and the outlet of the flow channel, out of the flow channels: the impact force generated through instant gasification pushes a cutoff liquid raw material II 30, which is located between the narrow region II 26 and the raw material outlet II 22, out of the flow channels within an extremely short time, thereby a droplet II 31 is formed.

[0096] What is described above are merely some preferred specific embodiments of the present invention, and should not be deemed to restrict the implementation scope of the present invention, that is, equivalent transformations and modifications made based on the contents of claims and description of the present invention shall all fall within the scope of the present invention.