Investigation into the Development of an Additive Manufacturing Technique for the Production of Fibre Composite Products

Bade, Lokesh; Hackney, Philip; Shyha, Islam; Birkett, Martin

Abstract

The advancements in manufacturing technology over recent years have made Additive Manufacturing, a breakthrough technology in the designing and manufacturing field. This paper discusses the possible applications of Additive Manufacturing (AM) techniques for the production of Carbon Fibre (CF) components without the aid of mould or plug used by traditional methods. This paper investigates the available AM designing techniques to experimentally prove the validity of the research to develop a design concept that can be embedded into an AM machine as a 3D Printer. Polylactic acid (PLA) tensile test specimens are produced with CF reinforcement using both traditional moulding and AM techniques. The preliminary mechanical testing of moulded specimens with fibres revealed a tensile strength increase of up to 73\% when compared to specimens without fibres and the testing of PLA filaments produced by AM with fibres showed a performance increase of 66\% when compared to filaments without fibres.

Citation

Bade, L., Hackney, P., Shyha, I., & Birkett, M. (2015, July). Investigation into the Development of an Additive Manufacturing Technique for the Production of Fibre Composite Products. Presented at The Manufacturing Engineering Society International Conference, MESIC 2015, Barcelona, Spain

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (published)
• Conference Name: The Manufacturing Engineering Society International Conference, MESIC 2015
• Start Date: Jul 22, 2015
• End Date: Jul 24, 2015
• Online Publication Date: Dec 25, 2015
• Publication Date: 2015
• Deposit Date: Dec 18, 2020
• Publicly Available Date: Dec 18, 2020
• Journal: Procedia Engineering
• Print ISSN: 1877-7058
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 132
• Pages: 86-93
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2015.12.483
• Keywords: Additive Manufacturing; 3D Printing; Fibre Printing; Composites
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2686880
• Related Public URLs: http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/25243/