Continuous Carbon Fiber 3D printing
- Problem Statement:: To design and manufacture a setup to produce nylon embedded continuous carbon fiber used for 3D printing.
- Objectives:• To produce a nylon embedded fiber used for 3D printing. • To modify 3D printer to print composite parts. • To perform tensile strength test on the manufactured 3D printed component.
- India Patent Number: 202121005849
- Project date: March, 2021
- Project URL: GitHub Repository
Abstract
Composite part manufacturing is labor-intensive, costly, and needs to perform complex methods such as vacuum bagging. Because of these composite applications are limited to only the high-end aerospace industries. On the other hand, 3D printed thermoplastic parts are weak to be used as structural components. Because of COVID-19 product industries are most affected compared to software industries. Virtual development of products becomes impossible because of the need of prototyping. This problem can be solved by continuous fiber 3d printing. In this project, the solution is proposed to solve the above problems. By printing continuous carbon fiber embedded in nylon and using it in 3d printing, the strength part should be significantly increased. By achieving merely 35%-40% of fiber fraction printed parts could have strength comparable to steel.