Research progress of additive manufacturing process and equipment for thermoplastic composites

Thermoplastic composites exhibit high toughness and damage tolerance, as well as good impact resistance. Additive manufacturing offers an effective way for making high-performance complex thermoplastic composite components without molds, which has a broad application prospect in aerospace and other...

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Main Author: XIE Wei
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Language:zho
Published: Journal of Aeronautical Materials 2023-06-01
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Online Access:http://jam.biam.ac.cn/article/doi/10.11868/j.issn.1005-5053.2022.000174
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description Thermoplastic composites exhibit high toughness and damage tolerance, as well as good impact resistance. Additive manufacturing offers an effective way for making high-performance complex thermoplastic composite components without molds, which has a broad application prospect in aerospace and other fields. This article introduces the research progress of additive manufacturing process of short-cut fibers/continuous fibers reinforced thermoplastic composites. The processes and mechanical properties of different resins and fibers are compared. For the additive manufactured PEEK reinforced with 10%(volume fraction, the same below) of shortcut carbon fibers, the tensile strength and modulus can reach 109 MPa and 7.4 GPa, respectively, which is 85% higher than the pure PEEK. For the additive manufactured ABS reinforced with 10% continuous carbon fibers, the tensile strength and modulus can reach 147 MPa and 4.185 GPa, respectively, which is 5 times and 2 times of pure ABS. According to different processing routes and material systems, the equipment for fabricating advanced thermoplastic composites becomes larger and more integrated. Finally, from the material, equipment, process and application perspectives, the challenges and opportunities of thermoplastic composites by additive manufacture are identified.
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spelling doaj.art-ed1b0b754f10445cbc5eb1d56964408e2023-06-09T08:41:54ZzhoJournal of Aeronautical MaterialsJournal of Aeronautical Materials1005-50532023-06-0143311110.11868/j.issn.1005-5053.2022.000174a2022-0174Research progress of additive manufacturing process and equipment for thermoplastic compositesXIE Wei0AVIC Manufacturing Technology Institute, Beijing 100024, ChinaThermoplastic composites exhibit high toughness and damage tolerance, as well as good impact resistance. Additive manufacturing offers an effective way for making high-performance complex thermoplastic composite components without molds, which has a broad application prospect in aerospace and other fields. This article introduces the research progress of additive manufacturing process of short-cut fibers/continuous fibers reinforced thermoplastic composites. The processes and mechanical properties of different resins and fibers are compared. For the additive manufactured PEEK reinforced with 10%(volume fraction, the same below) of shortcut carbon fibers, the tensile strength and modulus can reach 109 MPa and 7.4 GPa, respectively, which is 85% higher than the pure PEEK. For the additive manufactured ABS reinforced with 10% continuous carbon fibers, the tensile strength and modulus can reach 147 MPa and 4.185 GPa, respectively, which is 5 times and 2 times of pure ABS. According to different processing routes and material systems, the equipment for fabricating advanced thermoplastic composites becomes larger and more integrated. Finally, from the material, equipment, process and application perspectives, the challenges and opportunities of thermoplastic composites by additive manufacture are identified.http://jam.biam.ac.cn/article/doi/10.11868/j.issn.1005-5053.2022.000174thermoplastic compositesadditive manufacturingcontinuous fibersshort-cut fibersin-situ consolidation
spellingShingle XIE Wei
Research progress of additive manufacturing process and equipment for thermoplastic composites
Journal of Aeronautical Materials
thermoplastic composites
additive manufacturing
continuous fibers
short-cut fibers
in-situ consolidation
title Research progress of additive manufacturing process and equipment for thermoplastic composites
title_full Research progress of additive manufacturing process and equipment for thermoplastic composites
title_fullStr Research progress of additive manufacturing process and equipment for thermoplastic composites
title_full_unstemmed Research progress of additive manufacturing process and equipment for thermoplastic composites
title_short Research progress of additive manufacturing process and equipment for thermoplastic composites
title_sort research progress of additive manufacturing process and equipment for thermoplastic composites
topic thermoplastic composites
additive manufacturing
continuous fibers
short-cut fibers
in-situ consolidation
url http://jam.biam.ac.cn/article/doi/10.11868/j.issn.1005-5053.2022.000174
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