...Vehbi Balak Purpose This study aims to evaluate the thermo-mechanical and tribological performance of digital light processing ( DLP ) printed acrylonitrile butadiene styrene ( ABS ) composites reinforced with walnut shell ( WS ) powder at 0, 1, 3 and 5 Wt.% and to determine an optimum filler...

... it to print advanced and composite materials. Conventional desktop printers are generally inadequate for printing engineering and high-performance thermoplastic materials/composites because they typically operate at low temperatures. This study aims to present a modification to a traditional 3D printer...

.... This study aims to overcome this limitation by enhancing the shear, compression and impact strength of sandwich structures through the use of fused deposition modeling ( FDM ) with glass fiber-reinforced polylactic acid ( PLA + GF ) composites. Design/methodology/approach Three composite core...

...Alan Mauricio Guajardo-Trevino; Thomas Kurfess; Horacio Ahuett-Garza Purpose This study aims to investigate the fatigue behavior of discontinuous carbon fiber-reinforced composites ( DCFRC ) manufactured using fused deposition modeling ( FDM ). It examines the effects of tensile elongation...

... retraction) achieved 244 µm shifting and 0.19% width error. Specimens showed 167.9 µm (flat) and 89.6 µm (curved) average accuracy, with edge deviations reaching ±1.78 mm. Originality/value This study provides practical solutions for high-precision continuous fiber reinforced thermoplastic composites...

... Fiber Textile Fabric FTIR SEM Alkali Jute Composites 3D Three-dimensional (3D) printing, also known as additive manufacturing, relies on the layer-by-layer production of a digitally designed object with material deposition (Sitotaw et al., 2020 ; Goncu-Berk et al...

.... Design/methodology/approach The polylactic acid (PLA)/composite filament were fabricated through single screw extrusion and scaffolds were printed with four different pore architectures, i.e. circle, square, triangle and parallelogram with fused deposition modelling. Afterwards, scaffolds were coated...

...Juan Esteban Aponte Gonzalez; William Jordan Wright; Raden Gustinvil; Emrah Celik Purpose Direct ink writing (DIW) is a robust additive manufacturing technology for the fabrication of fiber-reinforced thermoset composites. However, this technique is currently limited to low design complexity...

...Russo Swart; Feras Korkees; Peter Dorrington; Joshua Thurman Purpose Composites 3D printing has the potential to replace the conventional manufacturing processes for engineering applications because it allows for the manufacturing of complex shapes with the possibility of reducing...

...Farah Syazwani Shahar; Mohamed Thariq Hameed Sultan; Syafiqah Nur Azrie Safri; Mohammad Jawaid; Abd. Rahim Abu Talib; Adi Azriff Basri; Ain Umaira Md Shah Purpose This paper aims to discuss the physical and thermal properties of the three-dimensional (3D) printing natural composite filament...

... to demonstrate the effects of the various processing parameters on the dimensional accuracy, bending strength, tensile strength, density and impact strength of the Prosopis chilensis/polyethersulfone (PES) composites (PCPCs) that were produced by SLS. The various processing parameters are laser power...

.... Findings It was found that the addition of a polyethylene glycol (PEG) plasticizer was necessary to allow printing when the weight fraction of Mg was above 4%. It was possible to print porous face-centre cubic scaffolds with good geometrical accuracy and minimum porosity with composite filaments...

...Yi Fu; Chunze Yan; Xiao Yang; Zhufeng Liu; Peng Chen; Zhaoqing Li Purpose The purpose of this paper is to prepare metal/polymer composite materials prepared by additive manufacturing (AM) technology. Design/methodology/approach The effect of sintering parameters including laser power, scanning...

... for drilling additively manufactured carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) composites. Two distinct additive manufacturing methods of fused deposition modeling (FDM) and laser-assisted laminated object manufacturing (LA-LOM) were used to fabricate CFRP plates with continuous carbon fiber reinforcement...

... 29 07 2020 13 11 2020 27 11 2020 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2020 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Composites Additive manufacturing Multi-axis material extrusion Short-fibre composites Material extrusion In MEX, three-dimensional...

... of material degradation. Isaac Ferreira can be contacted at: isaacaferreira@gmail.com 28 10 2019 06 01 2020 04 05 2020 11 08 2020 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2020 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Additive manufacturing Composite materials...

.... Abdelrasoul M. Gadelmoula can be contacted at: a.gadelmoula@mu.edu.sa 15 07 2019 05 03 2020 05 04 2020 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2020 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Composites Rapid prototyping Mechanical properties of materials Microstructural...

... structure because it is a well-known building material in the lightweight structural composites field but is still considered a relatively complex geometric shape to fabricate. As shown here, AM techniques can be used to make complex geometric shapes with strong materials to increase the design flexibility...

...Gurminder Singh; Pulak Mohan Pandey Purpose The purpose of this study is to study the mechanical, tribological and electrical properties of the copper-graphene (Cu-Gn) composites fabricated by a novel rapid tooling technique consist of three-dimensional printing and ultrasonic-assisted...

...Feras Korkees; James Allenby; Peter Dorrington Purpose 3D printing of composites has a high degree of design freedom, which allows for the manufacture of complex shapes that cannot be achieved with conventional manufacturing processes. This paper aims to assess the design variables that might...