Dickson Andrew N, Abourayana Hisham M, Dowling Denis P
School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, University College Dublin, Belfield, D04 V1W8 Dublin, Ireland.
Polymers (Basel). 2020 Sep 24;12(10):2188. doi: 10.3390/polym12102188.
Three-dimensional (3D) printing has been successfully applied for the fabrication of polymer components ranging from prototypes to final products. An issue, however, is that the resulting 3D printed parts exhibit inferior mechanical performance to parts fabricated using conventional polymer processing technologies, such as compression moulding. The addition of fibres and other materials into the polymer matrix to form a composite can yield a significant enhancement in the structural strength of printed polymer parts. This review focuses on the enhanced mechanical performance obtained through the printing of fibre-reinforced polymer composites, using the fused filament fabrication (FFF) 3D printing technique. The uses of both short and continuous fibre-reinforced polymer composites are reviewed. Finally, examples of some applications of FFF printed polymer composites using robotic processes are highlighted.
三维(3D)打印已成功应用于从原型到最终产品的聚合物部件制造。然而,一个问题是,所得的3D打印部件的机械性能低于使用传统聚合物加工技术(如压缩成型)制造的部件。在聚合物基体中添加纤维和其他材料以形成复合材料,可以显著提高打印聚合物部件的结构强度。本综述重点关注使用熔融长丝制造(FFF)3D打印技术打印纤维增强聚合物复合材料所获得的增强机械性能。本文综述了短纤维和连续纤维增强聚合物复合材料的用途。最后,重点介绍了一些使用机器人工艺的FFF打印聚合物复合材料的应用实例。