About this Abstract |
Meeting |
2022 Annual International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium (SFF Symp 2022)
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Symposium
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2022 Annual International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium (SFF Symp 2022)
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Presentation Title |
Induction Initiated Curing of Additively Manufactured Thermoset Composites |
Author(s) |
Jitendra S Tate, Jitendra Tate, Ben Dudek, Ian Sporn, Hribhu Chowdhury, Jasim Uddin |
On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Jasim Uddin |
Abstract Scope |
Current work in printing thermoset composite parts is limited. One of the confounding factors in the AM of thermoset composites involves in situ curing of the composite resin system. This research proposes the creation of an additive manufacturing process for thermoset composites based upon induction initiated thermoset curing. The use of induction-based curing will allow the production of parts without the normal constraint of either oven or autoclave curing. The ability to cure parts during printing will further reduce the workflow and energy requirements of composite manufacturing. A rapid curing resin system will be reinforced using milled fiber reinforcement and doped with a ferromagnetic susceptor to induce homogenous heating and curing of the resin in situ. The resulting composite will be evaluated for mechanical performance versus oven cure samples. Scanning electron microscopy in tandem with energy dispersive x-ray spectroscopy will be used to validate homogenous particle dispersion. |
Proceedings Inclusion? |
Definite: Post-meeting proceedings |