About this Abstract |
Meeting |
2024 Annual International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium (SFF Symp 2024)
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Symposium
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2024 Annual International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium (SFF Symp 2024)
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Presentation Title |
Additive Manufacturing Thermoforming |
Author(s) |
Tyler C.H Smith, Brittany Rodriguez, Vlastimil Kunc, Issac Talabi, Vipin Kumar, ryan ogle, Julian Charron, Jeremy Malmstead, Ahmed Arabi Hassen |
On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Tyler C.H Smith |
Abstract Scope |
Polymer Additive Manufacturing is traditionally used for rapid prototyping, tooling, and end use components. Fiber filled materials are often used to print material to increase part performance. Fibers tend to align during the extrusion process creating highly anisotropic parts. Through system integration, AM technology can be used to print highly aligned re-enforcement grids or patterns on top of thermoforming sheets. These sheets can then be formed over a mold to create higher performance structures and help prevent tearing, thickness variation, and reduce weight of common thermoformed parts. To produce parts of value, properties such as bonding between the printed materials and the thermoforming sheet and tensile properties must be determined. Through a parametric study of various printing conditions, ideal processing parameters can be determined to enable this new integrated process. Process parameters of interest include sheet temperature, printing temperature, and forming temperature. |
Proceedings Inclusion? |
Definite: Post-meeting proceedings |