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 |
Towards Non-Planar Woven Carbon Fiber Composite Surfaces |
Author(s) |
Nidhi Munaganuru, Ajinkya Patil, David Trauernicht, Denis Cormier |
On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Nidhi Munaganuru |
Abstract Scope |
Continuously reinforced carbon fiber composites fabricated using traditional methods typically employ woven sheets with a degree of mechanical interlocking between the fibers. Although a small number of continuous fiber AM machines have been introduced in the past decade, slicers for these machines do not produce toolpaths that exhibit interlocking of fibers as seen in traditional composites. However, some research groups have recently demonstrated novel continuous fiber fused filament fabrication (FFF) pathing strategies that produce planar woven structures. In this paper, previous work on planar woven fiber toolpath generation is extended to consider non-planar surfaces. Preliminary proof of concept prints using a 5-Axis Maker fused filament fabrication machine are presented along with plans for future work. |
Proceedings Inclusion? |
Definite: Post-meeting proceedings |