Technique for Processing of Continuous Carbon Fibre Reinforced PEEK for Fused Filament Fabrication

Pu, Jing; Saleh, Ehab; Ashcroft, Ian; Jones, Arthur

Abstract

3D printing of light-weight and mechanically-strong structures facilitates several applications. 3D printing of continuous carbon fibre reinforced polyetheretherketone (PEEK) presents exciting possibilities as the high stiffness and strength of the high-performance plastic PEEK reinforced with carbon fibre are paired with the agility of the 3D printing process. The Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF) process is used to print these parts, and a pultrusion system was designed and used to produce the filaments since they are not commercially available. This paper describes the design and construction of a pultrusion system within a wider project on carbon fibre reinforced PEEK FFF printing. This system is then used to produce the FFF filament with pultrusion speed and temperature optimisation.

Citation

Pu, J., Saleh, E., Ashcroft, I., & Jones, A. (2019). Technique for Processing of Continuous Carbon Fibre Reinforced PEEK for Fused Filament Fabrication

• Conference Name: 30th Annual International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium
• Start Date: Aug 12, 2019
• End Date: Aug 14, 2019
• Acceptance Date: Aug 27, 2019
• Online Publication Date: Dec 1, 2019
• Publication Date: Dec 1, 2019
• Deposit Date: Dec 3, 2019
• Publicly Available Date: Dec 9, 2019
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/3466826
• Related Public URLs: https://sffsymposium.engr.utexas.edu/