Abstract

The most common method to fabricate both simple and complex structures in the additive manufacturing process is fused deposition modeling (FDM). Many researchers have studied the strengthening of FDM components by adding short carbon fibers (CF) or by reinforcing solid carbon fiber rods. In the current research, we sought to enhance the mechanical properties of FDM components by adding bioinspired solid CF rods during the fabrication process. An effective bonding interface of bioinspired CF rods and polylactic acid (PLA) was achieved by triangular interlocking sutures and by employing synthetic glue as the binding agent. In particular, the tensile strength of solid CF rod reinforced PLA samples was studied. Critical parameters such as layer thickness, extruder temperature, extruder speed, and shell thickness were considered for optimization. Significant process parameters were identified through leverage plots using the response surface methodology (RSM). The optimum parameters were found to be layer thickness of 0.04 mm, extruder temperature of 215 °C, extruder speed of 60 mm/s, and shell thickness of 1.2 mm. The results revealed that the bioinspired solid CF rod reinforced PLA (CFRPLA) composite exhibited a tensile strength of 82.06 MPa, which was approximately three times higher than the pure PLA (28 MPa, 66% lower than CFRPLA), acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) (28 MPa, 66% lower than CFRPLA), polyethylene terephthalate glycol (PETG) (34 MPa, 60% lower than CFRPLA), and nylon (34 MPa, 60% lower than CFRPLA) samples.

Highlights

  • Additive manufacturing (AM) has brought the industrial revolution in many key areas, such as aerospace, medicine, and automotive

  • The results showed that the tensile strength of bioinspired solid carbon fibers (CF) rod reinforced Fused deposition modeling (FDM) samples was 2.5 times superior to 3D

  • The ultimate aim of this work was to maximize the tensile strength of FDM-processed

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Summary

Introduction

Additive manufacturing (AM) has brought the industrial revolution in many key areas, such as aerospace, medicine, and automotive. The extensive usage of AM has widened to technologies applied in biomedical implants, architecture, and full-body organs using materials such as polymers, metals, composites, ceramics, wood, etc. The quality of the printed polymer objects depends on various process parameters, such as the printing material and part orientation during printing. These parameters influence the mechanical characteristics, building time, and volume, which affect the final cost of the part [3,4]. FDM-based fabricated components play a key role in medical, automotive, and aerospace applications due to their simplicity and cost-effectiveness. Polylactic acid (PLA) is widely used as a processing material in FDM technology due to its desirable characteristics and biocompatibility.

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