World’s First Carbon Fiber 3D Printer Announced
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#2Count me as skeptical. The strength of high-quality carbon fibre comes from having many pieces of fibre woven together over the surface omnidirectionally (Okay, I'm mostly wrong here - see below). This machine seems to simply lay it down in a (more or less) continuous strand, which means that the fibres will be cohesive rather than woven together. You can do this without a special printer - all you need is some carbon fibre/pla filament [1]. My bet would be that polycarbonate 3d printed parts [2] will be stronger that these pseudo carbon-fibre parts in most situations.
For a pretty freaking cool view of how high-quality carbon fibre parts are made check out this youtube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4DLr8qHliI
[1]: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1375236253/proto-pasta-...
[2]: http://www.makerfarm.com/index.php/2-2lb-1kg-1-75mm-clear-po...
Re: World’s First Carbon Fiber 3D Printer Announced
#3Please wait while your new bike is being printed.
Re: World’s First Carbon Fiber 3D Printer Announced
#4Count me as skeptical. The strength of high-quality carbon fibre comes from having many pieces of fibre woven together over the surface omnidirectionally (Okay, I'm mostly wrong here - see below). This machine seems to simply lay it down in a (more or less) continuous strand, which means that the fibres will be cohesive rather than woven together. You can do this without a special printer - all you need is some carbo…
I am guessing that means you would not want to use to build structural members like the Tub of a racing car. Although maybe aero pieces like Dive Planes and winglets.
Do you still need to Autoclave parts created by this printer?
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#5Count me as skeptical. The strength of high-quality carbon fibre comes from having many pieces of fibre woven together over the surface omnidirectionally (Okay, I'm mostly wrong here - see below). This machine seems to simply lay it down in a (more or less) continuous strand, which means that the fibres will be cohesive rather than woven together. You can do this without a special printer - all you need is some carbo…
I too am highly skeptical. I could see laying down the fiber in overlapping layers, then pressing it and heating it to see the epoxy but not sure how you could do that in this sort of 3D printing environment.
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#6This is the link you're looking for:
Product site, video, tech specs, pre-order, etc.
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#7Are there health risks associated with extruding carbon fibers? I was under the impression that working with carbon fiber can be potentially harmful to your health.
Re: World’s First Carbon Fiber 3D Printer Announced
#8Count me as skeptical. The strength of high-quality carbon fibre comes from having many pieces of fibre woven together over the surface omnidirectionally (Okay, I'm mostly wrong here - see below). This machine seems to simply lay it down in a (more or less) continuous strand, which means that the fibres will be cohesive rather than woven together. You can do this without a special printer - all you need is some carbo…
I think that this is more of an 80 20 kind of question. At this level the argument isn't "hey this is as good as carbon fiber" but "hey this is better than regular 3d printing filament"
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#9The allure of carbon fiber in industry has to do with the properties of the material that can be produced. Home made carbon fiber won't be all that great of a material compared to what people see out in the world (on race cars, planes, etc...). Production lines for producing commercial carbon fiber is super expensive ($100 million+). Zoltek has a basic rundown of the process [0].
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#10I was thinking about 3D printed supercars, (or cars for that matter) because why not. I have a friend that works for Buell that informed me the industry has been 3D printing porototypes for a while now. Rapid prototyping has been something driving this field. He sent me this link:
https://localmotors.com/press/releases/vehicle-design-innova...
I've also been giving some thought in starting the worlds first 3D printed furniture store.