Production technology for polymeric composite materials by additive manufacturing methods

Abstract

Additive manufacturing methods make it possible to create complex geometry parts, that cannot be produced by conventional methods. For manufacture of the products, composite polymeric materials can be used, both disperse-filled and filled with short or continuous fibers. Recently, more and more attention has been paid to reinforcing plastics with natural fibers. The study of the manufacturing process of a polymeric composite material filled with continuous natural fibers by the fused filament fabrication is presented.