A Case Study on the Capability of Rapid Tooling Thermoplastic Laminating Moulds for Manufacturing of CFRP Components in Autoclaves

Lušić, Mario; Schneider, Kilian; Hornfeck, Rüdiger

doi:10.1016/j.procir.2016.04.151

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“…Sieminsky et al analyzed FDM/FFF technology used to manufacture mold inserts from PLA [ 21 ], to increase the life of the inserts and reduce the production time cycle, the inserts should be cooled using compressed air, after the removal of the molded part. Lusic et al has analyzed, through the use of FEM (finite element method) simulations, the potential of CFRP-laminating molds to be used as rapid tooling through use of FDM [ 22 ]. It was concluded that thermoplastic molds comprising ULTEM 1010 material, manufactured by FDM, could be used for the manufacturing of CFRP components in autoclaves; however, they did not validate their FEM results.…”

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Novel Method for the Manufacture of Complex CFRP Parts Using FDM-based Molds

2020

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Fibre-reinforced polymers (FRP) have attracted much interest within many industrial fields where the use of 3D printed molds can provide significant cost and time savings in the production of composite tooling. Within this paper, a novel method for the manufacture of complex-shaped FRP parts has been proposed. This paper features a new design of bike saddle, which was manufactured through the use of molds created by fused deposition modeling (FDM), of which two 3D printable materials were selected, polylactic acid (PLA) and acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS), and these molds were then chemically and thermally treated. The novel bike saddles were fabricated using carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP), by vacuum bag technology and oven curing, utilizing additive manufactured (AM) molds. Following manufacture the molded parts were subjected to a quality inspection, using non-contact three-dimensional (3D) scanning techniques, where the results were then statistically analyzed. The statistically analyzed results state that the main deviations between the CAD model and the manufactured CFRP parts were within the range of ±1 mm. Additionally, the weight of the upper part of the saddles was found to be 42 grams. The novel method is primarily intended to be used for customized products using CFRPs.

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Novel Method for the Manufacture of Complex CFRP Parts Using FDM-based Molds

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“…Lušić et al [161] present a study on the applicability of FDM manufactured moulds for carbon fibre reinforced plastic (CFRP) objects. The authors achieved up to 84 % material saving or 47 % time saving for optimised structures compared to a solid mould at a comparable stiffness.…”

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Additive Manufacturing, Cloud-Based 3D Printing and Associated Services—Overview

Baumann

Roller

2017

JMMP

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Cloud Manufacturing (CM) is the concept of using manufacturing resources in a service-oriented way over the Internet. Recent developments in Additive Manufacturing (AM) are making it possible to utilise resources ad-hoc as replacements for traditional manufacturing resources in case of spontaneous problems in the established manufacturing processes. In order to be of use in these scenarios, the AM resources must adhere to a strict principle of transparency and service composition in adherence to the Cloud Computing (CC) paradigm. With this review, we provide an overview of CM, AM and relevant domains as well as presenting the historical development of scientific research in these fields, from 2002 to 2016. Part of this work is also a meta-review on the domain to further detail its development and structure.

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“…Additive manufacturing (AM) is gaining an increasing acceptance as a technology to produce functional tooling for traditional techniques like injection molding of thermoplastics [ 1 ] and to produce fiber reinforced thermoset composites. [ 2–4 ] In few cases, AM tooling was used as removable tool which is preferably used to manufacture hollow composites parts. [ 5 ]…”

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Additive Manufacturing Processing of Plastics for Mass Production of Composites Tooling: Technical and Economic Analysis

Cicala

Tosto

Recca³

et al. 2021

Macromolecular Symposia

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The present paper focuses on the use of several additive manufacturing (AM) techniques for tooling manufacturing for composite parts production. A geometry that prevents mandrel removal is selected and it is analyzed in a real industrial environment for composites production using autoclave molding. The use of two different AM mandrels is evaluated: fused deposition modeling and liquid crystal display. The results are analyzed in terms of composites part quality, processing time and final part cost.

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A Case Study on the Capability of Rapid Tooling Thermoplastic Laminating Moulds for Manufacturing of CFRP Components in Autoclaves

Cited by 16 publications

References 7 publications

Novel Method for the Manufacture of Complex CFRP Parts Using FDM-based Molds

Novel Method for the Manufacture of Complex CFRP Parts Using FDM-based Molds

Additive Manufacturing, Cloud-Based 3D Printing and Associated Services—Overview

Additive Manufacturing Processing of Plastics for Mass Production of Composites Tooling: Technical and Economic Analysis

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