Enabling Industrial Re-Use of Large-Format Additive Manufacturing Molding and Tooling.

ABSTRACT: Large-format additive manufacturing (LFAM) is an enabling manufacturing technology capable of producing large parts with highly complex geometries for a wide variety of applications, including automotive, infrastructure/construction, and aerospace mold and tooling. In the past decade, the LFAM industry has seen widespread use of bio-based, glass, and/or carbon fiber reinforced thermoplastic composites which, when printed, serve as a lower-cost alternative to metallic parts. One of the highest-volume materials utilized by the industry is carbon fiber (CF)-filled polycarbonate (PC), which in out-of-autoclave applications can achieve comparable mechanical performance to metal at a significantly lower cost. Previous work has shown that if this material is recovered at various points throughout

SUBMITTER: Korey M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12656172 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature