Using Electric Fields for in Situ Curing of Carbon Fiber/Phenolic Composites in Additive Manufacturing
Christian J. McGovern, Kyle A. Oubre, Ethan M. Harkin, Sayyam S. Deshpande, Ethan M. Walker, Carolyn T. Long, John D. Bernardin, Micah J. Green
TL;DR
This paper shows how electric fields can be used to cure carbon fiber composites during 3D printing, enabling the creation of multilayer structures without deformation.
Contribution
The novel use of electric fields for in situ curing of carbon fiber/phenolic composites in additive manufacturing is demonstrated.
Findings
CF/phenolic prepregs reached 210 °C with only 8 W of electric field power.
Continuous heating and curing was achieved by translating prepregs through an electric field.
Multilayer structures created using electric field curing showed no macroscopic deformation.
Abstract
In this paper, we demonstrate electrothermal heating and curing of carbon fiber (CF)/phenolic composites to enable successive deposition for additive manufacturing (aka 3D printing). Electric fields are capable of heating susceptor materials, which makes them a potential heat source for 3D printing thermoset composites, such as CF/Phenolic prepregs. We investigated the heating response of CF/phenolic prepregs when exposed to electric fields and found that our prepregs reached the target temperature of 210 °C when the electric field applicator was supplied with low power (8 W). We also show continuous heating and curing by translating prepregs through an electric field. Finally, we demonstrate additive manufacturing by manually depositing a layer or prepreg, using an electric field to perform in situ curing, and then repeating the process to create multilayer structures. This multilayer…
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TopicsCarbon Nanotubes in Composites · Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies · Fiber-reinforced polymer composites