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‘What Are The Material Trends In Additive Manufacturing, – 3Dnatives’

3Dnatives Dec 07, 2021

Research firm IDTechX recently published a new report examining micro-trends in additive manufacturing materials in 2022. Materials are a key component of the market which has been heavily impacted by the health crisis and which begins to resume growth. The study in question looks at 4 families of materials namely polymers metals ceramics and composites. For each of these families IDTechX makes some predictions such as the increased importance of sustainability in the polymer segment or the place of extrusion processes in metal 3D printing. One thing is certain innovations in terms of materials will lead the additive manufacturing sector to its peak and will continue to surprise us

‘Manufacturing Process Of Short Carbon Fiber Reinforced Al Matrix With Preformless And Their Properties | Scientific Reports – Nature.com’

Nature.com Dec 03, 2021

The conventional manufacturing process of fiber-reinforced metal matrix composites via liquid infiltration processes preform manufacturing using inorganic binders is essential. However the procedure involves binder sintering which requires high energy and long operating times. A new fabrication process without preform manufacturing is proposed to fabricate short carbon fiber SCF-reinforced aluminum matrix composites using a low-pressure infiltration method. To improve the wettability between fiber and matrix fibers were plated copper using an electroless plating process. The low-pressure infiltration method with preformless succeeded in manufacturing a composite with a volume fraction of about 30 of carbon fibers.The fiber orientation of the composite material manufactured without preform and the fiber orientation of the composite material manufactured using an inorganic binder was almost the same. The manufactured composites with preformless have high hardness and high thermal conductivity.