With continuous fiber 3d printing nearly all of those costs go away without sacrificing strength.
Continuous carbon fiber 3d printer.
Marketing boeing aramidfiber markforged cambridge mass will soon offer for sale the mark one 3 d printer reportedly capable of making printed parts with continuous carbon glass and soon aramid fibers.
Carbon fiber is markforged s unique ultra high strength continuous fiber when laid into a composite base material like onyx it can yield parts as strong as 6061 t6 aluminum.
Carbon fiber is mixed into another material which can be virtually any thermoplastic ranging from pla to peek.
And curing the final parts requires autoclaves that are as large as the parts themselves and considering that carbon fiber is a popular choice for building airplanes the autoclaves are understandably expensive to build and operate.
It s extremely stiff and strong and can be automatically laid down in a wide variety of geometries by markforged 3d printers.
3d printing continuous carbon fiber composites.
Continuous carbon fiber 3d printers allow professionals to produce strong and lightweight parts.