Enhancing Mechanical Behavior of As-Built Polyamide 6+Glass Fiber
Produced with Fused Filament Fabrication via Varying Infill
Pattern 2024-01-5035
Additive manufacturing is currently being investigated for the production of
components aiming for near net shape. The presence of chopped glass fibers with
PA6 increases the melt viscosity and also changes the coefficients of thermal
expansion and increase the heat resistance. The great dimensional stability
obtained with the fusion of the PA6 with the fiber results in an extremely
durable material even in adverse environments for many other materials used in
3D printing. PA6 is a material oriented for users who need to make structural
parts and exposed to high mechanical stresses. The impact, test tensile, and
flexural results for as-built PA6 with various infill patterns, including grid,
triangle, trihexagon, and cubic, are tested.