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Design Of Machine Tool Cross Beam Using Metal Big Area Additive Manufacturing, Tyler Poon
Design Of Machine Tool Cross Beam Using Metal Big Area Additive Manufacturing, Tyler Poon
Masters Theses
The modern world would not be what it is now without machine tools. Advances in materials and processes, such as carbon fiber and additive manufacturing (AM), enable the design space for machine tool components to expand. However, machine tool components require accurate geometry, which is not available from parts produced by metal Big Area Additive Manufacturing (mBAAM). This project outlines the process in which a traditionally manufactured machine tool component, a welded box structure on an existing machine tool, was redesigned to be made using mBAAM. The goal was to design a structure that was printable using the MedUSA system …
Correlating Large-Format Additive Manufacturing Processing Parameters To Fiber Length And The Mechanical Performance Of Reinforced Polymer Composites, Andrew Phillip Rhodes
Correlating Large-Format Additive Manufacturing Processing Parameters To Fiber Length And The Mechanical Performance Of Reinforced Polymer Composites, Andrew Phillip Rhodes
Masters Theses
The Big Area Additive Manufacturing (BAAM) system at Oak Ridge National Laboratory has been used to produce carbon fiber reinforced structures for several years, including vehicles, building constituents, composite tooling, etc. While the development of a large-format polymer additive manufacturing (AM) system has moved quickly, the impact of the BAAM’s extruder on the length of carbon fiber feedstock has not been systematically studied. Numerous studies in processing fiber reinforced thermoplastics in plasticizing and injection molding systems have shown that fibers are subjected to significant shear as they are processed, which can cause a drastic reduction in fiber length which negatively …