Umm Ramool, Dubai | 6 June 2022
Learn the physics behind 3D printed carbon fiber, a comparison of short and continuous fiber parts, and the practical considerations for using carbon fiber in engineering applications.
Chopped Carbon Fiber
In chopped carbon fiber filament, segments of carbon fiber are mixed with thermoplastic pellets and then extruded into filament suited for extrusion.
Continuous Carbon Fiber
Strands of Carbon Fiber Coated in thermoplastics that can be laid into conventional FFF parts using a process called Continuous Fiber Reinforcements or CFF.
The X7 prints Composite Base filaments like a conventional FFF thermoplastic. Bases can be printed alone or reinforced with any of our composite reinforcement materials, including Carbon Fiber. Composite base materials are plastic based and can contain some volume of chopped carbon fiber.
Only Markforged printers can lay down Continuous Fiber Reinforcement inside of parts through a second nozzle. These fibers cannot be printed alone and are used to reinforce parts printed out of a composite base material like Onyx.
