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Material Extrusion 3D Printing of PEEK-Based Composites
High-performance thermoplastics like polyetheretherketone (PEEK), with their outstanding thermal stability, mechanical properties and chemical stability, have great potential for various structural applications. Combining with additive manufacturing methods extends further PEEK usage, e.g., as a mol...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10458592/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37631469 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym15163412 |
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author | Hanemann, Thomas Klein, Alexander Baumgärtner, Siegfried Jung, Judith Wilhelm, David Antusch, Steffen |
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description | High-performance thermoplastics like polyetheretherketone (PEEK), with their outstanding thermal stability, mechanical properties and chemical stability, have great potential for various structural applications. Combining with additive manufacturing methods extends further PEEK usage, e.g., as a mold insert material in polymer melt processing like injection molding. Mold inserts must possess a certain mechanical stability, a low surface roughness as well as a good thermal conductivity for the temperature control during the molding process. With this in mind, the commercially available high-performance thermoplastic PEEK was doped with small amounts of carbon nanotubes (CNT, 6 wt%) and copper particles (10 wt%) targeting enhanced thermomechanical properties and a higher thermal conductivity. The composites were realized by a commercial combined compounder and filament maker for the usage in a material extrusion (MEX)-based 3D-printer following the fused filament fabrication (FFF) principle. Commercial filaments made from PEEK and carbon fiber reinforced PEEK were used as reference systems. The impact of the filler and the MEX printing conditions like printing temperature, printing speed and infill orientation on the PEEK properties were characterized comprehensively by tensile testing, fracture imaging and surface roughness measurements. In addition, the thermal conductivity was determined by the laser-flash method in combination with differential scanning calorimetry and Archimedes density measurement. The addition of fillers did not alter the measured tensile strength in comparison to pure PEEK significantly. The fracture images showed a good printing quality without the MEX-typical voids between and within the deposited layers. Higher printing temperatures caused a reduction of the surface roughness and, in some cases, an enhanced ductile behavior. The thermal conductivity could be increased by the addition of the CNTs. Following the given results, the most critical process step is the compounding procedure, because for a reliable process–parameter–property relationship, a homogeneous particle distribution in the polymer matrix yielding a reliable filament quality is essential. |
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spelling | pubmed-104585922023-08-27 Material Extrusion 3D Printing of PEEK-Based Composites Hanemann, Thomas Klein, Alexander Baumgärtner, Siegfried Jung, Judith Wilhelm, David Antusch, Steffen Polymers (Basel) Article High-performance thermoplastics like polyetheretherketone (PEEK), with their outstanding thermal stability, mechanical properties and chemical stability, have great potential for various structural applications. Combining with additive manufacturing methods extends further PEEK usage, e.g., as a mold insert material in polymer melt processing like injection molding. Mold inserts must possess a certain mechanical stability, a low surface roughness as well as a good thermal conductivity for the temperature control during the molding process. With this in mind, the commercially available high-performance thermoplastic PEEK was doped with small amounts of carbon nanotubes (CNT, 6 wt%) and copper particles (10 wt%) targeting enhanced thermomechanical properties and a higher thermal conductivity. The composites were realized by a commercial combined compounder and filament maker for the usage in a material extrusion (MEX)-based 3D-printer following the fused filament fabrication (FFF) principle. Commercial filaments made from PEEK and carbon fiber reinforced PEEK were used as reference systems. The impact of the filler and the MEX printing conditions like printing temperature, printing speed and infill orientation on the PEEK properties were characterized comprehensively by tensile testing, fracture imaging and surface roughness measurements. In addition, the thermal conductivity was determined by the laser-flash method in combination with differential scanning calorimetry and Archimedes density measurement. The addition of fillers did not alter the measured tensile strength in comparison to pure PEEK significantly. The fracture images showed a good printing quality without the MEX-typical voids between and within the deposited layers. Higher printing temperatures caused a reduction of the surface roughness and, in some cases, an enhanced ductile behavior. The thermal conductivity could be increased by the addition of the CNTs. Following the given results, the most critical process step is the compounding procedure, because for a reliable process–parameter–property relationship, a homogeneous particle distribution in the polymer matrix yielding a reliable filament quality is essential. MDPI 2023-08-15 /pmc/articles/PMC10458592/ /pubmed/37631469 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym15163412 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Hanemann, Thomas Klein, Alexander Baumgärtner, Siegfried Jung, Judith Wilhelm, David Antusch, Steffen Material Extrusion 3D Printing of PEEK-Based Composites |
title | Material Extrusion 3D Printing of PEEK-Based Composites |
title_full | Material Extrusion 3D Printing of PEEK-Based Composites |
title_fullStr | Material Extrusion 3D Printing of PEEK-Based Composites |
title_full_unstemmed | Material Extrusion 3D Printing of PEEK-Based Composites |
title_short | Material Extrusion 3D Printing of PEEK-Based Composites |
title_sort | material extrusion 3d printing of peek-based composites |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10458592/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37631469 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym15163412 |
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