| About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
2023 Annual International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium (SFF Symp 2023)
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| Symposium
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2023 Annual International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium (SFF Symp 2023)
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| Presentation Title |
Self-heating Tooling on BAAM using Co-extruded Heating Wires |
| Author(s) |
Jesse Heineman |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Jesse Heineman |
| Abstract Scope |
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) has developed a wire co-extrusion module that enables wires to be embedded inside the selected polymer beads during fused deposition modeling (FDM) manufacturing. The FDM machine used for this research is the Big Area Additive Manufacturing (BAAM) machine from Cincinnati Incorporated, which has a build volume of 7’ x 20’ x 6’ high. The composite tooling industry relies heavily on applied heat to improve the curing rate and final mechanical properties of composite parts. However, as the size of the tools get larger, the cost and practicality of autoclave tooling becomes prohibitively expensive. This method of manufacturing aims to reduce the cost and delivery time of large-scale self-heated tooling. This paper will include details about the custom hardware and software developed by ORNL for this process, as well as the results from initial heating trials of a demonstration tool. |
| Proceedings Inclusion? |
Definite: Post-meeting proceedings |