TY - JOUR

T1 - Development, construction and testing of a 3D-printing-system for additive manufacturing of carbon black filled rubber compounds

AU - Sundermann, L.

AU - Klie, B.

AU - Giese, U.

AU - Leineweber, S.

AU - Overmeyer, L.

N1 - Funding Information: We owe thanks to the German Federation of Industrial Research Associations Otto von Guericke e.V. (AiF) and its member association Deutsche Kautschuk Gesellschaft e.V. (DKG) for the financial support provided for the work on the IGF project 20527N, funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi). We also like to thank Three-Tec GmbH for the technical support to implement the twin screw extruder in additive manufacturing process.

PY - 2020/10

Y1 - 2020/10

N2 - Additive manufacturing of carbon black filled elastomers provides unique opportunities for polymers. The process is based on Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF). The system explained in this paper, consists of a commercially available 3D-printer for processing thermoplastic filaments and has been expanded to implement a twin-screw extruder for simultaneous processing of rubber compounds. Furthermore, the process chain beginning with the construction file and ending with the vulcanized elastomer is described. The results of preliminary investigations of the extrusion process, with the twin screw extruder are presented. It can be seen that the generated measurement setup offers promising possibilities for the additive manufacturing of carbon black filled elastomer parts.

AB - Additive manufacturing of carbon black filled elastomers provides unique opportunities for polymers. The process is based on Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF). The system explained in this paper, consists of a commercially available 3D-printer for processing thermoplastic filaments and has been expanded to implement a twin-screw extruder for simultaneous processing of rubber compounds. Furthermore, the process chain beginning with the construction file and ending with the vulcanized elastomer is described. The results of preliminary investigations of the extrusion process, with the twin screw extruder are presented. It can be seen that the generated measurement setup offers promising possibilities for the additive manufacturing of carbon black filled elastomer parts.

KW - 3D-Printing

KW - Additive Manufacturing

KW - Carbon Black filled elastomer

KW - Hot Air Vulcanization

KW - Process Chain

KW - Rapid Prototyping

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M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:85099332780

VL - 73

SP - 30

EP - 35

JO - KGK Kautschuk Gummi Kunststoffe

JF - KGK Kautschuk Gummi Kunststoffe

SN - 0948-3276

IS - 10

ER -