Hello everyone,

we added a new 3D-printer for coextruding PA6 and carbon fiber rovings to our lab equipment. Since we do not have any material data regarding this kind of manufacturing method we decided to start a new design of experiments for the AITM 1 0007 standard. This way we should be able to generate some mechanical properties.

However we have not simulated multiple carbon roving path in a PA6 matrix before, therfore I would like to ask you if there are some reasonable approaches regarding this matter?

In order to visualize the problem I attached some pictures from the slicer software Aura 2 so that you can get a grasp about the fiber architecture. As seen in the image, the black lines represent the carbon fiber rovings. The blue lines are the thermoplastic extrusion paths during the printing process.

Best Regards