Short fiber reinforced composites for fused deposition modeling

Addressed in this paper are critical material property issues related to the short fiber reinforced composite used in rapid prototyping and manufacturing (RP&M). Acrylonitrile–butadiene–styrene (ABS) copolymer has been a popular choice of material used in fused deposition modeling (FDM), a commonly used RP&M process. However, conventional ABS polymers in the filamentary form for FDM are known to be of low strength and hardness. In order to...