Field-assisted additive manufacturing of polymeric composites

S Safaee, M Schock, EB Joyee, Y Pan, RK Chen - Additive Manufacturing, 2022 - Elsevier
Additive manufacturing (AM) is a transformative manufacturing approach capable of building
parts with freeform and complex geometries. Polymers come with a wide range of material …

Method, apparatus and material mixture for direct digital manufacturing of fiber reinforced parts

SR Johnston, JB Vance, JW Fonda, BI Lyons - US Patent 9,457,521, 2016 - Google Patents
A part is manufactured by introducing magnetic particles into a matrix material, and orienting
the particles by cou pling them with an electromagnetic field. The matrix mate rial is solidified …

Research summary of an additive manufacturing technology for the fabrication of 3D composites with tailored internal structure

LR Holmes Jr, JC Riddick - Jom, 2014 - Springer
A novel additive manufacturing technology is used to create micro-composites, which can be
tailored for specific end-use applications. The Field-Aided Laminar Composite (FALCom) …

Additive manufacturing of discontinuous fiber composites using magnetic fields

R Erb, JJ Martin - US Patent 10,703,052, 2020 - Google Patents
A method and apparatus for producing a composite part are provided to enable composite
parts to be assembled with precise control over the orientation and spatial distribution of …

Direct write three-dimensional printing of aligned composite materials

S Goodrich, A Caunter, D Shores, R Pembroke… - US Patent …, 2021 - Google Patents
An apparatus and method for producing a composite part, such as a reinforced composite
part, are provided that enable control over the fiber or other particle orientation within each …

Dielectrostriction measurement with electrical excitation frequency sweep method and rheo-dielectric coefficient for process monitoring, quality examination, and …

Y Peng - US Patent 11,187,636, 2021 - Google Patents
A method for detecting components of dielectric materials is disclosed. The method includes
use of a sensor to obtain at least one of a strain-dielectric coefficient data series at multiple …

Methods of creating composite parts with fibers in a desired orientation

SR Goertz, GE Georgeson - US Patent 11,571,864, 2023 - Google Patents
Methods comprise generating an electric field; encompassing fibers within the electric to
orient the fibers in a desired orientation relative to each other; and subsequent to the …