PDEng position in Robotics: 3D printing of continuous fiber reinforced thermoplastics at University of Twente

The PDEng programme is a 2-year post MSc technological programme with a focus on technological design. This programme at the University of Twente contain an educational part that will be followed at the University, and a design project that will be carried out at a relevant company. The educational programme will have an in-depth and broadening character with ample attention for professional development and will be partly tailored to the design project. In collaboration with a company, high level, creative and new designs for complex issues will be aimed at.

PDEng Design Project - 3D printing of continuous fiber reinforced thermoplastics:
Additive manufacturing (AM) is a group of processes that are able to produce (almost) any shape by approximating that shape by the individual deposition of layers. Fiber reinforced plastics are the last major group of materials missing from the portfolio of commercial AM processes. At the chair of DPM at the University of Twente research has been executed that focusses on AM with continues fibers. Test samples were produced and investigated and it was concluded that the pressure during the AM process was found to be relatively low, which yielded in the formation of air voids within the samples. With that the objectives of the proposed research are:

to develop a novel apparatus which enables the AM process of continuous fiber reinforcement thermoplastics with an active system that supplies sufficient consolidation pressure.
to quantify the effect of the consolidation pressure on the mechanical performance.

Deadline Application: 01-04-2016

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PDEng position in Robotics: 3D printing of continuous fiber reinforced thermoplastics at University of Twente