COMPOSITE MATERIAL MANUFACTURING BY 3D PRINTING AND VACUUM RESIN INFUSION

Edo BESIĆ, Joško VALENTINČIČ, Andrej LEBAR, Marko JERMAN, Pavel DREŠAR, Miha PRIJATELJ, Izidor SABOTIN

COMPOSITE MATERIAL MANUFACTURING BY 3D PRINTING AND VACUUM RESIN INFUSION

ED

Edo BESIĆ¹

JO

Joško VALENTINČIČ²

AN

Andrej LEBAR³

MA

Marko JERMAN⁴

PA

Pavel DREŠAR⁵

MI

Miha PRIJATELJ⁶

IZ

Izidor SABOTIN⁷

¹ M.Sc., Faculty of mechanical engineering, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

² PhD., Assoc. Prof., Head of department, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

³ PhD., Assist. Prof., Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

⁴ PhD., Researcher, Prof., Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Sloveni

⁵ B.Sc., Assistant, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

⁶ M.Sc., Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

⁷ PhD., Assistant, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

Corresponding author: [email protected]

Accepted 29 March 2026

Available Online 01 December 2019

Abstract

ADDITIVE MANUFACTURI NG TECHNOLOGIES, POP ULARLY KNOWN AS 3D P RINTING, ARE USED TO QUICKLY CREATE OBJEC TS WITH COMPLICATED SHAPES. ONE OF THE TECHNOLOGIES IS CALLED FUSED DEPOSITION MODELLING (FDM) AND OPERATES BY ADDING LAYERS OF FILAMENT ATOP OF ONE ANOTHER TO CREAT E OBJECTS. VACUUM IN FUSION IS A TECHNOLO GY USED IN THE CREAT ION OF COMPOSITE MATERIALS THAT CREATES VACU UM IN THE OBJECT IN ORDER TO DRAW THE LIQ UID THERMOSET INTO IT. THE ARTICLE EXPLORES THE ADVANT AGES AND THE VIABILI TY OF COMBINING THE TWO TECHNOLOGIES TO CREATE A COMPOSI TE OBJECT THAT HAS A SHAPE DEFINED BY FD M PRINTED PLA STRUCTUR E AND IS REINFORCED WITH EPOXY RESIN THA T IS APPLIED WITH THE PROCESS OF VACUUM INFUSION.

Keywords

3D PRINTING COMPOSITES PLA EPOXY VACUUM INFUSION

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