Fiber-reinforced thermoplastics (i.e., thermoplastic composites) are emerging in industries as a replacement for metals due to their durability and lightweight composition. However, achieving high ...

The described basic practices aim to achieve postforming of tubular structures without critical defects such as folds, wrinkles, and fiber damage, while improving the external surface quality. The ...

Thermoplastics discusses the properties and applications of thermoplastics, including an overview of the amorphous and semicrystalline molecular regions found in thermoplastics. This course also ...

Persistence diagram obtained from the structure of amorphous silicon, examples of the local ring structures corresponding to each point in the diagram, and representative structures including atoms ...

Henkel has patented a thermoplastic composition for 3D printing, containing amorphous polyamide polymer. The composition includes specific components like dimerized fatty acid and linear diamine. This ...

A recently filed patent (Publication Number: US20240034880A1) discloses a method for 3D-printing objects using a thermoplastic composition containing an amorphous polyamide polymer. The method ...

This article is aimed at large scale 3D printing. For medium and desktop size printing, both thermoplastic materials and thermoset materials are used. While for large format additive manufacturing ...