Researchers at Skoltech Center for Advanced Structures, Processes and Engineered Materials (ASPEM) claim they may have produced the strongest 3D printed composite material in the world.
Antonov holding up the composite material. Photo: skoltech.ru
Senior research scientist Fedor Antonov says his team’s mix of carbon fiber and thermoplastic resin could be up to 100 percent stronger than that produced by MarkForged, an American company that claims to be the world’s first 3D printer of carbon fiber.
“This humble piece is possibly the strongest 3D printed fiber-plastic in the world. And we know how to make more of this stuff,” Antonov was quoted by Skoltech as saying.
Now the ASPEM team is racing to register an international patent on the new material and its manufacturing process.
Read the story in its entirety here, at the website for the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology.