Study on enhancing effect of carbon nanotubes on the interlayer strength of 3D printing of plastic powder

Abstract

To solve the problem of low interlayer strength of 3D plastic powder printing, in this work, magnetized carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are added to the epoxy powder of 3D printing, and a 0.3 T magnetic field is introduced on the printed powder box to explore the interfacial enhancement effect of CNTs on the interlayer strength of 3D printing of plastic powder. The results show that the magnetized CNTs are vertically arranged in the interlayer, which greatly improves the interlayer bonding strength of 3D plastic printing. When the content of magnetized CNTs is below 4 wt. %, the interlayer bonding strength of epoxy resin 3D printing increases as the content of CNTs increases; when the content of CNTs was 4 wt. %, the interlayer bonding strength increased to a maximum of 4.5 MPa, 50% higher than the unadded specimen; when the content of CNTs increased to 4–6 wt. %, the interlayer bonding strength of the specimens is between 4.5 MPa and 4.3 MPa, basically unchanged; when the content of CNTs increased to more than 7 wt. %, the interfacial strength decreased.