{"id":3735,"date":"2024-12-18T16:34:28","date_gmt":"2024-12-18T15:34:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tenco-ddm.com\/?p=3735"},"modified":"2026-06-25T12:39:54","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T11:39:54","slug":"optimalisatie-carbon-forging-met-additive-manufacturing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tenco-ddm.com\/en\/2024\/12\/18\/optimalisatie-carbon-forging-met-additive-manufacturing\/","title":{"rendered":"Optimizing Carbon Forging through Additive Manufacturing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1456px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><h2>Optimizing Carbon Forging through Additive Manufacturing<\/h2>\n<p>Tenco is constantly seeking alternative ways to manufacture high-quality parts for demanding applications. Carbon fibre has long been recognised as a high-performance material, mainly applied in motorsport, aerospace, premium bicycles, and boats.<\/p>\n<p>We also notice that carbon fibre components are increasingly being used in other industries, such as machinery, robotics, or medical equipment, and the demand for more complex parts is growing.<\/p>\n<p>And like any manufacturing technique, the production of carbon-filled parts also has its specific drawbacks:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>High start-up and production costs<\/li>\n<li>Limited design freedom<\/li>\n<li>Little to no room for customisation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>The Challenge<\/h3>\n<p>To assess to what extent these limitations could be overcome, we explored the process of &#8216;forged carbon&#8217;, which does not rely on vacuum or prepreg technology (i.e. high pressure or high temperature).<\/p>\n<p>In this relatively simple process, the tooling is designed and produced directly from the CAD file of a part. The carbon fibres or fabrics are then placed into a 3D-printed mould at room temperature. The mould is then closed, and the part cures under the pressure of the clamped mould sections.<\/p>\n<p>Since the mould is printed, this also offers more design possibilities for producing components with more complex geometries, variable thicknesses, or inserts.<\/p>\n<p>We also wanted to investigate the influence of carbon fibre orientation to investigate the effects on the properties of the final part.<\/p>\n<h3>The first results<\/h3>\n<p>The first result is part with very high stiffness and lower weight compared to, for example, aluminium. And using both short and long fibres and applying them to a limited extent in the Z-direction also offers the possibility to incorporate fine details into designs, such as thin edges.<\/p>\n<p>Our initial conclusion is that tweaking the carbon forging process and combining this with the advantages of 3D printing can provide opportunities for various application areas.<\/p>\n<h3>The Benefits of Additive Manufacturing (AM) and Carbon Forging<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The ability to produce lighter and stiffer components than, for example, aluminium,<\/li>\n<li>A significantly shorter lead time, as traditional tooling is not required,<\/li>\n<li>Low start-up costs for the mould, as it is produced via 3D-printing in plastic,<\/li>\n<li>Cost-efficient and flexible production of parts in smaller quantities (mass customisation).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>What kind of applications could benefit from this?<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Medical equipment such as scanners, where components must not interfere with imaging,<\/li>\n<li>Machinery, where strong and specific parts are often required,<\/li>\n<li>Robotics, to produce rigid components that enable fast and precise movements and\/or positioning,<\/li>\n<li>Lightweight components with good shielding capabilities for electronic applications.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Any thoughts on this or thinking about a potential application? <a href=\"\/contact\/\">Let us know!<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3740,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,6,16,22,20,11],"tags":[86,87,7,88],"class_list":["post-3735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-3d-printing","category-additive-manufacturing","category-automotive","category-machinery","category-medical","category-series-production","tag-carbon","tag-carbon-forging","tag-complexity","tag-small-series"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tenco-ddm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3735","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tenco-ddm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tenco-ddm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tenco-ddm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tenco-ddm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3735"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.tenco-ddm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3735\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3748,"href":"https:\/\/www.tenco-ddm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3735\/revisions\/3748"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tenco-ddm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tenco-ddm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tenco-ddm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tenco-ddm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}