CEAD extruder mounts to robotic arm or gantry systems, already in use to print molds for large composite structures.
CEAD (Delft, Netherlands) has commercialized the CFAM Prime system for large-scale 3D printing of composites, using a patented print head, which can reinforce thermoplastics with both continuous and short fiber in the same part. Even as Dutch composites producer Poly Products (Werkendam, Netherlands) explains its investment into this system in the article, “Think big, print bigger” in the current issue of Kunststof Magazine, CEAD recognizes that other companies require a different approach.