Mechanical characterization of composite laminates manufactured by tailored fiber placement technology (TFP)

In today's industry, the need for multifunctional designs and products is increasing. In addition to the high performance requirements expected from the products, environmentalist approaches such as environmental impact, suitability for recycling and reuse, and the existence of compelling industrial constraints have begun. Due to these and such similar factors, composite products and solutions are increasingly becoming more important in all industries. In the light of industrial and functional expectations, raw material types and production technologies can be shown among the main variables that ensure the features expected from a product to be obtained with optimized outputs. In this conducted master's study, the epoxy matrix system, which has the most common use in the composite industry, was compared with a thermoplastic matrix system as a primary evaluation with mechanical comparative bending and tensile tests. At the same time, environmentalist and reusable possibilities were taken into consideration in the selection of the thermoplastic matrix system. Among the innovative and high academic values of the study, Tailored fiber placement and commingled hybrid fiber technology, which is the preferred sample production technique, can be shown. The main advantage of this technique is that a fiber placement angles and design can be made that can meet the multi-directional loads expected from a product, which is not possible with traditional manufacturing techniques. The stitching fiber placement technique is an innovative method that can be preferred in advanced engineering designs and applications in terms of high performance, low weight, low cost, and to reveal the optimized product.