Abstracts Book - IMRC 2018

• SWS-O022
DEVELOPMENT OF A COMPOSITE MATERIAL BASED ON BAMBOO
FIBER FOR AERONAUTICAL APPLICATIONS USING THE ADDITIVE
MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY
July Andrea Taborda Rios 1,2 , Omar Eduardo López Botello 1,3 , Patricia del Carmen Zambrano
Robledo 1,2
1 National Laboratory for Additive and Digital Manufacturing, , Mexico. 2 Universidad Autónoma
de Nuevo León, Centro de Investigación e Innovación en Ingeniería Aeronáutica, Mexico.
3 Tecnológico de Monterrey, Escuela de Ingeniería y Ciencias, Mexico.
The aeronautical industry has strengthened the production of new materials that
have a considerable strength / weight ratio, such as polymer matrices reinforced
with carbon, aramid and glass fibers, widely used in different components in an
aircraft. However, currently engineers face various social, economic and
environmental challenges, mainly in the production field of synthetic materials,
such as the high cost of raw materials, the consumption of energy and water
resources for their production. Despite several researches have been carried out
on composite materials with reinforcements of natural fibers, studies have been
limited regarding the most suitable manufacturing methodology at industrial level,
for this reason additive manufacturing through extrusion by pastes is an alternative
for the making of new materials with sustainable raw materials, low density,
economic, non-toxic, renewable and environmentally responsible. This research
was carried out a mechanical characterization of a composite material of resin
phenolic reinforced with bamboo fiber and were compared the resin without
reinforcement to know the mechanical contribution of both fibers to matrix. The
bamboo fibers were obtained manually and subjected to a chemical treatment with
sodium hydroxide 5 % by weight for improving the compatibility phenolic/fiber. The
specimens were elaborated with mass concentrations of bamboo fiber of 25, 30
and 35%. The samples were cured and subsequently it’s performed tensile, flexural
and impact tests according to ASTM. The adhesion between matrix / fiber was
analyzed by scanning electron microscopy SEM in those areas of failure to establish
its degree of compatibility.
Acknowledgment: The authors of this paper acknowledge the support of the
Fondo Institucional de Fomento Regional para el Desarrollo Científico,
Tecnológico y de Innovación de CONACY
Keywords: vegetable fibers, composite material, Bamboo fibers
Presenting authors email: jataborda8@gmail.com