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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2020
Bae Systems Plc, London, GB;
Amir Rezai, Bristol, GB;
BAE Systems plc, London, GB;
Abstract
A method of fabricating an article by fused filament fabrication. The method comprises providing a filament () comprising a first set RF of reinforcement fibres (), including a first reinforcement fibre (A), surrounded, at least in part, with a first polymeric composition (); forming a first discontinuity (A) of a first set Dof discontinuities () in the first reinforcement fibre (A); and depositing the filament (), including the first discontinuity (A) of the first set Dof discontinuities () formed in the first reinforcement fibre (A), comprising softening, at least in part, the first polymeric composition () and solidifying the softened first polymeric composition (); wherein depositing the filament (), including the first discontinuity (A) of the first set Dof discontinuities () formed in the first reinforcement fibreA, comprises depositing the filament (), including the first discontinuity (A) of the first set Dof discontinuities () formed in the first reinforcement fibre (A), in a first arc () of a set of arcs A.