Microstructural Characterization and Property of Carbon Fiber Reinforced High-Density Polyethylene Composites Fabricated by Fused Deposition Modeling.

As a promising industrial thermoplastic polymer material, high-density polyethylene (HDPE) possesses distinct properties of ease to process, good biocompatibility, high recyclability, etc. and has been widely used to make packaging, prostheses and implants, and liquid-permeable membranes. Traditional manufacturing processes for HDPE, including injection molding, thermoforming, and rotational molding, require molds or post processing.