Abstract
Nowadays, rapid prototyping (RP) technology has gained great interest in manufacturing applications due to its advantages such as simplicity, low cost production, short manufacturing cycle time and increasing competitiveness. However, the physical properties of material is main problem for RP and become an obstacle to the application on industrial. Halloysite nanotube (HNT) has high specific surface area, chemical stability and other characteristics. In this research, we investigate the effect of the addition of HNT in mechanical properties. The specimens were fabricated using photopolymer as matrix materials and HNT as reinforce materials. The surface adhesion were improve by using silane treatment. We proposed the addition of HNT as reinforcement in polymer matrix composites and improved the properties produced by RP. As the result, Compared with neat photopolymer, tensile strength is decreased 21.7% because the HNT had poor interfacial adhesion. Silane treatment of HNT using 3-Aminopropyl triethoxysilane has succeeded to improved tensile strength of lower phr of about 31%.
