Mechanical properties of fiber reinforced additive manufacturing (FRAM) parts are affected by the fiber size and orientation. Oriented fiber composite is most likely to produce better properties. The objective of this research is to perform a comparative analysis of the mechanical properties of short and continuous fiber reinforced nylon 6 produced with fused filament fabrication (FFF) technology. In this study, it was observed that tensile, compression and flexural properties are significantly affected by the change in the fiber length and orientation. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) was performed after mechanical testing to observe the influence of fiber on the final properties. From the testing, it was observed that continuous-FRAM (C-FRAM) parts show better properties in tensile loading and short-FRAM (S-FRAM) in bending. S-FRAM parts show better improvement in flexural and compression properties as compared to CFRAM parts. Morphological analysis of tested 3D-printed parts concluded that the fiber-pull out and fiber breakage are the main failure mechanisms.
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