Sandwiching textiles with FDM Printing

3D printing on textile fabrics has been investigated intensively during the last years. A critical factor is adhesion between printed polymer and fabric, limiting potential areas of application. Especially safety-related applications, e.g. stab-resistant textile/polymer composites, need to show reliable both components serve their purpose. Here we investigate possibility sandwiching textiles 3D-printed layers, produced by fused deposition modeling (FDM). We that adding nubs lower layers stabilizes inner fabric suggest future constructive improvements further enhance textile-polymer connection.