Dispensing head for continuous fiber reinforced fused filament type additive manufacturing

A dispensing head for continuous fiber reinforced fused filament type additive manufacturing, the dispensing head being configured for dispensing a material onto a substrate carrier platform of an additive manufacturing apparatus, the dispensing head comprising:

• one or more inlets for receiving at least a strand of meltable solid material and a reinforcement fiber;
• a dispensing outlet for dispensing the meltable solid material with the reinforcement fiber to serve as build material;
• at least one passage extending from the one or more receiving inlets to the dispensing outlet, wherein the at least one passage includes a material passage;
• a material heating unit for liquefying the meltable solid material, and
• a drive configured to drive the meltable solid material through the material passage by engagement of the strand of meltable solid material,
• wherein the material heating unit comprises a solid radiation body:
• mounted to the dispensing outlet so as to extend therefrom at least in a direction parallel to the substrate carrier platform in use, and
• defining a radiation face toward the substrate carrier platform,
• wherein the dispensing head further comprises a thermally isolating element mounted to the dispensing outlet, such that the solid radiation body is thermally separated from the dispensing outlet.