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The microstructural defect of additive manufactured 3-component carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) composites has been studied using computed microtomography. The samples have been prepared using a 3D-printing process developed at Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Russia. The research procedure has been described and internal defects of the fiber composite material have been detected and analyzed using a 3D image reconstructed from a number of cross section views. The defects larger 50 ?m have been detected using the computed microtomography test. Defect-free images and defects typical for this type of composites such as delamination in polymer matrix and between fibers in a bundle, fiber breakage have been obtained.