A review of recent literatures in poly jet printing process

Abstract

With the recent technological advancements in electrical, electronics & materials associated with additive manufacturing process, the quality of the parts produced out of the process also improves with time. Poly jet printing is one of such process where combinations of various grade materials are used to improve the hardness and flexibility of the printed parts. In this paper, an explicit study of the materials & microstructure, process parameters, and fatigue life characteristics of Poly Jet printed components, has been accomplished with reference to several recent research articles. The factors those influence Poly jet prototyping, such as the orientation of the final part, thickness of every layer, print finish either matte or glossy, gapwithin processed parts, and part scaling, were investigated. When parameter requirements are satisfied, the molds created using poly jet printing can be used in sampling, testing procedures, and batch production ranging from small to medium scale. Various methods such as the Taguchi method, Analysis of Variance (ANOVA), linear regression were investigated. The fatigue life characteristics of a poly jet printed component is investigated to determine the load carrying capabilities of the components made out of poly jet printing process and it is studied that high temperature materials provides more dimensional stability than any other materials.