Abstract
Additive Manufacturing (AM) also known as 3D printing is very popular and of immense applications in manufacturing organizations worldwide. They can produce high quality components without much wastages of material. Fused Deposition Modelling (FDM) is one of the AM processes which is used commonly for manufacturing of polymer components. The performance of FDM is defined in terms of build time, surface finish, material used and strength of parts and also influenced by its process parameters. In this paper analysis and optimization of fused deposition modelling for surface finish, printing time and tensile strength is presented. In current investigation analysis is based on Layer Thickness, Printing Speed, and Infill % as process parameters. Analysis of means (AoM) plots are used for analysis. From analysis it is clear that layer thickness and infill % are very important process parameters as far as strength and surface roughness of 3D printed parts are concerned. Printing with smaller layer thickness will improve performance of FDM for tensile strength and surface roughness.
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