Effects of Common FDM Printing Parameter on Tensile Strength and Material Consumption: A short review

Abstract

Fused deposition modelling (FDM), a form of additive manufacturing (AM) is a process that constructs product similar to that of material extrusion is a radically growing modern manufacturing approach that efficiently reduces cycle time during product development with minimal losses. Despite the minimal losses, developing FDM products with high mechanical strength entails high material consumption and longer print time making it cost inefficient. Therefore, this paper reviews several existing works to identify common printing parameters significant to improving tensile strength and material consumption of FDM printed products. Additionally, it is expected that isolating these significant parameters could benefit future research by providing direction for possible printing parameter optimization.