Abstract
The present research aims to develop composite materials made from acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) as the matrix with Zirconia (ZrO2) as the filler material. ABS-ZrO2 composite test samples were fabricated using a fused filament fabrication (FFF) based 3D Printer, using Taguchi’s L9 orthogonal array (OA). The ABS-ZrO2 composite 3D printed samples were supported by shore D hardness and surface roughness tests, which revealed that 230˚C barrel temperature, 100% infill, and octet infill pattern are the best set of FFF parameters for obtaining maximum Shore D hardness of 80.50 Shore D. This set of process parameters provide the good conditions for 3D Printing of ABS-ZrO2 composite, and it may be used as potential material for post-processing applications, whereas 240˚C barrel temperature, 60 % infill percentage, and linear infill pattern are best conditions for minimum surface roughness.
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