Mechanical properties of carbon particle mixed polylactic acid via fused deposition modeling

Abstract

In last decade fused deposition modeling (FDM) 3D printing process is a rising production method. In this method a required body is developed directly through additive technology feedstock plastic filament material through a nozzle by the help of CAD model. Many antibacterial industrial applications have a major concern about the cost and functionality of the manufactured component. The main objective of present work is to increase the mechanical property such as tensile, flexural, compressive strength and shore hardness of carbon particle added Polylactic Acid (PLA) antibacterial composite with less wastage of material with help of various process parameters such as nozzle speed, infill rate, and layer height. The effort of infill rate is the most dominant parameter in this study where observed the mechanical property.