The Influence of the Process Parameters on the Mechanical Properties of PLA Specimens Produced by Fused Filament Fabrication-A Review.

Vasile Cojocaru,Doina Frunzaverde,Gabriela Marginean,Calin-Octavian Miclosina

doi:10.3390/polym14050886

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https://doi.org/10.3390/polym14050886

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Journal: Polymers	Publication Date: Feb 23, 2022
Citations: 56	License type: CC BY 4.0

Affiliation: Babeș-Bolyai University

Abstract

Polylactic acid (PLA) is produced from renewable materials, has a low melting temperature and has a low carbon footprint. These advantages have led to the extensive use of polylactic acid in additive manufacturing, particularly by fused filament fabrication (FFF). PLA parts that are 3D printed for industrial applications require stable mechanical properties and predictability regarding their dependence on the process parameters. Therefore, the development of the FFF process has been continuously accompanied by the development of software packages that generate CNC codes for the printers. A large number of user-controllable process parameters have been introduced in these software packages. In this respect, a lot of articles in the specialized literature address the issue of the influence of the process parameters on the mechanical properties of 3D-printed specimens. A systematic review of the research targeting the influence of process parameters on the mechanical properties of PLA specimens additively manufactured by fused filament fabrication was carried out by the authors of this paper. Six process parameters (layer thickness, printing speed, printing temperature, build plate temperature, build orientation and raster angle) were followed. The mechanical behavior was evaluated by tensile, compressive and bending properties.

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Additive manufacturing (AM) technologies are increasingly used for component fabrication and tend to become an essential topic of the Industry 4.0 concept [1]
The ISO/ASTM 52900:2015 standard [2] defines the following categories of processes used for additive manufacturing of polymers: material extrusion, material jetting, powder bed fusion, binder jetting, vat photo-polymerization and sheet lamination
The analysis focused on the variation of the following parameters: layer thickness, printing speed, printing head temperature, build plate temperature, build orientation and raster angle

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Additive manufacturing (AM) technologies are increasingly used for component fabrication and tend to become an essential topic of the Industry 4.0 concept [1]. These technologies shorten the manufacturing time, thereby allowing the rapid transition from. The ISO/ASTM 52900:2015 standard [2] defines the following categories of processes used for additive manufacturing of polymers: material extrusion, material jetting, powder bed fusion, binder jetting, vat photo-polymerization and sheet lamination. Fused filament fabrication (FFF) is a material extrusion process in which the part is built up by successive layers, each of them being made line by line. Fused filament fabrication ( known as fused deposition modeling) is currently one of the most widely used additive technologies [1]. A great variety of equipment has been developed for the FFF technology, ranging from industrial and laboratory use to office and hobby applications

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