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Effect of process parameters on mechanical properties and wettability of polylactic acid by fused filament fabrication process

  • Vinoth Babu Nagam ORCID logo und Venkateshwaran Narayanan ORCID logo EMAIL logo
Veröffentlicht/Copyright: 17. November 2023
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Abstract

Fiber-reinforced composites have changed additive manufacturing into a sustainable manufacturing paradigm with the capacity to produce items with outstanding mechanical performance. The fused filament fabrication (FFF) process is the latest in advanced digital fabrication techniques used for fabricating polymer material using additive layer deposition. In this study, the results of mechanical and vibration tests were used to examine the impact of process variables such as layer thickness (0.08 mm, 0.25 mm, and 0.64 mm), infill density (20 %, 40 %, 60 %, and 80 %), and infill pattern (rectilinear, triangular, and hexagonal). The novelty of this work is to correlate the contact angle measurement with the mechanical properties of the 3D-printed specimens. The adhesion behaviour of the 3D printed parts is examined by measuring the contact angle from the wettability test. From the findings, it was observed that the infill density and layer pattern play a significant role in the interlayer adhesion, as evident from the contact angle measurement.


Corresponding author: Venkateshwaran Narayanan, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Center of Excellence in Digital Manufacturing, Rajalakshmi Engineering College, Thandalam, Chennai, 602105, India, E-mail:

  1. Research ethics: Not applicable.

  2. Author contributions: Vinoth Babu Nagam – ideation, experimental investigation, data analysis; Venkateshwaran Narayanan – analysis of the results and conclusions.

  3. Competing interests: Authors have no conflict of interests.

  4. Research funding: No funding obtained.

  5. Data availability: Data available on request.

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Received: 2022-05-27
Accepted: 2023-03-29
Published Online: 2023-11-17
Published in Print: 2023-12-27

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