Influence of thermal treatment on surface roughness, microstructural, and mechanical properties of 3D printed ABS
NGUYEN Khanh Q., VUILLAUME Pascal Y., HU Lei, VACHON Andro, DIOUF-LEWIS Audrey, MARCOUX Pier-Luc, GAGNÉ Lambert, ROBERT Mathieu, ELKOUN Saïd
download PDFAbstract. Additive manufacturing (AM) has been widely used for rapid prototyping (RP) techniques due to its low cost and customizability. This technique allows for rapid and competitive price production compared to conventional manufacturing. However, pieces fabricated with the AM technique usually possess poor mechanical and surface properties compared to the injection molding technique. Based on COALIA’s recent patent, a thermal treatment approach was used to improve the performance of printed parts. In this study, acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS) was printed using fused deposition modeling (FDM) with and without heat treatment at 35 mm/s of printing speed. The physical and mechanical properties of printed ABS parts were then investigated. Tensile tests were performed to investigate the tensile strength, elastic modulus, and elongation at break. After tensile tests, X-ray microtomography was conducted to evaluate the surface morphologies. An optical profilometer analysis was also used to measure the surface roughness.
Keywords
3D Printing, FDM Technique, Radiant Heating System, Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS), Microstructural and Mechanical Properties
Published online 4/24/2024, 9 pages
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Citation: NGUYEN Khanh Q., VUILLAUME Pascal Y., HU Lei, VACHON Andro, DIOUF-LEWIS Audrey, MARCOUX Pier-Luc, GAGNÉ Lambert, ROBERT Mathieu, ELKOUN Saïd, Influence of thermal treatment on surface roughness, microstructural, and mechanical properties of 3D printed ABS, Materials Research Proceedings, Vol. 41, pp 201-209, 2024
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21741/9781644903131-22
The article was published as article 22 of the book Material Forming
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