Open AccessEffect of 3D-printing parameters on the tensile strength of acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) polymer
Author(s) -
Seri Rahayu Ya’akub,
Norazura Ibrahim,
Ramvir Singh
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
iop conference series. materials science and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1757-899X
pISSN - 1757-8981
DOI - 10.1088/1757-899x/1173/1/012041
Subject(s) - materials science , ultimate tensile strength , composite material , acrylonitrile butadiene styrene , polymer , stiffness , modulus , elastic modulus , young's modulus
In this research, the tensile strength behaviour of 3D-printed ABS polymer was studied. In particular, the following printing parameters were investigated i.e. angle orientation of 0°, 30° and 45°, layer thickness of 0.2 mm, 0.3 mm and 0.4 mm, and printing speeds of 60 mm/s, 40 mm/s and 20 mm/s. The samples were subjected to tensile loading in order to determine the stress-strain curve, UTS and the elastic modulus. The results indicated that the speed has no major impact on the strength of the 3D-printed samples. On the other hand, the 0.4 mm layer thickness gave the highest stiffness, whereas the angle orientation of 45° gave the highest tensile strength. However, the combination of 3D parameters that resulted in the overall best results was determined as 0.4 mm layer thickness with an angle orientation of 30°.