Open AccessRobust design application for optimizing ABS fused filament fabrication process: A case study
Author(s) -
Aristidis Tsiolikas,
T Mikrou,
Foteini Vakouftsi,
Κyriaki-Evangelia Aslani,
John Kechagias
Publication year - 2019
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/564/1/012021
Subject(s) - acrylonitrile butadiene styrene , fused filament fabrication , fabrication , materials science , fused deposition modeling , protein filament , layer (electronics) , process (computing) , infill , deposition (geology) , composite material , 3d printing , computer science , structural engineering , engineering , geology , medicine , paleontology , alternative medicine , pathology , sediment , operating system
The current paper is a case study of optimizing fused filament fabrication (FFF) process using robust design. FFF process is a low cost 3d printing process that uses ABS (Acrylonitrile-Butadiene-Styrene) filament in order to build progressive layer by layer, physical prototypes. Four (4) parameters having three levels each ones is used (Deposition angle, Layer thickness, Infill ratio, Infill pattern). The quality indicator that used for the optimization process is the dimensional accuracy. It was found that the layer thickness is the most important parameter in the reported experimental area.