Abstract

In recent years, fused deposition modelling technology (FDM) has become one of the most important additive manufacturing technology due to its capability to produce functional prototypes with complex shape in a cost effectiveway. Recently, the trend towards miniaturization invested also this technology, since the request of micro-component israpidly growing due to the increasing number industrial sectors involved. Mechanical properties are fundamental in somesectors of high-quality micro-parts, so the knowledge of the influence of FDM process parameters on mechanical properties can be useful to extend its application and help the optimization of the parameter selection. In this context, theaim of this study is the analysis of the FDM capability and the room for improvement, through a comparison with a wellconsolidated industrial process, such as the micro-injection moulding. Although FDM quality cannot compete with thetechnologies industrially used for final products, its low cost and short time are very attractive for some applications.Moreover, the comparison can be interesting since FDM is often used to manufacture prototypes eventually made withmore performing industrial technologies, so that a measure of the quality and functionality of these prototypes can beextremely useful for product developers.

Autore Pugliese

• Basile Vito

Tutti gli autori

• V. Basile; C. Pagano; I. Fassi

Titolo volume/Rivista

AIP conference proceedings

Anno di pubblicazione

2017

ISSN

1551-7616

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