Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene Parts Produced By Fused Deposition Modelling

摘要

Rapid prototyping(RP)is the layer manufacturing technology which includes all the technologies related to the model making process and it has advantage over the traditional way of model or prototyping process of the product.In fused deposition modelling(FDM),one of the critical factors is to select the built up orientation of the model since it affects the mechanical properties of the part.In view of this,objective of the present study was to investigate the effect of the built-up orientation on the mechanical properties of the FDM parts.Experiments were carried out on STRATASYS FDM type rapid prototyping machine coupled with CATALYST software and acrylonitrile butadiene styrene(ABS)as main material.Tensile and Flexural specimens were prepared as per the ASTM standard with different built-up orientation and in three geometrical axes.It can be concluded from the experimental analysis that built orientation has significant affect on the tensile and flexural strength of the FDM parts.