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标题：Effects of Filament Diameter Tolerances in Fused Filament Fabrication
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作者：Carolina Cardona ; Abigail H Curdes ; Aaron J Isaacs 等
期刊名称：The Indiana University Journal of Undergraduate Research
印刷版ISSN：2379-5611
出版年度：2016
卷号：2
期号：1
页码：44-47
语种：English
出版社：Indiana University Bloomington
摘要：Fused filament fabrication (FFF) is one of the most popular additive manufacturing (3D printing) technologies due to the growing availability of low-cost desktop 3D printers and the relatively low cost of the thermoplastic filament used in the 3D printing process. Commercial filament suppliers, 3D printer manufacturers, and end-users regard filament diameter tolerance as an important indicator of the 3D printing quality. Irregular filament diameter affects the flow rate during the filament extrusion, which causes poor surface quality, extruder jams, irregular gaps in-between individual extrusions, and/or excessive overlap, which eventually results in failed 3D prints. Despite the important role of the diameter consistency in the FFF process, few studies have addressed the required tolerance level to achieve highest 3D printing quality. The objective of this work is to develop the testing methods to measure the filament tolerance and control the filament fabrication process. A pellet-based extruder is utilized to fabricate acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) filament using a nozzle of 1.75 mm in diameter. Temperature and extrusion rate are controlled parameters. An optical comparator and an array of digital calipers are used to measure the filament diameter. The results demonstrate that it is possible to achieve high diameter consistency and low tolerances (0.01mm) at low extrusion temperature (180 °C) and low extrusion rate (10 in/min).
关键词：acrylonitrile butadiene styrene, RepRap printers, fused filament fabrication, fused deposition modeling, inconsistent extrusion, Raster