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  • Mechanical properties of PLA and ABS parts produced with fused filament fabrication method

  • İsmail Topcu*

  • Department of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering, Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University, Antalya, Turkey

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Abstract

The use of special and specific parts that are easily produced by the additive manufacturing method is of great importance in the following process. The ease of the materials and the low cost of the open source printers increase the use of the Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF) method. Due to the differences in FFF technology, investigation of the effects of the parameters on the mechanical properties of materials is necessary to determine the usability of the functional parts. Tensile strength was determined as 46.8 MPa for polylactic acid (PLA) and 34 MPa for acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS). Polylactic acid specimens have a better wear resistance than acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (12.9 g) samples with a weight loss of 5.1 g at 5000 m. According to the mechanical data Polylactic acid was found to be good properties than acrylonitrile butadiene styrene . In order to select most durable plastic for the unique application, the results of this study, which are given as graphs, diagrams and pictures, can help to the design engineers


Keywords: Additive manufacturing (AM), Fused filament fabrication (FFF), Polylactic acid (PLA), Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS), Wear properties

This Article

  • 2021; 22(2): 143-148

    Published on Apr 30, 2021

  • 10.36410/jcpr.2021.22.2.143
  • Received on Mar 30, 2020
  • Revised on May 27, 2020
  • Accepted on Jun 10, 2020

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  • İsmail Topcu

  • Department of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering, Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University, Antalya, Turkey
    Tel : + 90 242 510 61 20 Fax: + 90 242 510 61 24

  • E-mail: ismail.topcu@alanya.edu.tr