Rapid Prototyping Journal: Volume 30 Issue 5

Polymer 3D printing: global research trends

Kristijan Breznik, Naraphorn Paoprasert, Klara Novak, Sasitorn Srisawadi

This study aims to identify research trends and technological evolution in the polymer three-dimensional (3D) printing process that can effectively identify the direction of…

Development of a Genetic Algorithm – Artificial Neural Network model to optimize the Dimensional Accuracy of parts printed by FFF

Ali Hashemi Baghi, Jasmin Mansour

Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF) is one of the growing technologies in additive manufacturing, that can be used in a number of applications. In this method, process parameters can…

Additive manufactured parts surface treatment through impinged hot air jet technique the theoretical and experimental evaluation

Amin Barzegar, Mohammadreza Farahani, Amirreza Gomroki

Material extrusion-based additive manufacturing is a prominent manufacturing technique to fabricate complex geometrical three-dimensional (3D) parts. Despite the indisputable…

Benchmarking the quality improvement strategies of wire arc additive manufacturing process using fuzzy QFD approach

Naveen Srinivas Madugula, Yogesh Kumar, Vimal K.E.K, Sujeet Kumar

The purpose of this paper is to improve the productivity and quality of the wire arc additive manufacturing process by benchmarking the strategies from the selected six…

Optimisation of printing parameters of fused filament fabrication and uniaxial compression failure analysis for four-point star-shaped structures

Job Maveke Wambua, Fredrick Madaraka Mwema, Stephen Akinlabi, Martin Birkett, Ben Xu, Wai Lok Woo, Mike Taverne, Ying-Lung Daniel Ho, Esther Akinlabi

The purpose of this paper is to present an optimisation of four-point star-shaped structures produced through additive manufacturing (AM) polylactic acid (PLA). The study also…

3D-printed conformal sensors for health monitoring of bovine post diaphragmatic hernia surgery: a review

Abhishek Barwar, Prateek Kala, Rupinder Singh

Some studies have been reported in the past on diaphragmatic hernia (DH) surgery techniques using additive manufacturing (AM) technologies, symptoms of a hernia and post-surgery…

Material extrusion additive manufacturing of zirconia: from filament characterisation to Weibull statistics

Luigi Morfini, Fankai Meng, Margherita Beretta, Jozef Vleugels, Roberto Spina, Eleonora Ferraris

This study aims to investigate the performance of filament-based material extrusion additive manufacturing (MEX), combined with debinding and sintering, as a novel approach to…

Experimental and numerical investigations on the thermoforming of 3D-printed polylactic acid parts

Tudor George Alexandru, Diana Popescu, Stochioiu Constantin, Florin Baciu

The purpose of this study is to investigate the thermoforming process of 3D-printed parts made from polylactic acid (PLA) and explore its application in producing wrist-hand…

Design of a metal additive manufactured aircraft seat leg using topology optimization and part decomposition

Hansu Kim, Luke Crispo, Nicholas Galley, Si Mo Yeon, Yong Son, Il Yong Kim

The lightweight design of aircraft seats can significantly improve fuel efficiency and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Metal additive manufacturing (MAM) can produce lightweight…

Recovery of residual polyamide (PA12) from polymer powder bed fusion additive manufacturing process through a binder jetting process

Cesar Omar Balderrama-Armendariz, Sergio Esteban Arbelaez-Rios, Santos-Adriana Martel-Estrada, Aide Aracely Maldonado-Macias, Eric MacDonald, Julian I. Aguilar-Duque

This study aims to propose the reuse of PA12 (powder) in another AM process, binder jettiinng, which is less sensitive to the chemical and mechanical degradation of the powder…

Using extrusion-based 3D printing technology to investigate the impact of changing print conditions on tensile characteristics

Vidyut Raghu Viswanath, Shivashankar Hiremath, Dundesh S. Chiniwar

The purpose of this study, most recent advancements in threedimensional (3D) printing have focused on the fabrication of components. It is typical to use different print settings…

Inter-bead void reduction by crossing printing routes of fused filament fabricated composites

Valentin Marchal, Yicha Zhang, Rémy Lachat, Nadia Labed, François Peyraut

The use of continuous fiber-reinforced filaments improves the mechanical properties obtained with the fused filament fabrication (FFF) process. Yet, there is a lack of simulation…

Fabrication of 3D-printed GNP/TiO2/epoxy composites: an investigation on mechanical and photocatalytic properties

Saadet Güler, Ahmet Yavaş, Berk Özler, Ahmet Çagri Kilinç

Three-dimensional (3D) printing is popular for many applications including the production of photocatalysts. This paper aims to focus on developing of 3D-printed…

A critical investigation of the anisotropic behavior in the WAAM-fabricated structure

Vishal Kumar, Amitava Mandal

Wire-arc-based additive manufacturing (WAAM) is a promising technology for the efficient and economical fabrication of medium-large components. However, the anisotropic behavior…

How safe are 3D-printed skull models for neurosurgical simulation? Measurement of airborne particles and VOCs while burr hole drilling

Nalinda Dissanayaka, Hamish Alexander, Danilo Carluccio, Michael Redmond, Luigi-Jules Vandi, James I. Novak

Three-dimensional (3D)printed skulls for neurosurgical training are increasingly being used due to the widespread access to 3D printing technology, their low cost and accuracy, as…