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Luis studied Ra and Rq values obtained through experimental tests in FDM processes. The main factors were layer height, air gap, and the number of contours. investigated the effect of printing parameters on the dynamic mechanical properties of polycarbonate–acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (PC-ABS) printed parts. studied the effect of printing processes on surface roughness and tensile strength, with layer thickness and deposition head velocity being the most influential parameters on roughness. They found that roughness increases with printing speed and decreases with infill ratio. You studied infill ratio, printing temperature, and printing speed. studied the effect of layer height and printing temperature on surface roughness. They employed layer thickness, printing speed, and infill ratio as factors, with layer height being the most important parameter influencing roughness. Peng and Yan optimized roughness and energy consumption. Both layer thickness and build inclination turned out to be the most influential factors on roughness. used layer thickness, material infill, and printing quality as factors. They found that layer height and wall thickness had the greatest influence on arithmetical mean height, Ra. considered layer height, printing speed, temperature, printing path, and wall thickness. In addition, the inclination of the lateral walls will have an effect on surface roughness, since the wall will not be perpendicular to the layer plane.ĭifferent authors have studied the effects of printing parameters on surface roughness. When the lateral walls of a certain workpiece are inclined, the use of printing supports is required. However, printing speed is low and the layer-by-layer building of parts leads to poor surface roughness due to the stair stepping effect. įDM allows a wide range of materials, and the printed parts have effective mechanical properties. As for aerospace, carbon fiber reinforced PLA printed composites can be used. In addition, highly metallic-filled conductive composites can be prepared by FDM to be used in electromagnetic shielding, sensors, and circuit printing. For example, it allows printing patterns for investment casting of biomedical implants. FDM printed parts are used in different applications, for example medical, electrical, aerospace, etc. In the fused deposition modelling (FDM) process, a filament is heated and then the material is deposited by a nozzle onto a printing bed. At high print orientation angles, Rz decreases, Rku shifts to positive, Rsk slightly increases, and Rsk decreases, showing the change in the shape of the roughness profiles. Other roughness parameters were also measured: maximum height of profile, Rz, kurtosis, Rku, skewness, Rsk, and mean width of the profile elements, Rsm. At 90°, both simulated and experimental roughness values would be close to zero, because the measurement direction is parallel to the layer orientation. At a print orientation angle of 85°, the shape of the profile changes with respect to lower angles, showing a gap between adjacent peaks. Low print orientation angles show regular profiles with rounded peaks and sharp values. The simulated Ra values were similar to the experimental values, except for high angles above 80°, where experimental roughness decreased while simulated roughness was still high. The Ra simulated results were compared to the experimental results, which were carried out with cylindrical PLA (polylactic acid) samples. Simulated arithmetical mean height of the roughness profile, Ra values, were calculated from the simulated profiles. Different angles were considered between 5° and 85°.
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A geometrical model is defined that considers the shape of the filaments after deposition, in order to define a theoretical roughness profile, for a certain print orientation angle. In the present paper, we address the influence of print orientation angle on surface roughness obtained in lateral walls in fused deposition modelling (FDM) processes.