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An assessment of the effect of printing orientation, density, and filler pattern on the compressive performance of 3D printed ABS structures by fuse deposition

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Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) specimens manufactured by fused deposition are tested under uniaxial compression in order to judge the effectiveness of printing orientation, density, and filler patterns in terms of stiffness and strength per printing time. The compressive properties of the 3D printed materials along the three orthogonal directions are studied on cylindrical specimens filled with honeycomb and rectangular patterns. In order to achieve different densities, five filler percentages (0, 20, 30, 40, and 100%) are employed for each type of structure. Specimens filled with honeycomb patterns are stiffer and stronger than those with rectangular patterns only when they are oriented along the applied load. However, structures with rectangular patterns only require roughly half of printing time of those filled honeycomb cells, which yields effective rectangular structures with high elastic properties per printing time. Stress–strain curves reveal that compressive strength and stiffness increase with respect to the structure density. Patterns printed along the loading direction present higher strength and stiffness than on the other orthogonal orientations. Local buckling and compressive failure mechanisms are identified for light weight and heavy structures, respectively. A combination of shear and local buckling failure appeared in honeycomb structures printed transversely with relative densities around 20–40%.

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Acknowledgments

The authors acknowledge Diego Gomez Marquez and Miguel Nuñez Cardenas (Universidad de Guanajuato) for the compression tests.

Funding

The partial support from the “Laboratorio Nacional en Innovación y Desarrollo de Materiales Ligeros para la Industria Automotriz (LANI-Auto)” through CONACYT grant no. 280425 is greatly appreciated. A. Hernández-Pérez acknowledges the PRODEP program (UGTO-PTC-539) for the economic support.

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  1. Centro de Investigación en Corrosión, Universidad Autónoma de Campeche, Avenida Héroe de Nacozari No. 480, 24079, San Francisco de Campeche, Campeche, Mexico

    G. Domínguez-Rodríguez

  2. Departamento de Síntesis de Polímeros, CONACYT-Centro de Investigación en Química Aplicada, Blvd. Enrique Reyna Hermosillo No. 140, San José de los Cerritos, 25294, Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico

    J. J. Ku-Herrera

  3. Departamento de Ingeniería Mecánica, Universidad de Guanajuato Campus Irapuato-Salamanca, Carretera Salamanca-Valle de Santiago km 3.5 +1.8, 36885, Salamanca, Guanajuato, Mexico

    A. Hernández-Pérez

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Domínguez-Rodríguez, G., Ku-Herrera, J.J. & Hernández-Pérez, A. An assessment of the effect of printing orientation, density, and filler pattern on the compressive performance of 3D printed ABS structures by fuse deposition. Int J Adv Manuf Technol 95, 1685–1695 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-017-1314-x

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