A surface roughness based visual and analysis system for surface quality improvement in fused deposition modeling rapid prototype machine

In rapid prototyping (RP), part deposition orientation and surface finish are two significant concerns, but they are contradicting with each other. In model building in RP, a concession is commonly made between these two features to get good quality surface roughness at a short build time. A concess...

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spelling my-unimap-15292016-06-12T14:10:18Z A surface roughness based visual and analysis system for surface quality improvement in fused deposition modeling rapid prototype machine Khairul Fauzi Karim In rapid prototyping (RP), part deposition orientation and surface finish are two significant concerns, but they are contradicting with each other. In model building in RP, a concession is commonly made between these two features to get good quality surface roughness at a short build time. A concession among these two contradicting concerns can be achieved via an adaptive slicing method; on the other hand, selection of an appropriate part deposition orientation will further provide an improved solution. In this thesis, an effort towards determining an optimum part deposition orientation and adaptive slicing method for Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) process for enhancing part surface finish, and hence, reducing build time (repeating process in RP cycle) is proposed. The quality of the surface roughness is determined by using visual and analysis. This Surface Roughness Based Visual and Analysis (SRVA) system is obtained based on the calculation of surface roughness (Ra). In this present work, the Region Based Adaptive Slicing method is applied in building the model in FDM. The proposed methodology allows the RP user to observe and analyze the prototype model before fabricating the prototype model in the FDM. A program based on fuzzy logic is also used to verify the input and output parameters obtained from the proposed method. The developed SRVA system has successfully improved the surface finish and minimized the build time in fabricating the prototype model in FDM. The result showed that increasing part deposition orientation would decrease the Ra value of the model. For 00 and 900 part deposition orientation, the Ra from measurement are closed to the Ra output from fuzzy logic with percentage differences 1.78% and 1.52% respectively. Therefore, the Ra values calculated from the SRVA system are acceptable for these orientations. However, for 450 part deposition orientation, it is 2.26% higher than the Ra output from fuzzy logic because during fabrication process, the surrounding support model affects the surface finish of the prototype model. However, this value is also acceptable because the effect of surrounding support model to the surface finish has not been the focus of the present work. The result also shows that the adaptive slicing method has improved the surface roughness of the prototype model. The inspected Ra obtained by this method is 1.22% lower than that obtained without adaptive slicing method, but 0.56% higher than that obtained by fuzzy logic. This result is obtained without the necessity to repeatedly fabricate the model or piecework in FDM for good quality surface roughness as the proposed method in this thesis successfully managed to optimize RP cycle; hence the build time in RP is reduced. Kolej Universiti Kejuruteraan Utara Malaysia 2006 Thesis en http://dspace.unimap.edu.my/123456789/1529 http://dspace.unimap.edu.my:80/xmlui/bitstream/123456789/1529/1/Page%201-24.pdf 93fc46da6ff7da471eb2e52ae5f56700 http://dspace.unimap.edu.my:80/xmlui/bitstream/123456789/1529/2/Full%20text.pdf adf6a3e1ca739886795d8a540f636d95 http://dspace.unimap.edu.my:80/xmlui/bitstream/123456789/1529/3/license.txt 9ea6571ace1c620e2b458b14202d3397 Fused deposition modeling (FDM) Rapid prototyping Surface roughness Surface quality Microsoft Visual BASIC -- Software Surface Roughness Based Visual and Analysis (SRVA) School of Mechatronic Engineering
institution Universiti Malaysia Perlis
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language English
topic Fused deposition modeling (FDM)
Rapid prototyping
Surface roughness
Surface quality
Microsoft Visual BASIC -- Software
Surface Roughness Based Visual and Analysis (SRVA)
spellingShingle Fused deposition modeling (FDM)
Rapid prototyping
Surface roughness
Surface quality
Microsoft Visual BASIC -- Software
Surface Roughness Based Visual and Analysis (SRVA)
Khairul Fauzi Karim
A surface roughness based visual and analysis system for surface quality improvement in fused deposition modeling rapid prototype machine
description In rapid prototyping (RP), part deposition orientation and surface finish are two significant concerns, but they are contradicting with each other. In model building in RP, a concession is commonly made between these two features to get good quality surface roughness at a short build time. A concession among these two contradicting concerns can be achieved via an adaptive slicing method; on the other hand, selection of an appropriate part deposition orientation will further provide an improved solution. In this thesis, an effort towards determining an optimum part deposition orientation and adaptive slicing method for Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) process for enhancing part surface finish, and hence, reducing build time (repeating process in RP cycle) is proposed. The quality of the surface roughness is determined by using visual and analysis. This Surface Roughness Based Visual and Analysis (SRVA) system is obtained based on the calculation of surface roughness (Ra). In this present work, the Region Based Adaptive Slicing method is applied in building the model in FDM. The proposed methodology allows the RP user to observe and analyze the prototype model before fabricating the prototype model in the FDM. A program based on fuzzy logic is also used to verify the input and output parameters obtained from the proposed method. The developed SRVA system has successfully improved the surface finish and minimized the build time in fabricating the prototype model in FDM. The result showed that increasing part deposition orientation would decrease the Ra value of the model. For 00 and 900 part deposition orientation, the Ra from measurement are closed to the Ra output from fuzzy logic with percentage differences 1.78% and 1.52% respectively. Therefore, the Ra values calculated from the SRVA system are acceptable for these orientations. However, for 450 part deposition orientation, it is 2.26% higher than the Ra output from fuzzy logic because during fabrication process, the surrounding support model affects the surface finish of the prototype model. However, this value is also acceptable because the effect of surrounding support model to the surface finish has not been the focus of the present work. The result also shows that the adaptive slicing method has improved the surface roughness of the prototype model. The inspected Ra obtained by this method is 1.22% lower than that obtained without adaptive slicing method, but 0.56% higher than that obtained by fuzzy logic. This result is obtained without the necessity to repeatedly fabricate the model or piecework in FDM for good quality surface roughness as the proposed method in this thesis successfully managed to optimize RP cycle; hence the build time in RP is reduced.
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title A surface roughness based visual and analysis system for surface quality improvement in fused deposition modeling rapid prototype machine
title_short A surface roughness based visual and analysis system for surface quality improvement in fused deposition modeling rapid prototype machine
title_full A surface roughness based visual and analysis system for surface quality improvement in fused deposition modeling rapid prototype machine
title_fullStr A surface roughness based visual and analysis system for surface quality improvement in fused deposition modeling rapid prototype machine
title_full_unstemmed A surface roughness based visual and analysis system for surface quality improvement in fused deposition modeling rapid prototype machine
title_sort surface roughness based visual and analysis system for surface quality improvement in fused deposition modeling rapid prototype machine
granting_institution Kolej Universiti Kejuruteraan Utara Malaysia
granting_department School of Mechatronic Engineering
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