Study On The Mechanical Properties Of Natural PLA And PLA Composites Fabricated By 3D Printing

Fused deposition modeling (FDM) as one of the additive manufacturing process is generally considered as a technique for the creation of a 3D model. Recently, the availability and affordability were improved to a great extent, resulting from the continuous progress and technique enhancement. Althoug...

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Main Author:	Habeeb, Hiyam Adil
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English English
Published:	2016
Subjects:	T Technology (General) TP Chemical technology
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spelling	my-utem-ep.186412022-03-17T15:46:18Z Study On The Mechanical Properties Of Natural PLA And PLA Composites Fabricated By 3D Printing 2016 Habeeb, Hiyam Adil T Technology (General) TP Chemical technology Fused deposition modeling (FDM) as one of the additive manufacturing process is generally considered as a technique for the creation of a 3D model. Recently, the availability and affordability were improved to a great extent, resulting from the continuous progress and technique enhancement. Although the prototyping processes have enlarge within wide range in productivities, but it is still restricted by the affecting variables which is the optimum design and characteristics. Traditionally, a part was fabricated in limited types only, like the thermoplastics materials which include PLA (poly lactic acid) and ABS (acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene). In order to achieve a wide range of FDM process, pure materials were merged with metal powder to exhibit new improved properties. Therefore, the current study investigates the properties of metal powder I PLA composite fabricated by FDM. The study weighs upon the properties of a new polymer/metal powder composite tested with various modeling parameters including the layer height and printing speed. The metal in the current study was a result of the use of a mixing between metal powder with polymer. Furthermore, PLA composites were consist of metallic powder for aluminum, copper and bronze in addition to natural PLA. The mechanical properties for the PLA composites were investigated related to the specific properties of porosity and surface roughness, the resulted properties were compared with the natural PLA results. The found results shows that the highest tensile strength values were in the natural PLA of range from 49.86 MPa to 30.79 MPa while the lowest value of the tensile strength were in PLA composites of36.98 MPa to 29.74 MPa. Apart from that, the results also indicated that the PLA composites produced porosity less than it does in natural PLA. Also, the surface roughness for both natural PLA and PLA composites produced through the implementation of the FDM technique shows that the natural PLA produced better surface roughness in comparison to the PLA composites. Finally, the results shows that printed specimen using low-cost open source Rep Rap 3D printers were recognized with satisfactory tensile strength and porosity properties. UTeM 2016 Thesis http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/18641/ http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/18641/1/Study%20On%20The%20Mechanical%20Properties%20Of%20Natural%20PLA%20And%20PLA%20Composites%20Fabricated%20By%203D%20Printing%2024%20Pages.pdf text en public http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/18641/2/Study%20On%20The%20Mechanical%20Properties%20Of%20Natural%20PLA%20And%20PLA%20Composites%20Fabricated%20By%203D%20Printing.pdf text en validuser http://library.utem.edu.my:8000/elmu/index.jsp?module=webopac-d&action=fullDisplayRetriever.jsp&szMaterialNo=0000100801 mphil masters Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
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description	Fused deposition modeling (FDM) as one of the additive manufacturing process is generally considered as a technique for the creation of a 3D model. Recently, the availability and affordability were improved to a great extent, resulting from the continuous progress and technique enhancement. Although the prototyping processes have enlarge within wide range in productivities, but it is still restricted by the affecting variables which is the optimum design and characteristics. Traditionally, a part was fabricated in limited types only, like the thermoplastics materials which include PLA (poly lactic acid) and ABS (acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene). In order to achieve a wide range of FDM process, pure materials were merged with metal powder to exhibit new improved properties. Therefore, the current study investigates the properties of metal powder I PLA composite fabricated by FDM. The study weighs upon the properties of a new polymer/metal powder composite tested with various modeling parameters including the layer height and printing speed. The metal in the current study was a result of the use of a mixing between metal powder with polymer. Furthermore, PLA composites were consist of metallic powder for aluminum, copper and bronze in addition to natural PLA. The mechanical properties for the PLA composites were investigated related to the specific properties of porosity and surface roughness, the resulted properties were compared with the natural PLA results. The found results shows that the highest tensile strength values were in the natural PLA of range from 49.86 MPa to 30.79 MPa while the lowest value of the tensile strength were in PLA composites of36.98 MPa to 29.74 MPa. Apart from that, the results also indicated that the PLA composites produced porosity less than it does in natural PLA. Also, the surface roughness for both natural PLA and PLA composites produced through the implementation of the FDM technique shows that the natural PLA produced better surface roughness in comparison to the PLA composites. Finally, the results shows that printed specimen using low-cost open source Rep Rap 3D printers were recognized with satisfactory tensile strength and porosity properties.
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qualification_name	Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.)
qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Habeeb, Hiyam Adil
author_facet	Habeeb, Hiyam Adil
author_sort	Habeeb, Hiyam Adil
title	Study On The Mechanical Properties Of Natural PLA And PLA Composites Fabricated By 3D Printing
title_short	Study On The Mechanical Properties Of Natural PLA And PLA Composites Fabricated By 3D Printing
title_full	Study On The Mechanical Properties Of Natural PLA And PLA Composites Fabricated By 3D Printing
title_fullStr	Study On The Mechanical Properties Of Natural PLA And PLA Composites Fabricated By 3D Printing
title_full_unstemmed	Study On The Mechanical Properties Of Natural PLA And PLA Composites Fabricated By 3D Printing
title_sort	study on the mechanical properties of natural pla and pla composites fabricated by 3d printing
granting_institution	Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka
granting_department	Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
publishDate	2016
url	http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/18641/1/Study%20On%20The%20Mechanical%20Properties%20Of%20Natural%20PLA%20And%20PLA%20Composites%20Fabricated%20By%203D%20Printing%2024%20Pages.pdf http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/18641/2/Study%20On%20The%20Mechanical%20Properties%20Of%20Natural%20PLA%20And%20PLA%20Composites%20Fabricated%20By%203D%20Printing.pdf
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