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Investigation of Tensile and Flexural Property of 316L Stainless Steel-Coated Polylactic Acid Parts

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Additive manufacturing (AM) has emerged as a globally adopted, powerful tool of manufacturing over traditional manufacturing techniques owing to its part customization characteristics, ability to create complex shapes, waste minimization, design flexibility, etc. Among the distinct AM techniques, fused deposition modeling (FDM) has increased in widespread popularity among researchers or engineers working in the area of biomedical (orthopedic implants), material science application, and new product development owing to its simplicity, versatility of material usage, and cost-effectiveness as compared to other additive manufacturing methods. In the present investigation, 18 samples of PLA material (9 for tensile and 9 for flexural test) were printed on FDM 3D printer based on Taguchi’s L-9 orthogonal array at different parameters. Further, these samples were coated with 316L stainless steel using a low-cost electric spray method. Thereafter, the coated samples were tested for tensile and flexural strength using the universal testing machine. Finally, the optimal combinations of the parameters were selected using the analysis of variance of the signal-to-noise ratio. The results showed that at optimum parameters (A1B2C2: raster angle 30°, number of top and bottom layer 3, and coating thickness of 100 µm) maximum tensile strength (29.51 MPa) and flexural strength (98 MPa) were achieved.

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The authors are highly thankful to Chandigarh University (Punjab) and Auxein Medical Pvt Ltd. (Haryana) for offering the chance to carry out this research work.

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Kumar, R., Kumar, M. & Chohan, J.S. Investigation of Tensile and Flexural Property of 316L Stainless Steel-Coated Polylactic Acid Parts. J. of Materi Eng and Perform 33, 3087–3100 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-023-08200-0

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