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Additive manufacturing of short carbon filled fiber nylon: effect of build orientation on surface roughness and viscoelastic behavior

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Additive manufacturing of polymers is used for rapid prototyping and in specific applications for the fabrication of final products. As the application range grows to the industrial sector, functional parts require better mechanical properties and tighter tolerance ranges. Short-fiber reinforced polymers can handle higher stresses and significantly less deformation than raw AM polymers, but their surface roughness and viscoelastic behavior are poorly understood. The authors perform the dynamical mechanical analysis, line, and surface roughness characterization of fused filament fabricated composites in this work. Mainly, Onyx, a short carbon-filled fiber nylon thermoplastic composite, was used in three different build orientations: flat, on-edge, and upright. Then, the effect of build orientation on the viscoelastic and roughness properties is discussed. Results showed that despite using the same raw material, printing direction has a moderate impact on the viscoelastic behavior and a significant effect on the surface roughness of the part. For instance, a difference of 25 °C in the Tg was observed between the on-edge and upright build orientation, with the latter the highest. Also, the flat print orientation presented the lowest values in the z-roughness of all the three build orientations analyzed.

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    Miguel Ángel Hidalgo-Salazar & Juan Pablo Correa-Aguirre

  3. GIEMA, School of Mechanical Engineering, Universidad Industrial de Santander, Bucaramanga, Colombia

    Octavio Andrés González-Estrada & Alberto David Pertuz

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León-Becerra, J., Hidalgo-Salazar, M.Á., Correa-Aguirre, J.P. et al. Additive manufacturing of short carbon filled fiber nylon: effect of build orientation on surface roughness and viscoelastic behavior. Int J Adv Manuf Technol 130, 425–435 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-023-12503-w

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