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Performance evaluation of the 3d printing system through fault tree analysis method (FTAM)

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This study focuses on the performance analysis of the 3D printing process using cementitious material on equipment installed at the Structures Laboratory (LabEst-UnB) of the University of Brasilia. A research direction was defined for the 3D printing with the aim of identifying which steps need to be further developed and which improvements should be made for this specific process to evolve. Following the execution of the proposed experimental program, evaluations of cementitious material pieces printed with the InovaHouse3D’s Alya 130 printer were conducted, documenting the encountered issues and classifying them into failure groups. The causes, consequences, and affected components were defined and used in the application of the Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) method in the search for critical system events. It was observed that the most critical system failures were related to the material composition and printing parameters, focusing on events that trigger variations in the material's consistency. Thus, through this work, it was possible to identify improvement opportunities and suggest scientific research topics to enhance the 3D printing process according to the established priority levels.

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    Gabriela Felfili, Marcos Honorato de Oliveira & Juliana de Almeida Martinelli

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Gabriela Felfili wrote the manuscript. Gabriela Felfili and Juliana Martinelli executed the printing proccess and captured the photographs presented in the paper. Juliana Martinelli is the CEO of InovaHouse3D and owns the machine used in this project. Gabriela Felfili and Marcos Oliveira reviewed the manuscript.

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Correspondence to Gabriela Felfili.

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The possible competing interest is non-financial, given that one of the authors, Juliana Martinelli, is the CEO of the company that owns the machine used in this paper. However, it should be noted that Juliana Martinelli is also a student at the University of Brasília and was only involved in the printing process, not in the writing of the manuscript itself.

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Felfili, G., de Oliveira, M.H. & de Almeida Martinelli, J. Performance evaluation of the 3d printing system through fault tree analysis method (FTAM). J Build Rehabil 8, 68 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41024-023-00295-1

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