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Effect of layer thickness and print orientation on strength of 3D printed and adhesively bonded single lap joints

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Three-dimensional printing is the common name given to various techniques used to manufacture different objects. Fused deposition technique is a commonly used additive manufacturing technology in prototyping and production. Fused deposition modelling systems are limited in terms of shape and size of parts. Printing parts with less support material, for parts too large to print in a single operation or for parts with fine details, sectioning and adhesively bonding is the solution for manufacturing. According to adhesion theory, the strength of adhesively bonding between three-dimensional printed parts is affected by surface roughness. Effects of layer thickness and print orientation on adhesion strength of parts manufactured with three-dimensional printing were experimentally studied. As a result of the study, it was found that the edgewise orientation had the highest bonding strength in lower layer thicknesses, while flatwise orientation had the highest bonding strength in higher layer thicknesses.

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  1. Mechanical Engineering Department, Engineering Faculty, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey

    Volkan Kovan & Eyup Sabri Topal

  2. Mechanical Engineering Department, Engineering Faculty, Pamukkale University, Denizli, Turkey

    Gurkan Altan

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Volkan Kovan received his B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. from the Pamukkale University, Denizli, Turkey. Dr. Kovan is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey. Prior to joining Akdeniz University in 2010, he was Assistant Professor at Pamukkale University. His research interests are mainly materials and product design.

Gurkan Altan is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Engineering Faculty at Pamukkale University, Denizli, Turkey. Dr. Altan received his B.S. from the Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey and M.S. and Ph.D. from the Pamukkale University, Denizli, Turkey. Recently his research interests are joints and 3D Printing.

Eyup Sabri Topal is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey. Dr. Topal received his B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. from the Erciyes University, Erciyes, Turkey. His main research fields are manufacturing processes.

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Kovan, V., Altan, G. & Topal, E.S. Effect of layer thickness and print orientation on strength of 3D printed and adhesively bonded single lap joints. J Mech Sci Technol 31, 2197–2201 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12206-017-0415-7

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