Technical Journal, Vol. 15 No. 4, 2021.
Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.31803/tg-20210805120621
Suitability of Recycled PLA Filament Application in Fused Filament Fabrication Process
Tomislav Breški
orcid.org/0000-0001-8676-835X
; University of Zagreb, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, Ivana Lucica 5, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Lukas Hentschel
; Montanuniveristät Leoben, Chair of Polymer Processing, Otto Glöckel-Straße 2, 8700 Leoben, Austria
Damir Godec
; University of Zagreb, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, Ivana Lucica 5, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Ivica Đuretek
orcid.org/0000-0002-4655-2535
; Montanuniveristät Leoben, Chair of Polymer Processing, Otto Glöckel-Straße 2, 8700 Leoben, Austria
Abstract
Fused filament fabrication (FFF) is currently one of the most popular additive manufacturing processes due to its simplicity and low running and material costs. Support structures, which are necessary for overhanging surfaces during production, in most cases need to be manually removed and as such, they become waste material. In this paper, experimental approach is utilised in order to assess suitability of recycling support structures into recycled filament for FFF process. Mechanical properties of standardized specimens made from recycled polylactic acid (PLA) filament as well as influence of layer height and infill density on those properties were investigated. Optimal printing parameters for recycled PLA filaments are determined with Design of Experiment methods (DOE).
Keywords
design of experiment; fused filament fabrication; polylactic acid; recycling
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Publication date:
1.11.2021.
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