Various materials are used for 3D printing, most commonly Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS), Polylactic acid (PLA), Polyethylene (PET) and Polypropylene (PP). These materials differ mainly in their melting point, which significantly influences the properties of the final products. Filaments are melted in the print head during the printing process. The temperature range is from 150 °C to 250 °C depending on the technology used. The optimum temperature for the cooling substrate on which printing is carried out is chosen so as to ensure uniform cooling and deformation. It generally varies between (40 – 100) °C. From the above it is clear that both temperatures can significantly affect the properties of the printed 3D object. It is therefore important to determine the thermal parameters (thermal conductivity, specific heat and thermal diffusivity) of the materials used across the entire range of temperatures. For evaluating the properties of different types of PLA materials, the step transient method was used, which allows determination of all required parameters using a fractal heat transfer model.
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7 July 2016
THERMOPHYSICS 2016: 21st International Meeting
12–14 October 2016
Terchova, Slovakia
Research Article|
July 07 2016
Study of the thermal properties of filaments for 3D printing
Lucie Trhlíková;
Lucie Trhlíková
b)
1Faculty of Chemistry,
Brno University of Technology
, 612 00 Brno, Czech Republic
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Oldrich Zmeskal;
Oldrich Zmeskal
a)
1Faculty of Chemistry,
Brno University of Technology
, 612 00 Brno, Czech Republic
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Petr Psencik;
Petr Psencik
c)
2CEITEC,
Brno University of Technology
, 612 00 Brno, Czech Republic
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Pavel Florian
Pavel Florian
d)
1Faculty of Chemistry,
Brno University of Technology
, 612 00 Brno, Czech Republic
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AIP Conf. Proc. 1752, 040027 (2016)
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Lucie Trhlíková, Oldrich Zmeskal, Petr Psencik, Pavel Florian; Study of the thermal properties of filaments for 3D printing. AIP Conf. Proc. 7 July 2016; 1752 (1): 040027. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4955258
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