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JOURNAL OF RHEOLOGY
Volume 63, Issue 4, Pages 655-672Publisher
SOC RHEOLOGY
DOI: 10.1122/1.5093033
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- Saint-Gobain Research North America
- University of Massachusetts, Lowell
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An in-line rheometer and data acquisition system are used to monitor the melt pressure, melt temperature, and environmental temperatures while producing parts via fused filament fabrication (FFF). Melt pressures are observed to increase when printing parts with small layer heights, which is attributed to the confined space created between the nozzle and the previous layer (i.e., an exit pressure). These exit pressures (referred to as contact pressure) and the resulting interlayer contact areas are analyzed for 2863 layers created at 21 different processing conditions. The measured contact pressure was found to directly influence the shape of the layers and the resulting interlayer contact. An intimate contact model based on contact pressure is combined with a wetting model to accurately predict the interlayer contact of FFF parts. This pressure-driven intimate contact model for FFF shows strong agreement with the observed interlayer contact. No theoretical model has previously existed for predicting interlayer contact, so this research provides a critical component for developing a comprehensive part strength model. Both the measurements and proposed model are sufficiently simple and accurate for real-time analysis of FFF quality, so the described in-line sensors provide valuable quality insights and are recommended for future researchers, printer manufacturers, and end-users. (C) 2019 Author(s).
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