Journal
MATERIALS & DESIGN
Volume 146, Issue -, Pages 249-259Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2018.03.015
Keywords
Additive manufacturing; Fused filament fabrication (FFF); Biocompatible PEEK; Fracture toughness; Interfacial bonding; Fused deposition modeling (FDM)
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- Abu Dhabi Education Council (ADEC) through the ADEC Award for Research Excellence (A2RE) [EX2016-000006]
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In this study, the tensile, flexural and fracture behavior of PEEK processed by fused filament fabrication (FFF) is reported. Three different configurations, viz., specimens built horizontally with a raster angle of 0 degrees (H-0 degrees) and 90 degrees (H-90 degrees), and vertically with a raster angle of 90 degrees (V-90 degrees) are examined. The best performing specimen in terms of its tensile, flexural and fracture toughness properties is H-0 degrees, followed by H-90 degrees and V-90 degrees. The H-0 degrees and H-90 degrees specimens exhibit 85% and 75% of tensile and flexural strengths of molded bulk PEEK, respectively. The fracture toughnesses of the H-0 degrees and H-90 degrees specimens are 78% and 70% of molded bulk PEEK, respectively. However, V-90 degrees specimens show lower tensile, flexural and fracture toughness properties compared to those of H-0 degrees, H-90 degrees and molded PEEK. The fracture surface and microtomography analyses indicate that the degree of interfacial bonding between beads during layer-by-layer buildup, is affected by the thermal gradient across the beads. The PEEK specimen configurations examined here have different thermal gradient in the build directions and such variations manifest themselves in their macroscopic mechanical behavior. The findings of this study provide guidelines for FFF of PEEK to enable its realization in applications such as orthopedic implants. (c) 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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