期刊
RAPID PROTOTYPING JOURNAL
卷 28, 期 8, 页码 1530-1540出版社
EMERALD GROUP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1108/RPJ-04-2021-0075
关键词
Additive manufacturing (AM); Stereolithography (SLA); Infill density; Hexagonal pattern; Build orientation; Layer thickness
资金
- Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme (TEQIP III)
This study investigates the effect of different process parameters on the compression properties of liquid crystal display-based stereolithography technique. The results provide experimental data for selecting print parameters by comparing the compression properties of different materials, infill densities, and build orientations.
Purpose Liquid crystal display (LCD)-based stereolithography (SLA) technique has been used in drug delivery and fabrication of microfluidic devices and piezoelectric materials. It is an additive manufacturing technique where an LCD source has been used as a mask to project the image onto the tank filled with photo curable resin. This resin, when interacted with light, becomes solid. However, critical information regarding the energy absorption during the compression analysis of different components three-dimensional (3D) printed by SLA process is still limited. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the effect of different process parameters on the compressive properties. Design/methodology/approach In the present study, the influence of layer thickness, infill density and build orientation on the compression properties is investigated. Four infill densities, that is, 20%, 40%, 60% and 80%; five-layer thicknesses, that is, 50 mu m, 75 mu m, 100 mu m, 150 mu m and 200 mu m; and two different orientations, that is, YXZ and ZXY, have been selected for this study. Findings It is observed that the samples printed with acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) absorbed higher energy than the flexible polyurethane (FPU). Higher infill density and sample oriented on ZXY absorbed higher energy than sample printed on YXZ orientation, in both the ABS and FPU materials. Parts printed with 80% infill density and 200 mu m layer thickness resulted into maximum energy for both the materials. Originality/value In this study, two different types of materials are used for the compression analysis using LCD-SLA-based 3D printer. Specific energy absorbed by the samples during compression testing is measured to compare the influence of parameters. The investigation of infill parameters particularly the infill density is very limited for the SLA-based 3D printing process. Also, the results of this study provide a database to select the print parameters to obtain the required properties. The results also compare the specific energy for hard and flexible material for the same combination of the process parameters.
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