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SEMINAR PRESENTATION
SUBMITTED TO
GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
GUJARAT

SUBJECT CODE:- 2740004

GUIDED BY:- PREPARED BY:-

PROF. R. I. PATEL MISHRA SHUBHAM P.
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR M.E. :-CAD/CAM
GOVERNMENT ENGINEERING GOVERNMENT ENGINEERING
COLLEGE,DAHOD COLLEGE,DAHOD
CONTENTS

1. Introduction.

2. Present scenario.

3. Literature review.

4. Conclusion.

5. References.

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1. INTRODUCTION

 Fused deposition modeling (FDM) is an additive

manufacturing technology commonly used for
modeling, prototyping, and production applications.

 It is one of the techniques used for 3D printing.

 FDM works on an "additive" principle by laying down

material in layers, a plastic filament or metal wire is
unwound from a coil and supplies material to produce
a part.
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HISTORY
 Fused deposition modeling (FDM) was developed by S.
Scott Crump in the late 1980s and was commercialized in
1990 by Stratasys.

 With the expiration of the patent on this technology there

is now a large open-source development community
(called RepRap), as well as commercial and DIY variants,
which utilize this type of 3D printer. This has led to two
orders of magnitude price drop since this technology's
creation.

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BASIC PROCESS OF FUSED DEPOSITION MODELLING

 FDM printers use a thermoplastic filament, which is

heated to its melting point and then extruded, layer by
layer, to create a three dimensional object.

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2. PRESENT SCENARIO

In present we can manufacture this type of objects

with good surface finishing.

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 3. LITERATURE REVIEW
Title:- Post processing for fused deposition modelling parts

Review:-

 Fused Deposition Modelling (FDM), suffers from poor surface roughness

restricting its application in some areas requiring high surface integrity.
Because of this issue, a post processing stage is required to improve the
surface roughness of the AM parts.

 In this work, an acetone vapor bath smoothing post process is employed to

improve the surface roughness of parts manufactured by FDM.

 The smoothing parameters are the number of smoothing cycles and the
cycle duration.

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Cont.
 Eventually, the total time during which the part is in acetone vapour is found
to be the main factor affecting the final surface roughness. The surface of
the parts are digitized using a 3D microscope and the extracted point cloud
was used to analyze the surface.

 A total least square plane is fitted to the points and the deviation of points
from this plane is used for calculation of the surface roughness.

 The results of this study suggests the best smoothing parameters to get the
best surface roughness for each set of design parameters. The final surface
roughness can be predicted by the roughness for each set of design
parameters.

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 In this paper the authors study the influence of FDM machining
parameters on acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) prototypes surface
finish.

 The surface finish of products after the modification of extrusion

parameters has been measured and processed through designed
experiments.

 The chemical post treatment does not require human intervention and
has led to a significant improvement in surface finish at the expense of
a negligible change in the prototype size.

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Cont.
 In this paper the roughness of FDM prototypes is analyzed. Process
parameters have been shown to affect the Ra .

 In particular the slice height and the raster width are important parameters
while the tip diameter has little importance for surfaces running either
parallel or perpendicular to the build direction.

 A chemical post-processing treatment has been analyzed and yields a

significant improvement of the Ra of the treated specimens.

 The proposed chemical treatment is economic, fast and easy to use. Instead,
the existing state of the art commercial systems are still operator-dependent,
last several hours and have high costs.

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 The surface finish of Fused Deposition Modeled (FDM) parts can be
improved by performing chemical dipping based on immersion in a
dimethylketone–water solution.

 The authors aim to gain a more in-depth knowledge of this process, by

analyzing and comparing the mechanical properties and the surface quality
of treated and untreated FDM parts.

 Tensile and bending mechanical properties have been investigated by

designing and performing experiments.

 The results have been verified by testing an FDM marine turbine blade
employed to generate energy.

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Cont.
 In this paper the mechanical properties of FDM prototypes treated with a
solution of 90% dimethylketone and 10% water have been analyzed.

 The treatment can be used to dramatically improve the surface finish of

ABS prototypes.

 In conditions of reduced roughness, a minor reduction of the tensile strength

was found but a greater ductility was found.

 As an industrial case study, a turbine blade has been tested with the three-
point bending test, and has shown no loss of mechanical properties but a
reduced roughness.

 Further studies are needed, to address several other aspects such as the
differences in the elastic behavior, or the influence of the time between the
treatment and the test.
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4. CONCLUSION
 The results showed that the main input factor in the smoothing process is the total
time that the part is suspended in the vapour bath. Between the cycle duration and
number of cycles, cycle duration proved to be the most important factor.

 A chemical post-processing treatment has been analyzed and yields a significant

improvement of the Ra of the treated specimens. The proposed chemical treatment is
economic, fast and easy to use.

 Turbine blade has been tested with the three-point bending test, and has shown no
loss of mechanical properties but a reduced roughness. Further studies are needed, to
address several other aspects such as the differences in the elastic behavior, or the
influence of the time between the treatment and the test.
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 REFERENCES

 L.M. Galantucci (1)*, F. Lavecchia, G. Percoco(2009), Experimental study aiming

to enhance the surface finish of fused deposition modeled parts, CIRP Annals -
Manufacturing Technology 58 (2009) 189–192

 L.M. Galantucci (1)*, F. Lavecchia, G. Percoco(2010), Quantitative analysis of a

chemical treatment to reduce roughness of parts fabricated using fused deposition
modelling, CIRP Annals - Manufacturing Technology 59 (2010) 247–250

 Amirali Lalehpour*, Ahmad Barari** (2016), Post processing for Fused Deposition
Modeling Parts with Acetone Vapour Bath , Department of Automotive, Mechanical
and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Ontario Institute of Technology ,
IFAC-PapersOnLine 49-31 (2016) 42–48

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