... to achieve adequate printing temperatures for carbon-fiber-reinforced polycarbonate. Design/methodology/approach The manuscript presents experimental results obtained with a conventional desktop 3D printer that has been substantially modified to enable printing of advanced composite materials. The most...

... to understand its relation with dimensional error. Design/methodology/approach A benchmark part was designed and manufactured in Polycarbonate on an Arburg Plastic Freeformer 2K-3A. The process was repeated with two levels of drop aspect ratio (1.2125 and 1.2150) and two build chamber temperatures (90°C...

...Iman Sedighi; Majid R. Ayatollahi; Bahador Bahrami; Marco A. Pérez-Martínez; Andrés A. Garcia-Granada Purpose The purpose of this paper is to study the Mode I fracture behavior of polycarbonate (PC) parts produced using fused deposition modeling (FDM). The focus of this study is on samples printed...

...Iman Sedighi; Majid R. Ayatollahi; Bahador Bahrami; Marco A. Pérez-Martínez; Andres A. Garcia-Granada Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of layer orientation on the tensile, flexural and fracture behavior of additively manufactured (AM) polycarbonate (PC) produced using...

... acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) and polycarbonate (PC) parts utilizing digital image correlation (DIC). Design/methodology/approach Tensile and shear characterizations of ABS and PC 3D-printed parts were performed to determine the extent of anisotropy present in 3D-printed materials. Specimens were...

...Nevin Hill; Mehrdad Haghi Purpose – The purpose of this study is to explore the dependence of material properties and failure criteria for fused deposition modeling (FDM) polycarbonate on raster orientation. Design/methodology/approach – Tension, hardness and density measurements were...