Summary of literature about studies focusing on PA powder ageing and the main trends
| Reference | Material | Atmosphere | Ageing | Refreshing | Build cycles | Bulk density | MFR ∝ viscosity-1 | Agglomeration | Particle size (distribution) | Crystallinity | Melting peak temperature | Young′s modulus | Tensile strength | Strain at break | Orange peel | Porosity | Part size |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Josupeit and Schmid, 2017) | 12 | A | O | N | – | – | ↓ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| (Mielicki et al., 2014b) | 12 | A | O | N | – | – | ↓ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| (Sanders et al., 2022) | 12 | A | O | N | – | – | – | – | – | ↓ | ↓ | ↑ | ↓ | ↓ | – | – | – |
| (Martínez et al., 2012) | 12 | A | O | N | – | – | ↓ | – | – | – | ↑ | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| (Dooher et al., 2021) | 12 | A | O | N | – | – | – | – | – | ↓ | ↓ | ↑ | ↑ | ↓ | – | – | – |
| (Goodridge et al., 2010) | 12 | A | O | N | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ↑ | ↑ | ↑ | – | – | – |
| (Chen et al., 2018a) | 12 | N | M | Y | 4 | – | ↓ | – | – | ↓ | ↔ | – | – | – | ↑ | – | ↓ |
| (Morano et al., 2023) | 12 | N | M | Y | ? | – | – | – | – | ↑ | ↑ | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| (Sillani et al., 2019) | 12 | N | M | Y | 1 | – | ↓ | – | ↑ | ↔ | ↓ | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| (Yang et al., 2020) | 12 | N | M | Y | ? | – | – | ↑ | ↑ | ↑ | ↓ | ↓ | ↓ | ↑ | – | – | ↑↓ |
| (Dadbakhsh et al., 2017) | 12 | N | M | Y | 2–10 | – | ↓ | ↔ | ↔ | ↓ | ↑ | ↓ | ↓ | ↓ | – | – | – |
| (Sanders et al., 2024) | 12 | N | M | Y | 7 | – | – | ↑ | – | ↔↑ | ↑ | ↓ | ↓ | ↔ | – | ↑ | – |
| (Dotchev and Yusoff, 2009) | 12 | N | M | Y | 10 | – | ↓ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ↑ | – | – |
| (DePalma et al., 2020) | 12 | N | M | Y | 10 | – | ↓ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| (Pilipović et al., 2022) | 12 | N | A | Y/N | 3 | – | – | – | – | ↑ | ↑ | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| (Chen et al., 2018b) | 6/12 | N | M | ? | > 5 | – | – | ↑/↑ | ↑/↔ | ↓/↓ | ↔/↔ | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| (Yao et al., 2020) | 12 | N | M | N | 9 | – | – | – | ↔ | – | – | ↑↓ | ↑↓ | ↑↓ | – | ↑ | – |
| (Gazzerro et al., 2023) | 12 | N | M | N | > 5 | – | – | – | – | ↓ | – | ↑ | ↓ | ↓ | – | – | – |
| (Gomes et al., 2022) | 12 | N | M | N | 6 | – | – | ↔ | ↔ | ↓ | ↓ | ↔ | ↔ | – | ↑ | ↑ | – |
| (Alo et al., 2023) | 12 | N | M | N | 8 | – | – | – | ↔ | – | – | – | – | – | ↑ | – | ↑ |
| (Wudy and Drummer, 2019) | 12 | N | M | N | 5 | – | ↓ | – | – | ↓ | ↑ | – | – | – | – | ↑ | – |
| (Wegner et al., 2014) | 12 | N | M/O | N | 5 | ↔ | ↓ | – | – | – | – | ↓ | ↓ | ↑↓ | ↑ | – | – |
| (Wudy and Drummer, 2016) | 12 | N | M | N | 5 | ↓ | ↓ | – | ↔ | – | – | ↓ | ↓ | ↑↓ | ↑ | ↑ | – |
| (Pandelidi et al., 2021) | 11 | N | M | Y/N | 1 | – | – | – | ↑ | – | ↑ | – | ↓ | ↔ | – | ↑ | – |
| (Stiller et al., 2022) | 6 | N | M | N | 7 | ↓ | ↓ | ↑ | – | ↑ | ↓↑ | ↓ | ↓ | ↓ | ↑ | ↑ | ↓ |
| This study | 12 | N | M | N | 9 | ↓ | ↓ | ↑ | ↔ | ↔↓ | ↑ | ↔↓ | ↑↓ | ↑ | ↑ | ↑ | ↓ |
| Σ | ↑ | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 2 | ||||
| Σ | ↔ | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Σ | ↓ | 3 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Out of these 26 studies, Σ investigated | 4 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 5 | |||||
| Material | Atmosphere | Ageing | Refreshing | Build | Bulk | MFR ∝ | Agglomeration | Particle size | Crystallinity | Melting peak | Young′s | Tensile | Strain at | Orange | Porosity | Part | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | A | O | N | – | – | ↓ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 12 | A | O | N | – | – | ↓ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 12 | A | O | N | – | – | – | – | – | ↓ | ↓ | ↑ | ↓ | ↓ | – | – | – | |
| 12 | A | O | N | – | – | ↓ | – | – | – | ↑ | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 12 | A | O | N | – | – | – | – | – | ↓ | ↓ | ↑ | ↑ | ↓ | – | – | – | |
| 12 | A | O | N | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ↑ | ↑ | ↑ | – | – | – | |
| 12 | N | M | Y | 4 | – | ↓ | – | – | ↓ | ↔ | – | – | – | ↑ | – | ↓ | |
| 12 | N | M | Y | ? | – | – | – | – | ↑ | ↑ | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 12 | N | M | Y | 1 | – | ↓ | – | ↑ | ↔ | ↓ | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 12 | N | M | Y | ? | – | – | ↑ | ↑ | ↑ | ↓ | ↓ | ↓ | ↑ | – | – | ↑↓ | |
| 12 | N | M | Y | 2–10 | – | ↓ | ↔ | ↔ | ↓ | ↑ | ↓ | ↓ | ↓ | – | – | – | |
| 12 | N | M | Y | 7 | – | – | ↑ | – | ↔↑ | ↑ | ↓ | ↓ | ↔ | – | ↑ | – | |
| 12 | N | M | Y | 10 | – | ↓ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ↑ | – | – | |
| 12 | N | M | Y | 10 | – | ↓ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 12 | N | A | Y/N | 3 | – | – | – | – | ↑ | ↑ | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 6/12 | N | M | ? | > 5 | – | – | ↑/↑ | ↑/↔ | ↓/↓ | ↔/↔ | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 12 | N | M | N | 9 | – | – | – | ↔ | – | – | ↑↓ | ↑↓ | ↑↓ | – | ↑ | – | |
| 12 | N | M | N | > 5 | – | – | – | – | ↓ | – | ↑ | ↓ | ↓ | – | – | – | |
| 12 | N | M | N | 6 | – | – | ↔ | ↔ | ↓ | ↓ | ↔ | ↔ | – | ↑ | ↑ | – | |
| 12 | N | M | N | 8 | – | – | – | ↔ | – | – | – | – | – | ↑ | – | ↑ | |
| 12 | N | M | N | 5 | – | ↓ | – | – | ↓ | ↑ | – | – | – | – | ↑ | – | |
| 12 | N | M/O | N | 5 | ↔ | ↓ | – | – | – | – | ↓ | ↓ | ↑↓ | ↑ | – | – | |
| 12 | N | M | N | 5 | ↓ | ↓ | – | ↔ | – | – | ↓ | ↓ | ↑↓ | ↑ | ↑ | – | |
| 11 | N | M | Y/N | 1 | – | – | – | ↑ | – | ↑ | – | ↓ | ↔ | – | ↑ | – | |
| 6 | N | M | N | 7 | ↓ | ↓ | ↑ | – | ↑ | ↓↑ | ↓ | ↓ | ↓ | ↑ | ↑ | ↓ | |
| 12 | N | M | N | 9 | ↓ | ↓ | ↑ | ↔ | ↔↓ | ↑ | ↔↓ | ↑↓ | ↑ | ↑ | ↑ | ↓ | |
| Σ | ↑ | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 2 | ||||
| Σ | ↔ | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Σ | ↓ | 3 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| 4 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 5 | ||||||
Material: 6 = PA6, 11 = PA11, 12 = PA12; Atmosphere: N = nitrogen, A = air; Ageing: M = machine (during build cycle), O = oven, A = alternatives; Refreshing: Y = yes, N = no; Results: ↑ rising, ↔ not noteworthy, ↓ decreasing, - not investigated
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