Process parameters available in the literature for the UF316L filament
| (Caminero et al., 2021) | (Gong et al., 2018, 2019) | (Damon et al., 2019) | (Liu et al., 2020) | (Jimbo and Tateno, 2019) | (Tosto et al., 2021) | (Jiang and Ning, 2021, 2022a) | (Carminati et al., 2022; Quarto et al., 2021) | (Rosnitschek et al., 2021) | (Moritzer et al., 2021) | (Ait-Mansour et al., 2020) | (Obadimu et al., 2022; Obadimu and Kourousis, 2022a) | |
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| Parameter/source | Ultimaker 3 | Flashforge Dreamer | Apium P155 | CoLiDo metal 3D printer | Axiom Dual, Airwolf | Zortrax M200 | Lulzbot Taz6 | Ultimaker S5 | German RepRap X500 | Prusa i3 Mk3s | Funmat HT | Prusa i3MK3 |
| Metal composition [%] | 80 (wt) | >88 (wt) | >80 (wt) | 88 (wt) | / | / | 88 (wt) | 90 (wt) | 90 (wt) | / | 80 (vol) | 90 (wt) |
| Nozzle diameter [mm] | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.4 | / | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.25, 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Layer height [mm] | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.22 | 0.14 | 0.2 | 0.1, 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.125, 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.15, 0.20, 0.25 |
| Line width [mm or % related to nozzle diameter] | 0.56 | / | 0.48 | / | / | / | / | / | 0.5 | 87.5, 120, 152.5% | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Infill [%] | 100 | / | 100 | 100 | / | 100 | 100 | 100 | 25, 50, 75, 100 | 100 | 25, 50, 75, 100, 125 | 100 |
| Infill type | / | Lines | Lines | / | / | Lines | Lines/ concentric | Hexagonal | Lines | Lines | Lines | |
| Print temp. [°C] | 230 | 235 | 210 | 230 | 240 | 240 | 240 | 170, 240 | 240 | 230 | 235 | 235 |
| Bed temp. [°C] | 100 | / | 120 | / | / | 90 | 100 | 100 | 90, 120, 140 | 120 | 90 | 90 |
| Print speed [mm/s] | 15 | 60 | 33 | / | 35 | / | 30 | 20,50 | 25 | 20,25, 34 | 30 | 30, 35, 40 |
| Debinding | Catalytic + thermal | Catalytic | Catalytic+ thermal | Catalytic + thermal | Thermal | Catalytic | Catalytic + thermal | Catalytic + thermal | Catalytic + thermal | / | Catalytic + thermal | Catalytic + thermal |
| Sintering | Pure H atm. | Pure H atm. or vacuum | Pure H atm. | Argon atm. | Vacuum | H atm. | Pure H atm | Argon atm | Pure H atm | / | Argon atm | Pure H atm |
| Porosity (as-sintered) [%] | 1.9–2.1 | 1.5 | 0.5–1.7 | 7.7 | / | 9.8 | 4.4 | 5 | 11.4 (for 100% infill) | / | 4.6 (for 100% infill) | / |
| ( | ( | ( | ( | ( | ( | ( | ( | ( | ( | ( | ( | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ultimaker 3 | Flashforge Dreamer | Apium P155 | CoLiDo metal 3D printer | Axiom Dual, Airwolf | Zortrax M200 | Lulzbot | Ultimaker S5 | German RepRap X500 | Prusa i3 Mk3s | Funmat HT | Prusa i3MK3 | |
| 80 (wt) | >88 (wt) | >80 (wt) | 88 (wt) | / | / | 88 (wt) | 90 (wt) | 90 (wt) | / | 80 (vol) | 90 (wt) | |
| 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.4 | / | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.25, 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | |
| 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.22 | 0.14 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.125, 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.15, 0.20, 0.25 | ||
| 0.56 | / | 0.48 | / | / | / | / | / | 0.5 | 87.5, 120, 152.5% | 0.4 | 0.4 | |
| 100 | / | 100 | 100 | / | 100 | 100 | 100 | 25, 50, 75, 100 | 100 | 25, 50, 75, 100, 125 | 100 | |
| / | Lines | Lines | / | / | Lines | Hexagonal | Lines | Lines | Lines | |||
| 230 | 235 | 210 | 230 | 240 | 240 | 240 | 240 | 230 | 235 | 235 | ||
| 100 | / | 120 | / | / | 90 | 100 | 100 | 90, 120, | 120 | 90 | 90 | |
| 15 | 60 | 33 | / | 35 | / | 30 | 25 | 20,25, 34 | 30 | 30, 35, 40 | ||
| Catalytic | Catalytic | Catalytic+ thermal | Catalytic + thermal | Thermal | Catalytic | Catalytic + thermal | Catalytic + thermal | Catalytic + thermal | / | Catalytic + thermal | Catalytic + thermal | |
| Pure H atm. | Pure H atm. or vacuum | Pure H atm. | Argon atm. | Vacuum | H atm. | Pure H atm | Argon atm | Pure H atm | / | Argon atm | Pure H atm | |
| 1.9–2.1 | 1.5 | 0.5–1.7 | 7.7 | / | 9.8 | 4.4 | 5 | 11.4 (for 100% infill) | / | 4.6 (for 100% infill) | / |
Underlined parameters are those considered optimal by the study’s authors. When details are unavailable in the cited study, the “/” symbol is used
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