1 Introduction
2 Materials and methods
2.1 Materials
2.2 Methods
2.2.1 3D-printing setup
2.2.2 Design of testing specimen
2.2.3 Printing experiment
Printing parameters | |
Raster angle/infill line direction (°) | 0 |
Infill density (%) | 100 |
Infill pattern | Aligned rectilinear |
Extrusion/processing temperature (°C) | |
PC | 250 |
PMMA | 235 |
Extrusion multiplier | 1 |
Build plate temperature (°C) | 90 |
Printing speed (mm/s) | 60 |
Factors | PC/PMMA | PMMA/PC | ||||||
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PC | PMMA | PMMA | PC | |||||
Max | Min | Max | Min | Max | Min | Max | Min | |
Layer thickness (mm) | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
Raster width (mm) | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 |
Run no. | PC/PMMA | PMMA/PC | ||||||
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PC layer thickness (mm) | PC raster width (mm) | PMMA layer thickness (mm) | PMMA raster width (mm) | PMMA layer thickness (mm) | PMMA raster width (mm) | PC layer thickness (mm) | PC raster width (mm) | |
1 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.5 |
2 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.5 |
3 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.5 |
4 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.4 |
5 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.4 |
6 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.4 |
7 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.5 |
8 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.4 |