The Study and Development of Factor Affecting the Smoothness in 3D Printed Part Surface Treatment via Acetone Vapor

Abstract:

Fused Deposition Modelling (FDM) has been extensively used in low-cost printers. However, the fundamental working principle (layered manufacturing) is resulted in the poor quality of the surface texture, the dimensional inaccuracy of fabricated parts, the limits its domain all issues often take place in precision industrial applications. In this paper, initially FDM based acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) model have been fabricated. In the post-processing stage, the vapor of acetone has been applied to the specimen. Then the changes in the surface finish and surface roughness have been investigated. The study highlighted that the post-processing of ABS specimen with acetone vapor treatment resulted in dramatic improvement of surface finish. Finally, parameter setting that gave the acceptable results while considering all the responses simultaneously.

• Periodical: Key Engineering Materials (Volume 821)
• Pages: 174-180
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.821.174
• Online since: September 2019
• Authors: Ramil Kesvarakul*, Khompee Limpadapun
• Keywords: 3D Printing, ABS, Fused Deposition Modeling

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