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A simple method for improving the tensile strength of fused filament fabrication part

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Fused filament fabrication (FFF) is an additive manufacturing process that uses a continuous filament of a thermoplastic material. The FFF is able to fabricate physical models with sophisticated geometries. Unfortunately, the mechanical property of the fabricated physical models is limited. Therefore, this drawback will limit the application of the fabricated physical models made by FFF. To improve this drawback, this work demonstrates a simple method to increase the tensile strength of printed parts. This method combines filament preheating and ultraviolet (UV) resin reinforcement methods. The tensile strength of the printed tensile test piece with a filling density of 100% was soaked in UV resin and then cured with a wavelength of 405 nm for 30 min. The tensile strength was increased from 35.08 to 37.5 MPa with an improvement rate of about 6.9%. The tensile strength was increased from 35.08 to 43.97 MPa when the filling density was 100% and the filament was preheated at 50 °C with an improvement rate of about 25.34%. Combining filament preheating and UV resin reinforcement methods, the tensile strength was increased from 35.08 to 46.75 MPa. The improvement rate in tensile strength is up to 33.26%. The failure mechanism of the tensile test sample made by combining UV resin reinforcement and filament preheating method is also investigated.

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This study received financial support from the Ministry of Science and Technology of Taiwan under contract nos. NSTC 111-2221-E-131-015-MY2, MOST 110-2221-E-131-023, and MOST 109-2637-E-131-004.

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  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ming Chi University of Technology, No. 84, Gungjuan Road, New Taipei City, 243, Taiwan

    Chil-Chyuan Kuo, Zong-Ying **e, Jun-Zhan Ke & Wei-Han Chen

  2. Research Center for Intelligent Medical Devices, Ming Chi University of Technology, No. 84, Gungjuan Road, New Taipei City, 243, Taiwan

    Chil-Chyuan Kuo

  3. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Chang Gung University, No. 259, Wenhua 1st Rd., Guishan Dist, Taoyuan City, 33302, Taiwan

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  4. Center for Reliability Engineering, Ming Chi University of Technology, No. 84, Gungjuan Road, New Taipei City, 243, Taiwan

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  5. Li-Yin Technology Co., Ltd, No. 37, Lane 151, Section 1, Zhongxing Road, Wugu District, New Taipei City, 241, Taiwan

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Kuo, CC., **e, ZY., Ke, JZ. et al. A simple method for improving the tensile strength of fused filament fabrication part. Int J Adv Manuf Technol 129, 3513–3521 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-023-12565-w

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