Parametric Study of Fused Deposition Modelling Process During Fabrication of Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS) Based Injection Molding Die

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Year : 2023 | Volume :10 | : 1 | Page : 1-7
By

    Shivam Singh

  1. S.K.S. Yadav

  1. Scholar, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Harcourt Butler Technical University, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
  2. Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Harcourt Butler Technical University, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to dictate an optimum process parameter during the fabrication of additively manufactured acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) based injection mold using fused deposition modelling methodology based additive manufacturing process and to assess the quality of the infection mold by analyzing the surface roughness of the injection mold, and the time taken in the manufacturing of the mold. The ABS PRO+ filament is used in manufacturing ABS-based injection mold which is manufactured by the WOL 3D. The printer used for manufacturing of ABS-based injection mold is manufactured by Creality Ender-3 3D printing machine working on the Fused Deposition Modelling or FDM principle. FDM is a filament-based process and uses polymer-based filament for printing. The filament used in developing the mold has a nozzle temperature of about 250°C and a bed temperature of about 90°C. The mold was manufactured by changing different process parameters such as speed of printing and layer height of printing and all the other parameters of the experiment were kept constant throughout the experiment. Three parameters of both layer height and printing speed are taken for this study. A total of nine molds were manufactured at different combinations of layer height and printing speed. The 3D printed mold was then analyzed for the processing effects on the surface roughness and time taken in 3D printing of the injection mold. The study concluded the optimum value of printing speed and layer height for better surface finish and less time consumption for 3D printing the injection mold.

Keywords: Additive manufacturing, ABS, FDM, mold

This article belongs to Conference RAMMTE-2022: Recent Advances in Materials, Manufacturing and Thermal Engineering

How to cite this article: Shivam Singh, S.K.S. Yadav.Parametric Study of Fused Deposition Modelling Process During Fabrication of Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS) Based Injection Molding Die.Journal of Polymer and Composites.2023; 10(1):1-7.
How to cite this URL: Shivam Singh, S.K.S. Yadav , Parametric Study of Fused Deposition Modelling Process During Fabrication of Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS) Based Injection Molding Die jopc 2023 {cited 2023 Jan 23};10:1-7. Available from: https://journals.stmjournals.com/jopc/article=2023/view=96847

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Conference Open Access Original Research
Volume 10
1
Received August 27, 2022
Accepted September 6, 2022
Published January 23, 2023
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