The Study of Physico-Mechanical Properties of Polylactide Composites with Different Level of Infill Produced by the FDM Method
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Materials
2.2. Method of testing
- M − water uptake
- Mw − mass of the samples after hydrolytic degradation
- Mt − mass of the neat samples before hydrolytic degradation
3. Results and discussion
- ΔHf is the melting enthalpy of the samples
- Fmax − maximum length of empty space
- Fmin − minimum length of empty space
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Parameters | Variant 1 | Variant 2 | Variant 3 | Variant 4 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Layer height [mm] | 0.5 | |||
Bed temperature [°C] | 55 | |||
Extruder temperature [°C] | 190 | |||
Extrusion speed [mm/s] | 45 | |||
Degree of infill [%] | 100 | |||
Direction of print angle [°] | 45 | 85 | 70 | 50 |
Index | Description | Density [g/cm3] | Specific Strength |
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100 | 100% of infill | 1.2156 ± 0.0321 | 48.3 ± 0.4 |
100C | 100% of crystallized infill | 1.2253 ± 0.0222 | 53.9 ± 0.6 |
85 | 85% of infill | 1.1652 ± 0.0139 | 40.0 ± 0.2 |
85C | 85% of crystallized infill | 1.1655 ± 0.0092 | 45.9 ± 0.7 |
70 | 70% of infill | 0.9946 ± 0.0139 | 41.0 ± 0.6 |
70C | 70% of crystallized infill | 1.0101 ± 0.0065 | 48.2 ± 0.5 |
50 | 50% of infill | 0.8704 ± 0.0294 | 46.5 ± 0.8 |
50C | 50% of crystallized infill | 0.8767± 0.0118 | 48.5 ± 0.3 |
σz [MPa] | Ez[MPa] | εz[%] | σg [MPa] | Eg[MPa] | εg[%] | |||||||
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P | C | P | C | P | C | P | C | P | C | P | C | |
PLA 100 | 64.2±0.4 | 66.1±0.3 | 3668±121 | 4254±210 | 2.2±0.2 | 1.9±0.3 | 118.9±0.4 | 119.1±0.3 | 3487±78 | 3526±131 | 5.2±0.5 | 7.4±0.2 |
PLA 85 | 54.1±0.2 | 53.5±0.4 | 3466±132 | 3588±195 | 2.5±0.3 | 2.1±0.5 | 102.5±0.3 | 101.5±0.2 | 3279±104 | 3305±101 | 6.1±0.4 | 5.9±0.3 |
PLA 70 | 49.4±0.4 | 48.7±0.5 | 3412±129 | 3404±187 | 2.1±0.5 | 2.0±0.2 | 95.7±0.1 | 95.6±0.6 | 3138±109 | 3096±89 | 5.2±0.3 | 5.0±0.2 |
PLA 50 | 42.6±0.3 | 42.5±0.6 | 2609±147 | 2920±217 | 2.4±0.4 | 2.2±0.6 | 89.8±0.4 | 81.2±0.2 | 2903±119 | 2980±108 | 5.6±0.1 | 5.5±0.2 |
Types of Samples | Samples before Crystallization | Samples after Crystallization |
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Values of melting enthalpy [J/g] | 19.23 | 20.42 |
Values of crystallinity [%] | 17.48 | 18.57 |
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Gaweł, A.; Kuciel, S. The Study of Physico-Mechanical Properties of Polylactide Composites with Different Level of Infill Produced by the FDM Method. Polymers 2020, 12, 3056. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym12123056
Gaweł A, Kuciel S. The Study of Physico-Mechanical Properties of Polylactide Composites with Different Level of Infill Produced by the FDM Method. Polymers. 2020; 12(12):3056. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym12123056
Chicago/Turabian StyleGaweł, Anna, and Stanisław Kuciel. 2020. "The Study of Physico-Mechanical Properties of Polylactide Composites with Different Level of Infill Produced by the FDM Method" Polymers 12, no. 12: 3056. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym12123056