Investigation of Low-Cost FDM-Printed Polymers for Elevated-Temperature Applications
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
- PLA black (Verbatim, Eschborn, Germany), 215 °C/75 °C;
- PLA red (Fil-A-Gehr, produced by Gehr, Mannheim, Germany), 215 °C/75 °C;
- PLA grey (Prusa), 215 °C/75 °C;
- PLA “Coffee” (Proto-Pasta, Vancouver, WA), 205 °C/60 °C;
- PLA “UV” (esun, Shenzhen, China), 210 °C/60 °C;
- PLA “temp” (esun), 210 °C/60 °C;
- HT-PLA (Filamentworld, Neu-Ulm, Germany), 215 °C/60 °C;
- Acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS) (Filamentworld), 230 °C/90 °C;
- High-impact polystyrene (HIPS) (esun), 250 °C/90 °C;
- Polyethylene terephthalate glycol (PETG) (Filamentworld), 230 °C/60 °C;
- PETG “Glow in the dark” (extrudr, Lauterach, Austria), 210 °C/60 °C;
- HDglass (a special PETG, FormFutura), 215 °C/60 °C;
- HDglass “Carbon Fil” (FormFutura, Nijmegen, The Netherlands), 230 °C/60 °C.
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Prequalification Tests with All Materials
3.2. Further Prequalification Tests with Chosen Materials
3.3. Further Prequalification Tests with the Materials for the Final Test
3.4. Final Tests in the Climate Chamber
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Storck, J.L.; Ehrmann, G.; Güth, U.; Uthoff, J.; Homburg, S.V.; Blachowicz, T.; Ehrmann, A. Investigation of Low-Cost FDM-Printed Polymers for Elevated-Temperature Applications. Polymers 2022, 14, 2826. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym14142826
Storck JL, Ehrmann G, Güth U, Uthoff J, Homburg SV, Blachowicz T, Ehrmann A. Investigation of Low-Cost FDM-Printed Polymers for Elevated-Temperature Applications. Polymers. 2022; 14(14):2826. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym14142826
Chicago/Turabian StyleStorck, Jan Lukas, Guido Ehrmann, Uwe Güth, Jana Uthoff, Sarah Vanessa Homburg, Tomasz Blachowicz, and Andrea Ehrmann. 2022. "Investigation of Low-Cost FDM-Printed Polymers for Elevated-Temperature Applications" Polymers 14, no. 14: 2826. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym14142826