Quality performance evaluation of thin walled PLA 3D printed parts using the taguchi method and grey relational analysis

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dc.contributor.authorAslani, Kyriaki-Evangelia
dc.contributor.authorChaidas, Dimitrios
dc.contributor.authorKechagias, John
dc.contributor.authorKyratsis, Panagiotis
dc.contributor.authorSalonitis, Konstantinos
dc.date.accessioned2020-05-20T11:23:44Z
dc.date.available2020-05-20T11:23:44Z
dc.date.issued2020-05-19
dc.description.abstractThis paper investigates the quality performance of FDM 3D printed models with thin walls. The design of experiments method (DOE) was used and nine models of the same size were fabricated in a low-cost 3D printer using polylactic acid (PLA) material. Two limited studied parameters were considered (extraction temperature and wall thickness), each one having three levels. External X and Y dimensions were measured using a micrometer, as well as four surface roughness parameters (Ra, Rz, Rt, Rsm) with a surface tester. Two optimization techniques (the Taguchi approach and Grey relational analysis) were utilized along with statistical analysis to examine how the temperature and wall thickness affect the dimensional accuracy and the surface quality of the parts. The results showed that high extraction temperature and median wall thickness values optimize both dimensional accuracy and surface roughness, while temperature is the most important factor.en_UK
dc.identifier.citationAslani KE, Chaidas D, Kechagias J, et al., (2020) Quality performance evaluation of thin walled PLA 3D printed parts using the taguchi method and grey relational analysis. Journal of Manufacturing and Materials Processing, Volume 4, Issue 2, May 2020, Article number 47en_UK
dc.identifier.issn2504-4494
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.3390/jmmp4020047
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/15454
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherMDPIen_UK
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/*
dc.subjectgrey relational analysisen_UK
dc.subjectTaguchi approachen_UK
dc.subjectsurface roughnessen_UK
dc.subjectdimensional accuracyen_UK
dc.subjectwall thicknessen_UK
dc.subjectextraction temperatureen_UK
dc.subjectoptimizationen_UK
dc.subjectPLAen_UK
dc.subjectFDMen_UK
dc.subjectadditive manufacturingen_UK
dc.titleQuality performance evaluation of thin walled PLA 3D printed parts using the taguchi method and grey relational analysisen_UK
dc.typeArticleen_UK

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