Key parameters controlling surface quality and dimensional accuracy: a critical review of FFF process

J Kechagias, D Chaidas, N Vidakis… - Materials and …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Fused filament fabrication (FFF) is an additive manufacturing process, which constructs
physical items by fused melt material, selectively deposited layer-by-layer through a heated …

In situ monitoring of additive manufacturing using digital image correlation: A review

FG Cunha, TG Santos, J Xavier - Materials, 2021 - mdpi.com
This paper is a critical review of in situ full-field measurements provided by digital image
correlation (DIC) for inspecting and enhancing additive manufacturing (AM) processes. The …

Effects of 3D-printing processing parameters on FFF parts' porosity: Outlook and trends

J Kechagias, S Zaoutsos - Materials and Manufacturing Processes, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The filament material extrusion (ME) process manufactures functional components for a
wide range of personalized applications in medicine, fashion and remanufacturing cases, or …

Defect inspection technologies for additive manufacturing

Y Chen, X Peng, L Kong, G Dong… - … Journal of Extreme …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Additive manufacturing (AM) technology is considered one of the most promising
manufacturing technologies in the aerospace and defense industries. However, AM …

[HTML][HTML] Izod impact and hardness properties of 3D printed lightweight CF-reinforced PLA composites using design of experiment

AA Ansari, M Kamil - International Journal of Lightweight Materials and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract 3D printing plays an excellent role in the fabrication of customized parts for a variety
of industrial sectors, but the printing parameters have a major influence on the performance …

Optimising fused filament fabrication surface roughness for a dental implant

JD Kechagias, SP Zaoutsos - Materials and Manufacturing …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Medical applications of 3D Printing (3DP) have been investigated with dental implants and
prosthetics since 2000. However, the use of 3DP in dental implants has been growing due to …

Influence of 3D printing process parameters on the mechanical properties and mass of PLA parts and predictive models

JA Afonso, JL Alves, G Caldas, BP Gouveia… - Rapid Prototyping …, 2021 - emerald.com
Purpose This paper aims to evaluate the influence of the parameters of the Fused Filament
Fabrication (FFF) process on the mechanical properties and on the mass of parts printed in …

Surface roughness assessment of ABS and PLA filament 3D printing parts: structural parameters experimentation and semi-empirical modelling

JD Kechagias - The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing …, 2024 - Springer
As a typical 3D printing process, fused filament fabrication still has disadvantages when
operating on manufacturing lines due to the non-uniform textures of the oriented surfaces of …

[HTML][HTML] Multi-parameter optimization of PLA/Coconut wood compound for Fused Filament Fabrication using Robust Design

JD Kechagias, SP Zaoutsos, D Chaidas… - The International Journal …, 2022 - Springer
This study investigates the effects of four variables during fused filament fabrication of
organic biocompatible composite material, PLA with coconut flour, at the ultimate tensile …

[HTML][HTML] Laser cutting of 3D printed acrylonitrile butadiene styrene plates for dimensional and surface roughness optimization

JD Kechagias, K Ninikas, M Petousis… - The International Journal …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract 3D printing (3DP) of polymers using fused filament fabrication (FFF) is not yet
massively adopted in industrial environments due to shape accuracy and surface integrity …