Instrumented open-source filament extruder for research and education. (October 2022)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- Instrumented open-source filament extruder for research and education. (October 2022)
- Main Title:
- Instrumented open-source filament extruder for research and education
- Authors:
- de Oliveira Filho, Maurício
de Jesus, Matheus Cerqueira
Nakazato, Anderson Zenken
Kondo, Marcel Yuzo
de Oliveira Hein, Luis Rogerio - Abstract:
- Graphical abstract: Abstract: Extruders are necessary equipment for 3D filament manufacturing, which is considered a clean technology because it has less scrap and can reuse materials, increasing its life cycle. Open source extruders are less expensive than industrial extruders. However, they have little instrumentation, which limits processing analysis and thus the development of new materials, screw design and process control. Therefore, this project aims to develop a low-cost extruder with a high degree of instrumentation for in-situ process analysis. To achieve this, equipment was developed with an integrated circuit board, both with modularity, machine and peripheral control, process stability, and data acquisition. To validate the equipment, processing was done at constant temperature and with flow variation. The data obtained were the temperatures at different points in the barrel, the rotation speed of the extruder motor, the current consumed by the motor and the resistances, and the speed of the extruder motor. Thermal images of the components were obtained during processing, validating the type of material used in the parts manufactured by additive manufacturing. The ABS filament produced was analyzed by flow and surface analysis using a confocal microscope. Higher flow rates had a better surface quality of the filament.
- Is Part Of:
- HardwareX. Volume 12(2022)
- Journal:
- HardwareX
- Issue:
- Volume 12(2022)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 12, Issue 2022 (2022)
- Year:
- 2022
- Volume:
- 12
- Issue:
- 2022
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2022-0012-2022-0000
- Page Start:
- Page End:
- Publication Date:
- 2022-10
- Subjects:
- Pilot plant -- In situ process -- Filament quality -- Circular economy
Scientific apparatus and instruments -- Periodicals
Laboratories -- Equipment and supplies -- Periodicals
Laboratories -- Equipment and supplies
Scientific apparatus and instruments
Periodicals
Electronic journals
681 - Journal URLs:
- https://www.journals.elsevier.com/hardwarex ↗
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/24680672 ↗
http://www.sciencedirect.com/ ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1016/j.ohx.2022.e00362 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 2468-0672
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