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 …

Fused deposition modelling: Current status, methodology, applications and future prospects

A Cano-Vicent, MM Tambuwala, SS Hassan… - Additive …, 2021 - Elsevier
Fused deposition modelling (FDM) is an advanced 3D printing technique for the
manufacture of plastic materials. The ease of use, prototyping accuracy and low cost makes …

Research trends in abrasive flow machining: A systematic review

N Dixit, V Sharma, P Kumar - Journal of manufacturing Processes, 2021 - Elsevier
The components used in aerospace, automotive, and biomedical industries are made up of
modern materials like titanium alloys, ceramics, composites etc. However, the complexity in …

Current trends and research opportunities in hybrid additive manufacturing

UM Dilberoglu, B Gharehpapagh, U Yaman… - … International Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Despite the rapid growth in the past decade, the industrial adoption of additive
manufacturing has not still been achieved due to certain limitations. A recent trend to …

Post-processing treatments to enhance additively manufactured polymeric parts: A review

F Tamburrino, S Barone, A Paoli… - Virtual and Physical …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The potential of additive manufacturing to produce optimised and customized polymeric
parts is often impaired by poor surface finish, low mechanical properties, and insufficient …

A novel eco-friendly abrasive media based abrasive flow machining of 3D printed PLA parts using IGWO and ANN

AW Hashmi, HS Mali, A Meena, S Ahmad… - Rapid Prototyping …, 2023 - emerald.com
Purpose Three-dimensional (3D) printed parts usually have poor surface quality due to layer
manufacturing's “stair casing/stair-stepping”. So post-processing is typically needed to …

Property enhancement approaches of fused filament fabrication technology: A review

RV Pazhamannil, JN VN, GP… - Polymer Engineering & …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The shift from rapid prototyping to rapid manufacturing using 3D printing is prominent after
the development of volumetric 3D printing, multi‐material printing, and functional materials …

The surface quality improvement methods for FDM printed parts: a review

AW Hashmi, HS Mali, A Meena - Fused deposition modeling based 3D …, 2021 - Springer
The implementation of traditional manufacturing processes is majorly limited by the scale of
the manufacturing process and by the shape, size and geometrical nature of the part, and …

Effect of post-process treatments on mechanical properties and surface characteristics of 3D printed short glass fiber reinforced PLA/TPU using the FDM process

L Cao, J Xiao, JK Kim, X Zhang - CIRP Journal of Manufacturing Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
The extrusion-based fused deposition modeling (FDM) has become the most frequently
used additive manufacturing method because of its shorten production time and cost …

Surface modification of fused filament fabrication (FFF) 3D printed substrates by inkjet printing polyimide for printed electronics

DJ Roach, C Roberts, J Wong, X Kuang, J Kovitz… - Additive …, 2020 - Elsevier
Recent advances in additive manufacturing (AM), also known as 3D printing, have enabled
exponential growth in its application to the field of electronics and radio frequency (RF) …