WAYS TO REDUCE COMMON IMPERFECTIONS IN 3D PRINTING

Abstract

3D printing, or additive manufacturing, has greatly transformed multiple industries by allowing the creation of intricate designs and forms. Nevertheless, despite these advancements, the technology still confronts notable obstacles such as expensive costs, slow printing speeds, restricted part sizes, limited strength and why not imperfections that appear due to equipment, parameter settings or other various reasons. Fused deposition modelling (FDM) is a rapidly expanding technique in the field of additive manufacturing, namely in printing. The performance of the printed parts produced as a result is constrained in comparison to those achieved through alternative manufacturing methods, mostly due to the inherent shortcomings. Therefore, there has been an increased focus on developing strategies to address these limitations in recent years. The primary objective of this study is to identify and examine the primary weaknesses that may arise, as well as to explore the existing techniques for mitigating or reducing them, with the aim of improving the functional characteristics of the printed components.