Tribology Behavior of In-Situ FDM 3D Printed Glass Fibre-Reinforced Thermoplastic Composites

Yu Heng  Liow; Khairul Izwan  Ismail; Tze Chuen  Yap

doi:10.6000/1929-5995.2024.13.10

Authors

Yu Heng Liow School of Engineering and Physical Sciences, Heriot-Watt University Malaysia, Jalan Venna P5/2, Precinct 5, Putrajaya 62200, Malaysia
Khairul Izwan Ismail School of Engineering and Physical Sciences, Heriot-Watt University Malaysia, Jalan Venna P5/2, Precinct 5, Putrajaya 62200, Malaysia and Department of Aircraft Maintenance, Polytechnic Banting Selangor, Persiaran Ilmu, Jalan Sultan Abdul Samad, Banting 42700, Malaysia
Tze Chuen Yap School of Engineering and Physical Sciences, Heriot-Watt University Malaysia, Jalan Venna P5/2, Precinct 5, Putrajaya 62200, Malaysia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2259-0158

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6000/1929-5995.2024.13.10

Keywords:

Additive manufacturing, Fused deposition modeling, Extrusion, Polymer composites

Abstract

Fused deposition modeling (FDM) 3D-printed parts are generally weaker compared to injection-moulded parts. Fibre reinforcement is one of the techniques used to enhance the mechanical strength and the tribological behavior of the FDM-printed parts. Recently, a new method for creating FDM 3D-printed composites was developed. Current work focuses on the tribological behavior of the glass fibre-reinforced PLA, manufactured using this new composite manufacturing method. Experiments were conducted to investigate the effect of Glass Fibre (GF) reinforcement on FDM 3D-printed thermoplastic composites, specifically polylactic acid (PLA) under different linear sliding speed and directions. All 3D printed glass fibre-reinforced PLA (PLA-GF) composites exhibited a lower wear rate and a higher friction coefficient compared to 3D printed PLA. Increasing in disc’s linear speed or sliding speed of the pins resulted in a lower coefficient of friction and wear rate. In addition, a perpendicular raster direction towards the disc rotation or pin motion experienced greater friction and greater wear.

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