Investigating the effect of orientation, infill density with Triple raster pattern on the tensile properties for 3D Printed samples

Abstract

The main objective of this study is to characterize the effect of infill percentage, printing orientation and raster angle on ABS samples prepared with 3D printing technology. In this research, samples used were fabricated with two different infill percentages (50% & 75%), 6 different raster patterns and three different orientations. The influence of these parameters on tensile properties were studied with the help of 3D printed samples as per ASTM standard D638 Type IV. From the experimental analysis it was found that the tensile properties were highly anisotropic. Stress strain graphs are plotted for all the samples and the variation of strength with respect to the three parameters are analysed. It was observed that Infill density is directly proportional to mechanical properties. Flat and vertical orientation have better strength and stiffness in comparison with vertical build. The experimental results proved that flat oriented samples exhibited variable strength for changes in raster orientation, other samples have shown minimal changes only.