Mechanical Properties Optimization of Poly-Ether-Ether-Ketone via Fused Deposition Modeling

Xiaohu Deng; Zhi Zeng; Bei Peng; Shuo Yan; Wenchao Ke

doi:10.3390/ma11020216

Mechanical Properties Optimization of Poly-Ether-Ether-Ketone via Fused Deposition Modeling

Materials (Basel). 2018 Jan 30;11(2):216. doi: 10.3390/ma11020216.

Authors

Xiaohu Deng^{1

2}, Zhi Zeng^{3

4}, Bei Peng⁵, Shuo Yan⁶, Wenchao Ke⁷

Affiliations

¹ National Local Joint Engineering Laboratory of Intelligent Manufacturing Oriented Automobile Die & Mold, Tianjin University of Technology and Education, Tianjin 300222, China. dengxh@tute.edu.cn.
² Tianjin Key Laboratory of High Speed Cutting and Precision Machining, Tianjin University of Technology and Education, Tianjin 300222, China. dengxh@tute.edu.cn.
³ School of Mechatronics Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, China. zhizeng@uestc.edu.cn.
⁴ Institute of Electronic and Information Engineering of UESTC in Guangdong, Dongguan 523808, China. zhizeng@uestc.edu.cn.
⁵ School of Mechatronics Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, China. bpe188@gmail.com.
⁶ School of Mechatronics Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, China. 201722080301@std.uestc.edu.cn.
⁷ School of Mechatronics Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, China. 201721080101@std.uestc.edu.cn.

Abstract

Compared to the common selective laser sintering (SLS) manufacturing method, fused deposition modeling (FDM) seems to be an economical and efficient three-dimensional (3D) printing method for high temperature polymer materials in medical applications. In this work, a customized FDM system was developed for polyether-ether-ketone (PEEK) materials printing. The effects of printing speed, layer thickness, printing temperature and filling ratio on tensile properties were analyzed by the orthogonal test of four factors and three levels. Optimal tensile properties of the PEEK specimens were observed at a printing speed of 60 mm/s, layer thickness of 0.2 mm, temperature of 370 °C and filling ratio of 40%. Furthermore, the impact and bending tests were conducted under optimized conditions and the results demonstrated that the printed PEEK specimens have appropriate mechanical properties.

Keywords: flexural properties; fused deposition modeling; impact properties; polyether-ether-ketone; tensile properties.