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Journal of Polymer & Composites Original Research AMENT-2024

Optimization of Process Parameters for FDM Printed Tensile Test Specimens to Reduce Energy Consumption and CO2 Emission for Sustainable Manufacturing

  1. Kolusu Venkatesh Department of Mechanical Engineering, Geethanjali College of Engineering & Technology, Hyderabad
  2. L. Siva Rama Krishna Department of Mechanical Engineering, University College of Engineering, Osmania University, Hyderabad
  3. A. Seshu Kumar Council of Scientific & Industrial Research- Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad

Abstract

Three-Dimensional Printing (3D Printing) is one of the advanced manufacturing technologies which is being tremendously used in many fields because of its innovative applications. The concept of making a three-dimensional product by adding the material layer upon layer through Computer Aided Design (CAD) file data as input source is known as 3D Printing. Fused Deposition Modelling (FDM) is one of the leading technologies from all the available 3D Printing technologies, because of its easy operation, high accuracy with less running and maintenance costs. FDM uses different types of plastic materials in the form of filaments as input material for producing a three-dimensional product. Sustainable Manufacturing (SM) is the universal acronym for representing the practice of effectively using the resources by fulfilling the needs of present generations without compromising the needs of future generations. It focuses on environment, economy and society. Green Manufacturing (GM) approaches like reduce, reuse and recycle are used to attain sustainability. Evaluations through trails on ASTM D638 Type-IV tensile test 3D printed specimens by altering the input process parameters on FDM with Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS) as material had been worked out in the present study. By employing Taguchi optimization approaches, Design of Experiments (DOE) have been performed to explore how various input process factors impacts the use of energy consumption, emissions of CO2, and mechanical attributes. Percentage contribution of process factors on responses has been find out through Analysis of Variance. The study on reducing the energy consumption and emission of CO2 has been highlighted for attaining sustainability through green manufacturing approach.

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