Influence of size on the compressive properties of cellular structures manufactured by additive technologies

ABSTRACT: This article is a continuation of research on hexagonal cell structures. Previous research has dealt with cell structures in normalized models, where it was shown that cell structures should be studied from a single cell to a suitably generated iterative model based on recursive formulas. The aim of this paper was to compare manufactured cell structures with an appropriately defined formula. Printed models of the hexagonal structure subjected to compression showed that, in the case of the Polylactic Acid Blue material, as the size of the side length of the hexagonal cells increased, the quality of the generated diagrams also increased, which informed the undesired effects of the compressive force in the tests. In the case of cells manufactured from the PA2200 material, it was noted that the maximum force acting on the cell structure decreased with increasing cell side length, however, no undesirable situations occurred during testing in contrast to structures manufactured from Polylactic Acid base materials. In the case of Polylactic Acid materials, special attention had to be paid to the Polylactic Acid Gray material. The models were printed with the same parameters, from the same Stereolitography language file, had a slightly higher mass and were subjected to the same compression test, yet showed significant differences in the tests carried out compared to the other models.

KEYWORDS: PLA, PA2200, FFF, SLS, cell structures, additive manufacturing

STRESZCZENIE: Artykuł jest kontynuacją badań dotyczących struktur komórkowych heksagonalnych. Poprzednie badania dotyczyły struktur komórkowych w modelach znormalizowanych. Wykazano, że struktury komórkowe należy badać od pojedynczej komórki do odpowiednio wygenerowanego modelu iteracyjnego opartego na wzorach rekurencyjnych. Celem pracy było porównanie wytworzonych struktur komórkowych o odpowiednio zdefiniowanym wzorze. Wydrukowane modele struktury heksagonalnej poddanej ściskaniu wykazały, że w przypadku materiału Polylactic Acid Blue wraz ze wzrostem długości boku komórek heksagonalnych wzrastała także jakość generowanych diagramów, co informowało o niepożądanych efektach działania siły ściskającej. W przypadku struktur komórkowych wykonanych z materiału PA2200 zauważono, że maksymalna siła działająca na strukturę komórkową zmniejszała się wraz ze wzrostem długości boku struktury komórkowej, jednakże podczas badań nie wystąpiły żadne niepożądane sytuacje w porównaniu ze strukturami wytwarzanymi z materiałów na bazie kwasu polimlekowego. W przypadku materiałów z polikwasu mlekowego szczególną uwagę należało zwrócić na materiał z szarego kwasu polimlekowego. Modele zostały wydrukowane z tymi samymi parametrami, z tego samego pliku, który został zapisany w języku stereolitograficznym, a jednak miały nieco większą masę i zostały poddane temu samemu testowi ściskania, a mimo to wykazały istotne różnice w przeprowadzonych testach w porównaniu z pozostałymi modelami.

SŁOWA KLUCZOWE: PLA, PA2200, FFF, SLS, struktury komórkowe, wytwarzanie przyrostowe

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.17814/mechanik.2024.4.6

 

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