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Title: | Printability of elastomer latex for additive manufacturing or 3D printing |
Authors: | Lukic, Marija Clarke, Jane Tuck, Christopher Whittow, W.G. Wells, Garry |
Keywords: | Elastomers Manufacturing Rubber |
Issue Date: | 2016 |
Publisher: | © Wiley Periodicals, Inc |
Citation: | LUKIC, M. ... et al, 2016. Printability of elastomer latex for additive manufacturing or 3D printing. Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 133 (4), 42931. |
Abstract: | Additive manufacturing, sometimes referred to as 3D printing is a new, rapidly developing technology which has the potential to revolutionize fabrication of certain high value, complex products. Until now conventional elastomers have not been widely used in the additive manufacturing process. The goal of our work was to determine the feasibility of additive manufacturing using ink jet printing of elastomeric latex materials. Particle size, viscosity, and surface tension were measured for five different latex materials—poly(2-chloro-1,3-butadiene), carboxylated styrene-butadiene rubber, carboxylated butadiene-acrylonitrile copolymer, natural rubber, and prevulcanized natural rubber. The XSBR latex was predicted as the one most likely to be printable. Printing trials carried out with the XSBR as the ink proved it to be printable, although technical problems of agglomeration and print head clogging need to be addressed and both the material and process need to be optimized for consistent printing to be achieved. |
Description: | This is the peer reviewed version of the article, which has been published in final form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/app.42931. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving. |
Sponsor: | The authors would like to thank DSTL for funding this project
(National PhD Programme)© Crown copyright 2015. Published
with the permission of the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
on behalf of the Controller of HMSO. |
Version: | Published |
DOI: | 10.1002/app.42931 |
URI: | https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/21163 |
Publisher Link: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/app.42931 |
ISSN: | 0021-8995 |
Appears in Collections: | Published Articles (Materials)
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