Testing thermoplastic elastomers selected as flexible three-dimensional printing materials for functional garment and technical textile applications

Three-dimensional printing has already been shown to be beneficial to the fabrication of custom-fit and functional products in different industry sectors such as orthopaedics, implantology and dental technology. Especially in personal protective equipment and sportswear, three-dimensional printing offers opportunities to produce functional garments fitted to body contours by directly printing protective and (posture) supporting elements on textiles. In this article, different flexible thermoplastic elastomers, namely, thermoplastic polyurethanes and thermoplastic styrene block copolymers with a Shore hardness range of 67A–86A are tested as suitable printing materials by means of extrusion-based fused deposition modelling. For this, adhesion force, abrasion and wash resistance tests are conducted using various knitted and woven workwear and sportswear fabrics primarily made of cotton, polyester or aramid as textile substrates. Due to polar interactions between thermoplastic polyurethane and textile substrates, excellent adhesion and high fastness to washing is observed. While fused-deposition-modelling-printed polyether-based thermoplastic polyurethane polymers keep their abrasion–resistant properties, polyester-based thermoplastic polyurethanes are more prone to hydrolysis and can be partially degraded if presence of moisture cannot be excluded during polymer processing and printing. Thermoplastic styrene compounds generally exhibit lower adhesion and abrasion resistance, but these properties can be sufficient depending on the requirements of a particular application. Soft thermoplastic styrene filaments can be processed down to a Shore hardness of 70A resulting in three-dimensional printed parts with good quality and comfortable soft-touch surface. Finally, three demonstrator case studies are presented covering the entire process to realize the customized and three-dimensional printed textile. This encompasses product development and fabrication of a textile integrated custom-fit back protector and knee protector as well as customized functionalization of a technical interior textile for improved acoustic comfort. In the future, printing material modifications by compounding processes have to be taken into account for optimized functional performance.

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Influence of the Infill Geometry of 3D-Printed Tablets on Drug Dissolution

Medical Sciences Forum ◽

10.3390/msf2021005015 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 5 (1) ◽

pp. 15

Author(s):

Nuno Venâncio ◽

Gabriela G. Pereira ◽

João F. Pinto ◽

Ana I. Fernandes

Keyword(s):

Three Dimensional ◽

Drug Dissolution ◽

Fused Deposition Modelling ◽

Three Dimensional Printing ◽

Preliminary Results ◽

Fused Deposition ◽

3D Printed ◽

Dimensional Printing ◽

Hot Melt ◽

Patient Centric

Patient-centric therapy is especially important in pediatrics and may be attained by three-dimensional printing. Filaments containing 30% w/w of theophylline were produced by hot-melt extrusion and printed using fused deposition modelling to produce tablets. Here, preliminary results evaluating the effect of infill geometry (cross, star, grid) on drug content and release are reported.

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3D-Printed Soft Structure of Polyurethane and Magnetorheological Fluid: A Proof-of-Concept Investigation of its Stiffness Tunability

Micromachines ◽

10.3390/mi10100655 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 10 (10) ◽

pp. 655 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Seong-Woo Hong ◽

Ji-Young Yoon ◽

Seong-Hwan Kim ◽

Sun-Kon Lee ◽

Yong-Rae Kim ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Fused Deposition Modeling ◽

Permanent Magnets ◽

Thermoplastic Polyurethane ◽

Three Dimensional ◽

Magnetorheological Fluid ◽

Three Dimensional Printing ◽

Fused Deposition ◽

Deposition Modeling ◽

3D Printed ◽

Dimensional Printing

In this study, a soft structure with its stiffness tunable by an external field is proposed. The proposed soft beam structure consists of a skin structure with channels filled with a magnetorheological fluid (MRF). Two specimens of the soft structure are fabricated by three-dimensional printing and fused deposition modeling. In the fabrication, a nozzle is used to obtain channels in the skin of the thermoplastic polyurethane, while another nozzle is used to fill MRF in the channels. The specimens are tested by using a universal tensile machine to evaluate the relationships between the load and deflection under two different conditions, without and with permanent magnets. It is empirically shown that the stiffness of the proposed soft structure can be altered by activating the magnetic field.

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Rapid Prototyping: Technologies, Materials and Advances

Archives of Metallurgy and Materials ◽

10.1515/amm-2016-0151 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 61 (2) ◽

pp. 891-896 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

P. Dudek ◽

A. Rapacz-Kmita

Keyword(s):

Rapid Prototyping ◽

Selective Laser Sintering ◽

Three Dimensional ◽

Digital Data ◽

Fused Deposition Modelling ◽

Three Dimensional Printing ◽

Fused Deposition ◽

Composite Fabrication ◽

Materials Used ◽

Dimensional Printing

AbstractIn the context of product development, the term rapid prototyping (RP) is widely used to describe technologies which create physical prototypes directly from digital data. Recently, this technology has become one of the fastest-growing methods of manufacturing parts. The paper provides brief notes on the creation of composites using RP methods, such as stereolithography, selective laser sintering or melting, laminated object modelling, fused deposition modelling or three-dimensional printing. The emphasis of this work is on the methodology of composite fabrication and the variety of materials used in these technologies.

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Cotton-containing printing wires based on the two-dimensional braiding method for three-dimensional printing of clothing

Textile Research Journal ◽

10.1177/00405175211059208 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 004051752110592

Author(s):

Meng-jie Wu ◽

Chao Zhi ◽

Li Tu ◽

Yong-zhen Wang ◽

Yang Dai ◽

...

Keyword(s):

3D Printing ◽

Thermoplastic Polyurethane ◽

Three Dimensional ◽

Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene ◽

Two Dimensional ◽

Three Dimensional Printing ◽

Textile Materials ◽

Fused Deposition ◽

3D Printed ◽

Dimensional Printing

There is a large somatosensory gap between the three-dimensional (3D) printing of clothing and traditional garments due to the limitations (e.g., air permeability and skin-friendliness) of the printing materials. For this reason, the application of traditional textile materials in 3D printing has become a hot topic in the field of 3D printed clothing. Based on the above, this work prepared four kinds of cotton-containing composite solutions and then impregnated thermoplastic polyurethane core yarns in these solutions to obtain four types of 3D printed cotton-containing composite core yarns (3Dp-C-CYs). Afterward, based on the two-dimensional (2D) braiding method, four kinds of cotton-containing 3D printing wires used for fused deposition molding technology were prepared by wrapping low-melting polyester filaments around the different 3Dp-C-CYs. After comparing the printing performance of the four cotton-containing 3D printing wires, the wire containing cotton powders had the best comprehensive performance and was selected to print the cotton-containing 3D printed fabrics. The results showed that the cotton-containing 3D printed fabric has good flatness and contains a large number of cotton powders; in addition, compared with the traditional polylactic acid and acrylonitrile butadiene styrene copolymer 3D printed fabrics, the 3D printed fabric made up of cotton-containing 3D printing wire can provide a closer wearing experience to that of cotton fabric. The 3D printing wire produced by the 2D braiding method offers a new idea for applying traditional textile materials in 3D printing, showing great application potentials in the field of 3D printing of clothing.

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SISTEM KONTROL MESIN FUSED DEPOSITION MODELLING

POROS ◽

10.24912/poros.v14i2.843 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 14 (2) ◽

pp. 107

Author(s):

Cristian Awi ◽

Gatot Soeharsono ◽

Didi Widya Utama

Keyword(s):

Control System ◽

Fused Deposition Modeling ◽

Three Dimensional ◽

Fused Deposition Modelling ◽

Three Dimensional Printing ◽

Engine Control System ◽

Fused Deposition ◽

Modeling Process ◽

Deposition Modeling ◽

Dimensional Printing

Abstract: Fused deposition modeling is a rapid prototyping process that is very popular. Fused deposition modeling is actually one method of Three -dimensional printing. Fused deposition modeling process , namely by heating the thermoplastic material and then do the printing . Our focus is to learn, the engine control system fused deposition modeling with software arduino 1.6.8 with firmware marlin and other software 3d printer. experimental control system is done by testing the direction of motion and measuring the distance and then test the form . Making fused deposition modeling is intended as a prototype in order to understand the control system and how to innovate in the development of fused deposition modeling. The results of the control system in the form of a fused depositon modeling engine capable of running as expected and can create a physical model.

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REVIEW OF CURRENT RESEARCH ON CHITOSAN AS A RAW MATERIAL IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTING TECHNOLOGY IN BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS

Progress on Chemistry and application of Chitin and its Derivatives ◽

10.15259/pcacd.25.003 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol XXV ◽

pp. 37-50

Author(s):

Szymon Mania ◽

Adrianna Banach ◽

Robert Tylingo

Keyword(s):

Selective Laser Sintering ◽

Three Dimensional ◽

Raw Material ◽

Fused Deposition Modelling ◽

Digital Light Processing ◽

Three Dimensional Printing ◽

Fused Deposition ◽

Potential Applications ◽

3D Printers ◽

Dimensional Printing

Three-dimensional (3D) biomaterial manufacturing strategies show an extraordinary driving force for the development of innovative solutions in the biomedical sector, including drug delivery systems, disease modelling and tissue and organ engineering. Due to its remarkable and promising biological and structural properties, chitosan has been widely studied for decades in several potential applications in the biomedical field. However, tools in the form of 3D printers have created new possibilities for the production of chitosan models, implants and scaffolds for cell cultures that are much more precise than existing ones. The article presents current achievements related to the possibility of using chitosan to create new materials for 3D printing in the form of chitosan bioinks, filaments, resins and powders dedicated for bioprinting, fused deposition modelling, stereolithography/digital light processing and selective laser sintering methods, respectively

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