PC/ABS Blend for Fused Particle Fabrication - Lit Review[edit | edit source]
This lit review is intended to investigate the properties of polycarbonate (PC) and acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) blends for fused particle fabrication (FPF) applications. Blending techniques, extrusion temperatures, blend compositions, and resulting mechanical properties are reviewed to aid in the printing of recycled PC and ABS on re:3D's Gigiabot X FPF printer.
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- ABS PC Blend
- Fused Particle Fabrication ABS PC
- ABS PC blend compatibilizers
Mechanical Properties and Applications of Recycled Polycarbonate Particle Material Extrusion-Based Additive Manufacturing[edit | edit source]
- Reich, M. J., Woern, A. L., Tanikella, N. G., & Pearce, J. M. (2019). Mechanical Properties and Applications of Recycled Polycarbonate Particle Material Extrusion-Based Additive Manufacturing. Materials, 12(10), 1642. doi:10.3390/ma12101642
- https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/12/10/1642
- Optimization of PC FPF on the Gigabot X
- 250C and 260C for heating zones 1 and 2, respectively, with 110C Print bed temperatures were found to print recycled PC best on the Gigabot X.
- 5 mm^3/s extrusion rate
- 5 mm/s extrusion speed.
- PC prints really slow to reduce stringiness.
Fused Particle Fabrication 3-D Printing: Recycled Materials’ Optimization and Mechanical Properties[edit | edit source]
- Woern, A., Byard, D., Oakley, R., Fiedler, M., Snabes, S., & Pearce, J. (2018). Fused Particle Fabrication 3-D Printing: Recycled Materials’ Optimization and Mechanical Properties. Materials, 11(8), 1413. doi:10.3390/ma11081413
- https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/11/8/1413
- Optimization of Gigabot X to print PLA, PET, ABS and PP.
- Extruder temps of 240C for both zones were used to print ABS, and the bed temperature was set to 90C.
- 15 mm/s print speed.
- 26.25 mm^3/s extrusion rate.
- 3mm recycled pellets were used
Some Mechanical and Thermal Properties of PC/ABS Blends[edit | edit source]
- Krache, R., & Debah, I. (2011). Some Mechanical and Thermal Properties of PC/ABS Blends. Materials Sciences and Applications, 02(05), 404–410. https://doi.org/10.4236/msa.2011.25052
- https://www.scirp.org/pdf/msa20110500013_53100492.pdf
- Background and analysis of PC/ABS blends
- Virgin polymer used for both PC and ABS
- PC dried at 100C and ABS at 70C for 24 hours before blending
- Blends made of 0/100 - 100/0 PC/ABS compositions made at 10% intervals by weight.
- Injection molded into samples at 250C.
- Tensile, Flexural, and Impact tests were used.
- Young's Modulus increased linearly with PC content.
- UTS gradually increases with PC content.
- Flexural Modulus increased with PC content.
- Hardness increased with PC content.
- FT-IR and SEM were used to analyze structure of blends.
Study of thermal degradation behavior and kinetics of ABS / PC blend[edit | edit source]
- Bano, S., Ramzan, N., Iqbal, T., Mahmood, H., & Saeed, F. (2020). Study of thermal degradation behavior and kinetics of ABS/PC blend. Polish Journal of Chemical Technology, Vol. 22(nr 3). https://doi.org/10.2478/pjct-2020-0029https://doi.org/10.4236/msa.2011.25052
- https://yadda.icm.edu.pl/baztech/element/bwmeta1.element.baztech-92fbc8af-99e8-40f5-ba6f-9ba05c900037
- Thermal analysis of PC/ABS blends using TGA from 25C-520C.
- 50/50 blend of PC and ABS were used.
- TGA showed that significant degradation of PC/ABS blend began at 230C and continued to 500C.
MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF HIGH IMPACT ABS/PC BLENDS – EFFECT OF BLEND RATIO[edit | edit source]
- Hassan, A., & Jwu, W. Y. (2005). MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF HIGH IMPACT ABS/PC BLENDS – EFFECT OF BLEND RATIO. 12.
- https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/11779495.pdf
- 40/60 ABS/PC blend ration was found to be ideal based on mechanical properties.
- Virgin pellets used for both PC and ABS.
- PC dried at 120C for 8 hours, ABS dried at 85C for 6 hours
- 0-100% PC to ABS blends were made at 20% intervals by weight.
- Blends tumble mixed for 5-10 minutes.
- Injection molded at 210-240C.
- Tensile, flexural, impact, and creep tests were performed.
- Tensile strength and elastic modulus increased with PC percent
FTIR analysis on aging characteristics of ABS/PC blend under UV-irradiation in air[edit | edit source]
- Li, J., Chen, F., Yang, L., Jiang, L., & Dan, Y. (2017). FTIR analysis on aging characteristics of ABS/PC blend under UV-irradiation in air. Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 184, 361–367. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.saa.2017.04.075
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1386142517303530?casa_token=4VcYRQwaioUAAAAA:PN5a4Gibs7N8Q036dy4bp-6MMXCLQjiMVrUdNXSASfYpYV7rivLDAikAdKTxrXEtImIEwMM
- PC/ABS blend has better UV resistance than just ABS; higher photo-stability.
- ABS:PC = 100:0, 70:30, 50:50, 30:70, and 0:100 proportions were used.
Balance between bonding and deposition during fused deposition modeling of polycarbonate and acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene composites[edit | edit source]
- Zhou, Y.-G., Zou, J.-R., Wu, H.-H., & Xu, B.-P. (2020). Balance between bonding and deposition during fused deposition modeling of polycarbonate and acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene composites. Polymer Composites, 41(1), 60–72. https://doi.org/10.1002/pc.25345
- https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/pc.25345
- PC ABS blends used in FDM printing
- PC/ABS, PC/ABS/E, PC/ABS/N, and PC/ABS/E/N composites tested
- 553K Melt Temp
- 353 Mold Temp
Synthesis and characterization of an amine-functional SAN for the compatibilization of PC/ABS blends[edit | edit source]
- Wildes, G. S., Harada, T., Keskkula, H., Paul, D. R., Janarthanan, V., & Padwa, A. R. (1999). Synthesis and characterization of an amine-functional SAN for the compatibilization of PC/ABS blends. Polymer, 40(11), 3069–3082. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0032-3861(98)00521-7
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0032386198005217
- An amine-functional styrene–acrylonitrile (SAN–amine) polymer is proposed as a reactive compatibilizer
- Polymers dried at 80C for 12 hours
- Mixtures extruded at 270C
- Parts extruded at 260C, mold temp was 250C
