Abstract: Fused Deposition Modelling (FDM) is one of the rapid prototype process that produce prototypes from plastic materials such as ABS, PLA, Naylon, etc. It is a process that creates parts in an additive layer by layer manner. In FDM process, the critical factors are selected for making component to measure different properties. The design investigates the effect of the process parameters layer thickness, orientation and infill on the tensile strength, tensile module, compressive strength, compressive module, and surface roughness. Experiments are conducted using Taguchi’s design of experiments with three levels for each factor. Experiments were carried out on FDM replicator 2 machines coupled with Maker WareTM software and PLA as main material. Tensile and compressive specimens were prepared as per the ASTM standard. Multi-objective optimization on the basis of ratio analysis (MOORA) and technique for order preferences by similarity to an ideal solution (TOPSIS) method are used to find the ranking of FDM process parameters and also compare the results of MOORA and TOPSIS Method.
Keywords: FDM, Layer Thickness, Orientation, Infill, MOORA, TOPSIS Method.
Title: Evaluation of FDM Process Parameter for PLA Material by Using MOORA-TOPSIS Method.
Author: Priyank B Patel, Jaksan D. Patel, Kalpesh D. Maniya
International Journal of Mechanical and Industrial Technology
ISSN 2348-7593 (Online)
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