Manufacture and thermal deformation analysis of semicrystalline polymer polyether ether ketone by 3D printing

This study developed a polyether ether ketone (PEEK) three-dimensional (3D) printing system. Three-dimensional printing chamber is designed for researching and solving the thermal deformation problem of the fabricating high melting point biomaterial PEEK process through 3D printing. A multi-paramete...

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Published in:Materials research innovations 2014-08, Vol.18 (sup5), p.S5-12-S5-16
Main Authors: Wu, W. Z., Geng, P., Zhao, J., Zhang, Y., Rosen, D. W., Zhang, H. B.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
3D printing
Biomaterial
Chambers
Crystalline polymer
Deformation
Medical
Nozzles
PEEK
Polyether ether ketones
Polyetheretherketones
Thermal deformation analysis
Three dimensional
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Summary:This study developed a polyether ether ketone (PEEK) three-dimensional (3D) printing system. Three-dimensional printing chamber is designed for researching and solving the thermal deformation problem of the fabricating high melting point biomaterial PEEK process through 3D printing. A multi-parameter single factor experiments were carried out to analyse the effect of chamber temperature T 1 , nozzle temperature T 2 on deformation of PEEK 3D printing samples. The results prove that the warping deformation is minimal with the chamber temperature at 130°C, the nozzle temperature at 350°C. The PEEK parts were printed successfully through the optimal parameters determined by the experiment. The results of this study demonstrate the feasibility of manufacturing personalised small batch PEEK function parts in industrial and medical fields.
ISSN:1432-8917
1433-075X
DOI:10.1179/1432891714Z.000000000898