Abstract
In practice, the fused deposition modeling technique is widely used for producing various plastic functional components in the research and development stage. In particular, adhesive bonding is capable of bonding dissimilar materials quickly. However, the bonding strength is affected by human factors. In addition, bolts are also used to bond small 3D printed parts for making a large 3D physical model. However, this locking method is not resistant to vibration. The feature of fusion bonding of thermoplastic materials is known for its weldability. Rotary friction welding (RFRW) has low energy consumption in the welding field. In general, the weld quality is affected by the process parameters of RFRW significantly. The Taguchi method was used to optimize the process parameters of RFRW of dissimilar polymeric rods to reduce random efforts by the trial-and-error method. The most critical control factor is the weld time. The contribution percentage for the weld time, feed rate, rotational speed, and preheating temperature is 35.21%, 27.85%, 24.84%, and 12.10%, respectively. The optimal process parameters of the frictionally welded parts with better bending strength are the feed rate of 0.05 mm/s, preheating temperature of 50 ℃, rotational speed of 950 rpm, and weld time of 20 s. The bending strength of the frictionally welded parts can be enhanced by about 1.29 to 1.538 times.
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This study received financial support by the Ministry of Science and Technology of Taiwan under contract nos. NSTC 111–2221-E-131–015-MY2, MOST 110–2221-E-131–023 and MOST 109–2637-E-131–004.
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C–C Kuo: Wrote the paper, conceived and designed the analysis, and performed the analysis.
H-W Chen, P–H Lin, W-Zg Chen, H-Z Wei, J-Y Wei, S-H Huang, S-F Tseng: Collected the data and contributed data or analysis tools.
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Kuo, CC., Chen, HW., Lin, PH. et al. Process parameters optimization of rotary friction welding of polylactic acid-containing glass fiber and polylactic acid-containing carbon fiber using the Taguchi method. Int J Adv Manuf Technol 129, 1817–1828 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-023-12377-y
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