Rapid prototyping of wood-based material
This paper presents initial development of wood-based composites with the aim to develop an alternative material at low cost for rapid prototyping process. Powder blends containing wood powder (90- 120μm) with commercial ZP102 as a plaster powder material from ZCorporation were mechanically blended...
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| Format: | Conference or Workshop Item |
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2009
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/2789/ http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/2789/1/031%2D035.pdf |
| Summary: | This paper presents initial development of
wood-based composites with the aim to develop an
alternative material at low cost for rapid prototyping
process. Powder blends containing wood powder (90-
120μm) with commercial ZP102 as a plaster powder
material from ZCorporation were mechanically blended to
produce different composition of (vol.%) 25:70, 50:50 and
75:25 respectively. The blended material were successfully
processed on 3D printers (Z406) which was used as a rapid
prototyping machine to produce three-dimensional
components and followed by post-treatment with ZMax
solution to improve the mechanical properties. The
mechanical properties, dimensional accuracy and surface
quality of the build components were evaluated and the
results were compared with the unfilled ZP102 material. The
result shows that the mechanical properties were improved
with the increasing of wood powder content up to 50 vol.%.
However, dimensional accuracy and surface quality were
decreased as the wood content increased. Further work on
powder preparation is required in order to fully realize these
performance benefits particularly for surface quality
improvement. |
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