Resistive-IR Hybrid Heating in FDM Printing

FDM printing is based on resistance to heat of the polymer filament, which starts in a viscous state and is extruded from nozzle to the printing area. The printing area is hot around 70°C for a better adherence of the deposited polymer and for slow cooling of it. The later deposited layers will experience faster cooling and the characteristics of the polymer will suffer light changes. The paper aims to present the results of a preliminary...