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Sustainable Additive Manufacturing: Mechanical Response of Acrylonitrile-Butadiene-Styrene over Multiple Recycling Processes

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  • Nectarios Vidakis

    (Mechanical Engineering Department, Hellenic Mediterranean University, 71410 Heraklion Crete, Greece)

  • Markos Petousis

    (Mechanical Engineering Department, Hellenic Mediterranean University, 71410 Heraklion Crete, Greece)

  • Athena Maniadi

    (Department of Materials Science and Technology, University of Crete, 70013 Heraklion Crete, Greece)

  • Emmanuel Koudoumas

    (Electrical Engineering Department, Hellenic Mediterranean University, 71410 Heraklion Crete, Greece)

  • Achilles Vairis

    (Mechanical Engineering Department, Hellenic Mediterranean University, 71410 Heraklion Crete, Greece)

  • John Kechagias

    (General Department, University of Thessaly, 41500 Larissa, Greece)

Abstract

Sustainability in additive manufacturing refers mainly to the recycling rate of polymers and composites used in fused filament fabrication (FFF), which nowadays are rapidly increasing in volume and value. Recycling of such materials is mostly a thermomechanical process that modifies their overall mechanical behavior. The present research work focuses on the acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS) polymer, which is the second most popular material used in FFF-3D printing. In order to investigate the effect of the recycling courses on the mechanical response of the ABS polymer, an experimental simulation of the recycling process that isolates the thermomechanical treatment from other parameters (i.e., contamination, ageing, etc.) has been performed. To quantify the effect of repeated recycling processes on the mechanic response of the ABS polymer, a wide variety of mechanical tests were conducted on FFF-printed specimens. Regarding this, standard tensile, compression, flexion, impact and micro-hardness tests were performed per recycle repetition. The findings prove that the mechanical response of the recycled ABS polymer is generally improved over the recycling repetitions for a certain number of repetitions. An optimum overall mechanical behavior is found between the third and the fifth repetition, indicating a significant positive impact of the ABS polymer recycling, besides the environmental one.

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  • Nectarios Vidakis & Markos Petousis & Athena Maniadi & Emmanuel Koudoumas & Achilles Vairis & John Kechagias, 2020. "Sustainable Additive Manufacturing: Mechanical Response of Acrylonitrile-Butadiene-Styrene over Multiple Recycling Processes," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(9), pages 1-15, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:12:y:2020:i:9:p:3568-:d:351218
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    1. Nectarios Vidakis & Markos Petousis & Lazaros Tzounis & Athena Maniadi & Emmanouil Velidakis & Nicolaos Mountakis & Dimitrios Papageorgiou & Marco Liebscher & Viktor Mechtcherine, 2020. "Sustainable Additive Manufacturing: Mechanical Response of Polypropylene over Multiple Recycling Processes," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(1), pages 1-16, December.
    2. Ali Bastas, 2021. "Sustainable Manufacturing Technologies: A Systematic Review of Latest Trends and Themes," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(8), pages 1-22, April.
    3. Antreas Kantaros & Nikolaos Laskaris & Dimitrios Piromalis & Theodore Ganetsos, 2021. "Manufacturing Zero-Waste COVID-19 Personal Protection Equipment: a Case Study of Utilizing 3D Printing While Employing Waste Material Recycling," Circular Economy and Sustainability,, Springer.

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