ABS is an engineering plastic that has butadiene part uniformly distributed over the
acrylonitrile-styrene matrix. It possesses excellent toughness, good dimensional stability …

Fused filament fabrication (FFF) 3D printers have been largely limited to thermoplastics in
the past but with new composite materials available on the market there are new …

Multiprocess additive manufacturing (MPAM) unlocks new materials and design spaces
where multimaterial components consisting of polymers, metals, and ceramics can be …

Electroless metallization of ABS parts has been studied on flat part surface. These parts are
fabricated on fused deposition modelling machine using ABS (acrylonitrile–butadiene …

This paper presents a selective metallization method for the newly developed 3D printable
thermoplastic polyurethane elastomers (TPU): FilaFlex®, SemiFlex™, PolyFlex™, and …

Conducting coatings on polymer substrates is of particular interest in sustainable
electronics. Despite great promises, current approaches have significant limitations to …

In this study, Ag coated ABS granules were fabricated by using different plating bath
composition and diameter of ABS granules and the effect of the Ag coated ABS granule …

The staircase effect describes the overall print surface roughness indicated through the layer
by layer of Fused Deposition Modelling (FDM), also known as the Fused Filament …

Fused deposition modelling (FDM) is one of the additive manufacturing technique frequently
used in industry due to its simplicity of operation and ability to fabricate parts with locally …

Competitive environment in the field of manufacturing necessitates exploring rapid
prototy** (RP) and rapid tooling (RT) so as to boost manufacturing speed by decreasing …