Question: For a fused filament printer operating with a 1.75-mm diameter PLA filament and 0.4-mm dia. nozzle: (a) Assuming no die swell, what must be the

For a fused filament printer operating with a 1.75-mm diameter PLA filament and 0.4-mm dia. nozzle: (a) Assuming no die swell, what must be the filament feed rate to print tracks (roads) of the same diameter as the nozzle at a speed of 25 mm/s? Assume the extrudate makes the 90-degree bend and lays down without any distortion. (b) Assuming the solidified tracks remain circular and neighboring tracks are just touching, what would be the mass build rate, the porosity, and the volume build rate (including the porosity between tracks) for the conditions of part (a)? Give your source for the density of PLA. State all assumptions and sources of data and use SI units

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