Rheological evaluation of high temperature polymers to identify successful extrusion parameters

Conference · Tue Aug 01 04:00:00 EDT 2017

OSTI ID:1474687

Ajinjeru, Christine ^[1]; Kishore, Vidya ^[1]; Liu, Peng ^[1]; Hassen, Ahmed ^[1]; Lindahl, John ^[1]; Kunc, Vlastimil ^[1]; Duty, Chad ^[1]

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With the advancements in additive manufacturing (AM), several high temperature thermoplastics are being explored as potential AM feedstocks. Some of these high-performance thermoplastics include; polyetherimides (PEI), polyphenylsulfones (PPSU/F), poly(ether ketone ketone)s (PEKK) and polyphenylene sulfide (PPS) as well as their reinforced composites. Most of these advanced resins tend to be more expensive than commodity plastics such as acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) and polylactic acid (PLA), and their processing parameters have not been determined for most AM systems. This paper demonstrates a method for identifying the appropriate processing conditions for extrusion-based AM deposition systems, in which a material is forced through an orifice at a given flow rate. The pressure required to extrude a shear-thinning thermoplastic at a given shear rate is calculated based on viscoelastic properties of the polymer melt and compared against maximum system pressure to predict successful extrusion. An evaluation of several candidate materials is presented on the Big Area Additive Manufacturing extrusion-based platform.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE; USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-00OR22725
• OSTI ID: 1474687
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English