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Optimization of process parameters for dimensional accuracy in an area-forming rapid prototyping system using the Taguchi method

Shih-Hsuan Chiu

Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, No. 43, Sec. 4, Keelung Rd., Da'an District, Taipei 106, Taiwan

Graduate Institute of Automation and Control, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, No. 43, Sec. 4, Keelung Rd., Da'an District, Taipei 106, Taiwan

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Cheng-Chin Chen

Graduate Institute of Automation and Control, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, No. 43, Sec. 4, Keelung Rd., Da'an District, Taipei 106, Taiwan

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Kun-Ting Chen

Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, No. 43, Sec. 4, Keelung Rd., Da'an District, Taipei 106, Taiwan

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Chun-Hao Su

Graduate Institute of Automation and Control, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, No. 43, Sec. 4, Keelung Rd., Da'an District, Taipei 106, Taiwan

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Abstract

Rapid prototyping (RP) technologies have been extensively applied to build products in recent decades. The area-forming rapid prototyping is an emerging RP technology with the advantages of a simple procedure with a short processing time. With the expansion in fields of application, the strictness on product quality has also increased. The dimensional accuracy of a product is one of the most critical quality characteristics. In order to improve the dimensional accuracy of a product from an area-forming RP system, this study optimizes the seven factors via the Taguchi method, and the result is verified with an extra sample.

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