Table 5.
Production of test specimen.
| Work order | Work process | Special features for |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| PETG, PETG + nHA, PETG + nFA | PLA, PLA + nHA, PLA + nFA | ||
| 1. | used filament as carrier material | colorFabb_HT clear, 1.75 mm (colorFabb B.V., Netherlands) | extrudr PLA NX2 white (Extrudr FD3D GmbH, Austria) |
| 2. | mount suitable printing sheet (Prusa i3 MK3s+) | double-sided textured PEI powder-coated spring steel sheet for Original Prusa i3 MK3/S/+ and MK2.5/S heatbeds (Prusa Research a.s., Czech Republic) | spring steel sheet with smooth double-sided PEI for the Original Prusa i3 MK3/S and MK2.5/S heatbeds (Prusa Research a.s., Czech Republic) |
| 3. | place the filament in container using nitrile examination gloves | PETG, PETG + nHA, PETG + nFA |
PLA, PLA + nHA, PLA + nFA |
| 4. | mount collection container on the printer frame (Prusa i3 MK3s+) | ||
| 5. | change of filament (Prusa i3 MK3s+) | ||
| 6. | print test specimens for 1800 s, then stop the printing process and discard the test specimens | ||
| 7. | print test specimen with following printing parameters | Original Prusa i3 MK3s + 0.25 nozzle | Original Prusa i3 MK3s + 0.25 nozzle |
| nozzle temperature | 270 °C | 205 °C | |
| heatbed temperature | 100 °C | 60 °C | |
| number of perimeters | 3 | 3 | |
| top solid layers | 8 | 8 | |
| bottom solid layers | 8 | 8 | |
| layer thickness | 0.05 mm | 0.05 mm | |
| fill density | 80 % | 80 % | |
| infill type | grid | Grid | |
| supports | none | none | |
| printing time | 7500 s | 7500 s | |
| 8. | cooling of printing sheet | ||
| 9. | remove the test specimen using nitrile examination gloves, storage of the test specimens | store in separate 3 l general purpose bags | store in separate 3 l general purpose bags |
| 10. | clean printing sheet | sterile gauze pad, soaked in water and dish soap | sterile gauze pad, soaked in 99.9 % isopropanol |
| 11. | removal of remaining filament from container | ||
| 12. | clean container and extruder | sterile gauze pad, soaked in 99.9 % isopropanol | sterile gauze pad, soaked in 99.9 % isopropanol |