Table 3.
Summary of Enhancement techniques.
| Articles | Material | Printing Speed (cm/s) | Deposition Temperature | Light Source | Power of the Light Source | Preheating Temperature |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Kishore et al., 2017) [98] | Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) reinforced with 20 wt.% short carbon fiber | 3.8, 5.1, 7.6 | 215 °C | Infrared lamp 500 W for case 1 and 2 1 kW for case 3 |
100% for case 1 and 2 80–90% for case 3 |
N/A |
| (Kishore et al., 2019) [99] | Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) reinforced with 20 wt.% short carbon fiber | 5.1 | 215 °C | Strip IR model number 5306B-02-1000-01-00 (the same lamp that was used for case 3 previously) |
80% | 150 °C |
| (Luo et al., 2018) [101] | semicrystalline thermoplastic polymers | 0.6 | 410 °C | 40 W CO2 laser (10.6 μm wavelength) | 5, 10, 15, 20, 25% | Varied with the power of the light source |
| (Ravi, 2016) [102] | black-color ABS filaments | 0.1–1 | 230 °C | 802 nm solid-state laser (2 W) | 0.75 W | Varied with the power of the light source |
| (Du, 2016) [103] | ABS polymers | 1–2 | Not specified | Laser (2 W) | 0–2 W | By 20–30 °C |
| (Sabyrov, 2020) [104] | PLA plastic | 3.5 | 210 °C | Diode laser (5 W) | 1.47, 1.66, 1.96, 2.25, 2.55, 2.84 W | Varied with the power of the light source |