Characteristic Study of Rapid Prototyped Parts at Different Build Orientation

Rapid prototyping has come around the industrial revolution helping product designers to produce prototype with high geometric complexity in less cost. It is crucial that these parts can withstand the stress developed during the application life span. since rapid prototyping works on layer by layer manufacturing process it is imminent that the mechanical characteristics as well as quality may be affected. This paper investigates the effects of build orientation on mechanical strength of the produced product using any rapid prototyped systems and selection of build orientation based on end use application of the product. For the current study solid based FDM technology is been considered but the investigated results shows nearly constant through any rapid prototyping system.