
High Value Manufacturing – Bártolo et al. (Eds)
© 2014 Taylor & Francis Group, London, ISBN 978-1-138-00137-4
Quality assurance and process monitoring of fused deposition modelling
made parts
A.O. Stephen, K.W. Dalgarno & J. Munguia
School of Mechanical and Systems Engineering, Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK
ABSTRACT: The primary aim of the work described in this paper was to identify the tests that can be most
sensitive to the changes in processing conditions and differences in interlayer bond strength which affect the
quality of parts made by Fused Desposition Modelling (FDM). The quality of the bond between layers is very
important to the structural ...