Automated Cold Embossing for the Integration of Optical Lenses onto the Surface of Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS) 3D-Printed Parts.

Christian A Griffiths, Andrew Rees, Adam J Morgan, Andrew J Thomas

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Article in Polymers, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 authors.

Christian A GriffithsFaculty of Science and Engineering, Swansea University, Swansea SA1 8EN, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-7054-6135

Andrew ReesWolfson School of Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering, Loughborough University, Loughborough LE11 3TU, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-0455-5444

Adam J MorganFaculty of Science and Engineering, Swansea University, Swansea SA1 8EN, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-3182-7129

Andrew J ThomasSwansea School of Management, Swansea University, Swansea SA1 8EN, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-1942-7050

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This paper presents an experimental study of a novel automated manufacturing process that integrates cold embossing to add complex features, such as micro-Fresnel lens designs, onto a 3D-printed ABS polymer component. The research demonstrates that precise control over process parameters, including embossing time (E

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additive manufacturingautomationcold embossingdiffractive optical lensvapour smoothing

Identifiers

PMID40647756

DOI10.3390/polym17131745

PMCPMC12252418

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