Finite Element Analysis of 3D-Printed Gears: Evaluating Mechanical Behaviour Through Numerical Modelling.

Costin Nicolae Ilincă, Ibrahim Naim Ramadan, Adrian Neacșa, Marius Gabriel Petrescu, Eugen Victor Laudacescu

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Costin Nicolae IlincăDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Petroleum-Gas University of Ploiesti, 100680 Ploiesti, Romania.ORCID 0009-0006-6741-0516

Ibrahim Naim RamadanDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Petroleum-Gas University of Ploiesti, 100680 Ploiesti, Romania.ORCID 0000-0002-0920-5710

Adrian NeacșaDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Petroleum-Gas University of Ploiesti, 100680 Ploiesti, Romania.ORCID 0000-0002-6192-9441

Marius Gabriel PetrescuDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Petroleum-Gas University of Ploiesti, 100680 Ploiesti, Romania.ORCID 0000-0002-2925-4851

Eugen Victor LaudacescuDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Petroleum-Gas University of Ploiesti, 100680 Ploiesti, Romania.ORCID 0009-0009-8808-8177

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In the course of the 3D printing process, the occurrence of imperfect structures is attributable to the rapid cooling of molten polymer. In this study, gears were manufactured from PA6 using a dedicated 3D printer, and their performance was analyzed using finite element analysis (FEA), validated by wear tests. A subset of the gears was subjected to annealing heat treatments to investigate their influence on the behavior of the material. The novelty of this study lies in the correlation of the effects induced by heat treatment with the stress distribution, wear, and service life of 3D-printed gears. This provides useful information for optimizing polymer gears for engineering applications. This study's novelty lies in highlighting the influence of heat treatments on wear behaviour and mechanical stress factors, offering new insights into the optimisation of 3D-printed polymer gears.

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3D printingannealingfinite element analysesheat treatmentsmechanical propertiesnumerical approachpolyamide 6 (PA6)polymer gearsstress distributions

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PMID41095355

DOI10.3390/ma18194530

PMCPMC12526496

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