Extruder Path Analysis in Fused Deposition Modeling Using Thermal Imaging
Juan M Cañero-Nieto, Rafael J Campo-Campo, Idanis B Díaz-Bolaño, José F Solano-Martos, Diego Vergara, Edwan A Ariza-Echeverri, Crispulo E Deluque-Toro, Loïc Dupont · 2025
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Description
Fused deposition modeling, the most common kind of 3D printing, lays down melted plastic layer by layer, and small errors in the nozzle's path become defects in the part. Cañero-Nieto and co-authors check the printer's real movement using heat rather than rulers.
They printed a standard test specimen in plastic and compared the programmed path and speeds in the machine's G-code against motion extracted from long-wave infrared images of the warm print. The thermal pictures exposed where the nozzle actually strayed from its orders. Because the method watches without touching, it can flag drift early, before flaws form. The authors offer it as an in-process quality check that could make printed polymer parts more reliable in industry.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Juan M Cañero-Nieto, Rafael J Campo-Campo, Idanis B Díaz-Bolaño, José F Solano-Martos, Diego Vergara, Edwan A Ariza-Echeverri, Crispulo E Deluque-Toro, Loïc Dupont |
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| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 47 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |