A Study on Process Parameters of Fused Deposition Modelling Assisted Investment Casting

Abstract

Now days, FDM process is widely applicable in many field of manufacturing. Materials used are consumable and can be formed into desired shapes for this reason; FDM process is assisting in investment casting (IC) process. FDM is suitable for making patterns for investment casting because of its capacity of producing very small and complex parts. Different process parameters are responsible for quality and accuracy of parts produces by rapid investment casting. Better quality products can be produced without additional cost of hard tooling by proper adjustment of process parameters. Machining economics and product value can be developed to great level by optimizations of machining parameters. This review paper is aimed to find out how different parameters of FDM process affect the accuracy and quality of part produced.