Morteza Behzadnasab - Faculty of Polymer Processing, Iran Polymer and Petrochemical Institute, Tehran, Iran.
Ali akbar Yousefi - Faculty of Polymer Processing, Iran Polymer and Petrochemical Institute, Tehran, Iran.

FDM is one of the most common processes in 3D Printing/Additive Manufacturing (AM). The quality of the end product in this process is highly dependent on employed raw materials as well as the processing variables. In this study the effects of printing temperature on mechanical properties of printed samples were studied against samples prepared via injection molding. The results showed that mechanical properties of printed samples are highly dependent on nozzle head temperature, but can t compete against injected samples

3D Printing, FDM, mechanical properties, PLA, Nozzle head temperature