In recent years, plastic and metal 3D printing has experienced massive development in the professional and hobby spheres, especially for rapid prototyping, reverse engineering, maintenance and quick repairs. However, this technology is limited by a number of factors, with the most common being the cost and availability of the technology but also the lack of information on material properties. This study focuses on investigating the material properties of PLA, PETG, HIPS, PA, ABS and ASA in order to elucidate their behavior in terms of wear and thermal resistance. The research builds on previous studies focusing on the mechanical properties of these materials and includes wear testing and DMA analysis. Weight loss, frictional forces, and frictional work including relative frictional work are recorded as part of this testing. The storage modulus and loss modulus including tan(δ) were then measured using DMA.

Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Casimir Pulaski Radom University Stasiecki Str 54 26 600 Radom Poland

Faculty of Mechanical Engineering VSB Technical University of Ostrava 17 Listopadu 2172 15 70800 Ostrava Czech Republic

Institute of Mechanical Science Vilnius Gediminas Technical University J Basanaviciaus Str 28 LT 03224 Vilnius Lithuania

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