2D/3D Direct Writing of Thermoplastics through Electrohydrodynamic Printing

Abstract

This paper describes a novel electro hybrid mechanical system which consists of the following components: electrohydrodynamic printing combined with the fused deposition modeling, electrospinning, and electrospray. The electrohydrodynamic printing section with the fused deposition modeling of the electro hybrid mechanical system was used to obtain fibers from thermoplastics such as polylactic acid, thermoplastic polyurethane, polyethylene terephthalate-glycol, acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene copolymer, and high impact polystyrene. This study reports the changes in the 2D array and the 3D scaffold structure of the samples and exhibits their characteristics and performance evaluations by comparing them under the same production conditions.