Research Article

Toughness Enhancement of PLA-Based Filaments for Material Extrusion 3D Printing

Table 1

The filament diameters and morphologies of all PLA/rubber filaments taken by a digital microscope at 50x magnification and by SEM at 3000x magnification.

Screw speed (rpm)Filament (mm)Morphologies
Surface of filaments (50x)Cross-section of filaments (3000x)

(a) PLA/NR
50 mm
70 mm
80 mm
90 mm

(b) PLA/TPU
60 mm
70 mm

(c) PLA/CSR
60 mm
70 mm