TY - JOUR A1 - Denine, Abdellatif A1 - Siegfried, Patrick T1 - The assessment of the filament extruder equipment for 3D printing method T2 - STED Journal - Journal of Social and Technological Development N2 - The objective of this study is to allow a better understanding of the role of industry 4.0 technologies, especially filament extrusion technology in the reduction of costs, environmental impact, energy consumption, and the possibility to expand the range of printable materials. The study focuses on the desktop Filament Extruders available in the market now, where these machines are assessed and future possible modifications for these apparatuses are presented. The research leading to the publication of this study consists of a review of the existing literature, in addition, information from different extruders manufacturers’ websites has been used. The study has demonstrated that the extrusion of material at home is still not an exact science, and the process ends up costing the user large sums of money over time. However, there are still limitations to the use of this technology such as the lack of standardized extrusion settings, the necessity of pre-drying the pellets, and the complexity of the extruder cleaning process after each use. KW - filament extruder KW - fused deposition modeling KW - industry 4.0 KW - additive manufacturing KW - Industrie 4.0 KW - Rapid Prototyping KW - 3D-Druck KW - Extruder KW - Fused Deposition Modeling Y1 - 2022 UR - https://hst.opus.hbz-nrw.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/229 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hbz:tr5-2295 N1 - DOI-Angabe: 10.7251/STED2201032D zum Zeitpunkt des OPUS-Uploads inkorrekt oder noch nicht aktiviert VL - 4 IS - 1 SP - 32 EP - 38 PB - University of Bussiness Engineering and Management, Bosnia and Herzegovina ER -