20.500.12556/DKUM-97153 Effect of printing parameters on the mechanical behaviour of the thermoplastic polymer processed by FDM technique: a research review Fused deposition modelling (FDM) is an additive-based manufacturing technique used by various industries due to its effectiveness & ability to make complicated geometries possible. This technique requires sufficient knowledge about the process and its parameters including their effect on the component’s mechanical characteristics. Thus, it is crucial to review the available articles on this topic not only to identify the practical and useful aspects, limitations, and process variables but also to understand how the results of the literature are relevant to be used for real applications and further studies. A systematic literature review is carried out based on the type of 3D printing materials. The printing parameters which influence the mechanical characteristics of the FDM specimens are discussed based on the results presented in the literature. From the present study, it has been found that the process variables such as orientation, raster angle, raster width, layer height, and contours directly affect the quality of the 3D-printed parts. It has also been found that the effect of these process variables also varies with the type of thermoplastic materials. The present article will help researchers to select FDM processed material and appropriate process variables for further research. 3D printing additive manufacturing fused deposition modeling (FDM) process parameters mechanical properties thermoplastic polymer review study 3D tiskanje aditivna proizvodnja procesni parametri termoplast polimeri mehanske lastnosti pregledna študija true false true Chair of Production Engineering (CPE), University of Maribor Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik https://apem-journal.org/ Content from this work may be used under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence (CC BY 4.0). Any further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the title of the work, journal citation and DOI. Članek v reviji 2026-02-20 09:22:03 2026-02-20 09:22:03 2026-03-11 09:08:24 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2022 0 0 str. 279-297 no. 3 Vol. 17 Sep. 2022 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 2022-05-13 2022-09-12 2022-09-30 621:678.073 269097475 10.14743/apem2022.3.436 1854-6250 APEM17-3_279-294.pdf APEM17-3_279-294.pdf 1 4D0DF617D14F31FBD9651EF1FCE9195E dd72f5ce09a6837a4edbfc57acade0559c1a8dce73c8239b97bf1383b160f85b 72b6bc10-0e35-11f1-86bb-00155d580e1a https://dk.um.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=203569 https://apem-journal.org/Archives/2022/APEM17-3_279-294.pdf 0 7e395d67-0e35-11f1-86bb-00155d580e1a https://dk.um.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=203570 Fakulteta za strojništvo Advances in production engineering & management 0 0 0