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A Study on the Control of Manufacturing Variables in FDM Additive Manufacturing for Hair Tiles
TaeHyeon Yang, Jong Hoon Kim, Ki Hong Park, Wonsik Eom
J. Korean Soc. Precis. Eng. 2026;43(9):961-974.
Published online September 1, 2026
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7736/JKSPE.026.00050
Hair-like surfaces in nature consist of high-aspect-ratio fibers with diameters below 100μm, falling to several tens of micrometers in softer hairs. These fine fiber arrays govern tactile softness, flexibility, surface texture, and mechanical response. Conventional fiber-spinning methods produce fine fibers effectively but offer limited control over the position, direction, and patterned arrangement of individual fibers. Here we propose a fused deposition modeling (FDM)-based strategy that combines melt extrusion with geometric drawing to fabricate PLA hair-like fibers. PLA melted fully at the processing temperature of 250oC, well below the thermal degradation onset near 330oC. DSC analysis showed that faster cooling suppressed thermodynamic crystallization, indicating that the final fiber structure is governed by drawing history and rapid cooling rather than by increased crystallinity. As the printing speed increased, the fiber diameter decreased nonlinearly, following D ≈ 106.3 v-0.45, in excellent agreement with the D  v-0.5 scaling predicted by the continuity equation. Tensile strength and modulus increased with printing speed, whereas elongation and toughness decreased, indicating drawing-induced molecular orientation. These results demonstrate that FDM can serve as a programmable platform for fabricating biomimetic hair-like fiber arrays with predictable diameter and mechanical properties.
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