Exponent version 4

Filament mechanical properties were tested on a texture Analyzer TA-XT plus (Stable Micro Systems, London, UK) equipped with a 3-point bend rig HDP/3PB (Stable Micro Systems, London, UK), as shown in Figure 1 [40 (link)]. Testing was conducted with a blade speed of 3 mm/sec and a total displacement of 10 mm. The triggering force of the analysis is fixed at 0.25 N in order to limit the influence of weak forces, which can trigger the analysis at different distances depending on the sample orientation. Support spacing is 25 mm, and filaments are attached on either side of the support to allow easier reading of deformation profile and better results reproducibility. Tests were done in triplicate for all tested filaments. Three filament samples were cut to a length of 4 cm. The diameter of the filaments is regulated around 1.70 mm. Exponent version 4.0.13.0 software (stable micro Systems, London, UK) was used for data analysis and recovery.

Filaments mechanical properties were tested on a texture Analyzer TA-XT plus (Stable Micro Systems, UK) equipped with a three-point bend rig HDP/3PB (Stable Micro Systems, UK) [42 (link)]. Experiments were conducted with a blade speed of 3 mm/sec and a total displacement of 10 mm. The triggering force of the analysis was fixed at 0.25 N in order to limit the influence of weak forces which can trigger the analysis at different distances depending on the sample orientation. Support spacing was 25 mm and filaments were attached on either side of the support to allow easier reading of deformation profile and better results reproducibility. Tests were done in triplicate for all tested filaments. Three Filaments samples were cut to a length of 4 cm. Exponent version 4,0,13,0 software (stable micro Systems, UK) was used for data analysis and recovery.