Fused Deposition Modelling-based 3D Printing: A Systematic Literature Review Employing VOS Viewer

Fused Deposition Modelling, also known as FDM, has emerged as a major technology in the field of 3D printing. It provides adaptability and cost-effectiveness in the process of materializing intricate designs. This paper intends to conduct a complete bibliometric analysis (BA) of 3D printing based on fused deposition modelling (FDM) in order to comprehend the trend and research field. After extracting data from the Scopus database using the titles, abstracts, and keywords, the documents have been taken into consideration for evaluation. Vos Viewer software has been used for construction and visualization of networks. The obtained network has been analyzed to find out the trending areas in the field of 3D printing, based upon the co-occurrence of keywords. VOSviewer software has been used for co-occurance analysis using bibliographic data obtained from the Scopus database. The co-occurrence analysis helped to identify keywords widely used by researchers in 3D printing. It has been found that because of its superior strength, polylactic acid (PLA) is the filament material that is used the most frequently, and fused deposition modelling (FDM) is the most popular method for 3D printing. The mechanical properties of 3D printed samples, studied by most of the researchers have been identified mainly as the tensile test, the flexural test, the compressive test, the bending test, and the wear test.