Fused Filament Fabrication and Computer Numerical Control Milling in Cultural Heritage Conservation

• Published in: Materials Vol. 16; no. 8; p. 3038
• Main Authors: Fico, Daniela, Rizzo, Daniela, Montagna, Francesco, Esposito Corcione, Carola
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 12.04.2023; MDPI
• Subjects: 3-D printers; 3D printing; Aging; Aging (artificial); Colorimetry; Columns (structural); Contact angle; Costs; Cultural heritage; Cultural resources; Energy consumption; Fused deposition modeling; Historic preservation; Hydrophobicity; Injection molding; Manufacturing; Mechanical properties; Methods; Milling-machines; Numerical control; Numerical controls; Polyethylene terephthalate; Rapid prototyping; Software; Spectrum analysis; Three dimensional printing; Italy; advanced technologies; additive manufacturing; conservation; computer numerical control milling; cultural heritage

This paper reports a comparison between the advantages and disadvantages of fused filament fabrication (FFF) and computer numerical control (CNC) milling, when applied to a specific case of conservation of cultural heritage: the reproduction of four missing columns of a 17th-century tabernacle. To m...