TY - JOUR N2 - 3D printing in FDM (Fused Deposition Modelling) technology is commonly used, mainly in the preparation of prototypes, but also for the production of ready-made elements. Objects printed using the FDM method have characteristic, adverse surface features related to the limitations of this technology. That is why surface treatment of 3D prints becomes crucial. One of the method is metal plating of elements. The most frequently used material in FDM technology is PLA (polylactic acid) and ABS (acrylonitrile butadiene styrene). Study of surface parameters determination for ABS prints after galvanic copper plating is presented in this paper. For this purpose, samples printed with ABS were smoothed in acetone vapour. Most favorable parameters of the surface were obtained for samples that had contact with acetone vapour for 60 minutes. Ultimately, surface analysis of samples after graphite coating and subjected to copper plating was performed. It was found that surface parameters are close to results obtained with traditional methods of metal processing. L1 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/111332/PDF/AMM-2019-2-35-Maciag.pdf L2 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/111332 PY - 2019 IS - No 2 EP - 646 DO - 10.24425/amm.2019.127592 KW - FDM KW - ABS smoothing KW - cooper plating KW - surface analysis A1 - Maciąg, T. A1 - Wieczorek, J. A1 - Kałsa, W. PB - Institute of Metallurgy and Materials Science of Polish Academy of Sciences PB - Committee of Materials Engineering and Metallurgy of Polish Academy of Sciences VL - vol. 64 DA - 2019.06.27 T1 - Surface Analysis of Abs 3D Prints Subjected to Copper Plating SP - 639 UR - http://journals.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/111332 T2 - Archives of Metallurgy and Materials ER -