INFLUENCE OF COIR FIBRES AND EXTRUSION PROCESS PARAMETERS ON RECYCLED PLA FILAMENT STRENGTH USING TAGUCHI-GRA METHOD

Authors

  • Amirah R Suryanto Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Engineering Universitas Gadjah Mada, Jalan Grafika No. 2 Yogyakarta 55281, Indonesia
  • Herianto Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Engineering Universitas Gadjah Mada, Jalan Grafika No. 2 Yogyakarta 55281, Indonesia
  • Ihwan Ghazali Faculty of Industrial and Manufacturing Technology and Engineering, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia, Melaka, Hang Tuah Jaya, Durian Tunggal 76100, Melaka, Malaysia
  • Achmad, P. Rifai Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Engineering Universitas Gadjah Mada, Jalan Grafika No. 2 Yogyakarta 55281, Indonesia
  • Wangi P. Sari Faculty of Industrial and Manufacturing Technology and Engineering, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia, Melaka, Hang Tuah Jaya, Durian Tunggal 76100, Melaka, Malaysia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11113/jurnalteknologi.v88.23377

Keywords:

Fused deposition modelling, Taguchi, Grey Relationship Analysis, recycled PLA, Material extrusion

Abstract

 

 

Author Biography

  • Amirah R Suryanto, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Engineering Universitas Gadjah Mada, Jalan Grafika No. 2 Yogyakarta 55281, Indonesia

    Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Universitas Gadjah Mada

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2026-06-16

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Vol. 88 No. 4: July 2026

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