Open Source Filament Maker Industry Standards

Distributive Enterprise Assessment

Take the leads at https://www.appropedia.org/Recyclebot#Other_types_of_RecycleBots and evaluate the candidates for the 5 practical points of Distributive Enterprise Assessment. These leads are shown below:

Iframe

Other types of RecycleBots

• Fused Particle Fabrication 3-D Printing: Recycled Materials’ Optimization and Mechanical Properties
• The Plastic Bank has a nice semi-industrial recyclebot - Plastic Bank Extruder v1.0
• There are also several OSH tools being developed by Precious Plastic to reuse plastic waste
• You can buy a commercial open-source recyclebot called the "filastruder" kit for $290 and a Filawinder for $160.
• There are many other commercial filament extruders now including the FilaFab, Noztek, Filabot, EWE, Extrusionbot, Filamaker (also has shredder) and the Strooder, Felfil (OS), which all could potentially be used for recycling.
• ExtrusionBot Cruncher - also grinder to go with extruder (vid shows PET but no crystallization)
• See collection: http://www.thingiverse.com/jpearce/collections/recyclebot-and-friends
• Also a plastic shredder from Filamaker used in project Seafood to turn waste ocean HDPE into useful items
• Recent list of companies in this space [1]
• Also a plastic shredder from Filamaker used in project Seafood to turn waste ocean HDPE into useful items
• Recent list of companies in this space [2]
• https://www.greenbatch.com/
• Shred buddy https://openbuilds.com/builds/shred-buddy3d-upcycler-open-source-multi-material-cutter-pelletizer.4275/ by http://www.venture-bit.com/
• Filamentive, 3d fuel - commercialized recycled filament

|Image:Recyclebot1_display_large_preview_featured.jpg|RecycleBot v2.2 |Image:Recyclebot-process_preview_featured2.jpg|RecycleBot v2.3 Controls|Image:IMG_20140413_165438_preview_featured.jpg|Filastruder Vertical Plate JIG for version 1.4 |Image:Filawinder_laser-sensor_preview_featured.jpg|Filawinder laser sensor holder - parametric and customizable |Image:3d_preview_featured.jpg|Printed housing for mini shredder |Image:2014-03-21_17.27.03_preview_featured.jpg|Vertical Filastruder Hopper v2 |Image:Hopper_2_view_preview_featured.jpg|Hopper for filaextruder |Image:Extruder_preview_featured.jpg|PseudoBot Filament Extruder |Image:DSC00956_preview_featured.jpg|LYMAN FILAMENT EXTRUDER V4.1 |Image:2013-05-21_16.47.57_preview_featured2.jpg|Filament extruder |Image:1_preview_featured.jpg|DIY filament extruder version 2 |Image:Bild7_2_Extruder_Fhrungseinheit_preview_featured.jpg|New Extruder and Shredder concept - Using methods of innovative engineering (TRIZ) |Image:1_preview_featured.jpg|DIY filament extruder version 2 STL

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