OSE Incentive Challenge Equipment Infrastructure

Introduction

The OSE Incentive Challenge is intended to be the world's first, open source, closed loop manufacturing franchise - intended to bring closed loop manufacturing into popular consiousness. The problem of plastic waste is global - and an effect of the Challenge is to enable robust recycling. While not extremely difficult - the issue of plastic recycling to closed loop 3D printing materials requires significant deevelopment. Forturnately, open source state of art in plastic extrusion is avilable - but needs work.

The cordless drill production and plastic recycling constitute a basic Open Source Microfactory. The scope of this must be defined clearly so that this is executable within the framework of an incentive challenge. 3D printing, small electronics, plastic shredding, and filament making are well within the scope of small scale, open source production. The cordless drill is strategic in this point.

Scope of Equipment

How deep into the production infrastructure do we go? 3D printers are included. More so - larger 3D printers - probably at the 18" printing bed scale - are desirable both for the ability to produce all parts on one print bed (a requirement of the Challenge) and further to print a product and shipping case - all recyclable.

Then there is filament making.