Plastic Recycling to produce 3D Printing Filament Using an Open Source Toolchain

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Plastic Recycling to produce 3D Printing Filament Using an Open Source Toolchain
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Reasons

  • Printing large
  • Cost
  • Environmental
  • Public production

Process

  • Obtain clean plastic feedstock
  • Grind plastic to appropriate grain size
  • Possible value adding step
  • Thermomold extrude
  • Quality control

Machines

Limitations

  • Obtaining clean plastic may be more difficult than anticipated.
  • Thermomolding consistently high-quality filament may be difficult

Possible solutions to limitations

Applications