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A low carbon footprint approach to the reconstitution of plastics into 3D-printer filament for enhanced waste reduction
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posted on 2017-02-09, 00:00 authored by Mazher Mohammed, Meera Mohan, A Das, Mitchell Johnson, Parminder Badwal, D McLean, Ian GibsonIan GibsonIn this study we aim to investigate recycling of waste plastics products into filaments for use in a typical FDM 3D printing system. We investigate the parameters relating to control of the filament thickness to a variety of different plastic types, which include HDPE and ABS. Following filament generation, parameters were investigated to optimise the print parameters to produce a variety of demonstration models, which test the print resolution. Results suggest that the proposed supply chain can allow for highly repeatable ABS and HDPE filament generation with a diameter of 1.74 ± 0.1mm and 1.65 ± 0.1mm respectively. Ultimately, the production of usable filaments can provide a viable means of consuming waste plastics and reducing the burden of increased landfill.
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Design and Technology. International Conference (2016 : Geelong, Victoria)Pagination
234 - 241Publisher
Knowledge ELocation
Geelong, VictoriaPlace of publication
Dubai, United Arab EmiratesPublisher DOI
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2016-12-05End date
2016-12-08ISSN
2518-6841Language
engPublication classification
E Conference publication; E1 Full written paper - refereedCopyright notice
2017, Mazher Iqbal Mohammed et al.Editor/Contributor(s)
P Collins, I GibsonTitle of proceedings
DesTech 2016: Proceedings of the International Conference on Design and TechnologyUsage metrics
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