A low carbon footprint approach to the reconstitution of plastics into 3D-printer filament for enhanced waste reduction Mohammed, Mazher, Mohan, Meera, Das, Anirudra, Johnson, Mitchell D, Badwal, Parminder Singh, McLean, Doug and Gibson, Ian 2017, A low carbon footprint approach to the reconstitution of plastics into 3D-printer filament for enhanced waste reduction, in DesTech 2016: Proceedings of the International Conference on Design and Technology, Knowledge E, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, pp. 234-241, doi: 10.18502/keg.v2i2.621. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads mohan-lowcarbonfootprint-2017.pdf Published version application/pdf 388.56KB 2198 Title A low carbon footprint approach to the reconstitution of plastics into 3D-printer filament for enhanced waste reduction Author(s) Mohammed, Mazher orcid.org/0000-0003-2177-9845 Mohan, Meera Das, Anirudra Johnson, Mitchell D Badwal, Parminder Singh McLean, Doug Gibson, Ian orcid.org/0000-0002-4149-9122 Conference name Design and Technology. International Conference (2016 : Geelong, Victoria) Conference location Geelong, Victoria Conference dates 2016/12/05 - 2016/12/08 Title of proceedings DesTech 2016: Proceedings of the International Conference on Design and Technology Editor(s) Collins, P. orcid.org/0000-0003-3308-8689 Gibson, I. orcid.org/0000-0002-4149-9122 Publication date 2017 Start page 234 End page 241 Total pages 8 Publisher Knowledge E Place of publication Dubai, United Arab Emirates Keyword(s) recycling plastic filament 3D printer waste reduction Summary In 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. ISSN 2518-6841 Language eng DOI 10.18502/keg.v2i2.621 HERDC Research category E1 Full written paper - refereed ERA Research output type E Conference publication Copyright notice ©2017, Mazher Iqbal Mohammed et al. Free to Read? Yes Use Rights Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30091546 Document type: Conference Paper Collections: Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment School of Engineering Open Access Collection Related Links Link Description Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges   Connect to Elements publication management system Go to link with your DU access privileges   Connect to conference website Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Mon, 27 Feb 2017, 20:56:37 EST Tue, 28 Feb 2017, 04:00:45 EST Tue, 14 Nov 2017, 11:01:14 EST Wed, 15 Aug 2018, 06:00:56 EST Thu, 16 Aug 2018, 10:56:41 EST Thu, 16 Aug 2018, 11:00:54 EST Fri, 17 Aug 2018, 11:28:20 EST Fri, 07 Sep 2018, 19:20:42 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 3924 Abstract Views, 2200 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Tue, 14 Nov 2017, 11:01:14 EST