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.
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.
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