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** [[FreeCAD]] users: On the OSF link above the entire assembly is available in the STP file. Open it in FreeCAD and pick what part you would like to modify, export it as .stp, and you will be left with just the part you need. Once you have that, you can save it as just about anything.
** [[FreeCAD]] users: On the OSF link above the entire assembly is available in the STP file. Open it in FreeCAD and pick what part you would like to modify, export it as .stp, and you will be left with just the part you need. Once you have that, you can save it as just about anything.
** Smaller FreeCAD [https://archive.org/details/recyclebot 55 MB version] - compliments of Marcin at [[Open Source Ecology]] - removed all the nuts and bolts and screws
** Smaller FreeCAD [https://archive.org/details/recyclebot 55 MB version] - compliments of Marcin at [[Open Source Ecology]] - removed all the nuts and bolts and screws
** Please note that all the instructions are in the HardwareX article above
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==See Also==
==See Also==


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* [[Recyclebot]]
** [[Improving recyclebot concepts]]
* [[Tightening the loop on the circular economy: Coupled distributed recycling and manufacturing with recyclebot and RepRap 3-D printing]]
* [[Energy Payback Time of a Solar Photovoltaic Powered Waste Plastic Recyclebot System]]
* [[Wood Furniture Waste-Based Recycled 3-D Printing Filament]]
* [[Life cycle analysis of distributed recycling of post-consumer high density polyethylene for 3-D printing filament]]
* [[Evaluation of Potential Fair Trade Standards for an Ethical 3-D Printing Filament]]
* [[Mechanical Properties of Components Fabricated with Open-Source 3-D Printers Under Realistic Environmental Conditions]]
* [[Mechanical testing of polymer components made with the  RepRap 3-D printer]]
* [[Development and feasibility of applications for the RepRap 3-D printer]]
* [[Life cycle analysis of distributed polymer recycling]]
* [[Solar powered distributed customized manufacturing]]
* [[Distributed recycling of post-consumer plastic waste in rural areas]]
* [[Ethical Filament Foundation]]
* [http://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21565577-new-manufacturing-technique-could-help-poor-countries-well-rich-ones Economist article on U. of Washington's HDPE boat], [http://open3dp.me.washington.edu/2012/07/woof-rocks-the-boat/ Oprn3dp.me]
* [[Fused Particle Fabrication 3-D Printing: Recycled Materials’ Optimization and Mechanical Properties]]
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* Cruz, F., Lanza, S., Boudaoud, H., Hoppe, S., & Camargo, M. Polymer Recycling and Additive Manufacturing in an Open Source context: Optimization of processes and methods. http://sffsymposium.engr.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/2015/2015-127-Cruz.pdf
* https://ultimaker.com/en/resources/52444-ocean-plastic-community-project


==Literature Reviews==
==Literature Reviews==
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*[[Solar powered recyclebot literature review]]
*[[Solar powered recyclebot literature review]]
*[[Waste plastic extruder: literature review]]
*[[Waste plastic extruder: literature review]]
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* Plastic-eating robot turns waste into printer filament [https://www.journals.elsevier.com/hardwarex/highlighted-articles/plastic-eating-robot-turns-waste-into-printer-filament HardwareX 616]
* Plastic-eating robot turns waste into printer filament [https://www.journals.elsevier.com/hardwarex/highlighted-articles/plastic-eating-robot-turns-waste-into-printer-filament HardwareX 616]
* 3D Printing is Turning the Economics of Scale on its Head [http://www.capeandislands.org/post/3d-printing-turning-economics-scale-its-head#stream/0 Cape and Islands (listen)]
* 3D Printing is Turning the Economics of Scale on its Head [http://www.capeandislands.org/post/3d-printing-turning-economics-scale-its-head#stream/0 Cape and Islands (listen)]
* 3D printers inspire creativity and help those in need [https://www.newsday.com/lifestyle/family/kidsday/technology-3d-printers-kidsday-1.22479920 Newsday 11.7k]


[[Category:Polymer recycling]]
[[Category:Polymer recycling]]

Revision as of 06:28, 5 May 2019

Source

  • Aubrey L. Woern, Joseph R. McCaslin, Adam M. Pringle, and Joshua M. Pearce. RepRapable Recyclebot: Open Source 3-D Printable Extruder for Converting Plastic to 3-D Printing Filament. HardwareX 4C (2018) e00026 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ohx.2018.e00026 open access
    • Just the code: OSF
    • FreeCAD users: On the OSF link above the entire assembly is available in the STP file. Open it in FreeCAD and pick what part you would like to modify, export it as .stp, and you will be left with just the part you need. Once you have that, you can save it as just about anything.
    • Smaller FreeCAD 55 MB version - compliments of Marcin at Open Source Ecology - removed all the nuts and bolts and screws
    • Please note that all the instructions are in the HardwareX article above

Updates and Improvements

Open Source Ecology Improvements

Abstract

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In order to assist researchers explore the full potential of distributed recycling of post-consumer polymer waste, this article describes a recyclebot, which is a waste plastic extruder capable of making commercial quality 3-D printing filament. The device design takes advantage of both the open source hardware methodology and the paradigm developed by the open source self-replicating rapid prototyper (RepRap) 3-D printer community. Specifically, this paper describes the design, fabrication and operation of a RepRapable Recyclebot, which refers to the Recyclebot’s ability to provide the filament needed to largely replicate the parts for the Recyclebot on any type of RepRap 3-D printer. The device costs less than $700 in mate rials and can be fabricated in about 24 h. Filament is produced at 0.4 kg/h using 0.24 kWh/kg with a diameter ±4.6%. Thus, filament can be manufactured from commercial pellets for <22% of commercial filament costs. In addition, it can fabricate recycled waste plastic into filament for 2.5 cents/kg, which is <1000X commercial filament costs. The system can fabricate filament from polymers with extrusion temperatures <250 °C and is thus capable of manufacturing custom filament over a wide range of thermopolymers and composites for material science studies of new materials and recyclability studies, as well as research on novel applications of fused filament based 3-D printing.

Keywords

Circular economy; Distributed recycling; Energy conservation; Polymer recycling; Sustainable development; distributed manufacturing; life cycle analysis; recycling; recyclebot; 3-D printing; polymer filament; Open source hardware; Open hardware; Fused filament fabrication; RepRap; Recycling; Polymers; Plastic; Recyclebot; Waste plastic; Composites; Polymer composites; Extruder; Upcycle;  Materials science

See Also

See also

RepRapable Recyclebot and the Wild West of Recycling

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Recycling Technology

Distributed Recycling LCA

Literature Reviews

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Externals

  • Economist article on U. of Washington's HDPE boat, Oprn3dp.me
  • https://ultimaker.com/en/resources/52444-ocean-plastic-community-project
  • Another possible solution - reusable containers [1]
  • Commercial https://dyzedesign.com/pulsar-pellet-extruder/
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  • Cruz, F., Lanza, S., Boudaoud, H., Hoppe, S., & Camargo, M. Polymer Recycling and Additive Manufacturing in an Open Source context: Optimization of processes and methods. [2]
  • Investigating Material Degradation through the Recycling of PLA in Additively Manufactured Parts
  • Mohammed, M.I., Das, A., Gomez-Kervin, E., Wilson, D. and Gibson, I., EcoPrinting: Investigating the use of 100% recycled Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS) for Additive Manufacturing.
  • Kariz, M., Sernek, M., Obućina, M. and Kuzman, M.K., 2017. Effect of wood content in FDM filament on properties of 3D printed parts. Materials Today Communications. [3]
  • Kaynak, B., Spoerk, M., Shirole, A., Ziegler, W. and Sapkota, J., 2018. Polypropylene/Cellulose Composites for Material Extrusion Additive Manufacturing. Macromolecular Materials and Engineering, p.1800037. [4]
  • O. Martikka et al., "Mechanical Properties of 3D-Printed Wood-Plastic Composites", Key Engineering Materials, Vol. 777, pp. 499-507, 2018 [5]
  • Yang, T.C., 2018. Effect of Extrusion Temperature on the Physico-Mechanical Properties of Unidirectional Wood Fiber-Reinforced Polylactic Acid Composite (WFRPC) Components Using Fused Deposition Modeling. Polymers, 10(9), p.976. [6]
  • Romani, A., Rognoli, V., & Levi, M. (2021). Design, Materials, and Extrusion-Based Additive Manufacturing in Circular Economy Contexts: From Waste to New Products. Sustainability, 13(13), 7269. https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/13/13/7269/pdf

Literature Reviews

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