Open Source Ecology - filament-diameter-plotting

Awesome, somebody wants to make filament ? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6KFhqo7qXg But sooner or later filament be replaced by pellets and granulate as we hear from bigger clients. There is btw. a one-stage pellet cutter attachment in progress; finger cross this thing works

Printed Solid, Inc. - 3D Printers, Filament, Upgrades, and Service

Starting up the extrusion line for the day

1:04 AM

those laser gauges are about 2-4k on Alibaba (edited)

https://youtu.be/JLF5-voMTYk Amazing filament maker from shreds, expensive though

3D Printing Nerd

Make Your Own Filament at Home: Take 2 - 3DEVO COMPOSER First Impre...

learner-long-life

https://youtu.be/JLF5-voMTYk Amazing filament maker from shreds, expensive though

Dear diary, yep, and you'd need pretty small pellets this one here is about 900e in materials, 5-7 days for the novice, runs up to 6-8h / 7, since months, robodig 25mm screw | https://forum.osr-plastic.org/t/extrusion-v3-6-lydia/10119 More todos, based on market observation, of the last 5 years

custom PCB, extensible, 3 build-in PIDs, Modbus (TCP), touchscreen, still couldn't find anything suitable ...
modular housing
modular barrel & screw
flexible nozzle interface

just in case you're bored

4:01 PM

btw. 3DEvo is using mini-din-rail modules (contactors, fuses, timers, ...) - can't find those anywhere ...

ML meets 3DPrint, https://forum.osr-plastic.org/t/interview-aon3d-launches-hylo-and-basis-the-future-of-3d-printing-software-and-hardware/10922

7:00 PM

A proper introduction into plastic waste, streams and decentralized recycling : Advancing Plastic Recycling: Challenges and Opportunities in the Integration of 3D Printing and Distributed Recycling for a Circular Economy https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4360/15/19/3881

Advancing Plastic Recycling: Challenges and Opportunities in the In...

The concept of the circular economy has emerged as a promising solution to address the mounting concerns surrounding plastic waste and the urgent need for sustainable resource management. While conventional centralized recycling remains a common practice for plastic waste, centralized facilities may prove inadequate in handling the ever-increasi...

7:01 PM

Still plenty on the table, for our little garage heros

Thank you for sharing! This was a very helpful study to read

Saphnich

Thank you for sharing! This was a very helpful study to read

you're welcome

Happy that big names as MIT, LEGO pick this up, again. There will be some updates for Lydia (https://forum.osr-plastic.org/t/extrusion-v3-6-lydia/10119) sometime in February.

7:35 AM

adding melt pumps, siemens, modbus, ...

7:36 AM

if anyone has some spare time, could need a hand with the feedsystem (air suction) & control as shown above (edited)

7:39 AM

well, and gas heating & a custom PID controller would be nice too

@lovebird pro has reached level 2. GG!