A Material-Recycling Unit for the Fused Deposition Modelling of Three-Dimensional Printing Systems

Nattukallingal, Mohammed Nuwaid, Ran, Ziying and Abass, Ahmed ORCID: 0000-0002-8622-4632 (2023) A Material-Recycling Unit for the Fused Deposition Modelling of Three-Dimensional Printing Systems APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL, 13 (13). 7515-. ISSN 2076-3417, 2076-3417

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Abstract

Fused deposition modelling (FDM) three-dimensional (3D) printing technology is one of the most common additive manufacturing (AM) technologies due to the relatively low cost of the printing units and materials. Although cost-effective, this technology is not conceived to convert 100% of the raw material into a complete product, creating a potential plastic waste problem. To recycle the plastic waste from the FDM machine into reusable filaments, the concept of a 3D printer material-recycling machine (3DP-MRM) was developed using CREO Parametric 9.0 software. A prototype with four systems, including a spooler system, extruder system, display system, and filament-positioning system, was manufactured in-house with complete run experiments. The tests of the 3DP-MRM were applied, and the machine worked successfully among all the designed functions with minor issues.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	recycling, fused deposition modelling, 3D printing, additive manufacturing
Divisions:	Faculty of Science & Engineering > School of Engineering
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	26 Jun 2023 07:44
Last Modified:	23 May 2026 07:23
DOI:	10.3390/app13137515
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3171250
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