Published date: Feb 09 2017

Journal Title: KnE Engineering

Issue title: The International Conference on Design and Technology

Pages: 234-241

DOI: 10.18502/keg.v2i2.621

Mazher Iqbal Mohammedmazher.mohammed@deakin.edu.au

Meera Mohan

Anirudra Das

Mitchell D. Johnson

Parminder Singh Badwal

Doug McLean

Ian Gibson

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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