Dec 11, 2014 | By Simon
While there have been good-hearted efforts towards recycling plastic waste into new and usable 3D printing filament, very few options have offered consistency in materials, color and performance.
ObjectForm, a Sheffield, England-based company founded in April of 2014, announced yesterday the launch of their own range of 100% recycled 3D printing filament and pellets under their new Fila-Cycle product line. The filament offers a clean and consistent finish that is on-par with non-recycled filaments that are currently on the market.
The Fila-Cycle range consists of both pellets for filament extruders as well as filament for directly installing into FDM 3D printers. Both the pellets and the filament are available in Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) and High Impact Polystyrene (HIPS) plastics.
ObjectForm, which was founded by partners Scott Knowles, Chris Simpson, and Stephan Hollingshead, rigorously tested their recycled plastics to ensure that the design aesthetics and quality was reliable and suited for rapid prototyping purposes. The trio have a background in both technology and distribution.
"When we first investigated materials it was clear that finding an environmentally friendly source that was inexpensive, yet produced good results, was key to help champion 3D printing and all it could achieve." Said Knowles, who operates as ObjectForm's Director. "The Fila-Cycle brand is our way of trying to close the loop (closed loop economy), being environmentally conscious and at the same time bring an inexpensive yet innovative product to the market."
The Robot head printed by ObjectForm
Aside from being environmentally-friendly, the offerings from Fila-Cycle are also wallet-friendly due to being sourced from waste material. On their site, a 10m roll of their ABS filament is just £2.99 while a 50m roll is just £5.99.
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How do the rheology and mechanical properties of these materials compare to the "virgin" polymer? Recycling often degrades plastics.
Faktuu wrote at 12/12/2014 12:48:50 PM:
I`m not shure if it makes any sense to go for this product as it would cost me 14 eur for 750g (comes up to 18.66/kg) of recycled pellets when i can get decent fillament in color of my choice delivered in 24h at a cost of 25 eur per kg also I belive that you can get virgin plastic pellets in 25kg bags for 3-4 eur/kg
Jeremy wrote at 12/11/2014 11:35:16 PM:
This is great! I have been worrying about my printing, but not anymore.
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