Time to save your failed prints for recycling
May.16, 2012 - Check out this awesome shredder in the video below. It is developed by Marcus Thymark of Germany who won a crowd design challenge at GrabCAD for LifeTrac IV - Quick Connect Wheels early this year. The shredder can be used to recycle all your failed prints or any other plastic scrap. More
Filabot's new website is on line now
Apr.16, 2012 - Filabot, a 3D plastic extrusion system, grinds and melts the old plastic items such as milk jugs, shampoo bottles and plastic packaging in an extrusion to make usable filament for 3D printing. More
Review of 9 recently released 3D printing materials(video)
Mar.6, 2012 -
In the past few months there were 9 3D printing materials released by 5 companies. Industry analyst Todd Grimm from engineering.com made a summary of these newly released materials.
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Developing sustainable bioplastics for 3D printers
Feb.8, 2012 -
Many companies are working on recycled and biodegradable materials for the injection molding and packaging industries, can these materials being printed by a 3D printer?
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Filabot turns recyclable plastics into 3D printer filament
Jan.8, 2012 - Tyler McNaney from Milton, VT is a student at Vermont Technical College studying Mechanical Engineering. He has launched a Kickstarter campaign for his technology project Filabot. What is Filabot?
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Experiment Polycarbonate with DIY 3D printer
Jan.2, 2012 - Luke Chilson and Alex English from ProtoParadigm LLC have been testing polycrabonate on Makerbot and Ultimaker 3D printer. More
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