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Artme-3D filament extruder (artme-3d.myshopify.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/3dprinting

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Does anyone here have experience with this? I'm on the verge of buying the Artme3D extruder kit as it seems to be complete with extruder and spooler. Alternatives like FelFil Evo will sell you the spooler for the same price as the extruder which in my opinion is a scam for something that isn't that complicated.

The next challenge is filament degradation. Ideally you add some virgin plastic pellets to recycled plastic chunks so that there is enough plasticizer still left in there. Could you just add the plasticizer yourself? It commonly is glycerol or PEG which are pretty common and easily attainable chemicals. Does anyone here have experience with mixing additives yourself?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The next challenge is filament degradation. Ideally you add some virgin plastic pellets to recycled plastic chunks so that there is enough plasticizer still left in there.

Depending on the filament material, it may be stronger than you think. Brothers Make did HDPE (which is not a common printer filament, I know) recycling 30x without serious degradation. https://youtube.com/watch?v=4v2avVAFFB8

IDK if that's applicable to PLA, but it's worth noting, IMO.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

It isn't applicable to PLA.

I believe PLA can only be recycled once before degrading.

And the test those Brothers did should be taken with a grain of salt. They took some shortcuts, so the result isn't completely consistent with reality.

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