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Description: Welcome to Part 2 of Dr. DFlo’s plastic extrusion series. If you haven’t already, be sure to check out Part 1 (   • How to Extrude 3D Printer Filament (B...  ), where a variety of NEW materials are extruded into 3D printer filament. In this video, we will recycle unwanted 3D prints and plastic items found around the house into filament.

The first step in this process is to grind up old parts and empty containers with a shredder/granulator. You'll discover that groundup plastic isn't the same as new pellets; it's lighter and requires some extra processing before it can be melting and drawn out as a constant diameter fiber. These extra steps include a 3 mm extrusion followed by pelletizing. Ultimately, we end up with a 100% recycled feedstock that can be used for producing 3D printer filament or in any thermoplastic processing equipment (e.g., injection molding).

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Table of Contents:

00:00 Intro
01:29 Recycling 3D Prints
01:58 Shredding (Reclaimer)
07:55 Extruding regrind
14:38 Pelletizing
17:40 Degradation
20:10 ReExtruding
21:15 Economics
24:00 Recycling Commodity Plastics
27:10 Pultrusion
29:00 Shredding PET Bottles
30:35 PET Extrusion Challenges
35:15 Extruding PET Flakes