Hangprinter for large scale additive manufacturing using fused particle fabrication with recycled plastic and continuous feeding

Journal article

Ravneet S. Rattan, Nathan Nauta, Alessia Romani, Joshua M. Pearce*
HardwareX, vol. 13(e00401), 2023 Mar

DOI: 10.1016/j.ohx.2023.e00401

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Rattan, R. S., Nauta, N., Romani, A., & Pearce*, J. M. (2023). Hangprinter for large scale additive manufacturing using fused particle fabrication with recycled plastic and continuous feeding. HardwareX, 13(e00401). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ohx.2023.e00401

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Rattan, Ravneet S., Nathan Nauta, Alessia Romani, and Joshua M. Pearce*. “Hangprinter for Large Scale Additive Manufacturing Using Fused Particle Fabrication with Recycled Plastic and Continuous Feeding.” HardwareX 13, no. e00401 (March 2023).

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Rattan, Ravneet S., et al. “Hangprinter for Large Scale Additive Manufacturing Using Fused Particle Fabrication with Recycled Plastic and Continuous Feeding.” HardwareX, vol. 13, no. e00401, Mar. 2023, doi:10.1016/j.ohx.2023.e00401.

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@article{ravneet2023a,
  title = {Hangprinter for large scale additive manufacturing using fused particle fabrication with recycled plastic and continuous feeding},
  year = {2023},
  month = mar,
  issue = {e00401},
  journal = {HardwareX},
  volume = {13},
  doi = {10.1016/j.ohx.2023.e00401},
  author = {Rattan, Ravneet S. and Nauta, Nathan and Romani, Alessia and Pearce*, Joshua M.},
  month_numeric = {3}
}

Abstract

The life cycle of plastic is a key source of carbon emissions. Yet, global plastics production has quadrupled in 40 years and only 9 % has been recycled. If these trends continue, carbon emissions from plastic wastes would reach 15 % of global carbon budgets by 2050. An approach to reducing plastic waste is to use distributed recycling for additive manufacturing (DRAM) where virgin plastic products are replaced by locally manufactured recycled plastic products that have no transportation-related carbon emissions. Unfortunately, the design of most 3-D printers forces an increase in the machine cost to expand for recycling plastic at scale. Recently, a fused granular fabrication (FGF)/fused particle fabrication (FPF) large-scale printer was demonstrated with a GigabotX extruder based on the open source cable driven Hangprinter concept. To further improve that system, here a lower-cost recyclebot direct waste plastic extruder is demonstrated and the full designs, assembly and operation are detailed. The <$1,700 machine’s accuracy and printing performance are quantified, and the printed parts mechanical strength is within the range of other systems. Along with support from the Hangprinter and DUET3 communities, open hardware developers have a rich ecosystem to modify in order to print directly from waste plastic for DRAM. 1

Keywords

Open hardware // 3D printing // FGF printing // Hangprinter // Recyclebot // Pellet extrusion // Waste plastic // Recycling // Open source hardware

Specifics

Hardware name: Hybrid Hangprinter with Direct Drive Particle Extruder.
Subject area: Engineering and Material Science.
Hardware type: Electrical engineering and computer science; Mechanical engineering and materials science.
Open Source License: GNU General Public License v.3; CERN OHL v2.
Cost of Hardware: CAD 2125 (USD 1638).
Source File Repository: https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/NDWS6

Media Coverage

Recyclebot (Wikipedia page). 2
Hangprinter (Wikipedia page). 3

Resources and links

📑 Full text (publisher version) 4
🛠️ OSF Repository (3D models and dataset) 5

Rattan, R.S., Nauta, N., Romani, A. and Pearce, J.M., 2023. Hangprinter for large scale additive manufacturing using fused particle fabrication with recycled plastic and continuous feeding. HardwareX, Vol 13, e00401. DOI: 10.1016/j.ohx.2023.e00401 ↩
1. Recyclebot. Wikipedia. Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/?curid=42232333
1. Hangprinter. Wikipedia. Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/?curid=53527471
Rattan, R.S., Nauta, N., Romani, A. and Pearce, J.M., 2023. Hangprinter for large scale additive manufacturing using fused particle fabrication with recycled plastic and continuous feeding. HardwareX, Vol 13, e00401. DOI: 10.1016/j.ohx.2023.e00401 ↩
Pearce, J.M., Rattan, R.S., Romani, A. 2023. Open source hang printer with direct screw auger FPF. Project repository. Available at OSF.io. Link: https://osf.io/ndws6 ↩