Eliminating Plastic Waste by Transitioning Machine Shop to Produce Its Own 3D Printer Filament

As 3D printing becomes more popular, the issue of excess plastic grows. In response, companies and hobbyists have developed recycling systems to turn waste material back into 3D printing filament. In the Laboratory for Manufacturing and Productivity (LMP), students use injection-molding and thermofo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Spitz, Talia
Other Authors: Gilbert, Daniel
Format: Thesis
Published: Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2022
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/144831