Direct 3D printing of recycled polycarbonate chips with the open source GigabotX

May 29, 2019

This is a summary of the paper: Properties & Applications of Recycled Polycarbonate Particle Material Extrusion-based Additive Manufacturing. Past work has shown that particle material extrusion fused particle fabrication/fused granular fabrication has the potential for increasing the use of recycled polymers in 3D printing.

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