3D Filament Recycler (Project TEO) TEAM D2 - Fila(men) Abdulaziz - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

3D Filament Recycler (Project TEO) TEAM D2 - Fila(men) Abdulaziz Abdulghafour Marc Hsu Micki Yasuda Nicole Tabac 1

2 Project Description ○ Financial Sponsor: W.L.Gore ○ Design a 3D Filament Recycler for FDM Printers ○ 3 Main Functions ○ Shredder, Extruder, and Spooler ○ Recycling PLA and ABS ○ Producing 1.75 mm diameter filament Micki 10/3/17 3D Filament Recycler

3 Background & Benchmarking ○ Competitors in 3D filament recycling: ○ Filabot ○ Industry-level competitor in 3D recycling ○ Separate machines [1] Micki 10/3/17 3D Filament Recycler

4 Background & Benchmarking ○ Competitors in 3D filament recycling: ○ ProtoCycler ○ Start up company (IndieGoGo) ○ All-in-one: 15” x 14” x 9” [2] Nicole 10/3/17 3D Filament Recycler

5 Background & Benchmarking ○ Competitors in 3D filament recycling: ○ Homemade recycler by Russ ○ Hobbyist ○ All-in-one [3] Nicole 10/3/17 3D Filament Recycler

6 Background & Benchmarking Homemade Filabot ProtoCycler recycler Price ~$10,000 ~$1,300 ~$250 Safety Certified Yes Yes No Includes 3 main No Yes Yes functions Plastic Used PLA, ABS, PC, HIPS, PLA, ABS PLA PP, PS, ULTMEM Micki 10/3/17 3D Filament Recycler

7 Customer & Engineering Requirements ○ Our customers are FDM 3D Printer users. ○ Safety ○ Aesthetics ○ Material able to extrude ○ Size ○ Engineering ○ Voltage and Amperage ○ Temperature Control ○ Budget ○ Speed Control Marc 10/3/17 3D Filament Recycler

8 Designs Considered ○ Consists of 3 subsystems ○ Created designs for each subsystem ○ Subsystems interchangeable ○ Design Chosen 2EII (Project TEO) Marc 10/3/17 3D Filament Recycler

9 Schedule & Budget ○ Financial Sponsor: W.L.Gore ○ Budget = $2,000 ○ $1,500 for parts ○ $500 for testing Aziz 10/3/17 3D Filament Recycler

10 Schedule & Budget ○ Currently on schedule Aziz 10/3/17 3D Filament Recycler

11 Questions? 10/3/17 3D Filament Recycler

12 References [1] https://www.filabot.com/collections [2] http://www.redetec.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Product-shot.jpg [3] http://rwgresearch.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Russs-filament-extruder.jpg 10/3/17 3D Filament Recycler