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A project log for Polyformer - Ideal Filament Recycler

The ideal machine for recycling plastic bottles into 3D printer filament. Team Members: Reiten Cheng (Project Founder), Swaleh Owais

swaleh-owaisSwaleh Owais 06/12/2022 at 02:560 Comments

Initally, I had mounted the heated nozzle to the chassis with a 3D printed component. Since the nozzle only reached temperatures of 210deg and the printed component was made from PETG, I assumed this would be fine. I was wrong.

[Figure 1: Extruder blocked melted]

Fortunately, I had some extrusion pieces lying around that I could use to mount the nozzle. If you want to watch a video of me cutting the extrusion piece, see below!

[Figure 2: Cutting extrusion in Kigali]

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