Comment on Recycling 3D Prints and Waste Plastic into Filament (PET & PLA) by Dr D Flo
cyborganism@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
Someone at McGill university figured out how to recycle wind turbine blades into 3d printer filament. However, a single blade made enough filament that it’s length could go to the moon and back. From one blade!
balthazarsnakewizard@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Aren’t wind turbine blades fiberglass? Can fiberglass be printed?
thurstylark@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Anything can be printed with enough heat.
See: lava
sj_zero 11 months ago
Post: "My hot end is only reaching earth's mantle. Do I need to reach the surface of the sun to make this work?"
FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Not to be like that… but… gases would be hard to print, I’m not sure why you’d want to….
Liquids could be interesting, for like, ice sculptures. But at that point you’d be having to extract heat from ambient
OminousOrange@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
Ice printing could work with supercooled water.
cyborganism@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
Yes. Well they are mixed with an epoxy.
You can find the research online with all the details.
thantik@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Glass reinforcement material is a common filler, just as much as carbon fiber.