The test spool of polycarbonate was special ordered for this project. [Rich] sourced 1.6mm filament since 3mm material would have been difficult to spool.

The ABS and PLA that goes into your 3D printer is sold in two forms. The first, naturally, is filament. The second is plastic granules, the raw material for your filament, and cos ...

Different plastic filament is good for different things (and some kinds don't work well with the A1 and other open-bed printers). Credit: Andrew Cunningham ...

The $449 XYZprinting da Vinci Jr. 1.0 A Pro does its best to evoke this: a translucent-orange box that takes plastic filament and turns it into innumerable objects, practical and decorative by turn.

If you want to 3D-print all of your ideas, you’ll need to start with a hefty supply of plastic filament—the “ink” used by 3D printers. Or you could get a ProtoCycler and make your own.

With new materials like polycarbonate that dream is a reality. The high-performance pro can be used for the most advanced of purposes to bring concepts to life, and become an integral part of the ...

Compact, inexpensive 3D printers typically utilize a process known as fused filament fabrication (FFF). This involves heating a plastic filament to its melting point, then extruding it through a ...

His students are developing a device called a recyclebot, which will use shredded or pelletized waste plastic to make the filament. Funding for the project comes from a $25,000 grant from the Ford ...

Here's the thing. Single-use plastics (plastic objects used just once) account for 40% of all plastic produced. It's actually more disturbing than that. Of the 8.3 billion metric tons of plastics ...