Investigation On The Suitability Of Plastic Bottle Material As 3D Printer Filament

Zainal Kifli, Muhammad Syahmi (2017) Investigation On The Suitability Of Plastic Bottle Material As 3D Printer Filament. Project Report. Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Melaka, Malaysia. (Submitted)

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Abstract

The purpose of this research is to develop 3D printer filament using plastic bottle waste.This research is done by taking a few factors such as type of plastic bottle, plastic bottle melting temperature,strength and surface roughness of produce product.There are seven types of plastic polymer that popularly used around the globe but this research only focusing on developing 3D filament using High Density Polyethylene (HDPE) bottle.The problem statement that bring to this research is the excess volume of plastic bottle that stuck on landfills and cannot be dispose easily.The currently recycling method is high cost because its involve many process and not eco-friendly.The objective for this research is to prepare the 3D filament using plastic bottle waste HDPE type.Next objective is to analyze the 3D product that make from produce 3D filament.Last objective is to test the suitability of produce product using several tests such as tensile strength and surface roughness.The process to produce the 3D filament starts with shredding the plastic bottle waste into small fragments.Then,the fragments are feed into filament extruder to produce 3D filament.The produce filament then used on the 3D printer to print the 3D product.

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