Integrated recycle system concept for low cost 3 D-printer sustainability

Plastic prototypes that are produced by a low cost 3d printing process may contribute to the increases of plastic waste due to its post-process or from the waste from prototype building error. In this paper, with the goal to sustain and reuse the plastic waste, a recycle system which integrated to the low cost 3Dprinter was proposed. This system concept which consisted of 13 parts was designed and analyzed by computer modelling and computer aided engineering software. Afterwards, most parts were built by 3D printer before they were assembled together and attached to the low cost 3D printer in order to prove the working design concept. From the result of the analysis, it shows that all parts were safe to produce where the factor safeties were in the range of 3 to 10 and the working concept of the system was proven. .