3D printer to print valuable things out of trash right on the spotThe machine includes three main components. A pelletizer shreds used plastic. Next, a dehumidifier removes excess moisture.
Finally, a Gigabot X 3D printer prints the objects.
The key to making the lab work is the massive innovation in a small part of the 3D printing process: the extruder.
Most 3D printers create objects using an extrusion system, meaning they heat plastic and then press it through a nozzle onto a printing platform. In a consumer 3D printer,
this plastic is a filament, but some printers use pellets instead.
