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IJP printing recycling

t.F. · 2025-01-18 11:18
Inkjet 3D-printing (IJP) is the endgame of 3D-printing. 1) It can do basically anything, from simple static objects in millions of colors to fully functioning electronic devices 2) It is more precise than regular 3D printers 3) It is much faster than regular 3D printers However, there is a problem: recyclability. Objects made with regular FDM printers can be easily recycled back to filaments thanks to machines known as recyclebots (ex.: Filabot). However, IJP printers use photopolymeric ink. How do you break down an object into a series of reusable inks? How would IJP equivalent of a recyclebot work? Clearly just melting the stuff is not enough; at the very least you would need some kind of chemical process to separate the various materials the object was made of.(USER WAS WARNED FOR THIS POST, You should always elaborate on your opinions rather than just spilling the soykaf.)
SHODAN · 2025-01-19 08:31
So in other words it's a high end industrial system because if all parties were honest about the polluting aspect of this, costly recycling infrastructures should always accompany these devices, all with the storage issue of the necessary chemicals and then the storage pools of the residual separated elements. In terms of practicability and preparedness on both the software and hardware side, how is 3D file preparation done? What about the support struts? Is it better than plastic injection (speed, scaled costs, complexity of the final product)?
t.F. · 2025-02-12 06:07
>>83127 >costly recycling infrastructures should always accompany these devices, all with the storage issue of the necessary chemicals and then the storage pools of the residual separated elements. Yes, but what kind of recycling infrastructures?
Jean Dupont · 2025-02-12 17:26
>>83127 cmon its not worse than dyed injection moulding really its a cool process if it works well