Filabot is a company centered around plastic recycling for 3D printing. Founded in 2011 by Tyler McNaney, Filabot currently has two different filament extruder setups (with the components available separately as add-ons), and various other tools to help with the filament extrusion process available here on their website. The benefits of Filabot’s set-up compared to other brands is the quality and durability as well as the modular design, enabling the team to upgrade and add components as they go instead of overhauling a single machine which would be costly both time-wise and financially for them and the consumer.
Filabot has committed to engineering a more sustainable future by cutting edge miniaturization of industrial polymer processes… Our products will reduce overhead costs and the environmental impact of next-generation 3D printing…
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At KPU Richmond, the Filabot EX6 Extruder Setup is available for students to use (with limited access), which will be the filament extruder used for this project.
Here is a short video on the basics of recycling for 3D printing.
Video Credits: Filabot
My Two Sent.’s: Filabot is one of the leading companies in commercial plastic recycling for 3D printing and I feel honoured and privileged to be able to attend an institution that is forward thinking enough to invest and work with their products. The fact that KPU Richmond had a Filabot EX6 Setup was one of my inspirations for choosing this topic for my capstone project, as it would have been extremely difficult and expensive to pursue without a filament extruder setup.
Filabot. (n.d.). OUR COMPANY. Retrieved from https://www.filabot.com/pages/about-us