A new era of 3D-printing “microfactories” is helping to turn waste plastics into “highly competitive” products fit for use in ...

Clear acrylic panels have long been a mainstay of 3D printer enclosure designs ... An alternative material worth looking at is corrugated plastic (also known by its trade name coroplast) which ...

3D printing is a popular process ... After the main extruder lays down each layer of clear PLA plastic, the print is then moved under the inkjet head, which lays down colored inks before the ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Additive manufacturing, or 3D printing, offers a viable method for constructing large-scale plastic scintillator detectors used in particle physics. A new ...

"If this [waste-made plastic] can now be fed into a 3D printer, can you actually print a whole range of products?" she said. One such product already made are "clamps" — or blocks — used in ...