To prompt the MDD Digital Assemblies students - and satiate some of our own curiosities - professor Milad Mozari and Matt Sutton of binary initiated some experiments using powdered additives spanning the basic material categories: timber, glass, metal.
Mixed into locally collected recycled PETG in a 1:10 ratio, and then extruded into filament using the Filabot EX2, each additive added unique characteristics to the filament and resulting test prints.
Below are some photos from the experiments:
4 comments
Filabot Team
Hi Gabrielle, thank you for your question. These experiments performed by the University of Utah was for his conceptual for aesthetics projects. Stay tune though as we are working on our own testing for the physical side of this experiment.
Hi Gabrielle, thank you for your question. These experiments performed by the University of Utah was for his conceptual for aesthetics projects. Stay tune though as we are working on our own testing for the physical side of this experiment.
Gabrielle Massoud
Are they sharing the actual physical testing results, or was this conceptual for aesthetics only?
Are they sharing the actual physical testing results, or was this conceptual for aesthetics only?
Filabot Team
Hello Margaret, yes, they are using ground-up recycled PETG sourced from the local recycling/waste plant from their studio.
Hello Margaret, yes, they are using ground-up recycled PETG sourced from the local recycling/waste plant from their studio.
Margaret Whitaker
This is so cool! Are they using post consumer waste for the PetG components?
This is so cool! Are they using post consumer waste for the PetG components?