Open Source

PP testing

Here are the results of the first tests with new recycled PP material from Eco-Oh! We are glad to have found we made the right decision...

Nozzle isolation

By adding simple isolation around the nozzle we managed to increase the nozzle temperature from 60 up to 170 degree. Definitely one of...

Household waste PE/PP

After many months of developing and testing to master the PE/PP material from household waste, our gathered data indicate that we will...

Nozzle tips

Since the extruders end had an unusual external thread size for attaching nozzles, we decided to remove the end and replace it with a...

Extruder Splitting Zones

Earlier we announced a large upgrade of the extruder. One major challenge was to increase the amount of heating zones from 2 to 4....

Extruder screw geometries

We found this interesting research on the relation of extruder screw geometries, melt viscosity and thermal efficiency. Highlights: •...

Nozzle Package

With the installment of couplers and nozzles the quality of the output greatly improved. Since recycled plastics from household waste are...

PE/PP Testing v2

In PE/PP Testing v1 the layer height was set between 5 – 8 mm, resulting in thick round layers. The material has less surface for cooling...

PE/PP Testing v1

ECO-oh! supplied us with recycled PE/PP blend made of recycled household waste! With the material consisting of 75% PE & 25% PP it is...

PLA Testing

While printing with recycled PLA we experienced considerable expansion and shrinkage of material. Since PLA is an amorphous plastic it...

The first of many problems

We have managed to hook our extruder up to our robot. Thanks to Rohaco for their support. Now we realise that the material feeder wont...

CAD to CODE

Many people have been working on the same problem: What is the easiest way to slice CAD to GCode or Rapid? In order to solve this, a...

Hackathon CAD to CODE

A hackathon was organized by ReMake partners for CAD to RAPID. Too many people are working on the same problem. The goals of this...

Precious Plastics

ReMake Plastics is now actively engaging in the Precious Plastic community. The workspace of ReMake can be found on the map and updates...

Open Source

Toekomstfonds Subsidy Awarded!

Today it was announced that ReMake plastic is awarded subsidy by the municipality of Amersfoort! ReMake Plastics aims to process recycled...