This study demonstrates the EcoPrinting principal, which makes use of renewable energy to realise a low carbon footprint means of recycling waste plastics into feedstock for Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF) 3D printing. ...

Traditionally, upper limb splints often fall short of being optimal with respect fit and patient expectations, resulting in a lack of use and no treatment of the underlying condition. In this study we address several ...

Additive manufacturing (AM) with composite materials reveals new possibilities for direct manufacturing of end-use products, breaking the paradigm of 3D printing as only a prototyping or pre-production technique that has ...

Additive manufacturing of fiber-reinforced polymers (FRPs) has revolutionized fused filament fabrication (FFF) by producing polymeric parts with enhanced mechanical properties. However, FFF suffers from poor surface ...

Although thermoplastics have traditionally been ignored as heat transfer materials, filled thermally conductive plastics fabricated in complex geometries can serve as low-cost, geometrically complicated heat exchangers, ...

The relatively low cost of Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF) printers and wide variety of materials -spanning multiple functionalities and prices- make this process interesting for production of functional parts. However, ...