Q: Can I just feed any material into this recycling loop?
No. So there are three aspects to this:
- the input needs to be relatively clean (not contaminated, painted, coated, severely UV damaged or decomposed)
- It is probably best to keep filament scraps in ziploc bags or otherwise sealed from moisture. If the input material contains anything that you do not want running through your PTFE tubes or nozzle, we generally don't want to put it in the R1 or M1 either.
- the input needs to be the right type of material.
- We're going to initially focus on recycling PLA and PETG since they are commonly used materials for 3D printing. According to Creality other materials will be supported by the M1 & R1 either at launch or with firmware updates.
- I will be purchasing pellets for PLA only initially, but on request I can procure pellets for other materials as well (or use ones provided by you).
- We're going to initially focus on recycling PLA and PETG since they are commonly used materials for 3D printing. According to Creality other materials will be supported by the M1 & R1 either at launch or with firmware updates.
- The input needs to be cut down to an adequate size
- Any shapes with infill need to be snipped or torn down to feed properly into the filament shredder. See also:
- After some initial testing I hope to provide some examples of what types of input work well and which ones don't.
- Any shapes with infill need to be snipped or torn down to feed properly into the filament shredder. See also: