Waste plastic extruder: Files

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Parts files

Main body

Manufacturing diagrams will be added below for components of the waste plastic extruder.

Drawings included below are:

• main body assembly drawing
• hopper
• flange
• die
• gear pipe section
• hopper pipe section
• heating pipe section

For this particular extruder, each of these components were fabricated using steel.

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  Figure 1: Assembly diagram of main body including parts list. Part diagrams included below
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  Figure 2: Hopper as constructed for waste plastic extruder. Dimensions can be easily modified as needed.
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  Figure 3: Flange - used to connect various pipe sections together and attach die. Connected with fasteners.
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  Figure 4: Die used to extruder 3mm filament for use with RepRap.
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  Figure 5: Gearing section of pipe. Welded to flanges.
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  Figure 6: Hopper section of pipe. Welded to flanges.
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  Figure 7:Heating section of pipe. Welded to flanges.

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