Choosing the optimal recycled plastic for making 3D printing filament by ELECTRE decision model

Dingren Zhou

doi:10.1117/12.2639070

29 April 2022 Choosing the optimal recycled plastic for making 3D printing filament by ELECTRE decision model

Dingren Zhou

Proceedings Volume 12255, 2022 International Conference on Optoelectronic Information and Functional Materials (OIFM 2022); 122550U (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2639070
Event: 2022 International Conference on Optoelectronic Information and Functional Materials (OIFM 2022), 2022, Chongqing, China

Abstract

End-of-life plastics are now posing a great threat to the global environment. An effective solution to mitigate the plastic pollution is to recycle the post-consumer plastics. Recycled plastic materials are considered as low-cost and sustainable alternatives for 3D printer filaments. However, due to the variety of recycled materials available, a selection process is required to suit the specific applications. In order to select an optimal recycled material for 3D printer filament from the waste plastic stream which contains a mixture of polymers, the current research implements the Elimination Et Choice Translating Reality (ELECTRE) method. The result revealed that recycled polyethylene terephthalate (PET) outperformed other waste plastics including recycled acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS), recycled polylactic acid (PLA) and recycled polypropylene (PP). The current study suggests that the ELECTRE model provides a valuable framework for evaluating materials performances for designed applications.

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Dingren Zhou "Choosing the optimal recycled plastic for making 3D printing filament by ELECTRE decision model", Proc. SPIE 12255, 2022 International Conference on Optoelectronic Information and Functional Materials (OIFM 2022), 122550U (29 April 2022); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2639070

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