FABRICATION OF BASIC SCREW EXTRUDER TO MANUFACTURE 3D PRINTERS’ FILAMENT

Arvind V. Lal, Monish U.R., Ahlaad Saraf, Jaya Christiyan K.G.

Abstract: The industry of 3D printing in India is fast gathering pace with a large number of 3D printing machines being sold in our country. However there is one major problem that is being faced by almost all the 3D printing customers in the country which is the lack of availability of the 3D printing filament used for 3D printing. Presently the 3D printing filaments are being imported from either US or China. This results in very high overall costs of the filaments due to the high import duties. This reinforces the need to have domestic screw extruders so as to minimize the cost of these filaments. Considering that screw extruders are absolutely necessary in a society where 3D Printing is catching up at a fast pace, it is only a matter of time before domestic screw extruders are made

Keywords: Screw Extruder, Extrusion, 3D Printer Filament

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15623/ijret.2016.0525033