3D Printing of Large Objects with PET Flakes

“3D Printing of Large Objects with PET Flakes” is the Graduation project of Daniël Eikelenboom of the Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering of the TU Delft for the Rotterdam based company 3D Robotprinting. The project focusses on the development and implementation of an ‘all-inclusive’ PET bottle recycling unit containing a large-scale 3D...

Manufacturing for customisation: System for FDM mass customisation based on mono-material, transformable interior components using recycled PET

The following report is an explanation to the process of identifying a relevant thesis topic, the literature research, design methodology and validation of the design task at hand. The literature research expands on the construction industry, PET as a single use waste material, Additive manufacturing, Fused Deposition modeling and the design of...