NIT Rourkela Patents Low-Cost Extruder for Turning Plastic Waste into 3D Printing Filament

NIT Rourkela Patents Low-Cost Extruder for Turning Plastic Waste into 3D Printing Filament

Researchers at the National Institute of Technology Rourkela have been granted a patent, application number 202431068691, for a portable extrusion system that converts recycled plastic waste into composite filament for FDM 3D printing, built at an estimated cost of roughly 45,000 rupees (about $470). The five-member team, drawn from the institute’s mechanical and chemical engineering…