FILAMENT PRODUCTION DEVICE AND METHOD
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    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:EP3603932A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-02-05

    申请号:EP18723055.2

    申请日:2018-03-23

    摘要: The present invention refers to a device that recycles thermoplastics for producing a filament for fused deposition modelling devices (FDM) and respective operating method.
    The crushed thermoplastic is introduced into the hopper (4), pushed by a screw, driven by the motor (1), inside the barrel (5), whose axial force is sustained by the axial bearing (2). The thermoplastic is melted with the assistance of electrical heating resistors (6) and passes through a degassing zone (7) connected to the vacuum pump (3). The thermoplastic is forced through the die (8), being cooled on a cooling tray (9) having a water circulation system (12). The diameter of the filament is controlled by the puller (11) based on the data obtained in the measurement system of the filament diameter (10). A microcontroller controls the entire process.