The Michigan furniture industry produces >150 tons/day of wood-based waste, which can be upcycled into a wood polymer composite (WPC). This study investigates the viability of using furniture waste as a feedstock for 3-D printer filament to produce furniture components. The process involves: grinding/milling board scraps made of both LDF/MDF/LDF and melamine/particleboard/paper impregnated with phenolic resins; pre-mixing wood-based powder with the biopolymer poly lactic acid (PLA), extruding twice through open-source recyclebots to fabricate homogeneous 3-D printable WPC filament, and printing with open source FFF-based 3-D printers. The results indicate there is a significant opportunity for waste-based composite WPCs to be used as 3-D printing filament.
Pearce, J. (2019). Wood Furniture Waste-Based Recycled 3-D Printing Filament. Afribary. Retrieved from https://afribary.com/works/wood-furniture-waste-based-recycled-3-d-printing-filament
Pearce, Joshua "Wood Furniture Waste-Based Recycled 3-D Printing Filament" Afribary. Afribary, 11 Apr. 2019, https://afribary.com/works/wood-furniture-waste-based-recycled-3-d-printing-filament. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
Pearce, Joshua . "Wood Furniture Waste-Based Recycled 3-D Printing Filament". Afribary, Afribary, 11 Apr. 2019. Web. 18 Apr. 2024. < https://afribary.com/works/wood-furniture-waste-based-recycled-3-d-printing-filament >.
Pearce, Joshua . "Wood Furniture Waste-Based Recycled 3-D Printing Filament" Afribary (2019). Accessed April 18, 2024. https://afribary.com/works/wood-furniture-waste-based-recycled-3-d-printing-filament