Department of Mechanical Engineering, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Godollo, Hungary
 Research Article   
								
																Laboratory Tests of Plastic Recycling for 3D Printing Utilisation 
																Author(s): Alaeddine Oussai*, Zoltan Bartfai and Laszlo Katai             
								
																
						 Fused  Deposition Modeling (FDM) is the most common 3D printing technology. In an  additive process, an object is created by successive layering of material until  the entire object is created so those process with different settings is  important. Tensile test specimens of two types of printed Polyethylene  terephthalate have been carried out to examine the mechanical properties.  Virgin Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) and recycled PET are the used materials  for this research. A total of forty test pieces of the two types were  evaluated. The differences in stress-strain curves, tensile strength values  and, elongation at break were compared among the tested samples. .. View more»