Pricey, yes, but seeing as how the RepRap community already has the techniques behind melting plastic down pat, it might now be too hard to build your own plastic sintering printer. If you know of ...

Metal is a good conductor of heat, and has a high melting point, making it good to cook with. Whereas the plastic of the handle doesn’t conduct heat so well, it’s an insulator. And plastic has ...

A series of tests conducted by The Copper Sustainability Partnership (CuSP) have revealed that plastic pipes pose significant ...

However, their widespread adoption is hindered by their relatively low melting point, which means they cannot be a substitute for all conventional plastics that cause pollution. Less than 1% of ...