TY - GEN
T1 - Development of a low-cost prototype of an extruder for plastic waste
AU - Soedira, Daniel Meino
AU - Lintanghati, Damai Kasih
AU - Koestoer, Raldi Artono
AU - Dhelika, Radon
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was partially funded by PKM-KC (Program Kreativitas Mahasiswa-Karsa Cipta) Kemenristekdikti fiscal year 2019. We also thank Mr. Parlan for their immense assistance during the manufacturing process.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Author(s).
Copyright:
Copyright 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2020/5/6
Y1 - 2020/5/6
N2 - Plastic waste is one of the biggest environmental problems worldwide, including in Indonesia. A communitybased initiative such as the waste bank is seen by many as a potential player contributing toward the alleviation of the problem. However, their sustainability in operation is very dependent on the plastic selling price which constantly fluctuates. The conversion of plastic waste, such as polyethylene terephthalate (PET) into a higher value product by the use of a shredder and an extruder can help this matter. An extruder is a machine which can produce plastic filaments by applying a heat to the inputted shredded plastic wastes. In this work, a simple, low-cost extruder designed to be suitable to the condition of the developing nations is developed. A simple control system is applied to the system for a better temperature output. The produced filament is evaluated for consistency of density and diameter under varied temperature. The optimum temperature found is 200°C and the produced filament is observed to be within a reasonable degree of consistency in terms of diameter with an error in the range of 20%.
AB - Plastic waste is one of the biggest environmental problems worldwide, including in Indonesia. A communitybased initiative such as the waste bank is seen by many as a potential player contributing toward the alleviation of the problem. However, their sustainability in operation is very dependent on the plastic selling price which constantly fluctuates. The conversion of plastic waste, such as polyethylene terephthalate (PET) into a higher value product by the use of a shredder and an extruder can help this matter. An extruder is a machine which can produce plastic filaments by applying a heat to the inputted shredded plastic wastes. In this work, a simple, low-cost extruder designed to be suitable to the condition of the developing nations is developed. A simple control system is applied to the system for a better temperature output. The produced filament is evaluated for consistency of density and diameter under varied temperature. The optimum temperature found is 200°C and the produced filament is observed to be within a reasonable degree of consistency in terms of diameter with an error in the range of 20%.
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U2 - 10.1063/5.0000936
DO - 10.1063/5.0000936
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85096384222
T3 - AIP Conference Proceedings
BT - Recent Progress on
A2 - Nahry, null
A2 - Marthanty, Dwinanti Rika
PB - American Institute of Physics Inc.
T2 - 16th International Conference on Quality in Research, QiR 2019 - 2019 International Symposium on Advances in Mechanical Engineering, ISAME 2019
Y2 - 22 July 2019 through 24 July 2019
ER -