A big thank you to everyone for the feedback :) I am pretty much blown away by the positive response! It really keeps me motivated to push this project! Big big thank you!
What a fantastic project! it is both aesthetically good to look at and functions really well! The price point could be a sticking point as well as getting the molds. Have you thought about the mold supply chain? You need to make the design process and manufacturing process easy for the general public. Perhaps a partnership with Makera that makes the Carvera desktop CNC. That machine would be able to make the molds/dies for your machine. Alos think about targeting universities and technical collage's as buyers of your product. They could actually teach the whole process from designing the mold/die's through to the finished product.
You should contact Stefan from CNC Kitchen. He is a big advocate of plastic recycling and is well known in the 3D printing community. Maybe you can make a video together.
This is super cool! Precious Plastics has been on my radar for a while now, but one of their weaknesses has always been the injection molding side of things, IMO. This really ups the game!
Hell yeah mate. Use-case aside, building a machine / tool to address a purpose because you couldn't fine one on the market is awesome. Toolmaking is such a cool practice and way less common than it should be.
@@Z-add i didnt say it'll kill you. i said look like. i know theres many desktop machines out there, i own one. but majority of them look very diy or industrial even for a small machine. this design bears a resemblance to the machine micromolder, which i really like the look of.
@APxKP thanks for the shout-out! The esthetics of his enclosure design are noteworthy, but he failed to duplicate our engineering, and the parts that are demonstrated in the video are parts that would be re-ground and processed again due to quality issues.
I would absolutely love to buy one of these! I have a dream of producing my own miniature models for RPG games to sell on my website and this machine would make that a reality. The bonus that it helps keep waste plastic out of landfills is extremely exciting. This would be a true game changer for tiny businesses like mine! Happen to have any information to share about how to get on a wait list or procure your machine?
If you could extrude the recycled plastic into 3D printer filament, it would be incredibly easy to turn household plastic waste into parts for any application you could think of. It won't have the same strength as the molded parts, but the versatility would be great for home and garage projects. Great job with the incredible recycling concept!
Hello Maeder. I am developing a similar machine to yours using pnematic cylinders and tailored to the Nigerian environment. Good job to your project and good luck in winning the James Dyson Award.
So awesome! I hope these are available to buy someday! I would definitely get one! Feels like form factor wise my instinct would be to orient it vertically that way it could maybe stand on its own and take up less floor space? have to rework expelling mechanism though.
I love the idea. The only issue I see with it is similar to those with traditional injection molding: you need highly specialized molds that are usually quite expensive. Have you ever considered creating a simpler application of this technology, like a 3D filament maker or something along those lines? If so, what made you choose an injection molder? Congrats on this machine. It looks extremely clean and well-thought-out.
@@manutechlab for what it's worth, I think it's great that you're not crowdfunding it just yet. I bet you'll learn a tonne shipping the next ~10-20 units out for testing; having the time to get the machine working well in support of new use-cases, without the pressure of shipping an unfinished product to backers before you're 100% happy with it. Definitely support selling a bunch of "tester" machines to local companies and pricing in "support services" to adapt functionality of the machine as needed though! Love the project.
I think the answer to "why not change that" is that its much cheaper and more efficient to do it on a large scale. Sort of the reason factories exist. This is super cool though!
Looks awesome man! It would be great if there could be some kind of shredder on top. Shredding the plastic to small pieces can be quite difficult without a proper machine. Is this only for a specific type of plastic like PET or ABS? Or are you able to combine the plastic pieces and create something from a mixture of plastics?
Hi :) thank you very much.. that would be cool indeed. For now I mainly used PP because mixing is not a good idea. PP worked really well so far and is very common in German post-consumer waste
I still have to work on that, thats true. The product is very much usable but the optics I still have to get right. Someone with some experience in injection molding could definitely help, that would be very much appreciated :)
Whats the range of perticulate sizes and shapes the thing copes with? Du you need a industrial granulator or does a simple shredder suffice? How does it hold up with impurities?
The quality of this machine is outstanding... I would love to see one of the trustworthy youtubers test it in order to give some serious feedbacks... I also hope that you open-source it!
Amazing project. Could you give more information about what the end moldings could be? The size limits, the process of making a mold, how much pressure the machine makes when pressing the mold? What about some tests vs 3d printing? Is is tougher than 3d printing? Why use this over 3d printing? Wear and tear compared to a 3d printed object? Can you machine somehow make material for 3d printers to use? If this molding process could make something the size of a brick, it would be amazing. People could use it as a building material. I have subscribed. I am very curious to how this project works out for you. I am studying Computer Science and learning a lot about Internet of Things. This molding machine seems like it could be a powerful tool for DIY smart home stuff.
Cool project, you should look into making a pelletizer Injection molds are insanely expensive currently and I only need so many egg cups. having plastic pellets means you can use that new pellet extruder by that greenboy guy.
can your machine be adapted into the 3d printing filament creation world? there needs to be more activity in that field for personal recycling of failed prints and color change waste. amazing work
Hi Manuel is amazing what you did. I am working on an other machine will produce mushrooms on low scale. For big scale there are many on market. Can i ask you how you heat up the interior of the flakes? This problem still not have solved as need heat up also an cylinder with water in it. Will be so happy if you can give me a link or idea how made. Thanks so much
Very impressive machine, looks like a finished product. What makes it a recycling machine? How is it different from a normal injection molding machine? Can it be used with plastic pellets?
There is not a word in the film about the basic parameters of the injection process. How do you control the charge back pressure, dosing speed and stroke, injection speed and pressure, switching point to pressure hold, mold clamping force, cooling time and mold temperature? Building an injection machine is less than half the way to achieving a repeatable process. The cost of building an injection mold often exceeds the cost of purchasing an injection machine with peripherals.
The most expensive part is a mold, which is produced using high-class processes (grinding, polishing, elecric erosion etc). One mold per one product in this case. Other parts are neither expensive nor complicated.
Great execution! my version is still in development hell.. and I doubt it will ever be finished! If you decide to publish the device as Open source, I´d like to build one
Fantastic! I don't think I've hit subscribe this fast before. I've wanted something like this for over 10 years. It should work with high temp safe resin printed molds, correct?
Thank you :) yes it does. I have worked with several of these resins the last year. You can have a look on my instagram if you want. @manutechlab I made a starship mold from TR300 Resin and also tried a phonecover mold from a different one (I dont remember the name of that material right now^^)
Wont this work better if it is like "refrigirator size" or "car size"? They could be used by smaller bussiness to make the parts they need on site (like packaging for some other products).
Great idea and beautifully executed, my main issue with injection-molding tho is the mold itself being expensive to produce. I was to produce this machine i would sell it at a loss and make a profit from making and selling the molds for it. Its in the molds the money can be made.
Thats not entirely true, injection molding presses can cost much more than the tooling itself. Given the small platen size, the mold itself would basically be two blocks of aluminum to form the cavity and the core side. I build plastic injection/compression molds and have worked in presses for alot of major companies. Sometimes you can make more money off of the press and the components due to things constantly needing maintenance . Such as if you blow a heater wire, burn out a thermocouple, need new ball screws, ect. But it is really sweet to see such a small press for at home use. If youre ever looking for a company to machine new tooling for you @ManuelMaeder contact Franchino Mold and engineering
@@trevormatthews3996 Yes but for a tabletop machine i guess it will be serviced by the owner and i'm not saying that the machine should be cheaper than a single mold but most people would probably buy multiple molds. So by selling the machine for a lower price (not as cheap as a single mold) a person has already invested in the produkt and dus is more likely to buy molds for it. So if you make the machine more accessible more people will buy molds. Now i don't know the exakt price for a single mold of that size maybe you could enlighten me?
Something to also consider, you can 3D print injection molds too. Now you probably never want to try this with FDM (hot plastic in a thermo plastic is probably not a great idea, before layer lines), but there are resin printers out there that have specific engineering grade resins for injection molding. Specifically FormLabs has some high temp resin materials for low-volume runs (I think about 500) that would be perfect for this machine. I haven't done any research if there are other high temp resins for the cheep DLP printers out there, but I imagine that could be the case. Now not only are your low volume molds cheep, you can test molds before having one milled from aluminum.
Believe it or not I searched for a machine like this 5-6 months ago. Do not just focus on recycled plastic. That machine would be awesome for our low volume production. I think this machine can fill a big gap and your timing is perfect.
You really need a group of people to work with to do that. One man on his own will not be able to do all the production, shipping, organising, designing, replying to emails etc, without dying of a heat attack. Maybe he just likes designing and working by himself.
Looks great! Although as a 3d printing enthusiast I would rather have the plastic be recycled into new filament. The idea isn't new, it's just not as cheap as the cheaper end of 3d printers is.
I have a question: How customizable will the injection molds be? I don't think it'd be that useful for home use if the molds have limited size restrictions and require specialized tooling to customize.
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A big thank you to everyone for the feedback :) I am pretty much blown away by the positive response! It really keeps me motivated to push this project! Big big thank you!
I like you.
I own a CNC shop that produces a lot of plastic waste.
I might be very interested in this as an option for our customers.
Would love to learn more.
You're welcome, keep doing amazing things dude!
What a fantastic project! it is both aesthetically good to look at and functions really well!
The price point could be a sticking point as well as getting the molds. Have you thought about the mold supply chain? You need to make the design process and manufacturing process easy for the general public. Perhaps a partnership with Makera that makes the Carvera desktop CNC. That machine would be able to make the molds/dies for your machine.
Alos think about targeting universities and technical collage's as buyers of your product. They could actually teach the whole process from designing the mold/die's through to the finished product.
You need to make one for a 3d printer.
Awesome work!
I would be very interested to see you chiming in or giving advice, if wanted, on this. I want this in my farm to recycle the waste
Thank you so much :) that means a lot to me! :D If you would ever want to see the machine in person, I would love to show it to you :)
You should contact Stefan from CNC Kitchen. He is a big advocate of plastic recycling and is well known in the 3D printing community. Maybe you can make a video together.
Me?! That's a great idea!
@@CNCKitchen bro spawned in
@@CNCKitchenYour work speaks for itself quite well Stefan! Bravo!
@@CNCKitchen It's a wonderful idea, do it!
Dang, I would love to :) Your video was pretty much the reason I went with a Prusa MK4 instead of a Bambu Lab printer ^^
You're design looks so damn good I thought it was a commercial product at first
The algorithm needs to boost this, more people need to know about this. You have a real chance in changing our ability to recycle plastic.
This is super cool! Precious Plastics has been on my radar for a while now, but one of their weaknesses has always been the injection molding side of things, IMO. This really ups the game!
Hi
Hell yeah mate. Use-case aside, building a machine / tool to address a purpose because you couldn't fine one on the market is awesome. Toolmaking is such a cool practice and way less common than it should be.
Thank you! That is right.. only took me about 6 years :D but hey at least I got it mostly done. That is very true
@@manutechlab Time well spent 😂
I agree with this for sure. Find a need, fill a need right?
This was really awesome to see someone work on a great counterpart to the shredders I am seeing pop up here and there.
damn that looks clean. finally a desktop injection molding machine that doesn't look like it'll some how kill you..
Their are lot of commercial desktop injection molding machines that won't kill you.
@@Z-add i didnt say it'll kill you. i said look like. i know theres many desktop machines out there, i own one. but majority of them look very diy or industrial even for a small machine. this design bears a resemblance to the machine micromolder, which i really like the look of.
@APxKP thanks for the shout-out! The esthetics of his enclosure design are noteworthy, but he failed to duplicate our engineering, and the parts that are demonstrated in the video are parts that would be re-ground and processed again due to quality issues.
@@ShopBotix is shopbotix micromolder still being developed
@@Z-add development is done and has been for years. Google micro-molder or Kickstarter Micro-molder.
Hope this project comes to life. I can’t imagine how this will lower the production costs.
This is great. A 3D printer and a desktop injection molding machine will make a setup way cooler than having a 3D printer alone.
Keep us updated. Absolutely love your work.
Thank you, I will :)
the amount of work u put into it, is stunning
That, is pretty awesome. Small scale recycling options definitely need all the help they can get as there are not enough options.
Awesome work! I appreciate the time and reworking, trying sub assemblies having built many things myself.
Thanks for sharing
Seems like a precious plastic project
Amazing! Desktop plastic waste recycling machine can be a game changer!
Would love these to be available as a kit or digital download!
I would absolutely love to buy one of these! I have a dream of producing my own miniature models for RPG games to sell on my website and this machine would make that a reality. The bonus that it helps keep waste plastic out of landfills is extremely exciting. This would be a true game changer for tiny businesses like mine! Happen to have any information to share about how to get on a wait list or procure your machine?
What a fantastic idea. Hats off to ya mate.
Very interested how the final product turns out
Great work. The design is so beautiful….🎉🎉
This machine looks very finished!
I been wanting to build one for years. thanks a ton for the documentation.
If you could extrude the recycled plastic into 3D printer filament, it would be incredibly easy to turn household plastic waste into parts for any application you could think of. It won't have the same strength as the molded parts, but the versatility would be great for home and garage projects. Great job with the incredible recycling concept!
Great idea ...Real Eco solution ...All The Best for YOU
Hello Maeder. I am developing a similar machine to yours using pnematic cylinders and tailored to the Nigerian environment. Good job to your project and good luck in winning the James Dyson Award.
thank you very much and good luck with your machine too :)
wow! A truly inspiring project, and an amazing example for small, decentralized solutions.
So awesome! I hope these are available to buy someday! I would definitely get one! Feels like form factor wise my instinct would be to orient it vertically that way it could maybe stand on its own and take up less floor space? have to rework expelling mechanism though.
Nicely done!
Very cool technology, hope you will find sponsors, it can partially change plastic problems
Excelente trabajo, le deseo el mejor de los éxitos
wow! really amazing work, thanks for sharing
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That machine looks amazing! Looks to be very well engineered as well. 👍
I love the idea. The only issue I see with it is similar to those with traditional injection molding: you need highly specialized molds that are usually quite expensive. Have you ever considered creating a simpler application of this technology, like a 3D filament maker or something along those lines? If so, what made you choose an injection molder?
Congrats on this machine. It looks extremely clean and well-thought-out.
That looks amazing! I'm following you to see how this will progress.
What a beautiful looking machine, I would love to own something like that
Great idea for TARS name ^^ definitely looks like him !
Extremely cool project!
If this was on kickstarter I would have definitely backed!
Thank you, sounds like something I should definitely look into..
@@manutechlab for what it's worth, I think it's great that you're not crowdfunding it just yet. I bet you'll learn a tonne shipping the next ~10-20 units out for testing; having the time to get the machine working well in support of new use-cases, without the pressure of shipping an unfinished product to backers before you're 100% happy with it. Definitely support selling a bunch of "tester" machines to local companies and pricing in "support services" to adapt functionality of the machine as needed though! Love the project.
this is absolutely bonkers I love it I absolutely love it
So awesome, good luck!!
Very cool. And the mold plates are small enough that it wouldn't cost a fortune to have new plates milled
I think the answer to "why not change that" is that its much cheaper and more efficient to do it on a large scale. Sort of the reason factories exist. This is super cool though!
Looks awesome man!
It would be great if there could be some kind of shredder on top. Shredding the plastic to small pieces can be quite difficult without a proper machine.
Is this only for a specific type of plastic like PET or ABS? Or are you able to combine the plastic pieces and create something from a mixture of plastics?
Hi :) thank you very much.. that would be cool indeed. For now I mainly used PP because mixing is not a good idea. PP worked really well so far and is very common in German post-consumer waste
this is awesome and i would love to see more of this machine in action
*Saludos.. Excelente trabajo*
*¿Ya está en venta esta maquina inyectora?*
*Bendiciones*
This is amazing work !
Very cool! I want to believe, but the output quality looks a bit spotty. I assume its all limitations on how much extrusion pressure can be applied?
I still have to work on that, thats true. The product is very much usable but the optics I still have to get right. Someone with some experience in injection molding could definitely help, that would be very much appreciated :)
well done, this looks amazing. fantastically well made 🙂
This is awesome, is there a change to buy or to download the latest version of the project?
Whats the range of perticulate sizes and shapes the thing copes with? Du you need a industrial granulator or does a simple shredder suffice? How does it hold up with impurities?
This would be pretty awesome for the Product Design Course I teach. Keep it up and I hope to see this in person at some events.
Great, I love it! Keep up the good work!
Keep up with the great work
Amazing idea! May I ask - how are the molds made and how would a consumer get them?
This far I ordered them from Xometry and designed them myself :)
That looks CLEAN. I need one lol
The quality of this machine is outstanding... I would love to see one of the trustworthy youtubers test it in order to give some serious feedbacks... I also hope that you open-source it!
Amazing project. Could you give more information about what the end moldings could be? The size limits, the process of making a mold, how much pressure the machine makes when pressing the mold? What about some tests vs 3d printing? Is is tougher than 3d printing? Why use this over 3d printing? Wear and tear compared to a 3d printed object? Can you machine somehow make material for 3d printers to use?
If this molding process could make something the size of a brick, it would be amazing. People could use it as a building material.
I have subscribed. I am very curious to how this project works out for you. I am studying Computer Science and learning a lot about Internet of Things. This molding machine seems like it could be a powerful tool for DIY smart home stuff.
Cool project, you should look into making a pelletizer Injection molds are insanely expensive currently and I only need so many egg cups. having plastic pellets means you can use that new pellet extruder by that greenboy guy.
DAMN, yes, and yes and yes ! You could touch such a huge market
wait a sec that looks like it works well and its very well designed
That looks great for a prototype!
What's your plan, though? Selling machins, selling plans, open-sourcing it, ...?
Awesome, was hoping to do something about plastic bags and bottles. does it work for those?
What are the plans regarding the injection molds? How can that be done "low cost"?
You had changed the game that for a long time we´ve observed
can your machine be adapted into the 3d printing filament creation world? there needs to be more activity in that field for personal recycling of failed prints and color change waste. amazing work
There appears to be some surface deformation on the parts.
I'm no expert but I would guess the mold is cold or the pressure is insufficient.
Its both.
It is still a work in progress that is for sure :) I have only few experiences with injection molding. But it gets better :)
@ShopBotix I understand this could be competition, but constructive criticism doesn't make you look as petty.
Very cool Manuel!
Thank you :)!
awesome machine, please open source the design or sell plans
Hi Manuel is amazing what you did.
I am working on an other machine will produce mushrooms on low scale. For big scale there are many on market. Can i ask you how you heat up the interior of the flakes? This problem still not have solved as need heat up also an cylinder with water in it. Will be so happy if you can give me a link or idea how made. Thanks so much
Not sure if you’ve heard of it but there’s also something similar called the Micromolder. Looks like you have some competition.
Looks perfect,
Beautiful machine man, now if we could 3d print the molds ........
Very impressive machine, looks like a finished product.
What makes it a recycling machine? How is it different from a normal injection molding machine? Can it be used with plastic pellets?
There is not a word in the film about the basic parameters of the injection process. How do you control the charge back pressure, dosing speed and stroke, injection speed and pressure, switching point to pressure hold, mold clamping force, cooling time and mold temperature? Building an injection machine is less than half the way to achieving a repeatable process. The cost of building an injection mold often exceeds the cost of purchasing an injection machine with peripherals.
Great tool for all
Very beautiful and elegant design ! Well done, you really need to reach out to the maker community.
I love the idea and i cant wait for a recycling machine that doesnt require me to sell my firstborne to a witch in the woods to be able to afford it!
Great work!
Insanely cool!
The most expensive part is a mold, which is produced using high-class processes (grinding, polishing, elecric erosion etc). One mold per one product in this case.
Other parts are neither expensive nor complicated.
So rad!
Yes! This is the future.
Great execution! my version is still in development hell.. and I doubt it will ever be finished! If you decide to publish the device as Open source, I´d like to build one
Not yet since I want to produce these myself first, but I did so with the former versions if you want to have a look into it on my ko-fi:)
Fantastic! I don't think I've hit subscribe this fast before. I've wanted something like this for over 10 years. It should work with high temp safe resin printed molds, correct?
Thank you :) yes it does. I have worked with several of these resins the last year. You can have a look on my instagram if you want. @manutechlab I made a starship mold from TR300 Resin and also tried a phonecover mold from a different one (I dont remember the name of that material right now^^)
Bro you are amazing 😊
super cool design :)
Thank you Tobi :)
Wont this work better if it is like "refrigirator size" or "car size"? They could be used by smaller bussiness to make the parts they need on site (like packaging for some other products).
How often does it needs maintenance? Does any of the parts need replacing after so many hours of use?
Now all we need is a way to manufacture moulds that is cost effective! The only thing holding injection moulding back is the mould cost😢
Great idea and beautifully executed, my main issue with injection-molding tho is the mold itself being expensive to produce.
I was to produce this machine i would sell it at a loss and make a profit from making and selling the molds for it. Its in the molds the money can be made.
Thats not entirely true, injection molding presses can cost much more than the tooling itself. Given the small platen size, the mold itself would basically be two blocks of aluminum to form the cavity and the core side. I build plastic injection/compression molds and have worked in presses for alot of major companies. Sometimes you can make more money off of the press and the components due to things constantly needing maintenance . Such as if you blow a heater wire, burn out a thermocouple, need new ball screws, ect. But it is really sweet to see such a small press for at home use. If youre ever looking for a company to machine new tooling for you @ManuelMaeder contact Franchino Mold and engineering
@@trevormatthews3996 Yes but for a tabletop machine i guess it will be serviced by the owner and i'm not saying that the machine should be cheaper than a single mold but most people would probably buy multiple molds.
So by selling the machine for a lower price (not as cheap as a single mold) a person has already invested in the produkt and dus is more likely to buy molds for it. So if you make the machine more accessible more people will buy molds.
Now i don't know the exakt price for a single mold of that size maybe you could enlighten me?
Something to also consider, you can 3D print injection molds too.
Now you probably never want to try this with FDM (hot plastic in a thermo plastic is probably not a great idea, before layer lines), but there are resin printers out there that have specific engineering grade resins for injection molding. Specifically FormLabs has some high temp resin materials for low-volume runs (I think about 500) that would be perfect for this machine. I haven't done any research if there are other high temp resins for the cheep DLP printers out there, but I imagine that could be the case. Now not only are your low volume molds cheep, you can test molds before having one milled from aluminum.
Nice work, good luck
Believe it or not I searched for a machine like this 5-6 months ago. Do not just focus on recycled plastic. That machine would be awesome for our low volume production.
I think this machine can fill a big gap and your timing is perfect.
Great work!
Kickstarter campaign please!
You really need a group of people to work with to do that. One man on his own will not be able to do all the production, shipping, organising, designing, replying to emails etc, without dying of a heat attack. Maybe he just likes designing and working by himself.
very cool, thank you!
Looks like pressure is a bit of a problem, as the plastics is not one uni layer. Or is that your forms that have these?
Looks great! Although as a 3d printing enthusiast I would rather have the plastic be recycled into new filament. The idea isn't new, it's just not as cheap as the cheaper end of 3d printers is.
I have a question: How customizable will the injection molds be? I don't think it'd be that useful for home use if the molds have limited size restrictions and require specialized tooling to customize.
nice job sheesh proffesional