Cheap ABS pellets in Germany

Hello,
I just found a very cheap distributor for ABS plastics pellets in many colors.
[www.kwb-wedel.de]
I wrote them a mail and got 10kg yellow ABS pellets for 20€+porto.
Maybe they will send in other countries too.

Thanks for the tip! That would leave it at under $2USD/pound with shipping, most likely...low enough it might be worth figuring out and building an extrusion machine to make my own filament. Thanks much!

WOW! that´s cheap.
How we "only" need either a pellet/abs-dust -extruder or a working recycler that makes filament.

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You know this has gotten me thinking. There are designs out there for pellet extruders, but they all seem a bit big for the Mendel. But what if we two staged it? What if someone build a pellet extruder that produced the right sized filament to feed into a roller extruder.

I would think that would be a slick way to produce your own filament, in 'reel' time

You know this has gotten me thinking. There are designs out there for pellet extruders, but they all seem a bit big for the Mendel. But what if we two staged it? What if someone build a pellet extruder that produced the right sized filament to feed into a roller extruder.

I was thinking about a feeder (vibrating hopper) that fed standardized-width pellets via a silicone tube to a generic extruder. It's a silly idea, but might work.

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SebastienBailard Wrote:

> I was thinking about a feeder (vibrating hopper)
> that fed standardized-width pellets via a silicone
> tube to a generic extruder. It's a silly idea,
> but might work.

The pellets would never align with the tube and block before entering it.

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bfleming Wrote:
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> What if someone build a pellet
> extruder that produced the right sized filament to
> feed into a roller extruder.

That is much more complicated then you think.
* air bubbles in the infeed of this extruder
* cooling the filament without getting it wet (ABS soaks water and changes it´s melting point)
* controlling the thickness accurately enough

See the giant recycler-thread for details.

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Hello

Can you supply 10 kg of ABS pellets to England

if so at what cost including post/carriage

Can payment be made by visa/debt card

many thanks

regards
George Rogozinski

What about pla pellets? Is that possible as it has a lower melting point?

I might buy some for experiments.

Richard

i have a few kg of Ingeo 4043D PLA pellets for sale at £15 per kg. + postage if anyone is interested.

Keith

is their a way to melt the pellets and then have in come straight out of the hotend so not actually turning it into filament just strainght into the hot end.

Hi. I have try to buy from them. Until now, one answer of yes then silence. No more answers.Seems to me to be very busy.

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