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DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

Title of Project: Design and Fabrication of Plastic Granulator for Recycling

---------------------3D Printed Waste

Group No.: ME192403 Name of the Students

1. Aman Kumar
2. Sayyam Kantharia
3. Saahil Bhattacharya
4. Saurabh Parab
Guide Name: Prof. Hetal Purohit
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Contents
1. Introduction
2. Literature Review
3. Problem Statement
4. Objectives of Project
5. Methodology
6. Components
7. Implementation Plan ( Development )
8. Expected Outcome
9. Cost of Material
10. References

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1. Introduction
• Plastic recycling is a huge aspect of the open-source mindset and
is a valuable tool that can help cut down on resource waste and
pollution.
• Plastic waste is one of the most abundant, but underused
resources on the planet; even though plastic is easily recyclable
by nature it often ends up only serving as pollution for the planet
once after it is used once.
• So, in this project, we aim to shred thermo-plastic waste and reduce
plastic waste. It is designed in terms of its user-friendliness, cutting
operations, structural design, and ease of manufacturability.
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 2. Literature Review
YEAR NAME OF TITLE OF FINDINGS
AUTHOR PAPER
FINDINGS
2019 Arvind Ravindran , Sean Open Source Waste 1. Concept of the
Scsavnicki , Walker Plastic Granulator granulator
Nelson , Peter Gorecki , 2. Components required
Jacob Franz , Shane 3. Average time
Oberloier , Theresa K. required for plastic
Meyer , Andrew R. waste granulation
Barnard and Joshua M.
Pearce

2020-2021 Dr. Joshua Pearce, Walker Granulator MKII Design 1. Material Guidance
Nelson & Peter Gorecki Report 2. Power Transmission
System
3. Selection of blade
shape

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3. Problem Statement
• Our main problem statement is to design and develop plastic
granulation for 3D printing.
• In recent times, the issue of plastic recycling has become one of the
Leading issues of environmental protection and waste management.
• The possibility of reusing thermoplastic materials gives a second
life and enables effective waste utilization.

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 4. Objectives of Project
The main objective is to design and fabricate 3D a Plastic Waste Shredder
model. Besides the main objective, the following are secondary objectives:

1. Concept Development of the Granulator.

2. CAD modelling of the Granulator And FEA Analysis of the model.

3. Testing fabrication of the Granulator.

4. To make the granulated pellets of the required size to pass through screen
for recycling.

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5. Methodology

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6. Components
The components or parts required in the manufacturing of the Plastic
Granulator for 3D printed waste are:
1. Frame
2. Blade
3. Gear
4. Drive motor
5. Screen

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7. Implementation Plan(Development):

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8. Expected Outcome

• We expect that we will have a

fully functional granulator.
• A desktop-size granulator that will
able to granulate 3d printed waste
into a recyclable form.
• The granular will be able to
process the 3d printed waste into
3mm to 5mm small shredded
plastic.

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 9. Cost of Material
SR.NO PART REQUIRED QUANTITY PRICE per quantity

1.
FRAME 1 RS.7000
2.
BLADE 8 RS.1500
3.
GEAR 1 Rs.3500
4.
DRIVE MOTOR 1 RS.6299
5.
SCREEN 1 RS4500.
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10. References
• 1.GRANULATOR MKII DESIGN REPORT Redesign of the First Version
Granulator Submitted to Dr. Joshua Pearce by Walker Nelson & Peter
Gorecki
• 2.Open-Source Waste Plastic Granulator Arvind Ravindran, Sean Scsavnicki
• Walker Nelson, Peter Gorecki, Jacob Franz, Shane Oberloier, Theresa K.
Meyer,Andrew R. Barnard and Joshua M. Pearce
• 3. Mechanical methods of recycling plastics from WEEE R. Cherrington, K.
Makenji University of Exeter, Penryn, Cornwall, United Kingdom; 2
University of Warwick, Coventry, UnitedKingdom
• 4. Molding of components in metal injection molding (MIM) D.F HEANEY,
Advanced Powder Products, Inc., USA, and C. D. GREENE, Treemen
Industries, Inc., USA
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