How can you convert powered PLGA to pellets which can then extruded to filaments for 3d printing?

Karthik Ravichandran @Karthik-Ravichandran-2

06 November 2014 1 10K Report

Manufactures mostly sell powered versions of PLGA. I want to 3D print with PLGA. How can we convert powered PLGA (and PLLA, PCL) to pellets before extruding to filaments, which then can be used for 3d printing?

Ben Jastram

Hi,

you can simply use pressure grouting as a method. It worked quite well for me - but i only needed very small amounts of the material. So if you dont void the manual operation..

I hope this helps,

Ben

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