RepMat

Replicating Materials Library

Democratize materials and technological knowledge.




Welcome to the Virtual library of RepMat!


RepMat Library, REPlicating MATerials Library, is an Open Source Materials Library designed to share circular sustainable practices linked to new materials and technologies, in particular 3D printing.

This library contains useful data and information regarding materials, products, and 3D printing processes connected to circular economy and sustainable development practices. It has been designed to encourage the use and spread the knowledge and use of materials for new applications and products connected to circular economy principles, stimulating new work on them.

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A collaborative, distributed, and open source materials library


RepMat is meant as a collaborative distributed materials library, following the principles of open source and open design. It can be freely replicated within collaborative spaces, such as makerspaces, and the library itself can grow thanks to the contribution of different users and communities.

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Press Release


Last publication

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    Journal
    Article
    Large-Format Material Extrusion Additive Manufacturing for Circular Economy Practices. A Focus on Product Applications with Materials from Recycled Plastics and Biomass Waste
    Alessia Romani, and Marinella Levi
    2024

Last event/media source

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    Open
    Lecture
    Materials from waste and 3D Printing.
    MOOC course
    2025


This Materials Library is part of the Ph.D. research conducted by Alessia Romani at Politecnico di Milano (Italy),
entitled "Circularity by design, materials and additive manufacturing: fostering sustainable and circular materialities
enabled by additive manufacturing"
and supervised by prof. Marinella Levi and prof. Valentina Rognoli.

The RepMat Library is an Open Source Hardware Educational Tool certified by OSHWA (Open Source Hardware Association) and released under the CERN-OHL-S-2.0 (hardware and documentation) and GNU General Public License (GPL) 3.0. (software).

Certification number: [OSHW] IT000018 | Certified open source hardware | oshwa.org/cert