Some are complex, most aren’t I’d say.
Some are complex, most aren’t I’d say.
Most optical fiber is 125um of glass with 250um coating. The coating and the jacketing that make up the cable (mostly non-recyclable plastic) are the real problem.
Fiber optic cables are very much not recyclable, at least with the current recycling technologies.
Are you using a switch on the way in?
What about a pre-extruder or a set (or pultruder?) that brings it to just below the glass transition temp, but still at the original filament size? Water boils off, plastic is left!