Direct3D Pellet Extruder at Mecspe 2018, Parma, Italy.
https://www.direct3d.it/2018/03/25/direct3d-at-mecspe-2018/
Hundreds of professional visitors were amazed by this new technology and by the advantages it brings to the Additive Manufacturing world.
For those looking to build a pellet extruder here is RichRap’s: https://www.youmagine.com/designs/universal-pellet-extruder-reprap-3d-printing
Doesn’t look like there has been any development for a few years though.
That first photo: score one for feminism. (It’s just one photo, but it’s an interesting note.)