Sustainability

This 3D printed non-electric humidifier is made out of recycled industrial waste

A humidifier is a device, primarily an electrical appliance, that increases humidity (releases cool mist into the air) in a single room or an entire building. It turns out that the same device can...

Large metal 3D printed aerospace part highlights processes that could advance sustainability in the aviation industry

The EU’s European Green Deal sets out the need to reduce transport emissions by 90% by 2050, compared to 1990 levels, with the aviation sector playing its part. Policy actions and industry efforts since 2005 have...

Evonik develops new 3D Printing materials with reduced carbon footprint

With a holistic approach based on four cornerstones – carbon footprint, saving fossil resources, reusability rate and recycling -, specialty chemicals company Evonik has announced the release of new 3D printing materials in its...

A conversation with Sakuù on SSBs & 3D printing: something more than just batteries

Founded in 2016, and headquartered in Santa Clara, California, KeraCel was initially known in the 3D printing industry as an organisation that uses the technology to manufacture multi-material ceramic batteries or 3D printed solid-state...

New Process to Create 3D Printed Sensors Could Help Predict Weather, Study Climate Change

Through a newly developed digital process, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) scientists have created low-cost plasma sensors for orbiting spacecraft. In contrast to the plasma sensors that get manufactured in a cleanroom, the 3D-printed sensors...

Sustainability in AM: AMGTA’s second publication outlines the requirements to passivate metal condensate waste for transport and recycling

The Additive Manufacturer Green Trade Association (AMGTA), a global trade organization created to promote the environmental benefits of additive manufacturing (AM) releases a report outlining the requirements to passivate metal condensate waste for transport...

Cadillac CELESTIQ will feature more 3D printed parts than any GM vehicle program to date

At the heart of the Cadillac CELESTIQ’s fabrication, lie a solid EV strategy and additive manufacturing    With over $81 million of investment into its Global Technical Center in Warren, Michigan – investment which will serve...

VIDEO: How recycled glass waste is used as sand replacement in construction 3D printing

Concrete is so widely used in the building industry that sometimes, one of its key ingredients is missing: sand. To address this issue, scientists are exploring the possibility of replacing sand with recycled glass in...

6K Additive reveals more on Life Cycle Assessment of its Additive Manufacturing Powder Process

A few days ago, we re-shared an exclusive dossier that highlights how AM companies help to tackle climate change. The dossier recalls the fact that one of the most used tool/model for providing key...

How recyclable and 3D printable are metals? F3nice told us.

We will remember spring 2020 as a period of confinements that led to the shutdown of several activities around the world. For Luisa Elena Mondora and Matteo Vanazzi, in addition to the pandemic that...

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