Sustainability

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...

Material selection and product design are vital to ensure 3D printed shoes circularity. HILOS reports on its first environment evaluation.

Footwear brand HILOS has been working lately on its first environment evaluation of 3D printed shoes. While this is the second environment evaluation we read on a 3D printed consumer product, it should be...

FOCUS: The Importance of Choosing a Metal Additive Manufacturing Service Provider

Once you have decided to go down the Metal Additive Manufacturing (AM) route, the next step is at least equally important. While "value for money" is often the most analysed criterion, the truth is,...

AMGTA continues its growth: five additional members join the non-profit organization including a new founding member

The Additive Manufacturer Green Trade Association (AMGTA) rings in the new year with five additional Additive Manufacturing organizations including a founding member. Joining the AMGTA as a new Founding Member is Höganäs, an expert in metal...

Boeing and Titomic to explore Sustainable Titanium 3D Printing for Space

Following a $2.33 million grant from the Australian Government, to understand the development of space-based infrastructure and equipment with the locally made sustainable and “green” resource, machine manufacturer Titomic and Aerospace manufacturer Boeing announce a collaboration...

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