PC Mag MAR2021 / By Stephanie Mlot / Read original article
The effort promises to be better for the environment without compromising Ford’s quality standards.
One company’s 3D-printing waste is another company’s injection-molded vehicle parts. Ford and HP have teamed up to close the loop on waste by turning used particles into auto components.
The solution promises to be better for the environment, “with no compromise in the durability and quality standards Ford and its customers demand,” according to the vehicle maker(Opens in a new window), which employs HP’s 3D-printing technology at its Advanced Manufacturing Center.
The waste produced by 3D printing is collected from HP’s customers, turned into high-quality plastic pellets by HP’s recycling partner Lavergne, and then reused for injection molding by Ford supplier ARaymond.
“You get more sustainable manufacturing processes with 3D, but we are always striving to do more, driving our industry forward to find new ways to reduce, reuse, and recycle powders and parts,” Ellen Jackowski, chief sustainability and social impact officer at HP, said in a statement. “Our collaboration with Ford extends the environmental benefits of 3D printing even further.”
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