技术加速机构Innovate UK已向250万英镑授予光中心, a UK-based resin 3D printer developer, for advancing sustainable manufacturing processes.
光中心液晶显示（LCD）技术用于低能自主数字项目（LEAD）项目，以供其3D打印机。PhotCentric的首席执行官保罗·霍尔特（Paul Holt）表示：“我们很高兴成为智能可持续工厂的一部分，并领导着一个建造绿色英国的项目。我们正在使用低能来从废物流中生产塑料零件，减少存储，最大程度地减少运输和材料，”
该开发是可持续智能工厂投资的一部分。
“Thanks to the trust the UK government has placed in our technologies and thanks to Innovate UK financial backing, companies like Photocentric can develop strategic and sustainable innovation in manufacturing,” added the CEO.
光中心LEAD manufacturing concept intends to develop a low-cost, low-carbon alternative to injection molding for printing polymer parts. Photocentric says that additive manufacturing is frequently employed for low-volume applications since it is more affordable due to the lack of tooling requirements. Single-flow production lines that begin with liquid resin at one end and deliver functional plastic items at the other end are utilized by this scaled-up automated digital process.
这carbon footprint of 3D printing and conventional injection molding manufacturing will be contrasted during the course of the project. Users in the industry will certify both approaches. These includeUNIPART, a significant manufacturing partner operating in a number of industries, including automotive and rail,游戏研讨会, a leading manufacturer of miniatures,Essentra组件, one of the largest injection molders in the UK, and others.
3D printing – a key to sustainability and mass manufacturing
几家公司正在将3D印刷作为许多领域的可持续，有效且廉价的生产解决方案。例如，Bluesint PA123D printing material was introduced by Belgian software and the 3D printing service company实现。粉末材料旨在显着改善激光烧结3D打印过程的资源效率。这industrial innovation enables printing with up to 100% recycled powder这是该公司协助客户做出环保决策的主要一步。
在管理顾问罗兰·伯杰（Roland Berger）的一份报告中强调了“绿色洗涤”的危险。该报告描述了在某些情况下如何“superficial” and perhaps “misleading” sustainability benefits of 3D printingare used in marketing. 3D printing is more than capable of living up to its much-touted eco-friendliness, according to Roland Berger in a paper titled “可持续添加剂制造，”但是它必须首先变得“更可见”。
One enterprise that hopes to diminish any greenwashing by backing up statements on sustainability with science is theAdditive Manufacturer Green Trade Association (AMGTA)。例如，amgtaissued描述一种用于钝化金属粉的新技术的报告condensate waste generated during 3D printing. The innovative method, created bySintavia，飞机零件和粉末专家的服务提供商KBM Advanced Materials，将废物粉与树脂结合在一起，产生非危害混合物。这使得可以将废物牢固地转移到可以从树脂矩阵中回收并在添加剂制造中再次使用的设施回收设施。
英国创新supporting 3D printing adoption
Innovate UK为企业提供资金和其他资源，以便他们可以开发新的商品和服务。这是一个非部门公共组织，是英国研究与创新组织and operates independently from the Government.
之前，Blue Tap was awarded an Innovate UK Smart Grant促进其水纯技术的技术进步。Blue Tap是一个社会企业和University of Cambridgespinoff. The company utilized 3D printing to quickly construct a chlorine doser that was designed to be installed in developing nations’ piped water systems to make the water safe to drink.
Elsewhere, a specialist in hybrid subtractive-additive systems,Hybrid Manufacturing Technologies (HMT), had announced it will be leading a brand-new R&D initiative known as “FastWireAM.”HMT的倡议，在Innovate UK的支持下，aims to accelerate the creation of a novel, small wire-feed system for laser-based 3D printing. Once the new DED design is complete, HMT will collaborate with时期电线, a manufacturer of wire feedstock, and consultancy firmTWIto improve its functionality and hasten market adoption.
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Featured image shows the Photocentric production line. Photo via Photocentric.
