全球化学公司汉克尔宣布其在加利福尼亚州迪克森的树脂3D打印设施已获得零生产废物（ZWTL）状态。
该网站与美国的其他六个Henkel生产设施相连，以实现ZWTL，全球超过66％的设施也持有该公司的一部分。可持续性战略.
汉克尔（Henkel）3D印刷运营经理杰克·基斯纳（Jake Kisner）表示：“减少废物通常被认为是增材制造业的最大好处之一。”“但是，当今的主要重点是供应链的狭窄部分。当然，与加工等减法技术进行比较时，生产中的浪费减少了，但是在印刷工作之前，也有上游的机会。”
Achieving ZWTL in Dixon
汉克尔’s Loctite brand enables 3D printing applications in sectors spanning automotive, aerospace, engineering, and consumer goods. The company’s Dixon 3D printing facility manufactures resins for the 3D printing of these applications, and is considered by Henkel to be a “global center of excellence” in this area.
该设施生产各种非危害材料，包括纸板，纸张和其他包装材料，这些材料被回收。该设施生产的其他废料不那么容易回收，直到最近才发送到垃圾填埋场。
迪克森（Dixon）的团队开发了新的功能和业务流程，使他们能够处理额外的能源恢复材料，使该设施能够达到将零生产浪费达到垃圾填埋场的目标。
According to Henkel, the process is scalable and as its 3D printing business grows the environmental benefits will become more profound, as best practices can be implemented across its other facilities.
“Achieving ZWTL status at the Dixon facility demonstrates our 3D printing team’s resolve in helping Henkel achieve its environmental goals,” said Kisner. “Not only did we have to identify all the materials we were sending to landfills and find a way to recycle them, we also had to create and implement new processes.
“The motivation and contributions from our employees were evident. They were excited to impact change, both within our company and for society as a whole.”
汉克尔’s sustainability strategy
汉克尔’s sustainability strategy seeks to add value through its business activities while reducing its environmental footprint. Alongside aiming to triple the value it generates from its products and service by 2030, the firm is looking to improve the efficiency of its operations.
在接下来的十年中，汉克尔将在其可持续性战略中解决三个关键领域：能源和气候，材料和废物以及水和废水。
基斯纳说：“我们致力于实现我们的可持续性承诺。”“从材料和废物的角度来看，我们正在努力减少资源消耗，利用可再生原材料并简化包装以最大程度地减少废物。但是，我们也非常专注于改善我们的回收工作。”
改善3D打印中的可持续性
As awareness of the need to improve sustainability within manufacturing continues to grow, more and more companies are seeking to improve their own processes in order to reduce their environmental footprint on the planet.
The likes of Czech 3D printing filament producerFillamentum和3D打印材料公司Polymaker最近开发了新的3D打印材料offer biodegradabilityand are engineered to少带环境影响. Elsewhere, 3D printing service provider物质Bluesint PA12流程技术，可实现3D打印多达100％再生粉末，已经开始offered commercially.
去年年底，有12家领先的增材制造公司加入了Additive Manufacturer Green Trade Association(AMGTA) in an effort to advance sustainability within the 3D printing sector. The organization launched a systematic review into the金属3D打印的环境影响2020年6月和发布了结果那年晚些时候。
最近，领先的3D打印机制造商EOS曾是选择代表3D打印部门as part of the international business community’s50个可持续性和气候领导者倡议。除了参与该项目，该项目为公司提供了一个共同努力以打击气候变化的平台，EOS还宣布推出一种“整体可持续性方法”，以寻求促进该行业的负责制造业。
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特色图片显示Henkel位于加利福尼亚州迪克森的3D印刷生产设施。通过汉克（Henkel）的照片。
