3D printing with recycled plastic

Additive manufacturing

Daniel Schilling, 02.07.2021, 13:31

3D printing with recycled plastic

Materialise launches 3D printing service with up to one hundred percent recycled plastic powder.

Component printed with recycled plastic powder © Materialise

The company announced the material innovation last year. Following a beta program for selected customers, the company is now making its Bluesint PA 12 service widely available.

Selective laser sintering

In selective laser sintering, the second most widely used 3D printing technology, up to 70 percent of the plastic powder is only reused for lower-value purposes (downcycling) or disposed of as waste. With Bluesint, this unused powder can be given a second life in the form of new additively manufactured parts, helping to eliminate waste in 3D printing.

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