Dressler Group

🔄 Enabling circular economy in additive manufacturing! Sustainability is a team effort and we're excited to share that we have joined forces with Dressler Group, Fraunhofer IPA and the Universität Bayreuth to reuse degraded PA12 powder from Selective Laser Sintering systems. In a recent study waste powder from SLS Systems was recovered by Dressler Group and #3Dprinted by Fraunhofer IPA at the Universität Bayreuth. The test results indicate that the material properties are equal or may even exceed those of comparable prints with fresh powder. As typically 50% of running costs are attributable to powder cots, this development provides a huge effect on cost effectiveness while boosting a circular material flow, reducing waste. This collaboration marks a significant step toward a more sustainable and efficient future in additive manufacturing. Curious to learn more and see some parts? Check out the full press release here https://lnkd.in/dJz--UPw or meet us at Formnext - Where ideas take shape. Special thanks to the experts at Dressler Group who optimized the powder for reuse, and Fraunhofer IPA who helped perfect the HSS process for this unique application. voxeljet: Booth E08 in hall 12.1 Fraunhofer IPA: Booth C71 in hall 12.1

AMGTA welcomes Dressler Group to our shared mission to better understand and promote more sustainable manufacturing through additive practices. 🌍 🌿 They share their strategy in their own words: The powder designer Dressler Group (DG), from Germany, serves the industry as a long-term systems partner, problem solver, and innovation driver for individual powder solutions. For precisely these reasons, customers have regarded the family-owned company for many decades as The Grinding Authority. Since 2017, DG has been a Preferred Partner for the 3D printing division of the US group HP. DG is responsible for developing and manufacturing powders for the HP Multi Jet Fusion 3D printers and ensures that every supplier in the HP network delivers the powders in the required quality. DG is also a partner for other printer manufacturers and other additive manufacturing technologies such as powder bed fusion (PBF) and classic laser sintering. More sustainability in 3D printing. DG is a long-term systems partner for most customers, being involved in all their processes from the very outset. DG thus acts as a kind of missing link in the chain. That’s because, thanks to the emphasis on added value, the powders offer direct competitive advantages not only to DG’s customers, but ideally to their customers as well. It starts with the raw material. DG has recently developed processes that enable not only virgin materials but also recycled raw materials or even rejects to meet all customer specifications – and sometimes even exceed them in terms of quality. This means less resource consumption, less energy input, less waste, and wastewater. The efficiency of the manufacturing process can also be greatly enhanced through the powder design, for example by altering the particle size, particle size distribution, density, pourability or caking behavior, thereby reducing the ecological footprint. These innovative processes (including the selection of suitable raw materials) are developed at the DG Innovation Campus with its in-house R&D facilities, the Innovation Lab and Technical Centre. There, tests can be carried out on the smallest scale (also extremely efficient and resource-friendly) before being scaled up to meet customer requirements. However, selecting the right material and perfecting the powder design are not the only essential factors. The supply chain and all the related logistics also play a major role, because they go some way to determining the carbon footprint – along with the associated mileage-dependent costs. DG also provides ongoing support from Meckenheim, Germany, or directly on site, as required. #additivemanufacturing #sustainability #sustainable #environmentalimpact #sustainablemanufacturing #3dprinting #recycling #AMGTA #AMGTAMember #DresslerGroup