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Ford and HP team up to make F-250 parts from 3D printer waste – Yahoo News Australia

With help from HP, Ford found a way to reuse spent 3D printed powders and parts to create injection molded vehicle parts.

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From a sustainability perspective, one of the advantages of 3D printing is that it can produce less waste than traditional subtractive manufacturing. But even if you take away failed and old prototypes, you still get byproducts like plastic spools that can end up in landfills. That’s what makes a recent development from Ford interesting. With help from HP and three other companies, the automaker found a way to reuse spent 3D printed powders and parts to create injection molded vehicle parts.
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