Recycling waste water bottles into mission critical parts with 3D printing (video)
Imagine you are just about to solve the problem your team was sent in on, when a critical piece of equipment breaks. It could be days or weeks before a replacement part will arrive. Now imagine that your team members have been tossing all their used water bottles into an on-site unit that pulverizes the high quality polyethylene terephthalate (PET) into the raw material for 3D printing. You can now produce a replacement part in a matter of hours. Although the technology could be as useful for humanitarian missions, the funding to get this project off the ground depends on the needs of the military. In the video here you can watch how PET w...
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[email protected]_Commission approves €144m in Danish support schemes for renewables. https://t.co/2VS3d2KMA1
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