6K Additive’s Ti6AL4V titanium powder has acquired impartial certification from Scientific Certification Programs (SCS) World Companies for attaining a minimal 95% post-consumer recycled titanium content material.
The SCS Recycled Content material Certification assesses merchandise produced from pre-consumer or post-consumer materials diverted from the waste stream and measures the share of recycled content material for the aim of creating an correct declare within the market.
It comes after 6K additive’s UniMelt microwave plasma expertise proved to indicate reductions in power utilization and carbon emissions when processing nickel and titanium alloys when assessed by Foresight Administration. These Life Cycle Evaluation research demonstrated that its nickel-based alloys exhibited reductions in power utilization of round 90%, whereas its titanium alloy confirmed discount in power utilization of round 75%.
This newest seal of approval comes as 6K Additive continues to work to develop and ship sustainable metallic powder options to the additive manufacturing market.
“We’re thrilled that our dedication to sustainability has been acknowledged by a number one group corresponding to SCS World Companies by way of their certification course of. We’re seeing a giant enhance from clients asking for not solely knowledge, however third-party validation from their suppliers relating to sustainability and having a acknowledged certification from a worldwide sustainability group like SCS is precisely the kind of affirmation they’re searching for,” mentioned Frank Roberts, President of 6K Additive. “Our proprietary expertise for processing titanium and refractory metals at scale is a profit to our clients and the atmosphere by recycling scrap streams again into premium powders.”
Earlier this month, 6K Additive’s Frank Roberts spoke to TCT concerning the firm’s acquisition of World Steel Powders and its partnership with Steel Powder Works.
