Raise3D Announces Its Go Green Initiative

Raise3D, a global provider of additive manufacturing solutions for small to medium sized enterprises and large-scale enterprises, announces its “Go Green Initiative,” a commitment to pursue knowledge and follow the best practices with the aim of minimizing its ecological footprint, the company reports.

Raise3D believes the best approach is to be green by nature.

As a designer and manufacturer of additive manufacturing equipment, this translates into designing products that can sustain heavy work with operational effectiveness for many years. The company says it makes a constant effort to deliver software and hardware upgrades. By providing value to all existing customers, these improvements extend the productive life of Raise3D’s products, reducing waste and consumption of more materials. Other green actions, like the Power Saving Mode in Raise3D printers, have been implemented before, but may have been unnoticed.

With the Go Green Initiative, the company says it will have a comprehensive approach to the “Green” topic, by displaying to the public what the company is doing already, what they are planning to do, and welcoming all contributions from customers and general public.

One action the company will start to implement right away is the gradual replacement of the plastic spools with cardboard spools.

Initially, six Premium filaments will benefit from the new spool: PLA, ABS, ASA, PETG, PC and TPU-95A. The spool uses glue that can withstand high temperatures of filament drying procedures and has been designed to ensure that the quality and reliability of the printing process remains unchanged. The spools now have added practicality, with a scale printed on the outside, indicating the amount of filament left.

The corresponding boxes are also made from recycled cardboard and are easy to dispose of and recycle. Customers can expect the new spools to ship with the Premium filament they order from November 2022 onwards, depending on their location.

“The vision we all have is to have ocean’s plastic pollution transformed into filament we can use in 3D printing, contributing to a circular economy,” says Diogo Quental, who coordinates Raise3D’s Go Green Initiative. “We want to make 3DP always look greener on our side. We invite you to visit our Go Green Initiative homepage, and we welcome all your ideas and suggestions that contribute to the Green Initiative by contacting us at [email protected].”

Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company’s website.