Water Management

Revolutionize water management with our advanced thermoplastics, delivering unparalleled strength, durability, and versatility for the next generation of water management solutions.

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Overview of 3D Printing Technologies Used for Water and wastewater Treatment:

With the advent of Industrial Revolution 4.0, there has been a paradigm shift in the manufacturing industry from conventional subtractive manufacturing toward advanced additive manufacturing, i.e., 3D printing. This technology involves fabricating the desired product computationally in CAD software, slicing it into 2D layers (G-code), feeding the proper raw materials into a 3D printer, and finally building the object from the virtual file layer-by-layer. Recently, different 3D printing technologies have been studied for developing customized membranes that provide scalable and high-efficiency solutions for water management.

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Advantages: Moreover, 3D printing offers great flexibility in terms of design, a wide variety of material choices, minimal energy consumption, negligible material wastage, the least byproducts, and far less carbon footprint relative to subtractive processes, which have been employed for preparing novel membranes, module spacers, catalysts, and adsorbents for carrying out wastewater filtration and desalination, thus making it a lucrative strategy for water treatment. Lighter and easier to transport (reduced CO2 for transport) and different shapes and sizes with only program (CAD) changes, no new moulds. Materials such as HDPE with glass-fiber re-enforced are ideal as they will flex, but not break with things like tree roots and are also UV-resistant. 

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‍Raingardens:

• The construction of raingardens from thermoplastics like recycled HDPE as an alternative to concrete surround. Felxible to make all sorts of shapesi.e. rectangular, square, round, triangle etc.) with only  changes

Manholes and lids:

• Reinforced plastic compounds can be used in the construction of structural components such as manholes and lids.

Tree-pits:

• Weather resistant thermoplastic compounds can be utilized in the production of tree-pit planting frames using recycled HDPE surround. It is manufactured for the purpose of providing a sustainable offering that promotes the wellbeing of urban trees. The tree-pit system offers a practical and effective solution for planting trees in hard landscaped areas. Light weight compared to concrete and flat packed design for easy bulk transport

‍Landscaping:

• Thermoplastic compounds can be utilized in the production of landscaping materials such as retaining walls, raingardens, edging, and decorative elements.

Customized Connections:

• Thermoplastic compounds can be used for customized connections for water management.

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