Page 28 - Plastics News August - 2023

Online 3D Printing Service Includes Service Life Calculation

gus announced its part printing ser- Users of the Igus printing services will ferent processes and a wide range of
Ivice will now provide customers upload either a STEP or STL format materials are employed: rapid tooling
with an estimate of service life. file of the desired part to the compa- combined with filament, laser sinter-
Igus, a manufacturer of engineered ny’s website, which displays produc- ing powder, and liquid resin.
components, announced its online 3D tion options, suitable materials, and Data for Igus service life calculators
printing service now enables users to finishes. The tool also provides cost, are based on test series conducted
calculate the service life of their print- feasibility, and delivery time informa- by Igus in their laboratory in Cologne,
ed wear-resistant parts. tion. where Igus develops and tests new
According to the company, the pre- Igus utilizes 3D printing for custom plastics and products. Eleven thou-
diction calculation for custom-man- wear-resistant part requirements out- sand abrasion tests are conducted an-
ufactured parts takes only seconds. side the standard product ranges. Dif- nually on the facility’s 450 test rigs.
Total Energies, Aramco and SABIC make Circular Polymers by Processing Oil

from Plastic Waste
otal Energies, Aramco and SABIC the creation of a domestic value chain involved in the process: SATORP re-
Thave for the first time in the Mid- for the advanced recycling of plastics finery, Aramco’s Ju'aymah NGL Frac-
dle East and North Africa successfully to circular polymers in the Kingdom tionation Plant and Petrokemya. All
converted oil derived from plastic of Saudi Arabia. The process allows successfully obtained the ISCC+ cer-
waste into ISCC+ certified circular the use of non-sorted plastics, which tification, enabling the production of
polymers. The plastic pyrolysis oil, can be difficult to recycle mechani- circular materials.
also called plastic waste derived oil cally, and consequently contributes SABIC and Total Energies are found-
(PDO), was processed at the SATORP to solving the challenge of end-of-life ing members of the non-profit organi-
refinery jointly owned by Aramco and plastics. zation Alliance to End Plastic Waste
Total Energies, in Jubail, Saudi Arabia. A first milestone for the project was (AEPW), which aims to bring collec-
It was then used as a feedstock by obtaining ISCC+ certification to as- tive knowledge, resources and expe-
Petrokemya, a SABIC affiliate, to pro- sure transparency and traceability of rience to address current waste man-
duce certified circular polymers. the recycled origin of feedstock and agement challenges.
The project aims to pave the way for products. Three industrial plants were

28 PLASTICS NEWS August 2023
28 PLASTICS NEWS
August 2023