{"id":59868,"date":"2019-01-23T07:29:34","date_gmt":"2019-01-23T06:29:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/?p=59868"},"modified":"2019-01-18T14:53:40","modified_gmt":"2019-01-18T13:53:40","slug":"advanced-biocarbon-3d-develops-engineering-grade-wood-based-3d-printer-filament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/advanced-biocarbon-3d-develops-engineering-grade-wood-based-3d-printer-filament\/","title":{"rendered":"Advanced BioCarbon 3D develops engineering grade wood-based 3D printer filament"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Canadian bioplastic company, Advanced BioCarbon 3D (ABC3D), has developed wood-based bioplastic materials for use in 3D printing.<\/p>\n<p>Founded in 2016, ABC3D was listed among the top five hundred deep tech start-ups around the world by Hello Tomorrow, a French tech accelerator. The mission of ABC3D is to develop sustainable carbon-free plastics for 3D printing to alleviate the deteriorating environmental situation.<\/p>\n<p>ABC3D\u2019s environmental scientist, Kim Klassen, explained, \u201cIf we have extreme weather events happening all the time, it\u2019s going to interrupt every part of society. So, climate change, above all other environmental concerns, is important and that is what this company addresses through product development, through sustainable bioplastics made from renewable resources.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"BorlabsCookie _brlbs-cb-youtube\">\n<div class=\"_brlbs-content-blocker\">\n<div class=\"_brlbs-embed _brlbs-video-youtube\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"_brlbs-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/borlabs-cookie\/assets\/images\/cb-no-thumbnail.png\" alt=\"YouTube\"> <\/p>\n<div class=\"_brlbs-caption\">\n<p>By loading the video, you agree to YouTube&#8217;s privacy policy.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/policies.google.com\/privacy?hl=en&amp;gl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Learn more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"_brlbs-btn _brlbs-icon-play-white\" href=\"#\" data-borlabs-cookie-unblock role=\"button\">Load video<\/a><\/p>\n<p><label><input type=\"checkbox\" name=\"unblockAll\" value=\"1\" checked> <small>Always unblock YouTube<\/small><\/label><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"borlabs-hide\" data-borlabs-cookie-type=\"content-blocker\" data-borlabs-cookie-id=\"youtube\"><script type=\"text\/template\">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<\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Engineering-grade bioplastics<\/p>\n<p>Though bioplastics are available in the industry, ABC3D\u2019s ultimate goal is to make environmentally sustainable bioplastics for engineering application. The company boasts that their product is superior to other bioplastics made from renewable resources and is non-flammable and moisture resistant.<\/p>\n<p>Darrel Fry, CEO of ABC3D, said, \u201cPeople often think of bioplastics as single-use with low-value functionality, but our products are incredibly high-functioning with exceptionally high heat resistance while being lightweight \u2026 As an example, our goal is to be able to 3D print something like a piston for your car from this material \u2013 there\u2019s such high heat resistance, and it\u2019s also very strong.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sustainable development<\/p>\n<p>ABC3D\u2019s bioplastic filament is made from waste wood, therefore, the company is not in competition with the forestry companies. In fact, the wood that is used by ABC3D comes from poplar (or cottonwood) trees which are cut down during wood collection by forestry companies. And since there is no market for poplar trees they are left in the forest.<\/p>\n<p>The 3D printing filaments made by ABC3D are a mixture of 60% plastic and 40% wood blended using ABC3D\u2019s proprietary method in which resin is extracted from the waste wood. And the leftover wood is turned into a polymer. The resin is then added back to the plastic and this gives the material its heat resistant and moisture resistant properties.<\/p>\n<p>Klassen explained the process, \u201cThe process uses green chemistry and starts with wood chips from the forest industry that are mixed with a solvent and put through a series of pressurized heating and cooling phases to extract the resin from the wood chips. All solvent from the manufacturing process is put back into the system to be reused again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The biomaterial was developed with the help of a $300,000 joint grant awarded to ABC3D and Selkirk College\u00a0by a government-backed innovation cluster,\u00a0Innovate BC.<\/p>\n<p>ABC3D\u2019s materials are currently being tested at the Metallurgical Industrial Development Acceleration and Studies (MIDAS) fab lab in Trail.<\/p>\n<p>ABC3D is currently scaling production to begin sales in the first quarter of 2019. Fry said, \u201cWe are targeting to have our sales in 3D filaments start in the first quarter of 2019 and then roll out a number of different filaments with additional characteristics such as carbon fiber reinforced filament, conductive filament and filaments that are reinforced with other wood fibers, beyond our first products, which are a blended traditional printing filament.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Canadian bioplastic company, Advanced BioCarbon 3D (ABC3D), has developed wood-based bioplastic materials for use in 3D printing. Founded in 2016, ABC3D was listed among the top five hundred deep tech start-ups around the world by Hello Tomorrow, a French tech accelerator. 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