WEBINAR ON
Cost and Sustainability Comparison of Injection Moulding with 3D Printing
Professor David O. Kazmer,
Department of Plastics Engineering,
University of Massachusetts,
Lowell, USA
Introduction
The economic and environmental cost of injection molding is compared with fused filament fabrication and a hybrid 3D printing/molding process called injection printing. The analysis includes the cost and environmental footprint of prototype, cold runner, and hot runner injection molding with breakeven analysis indicating preferred sustainability strategies.
Cost and Sustainability Comparison of Injection Moulding with 3D Printing
Speaker
Professor David O. Kazmer, P.E., Ph.D.
Department of Plastics Engineering,
University of Massachusetts,
Lowell, USA
Professor David Owen Kazmer is past Chair of Plastics Engineering at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. His research interests are in model-based products and process designs. He has more than 20 different recognition awards, including Fellow of the Society of Plastics Engineers, Fellow of American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Ishii-Toshiba Design for Manufacturing Award, U.S. Department of Energy Innovative Process Award, and the Lincoln Electric National Design Competition. He has over 20 patents to his credit and published more than 300 publications including two books. He is on the editorial board of the Machinery’s Handbook Editorial Board. Dr. Kazmer received his B.S. Mechanical Engineering from Cornell University and his doctorate from Stanford University’s Mechanical Engineering Design Division.
WHAT WILL YOU LEARN?
- Better understanding of the carbon footprint of mold tooling.
- Learn about the energy efficiency of molding and manufacturing process.
- Insight into the competitive strategy of molding in light with injection molding vs. injection printing.