Recycling Milled-out CoCr disc blanks?

[tuyere]

Thread title's got it all- is there anyone who'll give us cash for our used CoCr 98mm blanks? We've probably got 50 of the things stacked up at this point, if we can get some cash back for them at a by-weight rate, that'd be just swell.

 

[Foggy_in_RI]

I don’t know of anyone off the top of my head but recently there have been several metal powder companies that started focusing on making powder from recycled feedstock.

Not sure if you’d get anywhere going down that path but IMO- dental materials would make great feedstock because they are subject to tighter production controls.

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According to Additive Manufacturing Research (AMR),metal 3D printing materials were valued at $920 million in 2023. However, only a very small percentage of that sector is actually focused on...

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Among the firms leading this nascent trend is Continuum Powders. The Houston-based startup is further reducing the impact of metal AM on the environment by signing deals with Priority Power and Airgas. These agreements will mean that not only will the company be producing materials from 100 percent recycled metal, but it will do so while reducing overall energy consumption significantly.