United Utilities has launched an early market engagement exercise for 3D printing services.
A trailblazing project which receives funding from Ofwat’s £200 million Innovation Fund to demonstrate the benefits of 3D concrete printed components for the water sector has taken a huge step forward - CSO chambers can be produced within a matter of hours rather than days.
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Scottish Water has teamed up with United Utilities to work with tech innovators ChangeMaker3D and Manchester Metropolitan University on a trail-blazing project to produce 3D concrete printed infrastructure components.
In a first in the UK water industry, United Utilities and tech innovators ChangeMaker 3D have successfully demonstrated the use of 3D concrete printed components – with significant carbon, cost and labour savings.
The water sector could soon be the first in the UK able to print made-to-measure objects out of sustainable concrete on site.
Researchers at the University of British Columbia in Canada have built inexpensive and tiny devices using a 3D printer to inspect water quality in the distribution system which could revolutionize the water industry.
In a first for a UK water company, Anglian Water is collaborating with the Sheffield Water Centre in a trial to explore the future of 3D printing technology.
Barhale has completed work on two separate Rapid Action Taskforce Spills projects it is carrying out for Severn Trent.
Börger UK, which has firmly established itself as a leading pump brand since it was set up in Staffordshire in 2004, has moved into bigger, brand-new premises in Shrewsbury.
HUBER Technology UK & Ireland are inviting people to register for their March webinar where they will be providing information about HUBER water intake screens for municipal and industrial applications.
Sulzer has launched a new global Center of Excellence (CoE) for Water Treatment Solutions - the CoE consolidates Sulzer’s wastewater treatment expertise in a unified and global manner.