Composite Sprue Regrind
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As part of CPS’ active road-map towards a sustainable future all of our processes are assessed for opportunities to reduce waste, reduce our carbon footprint and move CPS to the most environmentally responsible manufacturing methods possible.
Background
Capturing the waste from our sprue injection moulding process and reintroducing it back into the raw material stream is the latest in a long line of environmental initiatives CPS have introduced in the past two decades. CPS has always been looking for ways to decrease our products’ environmental impact whilst the company grows. This composite regrind initiative helps us to “reduce, reuse, recycle”, lowering our environmental footprint and moving forward to a more sustainable future.
The Solution
We capture the waste material prior to any further processing, reducing any risk of contamination and making the recycling process much more energy efficient and chemical free. This minimises both environmental and quality impact of the recycling process.
The Results
Reuse of material has been absolutely successful with no change in product quality, and with a clean and reliable process for recirculation of material established.
We will now slowly ramp towards our target recycled material percentage, carefully monitoring product performance the whole way and ensuring a seamless experience not only for our customers, but also for all of our downstream processes which meticulously work on the recycled parts.
