Leading the way to lower Carbon manufacturing
We believe we need to care for our planet to make the world a better place for the generations to come.
Photocentric employs the most sustainable and environmentally friendly practices possible, ensuring we play our part, and giving you peace of mind in your purchases from us.
Reduced Carbon from
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We make resins with over 50% bio derived material
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We supply a Carbon footprint with every resin we sell (not many people do!)
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Our printing process has the lowest embedded Carbon of any 3D printing process
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We offer live Carbon analysis of each part made with JENI (no one else does!)
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We provide a return and recycle process for printed parts (we don’t know anyone else who does this for resin!)
Sustainability and circularity
Creating resins from bio-based polyols sourced from both renewable and bio-waste
LCD is the lowest energy form of 3D printing
No toxic or harmful chemicals used
We can recycle cured parts free of charge, regrinding and reusing in new polymer
Bottom-up printing enables dripping while printing ResinGlide platform removes excess resin
Centrifuge to remove excess resin, wash is sometimes not necessary
Waste cleaner can be polymerised in sunlight for landfill or sent for burning
The carbon calculator
Photocentric and the MTC created a digital Carbon assessment for your parts.
We worked with The MTC to create a Carbon Calculator for the entire process, from liquid to part.
This is now available on JENI and showed an 84.9% reduction in Carbon against injection moulding.
Carbon comparison on the same component
1.322 g CO2-e/Part
Photocentric LCD Additive
8.809 g CO2-e/Part
Plastic Injection Moulding
Spacer part produced using Plastic Injection Moulding (PIM) generated 8.809 g CO2-e/Part and embodied 0.154 MJ energy per part. Same Part produced with Photocentric LCD Additive Manufacturing (AM) process generated 1.322 g CO2-e/Part and embodied 0.050 MJ energy per part LCD printing gives a reduction of 7.272 grams CO2-e per part or 84.9%.
Assuming analysis of case-study part is representative of all product lines, the predicted impact making 100 million components using LCD printing would be 727,200 Kg of CO2-e emissions reduced per year.
Durable product | Saving energy | Saving water | Re-using resin | Reducing waste | Lowering carbon footprint | No harmful chemicals
Our Clear Stamps are durable and designed for life, not single use. They are made using the most energy efficient processes possible. Recent investments in new technology means that we are now recycling the water used during production and reclaiming and re-using the excess resin, making the process circular and minimising waste.
Our unique process gives us the lowest material consumption, no tooling, or harmful chemicals that are used in other machining processes.
Our production is in the UK and US, and we buy locally where possible. This significantly reduces our, and your, carbon footprint. We can provide a carbon assessment on our polymer.
Our Stamps are free of toxic compounds or ozone depleting chemicals and are not carcinogenic or create toxic by-products. We are proud to say that our polymer does not contain latex, phthalates, melamine, carcinogens or toxic or harmful compounds.
We work in full compliance with HSE and OSHA health and safety laws, comply to ISO9001 and operate to ISO14001.
We are working to develop plant-based polymers from waste streams.
Reduced Carbon from
-
We make resins with over 50% bio derived material
-
We supply a Carbon footprint with every resin we sell (not many people do!)
-
Our printing process has the lowest embedded Carbon of any 3D printing process
-
We offer live Carbon analysis of each part made with JENI (no one else does!)
-
We provide a return and recycle process for printed parts (we don’t know anyone else who does this for resin!)
Sustainability and circularity
Creating resins from bio-based polyols sourced from both renewable and bio-waste
LCD is the lowest energy form of 3D printing
No toxic or harmful chemicals used
Bottom-up printing enables dripping while printing ResinGlide platform removes excess resin
Centrifuge to remove excess resin, wash is sometimes not necessary
Waste cleaner can be polymerised in sunlight for landfill or sent for burning
We can recycle cured parts free of charge, regrinding and reusing in new polymer
The carbon calculator
Photocentric and the MTC created a digital Carbon assessment for your parts.
We worked with The MTC to create a Carbon Calculator for the entire process, from liquid to part.
This is now available on JENI and showed an 84.9% reduction in Carbon against injection moulding.
Carbon Comparison on the same component
1.322 g CO2-e/Part
Photocentric LCD Additive
8.809 g CO2-e/Part
Plastic Injection Moulding
Spacer part produced using Plastic Injection Moulding (PIM) generated 8.809 g CO2-e/Part and embodied 0.154 MJ energy per part. Same Part produced with Photocentric LCD Additive Manufacturing (AM) process generated 1.322 g CO2-e/Part and embodied 0.050 MJ energy per part LCD printing gives a reduction of 7.272 grams CO2-e per part or 84.9%.Assuming analysis of case-study part is representative of all product lines, the predicted impact making 100 million components using LCD printing would be 727,200 Kg of CO2-e emissions reduced per year.
Our sustainable craft approach
Durable product | Saving energy | Saving water | Re-using resin | Reducing waste | Lowering carbon footprint | No harmful chemicals
Our Clear Stamps are durable and designed for life, not single use. They are made using the most energy efficient processes possible. Recent investments in new technology means that we are now recycling the water used during production and reclaiming and re-using the excess resin, making eh process circular and minimising waste.
Our unique process gives us the lowest material consumption, no tooling, or harmful chemicals that are used in other machining processes.
Our production is in the UK and US, and we buy locally where possible. This significantly reduces our, and your, carbon footprint. We can provide a carbon assessment on our polymer.
Our Stamps are free of toxic compounds or ozone depleting chemicals and are not carcinogenic or create toxic by-products. We are proud to say that our polymer does not contain latex, phthalates, melamine, carcinogens or toxic or harmful compounds.
We work in full compliance with HSE and OSHA health and safety laws, comply to ISO9001 and operate to ISO14001.
We are working to develop plant-based polymers from waste streams.