{"id":187790,"date":"2025-04-22T16:06:53","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T14:06:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eurecat.org\/?p=187790"},"modified":"2025-08-26T10:10:15","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T08:10:15","slug":"citysens-and-eurecat-craft-sustainable-gardening-solutions-using-3d-printing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eurecat.org\/en\/citysens-and-eurecat-craft-sustainable-gardening-solutions-using-3d-printing\/","title":{"rendered":"CitySens and Eurecat craft sustainable gardening solutions using 3D printing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1424.8px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citysens.com\/ca\/\">CitySens<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/eurecat.org\/\">Eurecat<\/a> technology centre have teamed up to develop gardening solutions harnessing 3D printing based on recycled and biodegradable materials and designed to foster the sustainability and circular economy of the products marketed by this Tarragona-based company specialising in items for enjoying nature at home or in the workplace.<\/p>\n<p>When manufacturing these products, \u201cwe are always looking for materials and production techniques that have the lowest possible environmental impact, which is why we turned our attention to additive manufacturing,\u201d says Xavier Rius Ruiz, co-founder of CitySens. He underlines the cooperation with Eurecat as a technology partner to validate \u201cthat this technology was sufficiently robust to propose products that would come onto the market and be successful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To make this possible, a study has been conducted on adjusting manufacturing parameters with 3D printing technologies \u201cwhich is crucial to get products with the necessary features such as the watertightness of the pots or mechanical resistance for plant shelving with recycled or biodegradable materials,\u201d adds Miquel Domingo Espin, a researcher in Eurecat\u2019s New Manufacturing Processes Unit. \u201cThese adjustments mean we can reduce the amount of material used and manufacturing time, rendering the process more efficient and sustainable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The project, which is part of the Digital Innovation Hubs Support Programme (PADIH) funded by the European Union under the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan, has selected fused filament fabrication (FFF) as the additive manufacturing technology and used wood-based PLA, a biodegradable material made from renewable resources. The prototypes developed in the project have been technically and economically validated under real-world operating conditions.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=IuXru-Xh6yQ\"><strong>Project video<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":178868,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[428,743],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-187790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-manufacturing-processes","category-press-notes-en"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>CitySens and Eurecat craft sustainable gardening solutions using 3D printing - Eurecat<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/eurecat.org\/en\/citysens-and-eurecat-craft-sustainable-gardening-solutions-using-3d-printing\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"CitySens and Eurecat craft sustainable gardening solutions using 3D printing - 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