Recycling : Reduce, Reuse and Recycle

Khalid Mahmood has done his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from The University of Manchester, UK. His main research area is laser metal deposition. The work is novel in the sense as the machining swarf has been investigated extensively as an alternative feed material in laser cladding of protective coatings as well as to build 3D structures. This is an attempt to address optimal utilization of enormous material waste in machining. On the other hand it tackles to obviate the huge cost of raw metal powder used in laser metal deposition. The findings of the work with recycled material are quite encouraging and are comparable with the conventional raw metal powder.