Liquid and powder material handling systems within additive manufacturing and methods for their use

An additive manufacturing system comprising:

• a powder material handling system comprising a virgin powder inlet coupled to a virgin powder drum and configured to receive a virgin powder from the virgin powder drum;
• a liquid material handling system comprising a binder inlet coupled to a binder drum and configured to receive a binder from the binder drum;
• and
• an additive manufacturing machine coupled to the powder material handling system and the liquid material handling system such that the additive manufacturing machine receives the virgin powder from the powder material handling system and receives the binder from the liquid material handling system, wherein the additive manufacturing machine is configured to manufacture a work product using the virgin powder and the binder, wherein;
• the liquid material handling system comprises:
• a waste drum;
• a liquid waste inlet fluidly coupled to the additive manufacturing machine;
• a liquid waste outlet fluidly coupled to the waste drum;
• and
• at least one pump fluidly coupled to the liquid waste inlet and the liquid waste outlet, the at least one pump configured to control flow of a liquid waste from the additive manufacturing machine to the waste drum,
• wherein each of the liquid material handling system, the powder material handling system, and the additive manufacturing machine are self-contained and spaced from one another.