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Recent media coverage has lifted the issue of waste plastics higher up public consciousness and, as a result, there is increasing pressure across society for a response from both commerce and government. Marine pollution and excessive use of packaging have prompted a range of initiatives in the UK, such as ‘plastic free aisles’ in supermarkets, car...
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... two sources are provided as an indication, which is essential to help target interventions proportionately. The first estimates are provided by WRAP-Valpak (2016) 40 and illustrated in Figure 5. ...
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... Such is the case with plastic compounds that are in high demand within the construction industry and originate from derivatives of the petrochemical industries, i.e., Polycarbonate (PC), Polyvinyl chloride (PVC), and Polypropylene (PP) [European Commission, 2015]. New processes and techniques should therefore be developed in order to enable design to overcome inefficiencies and waste production within standard plastic applications in the construction field [Burlow et al. 2018]. Within additive manufacturing (AM), research into large-scale printing is beginning to reveal potential applications in architecture that enable new computer-aided design (CAD) to computer aided manufacturing (CAM) workflows supporting the fabrication with new materials. ...
... Such is the case with plastic compounds that are in high demand within the construction industry and originate from derivatives of the petrochemical industries, i.e., Polycarbonate (PC), Polyvinyl chloride (PVC), and Polypropylene (PP) [European Commission, 2015]. New processes and techniques should therefore be developed in order to enable design to overcome inefficiencies and waste production within standard plastic applications in the construction field [Burlow et al. 2018]. Within additive manufacturing (AM), research into large-scale printing is beginning to reveal potential applications in architecture that enable new computer-aided design (CAD) to computer aided manufacturing (CAM) workflows supporting the fabrication with new materials. ...
... and originate from derivatives of the petrochemical industries, i.e., Polycarbonate (PC), Polyvinyl chloride (PVC), and Polypropylene (PP) [European Commission, 2015]. New processes and techniques should therefore be developed in order to enable design to overcome inefficiencies and waste production within standard plastic applications in the construction field [Burlow et al. 2018]. Within additive manufacturing (AM), research into large-scale printing is beginning to reveal potential applications in architecture that enable new computer-aided design (CAD) to computer aided manufacturing (CAM) workflows supporting the fabrication with new materials. ...
Emerging regulations in the context of sustainability have placed renewed attention on construction protocols, including consideration of end-of-life, waste reduction and a shift to bioplastics. However, much research is required on the integration and compatibility of bioplastic materials and their performance concerning construction industry standards. Parallel to the material perspective, increased efforts are placed on additive manufacturing (AM) processes in architectural design and their potential contribution to sustainability through experimentation with new materials, enhanced performance prototyping and reduction in material use. Within this context, the following paper develops a framework towards large-scale additive manufacturing examining bioplastic compounds for architectural components with acoustic performance. A design workflow outlines the component geometry and micro-structuring for both scattering and absorption. It explores the ability to expand on the acoustic behaviour of the chosen materials through printing techniques such as pull printing, fiber printing and dynamic structure printing, within a robotic FDM setup utilizing non-planar tool path design. The robotic workflow developed, outlines a material-informed calibration of bioplastic compounds, their predicted acoustic compatibility to the construction industry, and highlights the potential of such AM workflows to align with current sustainability goals.
... Such is the case with plastic compounds that are in high demand within the construction industry and originate from derivatives of the petrochemical industries, i.e., Polycarbonate (PC), Polyvinyl chloride (PVC), and Polypropylene (PP) [European Commission, 2015]. New processes and techniques should therefore be developed in order to enable design to overcome inefficiencies and waste production within standard plastic applications in the construction field [Burlow et al. 2018]. Within additive manufacturing (AM), research into large-scale printing is beginning to reveal potential applications in architecture that enable new computer-aided design (CAD) to computer aided manufacturing (CAM) workflows supporting the fabrication with new materials. ...
