The World’s first ceramic glazed tiles – made from 100% recycled materials

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• 批准号: 93478
• 金额: $ 8.96万
• 依托单位: ALUSID LIMITED
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Collaborative R&D
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2021 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=93478
• 关键词: World; first; ceramic; glazed; tiles

"OUR STORY STARTS WHERE OTHERS FINISH"ALUSID, a spin-out company from the University of Central Lancashire, has been making architectural surfacing products at its Lancashire-based plant, since starting operations in 2016\.Our patented, award-winning technology utilises recycled industrial ceramic, glass and mineral waste, diverting them from landfill or low-value applications, to create unique surfacing products, including tiles and solid surfaces such as tables and bar-tops. To date we have undertaken numerous projects for major brands, such as Harrods, Nandos, Pret-a-Manger, Hilton, H&M, Amazon and Coya Restaurants.ALUSID's current glazed tile range comprise of around 95% recycled content. Our vision for this project is to develop the world's first mass-produced, commercially available tile range made from 100% recycled waste - eliminating any reliance on virgin raw materials. Producing the world's first and only truly sustainable tile, would offer a paradigm shift in ceramic tile manufacturing, whilst providing ALUSID and the UK tile industry a significant commercial advantage over global competitors.In order to achieve market penetration, ALUSID is currently moving towards high-volume manufacturing from a hand-made batch process, aiming to increase production capacity of 95% recycled content tiles, from 4000m2 per annum to 1000m2 per day. COVID-19 permitting, we hope to launch our first mass-produced range early next year through Topps Tiles, the UK's largest tile retailer. Our intention is to centre production in the UK, through collaboration with our project partner Original Style. As one of the UK's few remaining tile manufacturers, Original Style has the kiln capacity and volume manufacturing know-how, to enable the increases in production volumes required by a commercial retailer.This Innovation Award will allow us the opportunity to develop glazes appropriate for fast-fire high-volume manufacturing in collaboration with our project partner, where recycled waste will be utilised to replace virgin raw materials currently used in the preparation of ceramic glazes.A dramatic increase in production capacity, utilising fast-fire kiln technology would mean significant increases in the amount of glaze used. In turn, higher volumes of glaze, offer exponentially greater cost and environmental benefits.Developing glazes made from recycled waste and producing the world's first 100% recycled mass-produced, commercially available tile range would offer significant economic, social and environmental impacts; reduction of excessive landfill practices, reduction of environmental impacts associated with the extraction and transportation of virgin raw materials, a unique and timely eco-tile to the global tile market, and the safeguarding of UK jobs.

“我们的故事从其他人结束的地方开始”ALUSID 是一家从中央兰开夏大学衍生出来的公司，自 2016 年开始运营以来，一直在其位于兰开夏郡的工厂生产建筑表面产品\。我们的专利、屡获殊荣的技术利用回收工业陶瓷、玻璃和矿物废料，将其从垃圾填埋场或低价值应用中转移出来，以创造独特的表面产品，包括瓷砖和固体表面，例如桌子和吧台顶。迄今为止，我们已经为 Harrods、Nandos、Pret-a-Manger、Hilton、H&M、Amazon 和 Coya Restaurant 等主要品牌承接了众多项目。ALUSID 目前的釉面砖系列包含约 95% 的回收材料。我们对该项目的愿景是开发世界上第一个由 100% 回收废物制成的大规模生产的商用瓷砖系列 - 消除对原始原材料的任何依赖。生产世界上第一个也是唯一一个真正可持续的瓷砖，将为瓷砖制造带来范式转变，同时为 ALUSID 和英国瓷砖行业提供相对于全球竞争对手的显着商业优势。为了实现市场渗透，ALUSID 目前正在向高端迈进。采用手工批量生产工艺进行批量生产，旨在将 95% 回收成分瓷砖的产能从每年 4000 平方米提高到每天 1000 平方米。如果 COVID-19 允许，我们希望明年初通过英国最大的瓷砖零售商 Topps Tiles 推出我们的第一个量产系列。我们的目的是通过与我们的项目合作伙伴 Original Style 的合作，将生产中心集中在英国。作为英国仅存的几家瓷砖制造商之一，Original Style 拥有窑炉产能和批量制造技术，能够增加商业零售商所需的产量。这项创新奖将使我们有机会开发适合快速生产的釉料。 -与我们的项目合作伙伴合作进行大批量生产，其中回收的废物将用于替代目前用于制备陶瓷釉料的原始原材料。利用快速窑技术将意味着产能的大幅增加在釉料的用量上 用过的。反过来，更多的釉料可以提供指数级更高的成本和环境效益。开发由回收废物制成的釉料并生产世界上第一个100％回收的大规模生产的商用瓷砖系列将产生重大的经济、社会和环境影响；减少过度的垃圾填埋做法，减少与原始原材料的提取和运输相关的环境影响，为全球瓷砖市场提供独特且及时的生态瓷砖，以及保护英国的就业机会。