Autonomous portable larger-scale additive manufacturing technology for recycled plastics and standard thermoplastics (Lava3D)

用于再生塑料和标准热塑性塑料的自主便携式大规模增材制造技术 (Lava3D)

• 批准号: 561048-2020
• 负责人: Ahmad, Rafiq
• 金额: $ 3.64万
• 依托单位: University of Alberta
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Alliance Grants
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2021-01-01 至 2022-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=721854
• 关键词: Autonomous; portable; larger; scale; additive

Plastics are considered as one of the most growing world-wide problems to the environment, and as a result, the need for recycling plastic is gaining speed in the global industry. According to Market Data Forecast, as of 2020, the market industry of recycled plastic is valued at 50.01 Billion CAD, and it is estimated to reach 68.43 billion CAD by the year 2025. The high pollution associated with plastics, GHG emission, shortage of landfill areas, and disposal of utilized plastics in the water bodies, are serious threats to our ecosystem. Besides, the shortage of resources and requirements for new plastic materials is pushing the boundaries of conventional manufacturing technologies to use recycled plastics over virgin thermoplastics. Therefore, over a span of two years, the researchers at the University of Alberta aims to support the Canadian market with a speedy, faster, robust, automated, portable and affordable large-scale additive manufacturing technology to help protect the environment by using recycled plastics. The technology proposed will also be compatible to work with virgin material and multi-material 3D printing for strength-to-requirements to support resource-based Industry in Canada. The proposed faster rate of polymer AM process will also support the growing need for mass-production of PPE components during the pandemic e.g. personal protective respirators.

塑料被认为是环境中全球最不断增长的问题之一，因此，回收塑料的需求在全球行业中越来越快。根据市场数据预测，截至2020年，回收塑料的市场行业的价值为50.1亿加元，估计到2025年到2025年达到684.3亿加元。与塑料，GHG排放，陆菲尔相关的高污染区域以及在水体中使用所用塑料的处置是对我们的生态系统的严重威胁。此外，对新塑料材料的资源和要求的短缺正在推动传统制造技术的界限，以在维珍热塑料上使用再生塑料。因此，在两年的时间里，艾伯塔大学的研究人员旨在通过快速，更快，更快，健壮，自动化，便携式和负担得起的大型大规模添加剂制造技术来支持加拿大市场，以使用再生塑料来帮助保护环境。提出的技术还将与维珍材料和多材料3D打印一起使用，以实现强度到要求，以支持加拿大的基于资源的行业。提出的更快的聚合物AM工艺速率还将支持大流行期间PPE成分大量产生的需求，例如个人保护呼吸器。