Silicon mould substitution
Team: 9
Team members: Matthew Cleijpool, Yordi Noyelle, Neal Van Deun
Coach: UGent (Francesca) +Yannick as external stakeholder
End results
Challenge: Industrial design makes extensive use of moulds during the prototyping and production phases. These mould are typically done in silicon, which is an environmentally expensive material. Bio-plastics can be an interesting substitution, both for the mould and for the moulded part. Many challenges rise:
What are the best bio-plastics to use?
How does the process looks like? (where do we get the materials, how do we transform them, etc.)
How long and with what qualities can the mould be used?
How can we engage different stakeholders and actors in this mission? How can we make this a self-sustainable system (can we teach it at IO)?
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Starter kit includes:
Agar agar
Glycerine
Coffee ground
Infrastructure needed:
it is hard to envision in advance the needed infrastructures, the process is possible at home in a DIY environment
Specific sources:
Yannick's course on mould making is a great start!
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/14606925.2017.1352684
http://www.materiom.org/recipe/39 >> but with this specific quantities: 15 ml agar agar, 5 ml glycerol, 250 ml water, 5 ml alginate, 100 gr coffee
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