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abgerufen: 17.09.2024
publiziert: 28.08.2024
This project aims to conduct initial research into the development of a new additive manufacturing process able to create structures with integrated rigid regions and a textile (felt). The process will use low-grade recycled materials, thereby making the process eco-friendly. The resulting structures will enable artists, designers, architects, and engineers to create new structures that would be very challenging to create otherwise. The manufacturing process will also enable the easy creation of couture, custom made-to-order products, where process output variability is typically a requirement. This research will investigate additional opportunities to add value with variability in manufacturing, specifically focusing on better understanding the structure of felts and the process of felting as an entrypoint into answering two questions:
1. How can we add the capacity for variability to process input and create manufacturing processes that can consume a wide variety of low grade, blended or waste materials?
2. How can we increase the scale and robustness of additive manufacturing and reduce the energy requirements and tightly toleranced material input requirements?
Read more: https://icat.vt.edu/projects/2018-2019/major/robotic-felting.html