Natural fibres with Releaf
Teammembers: Jamie Catry, Milan Claeys, Gijs Habets
Coaches: Sander Libaert https://www.releaf.be/ + UGent (Francesca)
The challenge
Challenge: Releaf extracts fibres from waste flows. At this stage, they are looking for interesting applications for the fibres themselves, likely in bio-composite materials. Challenges are:
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Which production technologies are suitable for these fibres? (e.g. compression moulding).
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Which applications could be meaningful, when looking at the design and prototyping process? (e.g. 3DP shapes, as usual composite materials? plates? etc.).
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Which binder could preserves the character of the fibre in that it is safe, not toxic and bio-based?
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How can we introduce this knowledge in our IO curriculum?
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How can we engage different stakeholders and actors in this mission? How can we make this a self-sustainable system?
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The results
a. Overview
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Instruction video
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Experimenting and prototyping with samples
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Documenting the process (weekly highlights)
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Stakeholder mapping (miro board)
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Small LCA
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Poster
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Test samples