Tailored Lace: Moldless Fabrication of 3D Bio-Composite Structures through an Integrative Design and Fabrication Process
This research demonstrates an integrative computational design and fabrication workflow for the production of surface-active fibre composites, which uses natural fibres, revitalises a traditional craft, and avoids the use of costly molds. Fibre-reinforced polymers (FRPs) are highly tunable building...
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| author | August Lehrecke Cody Tucker Xiliu Yang Piotr Baszynski Hanaa Dahy |
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| description | This research demonstrates an integrative computational design and fabrication workflow for the production of surface-active fibre composites, which uses natural fibres, revitalises a traditional craft, and avoids the use of costly molds. Fibre-reinforced polymers (FRPs) are highly tunable building materials, which gain efficiency from fabrication techniques enabling controlled fibre direction and placement in tune with load-bearing requirements. These techniques have evolved closely with industrial textile processes. However, increased focus on automation within FRP fabrication processes have overlooked potential key benefits presented by some lesser-known traditional techniques of fibre arrangement. This research explores the process of traditional bobbin lace-making and applies it in a computer-aided design and fabrication process of a small-scale structural demonstrator in the form of a chair. The research exposes qualities that can expand the design space of FRPs, as well as speculates about the potential automation of the process. In addition, Natural Fibre-Reinforced Polymers (NFRP) are investigated as a sustainable and human-friendly alternative to more popular carbon and glass FRPs. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0fe0eb6a99514f36a8347b723ddbd5f42023-11-22T22:21:56ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172021-11-0111221098910.3390/app112210989Tailored Lace: Moldless Fabrication of 3D Bio-Composite Structures through an Integrative Design and Fabrication ProcessAugust Lehrecke0Cody Tucker1Xiliu Yang2Piotr Baszynski3Hanaa Dahy4ITECH Master’s Program, University of Stuttgart, Keplerstr. 11, 70174 Stuttgart, GermanyITECH Master’s Program, University of Stuttgart, Keplerstr. 11, 70174 Stuttgart, GermanyITECH Master’s Program, University of Stuttgart, Keplerstr. 11, 70174 Stuttgart, GermanyBioMat Department of Bio-Based Materials and Materials Cycles in Architecture, Institute of Building Structures and Structural Design, University of Stuttgart, Keplerstr. 11, 70174 Stuttgart, GermanyBioMat Department of Bio-Based Materials and Materials Cycles in Architecture, Institute of Building Structures and Structural Design, University of Stuttgart, Keplerstr. 11, 70174 Stuttgart, GermanyThis research demonstrates an integrative computational design and fabrication workflow for the production of surface-active fibre composites, which uses natural fibres, revitalises a traditional craft, and avoids the use of costly molds. Fibre-reinforced polymers (FRPs) are highly tunable building materials, which gain efficiency from fabrication techniques enabling controlled fibre direction and placement in tune with load-bearing requirements. These techniques have evolved closely with industrial textile processes. However, increased focus on automation within FRP fabrication processes have overlooked potential key benefits presented by some lesser-known traditional techniques of fibre arrangement. This research explores the process of traditional bobbin lace-making and applies it in a computer-aided design and fabrication process of a small-scale structural demonstrator in the form of a chair. The research exposes qualities that can expand the design space of FRPs, as well as speculates about the potential automation of the process. In addition, Natural Fibre-Reinforced Polymers (NFRP) are investigated as a sustainable and human-friendly alternative to more popular carbon and glass FRPs.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/22/10989biocompositesbobbin lacenatural fibre-reinforced polymersNFRPmoldlessdigital fabrication |
| spellingShingle | August Lehrecke Cody Tucker Xiliu Yang Piotr Baszynski Hanaa Dahy Tailored Lace: Moldless Fabrication of 3D Bio-Composite Structures through an Integrative Design and Fabrication Process Applied Sciences biocomposites bobbin lace natural fibre-reinforced polymers NFRP moldless digital fabrication |
| title | Tailored Lace: Moldless Fabrication of 3D Bio-Composite Structures through an Integrative Design and Fabrication Process |
| title_full | Tailored Lace: Moldless Fabrication of 3D Bio-Composite Structures through an Integrative Design and Fabrication Process |
| title_fullStr | Tailored Lace: Moldless Fabrication of 3D Bio-Composite Structures through an Integrative Design and Fabrication Process |
| title_full_unstemmed | Tailored Lace: Moldless Fabrication of 3D Bio-Composite Structures through an Integrative Design and Fabrication Process |
| title_short | Tailored Lace: Moldless Fabrication of 3D Bio-Composite Structures through an Integrative Design and Fabrication Process |
| title_sort | tailored lace moldless fabrication of 3d bio composite structures through an integrative design and fabrication process |
| topic | biocomposites bobbin lace natural fibre-reinforced polymers NFRP moldless digital fabrication |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/22/10989 |
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