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Cork Plastic Composite Optimization for 3D Printing Applications
| datacite.subject.sdg | 03:Saúde de Qualidade | |
| datacite.subject.sdg | 09:Indústria, Inovação e Infraestruturas | |
| datacite.subject.sdg | 12:Produção e Consumo Sustentáveis | |
| dc.contributor.author | Brites, F. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Malça, C. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Gaspar, F. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Horta, J. F. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Franco, M. C. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Biscaia, S. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Mateus, A. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-11-13T15:52:14Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-11-13T15:52:14Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2017-09-26 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Among natural fillers, cork has been acknowledged as a suitable alternative of other cellular materials that are widely employed in engineering applications due to their low conductivity to heat, noise and vibration, high abrasion resistance and flexibility, high compressibility ratio, among other characteristics [1]. The eco-friendly features of natural fillers based composites make them a very promising and sustainable solution to large markets mainly if additive manufacturing technologies, such as 3D printing, are used [2]. Through 3D printers, engineers, designers and architects can create design and decor products with a free complexity of geometry. In this research work, plastic matrices of HDPE – obtained from conventional suppliers – were reinforced with different ratios of cork waste and natural cork powders – obtained from cork transformation industries – to find the optimum mixture for 3D printing. The effects of cork powders content in the plastic on the morphological, physical and mechanical properties of the composites were investigated through the density, optical microscopy, wettability, thermal analysis and tensile testing. Cork-based composites were processed by an extrusion system, and the mixture of polymer, adhesive and fillers is discussed. The results show that the addition of pure cork and cork waste can be processed with polymers such as HDPE, having adequate physical and mechanical properties. | eng |
| dc.description.sponsorship | This work was supported by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) through the following project: UID/Multi/04044/2013. In addition, the authors acknowledge the funding from the project World of Outstanding Wool and Wood (WOWW), POCI-01-0247-FEDER-017574 from the Portuguese National Innovation Agency. The authors gratefully acknowledge to Amorim Cork Composites for the cork powder. We thank Ana O. Tojeira and Ana R. Fonseca for the support provided in performing the laboratorial tests as Laboratory Managing Engineers. | |
| dc.identifier.citation | F. Brites, C. Malça, F. Gaspar, J.F. Horta, M.C. Franco, S. Biscaia, A. Mateus, Cork Plastic Composite Optimization for 3D Printing Applications, Procedia Manufacturing, Volume 12, 2017, Pages 156-165, ISSN 2351-9789, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.promfg.2017.08.020 | |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.promfg.2017.08.020 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2351-9789 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10400.8/14611 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.peerreviewed | yes | |
| dc.publisher | Elsevier BV | |
| dc.relation | Centre for Rapid and Sustainable Product Development | |
| dc.relation | POCI-01-0247-FEDER-017574 | |
| dc.relation.hasversion | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2351978917306091 | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Procedia Manufacturing | |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ | |
| dc.subject | Cork plastic composite | |
| dc.subject | Cork powder | |
| dc.subject | High density polyethylene (HDPE) | |
| dc.subject | Coupling agents | |
| dc.subject | Extrusion | |
| dc.subject | 3D Printing | |
| dc.title | Cork Plastic Composite Optimization for 3D Printing Applications | eng |
| dc.type | journal article | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| oaire.awardTitle | Centre for Rapid and Sustainable Product Development | |
| oaire.awardURI | info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/6817 - DCRRNI ID/UID%2FMulti%2F04044%2F2013/PT | |
| oaire.citation.endPage | 165 | |
| oaire.citation.startPage | 156 | |
| oaire.citation.title | Procedia Manufacturing | |
| oaire.citation.volume | 12 | |
| oaire.fundingStream | 6817 - DCRRNI ID | |
| oaire.version | http://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85 | |
| person.familyName | Pereira Malça | |
| person.familyName | Mateus | |
| person.givenName | Cândida Maria dos Santos | |
| person.givenName | Artur | |
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| person.identifier.orcid | 0000-0003-2483-9153 | |
| person.identifier.rid | H-3387-2018 | |
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| person.identifier.scopus-author-id | 14028690000 | |
| project.funder.identifier | http://doi.org/10.13039/501100001871 | |
| project.funder.name | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia | |
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