TY - JOUR
T1 - Additive manufacturing of polyethylene-based composites sourced from industrial waste
AU - Karaki, Ayman
AU - Argyros, Apostolos
AU - Stratiotou-Efstratiadis, Vasileios
AU - Khraisheh, Marwan
AU - Masad, Eyad
AU - Michailidis, Nikolaos
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024 CIRP
PY - 2024/1
Y1 - 2024/1
N2 - This study utilizes Additive Manufacturing (AM), as a key enabler, in creating Polyethylene (PE)-based composites from industrial waste. The benefits of this study are: firstly, promoting environmental sustainability by successfully fabricating composites by repurposing industrial waste and increasing the capacity of PE recycling through AM; and secondly, developing high-value PE-based composites with enhanced structural, mechanical and rheological properties. Detailed printability assessment of various blend ratios of waste PE, Polystyrene, and fiber reinforced resin are discussed and successful printing of PE-based composites with tangible improvements in material properties is demonstrated. The agility of the proposed approach is also highlighted. (c) 2024 CIRP. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
AB - This study utilizes Additive Manufacturing (AM), as a key enabler, in creating Polyethylene (PE)-based composites from industrial waste. The benefits of this study are: firstly, promoting environmental sustainability by successfully fabricating composites by repurposing industrial waste and increasing the capacity of PE recycling through AM; and secondly, developing high-value PE-based composites with enhanced structural, mechanical and rheological properties. Detailed printability assessment of various blend ratios of waste PE, Polystyrene, and fiber reinforced resin are discussed and successful printing of PE-based composites with tangible improvements in material properties is demonstrated. The agility of the proposed approach is also highlighted. (c) 2024 CIRP. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
KW - Additive manufacturing
KW - Sustainable development
KW - Waste polymers
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85190270915&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.cirp.2024.03.012
DO - 10.1016/j.cirp.2024.03.012
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85190270915
SN - 0007-8506
VL - 73
SP - 189
EP - 192
JO - CIRP Annals
JF - CIRP Annals
IS - 1
ER -