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Category: Digital fabrication, Industrial Design, Mechanical Design
Present at: Taiwan Tech Design Depart Graduation Exhibition 2022
The advent of 3D printing technology has transformed both manufacturing processes and material innovation. This project explores sustainable material development and introduces a blueprint for circular printing by utilizing a local resource—recycled oyster shells. To examine the feasibility of integrating oyster shells into the 3D printing process, I developed a composite material by combining natural polymers such as gelatin and gum arabic for curing and bonding. Furthermore, I designed customized printing kits for large-scale extrusion of oyster shell slurry, operated by a KUKA robotic arm. This approach successfully reintroduces oyster shells into everyday applications, achieving greater material efficiency and reducing overall resource consumption.
May 2022
Robotics Arm Control Graph by Grasshopper
Credit
Mechanical Engineering & CAM: Ching-Yao Su
CNC: NTUST Mechanical Department
Grasshopper support: Yu-Chieh, Lin
Mentors: Ming Huang Lin, Jianyou Li, Jia-Sheng Liu
Video: Shawn Wang
Video: Shawn Wang