TY - GEN
T1 - Switching from petroleum- To bio-based plastics
T2 - ASME 2020 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, IDETC-CIE 2020
AU - Saidani, Michael
AU - Pan, Erik
AU - Kim, Harrison
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like to thank all the designers, materials engineers, and sustainability managers who took the time to provide valuable feedback on the different visualization-based tools for material selection. This material is based upon the work at the University of Illinois partially supported by Deere and Company. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this paper are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of Deere and Company.
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PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - The recent development in technology has made bio-based plastics an increasingly attractive alternative to petroleumbased plastics to tackle plastic pollution. However, currently, bio-based plastics have not been widely adopted in the design and manufacturing of new products. To advocate the use of biobased plastics, this paper proposes two visualization-based tools to educate designers and engineers about the availabilities and the properties of different bio-based plastics. After analyzing the literature on visual tools for sustainable design and material selection, two new prototype tools for screening bio-plastic alternatives are designed with the advice and support of the engineers of a major U.S. manufacturer of agricultural equipment. Surveys and focus groups with the manufacturer's engineers are conducted to improve the tools, and a first case study is completed to examine their usefulness.
AB - The recent development in technology has made bio-based plastics an increasingly attractive alternative to petroleumbased plastics to tackle plastic pollution. However, currently, bio-based plastics have not been widely adopted in the design and manufacturing of new products. To advocate the use of biobased plastics, this paper proposes two visualization-based tools to educate designers and engineers about the availabilities and the properties of different bio-based plastics. After analyzing the literature on visual tools for sustainable design and material selection, two new prototype tools for screening bio-plastic alternatives are designed with the advice and support of the engineers of a major U.S. manufacturer of agricultural equipment. Surveys and focus groups with the manufacturer's engineers are conducted to improve the tools, and a first case study is completed to examine their usefulness.
KW - Bioplastics
KW - Case study
KW - Decision support tool
KW - Material selection
KW - Sustainable design
KW - Visualization tool
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U2 - 10.1115/DETC2020-22429
DO - 10.1115/DETC2020-22429
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85096193703
T3 - Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference
BT - 25th Design for Manufacturing and the Life Cycle Conference (DFMLC)
PB - American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Y2 - 17 August 2020 through 19 August 2020
ER -