Contact: Gary Chinga Carrasco
New and innovative processes for flooring and wall products
The overall idea of the project “ALLOC” is to develop completely new and innovative processes for flooring and wall products. ALLOC shall have unique surface properties, excellent impact and scratch-resistance. In addition, an important part is the use of side streams in the production of flooring and wall components, something that is well in line with the current bio- and circular economy efforts of the project partners.
The project is partly funded by the Research Council of Norway, and is a cooperation between partners from industry, research institutes and university.
News in this project
Publications/Conferences
2023
Journal Articles
Zarna, C., Chinga-Carrasco,G., and Echtermeyera T, A. Bending properties and numerical modelling of cellular panels manufactured from wood fibre/PLA biocomposite by 3D printing. Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 165, 2023, 107368. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1359835X22005498
Zarna, C., Chinga-Carrasco,G., and Echtermeyera T, A. Biocomposite panels with unidirectional core stiffeners − 3-point bending properties and considerations on 3D printing and extrusion as a manufacturing method. Composite Structures Volume 313, 1 June 2023, 116930. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S026382232300274X?via%3Dihub
2022
Journal Articles
Chiara Zarna, Sandra Rodríguez-Fabià, Andreas T. Echtermeyer and Gary Chinga-Carrasco. Influence of Compounding Parameters on the Tensile Properties and Fibre Dispersion of Injection-Moulded Polylactic Acid and Thermomechanical Pulp Fibre Biocomposites. Polymers 2022, 14(20), 4432. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym14204432https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4360/14/20/4432
Amit Tewari, Hugo Huerta, Gary Chinga Carrasco, Leif Kåre Hindersland, Samuli Ranta, Fredrik Pettersson, Ronald Österbacka and Martti Toivakka. Low-Cost Dielectric Sheets for Large-Area Floor Sensing Applications. Flexible and Printed Electronics (2022). https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2058-8585/ac968b/meta
Chiara Zarna, Sandra Rodríguez-Fabià, Andreas T. Echtermeyer, GaryChinga-Carrasco: Preparation and characterisation of biocomposites containing thermomechanical pulp fibres, poly(lactic acid) and poly(butylene-adipate-terephthalate) or poly(hydroxyalkanoates) for 3D and 4D printing. Additive Manufacturing 59, Part B, November 2022, 103166. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214860422005553?via%3Dihub
Conferences
Chiara Zarna, Sandra Rodríguez-Fabià, Andreas Echtermeyer and Gary Chinga-Carrasco, “Influence of compounding parameters on the tensile properties and fibre dispersion of injection moulded polylactic acid (PLA) and TMP fibre biocomposites”, CIADICYP 2022 Iberoamerican Congress on Pulp and Paper Research, Biocomposite session, June 28th – July 1st, Girona, Spain
2021
Journal Articles
Chinga-Carrasco G, Zarna C, Rodríguez-Fabià S, Leirset I, Tanase-Opedal M, Molteberg D, Echtermeyer A andHindersland LK. Side streams from flooring laminate production – Characterisation and recycling in biocomposite formulations for injection moulding. Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing
Zarna C, Opedal MT, Echtermeyer AT and Chinga-Carrasco G, Reinforcement ability of lignocellulosic components in biocomposites and their 3D printed applications – A review. Composites Part C, 6, 100171, open access
Research partners and funding:
Research partners
The project owner is Alloc AS. The R&D partners are RISE PFI, NTNU and Åbo Akademi. The Industrial partners are Ranheim Paper and Board, Norske Skog Saugbrugs, Thor Magne Hansen og Sønn AS and RED Beaulieu.
Funding
The project is partly funded by the Research Council of Norway.