Select Page
Close A line styled icon from Orion Icon Library.

Re-Form: Reformation of Thermoforming Materials

Play Pause
Navigation Up explore
Joseph Cardenas, Sarah Craven
|
BioDesign Challenge

Project Information

Re-Form is a thermoformable bio-polymer that offers an alternative to petroleum-based polymers with applications for rapid prototyping and consumer-packaged goods [CPG]. Our material is composed of sugar beet molasses and spent grain, materials that are considered waste and of little value. It is uniquely elastic making it suitable for thermoforming processes and keeps its shape after the release of a mold. Compared to polystyrene, Re-Form is biodegradable, compostable, and free of the negative impacts its petroleum-based counterparts have.

Example of the thermo-plastic mold being shaped to an object
Diagram showing different variations of ingredients when developing the thermo-plastic
Example of the thermo-plastic mold being shaped to an object
Example of the thermo-plastic mold being shaped to an object
Materials used to create the thermo-plastic material
Student showing how their Re-form thermo-plastic works over an object
Notes on material levels
Student testing their Re-form thermo-plastic on an object
Pouring the re-form liquid into a mold to dry and form
Students building the mold containers for testing
Return to Minor in Design for Sustainability
College for Creative Studies
Powered by  GDPR Cookie Compliance
Privacy Overview

This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible. Cookie information is stored in your browser and performs functions such as recognising you when you return to our website and helping our team to understand which sections of the website you find most interesting and useful.