Optimisation of Plastic Packaging through Computer Aided Design

该项目将开发突破性的软件，为塑料瓶行业**开发可持续塑料包装材料和设计**，塑料瓶行业全球价值1290亿英镑，生产瓶子的速度为100万/分钟。该项目将专注于开发创新的最先进的软件，使包装能够设计和制造恰好适量的材料。它将使复杂拉伸吹塑过程的预成型和瓶的设计过程自动化，从而更快地吸收新材料和设计，并结合更多的回收内容。在这个项目中开发的软件将提供一个自动化的虚拟设计过程，这将使塑料瓶的设计和制造发生范式转变。

This project will develop ground breaking software that will enable the development of **sustainable plastic packaging materials and designs for the plastic bottle industry**, an industry that has a global worth of £129billion and is manufacturing bottles at a rate of 1million/min. The project will focus on the development of innovative state of the art software that will enable packaging to be designed and manufactured with just the right amount of material. It will automate the design process for preforms and bottles for the complex stretch blow moulding process enabling a faster uptake of new materials and designs incorporating more recycled content. The software developed in this project will offer an automated virtual design process that will enable a paradigm shift in the design and manufacture of plastic bottles.