Optimisation of Plastic Packaging through Computer Aided Design

该项目将开发开创性的软件，使**可持续塑料包装材料和塑料瓶行业的设计**得以开发，该行业的全球价值为1290亿GB，正在以每分钟100万英镑的速度制造瓶子。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与适当数量的材料。它将为复杂的拉伸吹塑工艺实现预制件和瓶子设计过程的自动化，从而能够更快地吸收新材料和包含更多回收材料的设计。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，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.