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Material Study: CorkDesign research and proposal for a
senior capstone projectby Meng-Ting Lee
A final deliverable for IDES 431 Design Theory + Capstone Fall 2012
coordinated by Jason Lempieri and Jonas Milder
Industrial Design Programhttp://www.id-uarts.org
School for DesignCollege of Art, Media, and Design
© 2012
University of the Arts320 South Broad StreetPhiladelphia PA 19102
http://uarts.edu
Cork comes from the bark of the cork oak, a type of oak lives in Mediterranean Basin area and has average two hundred years lifespan.
People harvested the cork oak for cork instead cutting the tree down. Cork oak will grow the bark back again after nine years and people will harvest again by the time is ready.
Cork
All the barks will send to cork factories and go through the manufacturing process.
A machine that punches round metal tube through barks.
The cylinder part will be used for wine stopper. The byproducts will cut into tiny granules and to be made into other cork products.
Cork products can also be recycled after people not longer them. Some companies such as Amorim, the world leader in cork product in Portugal, does cork wine stopper recycle. They are taking the recycle cork wine stoppers back to factory, cut it into granules and re-form into either another wine stopper or cork sheet or cork board.
Recycle
In United States, Cork Forest Conservation Alliance also recycle cork wine stopper. They place recycle buckets in every Whole Food Market and they granulate the recycle cork and make new cork product.
Cork has been used for wine stopper for many centuries, but not many products use cork. Until the recent decades, people started to care about our bodies and environment. People started to use the material which is less harmful to human body and environment. Therefore, Cork has become one of the popular material.
Material Research
Harmful to HUMAN BODY Harmful to ENVIRONMENT
Toxic Non-biodegradablePVCHeavy Metal
Fraction PlasticWoodMetalGlass
Physical (Cut) MetalGlass
Steel- 100 yearsAluminum- 350 yearsPlastic- 400-450 yearsGlass- NeverPolystyrene foam- NeverTires- Never
Wood/ PaperGasoline
Greenhouse effect
Air pollution Burning Plastic (toxic)Metal (fraction)Wood/ paper (fraction)
Planting Lack of trees will cost Desertification
Cork Cork
Cork properties Low density Low thermal conductivity Water resistant Compressed Chemically inert
Wood
Metal
Glass
Plastic
Cork Properties
Low density
Compressed
Water resistant
Renewable
Chemically inert
Low thermal conductivity
Properties and Products
Other than cork wine stopper, there are many products and parts of product are made by cork such as shuttlecocks, fishing floats, fishing rod handle, conducting baton handles, shoes, spacecraft heat shields and paper pick-up mechanisms in inkjet and laser printer. Also, some designers see cork has good compress ability and use it to make furniture.
Innvironments In Wallcoverings, Inc.New York, USA
Innvironments Cork Wallcoverings
Naturtex s.lSpain
Naturtex A-1462 E-1836/L
Villani LeonelloItaly
31R10 55R10 Col. 2 16R10 571R10
Intext USANew York, USA
Cork Wallpaper
F.J.HAKIMIAN, Inc.New York, USA
AR-WoodlandAR Sauvignon AR-Oak
Some manufacturer combine cork with other material to create a new material. The new material usually much durable and stiffer than cork , but also contain cork’s low thermal conductivity, compress ability and/or low density property.
Thin Sheet
New Cork Material
Fire Wear UVWater Scratch Tear Stain
Resistance
Thermal ConductivityChemical
High
Medium
Low
N/A
Natural Cork Inc.Georgia, USA
Expanko CorkPennsylvania, USA
To MarketOklahoma, USA
Globus CorkNew York, USA
Capri CorkPennsylvania, USA
Eco Supply CenterVirginia, USA
Cork Artistico Vallarex Cork
UnicorkNatural Cork Parquet TileSuberra
Cor-Terra Rigato Collection
Rudolf Rost Sperrholz GmbHGermany
Freund GmbHGermany
Eco Technilin SASFrance
KorkbaumrindaPolyvan 31
FibriCork
Amorim Revestimentos S.APortugal
A.P.I Applicazioni Plastiche Industriali SpAItaly
APINT CK series (with cork) Acousticork NRT Xtreme WRT Floating Floor
Board
Fire Wear UVWater Scratch Tear Stain
Resistance
Thermal ConductivityChemical
High
Medium
Low
N/A
Cork and metal are two very different materials. Unlike plastic has many similar properties with cork, metal and cork have only one same property witch is water resistant. Combining cork and metal is going to have metal’s stiffness property and also contain cork’s compress ability and low thermal conductivity properties. Also, it will also prevent electric shock if metal is sandwiched by cork.
Cork
Metal
LOW density
HIGH density
COMPRESS ABILITY
STIFF
LOW thermal conductivity
HIGH thermal conductivity
Water resistant
Water resistant
Cork-Metal
Cork - Metal - Cork Cork - Metal Metal - Cork - Metal
Polyvan 31
Rudolf Rost Sper-rholz GmbHGermany
Alpimet
Alpi Divisione Legno SpAItaly
SERIES 5000-B Empreinte Eulithe Aluminum
Firestone Metal Products, LLC.USA
Lamellux®France
EULITHE srlItaly
Laminate material in the world
Project Timeline
Week 1 Find companies than can possibly produce this new material
Week 2 Research
Week 3 If no company makes it, make it by myself
Week 4 Test the new material Week 5 Find out what product can be made/ Test
Week 6 Find out what product can be made/ Test
Week 7 Find out what product can be made/ Test
Week 8 Make prototypes
Week 9 Make prototypes
Week 10 Make prototypes
Week 11 Make prototypes
Week 12 Make prototypes
To Do List:
- Visit Daniel Michalik Furniture Design studio- Visit Metal factories- Revisit Material Connexion if need
Bibliography
Amorim- Cork Americahttp://www.amorimca.com/
Cork Forest Conservation Alliancehttp://www.corkforest.org/real_cork_inside.php
ReCorkhttp://recork.org/
Coral Reef Alliancehttp://www.coral.org/node/3916
The Engineering ToolBoxhttp://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/thermal-conductivity-d_429.html
Material Connexionhttp://www.materialconnexion.com/
Designboomhttp://www.designboom.com/
Daniel Michalik Furniture Designhttp://danielmichalik.com/
Alucobond Alucorehttp://www.transport-industry.com/home.html
ALPIhttp://www.alpiwood.com/en/