Technical Officer-print City - Manchester, United Kingdom - Manchester Metropolitan University

Manchester Metropolitan University

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Manchester, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

beBee Recruiter

Description

Manchester Metropolitan University is a pioneer of modern education since its origins in 1824 and sits in the top 200 young universities in the world.

The University is committed to providing excellent education to transform our students' lives, and to delivering high quality research with powerful real-world impacts and benefits, as evidenced by our highly successful REF outcome.

We are one of the top modern universities for research quality: 30% of our research is considered world leading (4*) and 90% of our research impact is rated 'world leading' (4*) or 'internationally excellent' (3*).

Our research is pushing the boundaries of 3D printing and we have an opportunity for someone to join our team, leading on additive manufacturing on our CIRMAP project.

In Northwest Europe, about 65 Mt of Recycled Fine Aggregates (RFA) are generated yearly from the crushing of Concrete Construction and Demolition Wastes and are disposed in landfills or in banks.

In the meantime, 54 Mt of marine sands are extracted in zones where natural aggregate resources are missing, threatening fragile marine spaces.

Reusing RFA in concrete would save natural resources.

However, no market exists for RFA owing to rigorous construction standards. RFA is a local resource, with large variability, which is not suited to mass production needing regular materials.

But it could be used at a smaller scale, for the manufacture of products needing neither to comply with rigorous construction standards nor to possess high performances.

About 5 Mt of RFA could be recycled into concrete for the manufacture of Urban, Memorial or Garden (UMG) furniture, being the starting point of a circular economy loop.

Traditional precast concrete cannot be used for small scale production because of the high share of moulds in the global cost (50 to 80%).

However, concrete 3D Printing (3DP) allows manufacturing customized pieces that could be shown by customers as a banner of their identity.

Role:

Applicants should have experience of additive manufacturing within concrete/mortar printing and have the ability to demonstrate research including building relationships, networks and partnerships with internal and external contacts.

This is a fixed-term opportunity starting ASAP until the end of Oct 23.

Manchester Metropolitan University is committed to supporting the rights, responsibilities, dignity, health and wellbeing of staff and students through our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion.