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r-LightBioCom project
New bio-based and sustainable raw materials enabling circular value chains of high performance lightweight biocomposites
r-LightBioCom is an EU-funded project that applies a multidisciplinary approach to develop new sustainable, cost-effective and energy-efficient lightweight high-performance composites with inherent recycling properties in combination with novel efficient processing and recycling techniques.
The environmental impact of the new high-performance composites will be reduced during their production, operation and after reaching their final lifetime, while offering improved mechanical properties, weight reduction and new functionalities.
SUSPENS project
Lightweight and sustainable composite parts for the transportation sector
SUSPENS addresses the challenge of reducing the environmental footprint of sandwich and hollow composite structures for the automotive, leisure boat and aerospace industries.
The project consortium will develop over 95% bio-sourced epoxy and polyesters resins, with new formulations leading to high performance, combined with sustainable and recyclable fibres to an industry standard.
Recycling solutions for such structures will also be developed in the project to cover the entire life cycle of the target applications.
The general project approach will be demonstrated through the manufacturing of three representative parts such as a car battery pack, a leisure boat deck and hull and an aircraft winglet.
SALIENT project
Novel Concepts for Safer, Lighter, Circular and Smarter Vehicle Structure Design for Enhanced Crashworthiness and Higher Compatibility
The SALIENT project is an EU-funded Research & Innovation Action (RIA) focused on the development of future-proof light vehicle designs. These designs aim to improve compatibility with mixed traffic while enhancing crash and collision safety. The project’s consortium, consisting of 12 partners from 7 different European countries, is working towards the creation of a Front-End-Structure made from aluminium and Thermo Plastic Reinforced with Carbon Fibre (TP-CRFP), which is more circular, lightweight, safe and smart than available components on the market today. As part of this groundbreaking initiative, the consortium is leading the development of a lightweight aluminium alloy, specifically the 6063 variant. The SALIENT project runs from September 2022 to August 2025, with a total duration of 36 months.
FOREST project
Advanced lightweight materials for energy-efficient structures
The EU-funded FOREST project will contribute to the decarbonisation of the transport sector by developing and implementing innovative bio-based polymers & additives and recycled carbon fibres.
The goal will be achieved by combining three key drivers: Reduce, Recovery, and Reshape. The aim is fully aligned with EU 2030 Climate and Energy challenges.
REPOXYBLE project
Depolymerizable bio-based multifunctional closed loop recyclable epoxy systems for energy efficient structures
REPOXYBLE is an EU-funded project that develops cost and energy effective, high-performing, lightweight, multifunctional, and sustainable biobased epoxy composites.
The new biobased composites and novel production techniques will provide advanced functionalities for application in structural components for the aeronautic and automotive sectors, showing enhanced thermal and electrical conductivity for thermal management and in-situ strain sensing.
The recyclability of the composite will be demonstrated through a Depolymerizable Closed Loop Epoxy (DCLE) system, that will ensure a highly efficient valorization of the composite constituents into high value products.
The project applies the Safe and Sustainable by Design (SSbD) methodology, as a holistic and iterative approach to improve the material life cycle development and favour the assessment of environmental and socio-economic impacts, toward performance and sustainability optimization.
