Integrated manufacturing of REciclable multi-material COmposites for the TRANSport sector
RECOTRANS 18Months Meeting
The fourth consortium meeting of the RECOTRANS Project was held in coincidence with its 18 months of life. The meeting, hosted by both Istanbul Technical University and Mercedes Benz Turkey, took place in Istanbul during 3rdand 4th of April 2019.
The first day, at Istanbul Technical University, partners could present and discuss about already finished Work Packages and the progress of the ongoing ones.
Work package 1 was ended up in M18, therefore the final demonstrator designs were already completed.
In the work package 2 new experiments were carried out in order to define the most suitable procedure for the laser assisted metal-polymer joining by Tecnoclad. The adhesion between the metal part and composite samples manufactured with different resins developed by ARKEMA were assessed. Besides, an extensive information provided by the computational modelling carried out by ITÜ of the novel thermoplastic resin and the long fibre reinforced composite provided a better approach of the raw material behaviour.
During the work package 3 and 4 explanation, Fraunhofer ICT showed the evaluation of the numerical simulation of microwave (MW) field inside the mould for the RTM and pultrusion process. This is a key aspect in order to define the curing parameters with the MW where Synthesites and INEA will monitor the curing cycle. Additionally, the mould design for the three demonstrators started to be analysed (MBT-Far-UK, Gestamp and STAV-Polymec).
In parallel, CTAG defined the relevant information for the LCA study and its economic analysis. Results from this assessment will show the economic costs of the new process compared with the conventional processes.
The second day, at Mercedes Benz Turkey, partners had time for working in groups for the Automotive, Truck and Train demonstrators and, additionally, an exploitation workshop was held.
In the forthcoming months, the manufacturing of moulds for the RTM and pultrusion processes will start alongside the integration of the MW. The next consortium meeting will take place on October 2019 at the Fraunhofer ICT facilities.
» Author: AIMPLAS
» Publication Date: 10/04/2019
This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement Nº 768737
