Integrated manufacturing of REciclable multi-material COmposites for the TRANSport sector
RECOTRANS at 2nd CIRP Conference on CCMPM
RECOTRANS has participated in 2nd CIRP Conference on Composite Material Parts Manufacturing in Sheffield, UK.
The aim of the event is share novel production research, technologies and solutions throughout the global composite manufacturing community in the areas of ‘Design & Lifecycle’, ‘Part Generation’ and ‘Finishing & Assembly’.
The conference discussed ‘Compression RTM of reactive thermoplastic composites using microwaves and cure monitoring’. The project partners presented the progress of RECOTRANS:
An advanced process monitoring system and production platform were developed and applied successfully for the acceleration of the reaction and the intelligent process monitoring of the manufacturing of composites using a liquid reactive thermoplastic resin.
The DC-based cure monitoring system can provide in real-time the evolution of the reaction and as a result it allows for real-time quality and process control purposes during manufacturing.
Its combination with microwave curing proved efficient and without any effect of microwaves in the electric field of the sensor.
The next challenge in Recotrans project is to combine these two advanced technologies in the manufacturing of an automotive door panel, a truck suspension as well as a composite profile made by pultrusion all of them with the Elium® resin.
» Publication Date: 01/11/2019
This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement Nº 768737
