Integrated manufacturing of REciclable multi-material COmposites for the TRANSport sector

The fifth consortium meeting of the RECOTRANS Project was held on the 1st October, in coincidence with its 30 months of life. 

The meeting, organized by Fraunhofer ICT, was held in Karlsruhe, where the 13 partners from 7 countries were able to present their progress over the last 6 months, refine the technical aspects and define the next steps to be taken.

Also, we counted once again with the presence of the expert of the European Commission, Dr. Jiri Muller, with whom we could share the last advances of the project in the last six months, as well as possible improvements to obtain a greater impact of the results at the end of the project.

In addition, we had the opportunity to witness some experimental trials at the facilities of the host partner, Fraunhofer ICT. During the demonstration, we were able to observe the microwave curing process on a piece of carbon fibre infused with the thermoplastic resin developed within the project by one of the ARKEMA partners. These results will serve to better understand the microwave curing process that will later be integrated into an RTM line for the manufacture of the demonstrator for the car and truck sector and a pultrusion line for the railway sector.

The following months will be decisive for the manufacture of the demonstrator tools and the optimization of the integration methodology of microwave curing and laser composite-metal bonding. 

» Publication Date: 31/12/2019

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