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New manufacturing infrastructure for the production of high quality Natural Fibres (UltraFibre)

Start date: Jan 1, 2010, End date: Dec 31, 2012,

Natural fibres offer a route to the production of sustainable composites, replacing inorganic and petrochemical based fibres with high-embodied energy. One of the main obstacles to the exploitation of natural fibres is the limited consistency of supply, with batch-to-batch variations in quality. Retting – a process whereby plant stems are left to weather in the fields – has been identified as bein ...
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Advanced Preformmanufacturing for industrial LCM-Processes (APRIL)

Start date: May 1, 2011, End date: Jun 30, 2013,

...inst traditional prepreg-autoclave processes (reduction of waste, energy and waste toxicity and economic benefits).The two steps that are involved in the LCM process are first the production of a dry fibre preform and secondly the resin injection. The focus of this project is on the development of advanced production methods for dry fibre preforms. Technical requirements for a preform are:-Geometr ...
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Development of energy efficient / lightweight composite parts and tooling based on Tailored Fibre Placement technology / self heating technology (EMBROIDERY)

Start date: Jan 1, 2011, End date: Dec 31, 2012,

...g and the associated ancillary material. In order to achieve higher production capabilities together with improved performance, the development of a resistive heating layer based on embeddable carbon fibre performs manufactured by Tailored Fibre Placement Technology, is proposed. This self heating layer will be able to be embedded both in rigid and elastomeric tooling in order to fulfil the heatin ...
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An innovative environmentally friendly gelcoating technology for composites for marine and wind-Turbine applications to reduce VOC emissions, processing time and cost (INGECT)

Start date: Dec 1, 2011, End date: Nov 30, 2013,

Gel coats are applied to fibre-reinforced composite materials for aesthetic or protection purposes. Styrene is an essential part of these gelcoats, with ~25% of this released during possessing. These styrene emissions cause irritation and neurological effects as well as possibly being carcinogen. One of the biggest negative effects of styrene is the perceived odour both by the workforce and neighb ...
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Wideband Integrated Photonics For Accessible Biomedical Diagnostics (WIPFAB)

Start date: Apr 1, 2012, End date: Mar 31, 2017,

...echnologies. Photonic technologies for telecommunications operate in the near infra-red (NIR) wavelength region from 800nm – 1800nm, driven by the spectral transmission window in silica optical fibre. However, the ideal molecular “fingerprint” region for biochemical analysis is dominated by the mid infra-red (MIR) spectral region. Biosensor and lab-on-chip research and commercialisation have both ...
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BRilliant Industrial Diode LasEr (BRIDLE)

Start date: Sep 1, 2012, End date: Feb 29, 2016,

The BRIDLE project seeks to harness the power and efficiency of diode lasers to develop an affordable direct diode laser source for industrial applications requiring the cutting and welding of sheet metal. Specifically, BRIDLE's diode laser will have a power >2kW from a 100um diameter (NA 40%. (This is ~2.5x more powerful, 10x brighter and 1.7x more efficient than the best spectral beam combined d ...
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Radio Frequency Sensing for Non-Destructive Testing of Carbon Fibre Reinforced Composite Materials for Structural Health Monitoring (Comp-Health)

Start date: Dec 1, 2012, End date: Nov 30, 2014,

...orward the advantages of these materials, in general there has been relatively limited wide-spread adoption of composite components mainly due to the primary failure mechanisms (i.e. delamination and fibre pull-out), which are difficult to accurately detect, leading to an underestimated lifetime of components and attempts at repair practically impossible.As the majority of the traditional visual ...
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TAILORed Energy Distributions for Laser WELDing (TailorWeld)

Start date: Nov 1, 2013, End date: Jul 31, 2016,

... European manufacturers. The large increase in uptake observed since 2004 has primarily been driven by recent developments in solid-state laser technology leading to the commercial availability of fibre-delivered Yb-fibre, Yb:YAG disc and direct diode laser sources, which have resulted in improved capital cost and reduced operating costs. However, despite these cost reductions and potential bene ...
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Upgrade Speed To Accelerate Revolutionary Telecoms (Upstart)

Start date: Nov 1, 2016, End date: Oct 31, 2018,

... and civil engineering works, such as the digging-up of roads to lay down high-speed broadband, account for up to 80% of the cost of deploying high-speed networks. Telecoms companies are rolling out fibre networks within EU member countries, across Europe, and in countries in the rest of the world. However, those companies are meeting their implementation targets by installing fibre from the area ...
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No Vetro in Discarica (No glass in landfill): demonstrating innovative technologies for integral recovery of glass rejects actually landfilled (NOVEDI)

Start date: Jan 1, 2009, End date: May 31, 2012,

...s collection systems. These sources included television screens, screens from the automobile industry, glass from the cutting and polishing industry, photovoltaic panels, textile glass fibres, lamps, solar panels, artistic glass and mosaics. The project would implement new technologies to produce glass-based insulating materials using glass from these sources; it aimed to demonstrate the economic ...
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Clean alternative technology to chemical milling: demonstration of technical, environmental and economic performance of mechanical milling for the machining of complex shaped panels used in the aeronautical and space industries - GAP (Green Advanced Panels) project (GAP)

Start date: Jan 15, 2005, End date: Jun 30, 2007,

...ureau in Spain for the technology used in the project to become a Best Available Technology. Potential clients are interested in using the process for other materials such as titanium or carbon fibre. The economic and environmental benefits of replacing chemical milling with mechanical milling at Airbus’s European sites are estimated by the beneficiary as follows: a reduction in the required q ...
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Selective Tape-Laying for Cost-Effective Manufacturing of Optimised Multi-Material Components (Stellar)

Start date: Sep 1, 2013, End date: Aug 31, 2016,

The aim of the Stellar project is to develop the manufacturing process for high-speed placement of carbon, glass and polymer fibre reinforced matrices, in selected locations in a composite structure, to provide the optimum reinforcement, weight and cost profile within a part.The use of composite materials in structural components is becoming well established in a range of applications, and the mat ...
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Design and Manufacture of Scaled up 50 kg capacity Plasma Melt Overflow (PMO) system for the commercial production of titanium and iron-chrome-aluminium alloy fibres. (PlasMelt)

Start date: Feb 1, 2016, End date: Jul 31, 2016,

A previously funded FP7 project MEMLAB has opened new business opportunity for the mass scale titanium fibre application to a novel lead acid battery market. 75.2 million lead acid batteries are used in Europe. Capturing 4% of this market by titanium fibre substrate technology will require 3 million of these batteries and 301 tonnes of titanium fibre production yearly. Currently titanium fibre is ...
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Smart Intelligent Aircraft Structures (SARISTU)

Start date: Sep 1, 2011, End date: Aug 31, 2015,

The project proposal concerns the challenges posed by the physical integration of smart intelligentstructural concepts. It addresses aircraft weight and operational cost reductions as well as animprovement in the flight profile specific aerodynamic performance.This concerns material concepts enabling a conformal, controlled distortion of aerodynamicallyimportant surfaces, material concepts enablin ...
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Melt Spun and Sintered Metal Fibre Networks for Lead-Acid Battery Advancement (MEMLAB)

Start date: Nov 1, 2012, End date: Jan 31, 2015,

...r power to weight ratio they are not used.The MEMLAB project aims to solve this through the development of lightweight electrodes for use in lead-acid batteries. The project will use state-of-the-art fibre production technology to create titanium and aluminium fibre networks. These will be coated in lead and lead oxide. The objective is to achieve a greater than 50% reduction in the overall weight ...
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Integrated Process Chain for Automated and Flexible Production of Fibre-Reinforced Plastic Products (FIBRECHAIN)

Start date: Jun 1, 2011, End date: May 31, 2014,

...layered products based on flexible materials only specialized and semi-automated manufacturing equipment is available. The project “Integrated Process Chain for Automated and Flexible Production of Fibre-Reinforced Plastic Products (FibreChain)” aims at the development of worldwide first automated turnkey manufacturing systems for fibre-reinforced thermoplastic composites (FRTC) addressing public ...
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