Descripción del proyecto
Una nueva era en la creación de moldes para lograr diseños arquitectónicos innovadores
La industria depende de los moldes para crear todo tipo de piezas, y el sector de la construcción no es una excepción, ya que con ellos produce vigas, losas y columnas, entre otros elementos constructivos. Sin embargo, la creación de moldes para obtener formas fluidas, complejas e innovadoras más populares en los componentes de bajo consumo para el sector de la construcción resulta compleja, costosa y laboriosa con los procesos y las máquinas de fresado convencionales. La pyme Sveltedca Partners (Rumanía) ha desarrollado un sistema de máquina única capaz de generar todo tipo de superficies curvadas en una sola etapa, lo que genera un gran ahorro en costes y tiempo en comparación con los métodos convencionales. La financiación europea del proyecto Svelte permitirá al equipo comercializar su tecnología revolucionaria para compuestos arquitectónicos complejos.
Objetivo
Finding a cost-efficient solution to create fluid, complex shapes has been the Holy Grail of architecture and engineering worldwide. Svelte uses a proprietary, unique, innovative machine system to generate all types of curved surfaces on an industrial scale, in one straightforward operation, at a fraction of the cost and time of current methods. Svelte works on a patented advanced cutting method using a heated SmartWire that changes its shape while moving through foam or wax-based materials to generate the desired surfaces.
Svelte disrupts the currently used CNC milling processes similarly to how 3D printers impacted the prototyping industry, pushing the boundaries of what is possible today to change architecture as we know it. A Svelte produced mould is at least 50% cheaper than a regular milled mould and has the ability to be mass produced in minutes, making the output of a single Svelte system equivalent to approximately 48 CNC machines.
Svelte will therefore enable for the first time growth in the emerging special buildings niche to achieve the spectacular, innovative, energy efficient fluid forms of the future; but also generate substantial savings in the traditional building sector. Integrating Svelte cut shapes in existing building projects preserves their structural integrity, but uses up to 30% less construction materials, adding up to significant savings in energy, water, sand, CO2, coal, methane, NOX, and PM10 particles in Europe’s most polluting industry.
Having confirmed Svelte’s market acceptance and potential during the SME Instrument Phase 1 project, the focus is now on bringing the technology to TRL 9 during the proposed EIC project. In this scope we envision the optimization of the machine’s cutting function and prepare it for scaling to commence commercialization under both a FIAB model, but also as a SaaS solution producing moulds and panels in our own production facility.
Ámbito científico
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Programa(s)
Convocatoria de propuestas
Consulte otros proyectos de esta convocatoriaConvocatoria de subcontratación
H2020-EIC-SMEInst-2018-2020-4
Régimen de financiación
SME-2 - SME instrument phase 2Coordinador
500068 Brasov
Rumanía
Organización definida por ella misma como pequeña y mediana empresa (pyme) en el momento de la firma del acuerdo de subvención.