Miniature electrospinning system for in-situ coating application by drone

Project Information

Nanofix

Grant agreement ID: 101034857

DOI

10.3030/101034857

Project closed

EC signature date 10 March 2021

Start date 1 April 2021

End date 31 March 2022

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Future and Emerging Technologies (FET)

Total cost

No data

EU contribution

€ 100 000,00

Coordinated by

LINARI ENGINEERING SRL
Italy

Periodic Reporting for period 1 - Nanofix (Miniature electrospinning system for in-situ coating application by drone)

Reporting period: 2021-04-01 to 2022-03-31

Summary of the context and overall objectives of the project

Nanofix project aim to reduce the dangerous effect of corrosion and overload generated from weather phenomena like snow, ice and rain or chemicals from industrial exhaust gas on outdoor metallic elements like electric aerial cables, pipes and metallic frames.
These outdoor infrastructures are often critical ones to provide electricity, internet access or natural gas to cities and even countries, for this reason their operational continuity and resiliency is a mandatory requirements and every advance in the field must be adopted.
With Nanofix technology will be demonstrated the possibility to protect metallic critical cables and pipes using a small flying drone equipped with an innovative, miniature electrospinning apparatus to apply a thin, micrometric layer of polymeric nanofibers able to prevent corrosion and mechanical overload limiting the adhesion of water, snow, ice and corrosive particles/liquid with a proper selection of applied polymer and nanofiber morphology.

Work performed from the beginning of the project to the end of the period covered by the report and main results achieved so far

A special electrospinning miniature system able to be operated from remote as flying drone payload will be designed and built to operate in a controlled space for live demo sessions.

Progress beyond the state of the art and expected potential impact (including the socio-economic impact and the wider societal implications of the project so far)

Use of electrospinning technology, thanks to strong electric field, prevent aerosol formation and nanomaterial dispersion during the process, reducing environmental impact of Nanofix coating application. Very low quantity of materials used for the nano coating (in the order of grams per km) is an other key feature of Nanofix process.
During this project a prototype of flying drones with miniature electrospinning system will be shown to potential customers in live demo sessions to promote the commercial adoption and to search industrial partners for large scale applications.

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