Periodic Reporting for period 1 - Nanofix (Miniature electrospinning system for in-situ coating application by drone)
Période du rapport: 2021-04-01 au 2022-03-31
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.