Descripción del proyecto
Un impulso para los bioplásticos
Desde los envases alimentarios hasta la construcción, los plásticos sintéticos derivados del petróleo se utilizan en todas partes. Sin embargo, existen alternativas: los bioplásticos fabricados a partir de materias primas renovables. Son sostenibles y también pueden contribuir a reducir las emisiones de CO2. Teniendo esto en cuenta, gracias al proyecto BIO UPTAKE, financiado con fondos europeos, se aumentará en un 39 % la adopción de compuestos bioplásticos. El equipo del proyecto desarrollará procesos de fabricación flexibles para producir productos finales de base biológica destinados a los sectores de la construcción, la medicina y el embalaje. Se basará en la combinación de formatos intermedios de fibras naturales o sintéticas de base biológica reforzadas con biopolímeros. El novedoso método se basa en la modularidad o prefabricación: una combinación inteligente de formatos intermedios (láminas orgánicas, cintas y pélets) en un producto final, que permite superar las actuales limitaciones técnicas y medioambientales.
Objetivo
The general objective of Bio-Uptake project is to ensure a sustainable uptake (increase the use in a 39%) of bioplastic composites through boosting a twin green and digital transformation in the European manufacturing industry. In particular, Bio-Uptake solution will focus scientific and technology efforts on developing flexible manufacturing processes to produce biobased end-products for the construction, medical and packaging sectors based on the combination of intermediate formats made of natural and/or biobased synthetic fibres reinforced with biopolymers, which are easily adaptable to new market demands. The novel approach on which Bio-Uptake project relies is based on modularity or pre-fabrication: a smart combination of intermediate formats (organosheets, tapes and pellets) into a final end-product which allows to overcome the current technical and environmental limitations to meet the demanding requirements of a specific sector/application where a single biobased material doesn?t. Thus, the synergistic potential of composite materials will pave the way for the integration and uptake of bio-based materials in mass customised manufacturing (manufacturing as a service). Three disruptive manufacturing processes (based on conformal technologies) will be developed within Bio-Uptake focused on the plastics manufacturing sector, which is on the centrality of a variety of value chains, and being demonstrated in 3 demo cases (bathroom ceiling cabinet, feet orthosis and garbage container lid). Sustainability criteria will be applied since the design phase to reach circularity by design, obtaining products with more than 75% biobased content and decreasing GHG up to 33%. Bio-Uptake solution does not request large investment in complex equipment too. Bio-Uptake consortium is formed by 13 interdisciplinar and complementary partners (6 industries, 4 RTOs, 1 academia and 2 Other organizations). The overall budget is 5,994,886 Euros.
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HORIZON-CL4-2021-TWIN-TRANSITION-01
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