Descrizione del progetto
Un impulso per le bioplastiche
Dal confezionamento alimentare all’edilizia, le plastiche sintetiche ricavate dal petrolio sono utilizzate ovunque. Tuttavia, esistono delle alternative: bioplastiche ottenute da materie prime rinnovabili, che sono sostenibili e possono inoltre contribuire a ridurre le emissioni di CO2. In quest’ottica, il progetto BIO UPTAKE, finanziato dall’UE, aumenterà la diffusione di bioplastiche composite del 39 %. Svilupperà processi produttivi flessibili allo scopo di realizzare prodotti finali a base biologica per il settore medico e per quelli dell’edilizia e dell’imballaggio. Si baserà sulla combinazione di formati intermedi in fibre naturali e/o sintetiche a base biologica, rinforzate con biopolimeri. Questo nuovo approccio si basa sulla modularità o pre-fabbricazione: una combinazione intelligente di formati intermedi (fogli organici, nastri e pellet) in un prodotto finale, che consente di superare le attuali limitazioni tecniche e ambientali.
Obiettivo
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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