Project description
New horizon in metal-polymer components
Carbon fibre composites (CFC) have been increasingly replacing metals in products requiring lightweight features. However, due to the traditional manufacturing process and poor thermal conductivity, the use of CFC has been limited to structural applications. For example, the casings for batteries, electrical motors, and power electronics are typically manufactured entirely in aluminium because they require efficient heat dissipation. Using pure aluminium results in a heavier and less cost-effective solution than using pure CFC. The vision of the EU-funded MULTHEM project is to use the different benefits from metals and CFC materials to develop and validate new reliable additively manufactured processes and new metal-polymer multi-materials with structural and cooling features with a more cost-effective approach than traditional methods.
Fields of science
- engineering and technologymaterials engineeringcomposites
- engineering and technologymechanical engineeringvehicle engineeringaerospace engineeringaircraft
- engineering and technologynanotechnology
- engineering and technologymechanical engineeringmanufacturing engineeringadditive manufacturing
- natural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesatmospheric sciencesclimatologyclimatic changes
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RIA - Research and Innovation action
Coordinator
23700 Linares
Spain
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Participants (7)
80686 Munchen
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4362 Esch Sur Alzette
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2595 DA Den Haag
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28001 Madrid
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
CO. GALWAY Inverin
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
10128 Torino To
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
92400 Courbevoie
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Partners (1)
UB8 3PH Uxbridge
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