Projektbeschreibung
Neue Horizonte bei Metall-Polymer-Komponenten
Kohlefaserverbundwerkstoffe ersetzen in zunehmendem Maße Metalle in Produkten, die leichte Eigenschaften erfordern. Aufgrund des traditionellen Fertigungsverfahrens und der schlechten Wärmeleitfähigkeit ist die Verwendung von Kohlefaserverbundwerkstoffen jedoch auf strukturelle Anwendungen beschränkt. So werden beispielsweise die Gehäuse von Batterien, Elektromotoren und Leistungselektronik in der Regel vollständig aus Aluminium gefertigt, da sie eine effiziente Wärmeableitung erfordern. Die Verwendung von reinem Aluminium führt zu einer schwereren und weniger kostengünstigen Lösung als die Verwendung von reinen Kohlefaserverbundwerkstoffen. Die Vision des EU-finanzierten Projekts MULTHEM ist es, die unterschiedlichen Vorteile von Metallen und Kohlefaserverbundwerkstoffen zu nutzen, um neue zuverlässige additiv gefertigte Prozesse und neue Metall-Polymer-Multimaterialien mit strukturellen und kühlenden Eigenschaften zu entwickeln und zu validieren, und zwar mit einem kostengünstigeren Ansatz als herkömmliche Methoden.
Ziel
The 26th Climate Change Conference has highlighted the urgent need to reduce global carbon dioxide emissions to limit global warming. The transport sector accounts for approx. 16% of the global carbon emissions and has identified fleet electrification as the primary route to achieving climate neutrality. However, the main challenges are the current weight of components and the cost of new systems to ensure efficiency and long-term sustainability. As a result, the industry has recognised the need for transformative technologies and production methods to develop lighter, more efficient, and cost-effective solutions to enable this transition and achieve climate neutrality.
With their outstanding mechanical strength, Carbon Fibre Composites (CFC) have been increasingly used to replace metals in products requiring lightweight features, such as aircraft or high-performance vehicles. However, due to the traditional manufacturing process and poor thermal conductivity, the use of CFC has been limited to structural applications. For example, batteries, electrical motors, and power electronics, where power losses need to be efficiently dissipated, typically require separate heat exchangers, resulting in heavier and less cost-effective solutions that still utilize bulky designs and heavy materials.
The vision of MULTHEM is to develop a reliable and validated Additively Manufactured (AM) CFC process with enhanced thermal conductivity with different material combinations and nanotechnology. This innovative approach will allow the development of components, such as battery and motor housings with dual functionality comprising structural and cooling features and with a more cost-effective approach than traditional methods. This solution will enhance the product performance, first by the weight reduction achieved by designs that only AM enables, and second, by using CFC-metal structures with enhanced thermal conductivity strategies, lighter and stronger than aluminium or steel.
Wissenschaftliches Gebiet
- 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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Aufforderung zur Vorschlagseinreichung
HORIZON-CL4-2022-RESILIENCE-01
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HORIZON-RIA - HORIZON Research and Innovation ActionsKoordinator
23700 Linares
Spanien