Multiscale reinforcement of semi-crystalline thermoplastic sheets and honeycombs

Project Information

M-RECT

Grant agreement ID: 246067

Project closed

Start date 15 April 2010

End date 14 April 2014

Funded under

• Specific Programme "Cooperation": Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies

Total cost € 6 975 245,10

EU contribution € 4 734 829,00

Coordinated by

Victrex Manufacturing Limited
United Kingdom

Objective

The M-RECT project aims to create multiscale-reinforced semi-crystalline thermoplastics (PEEK and PPS), which will outperform all reinforced polymers in terms of strength, stiffness, creep and mainly damping by upscaling and further developing state of the art production methods, within cost-efficient manufacturing routes. The envisaged multiscale reinforcement will comprise of dispersed straightened and aligned to polymer molecules multi-walled carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and also fully impregnated, long carbon fibres (CF). In order to achieve this objective a number of novel technological achievements including CNT functionalization techniques, fluid-assisted CNT alignment, microwave and induction heating of composites, out of autoclave manufacturing including bagging techniques, DIRIS sandwich panel production, fluoropolymer radiation-absorbing coatings and polymer optical fibre technology will be further developed and used. The CNT or multi-scale reinforced PEEK or PPS sheets and the resulting sandwich panels will be used as raw material for manufacturing laminated complex prototypes covering a wide range of industrial applications such as automotive, railroad, aeronautical, space, civil engineering and biomedical. Optimized design of these structures will be based on suitably developed numerical modelling and optimization tools within the proposed project and which will be validated through extensive testing at nano, meso and macro-scale. The anticipated impacts of the development of the envisaged top-performance lightweight thermoplastic composites and their manufacturing routes will extend to an international level by decreasing energy and fuel consumption, decreasing waste production and improving recyclability, creating profitable spin-off activities, promoting safety and improving the urban environment.

Fields of science

CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques.

• engineering and technology › materials engineering › composites
• engineering and technology › civil engineering
• engineering and technology › materials engineering › coating and films
• engineering and technology › environmental engineering › energy and fuels
• natural sciences › physical sciences › optics › fibre optics

Programme(s)

• FP7-NMP - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies

Topic(s)

• NMP-2009-2.5-1 - Light high-performance composites

Call for proposal

FP7-NMP-2009-LARGE-3
See other projects for this call

Funding Scheme

CP-IP - Large-scale integrating project

Coordinator

Victrex Manufacturing Limited

• EU contribution: € 273 214,00
• Address: Victrex Technology Centre, Hillhouse International ; FY5 4QD Thornton-Cleveleys ; United Kingdom
• Region: North West (England) › Lancashire › Lancaster and Wyre
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Alan Wood (Dr.)
• Total cost: No data

Participants (20)

INSTITOUTO MICHANIKIS YLIKON KAI GEODOMON AE (Institute of Mechanics of Materials and Geostructures SA)

Greece

• EU contribution: € 640 261,00
• Address: Askiton 22 ; 15236 Penteli
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Paul Michelis (Dr.)
• Total cost: No data

AIRBUS GROUP SAS

France

• EU contribution: € 273 131,00
• Address: 2 ROND-POINT EMILE DEWOITINE ; 31700 BLAGNAC
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Jacques Cinquin (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

POLYMADE GESELLSCHAFT FUR INNOVATIVE TECHNISCHE TEXTILIEN MBH

Participation ended

Germany

• EU contribution: € 97 124,00
• Address: Willy-Messerschmitt-Strasse 37 ; 50126 BERGHEIM
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Gernot K. Brueck (Prof.)
• Total cost: No data

NANOZAR SL

Spain

• EU contribution: € 210 160,00
• Address: CL LUESMA CASTAN MIGUEL 4 ; 50018 ZARAGOZA
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Laszlo Bax (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

THE UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD

United Kingdom

• EU contribution: € 201 766,00
• Address: FIRTH COURT WESTERN BANK ; S10 2TN Sheffield
• Region: Yorkshire and the Humber › South Yorkshire › Sheffield
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Tracey Swift (Dr.)
• Total cost: No data

ETHNICON METSOVION POLYTECHNION

Greece

• EU contribution: € 473 780,00
• Address: HEROON POLYTECHNIOU 9 ZOGRAPHOU CAMPUS ; 157 72 ATHINA
• Region: Αττική › Aττική › Κεντρικός Τομέας Αθηνών
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Georgia Mertzelou (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL

United Kingdom

• EU contribution: € 277 638,00
• Address: BEACON HOUSE QUEENS ROAD ; BS8 1QU Bristol
• Region: South West (England) › Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath area › Bristol, City of
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Johanna Rule (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

BUNDESANSTALT FUER MATERIALFORSCHUNG UND -PRUEFUNG

Germany

• EU contribution: € 234 552,00
• Address: Unter den Eichen 87 ; 12205 Berlin
• Region: Berlin › Berlin › Berlin
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Eva-Maria Müller
• Total cost: No data

BUILDAIR INGENIERIA Y ARQUITECTURA SA

Spain

• EU contribution: € 218 080,00
• Address: AV BARCELONA 40 ; 08970 SANT JOAN DESPI BARCELONA
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Javier Marcipar (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

CENTRE INTERNACIONAL DE METODES NUMERICS EN ENGINYERIA

Spain

• EU contribution: € 209 353,00
• Address: C GRAN CAPITAN, EDIFICI C1, CAMPUS NORD UPC SN ; 08034 Barcelona
• Region: Este › Cataluña › Barcelona
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Anna Font (Mrs.)
• Total cost: No data

AVL LIST GMBH

Austria

• EU contribution: € 241 430,00
• Address: HANS-LIST-PLATZ 1 ; 8020 Graz
• Region: Südösterreich › Steiermark › Graz
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Guenter Trakowanitsch (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE SAS

Participation ended

France

• EU contribution: € 17 692,00
• Address: 31 RUE DES COSMONAUTES ZI DU PALAYS ; 31402 Toulouse Cedex
• Region: Occitanie › Midi-Pyrénées › Haute-Garonne
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Rémy Bigle (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

VOLVO TECHNOLOGY AB

Sweden

• EU contribution: € 119 000,00
• Address: GOTAVERKSGATAN 10 ; 405 08 Goteborg
• Region: Södra Sverige › Västsverige › Västra Götalands län
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Carl Fredrik Hartung (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

FIBROLINE FRANCE SARL

France

• EU contribution: € 197 292,00
• Address: RUE AUGUSTE TRAMIER 20 ; 69130 ECULLY
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Laurence Caramaro (Dr.)
• Total cost: No data

KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN

Belgium

• EU contribution: € 228 504,00
• Address: OUDE MARKT 13 ; 3000 Leuven
• Region: Vlaams Gewest › Prov. Vlaams-Brabant › Arr. Leuven
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Tine Heylen (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

TenCate Advanced Composites BV

Netherlands

• EU contribution: € 159 600,00
• Address: Campbellweg 30 ; 7440 AA Nijverdal
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Hans Hummelink
• Total cost: No data

THE CHANCELLOR MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE

United Kingdom

• EU contribution: € 103 752,00
• Address: TRINITY LANE THE OLD SCHOOLS ; CB2 1TN Cambridge
• Region: East of England › East Anglia › Cambridgeshire CC
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Keith Cann (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

VAMP TECHNOLOGIES

Italy

• EU contribution: € 319 400,00
• Address: VIALE DELLE INDUSTRIE 10 12 ; 20040 BUSNAGO
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Bruno Miani (Dr.)
• Total cost: No data

STEINBEIS EU-VRI GMBH

Germany

• EU contribution: € 141 600,00
• Address: FILDERHAUPTSTRASSE 142 ; 70599 Stuttgart
• Region: Baden-Württemberg › Stuttgart › Stuttgart, Stadtkreis
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Emil Kremm (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

POM TV UG (HAFTUNGSBESCHRANKT) GMBH

Germany

• EU contribution: € 97 500,00
• Address: WILLY MESSERSCHMITT STRASSE 37 ; 50126 BERGHEIM
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Walter Duerbaum (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data