Objectif
The goal of 3D-LightTrans project is to provide groundbreaking, highly flexible and adaptable low-cost technologies for manufacturing of 3D textile reinforced plastic composites (in the following referred to as textile reinforced plastics or TRP), including innovative approaches for the individual processes and its integration in complete manufacturing chains, which will enable to shift them from its current position in cost intensive, small series niche markets, to broadly extended mass product applications, not only in transportation, but also in other key sectors, like health and leisure.
To fulfil this goal, 3D-LightTrans manufacturing chains will based on hybrid yarn incorporating thermoplastic matrix material, processed to deep draped multilayer textiles and multifunctional 3D-textile constructions, which will be fixed to dry pre-forms and finally, processed into composites by thermoforming. By integrating these new, innovative process steps with full automation in -nowadays mostly manually performed- complex handling operations, it will be possible to obtain a fully automated and highly adaptable manufacturing chain. 3D-LightTrans will open the way to a totally new concept for the design, manufacturing and application of composites for low-cost mass products in a wide range of sectors.
The Consortium brings together multidisciplinary research teams involving five industrial stakeholders from machine tools and machine automation (P-D Glasseiden, Van de Wiele, Lindauer Dornier, Coatema) and several OEM active in the field of processing of flexible materials and composite manufacturing, including Federal Mogul, among others, as well as from the application sector (FIAT and Bentley), and extensive expertise from well known research specialists in the area of materials, production research and technical textiles in particular, like AIT, TU-Dresden and University of Ghent.
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Appel à propositions
FP7-NMP-2010-LARGE-4
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CP-IP - Large-scale integrating projectCoordinateur
1210 Wien
Autriche
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Participants (18)
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41539 DORMAGEN
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1070 WIEN
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10043 Orbassano
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41539 Dormagen
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60800 Crépy en Valois
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9000 Gent
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50056 Montelupo Fiorentino
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01069 Dresden
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08225 Terrassa
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88131 Lindau
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BL1 3AA BOLTON
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04758 OSCHATZ
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8510 Marke
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91120 Palaiseau
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CW1 3PL CREWE
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250 88 CELAKOVICE
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08830 SANT BOI DE LLOBREGAT
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45067 Orleans Cedex 2
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