First industrial use of bio and ecocompatible geopolymers produced from metakaolin to manufacture tanks for wine, beer, vinegar and olive oil production and storage via 3D printing technology

Informations projet

GeoFood

N° de convention de subvention: 728194

DOI

10.3030/728194

Projet clôturé

Date de signature de la CE 21 Mai 2016

Date de début 1 Juin 2016

Date de fin 30 Novembre 2016

Financé au titre de

• SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine, maritime and inland water research, and the bioeconomy

Coût total

€ 71 429,00

Contribution de l’UE

€ 50 000,00

Coordonné par

CIBAS DI POLI FABIO & C SAS
Italy

Periodic Reporting for period 1 - GeoFood (First industrial use of bio and ecocompatible geopolymers produced from metakaolin to manufacturetanks for wine, beer, vinegar and olive oil production and storage via 3D printing technology)

Période du rapport: 2016-06-01 au 2016-11-30

Résumé du contexte et des objectifs généraux du projet

Through GeoFood project, Cibas investigated the possibility of producing food containers made with Geopolymers and using the 3D printing technology.
The geopolymers were made by preceramic mixtures (Metakaolin), inert fillers and phase activators, according to nowadays well-established practice.
The core of the project is based on the following key points and objectives:
• The low energy content of the entire production processes;
• The possibility to use mineral and non-mineral fillers of easy availability;
• The use of charges resulting from the use of secondary raw materials generated by other industrial cycles, which can be used according to the traceability, reliable and controlled availability criteria, before they are disposed to the final landfill;
• The renewability of the total product that allows a complete recycling of objects to their natural end of life;
• The demonstration of how 3D technology can achieve relatively simpler production of containers in scale than those who will be much larger sizes as per customer designs.
Cibas made 3D printed prototypes of molds and objects produced with plastic polymer; Cibas also made 3D printed prototypes with uncooked clay as well as in geopolymers. This could be a starting point for an extension to the patent already presented for the use of geopolymers and 3D printing.
The feedback from potential users has been very good and encouraging for the second phase of the project, where we will study the creation of large size objects.
This feedback has been confirmed through the demonstrations of interest from the end users, the answers to the survey and the qualitative analysis of the produced objects.
Technical verification has given very positive results in particular on the characteristics of high strength and low porosity of the object under analysis.

Travail effectué depuis le début du projet jusqu’à la fin de la période considérée dans le rapport et principaux résultats atteints jusqu’à présent

Cibas investigated the possibility of producing food containers made with Geopolymers and using the 3D printing technology. The geopolymers were made by preceramic mixtures (Metakaolin), inert fillers and phase activators, according to nowadays well-established practice.
Cibas made 3D printed prototypes of molds and objects produced with plastic polymer; Cibas also made 3D printed prototypes with uncooked clay as well as in geopolymers.
Moreover, Cibas implemented a survey and a qualitative analysis about the produced objects and received numerous demonstrations of interest from potential end users.

Progrès au-delà de l’état des connaissances et impact potentiel prévu (y compris l’impact socio-économique et les conséquences sociétales plus larges du projet jusqu’à présent)

Technical verification has given very positive results in particular on the characteristics of high strength and low porosity of the object under analysis.
The feedback from potential users has been very good and encouraging for the second phase of the project, where we will study the creation of large size objects.
This feedback has been confirmed through the demonstrations of interest of the end users, the answers to the survey and the qualitative analysis of the produced objects.

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