Large scale demonstration of new circular economy value-chains based on the reuse of end-of-life fiber reinforced composites.

Deliverables

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (1)

Project Website.

This deliverable will consist in the set-up of the project website that is part of the work of task T8.1.

Demonstrators, pilots, prototypes (1)

Validation of the developed demanufacturing process-chains and characterization of the recovered materials.

This deliverable will report the work of task T2.4. It will contain the results of the validation of the developed demanufacturing processes on the samples of disassembled parts obtained in the target use-cases.

Documents, reports (10)

Part validation by non-destructive analysis.

This deliverable will report the work of task T4.6. It will contain a description and the results of tests on composite parts of non destructive analysis of remanufactured products.

Mapping and assessment of waste composition.

This deliverable will report the work of task T1.1 concerning the analysis, mapping and assessment of the waste material composition and volumes, in the target use-cases.

Recovered glass and carbon fibers characterization

This deliverable will report the work of task T2.5. It will contain the characterization of the recycled fibers and a benchmark of the developed solutions with respect to state-of-the-art and the target KPIs.

Composite material validation and testing.

This deliverable will report the work of task T3.5. It will contain a report with the assessment of material properties derived by the application of the developed material preparation methods, to be used to benchmark and to select the suitable technologies for demonstration.

Customer feedback collection and co-design approach.

This deliverable will report the work of task T5.1 related to the development of the approach for gathering customer feedback for co-design. It will contain the description of the methodology and the main mechanisms to support the co-design procedure.

Reverse logistics optimization.

This deliverable will report the work of task T7.2. It will contain the description of the methodology for reverse logistics optimization and the optimal configuration of reverse logistics networks in the demo-cases.

Guidelines for composites demanufacturing and energy assessment

This deliverable will report the work of tasks T2.6 and T2.7. It will contain the energy-related assessment of the developed technologies and generalized demanufacturing guidelines for composite-made complex products.

New service-oriented business models.

This deliverable will report the work of task T7.1. It will contain the description of the business models to be implemented in order to increase the profitability of the business cases in the project demonstrators.

Generalized product design guidelines.

This deliverable will report the work of task T5.6. It will contain the generalized product design guidelines for improving the ability to disassemble and demanufacture the input composite-made products.

Ex-ante analysis of the use cases and approach for demonstration

This deliverable will report the work of task T6.9 related to the analysis of the ex-ante status of the demo-cases. A revision of the target KPIs and a description of the design approach for the demonstration will be reported.

Other (1)

Customer feedback collection software tool.

This deliverable will report the work of task T5.1 related to the development of a web-based application to support customer feedback collection for product co-design.

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (1)

Elastic constant determination of unidirectional composite via ultrasonic bulk wave through transmission measurements: A review

Author(s): David A.P. Paterson, Winifred Ijomah, James F.C. Windmill
Published in: Progress in Materials Science, Issue 97, 2018, Page(s) 1-37, ISSN 0079-6425
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmatsci.2018.04.001