Project description DEENESFRITPL Vegetable-based lubricants for green metalworking processes The growing complexity of metalworking processes and machineries makes metalworking fluids vital to many industries. However, the industrial metalworking fluids market is dominated by mineral oil-based lubricants, whose massive use has a negative impact on labour safety, performance and environmental sustainability. Despite recent attempts to use vegetable-based lubricants, a real alternative has yet to be found. To this end, the EU-funded HAROLBIO 2.0 project aims to introduce the next generation of metalworking fluids obtained from vegetable-based oils. It will further establish a green value chain for the supply, use, recovery and regeneration of vegetable metalworking fluids. The project’s achievements will help to reduce operator hazards and environmental burdens linked to traditional lubricants, and increase operational efficiency without compromising product quality. Show the project objective Hide the project objective Objective The Harolbio 2.0 project aims at introducing a next generation of metalworking fluids obtained from vegetable base oils able to disrupt the market of industrial lubricants.Harolbio 2.0 will then allow to establish a green value chain for the supply, use, recovery and regeneration of vegetable metalworking fluids, bringing several economic and environmental benefits to the entire metalworking industry value chain.The market of industrial metalworking fluids is still dominated by mineral oil base lubricants. It is estimated that metal industry demands over 36 million tons per years of these. The massive use of mineral lubricants is associated to a series of burdens which affect the labour safety, performances and overall sustainability. The use of traditional lubricants is closely concerned with a very unsafe and risky environment, illness conditions, environmental burdens, high cost of equipment maintenance and very high waste disposal cost. Nevertheless, metalworking fluids are deemed vital to many industries given the growing complexity of metalworking processes and machineries toward numeric control, subtractive and additive manufacturing applications. Despite the many issues related the use of synthetic oils, and the recent attempts to use vegetable components, a real alternative is not yet available.The use of vegetable oil represents a very promising alternative for the metalworking industry at whole. It has been demonstrated how Harolbio (TRL 6), developed by Bellini S.p.A can overcome most of the issues related to traditional fluids thus reducing operator hazards, environmental burdens and increasing operation efficiency without compromising the quality of products.Bellini intends therefore to complete a first phase of techno-economical assessment to evaluate the suitability of a largescale uptake of Harolbio 2.0. Fields of science engineering and technologymechanical engineeringtribologylubricationengineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringwaste managementagricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesagriculturehorticulturevegetable growingengineering and technologymechanical engineeringmanufacturing engineeringadditive manufacturing Programme(s) H2020-EU.2.3. - INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Innovation In SMEs Main Programme H2020-EU.3. - PRIORITY 'Societal challenges H2020-EU.2.1. - INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies Topic(s) EIC-SMEInst-2018-2020 - SME instrument Call for proposal H2020-EIC-SMEInst-2018-2020 See other projects for this call Sub call H2020-SMEInst-2018-2020-1 Funding Scheme SME-1 - SME instrument phase 1 Coordinator BELLINI SPA Net EU contribution € 50 000,00 Address VIA DON LORENZO MILANI 8 24050 ZANICA Italy See on map SME The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed. Yes Region Nord-Ovest Lombardia Bergamo Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 71 429,00
