Description du projet
Un système d’aspiration des poussières pour des processus plus propre dans l’usinage des matériaux composites
Une grande quantité de poussière est produite pendant le processus d’usinage des matériaux composites. Étant donné que les fabricants remplacent les pièces métalliques par des pièces composites (pour réduire le poids des composants et augmenter les performances des produits), la fabrication de composites est appelée à se développer, et il s’avère nécessaire de rendre ces processus plus propres. Des scientifiques étudient les moyens de protéger les travailleurs de la poussière générée lors de l’usinage des composites en raison du risque potentiel de cancer lié à l’inhalation des fibres et de la résine et des graves problèmes de santé susceptibles d’affecter la peau, les yeux, les poumons et le foie. Pour minimiser l’exposition aux poussières cancérigènes, le projet FIBREMACH, financé par l’UE, développera un système robotique comprenant une aspiration interne des poussières pour des processus de fabrication plus propres.
Objectif
Manufacturing is one of the strongest motors of the European economy. The recent Covid-19 crisis has remarked even more the importance of maintaining manufacturing in Europe and the risks of offshoring the production and at the same time this is a unique opportunity to reshape the economy and change the way Europe manufactures products.
Before the coronavirus crisis there was a clear trend to replace metal parts by composite parts to reduce the weight of the components and increase the performance of products. The global composites market size was expected to grow from USD 74 billion in 2020 to USD 112.8 billion by 2025, at a CAGR of 8.8%, but unfortunately the EU market share was not growing as rapidly.
Moreover, EU composite manufacturing industry was extremely concerned with the dust generated during composite machining due to the potential cancer risk related to the breathing of fibres and resin, and severe health issues on skin, eyes, lungs and liver.
The strategy set on the Recovery Plan for Europe by the European Commission provides an optimistic future for composite manufacturing in Europe, since it is aligned with the strategy of reinforcing the stronger industrial capability and the EU Green Deal for cleaner transport and logistics (composites for lightweight cars and planes) and rolling out renewable energy projects (composites for wind mill blades).
FIBREMACH project answers the needs of European composite part manufacturers for cleaner processes and to increase the competitiveness of the EU industry by proposing a robotic system that will disrupt current state of the art of composite machining including an internal dust suction system for improved health and safety conditions by minimizing the exposure of humans to dust with fibres and resins, reduced energy consumption, increased performance and continuous process monitoring and control for “control for “right the first time” machining, while being 68% cheaper than milling machines.
Champ scientifique
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsrenewable energy
- engineering and technologymaterials engineeringcomposites
- engineering and technologymechanical engineeringmanufacturing engineeringsubtractive manufacturing
- medical and health scienceshealth sciencesinfectious diseasesRNA virusescoronaviruses
- social scienceseconomics and businesseconomicssustainable economy
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31800 ALSASUA
Espagne
L’entreprise s’est définie comme une PME (petite et moyenne entreprise) au moment de la signature de la convention de subvention.