Objective Automotive industries are forced to recycle their products after use. At the end of their life, cars have to be disassembled and the spare parts should be used for the same or similar products, to reduce waste and energy consumption as well as to save resources. Especially products which are used for furnishing and upholstery of car seats, composed of laminated structures of expanded Polyurethane and PES or PA fabrics, still have to be disposed of. By the application of a new textile production technology a soft and voluminous product, so called knitted non woven, in which 100% textile fibres and also 100% of the same polymer class (e.g. PES) will be developed to substitute the Polyurethane compounds. The new construction (show below) will perform as: fully recyclable textile product cycle processing by use of recycling fibres again for the new product, obtained from the product better wearing properties, slightly higher costs than expanded Polyurethane The project will provide a pilot plant production and develop all the necessary production parameters for the most common applications in car seat upholstery and furnishing textiles. Within two to three years after the completion of the project the industrial experiences made from the first industrial production lines will lead to various industrial applications. Fields of science engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringwaste managementwaste treatment processesrecyclingnatural scienceschemical sciencespolymer sciencespolyurethaneengineering and technologymechanical engineeringvehicle engineeringautomotive engineeringengineering and technologymaterials engineeringtextilessocial sciencessocial geographytransportpublic transport Programme(s) FP4-BRITE/EURAM 3 - Specific research and technological development programme in the field of industrial and materials technologies, 1994-1998 Topic(s) 0101 - Incorporation of new technologies into production systems Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator Universitat Politécnica de Catalunya EU contribution No data Address 15,Colón 15 8222 Terrassa Spain See on map Total cost No data Participants (8) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all Eurosit SA Spain EU contribution No data Address S/N,Hostal des Pi S/N 8630 Abrera See on map Total cost No data Gottschalk Borgstena Textile GmbH. Germany EU contribution No data Address 14-24,Gottschalkstraße 14-24 34127 Kassel See on map Total cost No data Karl Mayer - Malimo Maschinenbau GmbH Germany EU contribution No data Address 97/99,Annaberger Straße 97/99 9120 Chemnitz See on map Total cost No data Kóhnert & Tränkner Messsysteme GbR Germany EU contribution No data Address 240,Annaberger Stra?e 240 09125 Chemnitz See on map Total cost No data Sociedad Española de Automóbiles de Turismo SA Spain EU contribution No data Address KM 585,Carretera Nacional II 08760 Martorell See on map Total cost No data Techtex GmbH Vliesstoffe Mittweida Germany EU contribution No data Address Weberstrasse 45/56 09641 Mittweida See on map Total cost No data Velta SA Spain EU contribution No data Address 35,Calle Vendrell 35 8227 Terrassa See on map Total cost No data Wellman International Ltd. Ireland EU contribution No data Address Mullagh 94 Co. Meath See on map Total cost No data
