Objective Objectives and content Very different industrial sectors related to adhesives use, coatings and polymer matrix composite materials have a common strong need of in-situ non-destructive tools for monitoring curing and ageing phenomena. This is especially important for partners GSA, KEMA and SC, who produce adhesives; design and manufacture advanced polymer matrix composites and are involved in several Integrity Management Projects, as core industrial activities. Current in-situ methods whether are not available or of limited applicability; at the present time there are no alternatives different from fluorimetry suitable for sensing curing, post-curing and in-service phenomena with a single methodology. Application of molecular fluorescence to the curing and ageing monitoring of adhesives and polymer matrix composites and development of suitable fluorescent methodologies will result is a substantial cost reduction in R&D, maintenance programmes and a general improvement of component specifications. The single methodology, which is going to be developed, is based on the fluorescence of molecular probes or labels, physically or chemically inserted in the curing system. The technique will be used to monitor curing processes, to evaluate residual thermal stresses and to monitor ageing phenomena, including: water up-take, under-corrosion, photodegradation and interfacial damage. It will be applied to epoxy, phenolic and polyurethane resins as well as to UV-photocurable acrylic polymer systems. The consortium is formed by three industrial partners who will be end-users of the project results, two Research centres and two Technical Universities. Fields of science engineering and technologymaterials engineeringcompositesnatural scienceschemical sciencespolymer sciencespolyurethaneengineering and technologymaterials engineeringcoating and films Programme(s) FP4-BRITE/EURAM 3 - Specific research and technological development programme in the field of industrial and materials technologies, 1994-1998 Topic(s) 0104 - Safety and reliability of production systems Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator Universidad Carlos III de Madrid EU contribution No data Address 15,Calle Butarque 28911 Madrid Spain See on map Total cost No data Participants (6) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS Spain EU contribution No data Address 3,Juan de la Cierva 3 28006 MADRID See on map Total cost No data Galega de Impermeabilizaciones y Resvestimientos Especiales Spain EU contribution No data Address S/N,Outeiro 15551 Valdoviño See on map Total cost No data Istituto Nazionale per la Fisica della Materia Italy EU contribution No data Address Via P. Ranieri 60131 Ancona See on map Total cost No data KEMA Nederland BV Netherlands EU contribution No data Address 310,Utrechtseweg 6800 ET Arnhem See on map Total cost No data Sintea Compositi Srl Italy EU contribution No data Address Aquileia 33/H 20021 Baranzate di Bollate See on map Total cost No data Tampere University of Technology Finland EU contribution No data Address 4,Korkeakoulunkatu 33101 Tampere See on map Total cost No data
