Objective The project aims to develop an economical and ecological cutting of the raw material costs of cementitious products by development of a waste based micro filler composite for the concrete industry and at the same time providing an economical and ecological improvements in the technical properties of cementitious products.Raw material and production costs of cementitious products have increased and are increasing all the time. Simultaneously, as structures of tomorrow become larger and more complex, the materials of construction will be required to meet more demanding standards of performance than those in force today. High performance concrete should have properties such as high workability, dimensional stability, and strength, and long durability in service. This trend has led to the use of higher cement contents and more admixtures in cementitious products. This concerns especially Self Compacting Concrete (SCC) and dry product pre-mixes.Microstructure of concrete and mortars has a great impact on the properties of fresh and hardened concrete. The project seeks to improve these properties through development of waste based filler composites, which can help to optimise microstructure of cementitious products and reduce the need for high cement and admixture amounts.The optimised micro-composite is a potential commercial product for the manufacture of high performance mortars and concretes (ready mixed concretes, precast concrete products including SCC and dry pre-mix products), and has the potential of improving the competitiveness of the companies by reducing their raw material costs and of increasing their turnover either as end users or as producers of micro filler composites, or both. Fields of science engineering and technologymaterials engineeringcomposites Keywords Nanotechnology Risk Assessment Programme(s) FP6-SME - Horizontal research activities involving SMEs: Specific activities covering wider field of research under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research programme 2002-2006. Topic(s) SME-1 - Co-operative Research (all areas of science and technology) Call for proposal FP6-2003-SME-1 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme Data not available Coordinator CT HEIKKINEN OY EU contribution No data Address Lyhyenrannantie 11 SIILINJAERVI Finland See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (8) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all BUNDESANSTALT FUER MATERIALFORSCHUNG UND -PRUEFUNG Germany EU contribution No data Address Unter den Eichen 87 BERLIN See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data ITC-CNR "ISTITUTO PER LE TECNOLOGIE DELLA COSTRUZIONE" Italy EU contribution No data Address Via Lombardia, 49 SESTO ULTERIANO-MILAN0 See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data JOUTSENON ELEMENTTI OY Finland EU contribution No data Address Puusementintie 2 JOUTSENO See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data MICROPULVA LTD OY Finland EU contribution No data Address Haavistontie PIRKKALA See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data MILLAB CONSULT AS Norway EU contribution No data Address Nybyggervn. 15 OSLO See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data STU-K A.S. Czechia EU contribution No data Address Salvejova 8 PRAHA 10 See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data TECNOCHEM ITALIANA SPA Italy EU contribution No data Address Via Sorte 2/4 BARZANA See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data VALTION TEKNILLINEN TUTKIMUSKESKUS Finland EU contribution No data Address Vuorimiehentie 5 1000 ESPOO See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data
