Schedule of the event On the 5th and 6th of November will take place the “Colloque Recyclage des polymères” (Symposium for polymers recycling) at Clermont Ferrand in France. This event is the occasion to bring together actors from the polymer sector, meaning industrials from the plastic, textile and rubber sectors. It will be the second… Continue reading Symposium for polymer recycling
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TexComp-15 conference
TECHTERA was present at the TexComp-15 conference in Leuven from the 11th to 13th of September. This event gathered specialists of the technical textiles and composite sector for three days rich in research and knowledge sharing. The presented work tackled very technical topics such as yarn and fibre-scale modelling, manufacturing of textile preforms or even,… Continue reading TexComp-15 conference
Short term recycling methods of uncured carbon fibres pre-preg
One of the circular pathways that is being explored in the MC4 project is the reuse and recycling of uncured carbon fibres pre-preg . During the layout process an important quantity of pre-pregs isn’t cured and ends up as scrap that is later incinerated. In order to avoid the extra cost and the incineration of… Continue reading Short term recycling methods of uncured carbon fibres pre-preg
Efficient, Lightweight, sustainable advanced materials – Supporting EU industries to meet the Green Deal targets
New advanced lightweight materials The demand for advanced materials is growing but the problem of critical raw materials is increasing day after day. More and more critical raw materials need to be replaced because there are fewer and fewer of them, but also because most of them are not produced or available in Europe. This… Continue reading Efficient, Lightweight, sustainable advanced materials – Supporting EU industries to meet the Green Deal targets
VDL Fibertech Industries – Dissemination activities
RAAK closing meeting VDL Fibertech Industries, one of the project partners is a Dutch manufacturer of lightweight fibre-reinforced thermoset composites. Their goal in the MC4 project is to manufacture composite parts from mechanically recycled glass-fibre composites, implementing a process of reusing materials for the same purpose in a circular approach. They are doing several dissemination… Continue reading VDL Fibertech Industries – Dissemination activities
Amura dissemination activities
Navilia 2024 exhibition Amura, one of the project partners is a Spanish boatbuilding company in charge of developing boat parts made of recycled carbon fibre composites. To do so, they are working on manufacturing a rooftop and a pillar. Last month, they had the opportunity to present their work during the Navilia 2024 exhibition. This… Continue reading Amura dissemination activities
Indtech 2024
Introduction Last week took place the Indtech conference in Namur from the 3rd to the 5th of June. This conference about industrial technologies and their current challenges gathered scientists from all around Europe around conferences, exhibitions and B2B meetings. Several topics were at the heart of the Indtech event like the European competitiveness, advanced materials,… Continue reading Indtech 2024
Profactor -inspection systems for recycled carbon fibres
Profactor is an Austrian non-university research centre and is the leader of the MC4 project. They develop production technologies such as robotics, machine vision, augmented reality and processes for functional surfaces. In the project. Profactor is developing inline inspection systems for carbon fibre composite materials, pre-forms and parts in the MC4 project. The goal is… Continue reading Profactor -inspection systems for recycled carbon fibres
i-RED sorting technology
An important aspect of the MC4 project is the investigation and development of methods and technologies for the efficient and reliable sorting of carbon and glass fibre composite materials at the end of their service life. Why is that? Because the chemical recycling processes for such composite materials depend heavily on the resin system of… Continue reading i-RED sorting technology
CIDETEC work published in a Scipedia article
An article has been published in the Scipedia website about the work CIDETEC is doing. In the MC4 project, CIDETEC is doing the exploitation of parts of a composite part based on vitrimer epoxy resin, to manufacture new parts of recycled material, adapting the shape to the new demands of the second use case. Together… Continue reading CIDETEC work published in a Scipedia article