REPOXYBLE project

What is the current status of #composites #recycling? Well, this is what we learned in our fist Open Innovation Workshop: 💪 The most effective methods for recycling polymeric composites are #mechanical and #thermal recycling (Technology Readiness Level ≥9) and #chemical recycling (TRL ~ 6). While electrical and #biological recycling are options, they're still in early stages with a TRL of around 4. 🌍 Mechanical and thermal recycling are great for high volume production and have established markets for their products like polymer fillers and liquid fuels. However, they don't fully recover all the different components of the composites and can affect the quality of the material. 🧪 Chemical recycling is an up-and-coming method that aims to recover each material constituent separately while maintaining their properties. It's still in the works, using processes like hydrolysis and aminolysis. Although it can recover valuable materials like reinforcing fibers, it may involve hazardous substances and lacks a strong market for recycled products. 🎯 Overall, the challenge remains in producing high-quality recycled materials, hindering the full adoption of closed-loop recycling. #HorizonEurope #Recycling #AdvancedMaterials #REPOXYBLE Avanzare Innovación Tecnológica | GAIKER Centro Tecnológico | ONYRIQ | University of Patras | University of Ljubljana | Distretto Aerospaziale della Campania - DAC | OMI - Officine Meccaniche Irpine | Universität für Bodenkultur Wien | Airi - Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca Industriale | SATURNTECH | Universitat de Girona | TEMAS Solutions | Riversimple Team | Gurit | University of Southampton | Aerogel Core Ltd

🚀 The demand for #advancedmaterials is growing but the problem of critical raw materials is increasing day after day. This first leads to a rethinking of the way we manufacture high performance products in Europe. Moreover, it explains why the development of new #efficient, #lightweight, and #sustainable advanced materials is at the heart of many projects these days. 📢 On June 6th, the MC4 project partners PROFACTOR, TECHTERA, Noma Resins sp.zo.o., Reparaciones Náuticas Amura , and i-RED Infrarot Systeme GmbH were present at the "Efficient, Lightweight, sustainable advanced materials - Supporting EU industries to meet the Green Deal targets » event at the European commission. This workshop organized by European Health and Digital Executive Agency (HaDEA) was an opportunity to present the MC4 project to other European consortia working on similar topics. Check the full article on the MC4 project webpage: https://lnkd.in/etJajsik CIDETEC GAIKER Technology Centre CEA Saxon Textile Research Institute IRES CHOMARAT Group FIDAMC - Fundación para la Investigación, Desarrollo y aplicación de los Materiales Compuestos Managing Composites 3B-the fibreglass company LAB23 Street Furniture VDL Fibertech Industries BV

#ChemicalRecycling to unlock the circularity of advanced composite materials! #Composite materials display enhanced physical and chemical properties, allowing for lightweight tailored physical-chemical properties, thus multi-functional and high performance even in extreme applications. The versatility of these advanced materials finds applications in various sectors, such as energy, food and water, transportation, home & leisure, information and ICT, construction. Novel composite materials are acknowledged as enabling factors to foster green and digital transitions in the transport sector. However, a lot has yet to be done to develop more sustainable solutions, reducing impacts related to manufacturing and improved recyclability. Nowadays, most polymer-based composite materials are incinerated or even directly landfilled. For example, an estimated 500,000 tons of fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) composite waste will be generated in Europe in 2025; while the global annual FRP recycling capacity is estimated to be less than 100,000 tons. Introducing biobased components, developing more efficient processes, exploring reuse and recycling technologies are some of the routes explored by a large research investment composed by a portfolio of over 13 Horizon Europe projects in the cluster day hosted by European Health and Digital Executive Agency (HaDEA) on the 6th of June. Based on the outcomes of this event, on June 7th over 50 experts convened in the #REPOXYBLE workshop “Processes and methods for recycling, reuse, and recovery of advanced composite materials in transport”. Want to know more? Read our news on the link in the first comment! #HorizonEurope #Recycling #BiobasedMaterials #Composites Avanzare Innovación Tecnológica | GAIKER Centro Tecnológico | ONYRIQ | University of Patras | University of Ljubljana | Distretto Aerospaziale della Campania - DAC | OMI - Officine Meccaniche Irpine | Universität für Bodenkultur Wien | Airi - Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca Industriale | SATURNTECH | Universitat de Girona | TEMAS Solutions | Riversimple | Gurit | University of Southampton | Aerogel Core Ltd

Happy to share our sister project FURHY Project second newsletter!

The presentations of our Open Innovation Workshop are now available at our website!!! From REPOXYBLE project: Elvira Villaro Ábalos, Avanzare Innovación Tecnológica and #REPOXYBLE coordinator Andrea Porcari, Airi - Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca Industriale and Christoph Olscher, Universität für Bodenkultur Wien 👉👉 "Recycling of composite and epoxy materials" From Luigia Longo, CETMA & Furhy 👉👉 "Bio-based and recyclable composite materials for transport application" From Fernando Cepero Mejías, Coventry University & EU-Project r-LightBioCom 👉👉 "r-LightBioCom Circularity and Recyclability Innovations" From Rocío Ruiz Gallardo, AIMPLAS · Instituto Tecnológico del Plástico & FOREST project 👉👉 "Advanced lightweight materials FOR Energy-efficient STructures" from Dionisis Semitekolos, R-NanoLab & EuReComp 👉👉 "EURECOMP- European recycling and circularity in large composites components" From Tatjana Kosanovic Milickovic, R-NanoLab & Carbo4Power 👉👉 "Carbo4Power – New generation of offshore turbine blades with intelligent architectures of hybrid, nano-enabled multi-materials via advanced manufacturing" Find them all here: https://lnkd.in/deW6TmvR #Composites #SSbD #HorizonEurope #AdvancedMaterials Avanzare Innovación Tecnológica | GAIKER Centro Tecnológico | ONYRIQ | University of Patras | University of Ljubljana | Distretto Aerospaziale della Campania - DAC | OMI - Officine Meccaniche Irpine | Universität für Bodenkultur Wien | Airi - Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca Industriale | SATURNTECH | Universitat de Girona | TEMAS Solutions | Riversimple | Gurit | University of Southampton | Aerogel Core Ltd

Proud to have Riversimple as our end user in the automotive sector! It's not only about innovating in material development, but also in sustainability and business models! #HorizonEurope #Resilence #AdvancedComposites #Sustainability Avanzare Innovacion Tecnologica | GAIKER Centro Tecnológico | ONYRIQ | University of Patras | University of Ljubljana | Distretto Aerospaziale della Campania - DAC | OMI - Officine Meccaniche Irpine | Universität für Bodenkultur Wien | Airi - Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca Industriale | SATURNTECH | Universitat de Girona | TEMAS Solutions | Riversimple | Gurit | University of Southampton | Aerogel Core Ltd

Within REPOXYBLE the Research group for nanobiology and nanotoxicology of University of Ljubljana conducts toxicology analyses of the developed materials and benchmarks with the collaboration of GAIKER Centro Tecnológico We are also proud of their work as Project Data Manager, ensuring our data meets the FAIR principles! Follow our colleague Damjana Drobne and her team to know more about their research! #Composites #SSbD #Nanobiology #Nanotoxicology #HorizonEurope Avanzare Innovación Tecnológica | GAIKER Centro Tecnológico | ONYRIQ | University of Patras | University of Ljubljana | Distretto Aerospaziale della Campania - DAC | OMI - Officine Meccaniche Irpine | Universität für Bodenkultur Wien | Airi - Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca Industriale | SATURNTECH | Universitat de Girona | TEMAS Solutions | Riversimple | Gurit | University of Southampton | Aerogel Core Ltd

This Friday 7th of June we held our First Innovation Workshop!!! We are very grateful for the contributions of Furhy project, EU-Project r-LightBioCom, FOREST project, EuReComp project and Carbo4Power project. It was amazing to share our different approaches to common challenges, see the results from those projects that are more advanced in time and our shared ambitions in sustainability, recycling and advanced materials. Looking forward to new workshops and enriching discussions! #HorizonEurope #Sustainability #Recycling #AdvancedMaterials Avanzare Innovación Tecnológica | GAIKER Centro Tecnológico | ONYRIQ | University of Patras | University of Ljubljana | Distretto Aerospaziale della Campania - DAC | OMI - Officine Meccaniche Irpine | Universität für Bodenkultur Wien | Airi - Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca Industriale | SATURNTECH | Universitat de Girona | TEMAS Solutions | Riversimple | Gurit | University of Southampton | Aerogel Core Ltd

Yesterday our team was at the European Health and Digital Executive Agency (HaDEA) workshop presenting REPOXYBLE project with many our sister projects! It was great fun to explore synergies and share challenges related to advanced composite materials, multifuncionality, recycling methodologies and how we can all contribute to achieving a net-zero future in the EU. Avanzare Innovacion Tecnologica | GAIKER Centro Tecnológico | ONYRIQ | University of Patras | University of Ljubljana | Distretto Aerospaziale della Campania - DAC | OMI - Officine Meccaniche Irpine | Universität für Bodenkultur Wien | Airi - Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca Industriale \| SATURNTECH | Universitat de Girona | TEMAS Solutions | Riversimple | Gurit | University of Southampton | Aerogel Core Ltd

We held our mid term review meeting this Wednesday 5th of June!!! We are excited to meet this milestone with promising results and an exciting work plan for the second half of the project. Follow us for more updates!!! #HorizonEurope