EU-Project r-LightBioCom

EU-Project r-LightBioCom recently participated in a workshop titled “Efficient, Lightweight, Sustainable Advanced Materials - Supporting EU industries to meet the Green Deal targets”. Hosted by the European Health and Digital Executive Agency (HaDEA) on June 6, the hybrid workshop took part online and in Brussels, Belgium with approximately 250 participants addressing crucial challenges and opportunities in advancing innovative materials and processes. Eduardo Fages Santana from our project coordinator AITEX represented r-LightBioCom and shared the project’s ✔ main objectives ✔ innovation strategies to improve properties and reduce environmental impact of high-performance composites, as well as ✔ future exploitation / business case.   Explore the materials about r-LightBioCom shown during the workshop under: 📃 Poster: https://lnkd.in/ec7JHUiK 🖥 Presentation: https://lnkd.in/eY_5pHK7   For more information about r-LightBioCom, visit our website: https://lnkd.in/exgHgJpb 🌱   If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to reach out!   We express our gratitude to the event chair George Kotsikos and HaDEA for providing a great opportunity for dialogue on sustainable advanced materials between the research community and industry. We will keep you updated with more information from the event in the future! FOREST project | FURHY Project | Multi-material design using 3D printing. | MC4 Project | MultiMag Project | MULTHEM | ReCreate project | REPOXYBLE project | SUSPENS_Project | EuReComp

Exciting intermediate result on sustainable bio-based resins in EU-Project r-LightBioCom: Successful impregnation and fusion of cured bio-based vitrimer particles by Hochschule Kaiserslautern – University of Applied Sciences! 💡 🌱   The textile group at our project partner Hochschule Kaiserslautern has developed a vitrimer bio-composite using hybrid natural/basalt fibre non-woven reinforcement. The cured bio-based vitrimer particles have been successfully impregnated and fused and provide reprocessing and reshaping properties to the bio-composite. The bio-content of the composite is 73%.   Vitrimers are densely cross-linked thermosets that can be (re)processed like thermoplastics but maintain the benefits of thermosets. It is a class of plastics that holds stable structure and dimensional stability but can also be easily moulded and recycled. Due to dynamic covalent bonds, they can be “reliquefied”, repaired, chemically welded, recycled and reused in addition to being reprocessible at elevated temperatures and pressure.   Within r-LightBioCom, Hochschule Kaiserslautern is leading the development and processing of sustainable bio-based resins and non-woven hybrid structures for composites based on bast and basalt fibres. #rLightBioCom #BioBasedMaterials #HighPerformanceComposites #CircularEconomy #Sustainability #BioResins #Recycling

On June 7, our partner REPOXYBLE project held the first Open Innovation Workshop. 💡   Our colleague Fernando Cepero Mejías from partner Coventry University showcased our EU-Project r-LightBioCom, focusing on the technological aspects concerning circularity and recyclability innovations. ♻ ⚗   The workshop shared insights in the field on chemical systems and novel technologies, and production techniques toward recycling and recovery of high-value composite constituents. A focus was made on automotive, aerospace, marine and infrastructures applications.   We congratulate REPOXYBLE on their successful workshop, and are grateful for giving r-LightBioCom the great opportunity to be part of it. 🌟

AEP Polymers successfully carries out the epoxy string time test! ⚗ 🌱   Our project partner AEP Polymers is developing a bio-based epoxy formulation for the infrastructural applications envisaged in the EU-Project r-LightBioCom. The next step will see project partner ACCIONA, who leads the infrastructure use case, conducting lab scale tests on this material.   Following Acciona’s initial test results, AEP intends to optimize the pultrusion formulation to further enhance the resin's performance and suitability for infrastructure needs. #rLightBioCom #HighPerformanceMaterials #SustainableComposites #RawMaterials #BioBasedMaterials #HighPerformanceComposites #CircularEconomy #Sustainability #resinsBioResins #BioaAdditives #Recycling

🚀 3rd r-LightBioCom project meeting held successfully! 🌟   On 22nd-23rd May 2024, our project partners came together to share and review project progress and results of our EU-Project r-LightBioCom to date. Hosted by project partner Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, the meeting underscored our collaborative efforts over the past months towards sustainable composite material innovations to be developed in the r-LightBioCom project. 🌍   In addition to comprehensive discussions on project advancement, all participants were able to view, handle, and discuss samples produced over the past months. They also had the chance to visit the host's Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya research laboratories. 🏢🔬   The meeting provided a valuable opportunity for all partners to exchange thoughts and opinions on the project progress made so far as well as on the next steps in the course of the r-LightBioCom project. For more details about the 3rd r-LightBioCom project meeting follow: https://lnkd.in/evGbRKH5   We look forward to continuing this journey together, and keeping you informed about specific project progress and results which we will communicate via r-LightBioCom’s social media channels and in the project’s forthcoming newsletters.   Don’t forgert to subscribe to the r-LightBioCom project newsletter to stay up-to-date on latest project achievements: https://lnkd.in/g27G8-QQ #rLightBioCom, #HighPerformanceMaterials, #SustainableComposites, #RawMaterials, #BioBasedMaterials, #HighPerformanceComposites, #CircularEconomy #sustainability, #resinsBioResins, #BioaAdditives, #nonwoven, #Recycling  

🎓 r-LightBioCom connecting with school students!   On 27th May, project partner CIDAUT participated in an outreach session for educational centres. With the primary objective to ignite interest and foster enthusiasm among young minds, with a particular emphasis on encouraging girls to pursue STEM careers, Mercedes Santiago Calvo presented, among others, latest outcomes of our EU-Project r-LightBioCom to secondary school students at Lourdes School in Valladolid, Spain.   ⚗ Around 120 students participated in this event, providing an excellent platform to introduce them to the exciting world of research and development 🔬 #rLightBioCom, #CIDAUT, #HighPerformanceMaterials, #SustainableComposites, #STEMeducation, #GirlsInSTEM, #DiscoverScience

Don’t miss this opportunity to gain insights into innovative research projects and their results in the field of #advancedmaterials! 🚀🔬 📅 Thursday 6 June 2024, 09:00 - 15:30 (CEST) 📍 Brussels, Belgium 💻 Register now: https://lnkd.in/eHrwkvjc 💡 Event page: https://lnkd.in/e3-7VfRZ Participating projects: EuReComp, RECREATE, MC4 Project, SUSPENS_Project, EU-Project r-LightBioCom, FOREST project, REPOXYBLE project, FURHY Project, #Made-3D, #MIMOSA, MultiMag Project, MULTHEM

Interested in future composite materials? Then join our fellow project, the FURHY Project on 4 July 2024 in Brindisi, Italy, for their workshop on “Eco-design of Composite Materials.” Take the opportunity to 💡 explore cutting-edge technologies and innovative strategies in the world of composites and their recyclability 🤝 network with leading international researchers and industry experts from the field of composite materials 🚀 contribute to the discussion on future of composite materials. 📅 Date: 4 July 2024 🕘 Time: 09:00 - 14:30 (CET) 📍 Venue: S.S. 7 Appia km 706 030, Cittadella della Ricerca, Brindisi, Italy 💻 Registration under: https://lnkd.in/ecz26GMv 💡 Event page: https://lnkd.in/eptMJXfb The workshop will be hosted by CETMA and supported by the FURHY Project Consortium. #EcoDesign #CompositeMaterials #Sustainability #Workshop2024 #CETMA #FURHY #rLightBioCom

🎉 We are excited to share a great achievement of our fellow research project, the REPOXYBLE project: 🔬 Upon conducting a hazard assessment comparing their new materials being developed with benchmarks from the aerospace and automotive industries, the REPOXYBLE project has compiled an inventory of materials that are important for the safe and sustainable development of #epoxy #composites. 💻 Make sure to check out the publicly available extract on their website: https://lnkd.in/eRdK3vjQ

From 26.-28. April 2024, project partner CIDAUT was showcasing our EU-Project r-LightBioCom at the #SAHE (Salón del Automóvil Híbrido y Eléctrico; Hybrid and Electric Motor Show) in Valladolid, Spain, through a presentation.   🚗 The SAHE event featured conferences, seminars and presentations tailored to consumers seeking insights into #FutureMobility means and solutions. Attendees had the opportunity to participate in hands-on sessions, exploring the latest advancements in the field of new mobility systems.   👥 During the event, @CIDAUT engaged in face-to-face discussions: Introducing our r-LightBioCom project, they showcased the benefits novel biomaterials and advanced technologies, such as our new rapid curing technologies being developed in the project 🔬   🤝 Attendees showed keen interest in sustainability aspects of our project, particularly in our study on leveraging rapid curing technologies as alternatives to autoclaves. r-LightBioCom’s approach aims to reduce costs and energy consumption, aligning with the strong need of the automotive industry to become greener 🌱 ♻     🌟 We thank all visitors for the great interest in our r-LightBioCom project as well as @CIDAUT for representing our project on the SAHE. We look forward to keeping you updated about future developments. #rLightBioCom, #CIDAUT, #RapidCuringTechnologies #Biocomposites #SustainableComposites, #recycling, #Research, #Innovation #Sustainability, #automotive