r–LightBioCom
New lightweight High-Performance Composite (HPC) materials and efficient sustainable processing technologies will have an enormous environmental and performance benefit in all sectors of application. However, current sustainable HPC application is limited to large sectors due to their limitations in terms of long processing times, high prices and low recyclability. To overcome these limitations, r-LightBioCom proposes a paradigm shift in the way HPC are manufactured and recycled, unlocking sustainable-by-design production of lightweight HPC.
About the project
Within r-LightBioCom, a sustainable catalogue of new advanced bio-based and recycled HPC materials with inherent recyclability properties will be developed consisting of at least:
Furthermore, a new open method and related tools (Coupled Ecological Optimisation framework) will promote and standardise holistic sustainable HPC design, modelling and systematic optimisation, leading to a continuous sustainable catalogue growth and inclusion of new families of bio-based, recyclable lightweight HPC at competitive cost.
All r-LightBioCom results will be validated in 3 use cases at automotive, infrastructure and aeronautic industries with specific business cases.
All r-LightBioCom results will be validated in 3 use cases at automotive, infrastructure and aeronautic industries with specific business cases.
On October 23, EU Project r-LightBioCom technical manager Eduardo Fages Santana, Head of the Sustainability and Material Technologies Research and Development Group at our technical
Interview with Dr. Andrew HarrisonGerman Aerospace Center – Institute of Vehicle Concepts r-LightBioCom’s project partner Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR) – German
On 22nd-23rd May 2024, the r-LightBioCom project held its 3rd project meeting in Terrassa, Spain. Hosted by project partner Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), the