POLY-RAPID - EXPLOITING FRONTAL POLYMERIZATION TECHNIQUES FOR THE EFFICIENT AND RAP-ID CURING OF EPOXY-BASED COMPOSITES
Duration:
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Principal investigator(s):
Project type:
Non-EU international research
Funding body:
ALTRO INTERNAZIONALE ( FFG, Austrian Funding Agency (Austrian Government))
Project identification number:
0000
PoliTo role:
Partner
Abstract
The project is dedicated to the development of well-controlled frontal polymerization routes for (i) the rapid production of high-performance thermosets, (ii) the reduction of energy (improving carbon foot-print) and production costs and (iii) realizing higher through-put rates by reducing cure cycles. At the same time the new curing process via frontal polymerization should be compatible with classic manu-facturing techniques (e.g. vacuum infusion and filament winding) and should produce high-quality thermoset materials with thermo-mechanical properties that are comparable to or even better than traditional epoxy-amine or epoxy-anhydride thermosets.
Structures
Partners
- FACC Operations GmbH
- Magna Steyr Fuel Systems GmbH
- Montanuniversitaet Leoben / Institute of Chemistry of Polymeric Materials
- Montanuniversitaet Leoben / Institute of Materials Science and Testing of Polymers
- POLITECNICO DI TORINO - AMMINISTRAZIONE CENTRALE
- Politecnico di Torino-DISAT
- POLYMER COMPETENCE CENTER LEOBEN GmbH-PCCL - Coordinator
Keywords
ERC sectors
Sustainable Development Goals
Budget
Total cost: | € 700,000.00 |
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Total contribution: | € 420,000.00 |
PoliTo total cost: | € 60,000.00 |
PoliTo contribution: | € 40,000.00 |