- Start: 01/04/2022
- End: 31/03/2026
EUReCOMP aims to provide sustainable methods towards recycling and reuse of composite materials, coming from components used in various industries, such as aeronautics and wind energy.
The main pathways to achieve circularity will include:
i) repairing, repurposing and redesigning parts from end-of-life large scale products and
ii) recycling and reclamation of the materials used in such parts; thus, accomplishing reduction of waste and transformation to high-added value products.
AIMEN will lead WP2 and be mainly in charge for:
1) Tracking quality & quantity of disassemble and separate multi-materials. In this sense, quality monitoring of large-area rapid non-destructive testing (NDT) will be implemented by combining ultrasonic and thermal analysis on reused elements to evaluate their internal and surface integrity.
2) Smart sorting, by applying different spectroscopic approaches based on the combination of the selected optical techniques (HSI in the near/middle infrared, and LIBS) and sorting algorithms for identifying and classifying waste materials according to their spectra (MIR, NIR, LIBS). Machine learning / AI data analysis techniques will be developed to optimize the sorting.
3) Separation DSS tool for demo cases.
- Sectors: Aeronautical, Energy, Wind energy
- Financing programme: HORIZON EUROPE
- R&D&i: Integrated monitoring and control systems, Multimaterial systems, Robotics for logistics, Thermoplastic composites, waste treatment and valorisation
- Leader: National Technical University Of Athens
- Partners: AIMEN Centro Tecnológico, INEGI, Politecnico di Torino, PANEPISTIMO PATRON, IRES - Innovation in Research and Engineering Solutions, Instituto Tecnológico de Aragón, BIOG3D MONOPROSOPI IKE, EASN Technology Innovation Services BVBA, TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET DRESDEN, ELBE FLUGZEUGWERKE GMBH, TIRIAKIDIS BASILEIOS ANONIMI BIOMICHANIKI EMPORIKI TECHNIKI ETAIRIA AE, HOCHSCHULE FUR TECHNIK WIRTSCHAFT UND KULTUR LEIPZIG, KUNSTSTOFF-ZENTRUM IN LEIPZIG GGMBH, POLITECHNIKA SLASKA, STRATAGEM ENERGY LTD, ANTHONY, PATRICK & MURTA-EXPORTACAO LDA, FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG EV, CIRCULARISE BV
- Acronym: EURECOMP
- Ambit: International
- Web: https://eurecomp.eu/home
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