Acronym
3D-LightTrans
Code
41F04510
Duration
01 April 2011 → 31 March 2015
Funding
European funding: framework programme
Promotor
Research disciplines
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Engineering and technology
- Process engineering
- Ceramic and glass materials
- Composites and hybrid materials
- Materials science and engineering
- Polymeric materials
- Semiconductor materials
- Other materials engineering
Keywords
product chain
thermoplastic polymers
thermoforming
3D textiles
composites
Project description
3DLT's goal is to develop a breakthrough flexible low-cost technology for 3D textile-reinforced composites in an automated production line. Hybrid yarns incorporating the thermoplastic matrix are processed into 3D textile structures. After fixation, preforms are thermoformed into composites. This technology enables a shift from cost-intensive, small series nich markets towards mass production applications in a wide range of sectors.