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RACE-TP. Lightweight Recyclable Automotive thermoplastic CompositE structural parts for large se-ries production
Acronym
RACE-TP
Code
41O03416
Duration
01 July 2016 → 31 December 2016
Funding
European funding: various
Research disciplines
  • Engineering and technology
    • Polymer composites
    • Computational materials science
    • Destructive and non-destructive testing of materials
    • Materials recycling and valorisation
Keywords
thermoplastic composite materials product design mechanical properties circular economy finite element analysis
 
Project description
 

RACE-TP. The objective of this project is accelerating the development of acrylic based thermoplastic composite materials, a possible substitute to metal based solutions, and aims at developing this solution to meet the technical and economic needs of the mass market automotive industry. The project will define and develop a real automotive structural part, design an injection machine to allow the continuous operation of the part production process, and improve the tooling metal surface treatment technology.