Recycling and repurposing of plastic waste for advanced 3D printing applications
The project aims at the development of innovative reclamation and repurposing routes for end-of-life plastic and carbon fibre reinforced polymer (CFRP) components. This will be achieved by employing advanced nanotechnology solutions, Additive Manufacturing (AM) and recycled resources, for the production of high added value 3D printed products with advanced functionalities. In this way, the combination of AM, polymer processing and recycling technologies could constitute a new paradigm of a distributed recycling process, easily implemented at local scale in collaboration with the industrial sector and collection facilities, in order to create competitive, highly customisable products at lower production costs, in a flexible digital environment that fully unravels the potential of eco-design and allows for integration of smart intrinsic self-sensing, self-repairing and recycling options.
Industrial impacts
- New technologies and business opportunities for the recycling industry
- >50% reduction in landfill waste volume
- >30% reduction of the carbon footprint of the products
Valorisations
- Visit the website of the REPAIR3D project : www.repair3d.net
Expertise
- Robotics & Cobotics
- Modelling & Simulation
- Composite processes
- Metal processes
Partners
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This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement n° 814588. |