Ma­chi­ning of Fle­xi­ble Re­cy­cled Com­po­si­te Com­po­n­ents for Electric Vehi­cles and Ae­ro­nau­tics - Mach­Flex­Comp

Pro­ject sum­ma­ry

The use of re­cy­cled eco-​friendly com­po­si­te for ma­nu­fac­tu­ring com­po­n­ents is a need in cir­cu­lar eco­no­my for a more sus­tain­able Eu­ro­pe. This pro­ject uses ad­van­ced com­po­si­te en­gi­nee­ring so­lu­ti­ons to en­su­re the du­ra­bi­li­ty of these ma­te­ri­als when un­der­go­ing down­stream ma­chi­ning pro­ces­ses and pro­po­ses ad­ap­ta­ti­ons to op­ti­mi­se the in­te­gri­ty of the fi­nis­hed com­po­nent. The pro­ject has four main ob­jec­ti­ves: (i) use re­cy­cled com­po­si­te ma­te­ri­als to re­du­ce ma­te­ri­al was­ta­ge and con­sump­ti­on of en­er­gy and re­sour­ces in ma­nu­fac­tu­ring, (ii) de­ve­lop fix­tu­re de­vices to pre­vent work­pie­ce vi­bra­ti­ons when ma­chi­ning fle­xi­ble parts, (iii) de­ve­lop PCD op­ti­mi­sed cut­ting tools for ro­bo­tic ma­chi­ning, and (iv) model the com­plex 3D cut­ting pro­cess of fle­xi­ble com­po­si­tes parts. Po­ten­ti­al ap­p­li­ca­ti­ons for these sus­tain­able ma­te­ri­als in­clu­de electric vehi­cles, micro mo­bi­li­ty, air mo­bi­li­ty plat­forms and urban fur­ni­tu­re. Suc­cess­ful im­ple­men­ta­ti­on of the pro­ject will en­han­ce the du­ra­bi­li­ty of the ma­nu­fac­tu­ring pro­cess.