Enabling Integrated Lightweight Structures in High Volumes
ENLIGHTEN
Are thermoplastic composites the solution for sustainable transport?
Thermoplastic composites are lightweight materials that can be processed and recycled using energy-efficient processes. As such, these materials are attractive for future sustainable transport vehicles.
However, scaling up both the series size and the physical dimensions of the manufactured structures in a viable and sustainable way poses a major challenge.
The ENLIGHTEN consortium, with six Universities from the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, and 17 industrial partners, aims to establish physics-based design and manufacturing systems for integrated thermoplastic composite structures.
Background of the ENLIGHTEN project.
Source: NWO Wetenschap - YouTube
ABOUT
Climate change is one of the major challenges of our time. To mitigate its irreversible effects, the European Commission has announced their Green Deal, striving for a climate neutral economy by 2050. This calls for sustainable transport solutions, which are lightweight, energy-efficient to manufacture, and recyclable.