AMULET project funds 24 projects in composites, CMCs, metals

AMULET — Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Technologies United for LightwEighT — is a cross-regional project that seeks to make a significant contribution to reducing CO₂ emissions in the European Union (EU) by strengthening innovative, lightweight construction in SMEs. Its focus on light metal alloys, ceramic matrix composites (CMC), polymer-based composites and their implementation in automotive, aerospace, energy and construction industries has been realized through the winners of its first open call, which took place July-December 2022.

The AMULET consortium received 59 applications and will fund 24. Those 24 projects comprise SMEs from the building (6 applications; 10.7%), aerospace and aeronautics (31 applications; 55.4%), energy (7 applications; 12.5%) and automotive (12 applications; 21.4%) sectors across 119 entities 21 European countries. Among materials selected, polymer-based composite materials constituted the largest percentage (71.8% applications), following CMC (20.5%) and light metal alloys (7.7%).

The following are finalists for each category:

Aerospace and aeronautics

Polymer-based composites

• Ultralight landing gear for UL helicopters by composite process innovation — Coordinated by EAST-4D Carbon Technology GmbH (Germany), partnered with Carbon Design Sp. z o. o. (Poland)
• Quality UD Tape Control — Coordinated by Canonical Robots S.L. (Spain), partnered with Nanosens İleri Teknolojiler Enerji Makine Proje Ta (Turkey)
• Innovative and Safe Multi Aircraft Light Landing Gear — Coordinated by CES Works (France), partnered with ProdVirtus Lda. (Portugal)
• ULR High-Energy Absorption Composites Landing Gear — Coordinated by Composites ATE S.L (Spain), partnered with Texfire Textils Tecnics S.L. (Spain)
• Sustainable Composite Landing Gear — Coordinated by Fuko srl (Italy), partnered with Turtle Srl (Italy)
• Computer-Aided Development and Make of Composite UL Helicopter Landing Skid — Coordinated by eCon Engineering Mernoki,
  Szolgaltato Korlatolt Felelossegu Tarsasag (Hungary), partnered with Hungaro-Copter KFT and Orca Aerospace Kft. (Hungary)
• Innovative Lightweight Helicopter Landing Gear for a Greener and Cleaner Aviation — Coordinated by Advanced materials testing and consulting SL (Spain), partnered with Compoxi SL (Spain)

• Smart Impact A&A_PBC_CompoGEA — Coordinated by SpacEngineer Lda. Portugal (Portugal), partnered with ST Composites (France)

CMC

• Lightweight CMC High-Temperature Fan for Aerospace Applications — coordinated by Walter E.C. Pritzkow Spezialkerami (Germany), partnered with Nablawave SRL (Italy)

Light metal alloys

• Wet Layup/Vacuum Bag Process Optimization for Lightweight Aircraft Structures — Coordinated by Rescoll (France), partnered with Titania ensayos y proyectos industriales S.L. (Spain).

• 3D Preform-Reinforced Ceramic Composite Material — Coordinated by Fureho AB (Sweden), partnered with ECM Engineered Ceramic Materials GmbH (Germany)

 

Automotive

Polymer-based composites

• Front End Module Becomes Sustainable by Flax — Coordinated by B PREG Kompozit ve Tekstil Müh. Dan. San. Tic. A.Ș (Turkey), partnered with W8SVR GmbH (Germany)
• Child Seat Headrest Made From Recycled Thermoplastic Straps — Coordinated by Silbaerg (Germany), partnered with Ł.Karwala Spółka Komandytowa (Poland) and thermoPre GmbH (Germany)
• Fire-Proof Thermoplastic Composites for EV Batteries — Coordinated by Plasticos Industriales Bocanegra (Spain), partnered with Avanzare (Spain)
• Fire-Resistant Additives for Continuous Fiber Thermosets (Epoxy-Glass) — Coordinated by PolymerOn Kft. (Hungary), partnered with QDevelopment Kft. (Hungary)
• Composite PP Front End Module — Coordinated by Iltar-Italbox industrie riunite SpA (Italy), partnered with Tecnostamp Srl (Italy)
• Eco-Housing for E-Mobility — Coordinated by Lavoisier Composites (France), partnered with Vibratec SA (France)

• Graphene-Coated Glass Fibers for Fire-Resistant Composites for Battery Housing of EVs — Coordinated by Grafren AB (Sweden), partnered with Sixonia Tech GmbH (Germany) 

 

Building

CMC

• 3D Printing Materials Based on Magnesium Oxide Binder — Coordinated by Georg Breitenberger individual company (Austria), partnered with TEC Eurolab srl (Italy) 
• Lightweight Autohealing Mortar for External Thermal Insulation Building Systems — Coordinated by Tesela, Materiales, Innovación y Patrimonio S.L. (Spain), partnered with Chemical Building Project S.L. (Spain) and Gatim S.R.L (Italy)

 

Energy

Polymer-based composites

• PVTEG Generation — Coordinated by Coesa Srl (Italy), partnered with R2M (Spain)
• Modular Fiber-Reinforced Battery — Coordinated by Liber SRL (Italy), partnered with Baruffi Engineering S.r.l (Italy)
• TEG-Comp (TheroElectrically Enabled Composites) — Coordinated by Velidakis Emmanouil “Get 3D” (Greece), partnered with Vogiaridis Panagiotis (Greece) 
• Prepreg Carbon Composite Solution Using Immersion Cooling for Lightweight and High-Performance Pack — Coordinated by Canoe (France), partnered with E-Mersiv (France)

For more in-depth information about each finalist project and its goals, please visit this link. A second call will eventually be organized.