AIRPOXY at EASN

The AIRPOXY consortium partners will present research output on the AIRPOXY 3R resin in a special session at the 9th EASN International Conference on “Innovation in Aviation & Space” in Athens, Greece on 3-6 September, 2019.

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AIRPOXY

AIRPOXY project is related to the work programme “Maintaining industrial leadership in aeronautics” – is a European collaborative project funded by the EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation, Horizon 2020. With a budget of about 6.5 million€, the project started on 1st September 2018 and will last for a duration of 42 months.

AIRPOXY

11 European partners build the AIRPOXY consortium

AIRPOXY

Develop thermoset composites parts for aeronautics

AIRPOXY – THERMOFORMABLE, REPAIRABLE & BONDABLE SMART EPOXY-BASED COMPOSITES FOR AERO STRUCTURES

About AIRPOXY

WHAT?

The aim of AIRPOXY is to reduce the production and maintenance costs of composite parts in the aeronautic sector by introducing a novel family of ground-breaking thermoset composites that preserve all the advantages of conventional thermosets, but can also be easily processed and repaired, and even recycled.

HOW?

This is will be achieved by the further development and validation of a family of ground-breaking thermoset resins which present reversible or “dynamic” bonds, recently developed by CIDETEC (patent pending). These dynamic chemical bonds enable a series of “smart” properties, creating a new generation of thermoset composites that preserve their high performance, in terms of easy fibre impregnation and overall stability, while showing new unprecedented features once the composite is completely cured, such as Re-processability, Reparability and Recyclability (3R).

The new generation 3R epoxy composites developed in AIRPOXY will enable:

High production rates due to new innovative 3R-Thermoforming processes
More robust and cheaper chemical 3R-Bonding technology
Easy cost-efficient 3R-Repair method for rejected or damaged parts
Recycling of manufacturing or end of life (EoL) waste will be possible closing the loop and achieving true sustainability

The developed technology will be moved from TRL3 to TRL5 through two representative demonstrators of aircraft panels.

HOW MUCH?

Thermoforming processes will reduce manufacturing cost of carbon composites parts by 35% in comparison to autoclave manufacturing, reducing processing times from hours to minutes. In addition, a novel welding process will reduce CC bonding costs by up to 50%.

AIRPOXY has received 6,5 Million € of funding from European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement N° 769274. The project duration is 42 months.

WHO?

AIRPOXY relies on a multidisciplinary consortium of 11 partners from 6 European countries and is coordinated by CIDETEC.

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AIRPOXY Objectives

Bring the Technology Readiness Level (TRL) of a new family of 3R thermoset resins from TRL3 to TRL5 for aircraft applications
Reduce manufacturing costs of thermoset carbon composites parts by over 35% in comparison to autoclave manufacturing
Reduce repair, maintenance and overhaul operations (RMO) costs for reparation or replacement of thermoset carbon composites parts by 50%
Reduce costs of adhesive bonding of thermoset carbon composites parts by over 50% and increase robustness by 20%.
Quantify the environmental advantages of the recyclability of 3R carbon composites parts at end of life in comparison to traditional carbon composites parts
Ensure efficient dissemination and future exploitation of the developed 3R technologies to reach TRL9 after the project’s lifetime

AIRPOXY Approach

AIRPOXY will cover the entire value-chain to solve manufacturing process cost-effectiveness challenges.

To achieve this, AIRPOXY gathers a multidisciplinary consortium of 11 strategic partners from 6 European countries ensuring adequate progress of the technical core activities and the proper validation of the resulting demonstrators.

The AIRPOXY work plan includes two main technical phases:

Upgrading 3R technologies from TRL3 to TRL4.
Validation of the technologies in industrial environment to reach TRL5 by manufacturing and testing two demonstrators: 1) a sub-component of a FAN-COWL formed by a skin, a transverse stiffener and a longitudinal stiffener, and 2) a sub-component of a LEADING-EDGE formed by a nose and two webs.

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Farewell on behalf of the AIRPOXY partners!

Dear colleagues, After almost four years, AIRPOXY has come to an end on 31 August. The project has delivered highly valuable composites to contribute to maintaining European leadership in aeronautics. Thanks to a family of vitrimer epoxy resins for aeronautics, it has...

New AIRPOXY publications

Three new articles have been published these past weeks: Ruiz de Luzuriaga, A.; Markaide, N.; Salaberria, A.M.; Azcune, I.; Rekondo, A.; Grande, H.J. "Aero Grade Epoxy Vitrimer towards Commercialization". Polymers 2022, 14, 3180. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym14153180...

The recording of the AIRPOXY Public Workshop is available

The recording of the AIRPOXY public workshop, 'Trends in composites materials to maintain European leadership in aeronautics', is available! You can now watch the replay of the 11 presentations covering new materials, manufacturing and sustainability aspects.

AIRPOXY at the Conference on Industrial Technologies

Project coordinator CIDETEC Surface Engineering is presenting project results and demos at the Conference on Industrial Technologies - IndTech 2022 in Grenoble. This is a great opportunity to showcase the project in an excellent research and industrial-driven...

The AIRPOXY project held a public workshop in San Sebastian

A public workshop was hosted by project coordinator CIDETEC Surface Engineering close to its headquarters in San Sebastian on 15 June 2022. The programme of the event, entitled Trends in composites materials to maintain European leadership in aeronautics, was divided...

Publication of the CEN Workshop Agreement initiated by AIRPOXY partners

The CEN Workshop Agreement 'Test method for the evaluation of the adhesive properties of fibre reinforced polymer composite joints' initiated by AIRPOXY partners Asociación Española de Normalización (UNE) and University of Ioannina and has been published! Access the...

Draft CWA ‘Test method for the evaluation of the adhesive properties of fibre reinforced polymer composite joints’

The CEN Workshop initiated by AIRPOXY partners UNE - Asociación Española de Normalización and University of Ioannina,'Test method for the evaluation of the adhesive properties of fibre reinforced polymer composite joints', has developed its first draft CWA. This...

New peer-reviewed publications

Two new scientific publications have been authored by our project team since the beginning of the year. Study into the Mechanical Properties of a New Aeronautic-Grade Epoxy-Based Carbon-Fiber-Reinforced Vitrimer - Polymers -...

A new issue of the AIRPOXY newsletter

The second issue of the AIRPOXY project newsletter has been published. It includes updates on the different aspects of the project: Development of 3R-Thermoforming technologies Development of 3R-Bonding technologies SHM and development of 3R-Repair technologies...

AIRPOXY hosted a session at the 11th EASN Conference

On 3 September 2021, a session dedicated to AIRPOXY was organised within the 11th EASN Virtual Conference on Innovation in Aviation and Space to the Satisfaction of European Citizens. Within the dedicated session, AIRPOXY partners delivered the following...

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