sirris materials day 2010 - wrap up summary

the collective centre of the Belgian technological industry

Program of today

12:30 - 14:00 - Welcome & sandwich lunch

14:00 - 14:10 - Opening the Sirris Materials Day 20010

14:10 - 15:10 - Introduction to the three interactive workshops by the speakers

15:10 - 15:30 - Break

15:30 - 17:30 - Interactive workshops (parallel sessions)Composite materials - Prof. Ignaas Verpoest and Arno De TaeyeSmart Materials - René De KeyzerSustainable investments - Marc Lambrechts

17:30 - 18:00 - Keynote speech by Filip Martens, CEO, C- Power

18:00 - 18:30 - Closing session – Wrapping up key elements from the interactive workshops

18:30 - 19:30 - Walking Dinner

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Program of today

15:10 - 15:30 - Break

17:30 - 18:00 - Keynote speech by Filip Martens, CEO, C-Power

18:30 - 19:30 - Walking Dinner

CompositesWrapping up

Bart Vangrimde

Subject 1: Surface preparation and coating

• Challenge: tedious surface preparation of fragile composite

• Low pressure plasma looks promising to avoid manual surface preparation of camera cases for space applications• “we got enough information to go further”

Subject 2: Powder coating composites?

• Solutions for powder coating are in reach, problem is the conductivity of CFRP.

• How to increase the conductivity?• inclusion of nano-particles?• nano-particles commercially available for integration in resins?

• Temperature of powder coating 150-200’C• should not be an issue

• Outgassing when changing coating to be checked…

Subject 3: Composites in sun shields

• What are the benefits of composite design in sun shields?• structural advantages in terms of strength/stiffness• function integration (transparency, integrated lights)• click-in instead of bolting/screwing

Alu GFRPUD

GFRP0/90

CFRPUD

CFRP0/90

density rho 2,8 1,8 1,8 1,5 1,5

tension E1 70 42 21 130 65

E1/ρ 25 20 10 90 45

σ 240 1200 600 2000 1000

σ/ρ 90 700 350 1400 700

Price EUR 2 20

Subject 4: Steel as composite reinforcement

• Bekaert suggests using steel fibers for reinforced plastics. • Possibilities to explore:

• electrical conductivity and electromagnetic properties• recycling• processing• impact resistance

• examples for “high weight applications” are small wind turbine blades or golf shafts

carbon

steel fibers are much tougherthan carbon fiber

Open challenges

• Life cycle analysis (LCA) of composite structures• Opportunities for MICA• Production of (metal matrix) composite materials on large

scale, in continuous processes

Lessons learned

• Challenging challenges challenged us!• No no-gos for composites• Ways to explore identified

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carbon

steel fibers are much tougherthan carbon fiber

window

window frame

blind box with too little rigidity

SmartMaterialsWrapping up

Heidi Van den Rul

Major challenges

• Does this technology works in my application/products?More knowledge about functions• Halochromic effect• Tactile properties• Dilatation depending on temperature• Smart functions for traceabilty of food: packaging RFID

• Integration in the process of the smart coating• application: vacuum – wet cost• E.g. problem with Antifingerprint coating processing• More than the function itself: stability, chemical resistance,

processability, how to test e.g. antibacterial• Supporting innovation

• How to help SME’s to start with nanotech• Governmental financial instruments are available

Fast evolving markets

• Antibacterial coatings are hot!• Applicabilty still under questions

• RFID tags

• Color based smart materials• Thermochromic• Photochromic• Halochromic• mechanochromic

Top 3 lessons learned

• Offering of (theoretically) interesting functionality/propertiesis already huge!• Food packaging

• More insights/in depth knowledge required for applicationsof new & advanced materials• Smart• Multifunctional

• Processing

Sustainable MaterialsWrapping up

Stefan Milis

Lesson 1: Success factors needed!

Some success factors for the valorisation of more sustainable materials solutions

• A win-win is created• More functionality • Lower or equal cost• More energy efficiency on the life-time• …

• Clear incentives to innovate towards cleantech• Identify market opportunity over the value chains• The hunting for hunting grounds is a very difficult challenge

Lesson 2: Look beyond your Business Model

• From selling products to selling functions• Driver for more sustainable products over the lifetime

• Energy, material, repair, reuse, recycling, ….• Ecodesign!

• Different concepts exist• Leasing• Take back

• No one size fits all solution depending on:• B2B, B2C• Product Lifetime• Material

Lesson 3: Sustainable material selection, a puzzle?

• Some tools on sustainability (planet) exist• Ecolizer• Solidworks add-in• LCA• …

• Facilitates evaluation of alternatives, gives no new solutions• No integrated solution towards product and process

• Real challenge is to close the gap between identification of sustainable alternatives and the final application at an acceptable cost

Program of today

15:10 - 15:30 - Break

17:30 - 18:00 - Keynote speech by Filip Martens, CEO, C-Power

18:30 - - Walking Dinner

sirris materials day 2010 - wrap up summary

closing session

walking dinner

composite

parallel sessions

sun shields

ignaas verpoest

filip martens

marc lambrechts17

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