该项目于2017年10月启动，已经开发出具有更好阻燃性能的新型环氧树脂配方，将其应用于纤维增强聚合物。Mat4铁路将持续两年，由CIDETEC(西班牙)协调。其他15个研究机构、中小企业、大公司和来自7个欧洲的一所大学也参加了会议:Tecnologico De Aragon研究所和aimplastico机构(西班牙);不莱梅大学、不莱梅材料工程大学和德国内河铁路大学(德国);纺织工业的科学技术中心(比利时);亨斯迈高级材料(瑞士)、瑞士Escatec瑞士和Accelopment(瑞士);瑞典研究所(瑞典);(土耳其);和精神设计-创新和品牌，以及Indat Modellbau Werkzeugbau(奥地利)。
Aimplas takes part in the European project MAT4RAIL, ‘Designing the railway of the future: fire resistant composite materials and smart modular design’, which aims to reduce the weight of railways by replacing metallic structural components by lightened elements in composite materials, as well as the increase of the vehicle’s capacity and the passenger comfort by means of the smart modular design of interior spaces.
With the implementation of this project, it is expected to improve the railway infrastructure regarding costs, functioning and reliance, as well as timeliness, increase of the capacity and energy efficiency, as well as the reduction of costs of the life cycle. For that purpose, innovative materials and a modular design for railway rolling stock are going to be developed. A weight reduction of trains is going to be performed by replacing metal parts by fibre-reinforced polymers (FRPs) with certified mechanical and fire performance. Moreover, new developments for increasing railway’s capacity and passenger’s comfort will also be developed by the modular design of railway interior parts.
The project, which started in October 2017, has already achieved the development of new epoxy-resin formulations with improved flame-retardant properties to be applied in fibre-reinforced polymers. Mat4Rail will last for two years and is coordinated by Cidetec (Spain). Other 15 research institutes, SME, large companies and one university from seven European countries take part: Instituto Tecnológico De Aragón and Aimplas-Instituto Tecnológico Del Plástico (Spain); Universitaet Bremen, IMA Materialforschung und Anwendungstechnik, Nvgtr Gbr and Grammer Railway Interior (Germany); Centre Scientifique & Technique De L'industrie Textile Belge and Coexpair (Belgium); Huntsman Advanced Materials (Switzerland), Escatec Switzerland and Accelopment (Switzerland); Rise Research Institutes of Sweden (Sweden); ASAS Aluminyum Sanayi Ve Ticaret Anonim Sirketi (Turkey); and Spirit Design - Innovation and Brand and Indat Modellbau Werkzeugbau Formenbau (Austria).
The project MAT4RAIL has received funds from the Shift2Rail Joint Undertaking (S2R JU), one of the public-private partnerships within the European unio’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation programme under grant agreement No 777595.
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