M-RECT
 
 
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MULTISCALE REINFORCEMENT OF SEMI-CRYSTALLINE THERMOPLASTIC SHEETS AND HONEYCOMBS
Acronym: M-RECT
Start date: April 15, 2010
End date: April 14, 2014
Total project value: ~ 6.8 million €
Project coordinator: Victrex Manufacturing Ltd
Total number of partners: 20
Contact person (name/email): mrectrisk-technologies.com
Project webpage R-Tech/EU-VRi: http://www.mrect.risk-technologies.com/
Official webpage (coordinator): Victrex [http://www.victrex.com/en/index.php]
SILICOMB RP honeycombs
Description: The M-RECT project aims to create multiscale-reinforced semi-crystalline thermoplastics (PEEK and PPS), which will outperform all reinforced polymers in terms of strength, stiffness, creep and mainly damping by upscaling and further developing state of the art production methods, within cost-efficient manufacturing routes. The envisaged multiscale reinforcement will comprise of dispersed straightened and aligned to polymer molecules multi-walled carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and also fully impregnated, long carbon fibres (CF).
R-Tech Specific Role: The main task of R-Tech in M-RECT project is related to a sensitivity and risk analysis. R-Tech will develop web based tools for the assessment of the risks of non-performance failure specifically for the new materials developed in the project.