Inizio:
2024-12-01

Programma:
European Defence Fund (EDF)

Ente Erogatore:
European Defence Agency's (EDA)

Partner:
CY.R.I.C. - FIDAMC - FINCANTIERI - FRAUNHOFER - GRADEL - MICROMAG 2000 - NAVANTIA - POLITECHNIKA WROCLAWSKA - POLITECNICO DI TORINO

Acronimo:
ADMIRABLE - Additive Manufacturing of composite based fire resistant materials for stealth, Ballistic Lightweight armored structures

Oggetto:
The ADMIRABLE project aims to enhance naval vessel capabilities by investing in advanced manufacturing technologies and composite materials. The project seeks to address key challenges, including Size, Weight, Power, and Cost reduction, while improving stealth, fire resistance, transparency to EM emissions and ballistic protection. The focus is on developing multifunctional materials, incorporating electromagnetic and structural functionalities, to improve vessel performance and reduce vulnerability. The project also aims to optimize manufacturing processes, considering factors like flexibility, costs, and time. Challenges include developing a composite material with multifunctional capabilities through complex design tools based on reliable mathematical models which will be able to predict the behavior of the composite studied. The project also explores alternative advanced manufacturing processes for lightweight structural parts and other critical components on board of naval platforms. Collaboration at the EU level is essential, bringing together expertise in naval engineering, material research, manufacturing methods, electronics, and more. The ADMIRABLE consortium of 11 partners includes major European shipyards, SMEs, universities, and research institutes from five EU countries. The project's goals extend beyond naval applications, with potential applications in civil, security, and defense sectors. The consortium plans to revolutionize the shipbuilding industry, outperforming current materials, and emphasizes minimizing environmental impact by optimizing energy efficiency, reducing waste, and adopting recycled materials. The overall objective is to contribute to the growth of the European Defense Industry, enhance fleet safety and deterrent power, strengthen EU sovereignty, and address supply-chain issues in the defense sector.

Codice:
101168222

CUP:
- - -

Costo:
495650.00 €

Stato:
In progress

Fine:
2027-11-30

LinkedIn:
ADMIRABLE on Linkedin

Inizio:
2025-07-01

Programma:
Research Fund for Coal and Steel (RFCS)

Ente Erogatore:
European Research Executive Agency (REA)

Partner:
AUTOTECH ENGINEERING - CENTRO RICERCHE FIAT SCPA - FUNDACIO EURECAT - I2M UNTERNEHMENSENTWICKLUNG GMBH - IDIADA AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY SA - SALZGITTER MANNESMANN FORSCHUNG GMBH - MONDRAGON GOI ESKOLA POLITEKNIKOA JOSE MARIA - UNIVERSITAET SIEGEN - SSAB EMEA AB

Acronimo:
SAFE&CLEAN - Low CO2 Steels for Safety Applications in the European Automobile

Oggetto:
The European industry faces ambitious CO2 emission reduction targets. Indeed, the steel industry is rising to the challenge, proposing solutions to drastically cut CO2 within a short time frame. However, these solutions need to be accepted and deployed by the market. One of the main users of steel in Europe is the automotive industry. And, for auto, steel needs to be clean, but first and foremost it needs to be safe. Low CO2 steels need to demonstrate that it can meet the strict safety regulations of the auto sector, and particularly that its performance is satisfactory in terms of fatigue durability, of structural integrity of assemblies and, particularly, in performance in the event of a crash. This challenge is tackled by a consortium built around a solid industrial core including two steelmakers, two companies from the auto sector and a certifying company. This base is complemented by research entities contributing with their main expertise: crash and fracture mechanics, formability, welding, numerical modelling and Life Cycle analysis. The project includes studying the performance of two steel families: cold rolled high strength product and hot rolled High Strength Low Alloy steel. Studies will be performed on fatigue, plasticity at high strain rates and the implications of assembly on material properties, with the support of Finite Element Modelling, and all of this tied to the level of residual elements in the steel composition. These activities will be designed, performed and validated inside the framework of two use cases: one body-in-white crash sensitive part, and one fatigue-critical chassis part. Those components will be finally built and tested in a semi-industrial experience, including the development subsystem-level crash tests. Safe&Clean demonstrates how low CO2 steel can be used in responsibility applications, and does so providing by laboratory and industrial experience coupled with a sustainability analysis of the proposed solutions.

Codice:
101216645

CUP:
- - -

Costo:
187100.00 €

Stato:
In progress

Fine:
2028-12-31