JEC Composites Innovation Award 2022 winners have been announced
The JEC Group has announced the winner for each of the ten Innovation Award categories. Learn more about the winners, their projects and future expectations in person or via livestreaming at JEC World 2022.
On April 26 (Paris, France) announced this year’s 10 JEC Composites Innovation Award winners. Don’t miss the opportunity to meet with the winners and learn more about their projects and expectations for the future at JEC World 2022 from May 3-5, 2022. Join them for the Opening session on May 3 at 9:30 in Agora 5 or via livestreaming:
Category: Aerospace (Application)
100% thermoplastic panel for cabin interiors
Photo Credit: Diab
Diab has developed a 100% thermoplastic and recyclable sandwich panel for aerospace cabin interiors to answer current challenges such as sustainability, REACH compliance, production rate increase, etc.
- Diab (Laholm, Sweden)
- Partner(s): (Pessac, France), AkzoNobel (Amsterdam, Netherlands) and Roctool SA (Le Bourget du Lac, France)
Category: Aerospace (Process)
Innovative Infusion Airframe Manufacturing System
Photo Credit: MTorres
Automated out-of-autoclave (OOA) portable manufacturing system for an integrated torsion box of a wing (including skin, stringers, spars and stiffeners in a one-shot part), thus avoiding assembly processes and fasteners.
- MTorres Disenos Industriales S.A.U. (Nevarra, Spain)
- Partner(s): (Spain)
Category: Automotive & Road Transportation (Structural)
TUCANA is an enabler for future battery electric vehicles (BEVs) demonstrated by redesign of the whole rear body structure of a Jaguar I-Pace.
- (Whitley, U.K.)
- Partners(s): (U.K.), (Belfast, Northern Ireland), (Coventry, U.K.), (London), (U.K.) and (Bristol, U.K.)
Photo Credit: Jaguar Land Rover
Category: Automotive & Road Transportation (Surfaces)
Seamless Integration of Flexible Solar Film in FRP
Photo Credit: Audi AG
Seamless integration of flexible solar film in automotive fiber-reinforced plastic (FRP) components (roof top, hood, etc.) for high-volume application, using a high-pressure resin transfer molding (HP-RTM) process.
- (Zwickau, Germany)
- Partner(s): Mubea Carbo Tech GmbH (Salzburg, Austria) and (Yokneam Elit, Israel)
Photo Credit: Windesheim.
Category: Building & Civil Engineering
Structural Re-Use of Thermoset Composites
The innovative methodology of structural re-use of thermoset composites enables end-of-life (EOL) thermoset composites to be re-used in new products. It is a circular solution for these materials.
- (Netherlands)
Category: Design, Furniture & Home
Kairlin: A New Recyclable and Compostable Material
Photo Credit: Kairos
Kairlin is a recyclable and compostable biomaterial, allowing point-of-sale and signage displays to be produced and recycled with low environmental impact, in line with the circular economy approach.
- Kairos (Paris, France)
- Partners(s): , (France) and the (U.K.)
Photo Credit: Fibraworks GmbH
Category: Equipment & Machinery
Winding the Future – Fibraforce Technology
Fibraforce technology: Revolutionizing the high-volume production of genuine customized multi-axial thermoplastic cross-ply laminates with a continuous and ultra-fast winding process.
- (Roetgen, Germany)
- Partners(s): (Roetgen, Germany), (Ludwigshafen, Germany) (Stolberg, Germany) and Fibraforce AG (Basel, Switzerland)
Category: Maritime Transportation & Shipbuilding
Marine Rotor Blades Made of Voith “Carbon4Stack”
Photo Credit: Voith Composites
Voith Inline Thruster CFRP rotor blades are made using Voith’s prepreg stacks (Carbon4Stack) laminate to provide ultimate vessel maneuverability to the marine industry.
- Voith Composites SE & Co. KG (Garching bei München, Germany)
- Partners(s): J.M. Voith SE & Co. KG | VTA (Heidenhaim, Germany), (U.K.) and (Mittweida, Germany)
Category: Renewable Energy
RecyclableBlade
Photo Credit: Siemens Gamesa
Siemens Gamesa, in partnership with Aditya Birla Advanced Materials, has designed, manufactured and are ready to install what is said will be the first offshore wind turbine blades that can be easily dissolved and recycled.
- (SGRE, Brande, Denmark)
- Partners(s): Aditya Birla Advanced Materials (Bangkok, India)
Category: Sports, Leisure & Recreation
Race-Ready Bond Between Thermoset and Thermoplastic Biocomposites
Said to be the first, ready-to-market product which unites motorsport-proven natural fiber composite materials and road-focused bio-based thermoplastics with a reversible and recycling-ready connection technology.
- Bcomp Ltd. (Fribourg, Switzerland)
- Partners(s): (Salzburg, Austria) Mitsubishi Chemical Advanced Materials GmbH (Sinsheim, Germany), (Forstau, Austria) and (Neureichenau, Germany)
Photo Credit: Bcomp
Read Next
Scaling up, optimizing the flax fiber composite camper
Greenlander’s Sherpa RV cab, which is largely constructed from flax fiber/bio-epoxy sandwich panels, nears commercial production readiness and next-generation scale-up.
Read More
Cutting 100 pounds, certification time for the X-59 nose cone
Swift Engineering used HyperX software to remove 100 pounds from 38-foot graphite/epoxy cored nose cone for X-59 supersonic aircraft.
Read More
Ceramic matrix composites: Faster, cheaper, higher temperature
New players proliferate, increasing CMC materials and manufacturing capacity, novel processes and automation to meet demand for higher part volumes and performance.
Read More