Funded projects

Horizon 2020 / Clean Sky 2

HELACS

Holistic processes for the cost-effective and sustainable management of end-of-life aircraft composite structures

Closed

Project overview

Circular end-of-life solutions for aircraft composite structures

Consortium

Collaborating organisations

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4 organisations

FUNDACION AITIIP

Spain

CONSORCIO AERODROMO AEROPUERTO DE TERUEL

Country not verified

CENTRE SCIENTIFIQUE ET TECHNIQUE DE L INDUSTRIE TEXTILE BELGE

Country not verified

GEN 2 CARBON LIMITED

Country not verified

Composite-material relevance

Core

Objectives and expected results

Develop holistic dismantling and recycling processes that reduce aircraft composite scrap, retain fibre properties and reduce carbon emissions.

About 40% scrap reduction; retain about 85% of fibre properties; about 50% CO2 reduction

Technology, materials and applications

Technology tags

Not specified

Material families

CFRP aircraft structures, recovered carbon fibres

Manufacturing processes

Automated dismantling, sorting, fibre recovery, remanufacturing

Application sectors

Civil aerospace, Recycling

Fibre and matrix systems

Carbon fibre /

TRL

Not specified to Not specified

Funding and verification

Funding authority

European Commission; Clean Sky 2 JU

Funding call

Not specified

Total project budget

EUR 1918500.00

Consortium geographical presence

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