Horizon 2020 / Clean Sky 2
HELACS
Holistic processes for the cost-effective and sustainable management of end-of-life aircraft composite structures
Project overview
Circular end-of-life solutions for aircraft composite structures
Consortium
Collaborating organisations
Publicly available roster. Each verified country is shown with its flag.
CONSORCIO AERODROMO AEROPUERTO DE TERUEL
CENTRE SCIENTIFIQUE ET TECHNIQUE DE L INDUSTRIE TEXTILE BELGE
GEN 2 CARBON LIMITED
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
Not specified
CFRP aircraft structures, recovered carbon fibres
Automated dismantling, sorting, fibre recovery, remanufacturing
Civil aerospace, Recycling
Carbon fibre /
Not specified to Not specified
Funding and verification
European Commission; Clean Sky 2 JU
Not specified
EUR 1918500.00