Abstract
The project is aimed at demonstrating the possibility to considerably increase the effectiveness and productivity of conventional pultrusion processes by employing newly developed effective high frequency (HF) microwave heating solution. A full complex of related mould-heater-material technological challenges will be addressed during the project implementation, including development of sophisticated HF microwave power control and feeding components, real time permittivity measurement subsystem for curing process monitoring, improvement of microwave absorption properties of thermosetting resins through nano and micro particle doping, overall balancing, optimisation and real time control of pultrusion process parameters. Successful project implementation – energy savings using microwave heating and increased production speed – should lower pultruded profile costs, which is still one of the main limiting factors hindering widespreadsubstitution of traditional material (metal, concrete and wood) parts by lightweight composite components, which should have a huge impact on sustainability of construction, automotive and aerospace industries.
Consortium

COORDINATOR

  Riga Technical University

Evgeny Barkanov

PARTNERS

Riga Technical University

COMPOR

Vilnius University

ELMIKA