A project related to the shipbuilding industry, carried out by an international consortium including the Łódź University of Technology, has won the JEC World Innovations Award. This award symbolizes innovation and excellence in the field of composite materials.
The Łódź University of Technology, in collaboration with partners from Spain, the Netherlands, France, Portugal, and Hungary, implemented the FIBRE4YARDS project, which won in the “Maritime Transport and Shipbuilding” category.
The project aims to transform shipbuilding through new composite production technologies, including modular construction, automated processes like additive manufacturing, reusable molds that can adopt double curvature shapes, curved pultruded profiles, stamped thermoplastics and new connection technologies to facilitate the assembly of all parts. Additionally, it has developed new design tools and a production software based on IoT.
Professor Ireneusz Zbiciński from the Faculty of Process and Environmental Engineering, who coordinated the project at Łódź University of Technology, emphasizes, “Our task was to assess the environmental impact associated with the production of floating units made from FRP – a composite material made from load-bearing fibers embedded in thermoset resin, as well as their operation, maintenance, dismantling, and disposal after the end of their life cycle.”
The project team included: Dr. Aleksandra Ziemińska-Stolarska, Dr. Monika Pietrzak (Faculty of Chemistry), and, in the early stages, Dr. Dorota Markowska.
The project was co-financed by the European Union’s research and innovation program, Horizon 2020.
Ph: Press materials from Lodz University of Technology
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Nauka w Polsce
