It is innovation that moves the industry and Fibrauto (manufacture of components in fiberglass and composite materials for various sectors of activity, with a special focus on the automotive, rail and urban sectors) follows the motto. The company identified three needs with the market:
● Development of ballistic composites;
● Weight reduction of components;
● Increased mobility.
Based on the needs presented, it was defined that the Balistic_composite_panel project would have as main objective the development of a composite with gradient properties for ballistic protection, to be used in vehicle components, namely in buses, trains and boats.
Goals
The project already has specific objectives:
● Development of a composite with a gradient of properties with different elasticity modules based on the alteration of the crystallinity of the molecular structure of polyethylene polymers;
● Development of a composite with a gradient of properties with structures with a high energy absorption capacity, from auxetic structures;
● Development of a composite with a gradient of properties from the angle ply;
● Development of a composite with the integration of the concepts previously presented, namely: Alteration of crystallinity; auxetics and angle ply.
Innovation
And foreseen technical and scientific advances:
● Development of ballistic composite materials with a mass reduction of about 20% for levels III and IV according to NIJ 0108.01;
● Development of high energy absorption composites based on the use of fibrous auxetic structures;
● Development of high energy absorption composites based on the use of fibrous structures oriented in the plane, recreating an angle ply concept;
● Development of a ballistic composite with a gradient of properties, combining the two previous technologies, in a single material and in a single production stage.
Datasheet
The Balistic_composite_panel project (POCI-01-0247-FEDER-045231) is promoted by Fibrauto.
