Incredible Husk & WCM: Unlocking sustainable composite materials applications to support lifecycle decarbonisation of the automotive industry.

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• 批准号: 10078671
• 金额: $ 40.81万
• 依托单位: INCREDIBLE HUSK INTERNATIONAL GROUP LIMITED
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Collaborative R&D
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10078671
• 关键词: Incredible; Husk; WCM; Unlocking; sustainable

**Plastics** represent ~20% of a vehicle's weight (100-150kg/car) and the automotive sector is responsible for ~7% of global annual plastics consumption \[ODI,2020\]. Plastic has been an important material in light-weighting vehicles, driving fuel economy and reducing cars' CO2 emissions. The **environmental concerns** (carbon intensive transformation process, wasteful end-of-life etc.) around plastics have paved the way for the search for substitutes. The current state-of-art offer is however insufficient to effectively contribute to the sector's decarbonisation as the materials available still leverage heavy transformation processes, toxic chemicals, and/or non-recyclable ingredients.**Incredible Husk International Group (IHIG)** is an award-winning UK-SME specialised in sustainable materials development. IHIG has designed **three unique resource-efficient, low-emission, lightweight, and low-cost materials utilising multiple waste streams**, designed to enable manufacturers to make the transition from unsustainable materials to carbon-neutral or carbon-negative materials. In this project, IHIG seeks to demonstrate the materials' application within the automotive sector by collaborating with an industry-leading tier-1 automotive supplier with global outreach, **World Class Manufacturing (WCM)**.The consortium will trial manufacturing processes (e.g. compression, injection moulding and 3D-printing) of 2 interior parts (dashboard panel and a door-side pocket) to verify that they can meet Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEMs) standards and entirely **displace petrochemical-based plastics** and contribute to **decarbonising** the automotive sector.IHIG's materials and production process validation for the automotive sector will demonstrate **applications for further verticals** whilst WCM will **unlock a new offering** for alternative, sustainable (and regulatory compliant) materials to existing OEM products on the market, securing ongoing relationships.

**塑料**占车辆重量(100-150公斤/辆)的约20%，汽车行业占全球年塑料消费量的约7%。塑料一直是轻量化汽车的重要材料，可以提高燃油经济性，减少汽车的二氧化碳排放。**环境问题**(碳密集型转型过程、废物报废等)塑料的周围已经为寻找替代品铺平了道路。然而，目前最先进的报价不足以有效地促进该行业的脱碳，因为可用的材料仍然利用重型转化过程、有毒化学品和/或不可回收的成分。**不可思议的壳牌国际集团(IHIG)**是一家获奖的英国中小企业，专门从事可持续材料开发。IHIG设计了**三种独特的资源高效、低排放、轻质和低成本的材料，利用多种废物流**，旨在使制造商能够从不可持续的材料过渡到碳中性或碳负材料。在这个项目中，IHIG寻求通过与具有全球影响力的行业领先的一级汽车供应商**世界级制造(WCM)**合作，展示材料在汽车行业的应用。该联盟将试验制造工艺(例如，压缩、两个内饰部件(仪表板和门侧口袋)的注塑和3D打印)，以验证它们是否符合原始设备制造商(OEM)的标准，并完全**取代基于石化的塑料**，并为汽车行业的**脱碳**做出贡献。IHIG对汽车行业的材料和生产工艺验证将展示**进一步垂直领域的应用**，而WCM将**为市场上现有的OEM产品**提供可替代的、可持续的(且符合法规的)材料**，以确保持续的合作关系。