Composites Designed to Dissolve - DESOLVE

该项目将开发一种高度创新的可溶性热塑性复合材料产品，该产品具有两个关键优势：*它通过可溶性有助于产品的回收，并有助于在使用寿命结束时拆卸和回收有价值的组件或材料。*它可以被设计成在某些条件下失效，并利用这种失效作为一个有益的功能。我们将制造一种热塑性颗粒，可以注射成型，使复杂的形状。它将包括一种增强纤维和一种可溶聚合物的混合物，当按设计使用时，这种混合物具有良好的机械性能，但当暴露于计划的湿源时，它将软化或完全溶解。回收和回收的好处是显而易见的。由可溶复合材料制成的产品可以在不同的温度下进行定制，使我们能够制造出具有优异可持续性证书的独特产品。溶解的聚合物可以直接反馈到正常的废水系统中，不需要处理，并且可以回收整体成型的组件。纤维可以是天然的或矿物的，可以分别用于堆肥或再利用。在这个项目中，我们还将提供一种独特的复合材料，它可以在特定条件下改变状态、失败或溶解，并将这种失败用作有益的特性。复合材料组件通常被设计成承受最小性能下降的负载，并且它们做得很好。然而，这个项目将研究那些状态变化可预测的产品。这可以与电气保险丝进行比较-保险丝的工作是将电力传输到电路中，直到达到某些参数，此时它以计划和有用的方式失效以避免危险。该项目将与创意设计专家合作，他们将支持确定产品的创新用途和设计要求，以适应新的回收和计划的溶解/失效目的。我们设想该产品在工业存储，土木工程，玩具或家居用品等方面具有广泛的潜力。

The DESOLVE project will develop a highly innovative soluble thermoplastic composite product which has two key advantages:* It aids recycling of products by being soluble and can assist in disassembly and reclamation of valuable components or materials at the end of life.* It can be designed to fail under certain conditions and use this failure as a beneficial feature.We will manufacture a thermoplastic pellet that can be injection moulded to make complex shapes. It will comprise a mixture of a reinforcement fibre and a soluble polymer making a composite of good mechanical properties when used as designed but which will soften or dissolve completely when exposed to a planned moisture source.The benefits for recycling and reclamation are clear. The products made from the soluble composite can be tailored to dissolve at different temperatures, enabling us to make a unique product which has excellent sustainability credentials. The dissolved polymer can be fed directly back into a normal wastewater system with no processing required and components that were integrally moulded can be reclaimed. Fibres can be natural or mineral and can go to composting or re-use respectively.In this project, we will also deliver a composite that is uniquely designed to change state, fail or dissolve under certain conditions and to use this failure as a beneficial feature. Composite components are generally designed to withstand a load with minimal degradation of performance and they do it very well. However, this project will look into products that change state _predictably_. This could be compared to an electrical fuse - the fuse does its job to transmit power through to a circuit until certain parameters are reached, at which point it fails in a planned and useful way to avoid danger.The DESOLVE project will work with creative design experts who will support the identification of innovative uses and design requirements for tailoring of the product for novel recycling and planned dissolution/failure purposes. We envisage the product having wide-ranging potential in industrial storage, civil engineering, toys or domestic goods to name a few.