Aligned viscose reinforcements for high performance biocomposites - VISCOCOMP

Viscocomp项目将开发新一代高性能、可再生的生物复合材料增强材料，以高韧性粘胶等再生纤维素纤维为基础。这些纤维虽然100%来自可再生纤维素(例如木材)，但具有合成纤维的外观、质量和一致性，并且比亚麻等天然韧皮纤维具有更高的抗冲击性和潜在的更低的成本。因此，Viscocomp将大大增加对可持续天然纤维的吸收，将其作为玻璃和碳等合成纤维的替代品，这些纤维更重、不可再生，且具有较高的固有能量。这将减少汽车、海运、大众运输和建筑部门的一系列产品在制造、使用和报废时对环境的影响。

The Viscocomp project will develop a new generation of high performance, renewable reinforcements for biocomposites, based on regenerated cellulose fibres such as high tenacity viscose. These fibres, whilst 100% derived from renewable cellulose (e.g. wood), have the appearance, quality and consistency of synthetic fibres and higher impact resistance and potentially lower cost than natural bast fibres such as flax. Therefore Viscocomp will significantly increase the uptake of sustainable natural fibres as replacements to synthetic fibres such as glass and carbon which are heavier, non-renewable and have high embodied energy. This will reduce the environmental impact of a range of products in the automotive, marine, mass transport and construction sector, during manufacture, use and at end-of-life.