L3:An Integrated approach towards zero net emissions via lightweight manufacturing

这是一个可行性项目，旨在采用综合方法，使低成本制造的轻型车辆实现低排放（L3）。轻量化材料是下一个进站的挑战，减少质量，从而遏制减少排放，以提高燃油经济性的汽车行业。但这必须在经济上进行。该项目将开发一种突破性的具有成本效益的连续挤压复合材料梁制造工艺。创新的连续挤出工艺将摆脱传统的高废料复合材料制造方法。它将在梁的尺寸方面提供灵活性，使其沿着其长度、宽度和高度，以支持最终用户的需求。定制和定制的结构梁将需要最少的工具。项目的主要产出是持续的低浪费和负担得起的挤压工艺。拉夫堡大学开发的超声处理工艺允许微结构的发展，提供所需的性能，并通过控制纤维增强的方式来支持。基础材料科学已经得到证明，但需要在运输领域取得一些进展。该项目将以此为基础，展示组件可以制造，将技术从TRL 1/2提升到TRL 3。

This is a feasibility project geared towards an integrated approach to enable Lightweight vehicles, manufactured at a Low cost to achieve Low emissions (L3). Lightweight materials are the next pit-stop in the challenge of reducing mass, and therefore curb reduce emissions, to improve fuel economy in the vehicle industry. But it has to be done economically. This project will develop a breakthrough cost-effective continuous extrusion process for composite beam manufacturing. The innovative continuous extrusion process will move away from traditional high-waste composite manufacturing methods. It will offer flexibility in the dimensions of the beam along its length, width and height, supporting end-users’ needs. The tailored and bespoke structural beams will require minimal tooling. The main project outputs are the continuous low-waste and affordable extrusion process. The sonication process developed at Loughborough University allows microstructure development that gives the required properties, supported by a controlled way of reinforcing with fibres. The underlying materials science has been demonstrated but requires some development in the area of transport. This project will take this and show that components can be manufactured, moving the technology from TRL 1/2 to TRL 3.