Projet de recherche

Dear Colleagues,

 

In its continuous effort for Innovation and Excellence, GMI Aero participates in the Biobased Debondable Adhesives - BiDebA project, co-funded by Interreg NWE. Together with four more prestigious entities from a total of three EU countries – Flanders Make (BE), Avans University of Applied Sciences (NL), TU Delft | University of Technology (NL) and ACRATS (NL), GMI Aero will be actively working towards the development of Biobased Debondable Adhesives and associated methodology, equipment and toolings, for application in the Transportation sector.

 

More specifically, in order to align with the circular economy's waste hierarchy principles, extending the lifespan of composites through repair and reuse is crucial. The major challenge lies in the inextricable bonding of composite materials through adhesives. Conventional adhesives exhibit a two-fold challenge 1) they are primarily produced from fossil fuels and are therefore non-renewable, and 2) once applied, they hinder detachment and hence further repair, reuse, and recycling. Addressing this challenge is particularly desirable in the North-West Europe region, which has the largest composite and adhesive market share in Europe. BiDebA aims to develop one solution for circular composite repair by engineering bio-based adhesives, derived from renewable resources, to facilitate effortless detachment of the parts on command. 

 

BiDebA novel approach draws inspiration from historical materials and integrates recent developed bio-based adhesive formulations into existing pilot-scale debonding and composite repair setups from the project’s partners. Finally, this will result in one pilot scale demonstrator. Through transnational pilot-scale demonstrations on a representative use case, BiDebA will showcase the applicability of this novel approach for non-structural composite parts. The project focuses on the transportation sector, the largest consumer of composites, and more specifically companies involved in composite repair. Via these demonstrations in the region that represents the largest market share, BiDebA aims to convince companies to adopt these technologies in their products and processes, and hence to advance the repair of composite materials.

In case you want to learn more about Biobased Debondable Adhesives and in order to facilitate your interaction with the project’s works, a short BiDebA Questionnaire has been created. Kindly take 3 minutes to fill it up, so that we could send you further information on the project and include you in its communication & dissemination channels, so that you get access to future developments.