Competitive and sustainable molds for tomorrow's composite production through function- integrating additive technologies

Provider

Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports

Programme

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Call for proposals

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Main participants

GZR plast s.r.o.

Contest type

M2 - International cooperation

Contract ID

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Project name in Czech

Competitive and sustainable molds for tomorrow's composite production through function- integrating additive technologies

Annotation in Czech

The joint project of the German-Czech consortium consisting of research institutes and SMEs, aims to research and develop a new type of technology for the rapid and economical production of multifunctional and sustainable molds for the manufacturing of composite components, for example for the aviation, automotive or railway industry. SmartMold addresses the current shortcoming through smart production systems and provides a technology that allows to produce heatable and sensored molds faster, cheaper, resource efficient and 100% recyclable. To this end SmartMold combines the additive manufacturing of plastic molds with the automatized integration of resistive heating elements consisting of plastic-impregnated carbon fiber rovings (yarns), which are introduced topology-optimized into the surface layer of the mold. Both the additive manufacturing of the base mold and the integration of the CF resistance heating elements are carried out in an extruder-based direct granulate process, so that both process steps can be carried out in one manufacturing cell. The base mold and the heating elements are made of the same carbon fiber reinforced thermoplastic material, so that the entire mold can be easily and completely recycled at the end of product life.

R&D category

AP - Applied research

OECD FORD - main branch

20505 - Composites (including laminates, reinforced plastics, cermets, combined natural and synthetic fibre fabrics; filled composites)

OECD FORD - secondary branch

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OECD FORD - another secondary branch

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CEP - equivalent branches <br>(according to the <a href="http://www.vyzkum.cz/storage/att/E6EF7938F0E854BAE520AC119FB22E8D/Prevodnik_oboru_Frascati.pdf">converter</a>)

JI - Composite materials

Realization period - beginning

Jan 1, 2025

Realization period - end

Dec 31, 2026

Project status

Z - Beginning multi-year project

Latest support payment

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Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Data delivery code

CEP25-MSM-LU-R

Data delivery date

Jun 26, 2025

Total approved costs

8,084 thou. CZK

Public financial support

7,331 thou. CZK

Other public sources

0 thou. CZK

Non public and foreign sources

752 thou. CZK