- Start: 01/02/2021
- End: 31/01/2024
The aim of LEVIS Project is to develop a new manufacturing route able to fill the current industrial gap present in mass production automotive applications. By adopting an eco- and circular design concept from the design phase to the end-of-life stage, LEVIS project will develop, verify and demonstrate lightweight structural parts in electrical vehicles. Enhanced sustainability, improved raw material use-, energy- and cost efficiency, reduced weight yet high structural integrity and reliability are expected to be achieved. LEVIS envisages the use of multi-material solutions based on fibre reinforced thermoplast.
LEVIS aims at the development of structural parts in automotive using thermoplastic based CFRP/metal hybrid materials integrated with SHM system in order to achieve a significant weight reduction while keeping the mechanical in-service performance of the targeted parts. For that, new sustainable materials, suitable manufacturing/assembly procedures, advanced simulation methodologies/workflows and innovative sensing/monitoring technologies will be developed, implemented and validated. Recyclable resins, bio-resourced CF and recycled CF will be developed and used for these parts for enhanced sustainability. The feasibility and scale-up capability of production of these lightweight materials and structural parts will be verified and demonstrated. A circular-design approach will be used for constructing the structural parts in order to maximise their service-life and enable easy, effective and efficient dismantling and reuse of the components (both CFRP- and metal-) in the parts as well as recovery of resins and fibres with sufficient quality for second-life use.
AIMEN contributes with its knowledge in materials, joining and control technologies and automation with technological development, scaling-up and subsequent validation through the development of different representative demonstrators.
- Sectors: Transport
- Financing programme: Horizon 2020
- R&D&i: Advanced assembly and disassembly technology, Integrated monitoring and control systems, Materials under extreme conditions, Multimaterial systems, Thermoplastic composites
- Leader: Instituto Tecnológico de Aragón
- Partners: AIMEN Centro Tecnológico, CEA - Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives, Steinbeis Innovation gGmbH - SEZ, Yesilova Holding A.S, MARELLI SUSPENSION SYSTEMS ITALY SPA, MERSEN FRANCE ANGERS SAS, PRIVE' SRL, TOFAS TURK OTOMOBIL FABRIKASI ANONIM SIRKETI, LEARTIKER, SCOOP, RISE SICOMP AB, ASSOCIATION POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT DE L'ENSEIGNEMENT ET DES RECHERCHES AUPRES DES UNIVERSITES, DES CENTRES DE RECHERCHE ET DES ENTREPRISES D'AQUITAINE, STICHTING CENEX NEDERLAND
- Acronym: LEVIS
- Ambit: International
- Web: https://greenvehicles-levis.eu/
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