Product engineering |

TEXCYCLE

Fecha de inicio: 01 Jan 2025 Fecha de finalización prevista: 31 Dec 2026

R&D for the transformation of textile waste from the furniture industry into innovative filaments: driving the circular economy through additive manufacturing technologies. The main objective of the project is to find ways to reduce, reuse and recycle waste in a circular manner, incorporating it efficiently and on-site through disruptive processes for the sector, such as additive manufacturing based on FFF/FDM technologies, enabling the transformation of waste into new materials for the production of consumer goods in the same workplace, avoiding transport and treatment in specialised facilities, and significantly reducing the associated energy and economic costs.

Results to be achieved:

Acquire knowledge about the influence of different textile waste on thermoplastic matrices, evaluating their compatibility and behaviour during the additive manufacturing process, with the aim of maximising the performance of composites and their applicability in different industrial environments.

Generate knowledge through the characterisation of different processes by establishing their optimal variables and parameters in the production of the material.

Increase knowledge about additive manufacturing technologies, especially those based on the FFF/FDM model, and their potential to integrate recycled waste, promoting their adoption in the furniture industry for the creation of customised and sustainable products.

Generate knowledge of the different processes and technologies involved in the development and creation of a new thermoplastic-based composite material in filament form suitable for use in additive manufacturing machines based on the FFF/FDM model.

Transfer of knowledge to companies on the possibilities, advantages and limitations of recycling textile waste generated in furniture manufacturing, promoting the adoption of additive manufacturing technologies and recycling processes, increasing their capacity to implement sustainable, high added-value solutions.

Validation of the material through various tests at different scales, both in its production using different additive manufacturing equipment and in terms of the mechanical behaviour properties of the material in the final part.

Provide a sustainable solution to the abundant generation of textile waste generated during furniture manufacturing processes, especially in cutting and upholstery operations, using additive manufacturing technologies based on the fused deposition modelling technique.

Improving the sustainability of the housing and additive manufacturing sectors by promoting circularity.

Raise environmental awareness by promoting a zero-waste approach and aligning businesses with the principles of the circular economy, improving their competitiveness in a market increasingly committed to sustainability.