Development of basalt fiber reinforced polymer composite as engineering material
(NKFP 3/001/2001)
Summary:
The aim of this project is to develop a basalt fiber reinforced polymer composite challenging the traditional glass– and carbon fiber reinforced polymer composites both technically and economically providing an alternative to customers. Therefore a consortium has been created from seven partners covering the total innovation process from producing the basic material through the R+D activities up to manufacturing products for final utilization of this material.
The basalt is a volcanic origin rock what can be found large scale in several areas at Hungary. The basalt fiber has excellent characteristics like: heat and sound isolation, vibration damping, chemically neutral, corrosion resistant, flame retardant and biologically stable. Its excellent heat isolation capacity is known so it has been widely used as isolator at building construction in the form of rockwool.
Preliminary test results let us come to the conclusion that home manufactured polymers reinforced by mineral fibres can create a new composite uniting the advantages characteristics of both components. Having optimised the characteristics of this new composite it is planned to utilize as a product – family of different elements at car manufacturing. It is also planned to recirculate the used basalt wool elements coming from former buildings what was not used till now at all. That is the waste basalt wool will be utilized as reinforcing additive to polymer matrixes. Summing up the aim is to create a new environment friendly basalt fiber reinforced polymer composite containing only components with home origin and realize it in the form of different products.
Period: 08.2001-07.2004
Results: www.bme.hu/bacomp
Participant’s parameters and the role of the partners can be seen in the following table.
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Name |
Contact person |
Address |
Web address |
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Phone |
Fax |
Tasks |
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Budapest University of Technology and Econ. Department of Polymer Engineering and Textile Technology |
Dr. T. Czigány |
H-1111 Budapest Műegyetem rkp. 3. |
www.pt.bme.hu |
czigany@eik.bme.hu |
(+361) 4631184 |
(+361) 4631527 |
management, coordination, publication, teaching, develop of new basalt fiber, fiber structures, composite prepar., hybrid systems, mechanical experiments |
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Budapest University of Technology and Econ. Department of Organic Chemical Technology |
Dr. Gy. Marosi |
H-1111 Budapest Műegyetem rkp. 3. |
www.bme.hu |
marosi.oct@chem.bme.hu |
(+361) 4633654 |
(+361) 4633648 |
investigation of interface, surface analyses, mechanism of damages, new methods for synthesis to modify interfaces, experiments |
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MÜKI Plastics Research Institute Ltd. |
Dr. L. Macskási |
H-1111 Budapest Fehérvári u. 130. |
www.muki.hu |
maclev@muki.hu |
(+361) 3821525 |
(+361) 4631530 |
manufacturing of semi products, experiments |
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TOPLAN Basaltwool Ltd. |
T. Holczbauer |
H-8300 Tapolca Strand u. 8. |
www.toplan.hu |
toplan@elender.hu |
(+3687) 321573 |
(+3687) 323321 |
fiber manufacturing, develop of new processing techn., |
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FHAPLAST Ltd. |
B. Somos |
H-1106 Budapest Jászberényi u. 18. |
www.feha.hu |
fefe.csoport@datanet.hu |
(+361) 2619148 |
(+361) 2628945 |
recycling |
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Csatári Plast Ltd. |
E. Szabó |
H-8248 Nemesvámos Dózsa Gy. u. 1. |
www.csatáriplast.hu |
csatari@mail.uti.hu |
(+3688) 265023 |
(+3688) 265044 |
production tests of vehicle products from basalt- and hybrid fiber reinforced and recycled polymers |
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PEMÜ Plastic Processing Corp. |
F. Zubonyai |
H-2083 Solymár Terstyánszky u. 89. |
www.pemu.hu |
zubonyai@mail.pemu.hu |
(+3626) 561217 |
(+3626) 561204 |
manufacturing of basic materials, and different semi- and final products |