{"id":43974,"date":"2017-06-29T07:35:32","date_gmt":"2017-06-29T05:35:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/?p=43974"},"modified":"2017-06-27T17:05:23","modified_gmt":"2017-06-27T15:05:23","slug":"new-business-opportunities-for-the-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/new-business-opportunities-for-the-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"New business opportunities for the industry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The three-year project ProNanoCell has been completed and the results were presented in early June. During the project three different methods were investigated for the production of a polymer composite reinforced with cellulose nanofibrils.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-43978\" src=\"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/pronanocell-prototyper2.jpg\" alt=\"pronanocell prototyper2\" width=\"407\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/media\/2017\/06\/pronanocell-prototyper2.jpg 407w, https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/media\/2017\/06\/pronanocell-prototyper2-300x147.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 407px) 100vw, 407px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The purpose of the project was to develop new green composite materials from the forest sector and use environmentally friendly water-based production methods. It will in turn provide new business opportunities for industry and more resource-efficient utilization of raw materials and energy.<\/p>\n<p>The main objective of the project was to increase the flexural resistance by 50% and that target was first met in two methods. With a modification of the third method, the same rigidity module was achieved as the other methods.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are pleased with the result because the bending resistance has increased by 140%,&#8221; says project coordinator G\u00f6ran Flodberg.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-43977\" src=\"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/pronanocell-prototyp.jpg\" alt=\"pronanocell prototyp\" width=\"350\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/media\/2017\/06\/pronanocell-prototyp.jpg 350w, https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/media\/2017\/06\/pronanocell-prototyp-300x171.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>During the project&#8217;s final summary, various demonstrations were presented.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Wrist support and coffee cups (50% CNF \/ 50% polymer).<br \/>\n\u2022 Internal door module for the Volvo XC90.<br \/>\n\u2022 An advanced beam construction consists of injection molded foam of CNF and polypropylene.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have run in pilot scale for all models and certainly there have been challenges. A challenge has been to achieve a good distribution of nanocellulose in the plastic material, &#8220;says G\u00f6ran.<\/p>\n<p>The three methods were Wet Web comingling, DEVO process and the modified Kyoto process.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Companies in this project: <em>Innventia, Elastopoli Oy, Fraunhofer-ICT, Ljungby Komposit AB, Volvo Cars, Stora Enso Pulp &amp; Paper Asia AB, All-Plast Oy, A. Schulman<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h3>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"  wp-image-43976 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Go--ran-Floberg.jpg\" alt=\"Go\u0308ran Floberg\" width=\"106\" height=\"133\" \/>Contact<\/h3>\n<p>G\u00f6ran Flodberg<br \/>\n+46 8 676 7052<br \/>\nemail: <a href=\"mailto:goran.flodberg@ri.se\" target=\"_blank\">goran.flodberg@ri.se<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The three-year project ProNanoCell has been completed and the results were presented in early June. During the project three different methods were investigated for the production of a polymer composite reinforced with cellulose nanofibrils. 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