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Making Thermoplastic Composites
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Newsletter - December 2021
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Enjoy reading TPAC's news on thermoplastic composites research and development from your mailbox!
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In addition, you can always follow the latest of TPAC on:
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Research of Saxion’s TPAC into recycling of thin-walled plastics enters a new phase
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Rivers full of floating plastic, huge piles of household plastic waste. We know the worrying images from the media. Is it possible to develop circular solutions in the east of the Netherlands to combat the worldwide surplus of waste from thin plastics and films? It almost sounds like an impossible task, but it is possible, says researcher Rik Voerman of the ...
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Saxion TPAC presents at SAMPE Europe conference 2021, and wins award
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Marco Del Vecchio and Ilse ten Bruggencate presented their research work during SAMPE Europe 2021, a conference for materials and process engineering, which was held from 28-30 September.
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Marco Del Vecchio presented his scientific paper entitled Use of construction waste in wood fibre composites in the session “sustainability & recycling”. Marco has been working on the processing and characterisation of wood fibre ...
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First in-person RIGHTWEIGHT meeting
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On October 27th and 28th the physical & virtual RIGHTWEIGHT meeting took place. During this meeting the applications were discussed and a first distribution for the vouchers was made. These research vouchers will allow SMEs to further develop their solutions to OEM-ready TRL levels. The day was concluded with a tour of our ThermoPlastic composites Application Center (TPAC) fieldlab.
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TPAC goes Circular!
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- Circular Insulating Sandwich Panels for the Building Industry
- Reinforcement of Concrete by Means of Fishing Net Fibres
- Recycling Dyneema Fibres
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Students at Saxion's TPAC
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From left to right: Niels Nijhuis, Luuk van den Berg, Jarne Vennegoor, Lars van der Heijden, Donato Titulaer, Ties Reith.
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In 2021 a number of students started their internship / graduation assignment at TPAC. Varying from Mechatronics to Mechanical Engineering, from ROC Twente to Saxion.
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Interested in their assignments?
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TPAC researcher Rik Voerman on air with 1Twente
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Is it possible to develop circular solutions in the East of the Netherlands to combat the worldwide surplus of waste from thin plastics and films?
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TPAC researcher Rik Voerman was on air with 1Twente, to explain how decentralised recycling could be the solution to these problems.
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TPAC features in latest Strategic Research Agenda for Universities of Applied Sciences
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The Dutch Association of Universities of Applied Sciences recently published its new Strategic Research Agenda for Universities of Applied Sciences 2022-2025. The agenda outlines how UASs can further boost the impact of applied research in the years to come. In the agenda, TPAC features as an example of a center for applied research with impact on society.
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reusing scrap wood in wood-fibre composites with partners Rouwmaat and Innodeen, is used to underline the story. Recently, partner Innodeen was awarded – as first company in The Netherlands – the KOMO-certificate for its 100% circular biocomposite DBPS siding, fully existing of recycled wood and recycled plastic.
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TPAC goes social...
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