Under the Incubation Forum for Circular Economy in European Defence (IF CEED), the "Starter Projects" have the objective to deliver Proofs of Concept or similar tangible results in line with the IF CEED project ideas.
Five projects have been selected, based on criteria including innovation, viability, and alignment with the objectives of IF CEED. These projects cover the fields of critical raw materials, textiles, eco-management, additive and advanced manufacturing, and spare parts management.
The five projects will receive a combined funding of more than 1 M€.
MICRAM - Sustainable circularity and CRM recovery for MW radiation protection and stealth defence applications
MICRAM aims at recovering Critical Raw Materials from end-of-life electronic devices, to then transform them into advanced materials, such as aerogels and films. These will be used to create protection barriers and textiles for clothing with stealth and microwave (MW) radiation shielding capabilities for defence applications.
The project brings together AITEX and FECSA of Spain, Rome University “Tor Vergata” of Italy, and Łukasiewicz – IMN of Poland.
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REGEN - Recycling Aramid Fabrics from Ballistic via Green Spinning for Sustainable Materials Recovery
REGEN will directly contribute to maturing an innovative recycling technology and demonstrating feasibility (technical and economic) of recycling aramid-based disposed protective vests, to obtain fibres that can be processed and used for remanufacturing of novel body armour vests.
The project brings together AITEX and FECSA of Spain, UPLIFT360 and LIST of Luxembourg.
CEDSEMAS - Circular Economy and Defence Sector Sustainability through Eco Management and Audit Scheme implementation
CEDSEMAS aims at capacity building on the use of the EcoManagement Audit Scheme (EMAS) in the Defence sector, by developing a specific tool for the Defence Sector to be used by military personnel, setting up a platform to facilitate cooperation among Ministries of Defence and implementing a pilot coaching programme.
The project brings together CRES of Greece and AEOLIKI of Cyprus.
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PRESS RELEASE 1st Meeting on Circular Economy and Sustainability in the Defence Sector through EMAS Implementation (CEDSEMAS) - Ministry of Defence - Gov.cy
CHIPART - Chips to Parts: Circularity of Ti scrap from machining to additive manufacturing
CHIPART aims to realise a proof of concept (PoC) to demonstrate the valorisation of Ti-6Al-4V scrap from machining into high added value products by additive manufacturing in simple and low energy-consuming steps in a closed-loop approach.
The project brings together Idonial of Spain, the Danish Technological Institute and Belgium’s Centre for Research in Metallurgy.
Chips to Parts: Circularity of titanium scrap from machining to additive manufacturing (CHIPART)
LabCEED - Laboratory for Circular Economy in European Defense Industry
Lab CEED main objective is the development of a design for mobile deployable laboratory with capacity of analytical instruments and the development of guides for their use, established approach to digital qualification, and technical design of the container with preliminary cost estimation. The main application is rapid quality control of 3D-printed (AM) spare parts in field conditions
The project partners are Łukasiewicz – Institute of Non-Ferrous Metals of Poland and Idonial of Spain.
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