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HULK - The Ultrastrong Green PE Fiber

HULK - The Ultrastrong Green PE Fiber

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The overall idea of the project is to develop a sustainable process for making Ultra High Molecular Weight PolyEthylene (UHMWPE) fibers with enhanced properties. A pilot process will be established in Norway for the purpose of development and support to the installation of commercial production capacity in Norway. The most critical R&D challenges will be to combine an optimal combination of process development and development of fiber performance to obtain fibers with enhanced properties, a low environmental CO2 footprint at an attractive cost level for the current and future needs.

This innovation will provide the industry with cost-efficient, sustainable, and scalable fibre production know-how and technology tailored for the mentioned applications. Norner will position themselves as a competence centre on fibre qualification, testing and production, with focus on “green routes” to obtain fibers needed in the current and future markets.

The project team is composed of partners with competence on process development, product development, modelling of the process (NORCE) and a supplier of high-end ropes (Selstad AS). A successful project will create a new product portfolio for a spin-off company producing high-end polymer fibers in Norway for the Norwegian, European and global market.

Contact

Ellen Nordgård-Hansen

Senior Researcher - Grimstad

enor@norceresearch.no
+47 992 55 486

Project facts

Name

HULK - The Ultrastrong Green PE Fiber

Status

Active

Duration

01.03.22 - 31.12.26

Location

Grimstad

Total budget

13.600.000 NOK

Research areas

Research group

Funding

Research Council of Norway (RCN)

Prosjekteier

Norner Innovation AS

Project members

Katrin Nord-Varhaug

Samarbeidspartnere

Norner Innovation AS, NORCE

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