S-METAL "Smart non metallic materials for extreme high pressure fluid power transmission in industrial mobile machinery"

The main target of the project will be a proper tailoring of Fibre Reinforced Plastic to match the specific demands of mobile off-road machinery domain, especially earth moving (e.g. high pressure compliance with harsh environments lightness flexibility and recyclability). In fact, all the above mentioned extreme conditions have not yet been fully addressed in this domain, especially for what concern the fluid power circuits and transmissions. However, a resistance towards the extreme conditions above is fundamental for the actual deployment of FRPs in the off-road machinery domain, Otherwise the advantages gained from their deployments could be lost.