Kick Off Meeting
, Douai
Kick off meeting of the CIRMAP project will be held by videoconference on October 20, 2020.
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In North West Europe, about 65 Mt of Recycled Fine Aggregates (RFA) are generated yearly from the crushing of Concrete Construction and Demolition Wastes and are disposed in landfills or in banks. In the meantime, 54 Mt of marine sands are extracted in zones where natural aggregate resources are missing, threatening fragile marine spaces. Reusing RFA in concrete would save natural resources.
However, no market exists for RFA owing to rigorous construction standards. RFA is a local resource, with large variability, which is not suited to mass production needing regular materials. But it could be used at a smaller scale, for the manufacture of products needing neither to comply with rigorous construction standards nor to possess high performances. About 5 Mt of RFA could be recycled into concrete for the manufacture of Urban, Memorial or Garden (UMG) furniture, being the starting point of a circular economy loop.
Traditional precast concrete cannot be used for small scale production because of the high share of moulds in the global cost (50 to 80%). However, concrete 3D Printing (3DP) allows manufacturing customized pieces that could be shown by customers as a banner of their identity. UMG furniture are always located in difficult to access zones, reducing their weight by shape optimization and printing them onsite would be easier. Moreover, online control of 3D Printing could be used to compensate materials variability, providing an efficient tool for the valorisation of these resources.
Cirmap will provide a new Mixture Proportioning Method (MPM) for the design of 3DP mortars with RFA and a new Design Methodology for Customized Shapes (DMCS). A new Master Control Command (MCC) for concrete 3DP will be implemented for the equipment of 3DP machines, and an integrated mobile 3D printing unit will be developed for onsite 3D printing of UMG furniture. A Cirmap-network will also be created for lobby and dissemination, leading to a new market for the reuse of RFA. 5 Local Public Authorities in North West Europe will provide public places that will be equipped with 3DP customized furniture.
All Saints Building, All Saints
Manchester
M15 6BH
United Kingdom
30 Rue de l'Egalité
Maubeuge
59600
France
14 Paul-Ehrlich-Str.
KAISERSLAUTERN
67655
Germany
1 Rue de la Source
Hallennes lez Haubourdin
59320
France
7 Place du 20-Août
Liège
4000
Belgium
Château de la Source - Avenue du Parc Floral - BP 6749
Orléans Cedex 2
45067
France
3 Waldspitzweg
Schifferstadt
67105
Germany
6 Place de l'iris
Courbevoie
92400
France
1 Stadhuisplein
Almere
1315
Netherlands
17 Exerzierplatzstraße
Pirmasens
66953
Germany
42 Rue Paul Duez
Lille
59800
France
60 boulevard Saint-Michel
Paris
75272
France
Lead partner
Organisation | Address | Website | |
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Association pour la Recherche et le Développement des Méthodes et Processus Industriels |
60 boulevard Saint-Michel Paris 75272 France |
david.bulteel@imt-lille-douai.fr | www.armines.net |
Name | Contact Name | Country | |
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Manchester Metropolitan University | Craig Banks | c.banks@mmu.ac.uk | United Kingdom |
Pompes Funèbres de l'Avesnois | Thierry Prevost | t.prevost@pfavesnois.fr | France |
Technische Universität Kaiserslautern | Christian Glock | christian.glock@bauing.uni-kl.de | Germany |
SAS NEO ECO DEVELOPPEMENT | Sophie Heymans | sheymans@neo-eco.fr | France |
Université de Liège | Luc Courard | Luc.Courard@uliege.be | Belgium |
Université d’Orléans | REMOND Sébastien | sébastien.remond@univ-orleans.fr | France |
Heberger GmbH | Gerhard Becker | gerhard.becker@heberger.com | Germany |
VICAT | Laury Barnes-Davin | laury.barnes-davin@vicat.fr | France |
Gemeente Almere | Johan Luiks | jluiks@almere.nl | Netherlands |
Stadt Pirmasens | Michael Maas | buergermeister@pirmasens.de | Germany |
Université de Lille | Rochdi Merzouki | rochdi.merzouki@univ-lille.fr | France |
Kick off meeting of the CIRMAP project will be held by videoconference on October 20, 2020.
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