Completed projects
Project title: Support to the operations of Łukasiewicz – IMPiB in the area of assessment of the commercialization potential of the developed technology of production of aromatic compositions and determination of the priority directions of implementation.
Financing source: Łukasiewicz Center nr 6/Ł-IMPIB/ZP/2022
Total project budget: PLN 75 000
(including cofinancing: PLN 75 000 )
Łukasiewicz – IMPiB cofinancing: PLN 75 000
Implementation period: February 2023 – May 2023
Project description: The objective of the works is an assessment of the commercialization potential of the developed technology of production of aromatic compositions, as well as determination of priority directions of implementation.
The project implementation includes a detailed analysis of the developed technology from the viewpoint of options of commercialization thereof in an industrial environment.
The task is consistent with the Łukasiewicz Research Network objective “Increase of innovativeness and competitiveness of enterprises operating in Poland,” it is an effect of the Łukasiewicz Accelerator 2022 project and implements the Łukasiewicz objective specified in Article 1(2)(2) as well as the Łukasiewicz Centre objective indicated in Article 2(2)(2) of the Act of 21 February 2019 on the Łukasiewicz Research Network (Journal of Laws 2020, item 2098).
Project title: Environmentally-friendly aqueous primers highly pigmented with zinc.
Applicant: Polish Corrosion Society
Consortium:
Łukasiewicz Research Network – Institute for Engineering of Polymer Materials and Dyes (Łukasiewicz – IMPiB), Poland
Road and Bridge Research Institute (IBDiM), Poland
Implementation period:
May 2021 – April 2023
Project description: The project is intended to test the possibilities and manner of obtaining of high-quality, ecological, aqueous coating systems pigmented with zinc. The goal of the project will be achieved through selection and modification of the composition of the polymer matrix, as well as through addition of agents with particular stability as well as with barrier and mechanical-coating-enhancing properties. The project will utilize water-dilutable epoxy resin with an amount of modified zinc pigments reduced in comparison with traditional high-zinc anti-corrosion primers. In spite of a lower content of zinc in the coating, the developed primers will match or even surpass high-zinc primers in terms of protective properties, while simultaneously meeting the requirements of environmental protection regulations. This project is intended to test and evaluate the concept, not to develop products saleable during the project’s duration – therefore, it is of precompetitive nature.
Total project budget: PLN 1 547 395,68
(including cofinancing: PLN 1 528 436,76 )
Łukasiewicz – IMPiB cofinancing: PLN 702 717,25
The project is financed by the National Centre for Research and Development as a part of the Cornet Initiative.
Project title: Support to operations of the Łukasiewicz Centre as a part of implementation of the Base of Financing Sources project. Optimization of the manner of search for sources of financing at the level of the entire Łukasiewicz Network.
Financing source: Łukasiewicz Center
Total project budget: PLN 50 000
(including cofinancing: PLN 50 000 )
Łukasiewicz – IMPiB cofinancing: PLN 50 000
Implementation period: 2022
Project description:
The objective of the works was to expand the Base of Financing Sources system by an additional process enabling quick and simple search for financing of R&D works implemented by Łukasiewicz Institutes as a part of their cooperation with the business/entrepreneurs as a part of the non-economic activity of the Institutes, as well as optimization of the Base.
The task was implemented as a part of the “Base of Financing Sources” project and it was simultaneously consistent with implementation of the “Łukasiewicz Challenges” project resulting from the Activity Plan of the Łukasiewicz Research Network for 2022.
Project title: Development of a production technology for supportive and protective structures for electrical vehicles on the basis of advanced thermoplastic composites
Leader:
Łukasiewicz – Institute Aviation
Consortium:
Łukasiewicz – IMPIB
Łukasiewicz – PIMOT
Implementation period:
October 2020 – October 2021
Project describtion:
The objective of the project was to develop a technology for production of structural components for electrical vehicles, simultaneously serving as containers for propulsion batteries, using composite materials with a thermoplastic matrix.
As a part of the works, aerospace component production technologies utilizing thermoplastic composites, as developed by Łukasiewicz-ILOT, were adapted for the purposes of the automotive sector. Łukasiewicz-PIMOT developed the design requirements for the chassis and battery container assemblies. The type-approval requirements and the methodology of demonstration of fulfillment of the requirements have been defined, along with a cost and time estimate of production of the parts in the thermoplastic composites technology. Łukasiewicz-ILOT has selected composite materials with a thermoplastic matrix and a carbon fiber or glass fiber reinforcement with the expected costs. Production processes have been developed on the basis of a robotized composite tape laying system and/or a press thermoforming method. Łukasiewicz – IMPiB has designed elastomer protection layers for the selected composite materials, to protect against impacts during operation.
Total project budget: PLN 1 197 700,00
(including cofinancing: PLN 1 077 929,00 )
Łukasiewicz – IMPiB cofinancing: PLN 359 054,00
Project title: New generation of zinc primers with improved anticorrosion, application and ecological properties
Akronym: ZincPower
Implementation period:
VII 2017 – VI 2019
Project description:
The objective of the project was to develop zinc-pigmented epoxy primers characterized by protective properties matching those of high-zinc ethyl-silicate primers. The project implementation resulted in development of anticorrosion primers containing zinc pigments at an amount lower by more than half than in traditional, generally used high-zinc primers, obtaining identical or, in some cases, better anticorrosion properties and better resistance to mechanical damage that those of high-zinc primers tested for comparison. The obtained results show that, using appropriately modified zinc pigments, one may obtain efficient zinc-pigmented paints which would be more environmentally-friendly than traditional high-zinc paints. The solution has won awards: a bronze medal at the INTARG ‘2018 International Fair in Katowice, a silver medal and a special prize of the Taiwan League of Inventors at the iENA ‘2018 fair in Nuremberg, a silver medal and the Nikola Tesla Prize from the Serbian Association of Inventors at the Global Invention Forum ‘2019 in Limassol.
Photos: coatings after 1500 hours of exposure at a salt chamber (top – coating; bottom – substrate upon coating removal): the first and second picture show epoxy paints with a reduced zinc content, developed under the project; the third picture shows a commercial high-zinc epoxy paint.
Totaj project budget: PLN 1.560.295,72
Łukasiewicz – IMPiB cofinancing : PLN 711.798,48
The project is financed by the National Centre for Research and Development as a part of the Cornet Initiative.
Project title: Testing of the effect of mineral fillers on the structure and piezoelectric properties of electrets of crystalline polyolefins
Implementation period:
IV 2016 – IV 2020
Project description:
The objective of the project was to determine the effect of mineral fillers on the structure and piezoelectric properties of electrets of crystalline polyolefins. The project was an extension of earlier preliminary works connected with production and testing of materials with piezoelectric properties. It was noticed that, apart from PVDF (polyvinylidene fluoride), similar properties are exhibited by crystalline polyolefins subjected to appropriate physical modification. The project concerns PP or HDPE polyolefins which are much less expensive than PVDF, easily accessible and easily processible.
Photo: piezoelectric films made of crystalline polyolefins, created as a part of the project.
Total project budget: PLN 1 128 000
Łukasiewicz – IMPiB cofinancing: PLN 351 600
Financing source: National Science Centre
