BASALT IS THE MATERIAL TO PRODUCE THE FILAVIA SUSTAINABLE FIBRE
many industrial environments. The production is fully automated, which guarantees total quality control and full traceability.
Isomatex is a green company, using every possible technology to minimize the impact of its production on the environment which complies with all IPPC regulations (Integrated Pollution Prevention & Control) and with the European rules on the environment. Filava™ itself is a stable mineral product, completely neutral for the environment and fully recyclable making it completely green from production to products.
The resin is Super Sap from Entropy Resins. Recyclability and End of Life is Entropy’s next step to complement the CO2 Reduction and Biobased systems that Entropy Resins has been offering to the industry. The Entropy ReRez system allows for full cradle-to-cradle solution, where reinforcements can be reclaimed in a near-virgin like state and epoxy matrix is converted into commercially valuable thermoplastic. The recycling process is a low energy, solution-based process. The same applies to waste or by product from manufacturing process, true
to the zero landfill manufacturing claim. For the project, the team will use the new vacuum infusion epoxy system. Lamination techniques are equal to the ones used with traditional materials.
This project could be a breakthrough in composite manufacturing and a first move towards circular economy, as advocated by many leading economists and environmentalists. Given the short life of sail-racing boats, where rarely a boat can remain competitive for more than a couple of racing seasons, the introduction of recyclable one- design boats could send a very important message to the whole community, cutting on costs and bringing back to the sport investors and sponsors keen to promote their commitment to environmental issues.
RECENT APPLICATION
Amer Yachts of Permare Group, an Italian yacht builder very much involved in eco-sustainable issues, decided to build a new generation of recyclable and eco-sustainable boats. To overcome the age- old problem of the disposal of fibreglass, it was decided to use Filava in the production chain.
RINA is currently certifying the new material while the shipyard, in collaboration with GS4C, is already designing and manufacturing a part of non-structural components that will be installed on board the next hull under construction. The use of this innovative fibre will make it possible to recover all production scraps, reuse the end of life in an absolutely circular way by recycling the virgin fibre composite without lowering the physical-mechanical characteristics.
The fibre is easier to handle because it is soft to the touch and non-volatile like glass fibre. The idea of progressively being able to convert the entire production, in addition to the creation of new moulds, into this new material that can potentially be reused from processing waste to the end of its life countless times, indicates an epochal turning point for a site that has always aimed high on innovation.
This innovative mineral fibre used meets the growing needs of the Circular Economy with a European product from European raw material with a technology that guarantees repeatability and consistency of the properties.
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