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This page contains the status of the project workpackages.
More information about the project events and deliverables can be found on the  Schedule page

WP0 - Management (on-going)

All associated contracts signed (after some delay due to post problems)
Advanced payement received
Six-monthly management report submitted on time (PR06)
Management report are accepted by reviewers
Three-monthly management report submitted on time (PR09)
First cost statement is submitted
Six-monthly management report submitted on time (PR012)
Final management report submitted on time (FPR18)
There are neither major problems nor deviations from the workplan

 

WP1 - Dissemination (completed)

Six-month plan for dissemination activities (deliverable DR2) submitted
Short workshop presenting the project was held in Technion (32 participants)
Half a day presentation on computational rheology was held in Technion (12 participants)
Web page created
All dissemination material is available (public report, slides,files)

 

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WP2 - Problem definition (completed)

Industrial test case have been defined
Deliverable D2 describing the test cases submitted and accepted by reviewers
Geometry of the extrusion line generated in IGES and DXF format
Rubber blend measurements realised
Deliverable D6 describing the material constants and geometry submitted

 

Mono-material extrusion line: feeding channels and the die
Upper view Bottom view
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WP3 - Simulation of the extrusion process (completed)

Polyflow software has been installed in Technion and Alliance on SG and DEC platforms
3-day Polyflow training organised in Technion (19 participants)
Simulation of direct extrusion for mono-material and bi-materila die has been completed
Simulation of inverse extrusion for mono-material die has been completed

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WP4 - Experimental program (completed)

Design, manufacturing and instrumentation of the mono-material extrusion is completed
Experimental extrusion of  the mono-material and b-imateril die is completed
Manufacture of a die based on Polyflow simulation is completed
Target extrudat shape is obtained after only one die modification

 

Mono-material extrusion line configuration (Case Industrial 1)

 

 

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Comparison of target and measured extrudat profile

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