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This news article was originally written in Spanish. It has been automatically translated for your convenience. Reasonable efforts have been made to provide an accurate translation, however, no automated translation is perfect nor is it intended to replace a human translator. The original article in Spanish can be viewed at Gaiker-IK4 diseña unos contenedores de plástico ecológicos para las empresas Urbegi y Urlaster

The Technology Center has found a pioneering alternative to conventional materials of petroleum

Gaiker-IK4 designs a few ecological plastic containers for Urbegi and Urlaster enterprises

Drafting PU21/04/2008

gaiker-ik4 technological centre has created for Vizcaya companies Urbegi initiatives on social and Urlaster Zerbitzuak ecological containers from the resins from renewable sources. Both societies are in the services sector and carried out a continued search and management of business initiatives to provide stable employment for groups at risk of exclusion, such as the disabled. For this reason, they have collaborated with Gaiker-IK4 in a project r & d under contract for the manufacture of these containers ecological pioneers.

After two years of research, the technology centre has managed to find alternatives to conventional materials derived from oil and also analyzes the feasibility of transferring this technology to other elements of street furniture such as banks, litter bins, planters, etc.

Within the project have been designed and manufactured prototypes of containers which have been subjected to different mechanical tests (impact resistance, tensile, to the flexión…), fire behavior and resistance to ageing tests. The result has been the generation of a new line of functional, and attractive products that will provide new opportunities for business to both companies.

RTM technology

Containers RTM

Gaiker-IK4 analyzed different techniques and finally opted for the RTM technology par the manufacture of these ecological containers. This technology is based on manufacturing structural parts of composite material, through the injection of liquid resin in the interior of a closed compartment which is composed of mold and offingerprint, in which the reinforcement is placed previously. The use of this technology of processing of materials is becoming increasingly frequent in the market and allows the development of accurate products and big finish, greater automation of the work and a significant decrease in emissions to the atmosphere, it is a process of closed molding that generates a healthy work environment.

The sequence of the cycle of RTM is made up of several stages: application and curing injection layer "gel-coat" on the mould, positioning of the elements of reinforcement inside the mold and closure, and cured resin, desmoldeado of the piece andFinally, cleaning and preparation of the mold for a new cycle.

To raise the production of composite materials based on resins from renewable sources (resins furánicas, in particular), Gaiker-IK4 has assumed a task of considerable difficulty to being entirely new resins in the sector, of which there are very few technological references.

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