Multifunctional eco-friendly painting systems
The project aims to develop new techniques of powder painting with a low environmental impact, by using nanoadditives able to increase, in metallic components, protection from corrosion, while improving at the same time the thermal and electrical conductivity properties. The project will study new formulations for powders based on polyurethane and polyester, with additives of functional nano-particles, using innovative mixing techniques aimed at the total and homogeneous distribution of particles in the polymeric matrix. The optimized solutions will then be applied and tested on different metallic components to verify the functionality of the new coatings and thus, increase the potential value of the final products. Thanks to its competences in the various aspects of the project, the Consortium guarantees a high degree of success of the objectives, allowing the subsequent transfer of results throughout the entire cross-border area via its technological and academic networks.