Project: Processes for nanocellulose composite manufacturing

In ProNanoCell are three different methods are investigated to produce a polymer composite reinforced with cellulose nanofibrils (CNF). Also a blend of pulp fibre, CNF and polymer has been investigated. The first method is built on extrusion to produce injection moulding material. the method follows in principle the work done at Kyoto University. In the second process the material is produced in the form of composite sheets, which consists of pulp fibres, CNF and polymer. this procedure is called the Wet web comingling process followed by extrusion. the third method is built on a drying process followed by extrusion and results in material for injection moulding and other techniques. this technique is called the DEVO process (Devolatilization). the main target has been to increase the flexural modulus by 50%.

Acronym	PRONANOCELL (Reference Number: n/a)
Duration	01/01/2014 - 27/04/2017
Project Topic	Wood fibre-based materials and processing
Project Results (after finalisation)	N/A (project still running)
Network	WoodWisdom-Net+
Call	WW-NET+ Call for Proposals

Project partner

Number	Name	Role	Country
1	Innventia AB	Coordinator	Sweden
2	Elastopoli Oy	Partner	Finland
3	Fraunhofer ICT	Partner	Germany
4	Ljungby Komposit AB	Partner	Sweden
5	Volvo Cars AB	Partner	Sweden
6	Stora Enso AB	Partner	Sweden
7	All-Plast Oy	Partner	Finland
8	A. Schulman GmbH	Partner	Germany