MOTIONPult project (Phase 1): Advanced composites for lightweighting land transport structures using pultrusion process.

Automotive and rail industry aim at decreasing the weight of their vehicles to comply with new legislation and/or to reduce their operational energy costs. The best alternative due to their features and price is to implement carbon composites materials. Yet they are expensive and their manufacturing does not meet automotive production rate. Hence, we have developed MOTIONPult which is a combined system of Hybrid Composite of glass and carbon fibres & Continuous Pultrusion process that will offer a material with a carbon fiber volume of 15-25%, 70-75% lighter than steel. MOTIONPult will be the first fully continuous Pultrusion process to supply materials to automotive manufacturers. With MOTIONPult project we aim to disrupt into the lightweight market by covering end users needs (cost, production rates and aesthetics) not satisfied by current alternatives.

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement nª 775202.