ECOVARN
"Development of a wearable, functional, regulation-compliant Water-borne Wood Coating"
| Coordinatore | TECNOLOGIAS AVANZADAS INSPIRALIA SL
Organization address
address: CALLE MIGUEL VILLANUEVA 2 6 PISO PUERTA 3 contact info |
| Nazionalità Coordinatore | Spain [ES] |
| Totale costo | 2˙547˙728 € |
| EC contributo | 2˙018˙709 € |
| Programma | FP7-SME
Specific Programme "Capacities": Research for the benefit of SMEs |
| Code Call | FP7-SME-2008-2 |
| Funding Scheme | BSG-SME-AG |
| Anno di inizio | 2010 |
| Periodo (anno-mese-giorno) | 2010-05-01 - 2013-04-30 |
Partecipanti
| # | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
TECNOLOGIAS AVANZADAS INSPIRALIA SL
Organization address
address: CALLE MIGUEL VILLANUEVA 2 6 PISO PUERTA 3 contact info |
ES (LOGRONO) | coordinator | 74˙800.00 |
| 2 |
Cyprus Furniture & Woodworking Industry Association
Organization address
address: GRIVA-DIGENI 30 contact info |
CY (LEFCOSIA) | participant | 351˙915.25 |
| 3 |
WIP COATINGS SRL
Organization address
address: Via Lombardia 2 contact info |
IT (Vignate) | participant | 334˙925.53 |
| 4 |
STILLES d.d.
Organization address
address: Savska cesta 13 contact info |
SI (Sevnica) | participant | 329˙057.30 |
| 5 |
ZAVOD LESARSKI GROZD
Organization address
address: Dimiceva 13 contact info |
SI (Ljubljana) | participant | 314˙810.25 |
| 6 |
RBE - RHEINISCHE BIO ESTER GMBH & CO. KG
Organization address
address: DUISBURGER STR. 15 contact info |
DE (NEUSS) | participant | 217˙781.33 |
| 7 |
CONFEDERACION ESPANOLA DE EMPRESARIOS DE LA MADERA - ASOCIACION - CONFEMADERA
Organization address
city: MADRID contact info |
ES (MADRID) | participant | 215˙601.70 |
| 8 |
PERFECTO LOPEZ SL
Organization address
address: CALLE B POLIGONO INDUSTRIAL 58 contact info |
ES (ALBACETE) | participant | 92˙758.28 |
| 9 |
INTERIORES TECNICOS Y CONTRACT SL INTECONT ALBAMOBEL
Organization address
address: cCARRETERA DE MADRID 30 5 C 4 contact info |
ES (ALBACETE) | participant | 87˙059.33 |
| 10 |
FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V
Organization address
address: Hansastrasse 27C contact info |
DE (MUENCHEN) | participant | 0.00 |
| 11 |
INSTITUTO TECNOLOGICO DE ARAGON
Organization address
address: MARIA DE LUNA 8 contact info |
ES (ZARAGOZA) | participant | 0.00 |
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Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)
'The aim of this project is to develop a new wearable, functional, regulation-compliant Water-borne Wood coating in order to help two large European sectors, wood coatings and wood furniture to reverse the present declining competitiveness trend. This water-borne technology will provide a new wood coating with moderate and high functional requirements such as abrasion/scratching resistant or dirt repellent surfaces. Due to the stringent European environmental regulations the utilization of no emission volatile organic compounds coatings has become of special relevant. The utilization of water as a solvent will make our product virtually VOC-free and will compete with the commercial organic solvent-borne. In addition it will use raw polymeric materials synthesized from renewable vegetal sources, so contributing to create alternatives to increasingly expensive fossil fuels. Finally the researched formulations will provide our new coating with superior mechanical long-lasting abrasion resistance, wearing and cleaning features with a competitive price, offering our end users (furniture manufacturers) an attractive alternative on the market shelf to today’s endangered varnishes.'
Introduzione (Teaser)
Researchers have developed novel water-based wood coatings as an environmentally friendly replacement for organic solvent-based coatings such as varnish.
Descrizione progetto (Article)
Recent EU legislation has put a limit on the use of volatile organic compounds such as those found in conventional varnishes. However, current water-based wood coatings take longer to dry, have a less attractive finish and do not protect wood effectively in comparison to solvent-based coatings.
The EU-funded 'Development of a wearable, functional, regulation-compliant water-borne wood coating' (ECOVARN) project was established to address this perceived need in the furniture industry. Its approach was to research new compounds, test them and scale the best ones up to industrial production levels.
Three different families of polymers were investigated. The polymers were all synthesised from plant sources to reduce the environmental impact of the final product.
Project researchers found ways to attach various functional chemical groups, such as acrylates and fluoro-polymers, to the polymer backbone structure to improve the coating's physical properties. The production methods for the most promising coatings were then successfully tested at industrial scale, and they showed good physical and mechanical properties.
Overall, ECOVARN produced and patented several new coatings that can compete with conventional varnishes. A market strategy and economic analysis was completed, and products will be commercially available within the next few years.