SEABIOCOMP project

The SEABIOCOMP project aims to develop new 100% bio-based composite materials in order to reduce carbon footprints, particularly for industrial applications in marine environments.

For this project we have developed bio-based polymer non-woven preforms (e.g., PLA) and flax fibres, ready to be formed into industrial parts with complex shapes by compression moulding.

One of the technological challenges of bio-based materials is their weak mechanical properties.

`The mechanical properties of these new bio-based composites are sufficiently high and almost equivalent to those of synthetic composites (e.g., glass fibre-reinforced polypropylene). In addition, their density is lower than that of fibreglass composites.

We can therefore expect mass reductions in industrial parts (up to 30% compared to glass fibre-reinforced composites and petrol-based polymers) if these new composite materials are used.