{"id":21382,"date":"2022-05-06T17:16:41","date_gmt":"2022-05-06T15:16:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/composites-united.com\/?p=21382"},"modified":"2022-05-06T17:16:41","modified_gmt":"2022-05-06T15:16:41","slug":"voith-composites-and-v-carbon-partner-to-develop-the-first-sustainable-closed-loop-solution-for-cfrp-materials-for-h2-systems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/composites-united.com\/en\/voith-composites-and-v-carbon-partner-to-develop-the-first-sustainable-closed-loop-solution-for-cfrp-materials-for-h2-systems\/","title":{"rendered":"Voith Composites and V-Carbon partner to develop the first sustainable closed-loop solution for CFRP materials for H2-systems"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-21374\" src=\"https:\/\/composites-united.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Voith_V-carbon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"380\" height=\"334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/composites-united.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Voith_V-carbon.jpg 380w, https:\/\/composites-united.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Voith_V-carbon-300x264.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 380px) 100vw, 380px\" \/>The Voith Composites and V-Carbon partnership will accelerate growth in sustainability by enabling the reuse and a second life for carbon fiber in the pressure vessels market<\/li>\n<li>Both leaders in their field, the collaboration will build on the innovative technologies that each bring to the partnership, the Voith H<sub>2<\/sub> storage system and V-Carbon\u2019s industrialized circular economy for CFRP materials<\/li>\n<li>The partnership and technology will deliver the first industrialized circular economy and solution for CFRP advanced materials for H<sub>2<\/sub> storage systems<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Our CU member Voith Composites, Composites 4.0 leader and production center of carbon fiber-reinforced composites in the Voith Group, announces its intent to partner with our CU member V-Carbon, an advanced materials technology company that delivers sustainable carbon fiber material systems. The partnership will establish and deliver industry leading innovation to achieve the first sustainable and closed-loop solution for CFRP materials for H<sub>2<\/sub> systems.<\/p>\n<p>V-Carbon is an advanced materials technology company, developing the first fully integrated carbon fiber circular economy for use in the aerospace, automotive, wind energy and industrial sectors.<\/p>\n<p>Voith Composites is a manufacturer of tanks for hydrogen storage and has recently brought to market the Carbon4Tank \u2013 an optimal solution for hydrogen storage with the Voith Plug &amp; Drive H<sub>2<\/sub> Storage System &#8211; providing Type 4 high-pressure hydrogen CFRP tanks based on 700 bar technology for heavy-duty commercial vehicles.\u00a0The partnership with V-Carbon will enable Voith Composites to obtain a quality recycled carbon fiber and highly-aligned structural materials for a second life in H<sub>2<\/sub> tank applications, and provide V-Carbon with high-performance CFRP waste from H<sub>2<\/sub> tank production and end-of-life tanks.\u00a0\u201cWe are delighted to sign a Letter of Intent to partner with V-Carbon,\u201d says Anna Pointner, CEO at Voith Composites. \u201cThis partnership will help us reach our shared goals in sustainability by enabling a recycling capacity for H<sub>2<\/sub> tanks, which is a core objective at Voith Composites. We look forward to a long and prosperous partnership that will help us on our mission to protect our planet.\u201d\u00a0Damian Cessario of V-Carbon says: \u201cWe\u2019re looking to partner with Voith Composites because they are an industry leader in the field of H<sub>2<\/sub> storage systems for heavy-duty vehicles. We look forward to confirming the terms of our agreement and working together for years to come.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For more information about Voith Composites, visit: <a href=\"https:\/\/voith.com\/corp-en\/products-services\/composites.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/voith.com\/corp-en\/products-services\/composites.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For more information about V-Carbon, visit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.v-carbon.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.v-carbon.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Voith Composites and V-Carbon partnership will accelerate growth in sustainability by enabling the reuse and a second life for carbon fiber in the pressure vessels market Both leaders in their field, the collaboration will build on the innovative technologies that each bring to the partnership, the Voith H2 storage system and V-Carbon\u2019s industrialized circular [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,171],"tags":[],"main-cat":[144,35,26],"bildung":[],"forschungs-cat":[],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/composites-united.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21382"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/composites-united.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/composites-united.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/composites-united.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/composites-united.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21382"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/composites-united.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21382\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21383,"href":"https:\/\/composites-united.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21382\/revisions\/21383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/composites-united.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/composites-united.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/composites-united.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21382"},{"taxonomy":"maincategory","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/composites-united.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/main-cat?post=21382"},{"taxonomy":"bildung","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/composites-united.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bildung?post=21382"},{"taxonomy":"forschung","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/composites-united.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/forschungs-cat?post=21382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}