JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #119 - Supplement lnnovation report - 29

Paris, France
March 6-7-8, 2018

Smart Cities

5G Smart LED lighting pole
Full composite lighting pole with integrated
small cell 5G antennas (5-90Ghz) inside the
pole structure, making it an urban 5G era antenna base station.
The pole works as a mast, architectural casing, weather cover and radome for the antenna(s)/radio(s) (transmitter and/or receiver).
The laminate structure of the pole wall is
designed with optimized attenuation properties enabling the millimeter length radio
waves to penetrate the wall structure without dampening the signal too much. Poles
are also equipped with weather station, air

quality sensor, surveillance camera and/or
positioning solutions when applicable. The
tubes for the pole are mainly glass fiber and
innovative polyurethane resin Desmocomp
from Covestro. The tubes are manufactured
with pultrusion.
The poles are aimed for areas, mainly big cities, that will be needing a dense network to
support all the digital services that are provided in the future (e.g. autonomous cars).
DALI control enables remote control of LED
lights. The lighting head is equipped with integrated PV modules to enable the use solar
energy in geographical areas where feasible.

Finalist: Exel Composites Oyj
(Finland)
Partners: Nokia Bell Labs (Finland),
Vaisala Oyj (Finland), Teleste Oy
(Finland), Indagon Oy (Finland)

lightness, once the product is transported
mounted to the construction site, durability, since the product will be exposed
to humidity and inclemencies and need
to demand low maintenance and performance, since the materials applied offer better thermal and acoustic comfort
with low energy consumption, combined
with the ease of cleaning and sanitizing.
The product was designed using four
production processes: - Integrated RTM
- Continuous Rolling - Pultrusion - PIR
injection.

Finalist: MC Materiales Compuestos
(Argentina)
Partners: Plaquimet (Argentina),
Purcom (Brazil), IS Groupe - Composite
Integrity (France) - G12 Innovation
(Brazil)

Wet Core POD
The Wet Core POD consists in a module
that integrates a bathroom, kitchen and
laundry developed with the aim of accelerating the time of work and simplify the
construction process of social housing.
The system is manufactured with a basic
design that connects the three sanitary
facilities, although it can have variations
according to the project and adapt to all
types of terminations to solve single-family homes in general.
The product was developed to be industrialized in composite materials, by its

InfuGreen 810 bio-resin for SeaBubble water taxi
SeaBubbles is a new on-demand urban transportation network that uses the waterways of
major cities. Passengers will ride in composite
SeaBubble water taxis that 'fly' silently above
the water powered by a clean charging electric
drive system. The SeaBubble does not generate any air pollutants or CO2 emissions.
A lightweight composite construction means
the craft's range between charging is maximised. Composites also offer the strength, durability and corrosion resistance required for
this marine application. For the SeaBubble the
specification called for a bio-based resin with
equivalent performance to a conventional
resin. It also needed to enable a high volume
manufacturing technique. These two factors are generally difficult to achieve. It was a

challenge for Sicomin's chemists to formulate
a low viscosity system with such a high biobased carbon content, but Sicomin succeeded
in creating the first bio-epoxy infusion specific
resin available in industrial volumes to support
production on the scale of the Seabubbles
project plans. The bio-based epoxy resin formulated by Sicomin contains 38% bio-carbon content that is derived from plant-based
origin. (The bio-based carbon content in the
resin is certified by an independent laboratory using Carbon 14 measurements (ASTM
D6866 or XP CEN/TS 16640). It possesses
an extremely low viscosity at ambient temperature and is specifically formulated for the
mass production of parts using injection or
infusion techniques. The resin is extremely

Finalist: Sicomin (France)
Partners: Decision SA (Switzerland)

easy to manage during the infusion process
with a very low exotherm, even when infusing
laminates up to 150 mm in thickness. It has also
been awarded the DNV GL marine industry
certification. This was a significant factor in its
selection for this project, providing quality assurance and enabling Decision to make rapid
progress during the initial stages of the build.

N° 119 supplement - Innovation Report

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