Project sheet
Project designation
CARDUR: Valuing cashew nut shell oil in the sustainable development of epoxy resin hardeners
Project code
LISBOA-01-0247-FEDER-039878; POCI-01-0247-FEDER-039878
Main goal
Strengthening research, technological development and innovation
Intervention region
Lisbon Metropolitan Area (Palmela); North (Guimaraes)
Beneficiary entities
RESIBRAS-Companhia Portuguesa de Resinas para Abrasivos S.A.; PIEP ASSOCIAÇÃO – Pole for Innovation in Polymer Engineering; GLOBALNAVY – Tintas e Revestimentos LDA
Approval date
05/06/2019
Start date
01/10/2019
Total eligible cost
619.876,04 €
Date of the conclusion
30/06/2023
Financial support from the European Union
FEDER – 335.813,51 €
Goals
The CARDUR project is developed in co-promotion and aims at the R&D of light colored phenolalkylamines,
stable to UV radiation and with a high curing speed, with a view to its application as a
paint hardener for coating products operating in sensitive environments, such as saline environments.
Activities:
- Definition of requirements and technical specifications;
- Research and Development of purification and synthesis processes on a laboratory scale;
- Process development and optimization applied to the development of products on a pilot scale.
Construction of prototypes; - Tests and Characterization Trials of products obtained on laboratory and pilot scale;
- Tests and trials of case studies;
- Management of innovation and enhancement of results (promotion and dissemination);
- Management.
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