INFARTI

Research into additive manufacturing of salt chlorination cells from titanium scrap recycling

INFARTI is the acronym for the technological innovation project entitled “Research into additive manufacturing of salt chlorination cells from titanium scrap recycling”, which is part of the NUCLIS Green R&D Project program, Waste area (call 2023), Resolution EMT/2447/2023 of ACCIÓ, Generalitat de Catalunya. Its total budget is €246,351 and lasts 2 years (October 2023 to October 2025).

The project, led by the company JORCAR 2009 S.L., an innovative SME specializing in the manufacture of titanium components, has as its technological partner the TECNIO IMEM-CIEFMA agent of the UPC, specialized in the characterization of materials, and in particular in the evaluation of the mechanical properties and corrosion resistance of metal alloys.

The main objective of the INFARTI project is to evaluate additive manufacturing technology as a way to valorize titanium waste. The proposal starts from the recycling of Ti sheet scrap, applying a melting and atomization process to produce powder with which, through 3D printing by selective laser melting technology (SLM), Ti electrodes for electrolytic cells can be manufactured.

Agency: ACCIÓ, Generalitat de Catalunya

Principal Investigator Academia: Prof. Elaine Armelin (UPC)