The PLEIADES project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under grant agreement no. 101192721. PLEIADES Advancing Aerospace Composites through Induction Welding & New Vitrimeric Formulations Enhanced by Integrated Photonic Sensors, Providing Data to Digital Supply Chain, SHM, Maintenance- brings together different disciplines and key technologies that will contribute to advancing composite aerostructures and promote the digital transformation in aviation. PLEIADES multiple disciplines extend across a wide variety such as formulations and characterisation of new composite materials, automation of induction welding processes for composites leveraging integrated sensing, disassembly of composites joints, healing and maintenance schedules. The technological advancements of PLEIADES will address the needs for high-volume sustainable manufacturing with integration inspection and recycling and circularity in the aerospace industry. It is expected that by making full use of the new technologies, that promote sustainability and circularity, cost savings of at least 30-40% can be achieved.

PLEIADES promotes sustainability through recycling, circularity, and aimed cost savings of 30-40%. This will be achieved by:

Advanced Composite Materials
Automated Manufacturing
Structural Health Monitoring (SHM)
Integration of recycling, circularity, and waste reduction strategies.
Advanced modeling for material behavior, damage propagation, and de-icing