REMADE

REMADE is part of the RM+ (Reverse Metallurgy +) portfolio of projects focusing on the circular economy of metals in Wallonia. In concrete terms, the REMADE project aims to add value to recycled metals in very high added-value products by developing different production/use channels for metal powders. This integrated approach will make it possible, on the one hand, to drastically reduce the selling price of these powders and, on the other hand, to exploit all the granulometries of these “low-cost” powders in the various additive manufacturing technologies (SLM, LMD, sintering, etc.) and the associated finishing technologies (thermal spraying or cold spraying), for the manufacture of durable components, repair and intelligent traceability of manufactured or repaired components.
Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version) In addition, this project will enable the wider industrial deployment of these emerging manufacturing technologies in the Walloon Region. REMADE brings together a network of Walloon players tackling the circular issue through :

• The adaptation and re-use of recycled metal materials in high added-value manufacturing processes (non-ferrous metals such as aluminium or copper, and steels)
• Increasing the durability and lifespan of manufactured parts
• Additive repair of worn or damaged metal components, initially for the energy sector
• Innovative traceability solutions (materials, characteristics, etc.) integrated into manufactured metal products and components (based on IoT and in particular RFID identification, which is increasingly present in the circular economy, and facilitating the tracking of the component’s life cycle (from the initial raw material and its eco-design, through the life cycle (repair, maintenance, etc.) to recycling and/or reuse).

The 18 partners in this project (11 industrialists, 3 CRAs and 3 university units) complete the value chains of the other RM+ projects, bringing together the regional ecosystem in the fields of recycling and advanced manufacturing technologies around complete value chains and developing “made in Wallonia” solutions, from the harvesting, sorting and initial treatment of the materials to be recycled, the casting, sizing, production, functionalisation and characterisation of powders (CRM, ULiege, Ionics, AGC Engineering, Materia Nova, Sirris), through to the use of these powders in additive manufacturing and finishing technologies (Any-Shape, Diarotech, Husqvarna, Westinghouse, CRM), as well as the traceability and intelligent tracking of manufactured parts (IT Optics, CRM). The flows of recycled materials come either from external flows via specialist recycling companies (Comet, Wilmet) or from internal flows generated directly within partner companies, in a short circuit (Husqvarna, Marichal Ketin, Any-Shape). Various case studies implemented using appropriate technologies will enable recovery to be extended to different granulometries of powders produced during atomisation.