Standardisation
The continued development of new products and the transition to a sustainable society requires new technologies and materials. For these to be widely established in industry, standards are needed. At Chalmers Industriteknik, we therefore focus on innovations and take an active role in standardisation.
Standards for innovation build trust and interoperability
Standardisation is a powerful tool for business competitiveness and innovation. Standards help open up markets, allow consumers to compare offers and ensure quality and functionality.
Standards are particularly important at the interface between different technologies and between different organisations to ensure trust and guarantee interoperability. This is particularly critical for new innovations that are too young to have an established quality stamp.
Much of the development of new ideas towards products is now done within SMEs. However, they often have to focus more directly on the development of the company and the technology. As it can also be time-consuming and complicated to get to grips with the standardisation process, this is often de-prioritised even if the importance is recognised.
At Chalmers Industriteknik, we run several standardisation initiatives, with a particular focus on nanotechnology, graphene and 2D materials, digital product passports and quantum technology. We help both individual companies and work with the development of entire sectors to increase Swedish competitiveness.
GrapheneEU – Coordination and Support Action (CSA)
Chalmers Industriteknik is managing the Industrialisation tasks in the GrapheneEU project. This is a key element in maximising the impact of the Graphene Flagship initiative in ter…
2D-Pilot Line
The 2D-Pilot Line project aims to strengthen Europe’s ecosystem in photonics and electronics. The goal is to industrialize 2D-material fabrication and support industrial adoption.
Trace4Value + SwePass
SwePass is a Swedish platform initiative developed to address traceability and digital product passports (DPPs) for sustainable value chains. Building on the success of the Trace4V…
CIRPASS-2
Digital product passports enabling at-scale and real-life circular economy use cases in electronics, textiles, tires and constructions. The CIRPASS-2 project aims to revolutionize…
Circularity in Li-ion Production and Recyling processes through Microparticle Control and Resource Efficiency (CircLion)
Production of Li-ion batteries requires maintaining contamination-free environments in dry and clean room conditions.…
Digital integration of multi-energy flexibility assets in Regional Energy Systems (DigiRES)
Our new CETP project DigiRES is aiming for demonstrations of semi/self-learning AI models for prediction and optimization of multi-energy systems in a living lab, residential house…
CIRCUBLADE – circular approach to resource usage based on end-of-life wind turbine blades
CIRCUBLADE project investigated the potential to develop a circular solution for reusing large quantities of end-of-life (EoL) wind turbine blades (WTBs). The research covered effi…
Cirkulär Live
The events and live entertainment industry needs to transform to become more sustainable. Through the project Cirkulär Live, Chalmers Industriteknik, All Things Live, and Rejlers a…
2DSPIN-TECH – A game changer for computer memory
As the use of information technology increases rapidly, it is necessary to develop new non-volatile, faster, and energyefficient electronics. Spintronic technologies open routes to…
TRACELAND – Innovative traceability project in fisheries
New landing rules in fisheries and the European Digital Product Passport (DPP) are creating new requirements for more accurate data and better management of marine resources. &n…
Digiclean – Automated monotoring of industrial cleaning processes
I det Vinnovafinansierade projektet samarbetar Digiclean och IKPAB tillsammans med RISE, Chalmers Industriteknik, Gnosjö Automatsvarvning AB, Parker Borås, Volvo, SKF och Clemond…
GATE
The objective of this EU-funded project is to build a research centre for Big Data and AI in Sofia (Bulgaria)…
FibRe
FibRe is a Vinnova-funded competence centre with two academic partners (KTH and Chalmers) and some 20 companies and public organisations.…
Quantum Sweden Innovation Platform – QSIP
QSIP is an innovation platform to stimulate, form and promote quantum technology innovation and create conditions for ideas, technology and expertise to stay and develop in Sweden.…
Digital Twin for Positive Energy Districts – DT4PED
The aim of the DigitalTwins4PEDs project is to develop a quality assurance process using a Digital Twin energy model in three pilots sites to ensure energy performance in an entire…
PLA bio-based plastics from secondary raw materials
The purpose of this project is to develop a techno-economically viable production route for PLA, Polylactic acid, from second generation raw materials such as side streams from the…
SpårKons
In this project we place the users of the product pass and their needs in the centre. The aim is to increase the insight regarding what product information that is relevant, for th…
AutoWEEEdakt II – Automatic AI based WEEE recognition system
In 2020, the EU recycled 4.7 million tons of electronic waste with a low collection rate. In the AutoWEEEdakt II project, we employ artificial intelligence to enhance sorting and i…
Safe and optimal management to create circular flows of batteries from crashed cars (CIRC-BAT)
With a growing number of electric vehicle batteries being produced and placed on the market, there is an increasing need for circular flows for electric vehicle batteries.…
SmartPass: Digitalisation of three different value chains
Create product passport prototypes for advanced digitalisation for three different product categories: Li-ion batteries, reusable LED lights and circular coated frying pans. The go…
Over & Oat – turning oat drink residues into new food and materials
Over & Oat is focused on investigating how residues from oat drink production (okara) can be transformed into valuable new food products. The research project is expected to co…
Co-Creating Better Blue (C2B2)
Chalmers Industriteknik leads the task on “Land-sea interactions in the offshore blue economy”, where we will investigate and map relevant value chains, linkages, inter…
BIOFACE
The project “BIOFACE: Bio-based façade materials in a circular economy” aims to develop new, sustainable material solutions for façade elements in buildings based on a circular e…
Potential value chains for bio-based plastics
The goal in the EU is that 20% of plastics should be bio-based by 2030, a goal that seems distant as expected capacity and future investments in bio-based plastics only reach about…
AGAIN – Increased recycling in retail
In the research project AGAIN, Chalmers Industriteknik together with the Centre for Service Research (CTF) at Karlstad University will create increased knowledge about how sales of…
LoopSpeaker – Reusing car speakers inside and outside the car
The LoopSpeaker project aims to map the conditions for, and propose, how speakers from “scrap cars” (cars that for various reasons have reached the end of their respective life cyc…
IETS-Task XXI: Decarbonisation of industrial systems within the framework of a circular economy
Task XXI explores the topic of circular carbon from an industrial perspective to describe industrial energy systems within a sustainable, fossil-free economy. The goal is to achiev…
RETAKE – Pilot project for the development and testing of reusable packaging
Around 2 billion single-use items are used in Sweden every year, and soon we will find more plastic than fish in our oceans and lakes. Researchers believe that a high percentage of…
Trace 4 Value – KEEP (Step 3)
The Trace 4 Value project brings together five sub-projects on traceability. The five projects study solutions to company- and industry-specific needs and by being part of Trace 4 …
Resource-efficient and inclusive municipalities through industrial symbiosis
The project “Resource-efficient and inclusive municipalities through industrial symbiosis” aims to create a sustainable and climate-neutral society through collaboration and resour…
Expert support for Swedish SMEs for Horizon Europa, Eurostars and the Innovation Fund
European cooperation in research and innovation is of great importance to Sweden’s business life, increasing the possibility of solving common societal challenges with the he…
Design for Circular Fishing Gear
Design for circular fishing gear is one of several sub-projects within the Swedish Maritime and Water Authority’s (HaV) government mandate on the collection of fishing gear and rec…
Development of good, nutritious, sustainable and local menus for young people, with young people
In a Forma’s call “Taste and sensory – from farm to table”, ten projects were granted funds, of which the project “Development of good, nutritious, su…
Establishment of a new fuel cell laboratory
With the support of the EU’s restart and reform project REACT-EU, VGR, Chalmers has been given the opportunity to establish a new laboratory for research and testing of futur…
Report about Future development in battery technology / electrification for Defense applications
The purpose of the report is to give an overview of the battery and fuel cell research area and what kind of expertise exists at the different Universities in Sweden. With specific…
Digital Twins Cities Centre
The Digital Twin Cities Centre (DTCC) is a Vinnova competence centre hosted by Chalmers University. The centre’s vision is to establish the Digital Twin City concept as the found…
DecarbonAIte
The building sector has a huge potential to save greenhouse gas emissions. Large scale renovations are urgently needed to meet Sweden’s climate goal for 2045. One barrier is the …
AIHURO: Intelligent human-robot collaboration
The overall goal of this project is to create a sustainable workplace where autonomous mobile collaborative robots and humans work together safely and efficiently by having the fol…
AlgAIe – Optimization of algae cultivation using AI to significantly reduce methane emission from cattle
Recent studies have shown that adding macroalgae Asparagopsis as a supplement to cattle feed can lead to a reduction by over 80% of cattle’s methane emissions. Methane emission f…
BraSatt
Södra is Sweden’s largest forest owners’ association. Their sustainability goal is to increase growth on members’ properties by 20% from 2015 to 2050. This can be achieved, among …
Increased recycling in Second Hand through sorting with the help of AI
The vision for this project is simple. At the gift sorting department of the Red Cross in Örebro, items are automatically sorted on a conveyor belt according to product category an…
AutoWEEEdakt
In recycling of WEEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment) manual labour is extensively used in the pre-sorting and categorization of the WEEE. This is mainly because recycle…
Develop and validate AI in existing patient processes for skin cancer
Skin cancer is one of the most common cancers in Sweden. Nearly 4,500 cases of aggressive skin melanoma are detected annually, about 500 people die every year from the disease.…
Barmark III – Demonstration of automated tractor for municipal road operation
While transport by foot or by bike is set to increase, there are high goals for reducing the number of seriously injured. The design and operation of the traffic environment is the…
ProSAFe – Personal Protection Against Fall Injuries to enhance quality of life for elderly
In the spirit of Vision Zero, ProSAFe will design, produce, test and evaluate aesthetically pleasing fall injury preventive clothing with optimized performance, comfort and price.…
Seatbelt usage during pregnancy
The seatbelt is the single most important vehicle safety system, and halves the fatality risk in a passenger car collision.…
Greenart
In the GREENART project, the focus is on new solutions, based on green and sustainable materials and methods, and on the development of advanced tools, to preserve and restore our …
Ipinium
How can we phase out PFAS substances from our everyday lives and at the same time develop circular products?…
SIOO Wood
How can we protect wood against attack by mould, fungus and insects in a sustainable way?…
Reusable boxes
Could expensive reusable boxes be a better option than single-use packaging?…
Poly Lactic Acid
Increased volumes of PLA, Poly Lactic Acid, a biobased polymer with competitive properties in comparison to fossil-based polymers, is requested globally.…
BioLyftet
BioLyftet is a corporate training initiative and a project within the strategic innovation program BioInnovation with the focus of increasing knowledge and the use of bio-based and…
Millimeter wave based graphene enabling wireless communication
Can graphene compete with commonly used electrically conductive materials such as copper, gold, aluminum and silver on substrates such as circuit boards?…
Graphene enhanced conductive cementitious coating
Steel reinforced concrete is an important construction material often exposed in harsh environments, which leads to corrosion damage. Impressed Current Cathodic Protection (ICCP) i…
Worn out EV batteries as alternative carbon source
Graphite is the main precursor for making graphene. While graphite deposits are not scarce, the supply of high-quality graphite is much tighter and the demand is expected to signif…
RESK(L)AR
Covid-19 has affected the whole of society and presented challenges that require new solutions. The project “Innovative logistics solution for restaurants to reach people in…
The optimal lifespan of passenger cars based on the perspectives of resource use, emissions and traffic safety (BILLIV)
In order to reach Sweden’s set environmental goals, older passenger cars need to be replaced. But what exactly is a car’s optimal lifespan? The project “Optimum l…
RESVINN (Re-waste) – “Less waste. More food.”
In the project Resvinn, we want to create effective redistribution systems for food waste in Sweden by developing solutions for logistics, business models, IT systems, communicatio…
PROACTIVE: Towards a process of efficient and safe electric vehicle battery handling in the island Nordic countries
The number of electric vehicles (EVs) and hybrid electric vehicles (HEV) sold in the Nordic countries is quickly increasing, therefore there is a considerable need of designing a s…
The project Manuela develops a pilot line for additive manufacturing
The EU project MANUELA is targeting to develop and deploy a world-class production pilot line for Additive Manufacturing with metals. Chalmers Industriteknik is responsible for set…
LinCS – Linking circularity metrics at product and society level
Circular economy is receiving increasing attention throughout the world. The European Commission says that it has no choice but to go for the transition to a resource-efficient and…
Recovery of drawers from refrigerated furniture
Refrigerators and freezers (refrigerators) usually contain a larger amount of plastic. A significant proportion of the plastic content consists of the drawers and shelf compartment…
Collection system for electric car batteries
Sales of electric and charging hybrid cars have increased extensive recent years, both globally and in Sweden. Common to these car types is that they all contain a battery for pr…
Bulletproof shields
Chalmers Industriteknik carries out a project together with Saintpro and 2D fab, where the aim is to develop a bulletproof shield with the material graphene. Graphene is added in …
Repipe – Innovative recycling of pipes and profiles
In Sweden, large numbers of pipes are being installed every year in new buildings and during maintenance of both buildings and infrastructure. The pipes are manufactured largely wi…
Graphene in floorball blades
In the project Graphene in Floorball blades, the blades will be reinforced by adding polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP). The blades will be stiffer, while retaining the weigh…
Business Developer Electronics
The Graphene Flagship* has eight Business Developers covering different technology areas. Sophie Charpentier at Chalmers Industriteknik is responsible for the Electronics Area. Thi…
Graphene Flagship – Innovation
The Graphene Flagship* is a Future and Emerging Technology Flagship, launched by the European Commission, with 145 consortia partners from 21 European countries. The Graphene Flags…
CirKumat – return system for 3D filaments
Interest in 3D-printing is growing among both companies and private individuals in Sweden. The most common material is different types of plastic, and when prints are made, however…
