SPACE TECH

14 – 16 November 2023, Bremen, Germany. We are thrilled to announce that GRADEL will be gracing the Luxembourguish booth at Space Tech Bremen 2023 once again.

14 – 16 November 2023, Bremen, Germany

Exciting news in the world of space technology! We are thrilled to announce that GRADEL will be gracing the Luxembourguish booth at Space Tech Bremen 2023 once again. Get ready for an immersive experience filled with groundbreaking updates on space activities and lightweight structures.

 

As a pioneer in the field, GRADEL has consistently pushed boundaries, revolutionizing the way we perceive space exploration. With our cutting-edge technology and unwavering commitment to excellence, we are helping shape the future of the aerospace industry.

 

At Space Tech Bremen 2023, GRADEL is set to unveil an array of exciting news and developments. Our booth promises an immersive journey into the advancements made in the realm of space activities, highlighting our relentless pursuit of innovation. From groundbreaking research projects to visionary concepts, we are eager to share our latest achievements with you.

 

Moreover, our focus on lightweight structures has enabled us to redefine the limits of aerospace engineering. With our expertise in designing and manufacturing lightweight components, GRADEL has successfully surpassed traditional barriers, enabling more efficient and sustainable aerospace systems. Come explore our lightweight solutions that are shaping the industry’s future.

 

Whether you are a space enthusiast, industry professional, or simply curious about the advancements in space technology, joining us at Space Tech Bremen 2023 will be an opportunity like no other. Connect with GRADEL’s experts, engage in insightful discussions, and witness firsthand the technologies shaping the future of space exploration.

 

Follow @GRADEL on LinkedIn to stay updated with the latest news and insights leading up to Space Tech Bremen 2023. Mark your calendars and join us at our Luxembourguish booth to discover the incredible possibilities that lie ahead in the realm of space activities and lightweight structures. Together, let’s reach for the stars!

OPEN DOOR FOR PUBLIC 2023

Open doors for public event at Gradel, Luxembourg – We open our doors on the 6th of May for the public and invite everyone to take a look inside of GRADEL Lightweight.

GRADEL INVITES TO THE  

OPEN DOOR FOR PUBLIC EVENT  

In view of our Industrial Inauguration on the 4th of May, we open our doors on the 6th of May for the public and invite everyone to take a look inside of GRADEL Lightweight. 

 

We happily welcome everyone interested in Sustainable Lightweight and Production and welcome you to bring your friends and family 

Come and discover the innovation “made in Luxembourg”!
 

DATE: 6th May 

TIME: 8 TO 16 PM  

LOCATION: GRADEL LW / ZAE ROBERT STEICHEN / 5, RUE BOMMEL / L-4940 HAUTCHARAGE / LUXEMBOURG 

REGISTRATION:

We are looking forward to meeting you at our premises to show you the technology we aim to set as a standard in Space, Aeronautics, Automotive, and more around the globe. Registration under https://www.gradellw.com/opendoorforpublic 

Industrial inauguration 2023

GRADEL PROUDLY PRESENTS
SUSTAINABLE LIGHTWEIGHT DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING CENTER
MAY 4TH – TIME: 5 TO 11 PM
The Gradel Lightweight division of Gradel Group Sarl is a unique worldwide special machine manufacturer of Hyper lightweight parts using robotic filament additive manufacturing.

GRADEL PROUDLY PRESENTS

SUSTAINABLE LIGHTWEIGHT DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING CENTER

The Gradel Lightweight division of Gradel Group Sarl is a unique worldwide special machine manufacturer of Hyper lightweight parts using robotic filament additive manufacturing. where experts work together on increasing knowledge of materials, their application, product design, and processing technologies. Our main objective is to understand the complex problems in lightweight in different sectors and create parts and ultimately a production line for our customers. We focus on enabling the use of thermoset composite technology in large-volume applications and on promoting the widespread adoption of additive manufacturing in composites through fundamental development.

 

We started our journey three years ago with the decision to qualify the endless filament wet winding process technology xFK in 3D initiated for Space Industry.  Funded by the Luxembourg Space Agency, supervised by ESA, in collaboration with the Luxembourg Institute for Science & Technology (LIST) and Thales Alenia Space and the associated partner’s Airbus Defence & Space and OHB Systems we have industrialized a first of its kind game-changing technology.

 

The outcome is the Gradel Robotic Additive Manufacturing (GRAM), an endless filament wet winding technology capable to combine all types of fibers (carbon mineral and renewable) with any resin matrix system. The materials are selected according to sustainable and circular economy criteria depending on each application.

 

The components to be manufactured are designed in a fully simulation-driven process with a bionic design “FORM FOLLOWS FORCE” and are produced on multiple-axis industrial robots by the means of GRAM.

 

This is our contribution to the actual global challenges for reducing the consumption of primary resources and energy to the max.

 

COME SEE AND LEARN MORE ABOUT GRAM.

 

DATE: MAY 4TH

TIME: 5 TO 11 PM

LOCATION: GRADEL LW / ZAE ROBERT STEICHEN / 5, RUE BOMMEL / L-4940 HAUTCHARAGE / LUXEMBOURG

SCHEDULE

REGISTRATION:

ARRIVAL:

16:30 to 17:30

 

WELCOME:

17:30 to 17:40

Speaker: Marc Solvi, President of GRADEL Group

 

MESSAGE FROM MINISTRY OF ECONOMY OF LUXEMBOURG:

17:40 to 17:55

Speaker: Christian Tock, Deputy Head of Directorate

 

MESSAGE FROM THE COMMUNE OF KAERJENG:

17:55 to 18:05

Speaker: Michel Wolter, Mayor

 

OUR JOURNEY TO INDUSTRIALISE GRAM:

18:05 to 18:25

Speaker: Dr. Ing. David Macieira, Head of Lightweight

 

SUSTAINABLE LIGHTWEIGHT PAVILION, MADE FOR AND WITH MONTESSORI STUDENTS IN PENZBERG, GERMANY :

18:25 to 18:40

Speaker: Carl Hessler Montessori school Penzberg, student

 

GLOBAL SOLUTION FOR A FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEM THAT MATTERS:

18:40 to 19:00

Speaker: Claude Maack, CEO of GRADEL

 

DINNER AND TOUR:

19:00 to 23:00

REGISTRATION:

We are looking forward to meeting you at our premises to show you the technology we aim to set as a standard in Space, Aeronautics, Automotive, and more around the globe. Registration under https://www.gradellw.com/event

ACCOMMODATION IN LUXEMBOURG

OPEN DOORS FOR SCHOOLS 2023

Open doors for school event at Gradel, Luxembourg – register for the Open Day on May 5th, 2023, at its premises in Hautcharage. 

GRADEL INVITES TO THE  

OPEN DOORS FOR SCHOOLS EVENT 

To mark the Industrial Inauguration on May 4th and the 5th anniversary of the Luxembourg Space Agency (LSA), GRADEL Lightweight opens its doors to school groups (secondary and university) and invites to register for the Open Day on May 5th, 2023, at its premises in Hautcharage. 

This event is organized in collaboration with the Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), our research partner. School classes have thus the opportunity to participate not only in a guided tour of the GRADEL Lightweight complex, but also of the LIST facility. 

 

We offer:  

  • a 2-hour guided tour through the facilities of GRADEL Lightweight and LIST  

or 

  • a fascinating 2-hour WORKSHOP at GRADEL Lightweight 

Grasp the importance of sustainability and discover how GRADEL is contributing to shape a sustainable future!  

 

DATE: May 5th  

TIME: AVAILABLE TIME SLOTS FROM 08:30 TO 17:00 PM 

LOCATION: GRADEL LW / ZAE ROBERT STEICHEN / 5, RUE BOMMEL / L-4940 HAUTCHARAGE / LUXEMBOURG 

REGISTRATION:

As there are only a limited number of slots available for our workshop on sustainable lightweighting and manufacturing, we encourage you to register quickly at: e.wonner@gradel.lu 

TOWARDS BIOSOURCED ULTRA-LIGHT GREEN MATERIALS

GRADEL and LIST are joining forces to develop a biosourced resin to create lightweight composite materials that respect the environment.

Humanity faces one of its greatest challenges: Climate change and the protection of our planet for future generations. In this context, lightweight materials technology is an important piece of the puzzle, limiting the need for primary energy and natural resources in the face of growing demand from a growing population. This relates to a multi-billion-dollar global market for decades to come.

Light-weighting is good. Light-weighting by using durable materials is better. On Tuesday GRADEL and LIST signed, at the JEC World show in Paris, a new partnership financially supported by the National Research Fund as part of the BRIDGES programme. The goal is to reduce the overall carbon footprint of materials by using more environmentally friendly and reusable/recyclable materials such as renewable fibres like linen, mineral fibres like basalt or cellulosic fibres like rayon. The goal is also to work with bio-based resins that can be processed like a thermosetting resin and easily moulded, but also recycled as a thermoplastic. This is the exact definition of vitrimers for which LIST’s materials department has developed unique know-how and scientific expertise.

The idea of ​​the GREENSHAPEr project is to develop formulations of biobased vitrimers that can be used to produce 3D composite parts using the GRAM process developed by GRADEL, meaning that LIST and GRADEL join their respective forces. The project will be carried out from laboratory scale to a TRL 5 demonstrator.

The aim is to close the circular economy gap in existing composite manufacturing processes, and also to recycle fibres and resins at the end of the product’s life, therefore saving natural resources and primary energy associated with them.

A FIRST SUCCESS IN THE SPACE SECTOR

This is not the first attempt by the two partners. GRADEL has in fact developed a new innovative fibre displacement technology, marketed under the brand name xFK in 3D. An initial research and development project was carried out in collaboration with LIST under the supervision of ESA and with the support of the LSA (Luxembourg Space Agency). Thales Alenia Space, Airbus Defence & Space and OHB are associated customers.

The new industrialised Gradel Robotic Additive Manufacturing (GRAM) facility winds resin-impregnated fibres to build complex ultralight 3D structures, competitive with other technologies used in industry.

A new company, GRADEL LW Sàrl, was also founded in March 2022. An investment of several million euros has been launched to build innovative light structures for the space, aeronautics and mobility of lightweight components at the ZI Bommelscheuer in Bascharage. Not far from there, GRADEL and LIST also share a joint R&D laboratory at the LIST premises in Bascharage.

Luxembourg space resources week

Organized the 9th of September 2021 in Kasel (next to Trier in Germany) at the Pauliner Hof.
“Sustainable ultra-lightweight design – our responsibility after Corona”
Actors from Science and Industry e.g. Space, Automotive, Aeronautics, Ultralightweight gliders, Yacht manufacturing among others will present and debate about trends and opportunities around sustainable lightweight solutions.
Join us, registration form attached on the next page.

LUXEMBOURG SPACE RESOURCES WEEK, 3-5 may 2022

Come and meet GRADEL during the Space Resources Week 2022, organized in Luxembourg from 3-5 May. In this event, we will present what GRADEL’s robotic lightweight technology can bring into the space resources exploration journey.

VIDEOS OF THE EVENT

Lightweight Symposium

Organized the 9th of September 2021 in Kasel (next to Trier in Germany) at the Pauliner Hof.
“Sustainable ultra-lightweight design – our responsibility after Corona”
Actors from Science and Industry e.g. Space, Automotive, Aeronautics, Ultralightweight gliders, Yacht manufacturing among others will present and debate about trends and opportunities around sustainable lightweight solutions.
Join us, registration form attached on the next page.

LIGHTWEIGHT SYMPOSIUM, Organized the 9th of September 2021 in Kasel (next to Trier in Germany) at the Pauliner Hof.

Sustainable ultra-lightweight design – our responsibility after Corona

Actors from Science and Industry e.g. Space, Automotive, Aeronautics, Ultralightweight gliders, Yacht manufacturing among others will present and debate about trends and opportunities around sustainable lightweight solutions.

Market & Technology study

Market and Technology study

The Market Study has been presented officially at the occasion of the Lightweight Symposium, organized on 7th of February 2020 in Luxembourg.

The study has excellent feedback from experts.

Have a look to the preview.

After filling in the registration form you will receive an invoice.

A hardcopy will be sent to the registered address after receipt of payment.

Price: 149 €/unit

+ VAT (only Luxembourg)

+ Transport fee of 12 € (Europe)

Supported by :

Lightweight Symposium

Domain Les Thermes in room “Orangerie”. Presentation of the Study Results “Space 2020- […]

LIGHTWEIGHT SYMPOSIUM, Mondorf-les-Bains, 7th of February 2020

WINNING STRATEGIE IN INNOVATIVE LIGHTWEIGHT DESIGN

Domain Les Thermes in room “Orangerie”.

Presentation of the Study Results “Space 2020- Winning strategies in innovative ultra-lightweight design”.

What can we learn from Space Industry?

Cross industry experience exchange at highest level. A must for managers, business developers and decision makers.

Supported by LSA :

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Fotos of the event

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