CORDIS · 790823 · H2020

TOPpipes Technology for Onsite 3D Printing Production of Lengthy Large Diameter Polyethylene Pipes with Cellular Walls

Coordinator: PRYVATNE PIDPRYIEMSTVO DOMINION (UA)

Leaks in large diameter pipes is one of the most important problems in the water supply chain, since they account for more than 50% of total water loss that amounts to 6.58 billion EUR annually. The OECD estimates the investments into water infrastructure to be around 2.5 trillion EUR for 2010-2030 or 124 billion EUR per year; the replacement of water supply and sanitation systems in the USA alone is estimated to account to 2.05 – 3.23 trillion EUR in the next two decades. It suggests a large market for TOPpipes as a novel solution for water supply and water sewerage infrastructure.TOPpipes (…

Co-funding: the European Union contributes €50k toward a total project budget of €71k — a funding rate of 70%, with the remainder covered by the consortium partners. The project runs over approximately 0.5 years from 2017-11-01 to 2018-04-30.