Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Low Energy Washer Dryer through the Development of an Innovative Load Balancing & High Efficient Heat Recovery System. (LOWASH)

Framework: FP7 — Capacities
Programme: Research for the benefit of SMEs
Destination: Research for SMEs
Action type: Research for the benefit of specific groups
Countries involved: France,United Kingdom,United Kingdom,United Kingdom,Portugal,Italy,Türkiye
Call:  (FP7-SME-2012, 2012)
Start date: 2012-09-01
End date: 2014-08-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1510827.0
EU funding (EUR): 1143000.0
Participants: 7
Project status: CLOSED

Recent trends in European housing and demographics have had a significant effect on the European domestic appliances sector, in particular for laundry. A growth in single occupancy, an increase in multi-dwelling buildings (flats) and a fall in household floor space have all driven an increase in the purchase of combined washer-dryers, growing at 9% p.a. However, washer-dryers are inefficient, using as much as 50% more energy to wash and dry a load than separate systems. This is a concern both for energy consumption and cost for the user - estimated 15 million washer-dryers consume 18 TWh of electricity worth €300m and indirectly emit 10,000 tonnes of CO2 each year. As well as energy efficiency, washer-dryers also have practical limitations. Due to the small drum size of the machine compared to a dedicated tumble dryer, it is not possible to dry a full wash load in one go, adding to cost and significantly reducing convenience. LoWash will address these issues by creating a highly energy-efficient machine capable drying a complete wash load without user intervention. It will achieve this by combing an innovative hydraulic load balancing drum with a unique passive/active heat pump drying chain to create a washer-dryer capable of washing and drying a complete 7kg load without removing any of it from the machine. It will do this using <50% of the energy required by current washer dryers. Realising this vision would provide a €34m market opportunity to our consortium for washer-dryers. The technology can also be applied to standalone washing machines and tumble driers, which would more than double the market potential. In the process, LoWash will save 16 GWh of electricity over 5 years.

Keywords: washing,drying,energy reduction,environmental,heat pump,spin drying,white goods
Laser-assisted metal spinning for an efficient and flexible processing of nickel- and titanium-alloys (EASYFORM)

Framework: FP7 — Capacities
Programme: Research for the benefit of SMEs
Destination: Research for SMEs
Action type: Research for the benefit of specific groups
Countries involved: Germany,Austria,France,Denmark,Austria,Germany,Germany
Call:  (FP7-SME-2012, 2012)
Start date: 2012-12-01
End date: 2015-02-28
Duration (months): 27.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1051203.66
EU funding (EUR): 723586.02
Participants: 7
Project status: CLOSED

Due to their high CO2-emissions, the aeronautics industry intends to produce more efficient and environmentally friendly turbine engines using high-strength alloys. As a decisive part of the supply chain, the EU metal spinning industry is increasingly requested to form these challenging materials. To keep quality demands and to stay competitive against new manufacturers in BRIC and other countries, metal spinning companies, which are mostly SMEs, strive for developing new technologies for the production of improved turbine components. One opportunity to meet these challenges is applying laser assistance in order to increase process efficiency, as well as deformation-rate and/or -degree (+25%) while avoiding intermediate annealing steps and thus reducing overall production time and costs by 50%. Hence a consortium of 3 metal spinning SMEs, 2 outstanding RTD-performers with specialized knowledge in laser-assisted forming and materials characterization, and 1 machine tool maker from 4 EU countries will develop laser-assisted metal spinning for an efficient and flexible processing of challenging Ni- and Ti-alloys. EasyForm is built on 1) a design of an industrial applicable laser processing head which is capable of being integrated in conventional spinning machines, 2) machining strategies for laser-assisted metal spinning of aerospace components made of Ti- and Ni-alloys, and 3) a guideline for quality control of components manufactured by the new technology. Subsequently, project results are going to be verified by the manufacture of selected demonstration parts and to be benchmarked regarding technical and economic aspects against competitive technologies. Finally, staff of SMEs is qualified/trained by specific instruction material. Dedicated dissemination activities and IP management will ensure a successful implementation of results into industrial application. Due to retrofitting of own machinery SMEs expect an increased turnover of 15-25% and ROI within 2 yrs.

Keywords: forming of challenging materials,development of machining system,increase of process efficiency and process capability by laser-assistance,increase of poduct quality
COaxially Laser Assisted cold spray (COLA)

Framework: FP7 — Capacities
Programme: Research for the benefit of SMEs
Destination: Research for SMEs
Action type: Research for the benefit of specific groups
Countries involved: United Kingdom,Sweden,Finland,Germany,Germany,United Kingdom
Call:  (FP7-SME-2012, 2012)
Start date: 2012-12-01
End date: 2014-11-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1516454.87
EU funding (EUR): 1155000.0
Participants: 7
Project status: CLOSED

Aeroengine maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) is a critical industry for Europe. The EU has a 47% stake in this market worth €13 billion globally now, and rising to €21 billion by 2020. As airlines now lease engines, manufacturers and their suppliers are responsible for the engine, not only during production, but throughout service. Consequently, maximising utilisation, via cost effective, high quality, high performance repair, is already recognised as crucial, both from a point of view of economics and thus competitiveness, as well as passenger safety. The COLA project will commercialise a new, cost-effective laser-assisted cold-spray technique, for high-quality repair, with key benefits for aerospace MRO over competing processes of welding, thermal spray, laser-DMD and cold spray of: - Improved deposit qualities, of finer microstructural scale with lower porosity content, free of oxidation and cracking, and with lower levels of residual tensile stress. - Higher performance deposits, eg with higher strength and hardness, and reduced corrosion resistance. - Improved cost effectiveness in operation, with reduced running costs and higher rates of deposition. The COLA project will deliver: - An omni-directional, novel spray head - With a ring array of compact diode lasers - Of user-switchable elements providing tailored beam shapes for substrate heating - Coaxially arranged around bespoke, process-optimised, interchangeable powder/gas delivery nozzles - Incorporating on-line QA/process monitoring hardware, connected to copyright control software. This versatile equipment will also find future possible applications in: - Thermal barrier coatings for aeroengine and power generation turbines. - Functional plastics and composites, eg with conducting metallic tracks. - New wear resistant coatings for automotive and powergen applications. - Corrosion resistant coatings, eg titanium. - Ceramic-based coatings for heat, oxidation or wear resistance, and electrical insula

Keywords: laser,cold,spray,cgds,coaxial,assist,coating,repair
Stevia rebaudiana as a diversification alternative for European Tobacco Farmers to strengthen the European Competitiveness (GO4STEVIA)

Framework: FP7 — Capacities
Programme: Research for the benefit of SMEs
Destination: Research for SME associations
Action type: Research for the benefit of specific groups
Countries involved: Germany,Poland,Italy,Greece,Spain,Portugal
Call:  (FP7-SME-2012, 2012)
Start date: 2013-02-01
End date: 2017-01-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2998344.99
EU funding (EUR): 2347999.99
Participants: 13
Project status: CLOSED

The CAP reform for the tobacco sector (EG Nr. 864/2004) has the aim to phase out the subsidy payment for tobacco cultivation on Dec 31, 2013. This will have a great impact on the tobacco growers in terms of income and employment. Without a diversification alternative with a high added value most of European Tobacco farms must close. The DIVTOB and the CoAlTa-Project on diversification of Tobacco farms identified Stevia rebaudiana as one of the most promising economic opportunities for the traditional small Tobacco family farms (2-10 ha total farm area) in Greece, Italy, Portugal and Spain. Therefore the Go4Stevia proposal has the strategic objective to solve a problem of livelihood for EU tobacco farmers integrated in SME Associations from four EU Member States. The scientific and technical objective of the Go4Stevia project is to develop a new and innovative economic opportunity for European Tobacco farmers. This shall be achieved by a consortium from 13 partners of 6 EU Member States composed by 5 SME Associations from 4 member states as beneficiaries, 3 RTD-performers with complementary expertise and 5 other participants as end-users. The Go4Stevia project aims to beam the EU in the future international trade sector of Stevia rebaudiana and Stevia products in a strong competitive position by the development of a Novel Food as an innovative food ingredient on the basis of Stevia rebaudiana (WP2-WP4). The development of an integrated weed control system adapted to the environmental conditions of the SME Associations for Stevia crop final implementation in the EU (WP5). Dissemination activities are directed to European Food Industry and towards the SME beneficiaries by IPR protection and the preparation of the novel food application (WP6). Training (WP7) shall ensure that the SME beneficiaries will absorb all developed foreground IPR.

Keywords: rural development,diversification,tobacco reform,reconversion of tobaco farms for a new livelihood
Natural Compounds to enhance Productivity, Quality and Health in Intensive Farming Systems. (THRIVE-RITE)

Framework: FP7 — Capacities
Programme: Research for the benefit of SMEs
Destination: Research for SMEs
Action type: Research for the benefit of specific groups
Countries involved: Ireland,Ireland,Poland,United Kingdom,Ireland,Malta
Call:  (FP7-SME-2012, 2012)
Start date: 2012-08-01
End date: 2014-09-30
Duration (months): 26.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1688104.0
EU funding (EUR): 1295999.1
Participants: 7
Project status: CLOSED

Pig and poultry farming are amongst the most important agricultural activities in the EU, and significant performance gains were previously achieved through the use of in-feed antibiotics. The THRIVE-RITE project aims to provide a strong competitive advantage in these sectors by maximising the performance using natural feed additives as alternatives to the use of in-feed growth promoting antibiotics, which were recently banned in agriculture. Therefore, as antibiotic growth-promoting effects are no longer available to the industry, there is an urgent need to find innovative and long term solutions to maximising the growth performance and efficiency within the pig and poultry sectors to ensure the benefits of safe, wholesome and a sustainable supply of quality food products to the end user can be achieved. The THRIVE-RITE project will address these issues by undertaking a comprehensive programme of nutrition research to inform the industry of the benefits of functional foods derived from natural sources as additives to animal feed. Natural feed additives produced by a consortia of SME’s will be assessed by research partners to determine (1) their impact on infectious agents that cause major production losses in the pig and poultry industries, (2) to enhance the safety of meat products by reducing the presence of three of the major bacterial infections associated with human food-borne illness (Salmonella, Campylobacter and E. coli species) and (3) antioxidant value to pig and poultry meat for improving its quality and shelf life. The project will be of benefit to and impact on primary livestock producers, animal health and welfare, SME’s and provide a higher quality product to the end consumer. THRIVE-RITE provides a clear potential for alternatives to in-feed antibiotics and the program is designed to ensure that the information is disseminated to provide effective tools and long-term solutions to the industry for livestock health and production management.

Keywords: chickens,pigs,poultry,animal health,animal nutrition,prebiotics,natural feed compunds,bioactives,alternatives,immunity,microbiology,performance,average daily gain,feed conversion ratio
Development of Quantitative Radiographic Tomography technology for the in-situ Inspection of welded austenitic safety critical pipework in the nuclear power generation and petrochemical industries (TOMOWELD)

Framework: FP7 — Capacities
Programme: Research for the benefit of SMEs
Destination: Research for SMEs
Action type: Research for the benefit of specific groups
Countries involved: United Kingdom,Germany,Germany,Finland,United Kingdom,Bulgaria,Denmark
Call:  (FP7-SME-2012, 2012)
Start date: 2013-01-01
End date: 2015-04-30
Duration (months): 28.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1412376.66
EU funding (EUR): 1084000.0
Participants: 7
Project status: CLOSED

Austenitic stainless steel is often used in the construction of critical pipework in nuclear power plant and petrochemical plant due to its resistance to corrosion and its high fracture resistance. Pipelines are usually constructed by joining sections of pipe together, using welding. These welds can host many types of defects that may go undetected if not inspected and in-service and under stress these defects can grow and lead to mechanical failure through mechanisms such as fatigue. Currently inspecting austenitic welds using ultrasonic techniques is difficult due to the materials inhomogeneity and anisotropy that causes the beam to scatter at grain boundaries. Conventional Film Radiography is the current technique used for inspecting these materials as the grain structure does not significantly affect the radiographic results. Film radiography is limited due to its long exposure times and the information available from the inspection results because the output provides a 2D image of a 3D object. This causes the superimposition of internal features (reducing the contrast sensitivity) and the inability to position the depth of defects in the direction of the X-ray beam. The TomoWELD project proposes to develop a robust mobile X-ray tomographic system for the accurate inspection of austenitic steel welds at the sensitivity levels required in the nuclear industry. The application of X-ray Computed Tomography will overcome the limitations of current inspection techniques by providing 3D information of the internal structure allowing detailed cross sectional analysis and dimensional measurements to be obtained. The design and manufacture of this system requires further development of existing X-ray tomography techniques and algorithms, hardware (mobile X-ray source and digital detector arrays) and robust field manipulators for easy onsite operation.

Keywords: computerised digital radiographic tomography using solid state digital detector arrays
3D-IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM FOR HELPING PHYSICIANS IN THE DIAGNOSIS AND MONITORING OF SCOLIOSIS (SCOLIO-SEE)

Framework: FP7 — Capacities
Programme: Research for the benefit of SMEs
Destination: Research for SMEs
Action type: Research for the benefit of specific groups
Countries involved: Spain,Germany,Czechia,Poland,Greece,Cyprus,Italy
Call:  (FP7-SME-2012, 2012)
Start date: 2012-10-01
End date: 2015-07-31
Duration (months): 34.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1439256.97
EU funding (EUR): 1108755.89
Participants: 8
Project status: CLOSED

Scoliosis is a three-dimensional (3D) deformity of the human spinal column and ribcage, caused by lateral curvature deviating from the midline and provoking acute pain, stomach and respiratory problems. This internal deformity is reflected in the external shape of the back; treatment aims at improving the health and the aesthetics of the patients. From the health point of view, the golden standard for diagnosing and monitoring scoliosis is the Cobb angle which refers to the internal curvature of the spine (by means of radiographs); from the external or aesthetic point of view there are a well-known variety of measurements and surface indices that quantify the severity of scoliosis. Many studies show that it is not possible to predict the Cobb angle by means of previous X-rays, nor to infer a concrete value of the Cobb angle by means only of surface indices, because radiograph and surface topography measurements are not redundant, but complementary. Nevertheless, although it is not possible to eliminate X-ray radiographs, their number can be reduced to a large extent by an adequate combination of surface and radiographic measurements; different studies show that the reduction in the number of radiographs is very important because patients with scoliosis have higher risk of cancer due to repeated radiation exposure. SCOLIO-SEE is a software and hardware system that, for the first time, will combine the data obtained by both radiographic and surface topography techniques; this matching between internal and external deformation will permit monitoring spine curvature evolution after treatment by analyzing only surface changes, reducing the number of radiographs needed to a level that it is not harmful for the patients. Additionally, a software module will be developed to compare the 3D images taken for each individual patient in two successive visits, to show the 3D-changes occurred in the whole back surface occurred in this time interval.

Keywords: diagnosis,monitoring,scoliosis,spine,cobb angle,surface indices,aesthetics,surface back,data fusion,biomechanical visual model,registering,3d image processing
Advanced Low Friction Engine Coating (ADEC)

Framework: FP7 — Capacities
Programme: Research for the benefit of SMEs
Destination: Research for SMEs
Action type: Research for the benefit of specific groups
Countries involved: Denmark,Sweden,Denmark,Denmark,Finland,Sweden
Call:  (FP7-SME-2012, 2012)
Start date: 2013-01-01
End date: 2014-12-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1671505.0
EU funding (EUR): 1197000.0
Participants: 6
Project status: CLOSED

The consortium behind this project – a group of European SMEs, surface coating technology providers and engine manufacturers – aims at developing a new innovative type of super lubrication wear-resistant surface coating for internal walls within internal combustion engines. The coating will reduce friction and provide better tolerances between cylinder and piston, decrease the wear of the components, increase the fuel efficiency, increase the engine power as well as increase the overall engine lifetime, reduce the CO2 emissions and even reduce the overall pollution of e.g. soot particles and formation of NOx. A new coating embedded with nano-diamond will be developed and tested. The AdEC project will initially target primarily the small engine market with 2-stroke and 4-stroke engines, it is foreseen that there will be a significantly larger market in connection with conventional car engines after successful implementation in small engines. The implementation of AdEC will therefore open up a significant market potential for the SME consortium, targeting an initial potential market of € 650 million.

Keywords: low friction engine coating,nanotechnology,engineering,plating,electroplating,electrolytic,electroless,diamond like coatings (dlc),physical vapor deposition (pvd),nano diamonds
Development of a Rapid Test Kit and supporting Reference Standards Capable of Detecting the Emerging Fish toxin Ciguatoxin in European and Global Waters (CIGUATOOLS)

Framework: FP7 — Capacities
Programme: Research for the benefit of SMEs
Destination: Research for SMEs
Action type: Research for the benefit of specific groups
Countries involved: Spain,Spain,United Kingdom,United Kingdom,Netherlands,Spain
Call:  (FP7-SME-2012, 2012)
Start date: 2012-11-01
End date: 2015-01-31
Duration (months): 27.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1455187.0
EU funding (EUR): 1092000.0
Participants: 6
Project status: CLOSED

This proposal, CiguaTools has been developed to deal with a serious emerging problem thought by many to be caused by climate change. Put in basic terms, strains of harmful marine algae which produce deadly toxins and were only associated with tropical climates are emerging in European waters. Due to the complexity of the food chain these toxins accumulate in fish. While the fish themselves show no obvious signs of contamination eating such fish can have very serious health implications. Ciguatera fish poisoning (CFP) is a major economic and social problem worldwide, with up to 500,000 people being poisoned each year. The associated illness caused by this can last for many months. The causative toxins are known as ciguatoxins (CTX). A consortium comprising experts in marine toxins, rapid screening test development and a group of SMEs specialising in producing vital reference standards, test kits and validating both to international standards has been formed to deliver the following objectives: The identification of the CTX toxin profiles present in EU waters which will lead to the production of vital reference standards. The production of a fast and simple method for high throughput analysis for CTX toxin presence in fish destined for consumption.

Keywords: ctx cigua toxin rapid test kit chemical standard antibodies conjugates