Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Innovative and sustainable systems combining automatic milking and precision grazing (AUTOGRASSMILK)

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: Ireland,Netherlands,Denmark,France,Sweden,Belgium,Ireland,Ireland,Netherlands,Belgium,Ireland,Denmark,Sweden
Call:  (FP7-SME-2012, 2012)
Start date: 2013-01-01
End date: 2015-12-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3185489.11
EU funding (EUR): 2273546.0
Participants: 17
Project status: CLOSED

AUTOGRASSMILK is a unique cooperation of SME associations representing close to 100,000 SME’s in Ireland, Denmark, The Netherlands, France, Belgium, and Sweden and the core agricultural RTD’s of these countries. AUTOGRASSMILK will analyze, develop, experiment and disseminate concepts for integrating grazing and automatic milking (AM) for dairy farms. By using a network of RTD’s, advisory connected to SME-AGs, 20 monitor farms spread over Europe and two partner farms the concepts will be solidly documented and demonstrated. Dairy farming in Europe is a very important agricultural sector, employing over 600,000 professional farm managers (not including their staff), and more than 400,000 in the processing industry. Dairy farming in Europe has adopted AM at an accelerating rate for reasons such as improvement in lifestyle, less physical work, attracting skilled labour and for increased profitability based on higher milk production and lower labour costs. With AM, the cow is milked individually at her own free will, which is an entirely new way of dairy farming. Up to now, indoor feeding systems have been well adapted to AM, however grazing has not. Traditional pasture research does not provide the answers when AM is combined with grazing. Grazing has many advantages for economy, environment, animal welfare and product quality. With the increased focus on sustainability in society, these are very important, and crucially, grass is a low-cost high quality feed if it is managed well. To ensure a wide application among all types of farms, the six partners represent the whole range from extensive family size AM farms to intensive large dairy herds with the latest AM technology. AUTOGRASSMILK has the potential to increase the competitiveness of dairy farming in Europe by developing feeding strategies for dairy cows incorporating grazed grass with AM for various production systems.

Keywords: automatic milking and cow grazing
Wearable Wireless Kit for Detection and Monitoring of Ischemic Conditions (HEARTWEAR)

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: Bulgaria,Estonia,Austria,Norway,United Kingdom,United Kingdom
Call:  (FP7-SME-2012, 2012)
Start date: 2013-01-01
End date: 2014-12-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1587512.08
EU funding (EUR): 1244000.0
Participants: 7
Project status: CLOSED

Ischemic Heart Disease (IHD) and its direct consequences is the number one cause of death in high income and middle income countries such as EU countries and the number four cause of death in low income countries; in 2008, IHD caused 7.25Mn deaths globally and a little over 1Mn in the European Region. In addition, IHD is the second leading cause of burden of disease (as measured in Disability-Adjusted Life Years or DALYs, or years of lost healthy life) in the high and middle income countries and number nine in low income countries; in the European Region, IHD is the number one cause of disease burden. Between 70% to 90% of the episodes of IHD that can be detected with ECG are clinically silent, with patients unable to report symptoms like chest pain or discomfort. Currently, if an out-patient is suspected to have IHD, he or she is referred to the “stress test” Stress test is relatively expensive in Europe (€3,000 – 4,000 per procedure), requires qualified medical assistance during preparation, testing and result interpretation and has a long waiting period (3 to 6 months). Critical in-patients are normally monitored with the continuous 12 lead ECG for 24-48 hours in the hospital in an even more expensive procedure. We propose to develop a novel wireless product for preventive screening and monitoring of IHD that is able to monitor patient’s ECG during daily activities over a 24 to 48 hour period with quality of the SoA 12 lead ECG unit as a new type of ambulatory ECG that would cost less than 20% of the stress test. Innovative approaches are to include a truly wireless solution for patient convenience, patient positional information, information of breathing activity and tissue oxygenation as the need for automatic adjustment of continuous ECG signal for patient’s orientation during the cardiac cycle and adjustment for types of physical activity and irregular heartbeats have become the requirement by the medical community.

Keywords: wireless sensor,wireless ecg,ischemic heart disease,ihd,ihd screening,telemetry
Ultra-lightweight structures with integrated photovoltaic solar cells: design, analysis, testing and application to an emergency shelter prototype (ULITES)

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,Italy,Germany,Germany
Call:  (FP7-SME-2012, 2012)
Start date: 2013-01-07
End date: 2015-01-06
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1386650.4
EU funding (EUR): 1045000.0
Participants: 7
Project status: CLOSED

The introduction of new technologies in the fabrication of light-weight high-performance materials for civil-engineering applications opens many new possibilities for the design of extremely lightweight structures. In particular, the inclusion of photo-voltaic cells together with the use of carbon-fiber cables will allow new design concepts combining an extreme lightness with an excellent structural performance while preserving the sustanability. Even if the new technology constitutes a potential breakthrough, in order to allow a successful impact on the market the properties of the novel materials need to be investigaded in detail so to understand their behaviour with respect to fatigue, aging, or other long-term effects. The wide adoption of such new solutions, will on the other hand imply the definition of an improved computer-based design approach. New tools will be needed to allow modeling to structural behaviour of ultra-lightweight structures and to realize them in conceptual designs.

Keywords: numerical wind tunnel,ultra-lightweight structures,structural membranes,carbon fiber cables
Sensing peri-implant disease (STEP)

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: Czechia,Germany,Germany,Switzerland,Germany,Italy
Call:  (FP7-SME-2012, 2012)
Start date: 2012-10-01
End date: 2014-09-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1482661.6
EU funding (EUR): 1019112.0
Participants: 7
Project status: CLOSED

Peri-implant disease is a true threat in today’s advancement of implant reliability and performance. The diagnostic approach followed in this grant is for early recognition of peri-implant diseases. Our System is sensing Matrix metalloproteinase 8 (MMP-8) regulation indicative for connective tissue degradation as present at the borderline of gingivitis/mucositis and periodontitis/peri-implantitis. We detect risk factors at the earliest possible moment directly facing today’s challenge in dental implantation successes: The delayed recognition of peri-implant complications which are typically recognized only once clinical signs appear - a stage at which the disease course may be irreversible and lasting complications may prevail at the site of the implant zone. Consequently, the proposed system is designed to allow on-demand, self monitoring with the subject / patient providing surveillance of the peri-implant disease status. It is this patient-supported surveillance which upon report by the patient will allow the dentist to diagnose at an early disease state, potentially allowing relatively easy treatment modalities and as compared to the harsher approaches typically required at later stages. The 'monitoring device' for the proposed system is the human tongue. The diagnostic approach is deploying a protease / MMP-8 sensitive peptide sequence, coupled to a flavoring substance. This platform is (i) either coupled to the superior (cranial) aspect of a dental implant or (ii) to spheres, which in return are formulated into a chewing gum. In response to elevated MMP-8 levels as an early signs of peri-implant disease (MMP-8 is highly predictive for peri-implant diseases) the flavoring substance is released and sensed by the patient's gustatory system. It is this self-monitoring which we believe renders the system truly disruptive and radically opens novel opportunities for early diagnosis and treatment modalities of peri-implant disease.

Keywords: dental,peri-implant disease,self-monitoring,mmp-8 sensing
Application of the innovative data fusion based non-invasive approach for management of the diabetes mellitus (SKINDETECTOR)

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,Lithuania,Germany,Lithuania,Ireland,Greece,Spain,Finland
Call:  (FP7-SME-2012, 2012)
Start date: 2012-11-01
End date: 2014-10-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1447826.02
EU funding (EUR): 1121999.75
Participants: 10
Project status: CLOSED

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a heterogeneous group of disorders characterized by a high serum glucose level and by disturbances of carbohydrate and lipid metabolism. Diabetics had a greater prevalence of skin manifestations in type 2 than type 1, and as the duration of the DM increased, the likelihood of developing skin manifestations also increased. Early referral to the dermatologist may help to detect complications of the skin in diabetes at an early stage and may prevent disability caused by these complications. The aim of the project is to develop a more accurate early-stage detection, diagnosis and monitoring that will reduce the microvascular and macrovascular complications of diabetes mellitus. The created system using appropriate information and communication technologies would provide more convenient intercommunication among physicians, by performing consultations, information and knowledge exchange. Therefore, the time between the right diagnosis and effective treatment will be minimized and the probability of negative consequences to the patient‘s health (limb amputations, or even death) will be avoided. The novel “smart” diagnostic technique and portable equipment which will be developed in the project is indented to be used by offices of general practitioners and local primary care clinics. Also, the low weight and mobile equipment will be suitable to be used for patient homecare as well. The capabilities of the modern telemedicine will give the possibilities to use the outcome of the project especially in rural or underserved areas performing tele-consultations with tertiary level specialist physicians. As a result of this project, scientific knowledge and competency of SME‘s will be elevated, knowledge exchange process will be developed and possibilities for new market development will appear. It will encourage the efforts of leading SME’s from the field of medical service and R&D towards the research and innovation.

Keywords: thermography,ultrasound,optical,software,processing,algorithms
SELECTIVE AND SUSTAINABLE EXPLOITATION OF ORNAMENTAL STONES BASED ON DEMAND (SUSTAMINING)

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: United Kingdom,Germany,Belgium,Spain,Spain,Türkiye,Italy,Spain,Switzerland
Call:  (FP7-SME-2012, 2012)
Start date: 2013-01-01
End date: 2015-12-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2561842.99
EU funding (EUR): 1559000.0
Participants: 11
Project status: CLOSED

SUSTAMINING project marks the start of a series of development activities aiming to realise the concept of an invisible, zero-impact mine. The natural stone extractive sector, still seen as being old-fashioned and highly environment polluting, will join forces to revise this image showing that natural stone extraction can be approached with a cutting edge methodology with low impact underground and zero impact above ground. Faced with this problem this project aims to develop technological support for the sector covering both research centers with expertise in natural stone, business associations and SMEs. The partial objectives that arise are: 1) Development of a new methodology for selective exploitation according to demand, taking into account the quality requirements of the product on site. 2) Application of this methodology in the design and exploitation of new quarries, transforming the raw material and quality control by using non-destructive geophysical methods. 3) Definition of the methodology in order to reduce waste production and minimize sterilization of reserves. 4) Development of geostatistics methods for estimation of natural stone reserves.

Keywords: ground penetrating radar,reflection and passive seismic,electric tomography,geographic information system,geostatistic
Biogas Reforming and Valorisation Through PEM Fuel Cells (BIOGAS2PEM-FC)

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: Sweden,Greece,Spain,Spain,Sweden,United Kingdom
Call:  (FP7-SME-2012, 2012)
Start date: 2012-11-01
End date: 2014-10-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1495040.2
EU funding (EUR): 1135999.75
Participants: 8
Project status: CLOSED

Biogas2PEM-FC is an industrial research project that aims to develop, according to participating SMEs needs, the technologies that compose a novel and integrated solution for biogas valorisation through proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEM). Such a solution will provide a modular, reliable, cost-effective and efficient combined heat & power (CHP) system suitable for a distributed, on-site power generation from agricultural wastes. The project objectives are: -Research for the increase of biogas production yield, using physic-chemical and biological pre-treatment technologies at laboratory scale for enhancing anaerobic digestion effectiveness. After optimization of pre-treatment technologies, different inoculates and co-substrates will be investigated and used in laboratory experiments for maximization of biogas production: high methane and hydrogen content with minimum CO2 and CO production ratio. -Development and optimization of current biogas reforming technologies: new catalysts for an efficient conversion of biogas to hydrogen. -Research for the integration of PEM technologies using hydrogen produced from biogas. -Construction and field tests of a pilot plant located in a selected olive oil mill exploitation. -Techno-economic and environmental evaluation of power generation using integrated Biogas2PEM-FC technology. -Dissemination of Biogas2PEM-FC project results for the feasibility demonstration of low cost biogas reforming and power generation.

Keywords: biogas,olive mill waste,reforming,fuel cell,system integration,pem-fc,system control,agricultural wastes valorization,small-scale facilities
Ultrasonic Synthetic Aperture Focusing Technique for Inspection of Railway Crossings (Frogs) (SAFTINSPECT)

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,Spain,Sweden,Sweden,United Kingdom,United Kingdom
Call:  (FP7-SME-2012, 2012)
Start date: 2012-11-01
End date: 2014-12-31
Duration (months): 26.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1397294.53
EU funding (EUR): 1092000.0
Participants: 8
Project status: CLOSED

The European rail infrastructure employs high manganese, high strength steel components at safety critical locations such as crossings. Restricted access to these assets limits the range of NDT techniques available for in-service inspection to those capable of inspection from the top surface. Conventional ultrasonic inspection of high manganese steel is ineffective due to the inherent coarse grain structure and the highly anisotropic and non-homogeneous material properties; low material penetration, high scattering and beam divergence contribute to low signal-to-noise ratio of reflected signals. Conventional dual phased array techniques (with transmitter/receiver pair) have been applied in conjunction with processing features such as spatial averaging and dynamic depth focussing. However, this approach is highly inefficient and therefore inappropriate for practical deployment. The SAFTInspector proposal will enable efficient in-service inspection of manganese rail assets by applying Phased Array UT full matrix capture in combination with a novel post processing technique called Synthetic Aperture Focusing Technique (SAFT). This technique increases the available angular range of inspection by synthesising a large aperture transducer; therefore spatially averaging noise contributions from grain structure, allowing an increase in Signal-to-Noise ratio (SNR) and increasing the potential signal response from a defect. The aim is to design a novel array transducer working in a full matrix capture (FMC) mode. This novel design will enable efficient acquisition of data for SAFT processing. SAFT post processing will generate 2D and 3D reconstructions of the ultrasonic volumetric image to produce a simple pass or fail indication for the user. This will dramatically reduce the time required at the asset and effectively remove the need for additional interpretation by highly skilled operators.

Keywords: full matrix capture (fmc),ultrasonic volumetric image,ndt,phased array ultrasonic testing,synthetic aperture focusing technique
Development of an Innovative Digital Concrete Screen for outdoor digital signage applications (DIGISTONE)

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,Denmark,Denmark,Portugal,United Kingdom
Call:  (FP7-SME-2012, 2012)
Start date: 2012-11-01
End date: 2015-02-28
Duration (months): 28.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1240800.0
EU funding (EUR): 909000.0
Participants: 7
Project status: CLOSED

The DIGISTONE consortium, a group of European SME in the electronics and construction material sector, aims to address a major market opportunity in the supply of large, concrete multimedia displays primarily for outdoor digital signage and commercial applications. The consortium wants to develop an innovative, intelligent building material in the format of a concrete media façade/display – a Digital Concrete Screen System. The concept is based on carefully positioned fibre optics, embedded into the concrete which allows a live image or natural daylight to be transmitted through the material appearing directly on the concrete surface. The ability to reproduce multimedia content directly onto large building or free standing walls has some obvious benefits when viewed against outdoor media and advertising market alternatives, most notably offering complete vandalism and weather proof digital signage and lighting - but it also enables entirely novel applications with a range of unique selling points to a very large group of potential end-users. In addition to market and economic benefits for the SMEs, the technology has the potential to benefit urban heritage and preservation as well as the environmental footprint of the street furniture industry due to drastically reduced maintenance and service requirements. The SME consortium has the capabilities to produce and market the new product, but lacks the financial resources as well as the expertise in photonics, building materials and electronics to enable the required technological development. Therefore, the group has identified the Research for SMEs programme as the suitable vehicle for overcoming the technological and financial barriers associated with the achievement of the objective.

Keywords: light guiding polymers,concrete and material science,optical guides,led.
Demonstration of innovative, lightweight, 100% recyclable PET prototype formulations and process tooling for low carbon footprint packaging to replace current industry standard virgin plastics (ECOPET)

Framework: FP7 — Capacities
Programme: Research for the benefit of SMEs
Destination: Demonstration Activity
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Ireland,Netherlands,United Kingdom,United Kingdom,Germany
Call:  (FP7-SME-2012, 2012)
Start date: 2012-09-01
End date: 2014-08-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1776103.0
EU funding (EUR): 1054619.0
Participants: 5
Project status: CLOSED

The European food packaging sector has a turnover of €6 Billion per year with the production of 200 Billion polymer trays, the vast majority of which are manufactured from virgin non-recyclable plastics such as polypropylene (PP). The plastics packaging thermoforming sector in Europe consists of over 1200 companies employing approx. 150,000 people. In excess of 70% of these jobs thermoforming companies are SMEs. This sector faces very significant competitiveness and environmental sustainability issues, which this project will address. The overall objective of the project is to make Europe the leader in low carbon footprint, high-recycled content and long shelf life polymer packaging. Specifically the ECOPET project will demonstrate the innovative recycled Polyethylene terephthalate (rPET) technology developed in the RPET-FC FP7 project, which will significantly reduce the weight and carbon footprint of packaging. In conjunction with this lightweight material a high barrier polyester will be applied enabling full recyclability of the packaging. In order to further extend shelf life the performance of a natural antioxidant/anti-microbial sub-micron thick coating will be evaluated. The developed technology will replace the use of virgin polypropylene (PP), which is the current market leader in food packaging. The specific project objectives are to demonstrate:

Keywords: food,packaging,rpet,recyling,plastics,gas barrier,sealing,thermofoming,tooling,prototype demonstration,carbon footprint,process efficiency