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A multi-technological approach for Dematerialising the production systems within a view of productive, reliable and eco-efficient machining processes (DEMAT)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies - NMP
Destination: New production
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Spain,Belgium,Belgium,Italy,France,Belgium,Switzerland,Germany,United Kingdom,Germany,Spain
Call:  (FP7-NMP-2009-SME-3, 2009)
Start date: 2010-07-01
End date: 2013-12-31
Duration (months): 42.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4700197.53
EU funding (EUR): 3499984.0
Participants: 16
Project status: CLOSED

The aim of this project is to dematerialise the machine tools and manufacturing systems that are designed and produced in Europe. Today, European machine builders, the vast majority of them SMEs, sell high performance and productive, but heavy, long-delivery-time and high-energy-consuming machines. The DEMAT project will provide these European companies with knowledge-based technologies and tools to transform them into providers of holistic manufacturing solutions where the machine tools will consist of ultra-light, adaptive and 100% recyclable skeletal structures with which the material content of machines will be reduced over 70% while fulfilling demands of machining precision and productivity. These dematerialised machines will be integrated with immaterial goods and services such as innovative win-win business models and human-capital based services. This holistic dematerialisation approach will thus break the link between production results and the material structure of machines, what will reduce the total-life-cycle impacts and costs of machines in a radical manner: - Total life-cycle impacts of machine tools will be reduced over 50% - Total life-cycle impacts of machine tools will be reduced over 20% In addition, machine design and build lead-time to markets will be reduced over 60%, passing from current 8 months for a catalogue machine and up to 24 months for customised manufacturing systems to below 3 months for catalogue machines and below 9 months for customised manufacturing systems. These breakthrough results will lead to increasing the agility of European producing companies, will tighten the networking among SMEs and will support transforming European machine tool industry into a knowledge-based, competitive, sustainable and value-adding sector. Moreover, this dematerialisation approach will allow saving 1.5 million tons of steel and 2.5 million tons of CO2 emission per year associated to the European annual production of machine tools.

Keywords: innovative business models,life-cycle services,product-service systems,eco-efficiency,active robustness
Boosting raw material and energy efficiency using advanced sheet structure design and fibre modifications (BOOSTEFF)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies - NMP
Destination: Integration
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Sweden,France,Germany,Spain,Sweden,France,France,France,United Kingdom,Austria,Finland,France,Spain,Sweden
Call:  (FP7-NMP-2009-LARGE-3, 2009)
Start date: 2010-06-01
End date: 2013-05-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 11998732.0
EU funding (EUR): 7195757.0
Participants: 14
Project status: CLOSED

BoostEff aims at developing new innovative manufacturing concepts for wood-fibre based products giving a significant reduction in environmental footprint. The targeted products are important commodities for the European society: paper and construction board. In spite of the different end uses, the paper making and construction board sectors share wood fibres as a common raw material and convert them into planar structures in which all materials are mixed with limited optimization of their performance. The common features of the three BoostEff Concepts is that they result in tailor-made layered structures: wood-fibres and other materials will be placed in the optimal position for the required functionality. This is achieved by developing and demonstrating separation and layering processes in connection with selective modification of sub-streams of the raw materials. The large potential of these process concepts within papermaking was shown in the FP6-project Ecotarget, where technologies were developed to perform these processes. BoostEff will transfer these techniques into a demonstration and industrial implementation phase in a multi-sectorial context. The BoostEff Concepts will be developed at pilot scale and implemented in full scale in three production units of the industrial partners in the project. Process and product development will proceed in parallel. This includes work for preparing the data necessary in order to proceed into investment projects at the targeted production units at the end of BoostEff. These results will be applicable not only for the specific production units but also serve as a basis for investments elsewhere within the two targeted industrial sectors. It is envisioned that the BoostEff project will contribute to developing more cost efficient and eco efficient processes and technologies, which will result in an upgraded profile for the targeted commodity products.

Keywords: papermaking,stratified forming,eco-efficient paper,energy,recycling,construction board
Interfacing Oxides (IFOX)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies - NMP
Destination: Materials
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Netherlands,Switzerland,Netherlands,Germany,United Kingdom,Italy,Belgium,Italy,Germany,Germany,Ireland,Germany,Germany,Romania,Italy
Call:  (FP7-NMP-2009-LARGE-3, 2009)
Start date: 2010-12-01
End date: 2015-11-30
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 15768383.5
EU funding (EUR): 11302718.0
Participants: 18
Project status: CLOSED

The goal of IFOX is to explore, create and control novel electronic and magnetic functionalities, with focus on interfaces, in complex transition metal oxide heterostructures to develop the material platform for novel ‘More than Moore’ (MtM) and ‘beyond CMOS’ electronics, VLSI integratable with performance and functionality far beyond the state-of-the-art. To this end it will: -Establish a theoretical basis to identify the most promising materials/heterostructures and to understand the new functionalities relevant for electronic applications -Grow oxide films on commercial substrates with a quality comparable to state-of-the-art semiconductor growth -Establish their patterning and processing conditions within the boundary conditions of current fabrication technologies -Characterize their structural, electronic and magnetic properties to deliver concepts for novel charge and/or spin based devices in the areas of memories, logic and sensor applications. Investigations include ferroelectric and ferromagnetic oxides as well as artificial multiferroic heterostructures (deposited on large area silicon substrates) with as final deliverable concepts for multifunctional magneto-electronics devices controlled by electric and magnetic fields and ultimately by ultra short light pulses. The consortium of world leaders in the areas of theory, oxide deposition, lithography, device fabrication, and various characterization techniques will allow full control of all interface properties dominating the physical behaviour of oxide nano- and heterostructures. The goals of IFOX are driven by the needs of a large automotive company (FIAT) seeking to use oxides in electronic sensors for MtM and automotive applications. It is further supported by three SMEs with expertise and infrastructure for epitaxial oxide growth and upscaling on Si with the goal to transfer academic knowledge to industry.

Keywords: oxides,post-cmos,spintronics,memories,sensors
Textile Work Intelligence by hierarchical closed-loop control for product and process quality in the Textile Industry (TEXWIN)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies - NMP
Destination: New production
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Germany,Italy,Switzerland,Italy,Belgium,Spain,Italy,Belgium,Belgium,Germany
Call:  (FP7-NMP-2009-SMALL-3, 2009)
Start date: 2010-03-16
End date: 2013-03-15
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4844189.0
EU funding (EUR): 3293699.0
Participants: 13
Project status: CLOSED

The objective of TexWIN is to increase productivity by up to 20% and reduce down-times of machines by one third of workshop factories; due to a reduction of stop times, set-up times and waiting times, increased flexibility and reliability of processes, and due to reduced sampling effort. The breakthrough is to exploit existing knowledge available in various factory internal and factory external sources by (1) combining and evaluating process state information as well as product and material characteristics and (2) deriving best production instructions. Additionally existing production knowledge and experiences from production operators will be preserved and made available by the CBR module. This will be enabled by the hierarchical control structure &quot;TexWIN-Concept&quot; consisting of an adaptive and modular system &quot;TexWIN-System&quot; and re-engineered &quot;TexWIN-Processes&quot; improving quality of products and processes of workshop factory operations. The “TexWIN-System&quot; integrates the two following units: (a) the factory controller for the improvement of the process schedule and event-based coordination of factory (inter-)operations and (b) the adaptive CBR-based production unit controller for identification of best process recipes/machine settings concerning product quality and production process set-up and execution efficiency. The modules will be integrated into a common communication framework, which will enable flexible interfacing and ontology-based information transformation. The &quot;TexWIN-Processes&quot; are adapted factory business processes which allow maximising the efficiency and quality effects and seamless integration into existing factories. TexWIN, which will be tested within in 5 textile and plastic mills, will be best suited for industries dealing basically with make-to-order production, small batches, high-quality product variants, workshop production, complex processes and non-homogeneous and/or natural materials.

Keywords: factory controller,adaptive cbr,machine settings,new business processes,textile & plastics industry,small batches,workshop production,knowledge preservation & exploitation
Biomimetic nano-fiber-based nucleus pulposus regeneration for the treatment of degenerative disc disease (NPMIMETIC)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies - NMP
Destination: Materials
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Netherlands,France,Switzerland,Portugal,United Kingdom,Israel,Germany
Call:  (FP7-NMP-2009-SMALL-3, 2009)
Start date: 2011-02-01
End date: 2015-01-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 5178698.24
EU funding (EUR): 3985587.0
Participants: 11
Project status: CLOSED

The intervertebral discs form the elastic part of the spine. It is composed of the annulus fibrosus, a tough outer layer of fibrocartilage, surrounding an elastic gelatinous core, the nucleus pulposus (NP). With age, the water content of the NP decreases, thus, the mechanical loads concentrate on the annulus. This leads to the NP wear, and cracking with a subsequent inflammation reaction and a prolapsed intervertebral disc. The process forms a cycle of accelerated DDD pathology. The "Gold Standard" for treatment is the "spinal fusion", an extensive surgery, which blocks definitively free spine motion. Surgeons seek new technologies to allow motion preservation, with long-term outcomes. Based on electrospinning proprietary technology of partner NIC and a novel chemically modified ECM-based biopolymer, developed by partner ProCore, the NPmimetic consortium will develop biomimetic nano-polymer based gel for minimally invasive treatment for disc regeneration: Electrospinning technology will be exploited to design and develop nano-fiber based, biocompatible, biodegradable, synthetic scaffold that will mimic mechanical properties of native NP for immediate and short term treatment. Anti-inflammatory drugs will be carried by biodegradable nano-fibers to be gradually released in situ thus, healing and preventing inflammation. Furthermore, the synthetic scaffold will be integrated with the bioactive-polymer that is highly potent in supporting NP cells for long-term cure. A multidisciplinary study will answer scientific and engineering questions raised by the NPmimetic approach, e.g. hydrogel swelling characteristics, drug delivery, and NP cells reaction to the biomimetic gel environment. All will be supervised by a strong leader in spine surgery to define inputs and outputs of the research, from a clinical implementation point of view.

Keywords: nucleus pulposus,nanofibers,hydrogel,electrospinning,bioactive gel,hyalutonic acid modifications,cell mechanics,spine mechanics,degenerative disc disease,polyurethane,autologous cells,minim
PARYLENE based artificial smart LENSes fabricated using a novel solid-on-liquid deposition process (PARYLENS)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies - NMP
Destination: Nanosciences and Nanotechnologies
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Switzerland,Italy,Belgium,Spain,Israel,Poland,France,Germany,France,Spain
Call:  (FP7-NMP-2009-SMALL-3, 2009)
Start date: 2010-10-01
End date: 2013-09-30
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 5002881.4
EU funding (EUR): 3838646.0
Participants: 13
Project status: CLOSED

The main goal of the project PARYLENS is to develop the next generation optical devices, based on an innovative and reliable concept inspired by natural optical systems such as the human and the fly eyes. We propose the following devices to the European citizen and industry: 1) tuneable lenses 2) truly accommodative intraocular lenses 3) bistable flexible displays The development of those devices relies on recent advances in nanotechnology combined with the patented SOLID (Solid On Liquid deposition) process, which offers the possibility to grow a stable solid layer directly onto a liquid, such that the solid uniformly replicates and encapsulates the liquid template. When using the polymer Parylene as solid layer, the resulting interface is perfectly smooth and the liquid template remains unaffected, which is ideal for optical applications. Parylene is stable, biocompatible, highly transparent, and can be deposited in a one-step process also on liquids. PARYLENS proposes to develop low cost yet high quality, reliable smart devices. The actuation of the tuneable lenses will rely on Parylene-based electroactive polymers and liquid crystals. Tuneable lenses are expected to have an impact on the consumer electronics market (mobile phones, cameras, etc) in addition, the development of low actuation voltages tuneable lenses will profit to the biomedical devices market (artificial eyes, endoscopes, etc). The truly accommodative intraocular lenses will closely mimic the structure and shape of the crystalline lens of the human eye. They will also prevent inflammation and infections. The structure of microlens arrays will be used to develop flexible bistable liquid crystals displays. The consortium is well balanced (12 partners from 8 countries) and goes for full complementarity. It comprises 4 SMEs, 3 universities and 4 research centres. Together they will make this ambitious multidisciplinary project a reality.

Keywords: tunable lenses,intraocular lenses,flexible display,parylene,solid,solid on liquid deposition
Advanced materials enabling HIgh-VOlume road transport applications of lightweight structural COMPosite parts (HIVOCOMP)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies - NMP
Destination: Materials
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Belgium,Germany,Germany,Italy,Italy,Germany,France,Switzerland,United Kingdom,Austria,Spain,Spain,Belgium,Germany
Call:  (FP7-NMP-2009-LARGE-3, 2009)
Start date: 2010-10-01
End date: 2014-09-30
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 7381975.8
EU funding (EUR): 4775278.0
Participants: 16
Project status: CLOSED

The rapidly growing use of high-performance composites in high-end sectors such as aerospace, show that these materials are already commercially viable as long as production volumes are limited and applications not primarily cost-driven. In order to achieve a step-change in the application of high-performance composites in larger-volume applications, HIVOCOMP focuses on achieving radical advances in two materials systems that show unique promise for cost effective, higher-volume production of high performance carbon fibre reinforced parts. These are: 1) advanced polyurethane (PU) thermoset matrix materials offering increased mechanical performance and reduced cycle times compared to epoxy, and 2) thermoplastic PP- and PA6-based self-reinforced polymer composites incorporating continuous carbon fibre reinforcements with lower process times and far higher toughness than current thermoplastic and thermoset solutions. The project will analyse and develop these matrix materials, their combination with advanced textile preforms, and optimise material properties for advanced processing technologies, joining technologies (adhesives / welding) and the incorporation and self-diagnosis (sensing) materials. The focus on breakthrough material innovations are complemented by enabling work covering material testing, chemical and micro-mechanical modelling and simulation tool development, as well as LCA, cost and recycling analysis, and prototyping of typical applications, assuring that the proposed material innovations can be successfully translated into high-impact industrial applications. The project drives the material innovations with the road vehicle sector in mind, but has clearly identified spin-off applications in other sectors. The project foresees a step-wise implementation in future products introduced into larger-volume transport applications starting with validated demonstration parts in 2013, and so ensuring a large-scale societal impact of the innovations achieved.

Keywords: composites transport light-weight high-performance composites
New tailor-made PHB-based nanocomposites for high performance applications produced from environmentally friendly production routes (BUGWORKERS)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies - NMP
Destination: Materials
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Spain,United Kingdom,Portugal,Germany,Netherlands,Türkiye,Germany,Spain,Belgium,Germany,Poland,Hungary
Call:  (FP7-NMP-2009-SME-3, 2009)
Start date: 2010-07-01
End date: 2014-06-30
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4575742.24
EU funding (EUR): 3400430.0
Participants: 15
Project status: CLOSED

The project aims to develop a new cost-competitive and environmentally friendly bionanocomposite material based on the combination of a polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) matrix with new chemical, structure produced by new fermentation culture technology with two types of nanofibres,cellulose whiskers and lignin-based, in order to have a true alternative to engineering materials in two main sectors: household appliances, computers &amp; telecommunications. To fulfil this global objective, current limitations of PHB polymers and their composites will be overcome using a synergic combination of different approaches: •A tailor-made PHB biopolymer structure obtained using new fermentation culture conditions, i.e, by synergic combination of different media and precursor feedings (specific sugar blends) obtained from hydrolyzed bio-mass, being able to select a structure to provide a PHB with enhanced functionalities (improved thermal and chemical properties, cellulose compatibility, processing, higher impact,..) in comparison with commercial ones. •To improve the cost competitiveness of PHB biopolymer by optimization of the fermentation process (increasing yield) and the use of lingo-cellulose biomass and other industrial by-products as fermentation feedstock. It will be no competition with food supply. •Development of cellulose whiskers and lignin nanofibres using enzymatic production routes with new functionalities (antimicrobial, flame retardant and self-assembly) from wood waste. •Compounding of new PHB with a synergic combination of both types of nanofibres and long natural fibres, using the planetary multi-screw extruder for improved nanofibres distribution, reducing thermal degradation,improve matrix-nanofibre interphase and introduction of coupling agents by reactive extrusion. •Development of multilayer structures (co-extrusion and co-injection) in order to obtain multifunctional material properties to improve the final performance of plastic parts in select sectors.

Keywords: phb-bioplastics,bio-mass based nanocomposites,cellulose and lignin nanofibres,eco-friendly production routes,multilayer structures
Research Based University Chairs of Excellence - West France (RBUCE-W)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Co-funding of regional, national and international programmes
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: France
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-COFUND-2008, 2008)
Start date: 2010-05-01
End date: 2014-04-30
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1045936.0
EU funding (EUR): 418374.4
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The goal of the proposal is to use, new capabilities offered to the French research and higher education institutions by two recent and successive laws. The PRES are Higher Education and Research Cluster. The PRES, as structural organisations, are one of these new possibilities; and among the other new possibilities, the purpose is also to use new block of competencies in terms of human resources and financial management which enhance the capacity of universities, as well as university clusters, to plan out research strategies, as well as policies, in a reinforced autonomy. The proposal, launched by the PRES called UEB, is to create a programme, very open in terms of topics, covering a large academic area which widely removes the border from its own academic or specific area. This proposal is based on a new development of a well known process used in French universities, i.e. the guest professor’s scheme. In the new context, the practice of guest professors can be highly improved to strengthen local or regional academic research policies. Fundamentally based on individual fellowships applications, the Rbuce-W programme nevertheless points up the implementation of Chairs of Excellence packages, including one advanced researcher, two postdoc researchers, all in mobility position, and research costs, for a two years long period. However, even if the packages will each include three researchers, the calls for proposals, will concern individual applications. Such teams and packages are viewed as essential tools in the new French academics research context. In order to ensure a French national covering without multiplying applications, the Rbuce-W programme is also devoted to all the individual members of the PRES as well as other French academic bodies which will be of course invited in this case to provide their own financial support. For other PRES and a university are following a similar approach in order to cover all the French territory.

Keywords: health sciences,humanities,natural sciences,physical sciences,social sciences,technological sciences