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Design and develop a new generation of color PVD coatings for decorative applications (NANO4COLOR)

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: Portugal,France,Spain,Sweden,France,Germany,Spain
Call:  (FP7-SME-2012, 2012)
Start date: 2013-05-01
End date: 2015-04-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1366520.0
EU funding (EUR): 1030000.0
Participants: 8
Project status: CLOSED

We all like aesthetical pleasant colors in our every day products: kitchen and bath accessories; domestic appliances; architectural, nautical or automotive fittings; electronics components; jewelry; medical devices. In fact color coatings are present in most everyday products. PVD is one of the most promising coating processes offering brilliant and decorative finishes, superior hardness and wear resistance and lack of environmental concerns. Unfortunately PVD processes lack of reliability and high costs limit the use of PVD technologies to uncolored coatings, expensive components or large series. In Nano4Color we will develop a new strategy for the production of PVD hard decorative coatings based on nanocomposite coatings consisting of a dielectric matrix with imbibed metallic nanoclusters. Nano4color will work with two hybrid technologies; RMS/Cluster Gun and RMS/HIPISM to produce nanocomposite coatings that yield tailored optical properties with a single metal/metal oxide system. Our approach will allow overcoming the last barrier associated to the use of PVD coatings with a single composition color tailored solution resulting in greater freedom for color generation; including green and red tones. In addition we intend to design new industrial coating process, which are more reliable and cost effective. Nano4Color aims at making affordable PVD coatings for the production of everyday appliances while providing an extended color palette, increased wear resistance and lower toxic emissions. Nano4Color is expected to have a big impact on the 18,000 European SMEs working on decorative coatings with an estimated value of €11,350 M. These innovations will benefit the overall surface treatment sector by reducing production costs, increasing commercial margins and addressing industrial legislations. Furthermore these advantages will also benefit the industrial manufacturers who will be able to offer more pleasant products with lower costs and environmental emissions.

Keywords: coatings,nanocomposites,surface treatment,ion gun,hipims
HCV Progress in Therapy with Novel Sialomimetic-chimeric inhibitors (HCV NEW INHIBITORS)

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: Italy,Romania,Italy,Austria,Germany,Spain
Call:  (FP7-SME-2012, 2012)
Start date: 2013-10-01
End date: 2015-09-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1942500.0
EU funding (EUR): 1535000.0
Participants: 8
Project status: CLOSED

Hepatitis C is an infectious disease caused by the hepatitis C virus (HCV), which affects liver and is mainly transmitted by blood-to-blood contact. Infection is often asymptomatic, but when chronicized it causes liver inflammation (chronic hepatitis). This condition can progress to fibrosis, cirrhosis and cancer. Socio-economical quality of life is seriously affected by several aspects including domestic environment and workplace. Besides any ethical issue, the impact on the European and national health systems has a major relevance due to high costs of pharmacological treatments. At present, no vaccine against HCV is available. Standard therapy is currently based on double or triple combination (peginterferon, ribavirin and protease inhibitor), but it is ineffective to reduce symptoms in about 40% of cases, while clearance from viremia is not achievable. The market for HCV drugs is set to rapidly grow in the forthcoming years as new and more effective therapies will be available. Despite many scientific publications have envisaged during the most recent years the design and the study of new compounds targeting the glycans of the glycoproteins of the HCV envelope (gp120), no such kind of compounds have been described until now. Recent patent publications (WO2008/090151and WO2011/064303) have described innovative HCV inhibitors targeting such glycoproteins of HCV envelope. Some of those compounds have been already tested in typical in vitro assays eliciting a remarkable inhibitory activity on HCV. It remains to assess their effectiveness by implementing additional work packages. The current comprehensive proposal has been designed to develop the scientific and technological bases to assess most of the findings required to enter into clinical studies in humans with new HCV inhibiting compounds.

Keywords: hepatitis,pharmacokinetics,vaccine,hcv,envelope,gp120,glycoproteins,pharmacological,neuraminidase,pharmaceutics
TALOS Mobile Guides (TMGUIDE)

Framework: FP7 — Capacities
Programme: Research for the benefit of SMEs
Destination: Demonstration Activity
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Greece,Germany,Austria
Call:  (FP7-SME-2012, 2012)
Start date: 2012-09-01
End date: 2014-08-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 847240.0
EU funding (EUR): 487000.0
Participants: 3
Project status: CLOSED

The publishing business is currently undergoing a fundamental change in that printed content is progressively replaced by electronic content. While in the case of books this translates to a “simple” switch to ebooks, for mobile guides and geo-enabled content, smartphones brought along an even bigger change as multimedia content can be shown in a context-sensitive way by using for example location. TMGuide proposes to further exploit the research results of the TALOS project (Task-aware location-based services) in the context of Mobile Travel Guides to utilize novel Mobile Guide technology in connection with various smartphone platforms. TMGuide will perform some technological development necessary to bring the respective Mobile Guides to market (automated content production, introduction of additional mobile platforms, addition of geospatial data, and integration with translation services) and will conduct specific demonstration and dissemination activities to showcase the Mobile Guides.

Keywords: mobile guides,location-based services,mobile computing,content
Developing powder coatings for contact curing of structural adhesives for vehicle bonding applications (POWDERBOND)

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,Germany,United Kingdom,United Kingdom,Russian Federation,Italy,United Kingdom,United Kingdom,United Kingdom
Call:  (FP7-SME-2012, 2012)
Start date: 2013-05-01
End date: 2015-04-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1506303.0
EU funding (EUR): 1131455.75
Participants: 11
Project status: CLOSED

Adhesive bonding technologies are a substitute for joining processes such as welding which offer vehicle designers the potential to select from a wider range of lightweight materials for vehicle design and construction. The ability to use lightweight materials allows vehicles to maximise fuel efficiency. Current adhesive bonding methods require an energy intensive oven cure process. Furthermore, oven curing has the potential to warp a chassis / vehicle constructed from dissimilar materials. If low energy manufacturing and lightweight construction is to be achieved novel bonding technologies that result in lighter, higher performance and more efficient vehicles with less energy used and lower costs of manufacture must be developed. PowderBond will address the issue of having to oven curing adhesives by developing a 1K epoxy adhesive system that is designed to deliver on-demand curing at low temperature (70°C). We will develop a low temperature cure powder coating (120°C) for primary structures (e.g. chassis components) which will deliver corrosion protection and the catalyst for initiating cure of the epoxy adhesive. The powder coating containing the catalyst will be pre-applied to one of the adherent surfaces (component parts) to be joined and supplied to the vehicle OEM. The 1K adhesive component will be applied to the second adherent surface prior to joining in-line with current adhesive assembly line methods. The PowderBond adhesive system will not require an oven cure at high temperature to achieve bond strength. PowderBond will enable SMEs tier suppliers to add value to supplied components by helping vehicle manufacturers lower manufacturing carbon footprint and meet obligations regarding vehicle CO2 emission through light-weighting. This will help European SMEs to consolidate their position in the supply-chain and maintain a supply-chain opportunity for future vehicle design.

Keywords: epoxy adhesives,powder coating
Analysis of workers exposure to electromagnetic fields (EMF) from welding and NDT processes, guidelines for risk assessment and development of risk assessment web based application (EMFWELD)

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: Belgium,United Kingdom,Sweden,Belgium,Denmark,Portugal
Call:  (FP7-SME-2012, 2012)
Start date: 2012-10-01
End date: 2014-09-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1244811.16
EU funding (EUR): 932000.0
Participants: 7
Project status: CLOSED

The SME association/groupings (SME-AGs) in this transnational consortium wish to develop an interactive web based software application to calculate and assess electromagnetic fields (EMF) exposure in metal fabrication, particularly welding [EMFWELD] and non-destructive testing (NDT). The European fabrication industry is required to ensure that workers exposure to EMF is minimised and below the levels set out by the forthcoming European Commission’s Physical Agents EMF Directive 2004/40/EC. Some welding and NDT processes are high emitters of EMF and yet there is a recognised lack of knowledge in these sectors concerning the sources of EMF and its comparison to set exposure limit values. Without clear guidance and support, SMEs in the fabrication industry will be put at a competitive disadvantage as they incur a heavy and disproportionate financial cost in order to meet the required standards and ensure a safe working environment for their workers. EMFWELD will significantly lower SMEs’ cost of compliance to Directive 2004/40/EC by providing an innovative, economic and easily accessible accurate EMF exposure risk assessment tool. The envisaged software application will however require expertise and extensive research and understanding of welding processes and their associated EMF parameters; EMF exposure health effects, and software development. The SME-AGs of this consortium simply do not have the necessary research capabilities and have therefore engaged leading RTD performers (RTDPs) with world class knowledge in welding processes (TWI) and simulation of EMF health effects (CHALMERS) to develop the EMF concept. In addition to providing decisive cost benefit for the SMEs, EMFWELD will also contribute towards the establishment of new EU standards for the assessment of EMF in metal fabrication industries promoting a safe working environment and benefiting Europe as a whole.

Keywords: electromagnetic fields,exposure,arc welding,resistance welding,rg plastic welding,ndt,magnetic particle inspection
High performance oil spill recovery system suitable to effectively operate in rough sea waters based on improved oleophilic/hydrophobic materials (FORCE7)

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: Italy,Spain,Belgium,United Kingdom,United Kingdom,Italy
Call:  (FP7-SME-2012, 2012)
Start date: 2013-03-01
End date: 2015-02-28
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1427055.12
EU funding (EUR): 1047000.0
Participants: 7
Project status: CLOSED

Force 7 aims to develop an innovative oil spill recovery system for operation in rough sea conditions. The new system is based on the use of interconnected mops to create a large, wide mop net which will maximize the oil encounter rate on the surface of the sea whilst it is dragged to adsorb the slick. The system is extremely versatile because it only requires one vessel to operate and that can be any vessel of opportunity at the time of an emergency spill. The mops are made by novel fibres with controlled oleophylic and hydrophobic behaviour in order to absorb large quantities of oil and increase the recovery efficiency. Once the mops are saturated they are recovered onboard of the vessel and squeezed through a roller system: the oil collected is then stored and the mops are deployed again for another cycle. Traditional systems, in comparison, are characterised by lower performance in terms of oil recovery and cannot be used in harsh sea conditions, which are typically encountered in case of ship wreckage and often characterize the cold seas. Project objectives are related to the development of the oleophylic and hydrophobic fibre materials of the mop and the related treatments, the optimisation and production of the mops, and the development of the overall oil spill recovery system for field demonstration. Four SMEs constitute the core of the Project, representing the whole supply chain for the oil spill recovery end product. SMEs are supported by three RTDs providing the necessary experience in the field of technical textiles, engineering and oil spill responding services. SMEs will benefit 100% of project exploitable results, in a scheme that will provide full return of investment within 3 years by the end of the project.

Keywords: oil skimmers,man-made fibres,natural fibres,surface modification,textile structures,nonwoven,cfd simulation environmental safety
Environmental friendly and Durable Oil and water repellence finish on Technical Textiles (TEX-SHIELD)

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,France,France,Belgium,Bulgaria,Belgium,Türkiye,Belgium
Call:  (FP7-SME-2012, 2012)
Start date: 2012-12-01
End date: 2015-11-30
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2998712.78
EU funding (EUR): 2312000.0
Participants: 12
Project status: CLOSED

In the current market, the well-known brands of technical textiles are coated with Perfluorocarbon chemistry to possess highly durable oil and water repellent (OWR) finish. In early days, water repellent finish for fabrics was provided by simple paraffin or wax coatings which washed out eventually. Alternatively, PFOS and PFOA are the chemicals belonging to the family of perflourochemicals (PFCs) also known as C8 chemistry is used. Although PFC-C8 are used together with binders that act as glue to stick to the surface of fabrics, as it is not chemically bonded to the substrate it leaches out, causing ecological threat. Recent studies have found PFC-C8 present in the blood, tissues and foetal-cords of human and its bio-persistence and bioaccumulation in the environment has caused significant concerns. Notably, due to these concerns, 3M withdrew Scotchguard from the market in 2000. C8 Fluorocarbons are currently under high regulatory pressure (2006/122/EC) and it’s outlawed in favour of C6 chemistry which performs lower to meet the industries durability and repellence standards. There is a strong demand for replacing the C8 chemistry with an equally performing finishing chemical. TEX-SHIELD will develop a novel, multifunctional molecular structure with silica backbone that is chemically bondable to the fibre/filament to achieve a highly durable textile finish that is resistant against the oil/grease /powder stains by biological route. The reasonable silica content in it will replace the C8 chemistry while providing equal performance. A replica of film forming effect will be formulated. The project will evaluate the suitable deposition technique. TEX-SHIELD will provide the textile industry with a cost effective and environmentally safe OWR finish on textiles, revolutionising the current market place, whilst resolving the concerns of the current PFC-C8 based stain-resistant coatings. This will profoundly reduce water consumption during washing for the consumers.

Keywords: pfc- perfluorocarbon c8,c6 chemistry sol gel coating,oil and water repellence textile finish
Lens that mIGHT be a Satisfactory Way Of Reducing age Degradation of Sight (LIGHTSWORDS)

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,Poland,Italy,Romania,Italy
Call:  (FP7-SME-2012, 2012)
Start date: 2012-11-01
End date: 2015-01-31
Duration (months): 27.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1406799.77
EU funding (EUR): 1046000.0
Participants: 7
Project status: CLOSED

Ageing of society is an issue of increasing importance for Europe. According to Eurostat, 36,5% of the European population is more than 50 years old and this percentage is constantly growing. In the next decades, Europe’s growth will increasingly depend on the ability to capitalise on the skills of ageing people: the goal set by EU for 2020 is to achieve an employment rate of 50% for older workers (55 to 64). One of the most common diseases associated with ageing is the decline in the quality of vision. In the framework of an ageing society and higher retirement age more and more workers will require these problems to be addressed, especially when wearing protective glasses. Protective glasses with prescription lenses exist, but they suffer several major drawbacks related to cost and usage, in particular related to the difficulty of focalising on different distances, exposing workers to potential risks. LightSWORDS aims at developing an innovative non-symmetrical plastic lens allowing for continuous focal adjustment between near field and infinity, thus able to compensate different presbyopia and myopia disorders with a one-solution-fits-all approach. The lens is static and does not require any movement and/or stressing while using, moreover it is projected to be considerable less expensive than currently available ones. Other applications are found in security cameras and prescription glasses. LightSWORDS is based on the positive testing of a first initial prototype developed by the SME proposers in the past two years; according to the literature and market research performed by project proposers, this is the only element known up to date that can form recognizable images of objects situated at any distances between 25 cm and infinity in real operative conditions. The objective is now to establish a proper manufacturing technique allowing scaling from small to industrial production, and to demonstrate the soundness of the concept by experimental characterisation.

Keywords: ageing society,plastics processing,life quality
Education on the Move – Mobile access to educational content (EDUMOTION)

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,Sweden,Italy,Finland,Austria
Call:  (FP7-SME-2012, 2012)
Start date: 2012-07-01
End date: 2014-06-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1110254.12
EU funding (EUR): 808000.0
Participants: 9
Project status: CLOSED

This proposal considers the relevance of location-based experiences for education. Edumotion develops a software platform for informal learning, based on field experience. It will lean on content management and location-based distribution, through a combination of existing technologies and specific contributions from the project. The educational community has already demonstrated the potential application of a variety of location-based experiences in the education field such as tour-guides, educational games, field trips or field science. In general, location-based educational experiences offer the potential for interactive, real-time ways of learning, which take place outside the conventional lecture hall, laboratory or classroom. Education through field experience, combines knowledge and real life, learning and interaction, and makes Edumotion a strong asset for significant progress. Edumotion exploits collaborative networking among educational institutions and professionals across the World in order to share contents and activities in a globally available platform. Users will be able to modify, enrich, and complement activities of others users and adapt them to specific level of students and to their specific evaluation criteria. The system is commercially targeting public educational institutions, private schools and companies organizing outdoor and indoor activities where students or other participants have access to a certain educational content adapted to their skills and knowledge. The system allows students to contribute with content generated by them during the activity. Therefore, the user becomes a producer, not only a consumer. With this approach, every user works as a real-time enrichment to the learning experience of the group, not only of him. Through this interaction, the user group becomes a pro-active, inter-related knowledge cell, which will grow faster and with more powerful, the more it is used and populate.

Keywords: mobility,location-based services,education,social network,technology enhanced learning,context awareness services,learner-centred education,smartphones,self-regulated learning,gps
Crop Protection by Natural Raw Material Derived Biomolecules (NATUCROP)

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,United Kingdom,Spain,United Kingdom,United Kingdom,Spain
Call:  (FP7-SME-2012, 2012)
Start date: 2012-11-01
End date: 2014-10-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1626351.6
EU funding (EUR): 1241000.0
Participants: 7
Project status: CLOSED

The NatuCrop proposal seeks to develop a natural plant protection and biostimulant product for the SME’s customers in the horticultural/agricultural industry. The product will be a liquid formulation suitable for application to plants through existing foliar spraying systems. The product will contain an optimal combination of naturally derived biomolecules for the protection of commercial crops against fungal diseases and abiotic stress. The product will be a suitable replacement for agrochemicals due for de-registration and will therefore provide a safe substitute that will ensure crop yields are maintained.

Keywords: plant protection,natural resources,seaweed,chitin,biostimulant