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Development of sustainable protein-based paper and paperboard coating systems to increase the recyclability of food and beverage packaging materials (BIO-BOARD)

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: Spain,Slovenia,Türkiye,Czechia,United Kingdom,France,Germany,Italy,Spain,Austria,Germany,Sweden
Call:  (FP7-SME-2012, 2012)
Start date: 2012-11-01
End date: 2015-10-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3351457.8
EU funding (EUR): 2470930.0
Participants: 14
Project status: CLOSED

Worldwide about 7 million tonnes of coated paper, paperboard and cardboard (cartons) are currently manufactured annually mainly for food and beverage packaging. The standard coating material currently used is petrochemical-based polyethylene (PE). Typical laminate packaging contains about 20% of this material. Increased political, legislative and consumer pressure to reduce the dependency on fossil fuel based plastics poses a major challenge for packaging producers to seek sustainably sourced alternative materials that do not harm the environment in their manufacture, exhibit enhanced recyclability and offer similar performance to their conventional plastic counterparts. There is a need to provide producers of coated carton manufacturers with a bio-based material that will enable them to substitute much of the currently used PE coating without compromising the humidity barrier properties of the resulting packaging materials and overcome the current challenge to the recycling of such packaging. This project will build on past research that has revealed that Whey protein coating can replace existing plastic coatings in multilayer packaging and enhance their recyclability. A coating system will be developed based on renewable raw materials derived from agrofood waste and its technological application for extrusion coating cartons to produce packaging materials for both solid and liquid food products. The innovative coating formulations will be based on proteins from whey and potato starch. The resulting laminates will be validated for their suitability to replace the currently used synthetic plastics in a range of carton packaging materials and the improvement of the recycling process whereby the biodegradation of the extruded bio-coating will allow separating more easily the other combined layers will also be proved. Uptake of the novel bio-material will increase the sustainability and competitiveness of the EU packaging industry.

Keywords: extrusion coating,potato juice and pulp,composite,compounding,starch protein,whey protein,protein isolates,biogenic formulation
Light-based technologies for the decontamination of powdered infant formula (BABY-SAFE)

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,Türkiye,France,Ireland,Austria,Ireland,United Kingdom,Ireland
Call:  (FP7-SME-2012, 2012)
Start date: 2013-05-01
End date: 2015-04-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1500667.4
EU funding (EUR): 1129855.1
Participants: 9
Project status: CLOSED

Powdered infant formula is the most widespread and established alternative to the breastfeeding of the newborn. Despite preservation steps during production illnesses caused by contaminated formula as a result of Salmonella spp., Cronobacter sakazakii have been reported, which can often lead to brain damage or death in babies and infants. The use of extremely high temperatures during sterilisation can cause a great degree of protein denaturation. Considering the naturally lower content of lysozyme and lactoferrin of cow’s milk, which is the base of infant formulation, these ingredients have to be added at a cost to match more closely human milk, and are severely denatured by excessive heat treatment. As such, there is a need to provide manufacturers with a reliable treatment method that is effective in the inactivation of microorganisms and does not diminish the nutritional quality of the formula. Past research has shown the effectiveness of light technologies for surface decontamination in packaging, for treatment of transparent and non-transparent beverages, and for the decontamination of vegetative microorganisms. Moreover, the combination of different light technologies can enable short exposure times. Researchers have successfully applied light technology to reduce the bacterial load in infant formula spread on a flat surface. This project will develop a novel system for the reduction of microbial contamination of infant formula by using a more gentle temperature processing based on 2 types of light in combination with a fluidised bed system. The system will be safe, effective, affordable, energy efficient, and environmentally friendly. By preventing the use of excessive temperatures, the risk of protein denaturation will be reduced. Moreover, by combining the light technology with the mixing and transport of fluidised beds, longer shelf life and a reduction in infant formula related illnesses can be achieved.

Keywords: continuous uv irradiation and pulsed high intensity light technology,fluidized bed technology,microbial inactivation,prevent damage to final product
A new methodology based on an advanced molecular probe for early detection of DPD enzyme deficiency in oncological patients, also enabling a personalised and effective drug management (CARESS)

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,France,France,Austria
Call:  (FP7-SME-2012, 2012)
Start date: 2013-05-01
End date: 2015-06-30
Duration (months): 26.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1528220.0
EU funding (EUR): 1155960.0
Participants: 7
Project status: CLOSED

Amongst all the chemotherapy agents, 5-FU (fluorouracil) is being in use since 40 years, and is one of the most successful and widely employed in the treatment for breast, colon, and skin cancer, three of the most frequently occurring malignant tumours. In general, 5-FU is relatively well tolerated at standard doses, but there are some important issues that must be duly taken into consideration: 1)Around 8% of patients manifest a genetic variation that leads to a deficiency of an enzyme called Dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase (DPD) that is crucial for the metabolism and deactivation of 5-FU. This causes several toxic reactions like mucositis, diarrhea, neutropenia, cerebellar ataxia, cerebellar dysfunction, and can even be fatal at the very first dose of 5-FU, with a mortality rate of about 0,5%. About 30% of patients suffer from severe toxicity effects after being treated with 5FU. Despite many approaches have been proposed for DPD deficiency screening, none of the current strategies are adequate to mandate routine DPD testing prior to starting a 5-FU based therapy. The CARESS project proposes to implement the first, compact, cheap, accurate and standard system for measuring the DPD activity level, thus allowing for fast screening of DPD deficiency and for real time adjusting the therapy administered to the patient through a pharmacokinetic approach, allowing to maximise the therapeutic efficacy, abating the costs associated to the management of the therapy and, most importantly, to limit the dangerous side effects for the patients. The system will take as input a small blood sample and will rely on the chemical interaction between a 5-FU analogous chemical probe with the sample, which will release in the solution ions that can be easily detected and measured through optical analysis.

Keywords: personalised drug management,dpd deficiency test
Fibre-delivered Laser Cutting Optimisation (FILCO)

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,Lithuania,United Kingdom,Netherlands
Call:  (FP7-SME-2012, 2012)
Start date: 2012-12-01
End date: 2014-11-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1285019.27
EU funding (EUR): 950000.0
Participants: 7
Project status: CLOSED

Fibre-delivered 1µm wavelength laser sources (i.e Yb-fibre and Yb:YAG disc) have the potential to revolutionise commercial laser cutting, which is currently dominated by CO2 lasers. Currently, 95% of lasers used in cutting applications are CO2 lasers, of which ~40% are used in Europe. The potential benefits of replacing CO2 lasers with new, 1µm wavelength fibre or disc lasers are significant, in terms of economy of operation, increased processing speed and reduced energy consumption It is generally accepted that fibre-delivered lasers are capable of cutting plate material up to 15mm in thickness. Compared with CO2 laser cutting, speeds up to 3 times faster are achievable with fibre-delivered lasers, for material thicknesses up to 3mm. Above this critical thickness, the end-user has to accept a significant reduction of the cutting speed and the cut quality. As a result, the potential benefits of fibre-delivered laser cutting are not being realised. The FILCO project will develop, for the first time, a laser process head specifically for cutting fibre-delivered laser sources. This cutting head will employ two major innovations. 1. The first will involve new beam forming optics that will create uniform absorption of the incident laser light, by altering the angle of incidence of the laser beam with respect to that of the cutting front. 2. The second will involve the development of special supersonic assist gas nozzles which will maximise removal of material from the smaller cutting kerfs possible with the highly focussed 1 micron laser light. With these advances coupled into a new cutting head, cutting performance better than that of a CO2 laser cutting system will be achieved for materials up to 15mm thick, in terms of both cut quality and process speed. The primary market being targeted by the FILCO consortium is that for new sheet metal laser cutting systems – a market worth approximately €1.6 Billion globally in 2009, and expected to grow to €2.85 Billion by 2015

Keywords: laser,fibre,disc,cutting,nozzle,optics
The Development of a Next Generation Robotic Milking Parlour (ROTABOT)

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,Germany,Spain,Netherlands,United Kingdom
Call:  (FP7-SME-2012, 2012)
Start date: 2012-09-01
End date: 2014-08-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1553688.0
EU funding (EUR): 1186999.0
Participants: 6
Project status: CLOSED

The Rotabot project will deliver an intelligent next generation robotic milking system incorporating automated teat cleaning, cluster attachment and post milking disinfection on a scalable rotary milking installation. The system will be suitable for use in both new and existing rotary milking parlours. The project will integrate a number of novel technologies into a rotary milking parlour with the following objectives 1) To design and develop a rapid 3D imaging system for cow teat recognition and tracking, suitable for rotary milking installations operating in harsh dairy farm environments, 2) To design and develop a robotic system for automatic teat cleaning, cluster attachment and post milking disinfection appropriate for dairy cows in a rotary milking system, 3) To integrate the imaging and robotic technologies into existing or next generation rotary milking parlour design, 4) To evaluate and validate the proposed technology against existing milking methods, 5) To demonstrate and test the resulting prototype in a dairy environment.

Keywords: vision systems,robotics,agricultural engineering
Automatic harvesting system for SRC nurseries (ROD-PICKER)

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,Romania,Germany,Denmark,Sweden,Germany
Call:  (FP7-SME-2012, 2012)
Start date: 2012-10-01
End date: 2014-09-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1693364.0
EU funding (EUR): 1284000.0
Participants: 6
Project status: CLOSED

Biomass is increasingly being seen as an important energy resource for Europe. However, due to sustainability requirements the biomass which can be harvested from European forests has only a limited growth potential. Therefore, the political focus has changed to the production of fast growing wooden biomass (Short-Rotation-Coppice (SRC) or Short-Rotation-Plantations (SRPs) on agricultural lands in Europe. In parallel, the economic situation for European farmers deteriorated constantly during the last decade because of increasing cost pressures on agricultural products. Short-Rotation-Plantations are a very promising alternative source of income by cultivating fast growing tree-species as a source for bioenergy or other purposes with multifunctional characteristics. SRCs are highly efficient biomass production systems with additional environmental contributions such as biodiversity, soil protection and local climate. In order to reach the political climate protection targets Europe would need more than 4,2 million hectares of Short-Rotation-Plantations in 2030. To cover the corresponding demand of planting material approximately 1,410 hectare of parent tree nurseries have to be harvested each year. Harvesting on these areas is carried out during the winter months only and is characterized by a high degree of manual work at present. Automatic and cost-efficient harvesting techniques for SRC cuttings are urgently needed to meet the future demand economically. Based on this background the SME proposers are planning to develop, construct and test an automatic harvesting and sorting system for SRC cuttings. The system should be able to combine the harvesting (cutting), sorting and packaging of the SRC cuttings.

Keywords: biomass,renewable energies,short-rotation-coppice (src) or short-rotation-plantations (srps),eu farmers
DockingMonitor - development of automated combined berthing aid and drift monitoring system for large ships, particularly oil and LNG gas tankers (DOCKINGMONITOR)

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: Norway,Germany,Germany,Italy,Denmark
Call:  (FP7-SME-2012, 2012)
Start date: 2013-09-01
End date: 2015-08-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1493137.2
EU funding (EUR): 1161000.0
Participants: 8
Project status: CLOSED

There are today great risks associated with the process of berthing large ships, especially so with oil and LNG tankers. Excess speed upon approach to jetty may cause damage to jetty structure, fenders and ship hull. Even more serious is the consequences of oil spills during loading/unloading of oil and LNG, in most cases caused by excess movement of the ship while moored. These spills constitute a great part of small and medium-size oil spills and incur great expenses for the oil and gas industry. With a great number of oil jetties in existence and a significant expected increase of LNG jetties, there is definitely a need for improved safety for harbour operations. The project idea is to develop a combined berthing aid and drift monitoring system. Based on both high-end laser distance measurement and image processing, the system will significantly increase the state of the art in port safety automation. Data from the system will be transmitted to displays, PCs and handheld devices. An alarm system will alert jetty and ship crew if there is potential danger. It is the intention of the project to: - Improve present state of the art in berthing aid systems by developing a distance measurement system that will not require distributed distance sensors as systems available today do - Introduce an opportunity to efficiently and accurately measure drift along the jetty during cargo transfer, a feature not directly available today The project will involve extensive development work in several research areas, including machine vision programming, laser technology, control electronics, mechanical design and automation. A large market has been identified for the introduction of the DockingMonitor system. It is anticipated that the participating SMEs will gain valuable experience and great economical benefits through the completion of this project. Close cooperation with jetty owners will ensure that the project results are commercially viable.

Keywords: laser measurement,electronics,machine vision
Flame-retardant coatings based on nano-magnesium hydroxide, huntite and hydromagnesite for wood applications (WOOD-FLARETCOAT)

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,Greece,Greece,Germany,Sweden,Spain,Sweden,Ireland,Spain,Germany
Call:  (FP7-SME-2012, 2012)
Start date: 2014-01-01
End date: 2015-12-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1441520.0
EU funding (EUR): 1088000.0
Participants: 11
Project status: CLOSED

The concept of the present project WOOD-FLARETCOAT is to solve the problem of producing improved flame retardant coatings for wood products, through the development of non-halogenated flame retardant systems based on inorganic flame retardant nanofillers (nano magnesium hydroxide, huntite and hydromagnesite) functionalised with ROs and incorporated into several water born polymeric matrix, to constitute composites. Based on that idea different coating formulations will be developed for wood materials for construction (both new buildings and restoration processes) and furniture, showing not only the target flame-retardancy but also some more additional properties, such as antibacterial activity, enhanced scratch resistance or photocatalytic effect. Thus briefly, the flame retardant composites concerned will comprise mainly inorganic fillers (NMH, huntite and hydromagnesite), ROs and water born resins as matrices, for wood substrates applications. The composites will provide the advantage that inorganic fillers and ROs act in an only synergistic system as the coupling between them is developed by means of covalent unions. This synergistic cooperation will lead to potenciate the flame retardant effect as well as to correctly distribute the fillers into the matrix, nanometric fillers being expected to show stronger effects. Furthermore, metal nano-oxides such as ZnO, SiO2, ZrO2 and TiO2 will be incorporated into the coatings formulations in order to supply antibacterial and photocatalytic activity and enhance scratch resistance. Another important additional advantage of the flame retardant coatings formulations must be pointed out. The use of nanofillers will probably allow the reduction of the total amount of flame retardant agent required in the final product without lowering the flame resistance of the material. The reduction of active components in the formulation will drastically decrease the cost of the final products.

Keywords: flame retardant,wood,inorganic fillers,ros,nanomaterials,nmh,huntite,hydromagnesite
Design of Enhanced Reliable GNSS/UWB Personal Navigation Devices (EIGER) (EIGER)

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: Switzerland,Poland,France,Italy
Call:  (FP7-SME-2012, 2012)
Start date: 2013-11-01
End date: 2015-10-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1285067.2
EU funding (EUR): 789000.0
Participants: 5
Project status: CLOSED

The project focuses on the design of a propagation environment-independent hybrid GNSS/UWB-based standalone Personal Navigation Device (PND) that is able to meet the today’s most stringent Location Based Services (LBS) requirements in both outdoor and indoor situations. The envisaged PND exploits tightly coupled GNSS and UWB positioning techniques to efficiently act in both outdoor and indoor situations. This virtually eliminates the problem of the handover when the PND moves from one environment to another, making itself intrinsically adaptive to the propagation environments. The EIGER project proposes a global approach to resolve this issue by focusing on the exploitation of the efficient joint use of GNSS signals and UWB positioning in order to allow permanent and reliable outdoor/indoor localization. The PND software and hardware design will be jointly optimized, allowing manufacturing of small and low-power PNDs. The EIGER consortium will resolve a set of complex and multidisciplinary issues to successfully design the envisaged PND. The main application of this device is dedicated, but not limited, to situations where transitioning from indoor to outdoor, are frequent and unavoidable such as: shopping malls, warehouses, large scale metropolitan events (including museums, institutional buildings and points of interest), ports and airports. The related market segments will be immediately explored by the consortium SMEs through the establishment of efficient and feasible business models and exploitation plans.

Keywords: gnss/uwb hybrid localization,antennas,gnss and uwb rf front-ends,uwb infrastructure,gnss/uwb signal processing,correlation,time of arrival estimation,time difference of arrival estimation