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Let’s Make It Happen – a Shift into Learning Outcomes in the Welding Sector
Date du début: 1 nov. 2015, Date de fin: 31 oct. 2018,
The main aim of Let’s Make It Happen – a Shift into Learning Outcomes in the Welding Sector / MAKE IT project, set to address the Manufacturing & Engineering sector, is to develop a European sector-oriented qualification system through the exchange among EU partners of an innovative training curriculum.The curriculum is designed for an intermediate level of qualification named “Welding Practitione ...
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Cooperation between the aquaculture and agriculture sectors with the intent to use animal manure and fish faeces for sustainable production and utilization of renewable energy and recovered nutrients (BIFFIO)
Date du début: 1 nov. 2013, Date de fin: 31 janv. 2017,
... the agriculture sector. Five SME AGs and seven Other SME and end user partners from the agriculture, aquaculture and bio-energy sector will take part in the project together with three RTD partners, Teknologisk Institutt (NO), University of Liverpool (UK) and aqua consult Ingenieur (DE), who will be performing the BiFFiO RTD work.
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Fully recyclable 100% PET package for food contact with O2 barrier, improved transparency and low CO2 footprint (GREEN PACK)
Date du début: 1 déc. 2013, Date de fin: 30 nov. 2016,
"The main scientific and technological objective of the current project is: producing prototypes of fully recyclable PET trays for food preservation by using recycled PET (RPET). The proposed idea will be able to give a solution to this problem by providing a mono-material tray in virgin PET (for food contact) and RPET for the rest of the tray. The necessary barrier properties will be guaranteed b ...
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Development of a cost effective system for exchange and management of information related to construction products in terms of articles, addressing European legislation and market requirements (PRODUCTINFOX)
Date du début: 1 juin 2013, Date de fin: 31 mai 2016,
This proposal addresses the collective challenge faced by the SMEs in the construction sector of collecting and using information on products and equipment – designated articles – to comply with regulatory requirements and expectations from their customers.The new regulation on construction products lays down a number of provisions on products to be used in the sector to improve the free flow of p ...
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Animal feed certification instrument and procedure to guarantee the quality of meat and dairy products through automatic, simple and rapid DNA barcode method based on tubulin-based polymorphism (TBP) (FEED-CODE)
Date du début: 1 déc. 2012, Date de fin: 30 nov. 2015,
The EU integrated approach to food safety needs effective control systems to assure safety and quality standards all along the food chain, including animal feed. This is not always straightforward, since several actors are involved in the chain, in some cases not from EU. Following regulation EC 767/2009, which has defined new “rules on the placing on the market and use of animal feed, including r ...
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Development of an automated processing method, a “Green Box”, for production of bio heating oil from waste sources (BIOHEATINGOIL)
Date du début: 1 sept. 2013, Date de fin: 30 nov. 2015,
The BioHeatingOil project will develop a robust and cost-effective automated processing method, a “Green Box”, for production of bio heating oil - using waste sources in form of fat & grease from the food production industry and grease traps as raw material. In current State of the art (SoA) methods which use fat & grease as a raw material, the quality of the raw material put into the production d ...
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Development of a cost-effective and sustainable insecticide-free plant protection method, eliminating widespread catastrophic damage in the forestry caused by the pine weevil Hylobius abietis (Weevil STOP)
Date du début: 1 oct. 2012, Date de fin: 30 sept. 2015,
The WeevilSTOP project will significantly increase competitiveness and sustainability for the large number of SMEs in the European Forestry and Forest-based Industries. About 16 million Private Forest Owners manage 60% of Europe’s forest, generating 3 million jobs and create a total turnover of €300Bn annually.Our community has a great and urgent need for innovation in order to substitute currentl ...
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Development of a portable miniature mass spectrometer to monitor important, but technically difficult parameters in aquaculture (AquaMMS)
Date du début: 1 oct. 2013, Date de fin: 30 sept. 2015,
...est sites for the developed technology. Anglsey Aquaculture and Telemarks Roye will benefit from improved production by using AquaMMS ahead of its competitors. The RTDs, University of Liverpool (UK), Teknologisk Institutt (Norway) and Cork Institute of Technology (Ireland) have been invited to perform the RTD work needed to reach the objectives.
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DockingMonitor - development of automated combined berthing aid and drift monitoring system for large ships, particularly oil and LNG gas tankers (DOCKINGMONITOR)
Date du début: 1 sept. 2013, Date de fin: 31 août 2015,
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 ...
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Sustainable Moulding of Articles from Recycled Tyres (SMART)
Date du début: 1 mars 2012, Date de fin: 30 avr. 2015,
End of Life Tyres represent both a waste problem and a resource opportunity, for both the society and the large recycling trade community. Even though tyres are 100 % recyclable and their chemical and physical properties make them an outstandingly valuable resource, still energy recovery and land filling constitute the greatest share of destination. The tyre recycling sector is constituted by larg ...
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Electro-agglomeration and separation of Engineered NanoParticles from process and waste water in the coating industry to minimise health and environmental risks (NANOFLOC)
Date du début: 1 janv. 2013, Date de fin: 31 mars 2015,
"The rapid introduction of nano-based products into the market has caused a major concern both for health and environmental impacts, among others from the paint and coating business. A number of studies have documented health risks related to nanoparticles, inhalation exposure and dermal contact being main exposure routes in the coating and paint industry. Likewise, discharge of nanoparticles into ...
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Development of sustainable and cost effective water quality management technology for the aquaculture industry (RAZONE)
Date du début: 1 déc. 2012, Date de fin: 28 févr. 2015,
The proposers of RAZone have identified a new market opportunity in enhancing the productivity of the aquaculture sector and minimizing risks associated with application of ozone for water quality management in hatchery and ongrow farms that use RAS technology. This will be achieved by developing improved ozoneflotation technology that is cost effective, user friendly and safe both for stock and f ...
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Development of a safe, compact, highly efficient, economic and fully automatic electrolytic treatment system for separation of emulsified oil from wastewater of ships (bilge) and oil rigs (slop) (OilEClear)
Date du début: 15 nov. 2012, Date de fin: 14 févr. 2015,
...will contribute with their experience of integration of on-board system for ships and rigs, the end user and LE Stena Line (Sweden) who will contribute with end user requirement guidance and the RTDs Teknologisk Institutt AS (Norway) and Fraunhofer IGB (Germany) who will perform the majority of the RTD work in the project.
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"Development of new techniques in hatchery rearing, fishery enhancement and aquaculture for Nephrops" (NEPHROPS)
Date du début: 1 févr. 2012, Date de fin: 31 janv. 2015,
"Fisheries landings of Nephrops novegicus (also known as Dublin Bay Prawn, Norway Lobster and Langoustine, among other names) are around 59,000 tons a year with a first sale value of close to €200 million.The NEPHROPS project is intended to bring together complementary information from survey, experimental and laboratory work. This combination of approaches is intended to create synergies and tran ...
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Oxygenation by efficient air diffusion system for aquaculture farms (cages and earthen ponds) (AirX)
Date du début: 1 sept. 2012, Date de fin: 30 nov. 2014,
The AirX Research for SMEs project will develop a novel efficient air diffusion system for oxygenation in aquaculture farms. The target market are cage and earthen pond farmers (seabass and seabream) in Mediterranean, which periodically experience problems with reduced growth rate, increased feed conversion factor (FCR), stress and mortality of stock due to low oxygen content in the water (usually ...
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Development of a wireless high capacity broadband product, based on Free Space Optics, providing a new opportunity for low cost connection of houses to the fibre-based digital highway (ConnectTOO)
Date du début: 1 oct. 2012, Date de fin: 30 sept. 2014,
This proposal outlines how the SME partners will develop a low cost Free Space Optics (FSO) product for distribution of fibre-quality broadband to homes. The requirements for high capacity broadband are on the public agenda, and the fibre network backbone is constantly developing. However, the number of subscribers is not increasing at similar rates to match the increase in actual fibre backbone a ...
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On-line industrial water quality analysis system for rapid and accurate detection of pathogens (AQUALITY)
Date du début: 1 déc. 2011, Date de fin: 31 mars 2014,
"Currently the identification and quantification of pollutants in water are mostly carried out manually through sampling and subsequent laboratory analysis (off-line analysis), with methodologies of work that involve some significant costs in terms of displacement to sampling points, reagents and specialized personnel dedicated to the operation, leading to time consuming and economically challengi ...
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Efficient system to enable storage of high temperature solar heat energy (SolChemStore)
Date du début: 1 oct. 2011, Date de fin: 31 janv. 2014,
Heating and cooling account for 49% of world energy demand, this requires significant fuel sources to satisfy demand and attention has now become focussed on renewable sources such as wind, wave and solar. Currently there are problems associated with using solar heat for industrial processes. Chief among these is that the availability of heat is not synchronised with the demand for it, with the ad ...
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Development of an efficient environmentally-friendly Algae Control System, based on ultrasound technology, designed for use in bigger ponds and lakes (ClearWaterPMPC)
Date du début: 1 janv. 2012, Date de fin: 31 déc. 2013,
Both in lakes, large ponds, water reservoirs and public waters, the growth of blue-green algae constitute a formidable problem. These types of algae represent a group of bacteria, known as cyanobacteria. They give rise to a distinctly foul odour and are also known to produce toxins. These toxins can cause various discomforts and illnesses. As well as causing skin irritations they are even suspecte ...
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High reliability electronics assembly and encapsulation for extreme service environments using micro friction stir welding (MicroStir)
Date du début: 1 sept. 2011, Date de fin: 31 oct. 2013,
The integrity and reliability of electronic assemblies is critical to our every day lives whether they are used in domestic, transport, communications, industrial or security applications. The European electronics assembly industry faces many issues with achieving high quality joints at the time of manufacture and also once the assemblies are in service. Even if a high quality joint is manufacture ...
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Development of an innovative automated and wireless trap with warning and monitoring modules for integrated management of the Mediterranean (Ceratitis Capitata) & Olive (Dacus oleae) fruit flies (e-FlyWatch)
Date du début: 1 sept. 2010, Date de fin: 30 sept. 2013,
The e-FlyWatch project addresses a major problem faced by Fruit, Vegetable & Olive (FVO) grower SMEs throughout Europe; a problem acknowledged in numerous scientific studies and in many official EU reports. In particular, the project aims in the development of a novel monitoring system for managing & controlling the population of two of the world’s most destructive fruit pests: the Mediterranean f ...
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Photocatalysis with UV LED Sources for Efficient Water Purification (AQUA-PULSE)
Date du début: 1 sept. 2011, Date de fin: 31 août 2013,
"Water purification requirements feature in a wide range of applications, from residential homes, office and hotel buildings, to high-specification environments such as hospitals, laboratories and industrial production facilities, as well as municipal water supply and wastewater treatment. Consequently, the world demand for water treatment products is estimated at $44.6 billion, with a projected 5 ...
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Enabling European SMEs to remediate wastes, reduce GHG emissions and produce biofuels via microalgae cultivation (BioAlgaeSorb)
Date du début: 1 août 2010, Date de fin: 31 juil. 2013,
The BioAlgaeSorb collaboration will benefit European SME-AGs in diverse business sectors by developing technologies for remediating and valorising industrial and agricultural/aquacultural effluents via microalgae cultivation. The resultant microalgal biomass will form a carbon neutral, environmentally sustainable raw material that is a source for commercially valuable end products, among them rene ...
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Development of novel system for continuous remote monitoring of weight, growth, and size distribution of fish in aquaculture enclosures (FishScan)
Date du début: 1 juin 2011, Date de fin: 31 mai 2013,
Today there is ±5% error in estimation of biomass in fish farming. This represents € 91M in loss for the European fish farming industry. Around 80 % of all sales of farmed fish are arranged pre-harvest. To make profit on the sale, farmers and processors are dependent on correct estimations of weight, size distribution and total biomass. Furthermore, fish feed constitutes 50% of the production co ...
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The development of a deammonification treatment to remove nitrogen from recirculated water used in aquaculture (DeammRecirc)
Date du début: 1 janv. 2011, Date de fin: 30 avr. 2013,
The aquaculture industry has been very slow to adopt denitrification methods. Present practice is to convert the toxic metabolic waste product ammonia via nitrite to nitrate in a nitrifying bio-filter. This microbial process demands oxygen and reduces the pH, requiring expensive buffering treatment. The accumulating nitrate is generally flushed from the farm into recipient waters without pollutant ...
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Development of system for semi-continuous monitoring of salinity in well streams to remove volume measurement errors and detect water breakthrough (SalinityScan)
Date du début: 1 janv. 2011, Date de fin: 31 mars 2013,
Flow management and oil recovery rates in subsea production installations are not optimal, partly due to failure to measure parameters such as salinity in single well streams. Variations in salinity will incur offsets in oil and gas volume data from subsea multiphase flow meters (MPFMs), and may also indicate water breakthroughs, in which the wells starts to produce injected sea water. Both these ...
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SEA Kinetic Energy Recovery System (SEAKERS)
Date du début: 1 janv. 2011, Date de fin: 31 déc. 2012,
"SEAKERS originates from a joint initiative of top level SMEs and players of the marine yachting sector, aiming at introducing a high impact potential innovation, which it is expected to provide a valuable market and economic return; the SMEPs partnered together in order to develop a research and industrial action plan. SEAKERS intends to make available an innovative device, both in is concept and ...
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Development of a sustainable and cost effective ballast water treatment technology with reverse pulsed DC electric field that excludes formation of oxidising free radicals (EcoSeaSafe)
Date du début: 1 nov. 2010, Date de fin: 31 oct. 2012,
The objective of the proposed project is development of a ballast water treatment system by using a pulsed DC electrical field for microbial inactivation of invasive species in ballast water. The EcoSeaSafe applies an electrical designed pulse shape with instant reversation of the current direction, which generates a reversed electric field that prevents a secondary reaction of radicals which chan ...
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Development of a novel autonomous vehicle significantly reducing costs related to subsea sensors deployment and recovery (AutoDrop)
Date du début: 1 nov. 2010, Date de fin: 31 oct. 2012,
There is a distinct need for an improved method for accurate and inexpensive deployment and retrieval of seabed sensors and equipment. The AutoDrop will be hydro dynamically designed in order to glide through the water experiencing a minimum of drag. The rudders will maintain stability and change the direction if desired. It is important that the time used by the AutoDrop to travel from the surfac ...
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Nutritional and shelf stable milk by novel microwave processing (MicroMilk)
Date du début: 1 nov. 2010, Date de fin: 31 oct. 2012,
We are a consortium of European SMEs that has identified a promising low energy, time efficient and easy to clean microwave milk processing system that can improve nutritional value and taste of milk and milk products due to shorter heating times required to reach the holding temperatures during heating. Microwave heating will enhance the advantages of UHT (Ultra High Temperature) milk by improvin ...
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Development of a cost effective system for exchanging information and managing risks of chemicals for the construction industry, addressing new challenges related to European chemical legislation (ChemXchange)
Date du début: 1 janv. 2009, Date de fin: 31 oct. 2012,
This proposal addresses the great challenge faced by the SMEs in the construction sector of complying with today’s obligations and regulatory requirements regarding exchange of information on hazardous chemicals between various actors in the sector. The European construction sector, being the largest industrial sector highly dominated by small enterprises, is a major downstream user of chemicals a ...
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Development of an Antibacterial Cloth Based on Microfibre (CleanCloth)
Date du début: 1 déc. 2009, Date de fin: 31 mars 2012,
In the CleanCloth project, we propose to develop a superior cleaning cloth with constant and continuous antibacterial effect, ensuring that no bacteria is left in the cloth and making bacterial re-growth impossible, without need for special and time-consuming hygiene procedures. This will be accomplished by a unique technology with antibacterial agent integrated into the microfiber of the cloth. T ...
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The Development of a Novel Remote Stress Sensing System to Increase Safety, Efficiency and Reduce Environmental Effects in Fishing and Mooring applications (SMARTCATCH)
Date du début: 1 nov. 2008, Date de fin: 31 janv. 2012,
The EU fishing industry is a major source of employment and food providing more than 7.5 million tonnes of fish and employing over 526,000 people of which 88% work within the SME community. The European SMEs in this sector are under increased pressure to increase efficiency due to rising crude oil prices. In addition, there is the EU legislation on Total Allowable Catch or minimum landing sizes a ...
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Development of ECOlogical friendly and flexible production processes for textile COATings based on innovative polyolefine polymer formulations (DECOCOAT)
Date du début: 1 janv. 2010, Date de fin: 31 déc. 2011,
"The European textile industry is confronted with a constant increase of ecological awareness. For instance, soft PVC is coming under ecological pressure. The polymer not only has high halogen content, but also requires the use of plasticisers. Some of these (e.g. specific phthalates) are toxic and can alter the expression of gender characteristics and are leading to a lowered fertility. Some of ...
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Development of a novel production system for intensive and cost effective bivalve farming (ShellPlant)
Date du début: 1 janv. 2010, Date de fin: 31 déc. 2011,
The ShellPlant project proposes to develop a plant for closed production of bivalves (primarily high valued scallops and oysters). The plant will include a cultivating system for bivalves in an innovative rack system, an algae photo bioreactor and a feeding and water exchange system with intelligent controls. The coordinator company Bioframe has done several tests with a floating closed system for ...
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Developing Mobile 3D Data Collection, Processing and Dissemination Solution for Construction SME-s (Mobi3Con)
Date du début: 1 janv. 2009, Date de fin: 31 déc. 2011,
European Construction Industry Federation (Fédération de l'Industrie Européenne de la Construction - FIEC), representing 2.4 million SME-s and The Belgian Building Research Institute (Le Centre Scientifique et Technique de la Construction - CSTC) with contributing members of more than 65 000 Belgian construction companies have recognised following serious problems, related to competitiveness of E ...
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Development of innovative and sustainable technology for control of marine biofouling on heat exchangers of vessels with ozone technology (BioFoulControl)
Date du début: 1 sept. 2009, Date de fin: 30 nov. 2011,
The objective of the proposed project is development of a cost effective and sustainable seawater treatment system to control accumulation of marine organisms on heat exchangers of vessels by applying ozone technology. To maximize the dispersion in the seawater and achieve effective contact between water and ozone, there is a need to develop a novel ozone injection and dispersion unit. In addition ...
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Development of an energy efficient domestic electric storage water heater with a >40% reduced standing heat loss, priced competitively (EcoWaterHeater)
Date du début: 1 nov. 2009, Date de fin: 31 oct. 2011,
Water heaters are on the list of appliances mandatory for EU energy labelling, but this has not been implemented pending appropriate test standards. The objective of this project is to develop a Domestic Electrical Storage Water Heater (DESWH) which will meet the label requirements’ best possible rating in the suggested, mandatory EU EcoDesign scheme which will enter into force in 2013 . With the ...
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ISO Shipping Container Tracking and Monitoring System (ISOTRACK)
Date du début: 1 nov. 2008, Date de fin: 31 oct. 2011,
"90% of all cargo moves in containers and approximately 250 million are shipped annually. There were 1138035 SMEs in EU 25 as of 2003 in the transport and communications industry. The SME segment of the road transport industry in EU 25 employs 3.2 Million people, whilst 107200 personnel are employed in the SME maritime transport industry. Our member transport operators face theft of goods, illegal ...
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Development of automated technology for large scale land based production of lobster juveniles and lobster to market size, including development of robotic feeding and imaging control system (LobsterPlant)
Date du début: 15 sept. 2008, Date de fin: 14 sept. 2011,
Strategic Objectives Addressed: The proposed project is focused on making large scale land based farming of European and American lobster feasible, both financially and practically, by developing automated technology for feeding and monitoring of each lobster individually. European and American lobster are cannibalistic in nature, and are therefore kept in individual housing cells demanding indiv ...
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