Tempus EUPULA, 2728 May 2001

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Tempus EU-PULA, 27-28 May 2001

• European Union Framework RTD
• CRAFT Project Case Studies
• Wroclaw University of Technology

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CRAFT CASE STUDIES

• Introduction
• Craft Rules
• Craft Project Case Studies
• Craft Project Costs
• Conclusions

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CRAFT CASE STUDIES

• Craft Awards
• Designed to enable groups of SMEs, with no or
  inadequate research facilities, to engage third
  parties to carry out research on their behalf.
• Proposals can be submitted in a two-stage
  process, although the first stage can be omitted.
• The scheme covers a number of RD areas.

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CRAFT CASE STUDIES

• Craft Stage 1 - Exploratory Award
• This enables the project to be properly scoped
  and for new partners to be brought on board.
• Partners
• Minimum 2 SMEs, or 1 SME and one end-user (e.g.
  Hospital or Library) from 2 Member or 1 Member
  and 1 Associated State SMEs not to have been
  involved in previous EC RD projects
• Project Cost
• Up to 75 of cost up to 22,500 ECU

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CRAFT CASE STUDIES

• Craft Stage 2 - Complete Proposal
• This stage involves a full proposal justifying
  the expected research project.
• Partners
• At least 3 non-affiliated SMEs from at least 2
  Member States or 1 Member State and 1 Associated
  State
• RTD performers, to carry out at least 40 of the
  research Research Centres, Universities, private
  companies
• 1 - 2 Year Project Cost
• Total 0.3 to 2.0 MECU
• Funding EU 50

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CRAFT CASE STUDIES

• A Meat Substitute based on Quinoa
• Quinoa is a botanical fruit of a herb plant,
  which is becoming increasing available in health
  stores. It is used in cooking in a similar way
  to grain, such as wheat. The partners on this
  project wanted to be able to exploit the fruit by
  producing a product which is a meat substitute.
• The technical research was aimed at solid
  substrate fermentation biotechnology needed to
  convert the fruit into a meat substitute

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CRAFT CASE STUDIES
A Meat Substitute based on Quinoa

• SMEs
• Plas Farm Ltd (UK) - food producer
• Old McDonnells Farm (IRL) - food producer
• Aber Instruments (UK) - sensor for process
• Camateras (EL) - Greek fish farm
• Nordfeld (DK) - Danish grower of Quinoa
• RESEARCH PROVIDERS
• University of Westminster (UK)
• Leatherhead Food RA (UK)

• COSTS
• 150.3K
• 149.8K
• 27.0K
• 100K
• 50.2K
• 293.4K
• 183.9K

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CRAFT CASE STUDIES

• Efficient Recovery of Flax Fibres
• Due to the increasing world-wide pressure for
  alternative fibres the cotton industry alone
  cannot meet this demand, and synthetic fibres are
  economically and environmentally unsatisfactory.
• The aim of the project was to carry out research
  in an effort to maximise the yield of flax straw
  and cotton-compatible flax fibres.
• A research feasibility study on flax cultivation
  and processing was carried out by the research
  performers.
• The SMEs expect to exploit by way of franchise of
  the cultivation and processing systems.

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CRAFT CASE STUDIES
Efficient Recovery of Flax Fibres

• SMEs
• ICP (UK)
• Straw Service (UK)
• Vervaeke Fibre N.V. (B)
• FIATECE (P)
• LARGE COMPANIES
• Cebeco Agricultural Seeds Group (NL)
• Zeneca Crop Protection plc (UK)
• RESEARCH PROVIDERS
• De Montfort University (UK)
• CITEVE (P)

• COSTS
• 104.5K
• 160K
• 50K
• 85.5K
• 80K
• 20K
• 420.7K
• 79K

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CRAFT CASE STUDIES

• Reduced Applications of Chemicals in European
  Raspberry Production (RACER)
• Raspberries are a high value crop with a long
  establishment period that requires high capital
  expenditure. Growers rely on chemical control.
  Fungicides and insecticides, to ensure high
  quality fruit production.
• However there is increasing pressure from
  retailers and consumers to reduce chemical
  inputs.
• The objective was to provide the Industrial
  Partners with a new European Code of Best
  Practice in pest and disease control.

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CRAFT CASE STUDIES
RACER

• SMEs
• SSGF (UK)
• Associazone Produttori (I)
• D Periepes (EL)
• Valmira Frutas (P)
• Pakkasmarja (FIN)
• Non EU Large Company BSZ (CH)
• RESEARCH PROVIDERS
• Scottish Crop Research Institute (UK)
• Institute Agrario di S. Michele allAdige (I)
• Agricultural Research Centre (FIN)
• Swiss Government cash Federal Research Station
  (CH)

• COSTS
• 124.43K
• 131.75K
• 23.32K
• 25.01K
• 92.07K
• 0.9K
• 154.08K
• 79.71K
• 86.1K
• 95.49K

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CRAFT CASE STUDIES

• Investigation of the Causes of Mortality
• in Oyster Production (ROMEO)
• The objective of the project was to identify and
  combat the periodic loss in oyster hatcheries.
• The project developed a model hatchery and
  nursery for controlled tests on larvae and algae.
• The project involved the analysis of
  environmental factors when rearing oyster larvae
  including, feeding, seawater quality and causes
  of disease in relation to mortality.
  Bioremediation of seawater and probiotic
  improvement in algae cultures in parallel with
  improving the overall health of the oyster seed
  and larvae will ultimately improve production and
  thus profitability.

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CRAFT CASE STUDIES
ROMEO

• SMEs
• Seawater Shellfish (Whitstable) Ltd (UK)
• SATMAR SA (F)
• Guernsey Sea Farms (UK)
• Lissadell Shellfish (IRL)
• Tinamenor SA (E)
• GAEC Les Ferrange (F)
• RESEARCH PROVIDERS
• University of Kent (UK)
• IFREMER (F)
• University of West Brittany (F)
• Station Bioblogique, Roscoff (F)
• CEFAS Conwy (UK)

• COSTS
• 84.36K
• 77.57K
• 27.86K
• 21.45K
• 17.82K
• 25.01K
• 90.32K
• 53.4K
• 14.0K
• 51.9K
• 44.51K

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CRAFT CASE STUDIES

• Mercury Free Catalysts for
• Polyurethane Product Providers
• The objective of the project was to understand
  how the choice of catalyst for PU manufacture
  affects the reaction and properties of a chosen
  PU system and to derive a predictive model to
  select the optimum catalyst for a given system.
• It was hope to find an alternative catalyst to
  the hazardous mercury catalyst currently used.
• This involved the development of mathematical
  models for a range of PU systems, including,
  rigid and flexible foams, elastomers and surface
  coatings.

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CRAFT CASE STUDIES
Mercury Free Catalysts for Polyurethane

• SMEs
• Quartex (UK)
• Allrim (F)
• Tectrade (DK)
• SPU (FIN)
• Dr D A Delis (EL)
• Liquid Plastics (UK)
• KMZ (UK)
• ICOA (UK)
• NITRIOL (D)
• ALCHEMIE (UK)

• COSTS
• 17.47K
• 33.62K
• 60.30K
• 60.00K
• 11.40K
• 11.66K
• 16.81K
• 16.44K
• 40.76K
• 16.46K

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CRAFT CASE STUDIES
MERCURY FREE CATALYSTS FOR POLYURETANE

• COSTS
• 13.82K
• 27.04K
• 21.80K
• 347.59K

• LARGE COMPANIES
• OSI (CH)
• Freudenberg (D)
• HEVEA (NO)
• RESEARCH PROVIDERS
• RAPRA (UK)
• Swiss partners contribution was not matched by
  an EU contribution as Switzerland was not a
  Member State

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CRAFT CASE STUDIES

• Better Process Control in Leather Production
• The tanning industry uses chemical technologies
  to convert hides and skins into leather. This is
  done using closed drums, so that most of the
  processing is blind, the consequences being that
  the effects can be inconsistent and inefficient.
• The first objective of this project was to
  develop a compact and reliable, on-line, battery
  operated pH and temperature measurement module to
  fit into existing equipment.
• The second objective was to design an off-line
  colour measurement system to analyse solutions
  from the drums as an indicator of the colour
  take-up of the hides being processed.

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CRAFT CASE STUDIES
Better Process Control in Leather Production

• SMEs
• Connolly Leather (UK)
• W. Pearce Co (UK)
• WE J Peabody (UK)
• H Goodman Son (UK)
• Sweni Svendborg (DK)
• Borge Garveri (NO)
• Elmo-Calf (FIN)
• Lapuan Nahka (FIN)
• Talleres Olcina (E)
• Juan Martinez (E)

• COSTS
• 26.18K
• 20.58K
• 16.98K
• 9.40K
• 21.18K
• 19.98K
• 19.98K
• 18.78K
• 50.52K
• 15.70K

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CRAFT CASE STUDIES
Better Process Control in Leather Production

• COSTS
• 9.06K
• 37.00K
• 206.08K
• 52.08K
• 93.72K

• LARGE COMPANIES
• Grupo Industrial Colomer (E)
• Hellenic Tanners Association (EL)
• RESEARCH PROVIDERS
• BLC Leather Technology Centre (UK)
• Westdeutsche Gerberschule (D)
• Heights Design Group (UK)
• Withdrew from the project after 6 months

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CRAFT CASE STUDIES

• Physical Vapour Deposition of Oxide Coatings
• The objective of the project was to develop the
  coating technology equipment to produce new
  metallic oxide coatings for shielding of
  electronic components, and for the large area
  environmental protection of constructional
  materials on a continuous coating basis.
• This involved the optimisation of all process
  parameters including a reliable pulsed DC power
  supply based on a large magnetron and the
  investigation of the properties of various oxide
  coatings, including aluminium oxide, for the
  deposition onto metal and insulating substrates.

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CRAFT CASE STUDIES
Physical Vapour Deposition of Oxide Coatings

• COSTS
• 160.00K
• 60.00K
• 160.00K
• 100.00K
• 280.00K
• 200.00K

• SMEs
• HHR Anlagenbau GMBH (D)
• Surface Engineering Consulting (FIN)
• Surface Engineering Coatings OY (FIN)
• Finnvert (FIN)
• RESEARCH PROVIDERS
• Teer Coatings Ltd (UK)
• University of Uppsala (S)

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CRAFT CASE STUDIES

• Development of Refractory Inspection and
  Evaluation Equipment
• Refractory linings are used by major industrial
  companies to provide thermal and erosion
  protection. The manufacture and installation is
  sub-contracted to a large number of SMEs
  throughout Europe.
• Quality control relies mainly on expert visual
  inspection and rugged Non Destructive Testing
  (NDT) equipment.
• The project brought together refractory
  producers, instrument manufacturers and end users
  to develop a quality assurance monitor for
  refractory inspection.

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CRAFT CASE STUDIES
Refractory Inspection and Evaluation Equipment

• SMEs (16)
• Penn Refractories (UK)
• Ceramic Holland (NL)
• Ceramica do Liz (P)
• CNS Electronics (UK)
• Foseco (FS) (UK)
• Instrumentation Innovation (UK)
• KSR International (UK)
• JW Lemmens (B)
• Morganite Thermal Ceramics (UK)
• JME (UK)
• Refracta (P)
• Refractarios Alfran (E)
• TAB Refractories (UK)
• Terres Refracttaires du Boulonnais (F)
• Svenska Hoganas (S)
• SAF (P)

• COSTS
• 10.47K
• 11.50K
• 18.50K
• 12.00K
• 21.00K
• 12.00K
• 21.00K
• 12.33K
• 21.00K
• 12.00K
• 12.00K
• 12.00K
• 12.00K
• 21.00K
• 21.00K
• 18.50K

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CRAFT CASE STUDIES
Refractory Inspection and Evaluation Equipment

• COSTS
• 21.00K
• 21.00K
• 21.00K
• 190.26K
• 126.84K
• 98.00K

• LARGE COMPANIES
• Hoogevens Groep (NL)
• Rauturuukki (FIN)
• Veitsch-Radex (A)
• RESEARCH PROVIDERS
• ERA Technology (UK)
• CERAM Research (UK)
• Instituto de Soldadura e Qualidade (P)

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CRAFT CASE STUDIES

• Lower Cost, Reinforced Plastic Pipe
• Plastics for pipelines for gas, water and oil has
  been restricted to small diameter pies and low
  pressures. Production of pipes greater than
  100mm diameter and able to withstand higher
  operating pressures is limited by existing
  extrusion process and the plastic materials
  properties.
• Thermoplastic pultrusion has proved to be highly
  successful, a novel die technology with
  continuous fibre reinforcement has enabled long
  lengths of pipe at lower costs which should
  compete with metal pipes.

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CRAFT CASE STUDIES
Lower Cost, Reinforced Plastic Pipe

• SMEs
• Speedex (Engineering) (UK)
• Cookson Extrusion (UK)
• Vulcan Refractories (UK)
• IFAP (I)
• Simplast (I)
• Oy Mecanor (FIN)
• Flex Seal Couplings (UK)

• COSTS
• 50.00K
• 50.00K
• 50.00K
• 45.00K
• 50.00K
• 40.00K
• 50.00K

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CRAFT CASE STUDIES
Lower Cost, Reinforced Plastic Pipe

• COSTS
• 45.00K
• 40.00K
• 45.00K
• 495.00K
• 120.00K

• LARGE COMPANIES
• Heliflex (P)
• Hepworth (UK)
• Rehau (D)
• RESEARCH PERFORMERS
• PERA International (UK)
• British Gas (UK)

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CRAFT CASE STUDIES

• Performance Measurement of
• Diamond Tools for Sawing and Drilling
• The aim of this project was to set standards of
  the performance of diamond tools used in the
  processing of natural stones, building and hard
  materials generally.
• The inability of users to define a quality tool
  means selection is often based on price. This
  results in high quality goods being driven out of
  the market place and consumers suffer. The
  introduction of a quality mark is expected to
  improve the sales and market share of the SMEs
  involved in this project.

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CRAFT CASE STUDIES
Performance of Diamond Tools

• SMEs
• Epsilon Holdings Ltd / MTD (UK)
• Golz GmbH Co. (D)
• Olssons Diamantverktyg AB (S)
• Technocopi-Tasoulidis Harry S.A. (EL)
• Sensor Technology Ltd (UK)
• Levanto OY (FIN)

• COSTS
• 71.41K
• 28.98K
• 24.01K
• 68.00K
• 37.16K
• 16.89K

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CRAFT CASE STUDIES
Performance of Diamond Tools

• LARGE COMPANIES
• Tyrolit Schleifmittel Werke Swarovski (A)
• Lockheed Martin (UK)
• RESEARCH PERFORMERS
• University of Greenwich (UK)
• Metallurgical Industrial Research Technological
  Development Centre S.A. (EL)

• COSTS
• 64.36K
• 59.80K
• 385.73K
• 47.89K

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CRAFT CASE STUDIES

• Fluorescent Microspheres as Labels for
  Ultrasensitive Analytical Measurements
• Fluorescent assays are becoming very important in
  fields such as biochemical and clinical analysis.
  The sensitivity of such assays is usually
  limited by the ability to reject background
  fluorescence. Most background emission decays
  within a few nanoseconds of excitation.
• The aim of the project was to develop novel
  long-lifetime fluorescent labels suitable for
  high sensitivity assays along with
  instrumentation for their detection.

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CRAFT CASE STUDIES
Fluorescent Microspheres

• SMEs
• Photonic Research Systems Ltd (UK)
• Lambert Instruments BV (NL)
• Delta Danish Electronics, Light Optics (DK)
• Molecular Probes Europe BV (NL)
• Labor Diagnostika Nord BmbH COKG (D)

• COSTS
• 95.00K
• 75.00K
• 75.68K
• 15.00K
• 93.00K

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CRAFT CASE STUDIES
Fluorescent Microspheres

• COSTS
• 60.00K
• 170.68K
• 121.50K
• 121.50K

• LARGE COMPANIES
• Packard Bioscience BV (NL)
• RESEARCH PERFORMERS
• University of Salford Enterprise (UK)
• British Textile Technology Group (UK)
• University of Regensburg (D)

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CRAFT CASE STUDIES

• Measuring Product Conformity to
  Telecommunications (SDL) Specifications
• IT communications standards, particularly in the
  telecommunications sector are becoming
  increasingly sophisticated and complicated.
  Testing is the only way of ensuring the products
  conform to the relevant standards and can
  interwork with products from different
  manufacturers.
• The aim of this project was to develop a tool to
  automate the production of conformance tests to
  improve productivity and quality.

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CRAFT CASE STUDIES
Measuring Product Conformity

• SMEs
• CSL (UK)
• Kvatro (NO)
• Hummingbird (D)
• FSCOM (F)
• SP Media (D)
• Compador (UK)

• COSTS
• 57.00K
• 57.00K
• 57.00K
• 69.00K
• 60.00K
• 57.00K

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CRAFT CASE STUDIES
Measuring Product Conformity

• COSTS
• 60.00K
• 40.00K
• 500.00K

• LARGE COMPANIES
• Telelogica (S)
• Nokia (FIN)
• RESEARCH PERFORMERS
• NPL (UK)

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CRAFT CASE STUDIES

• Accurate Verification of
• Coordinate Measuring Machines using Lasers
• The aim of this project was to develop a
  simplified method for performance verification
  using a laser interferometer and a novel
  universal artefact which can be addressed to
  Coordinate Measuring Machines of all sizes,
  types and configurations. The advantages are
• Improve understanding of current standards
• Allow performance verification of large machines
• Produce standardised performance tests
• Reduce calibration times

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CRAFT CASE STUDIES
Coordinate Measuring Machines

• SMEs
• ITP Group Ltd (UK)
• Intelligent Information Technology Ltd (UK)
• Krypton Electronic Engineering (B)
• COORD 3 S.p.A. (I)
• Lister Machine Tools Ltd (IRL)
• Atlas Aluminium Ltd (IRL)

• COSTS
• 117.29K
• 67.70K
• 63.37K
• 113.15K
• 45.76K
• 33.87K

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CRAFT CASE STUDIES
Coordinate Measuring Machines

• COSTS
• 12.00K
• 21.29K
• 8.00K
• 191.76K
• 136.76K
• 138.71K
• 39.20K

• LARGE COMPANIES
• Renishaw plc (UK)
• Lufthansa Airmotive (IRL)
• PTB (D)
• RESEARCH PERFORMERS
• Southampton Institute (UK)
• University of Limerick (IRL)
• University of Leuven (B)
• S.T.A.N.I.M.U.C. (I)

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CRAFT CASE STUDIES

• Craft Project Cost Categories
• Personnel Costs
• Travel and Subsistence
• Sub-contracting
• Durable Equipment
• Comsumables
• Other specific project costs (agreed with
  Commission)
• Protection of Knowledge
• Overhead Costs

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CRAFT CASE STUDIES

• Craft Project Overall Costs
• Total Project Costs 0.3 to 2.0 Million Euro
• Up to 40 from a single partner
• Up to 60 from the same country
• TRD Performers
• Must be paid 100 of their costs
• At least 40 of project costs
• At least 50 of Personnel time

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CRAFT CASE STUDIES

• Conclusions
• Wide variety of technical projects possible
• All areas of the Framework V Programme
• For example Agriculture, Production Technology,
  Standards
• Partnerships
• Can be large or small, but usually larger than
  minimum specified by the CRAFT rules
• Costs 0.3 to 2.0 Million Euro