Objective Ocean going ships are the most cost effective form of transporting bulk goods around the world. To date, Europe owns nearly 40% of the world’s fleet of ships, which account for 90% of its external trade and 40% of its internal trade. Moreover, in the supply of ship building components and services, the EU is a world leader. As a result, the maritime industry, which includes ship building and ship operation, are vital to Europe’s economy.In this industry sector, structural failure is a major cause of the loss of ships, vessels and tankers resulting in loss of life and pollution of the world’s oceans, seas and coastal waters of Europe. Indeed, it has been reported in 2006, that each year over 400 ocean going ships sink, many as a result of weakened structures due to corrosion and inadequate/poor welding quality.Most of the inspection techniques used to date proved to be disruptive to the manufacturing process and far from being cost effective. Additionally, as the current generation of ships are being built from thinner section steels (10mm or less) to lower the cost of build and ship operation, typical assessment methods are not as effective as for thicker sections. Therefore, there is a real need for more reliable, faster, cost effective and safer inspection techniques.The X-Scan project aims to respond to this need by developing novel automated NDT techniques (ultrasonic and electromagnetic) for ship structures. The objective of the project is twofold: First the project will concentrate on solving the problem of inspecting thin steel welds using Phased Array Ultrasonic Testing (PAUT) and Alternating Current Field Measurement (ACFM) techniques; and then it will tackle the automated inspection of inaccessible welds by means of a laser guided manipulator. Fields of science engineering and technologymechanical engineeringmanufacturing engineeringnatural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesenvironmental sciencespollutionengineering and technologymechanical engineeringvehicle engineeringnaval engineeringsea vesselsnatural sciencesphysical sciencesopticslaser physics Programme(s) FP7-SME - Specific Programme "Capacities": Research for the benefit of SMEs Topic(s) SME-2011-1 - Research for SMEs Call for proposal FP7-SME-2011 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme BSG-SME - Research for SMEs Coordinator TWI LIMITED Address Granta park great abington CB21 6AL Cambridge United Kingdom See on map Region East of England East Anglia Cambridgeshire CC Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Debbie Mcconnell (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window EU contribution No data Participants (7) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all INNORA PROIGMENA TECHNOLOGIKA SYSTIMATA KAI YPIRESIES ETERIA PERIORISMENIS EFTHYNIS (EPE) Participation ended Greece EU contribution € 0,00 Address Iliados str 7 15231 Halandri athina See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Panagiotis Chatzakos (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Other funding No data TECNITEST INGENIEROS SL Spain EU contribution € 346 524,00 Address Calle ciudad de frias 1-nave 4 28021 Madrid See on map Region Comunidad de Madrid Comunidad de Madrid Madrid Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Diego Florez (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data VERMON SA France EU contribution € 261 650,00 Address 67 rue fromentel 37000 Tours See on map Region Centre — Val de Loire Centre — Val de Loire Indre-et-Loire Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Jean-Yves Corduan (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data I DIMOULIS & CO EE Greece EU contribution € 278 615,00 Address Eyplias street 49 185 37 Piraeus See on map Region Αττική Aττική Πειραιάς Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Kyriakos Berketis (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data LLOYD'S REGISTER EMEA IPS United Kingdom EU contribution € 24 511,00 Address Fenchurch street 71 EC3M 4BS London See on map Region London Inner London — West Camden and City of London Activity type Other Administrative Contact Spyros Hirdaris (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data BRUNEL UNIVERSITY LONDON United Kingdom EU contribution € 34 000,00 Address Kingston lane UB8 3PH Uxbridge See on map Region London Outer London — West and North West Harrow and Hillingdon Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Teresa Waller (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data INNORA PROIGMENA TECHNOLOGIKA SYSTIMATA KAI YPIRESIES AE Greece EU contribution € 16 000,00 Address Ioannoy metaxa 59 19400 Koropi attikis See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Panagiotis Chatzakos (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data
