Objective There are over three thousand spot welds in a typical car. When a car is repaired the spot welding parameters can be different as the mass production machinery used in manufacture can no longer be used. The repairer often is not an expert at inspecting spot welds. Assured reliability of the spot weld is paramount, since the integrity of the spot welds is vital to the crash performance of a car and the safety of its passengers. Therefore, there is a need for a rapid non-destructive inspection device that can be operated by somebody without specialist skills. SpotTrack proposal is for creating the first automatic spot weld tracking device that can be applied non-destructively in the automotive repair industry.The only inspection option available to body repair shops today is to create a spot weld on an off-cut and carry out a ‘peel test’ on it, which is destructive. However, the assumption that the test spot weld is identical to the one on the car can be unsatisfactory. In some cases the spot weld may not be tested at all. The new SpotTrack device will allow the user to quickly and reliably tell whether a spot weld is acceptable by giving a simple pass or fail indication. The proposed SpotTrack system will have the advantage of testing the actual weld made within a matter of seconds and without the need for interpretation. Most importantly it will ensure that the actual spot welds going into service are safe. 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 VERMON SA Address 67 rue fromentel 37000 Tours France 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 EU contribution No data Participants (8) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all I & T NARDONI INSTITUTE SRL Italy EU contribution € 223 785,00 Address Via della cascina pontevica 21 25010 Brescia See on map Region Nord-Ovest Lombardia Brescia Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Giuseppe Nardoni (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data TECNITEST INGENIEROS SL Spain EU contribution € 243 585,00 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 A.C.T. (TRANSNATIONAL) LIMITED United Kingdom EU contribution € 196 215,00 Address Underhill street lazyard house WV16 4BB Bridgnorth See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Stephen Butler (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Other funding No data TOFAS TURK OTOMOBIL FABRIKASI ANONIM SIRKETI Türkiye EU contribution € 20 150,00 Address Buyukdere cad tofas han 145 kat 4-5 zincirlikuyu 34394 Sisli, istanbul See on map Region İstanbul İstanbul İstanbul Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Bülent Oktay (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data KARL VELLA AUTOBODY REPAIRS LTD United Kingdom EU contribution € 11 450,00 Address Gillibrands road WN8 9PT Skelmersdale See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Karl Vella (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data TWI LIMITED United Kingdom EU contribution € 55 263,00 Address Granta park great abington CB21 6AL Cambridge 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 Lucy Parker (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data KAUNO TECHNOLOGIJOS UNIVERSITETAS Lithuania EU contribution € 33 005,00 Address K donelaicio 73 LT-44029 Kaunas See on map Region Lietuva Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas Kauno apskritis Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Milda Beruliene (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data CONSULTING AB DEUTSCHLAND GMBH Germany EU contribution € 33 900,00 Address Heinenkamp 18c 38444 Wolfsburg See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Stefan Eriksson (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Other funding No data
