Objective The 135.000 European SMEs of the mechanical transmission sector producers of gears and gearing products rely on traditional technologies and are characterized by a general conservatism. However over the years the end products in which the gears are used have become more complex and are pushing the state of the art in new technology. Thus the requirement for more sophisticated and reliable gears become extremely important. The gear industry has to implement major changes in gear design and gear fabrication techniques just to keep up with the changing needs of the end product. Moreover, the output of mechanical engineering equipment is growing much faster in China than in the Europe or USA. China is thus becoming a serious competitor for the European SMEs of the sector. In line with the strategic objectives of the associations of manufacturers of gears and mechanical transmission systems, the objective of X-Gear is the diffusion and the standardisation of novel technologies and new materials for a new generation of gears characterized by higher accuracy, resistance, reliability, and tribology properties. In this context X-GEAR plays a role in the competitiveness of European industry since aims to comply with the tighter and tighter requirements being put on t he gear industry for lighter weight, higher torque transmissions and quieter, more efficient gear trains. Research activities will be focused on an innovative combination of: - New surface treatments based on Flame Spraying, PVD and Laser Shot Peening; - New materials based on nano-powders (namely ultra-dispersed fine diamonds) for the production of ultra-resistant gears; - Manufacturing and design tools and knowledge platform implementing guidelines and best practices developed in the project, for a wider diffusion of the project results to the IAGs and their members Fields of science natural sciencesphysical sciencesopticslaser physicsengineering and technologymechanical engineeringtribology Keywords Flame Spraying Gear selection Gearboxes PVD Surface Treatments Tribology Programme(s) FP6-SME - Horizontal research activities involving SMEs: Specific activities covering wider field of research under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research programme 2002-2006. Topic(s) SME-2 - Collective Research (all areas of science and technology) Call for proposal FP6-2004-SME-COLL See other projects for this call Funding Scheme Collective - SMEs-Collective research projects Coordinator D'APPOLONIA SPA Address Via san nazaro 19 Genova Italy See on map Links Website Opens in new window EU contribution € 0,00 Participants (22) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all BRITISH GEAR ASSOCIATION United Kingdom EU contribution € 0,00 Address Suite 43, imex business park, shobnall road Burton on trent, staffordshire See on map Links Website Opens in new window AGORIA ASBL Belgium EU contribution € 0,00 Address Diamant building, a. reyers laan, 80 Brussels See on map Links Website Opens in new window ASSOCIACAO DOS INDUSTRIAIS METALURGICOS, METALOMECANICOS E AFINS DE PORTUGAL Portugal EU contribution € 0,00 Address Rua dos platanos, 197 Porto See on map Links Website Opens in new window SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL UNION MECHANICAL ENGINEERING Bulgaria EU contribution € 0,00 Address 108 rakovski street Sofia See on map Links Website Opens in new window ASSOCIAZIONE INDUSTRIALE DI MASSA CARRARA Italy EU contribution € 0,00 Address Viale xx settembre, 118 Carrara See on map ASSOCIAZIONE NAZIONALE ENERGIA DEL VENTO Italy EU contribution € 0,00 Address Via piemonte 39 Roma See on map Links Website Opens in new window STOWARZYSZENIE INZYNIEROW I TECHNIKOW MECHANIKOW POLSKICH Poland EU contribution € 0,00 Address Swietokrzyska 14 Warszawa See on map Links Website Opens in new window HINDLE GROUP LTD. United Kingdom EU contribution € 0,00 Address Caledonia street Bradford See on map Links Website Opens in new window DG TECHNOLOGY SERVICE S.R.L. Italy EU contribution € 0,00 Address Via giusti 3/a Parma See on map CIM-MES PROJEKT SP. Z O.O. Poland EU contribution € 0,00 Address Grzybowska, 87 Warszawa See on map Links Website Opens in new window TECNOGIDUE S.R.L. Italy EU contribution € 0,00 Address Via cà bianca pascolo, 26 Oggiono (lc) See on map Links Website Opens in new window BIERENS MACHINEFABRIEKEN B.V. Netherlands EU contribution € 0,00 Address Ringbaan noord 189 Tilburg See on map Links Website Opens in new window A. BRITO INDUSTRIA PORTUGUESA DE ENGRENAGENS S.A. Portugal EU contribution € 0,00 Address Estrada interior da circunvalacao, 5109 Porto See on map Links Website Opens in new window DEFAWES '96, NV Belgium EU contribution € 0,00 Address Industrieweg 112 -114 Wondelgem (ghent) See on map Links Website Opens in new window STAM S.R.L. 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