Design of an innovative system for the drive and control of port cranes for safe remote operation

Project Information

SECURCRANE

Grant agreement ID: 31548

Start date 1 May 2006

End date 30 September 2009

Funded under

• Sustainable Development, Global Change and Ecosystems: thematic priority 6 under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research programme 2002-2006.

Total cost € 4 246 000,00

EU contribution € 2 200 000,00

Coordinated by

SCIROIDEA SPA
Italy

Objective

SECURCRANE project is addressed to the toll lifting equipments of the ports for a great increaseof their performances, safety and operator comfort. Crane drivers & port managers are key actors deeply involved since the very beginning to set out the right terms for future implementation. The goal is to practically eliminate the gap between the theoretical and the real productivity (lifts per hour) of the crane. In this field, because of the highly detailed bids from the buyers and the severe price competition, manufacturers neglect the risks for research & innovation. The core problem of the crane productivity is related to the loss of efficiencyof the crane operator due to his very stress while working in the crane cabin. The stress comes from the cabin rough vibrations and from the frustrating continuous attention to the cargo sway during the load cycle. SECURCRANE project aims at realising the ambitious goal of a remote crane control giving the operator, by means of a very innovative approach and the most advanced knowledge in the field of artificial intelligence and artificial vision, the information "sensed" and seen by the operator in his position onboard. The functions of the remote control are completed by a further objective i.e. the container monitoring for integrity and safety. The project cares even the social aspects of the innovation, involving the crane drivers from the early beginning of activities. SECURCRANE Consortium, formed under port operators' solicitation,is formed by Research bodies and specialised Company for robotics coordinated by an Engineering company with keypersons having huge experience in the port technologies field. The Consortium is completed by a Port Authority for onboard tests and a SECURCRANE INTEREST OPERATORS CLUB (SIOC) of potential SECURCRANE users for results evaluation. Inside the consortium there is not a crane manufacturer so that the innovations will be exploitable both on new cranes and existing ones.

Fields of science

• natural sciences › computer and information sciences › artificial intelligence
• engineering and technology › electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering › electronic engineering › control systems
• engineering and technology › electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering › electronic engineering › sensors › optical sensors
• social sciences › economics and business › economics › production economics › productivity
• engineering and technology › electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering › electronic engineering › robotics

Programme(s)

• FP6-SUSTDEV - Sustainable Development, Global Change and Ecosystems: thematic priority 6 under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research programme 2002-2006.

Topic(s)

• SUSTDEV-2005-3.3.1.3.2 - Research domain 3.14 (only for rail transport) and research domain 3.16

Call for proposal

FP6-2005-TRANSPORT-4
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Funding Scheme

STREP - Specific Targeted Research Project

Coordinator

SCIROIDEA SPA

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Via Gavotti 5/6 ; GENOVA ; Italy
• Total cost: No data

Participants (6)

ECA

France

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Rue des Frères Lumière ZI Toulon Est ; TOULON
• Total cost: No data

ENEA - ENTE PER LE NUOVE TECNOLOGIE, L'ENERGIA E L'AMBIENTE

Italy

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Lungotevere Thaon di Revel, 76 ; ROME
• Total cost: No data

INTECSA-INARSA S.A.

Spain

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Santa Leonor 32 ; MADRID
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GRAND PORT MARITIME DU HAVRE

France

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Terre Plein de la Barre ; LE HAVRE CEDEX
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BERTOLOTTI S.P.A. IMPIANTI PER L'INDUSTRIA SIDERURGICA E MINERARIA

Italy

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Loc. S. Antonio SN ; INCISA VALDARNO (FIRENZE)
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TL & ASSOCIÉS

France

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: 22, rue Pasteur ; LEVALLOIS PERRET
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