Objective The total annual estimated direct cost of corrosion, not including wear damage, in the worlds is estimated at about 3.1% of the world’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Protective coatings serve to prevent wear and corrosion and thus reduce the total loss from corrosion and wear. Hard chromium plating is one of the most widely used techniques for production of such coatings. However, hard chromium faces many problems: EU restrictions due to use hexavalent chromium, health issues for the plating industry personnel due to cancers events, functional defects of the coatings and low current efficiency. Thus, there is an urgent need to substitute chrome plating with an alternative one that could provide the same or even enhanced benefits that chrome has, without causing the above problems.The target of the project is to eliminate the use of hard chromium plating in European electroplating industry by delivering a suitable alternative, which will be the nano structured Ni-P and Ni-P composite coatings (with SiC or WC as reinforcing nanoparticles).The successful outcome of the HardAlt project will lead to the restriction or even elimination of the use of hexavalent chromium in electrodeposition industry and will not be subjected in EU legislations. As HardAlt coatings will present equal or even enhanced functional properties compared to hard chrome, they will be adopted by the metal working industry in applications where wear and corrosion resistance is of crucial importance. Significant benefit will be the customization of the HardAlt coatings in the need of each application using the same bath leading to raw materials saving and minimization of wastes from electroplating industry. Fields of science natural scienceschemical sciencesinorganic chemistrytransition metalsengineering and technologymaterials engineeringcoating and filmsmedical and health sciencesclinical medicineoncologyengineering and technologynanotechnologynano-materials Programme(s) FP7-SME - Specific Programme "Capacities": Research for the benefit of SMEs Topic(s) SME-2013-2 - Research for SME Associations Call for proposal FP7-SME-2013 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme BSG-SME-AG - Research for SME associations/groupings Coordinator BRUNEL UNIVERSITY LONDON Address Kingston lane UB8 3PH Uxbridge United Kingdom 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 EU contribution € 55 744,00 Participants (11) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all BRITISH ALLIED TRADES FEDERATION LBG United Kingdom EU contribution € 374 975,63 Address Vyse street 10 federation house B18 6LT Birmingham See on map Region West Midlands (England) West Midlands Birmingham Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Dave Elliot (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window SLOVENSKA SPOLOCNOST PRE POVRCHOVE UPRAVY Slovakia EU contribution € 32 759,94 Address Radlinskeho 9 81237 Bratislava See on map Activity type Other Administrative Contact Marta Chovancová (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window ASFIMET SRL Italy EU contribution € 319 005,67 Address Via sismondi gian carlo 50 20133 Milano mi See on map Region Nord-Ovest Lombardia Milano Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Elena Travaini (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window AGRUPACION PYME PARA LA SINERGIA EN I MAS D SL Spain EU contribution € 327 452,62 Address Calle estacion 29 planta 1 puerta 3 08140 Caldes de montbui barcelona See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Marta Mur (Mrs.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window SYNDESMOS EPICHEIRISEON PLIROFORIKIS VOREIAS ELLADAS Greece EU contribution € 285 628,80 Address Technopolis thessalonikis business park building c2 55510 Thessaloniki See on map Region Βόρεια Ελλάδα Κεντρική Μακεδονία Θεσσαλονίκη Activity type Other Administrative Contact Spyros Ignatiadis (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window KAMPAKAS METALLOURGIKI TECHNIKI EMPORIKI KAI VIOMICHANIKI AE Greece EU contribution € 83 338,30 Address Anatolikis thrakis 2 16122 Kaisariani See on map Region Αττική Aττική Κεντρικός Τομέας Αθηνών Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Nikolaos Kampakas (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window FALEX TRIBOLOGY NV Belgium EU contribution € 87 282,50 Address Wingepark 23b 3110 Rotselaar See on map Region Vlaams Gewest Prov. 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Leuven Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Dirk Drees (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON United Kingdom EU contribution € 37 674,80 Address Highfield SO17 1BJ Southampton See on map Region South East (England) Hampshire and Isle of Wight Southampton Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Yan Qiao (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window POLITECNICO DI MILANO Italy EU contribution € 38 967,74 Address Piazza leonardo da vinci 32 20133 Milano See on map Region Nord-Ovest Lombardia Milano Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Franca Di Censo (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window ETHNIKO KENTRO EREVNAS KAI TECHNOLOGIKIS ANAPTYXIS Greece EU contribution € 28 770,00 Address Charilaou thermi road 6 km 57001 Thermi thessaloniki See on map Region Βόρεια Ελλάδα Κεντρική Μακεδονία Θεσσαλονίκη Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Elias Houstis (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window CENTER FOR TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH ANDINNOVATION (CETRI) LTD Cyprus EU contribution € 4 400,00 Address 77, john kennedy avenue 1077 Nicosia See on map Region Κύπρος Κύπρος Κύπρος Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Giannis Spyropoulos (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window
