Zero Corrosion Sheet Pile Elements with Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymer Bars

Informazioni relative al progetto

PRECOPAL

ID dell’accordo di sovvenzione: 790367

DOI

10.3030/790367

Progetto chiuso

Data della firma CE 24 Novembre 2017

Data di avvio 1 Novembre 2017

Data di completamento 31 Marzo 2018

Finanziato da

• INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies – Nanotechnologies

Costo totale

€ 71 429,00

Contributo UE

€ 50 000,00

Coordinato da

SIGMA C SUD
Italy

Periodic Reporting for period 1 - PRECOPAL (Zero Corrosion Sheet Pile Elements with Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymer Bars)

Periodo di rendicontazione: 2017-11-01 al 2018-03-31

Sintesi del contesto e degli obiettivi generali del progetto

The urbanized world is supported using steel sheet piles (SSP) or concrete sheet piles (CSP). Despite the massive use of this technology, these structures are by their nature subject to oxidation, being realised entirely by metal (SSP) or with concrete reinforced with metal bars (CSP). In places where oxidising conditions are extreme, their useful lifespan is reduced to a few years, resulting in high costs for their maintenance or replacement.
With Precopal we will be the first to realize a reinforced CSP with fiberglass bars totally resistant to oxidation, guaranteeing a useful lifespan up to 4 times longer and allowing huge savings in different sectors of construction. The project will be oriented towards obtaining the following main objectives:
• technology optimization
• Obtaining certificates and standards for the sale of Precopal units;
• Development of an innovative installation system (water jet)
The FS confirms the uniqueness of our solution, its technical feasibility and commercial profitability even in the worst scenario. Precopal has already aroused great enthusiasm in our clients, who expressed their interest with letters of interests.

Lavoro eseguito dall’inizio del progetto fino alla fine del periodo coperto dalla relazione e principali risultati finora ottenuti

TECHNICAL FEASIBILITY, including: Technology definition and in-depth cost analysis; SoA assessment; Detailed technical plan to increase TRL to 9; Analysis of risks and design of a mitigation and contingency plan.
COMMERCIAL AND EXPLOITATION PLAN, including: Market analysis, end user’s segmentation, main competitors, commercial barriers; definition of commercial strategy, FTO analysis, definition of IPR strategy.
FINANCIAL PLAN, including: business model, price policy; benefits for end users and 3 sales scenarios.

Progressi oltre lo stato dell’arte e potenziale impatto previsto (incluso l’impatto socioeconomico e le implicazioni sociali più ampie del progetto fino ad ora)

Precopal is the future of sheet piles: so far there is no solution on the market to overcome oxidation problems derived from particularly oxidizing environments (marine environments, such as consolidation of the channels’ banks, extension of ports, coastal protection, isolation of waste disposal areas). Precopal will have a huge impact reducing the costs for the application of this technology by a third and a quarter, guaranteeing enormous economic benefits to end users and allowing a huge growth for our company (+ 5.4 M EUR revenue and + 32 new employees at the third commercialisation year).

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