Projektbeschreibung
Wie intelligente Druckfarben die Kühlkettenlogistik revolutionieren
Lebensmittelverschwendung und -sicherheit sind zwei wichtige Themen in der Kühlkettenlogistik. Um die Verantwortung der verschiedenen Beteiligten in der Kühlkette zu stärken, entwickelt das slowenische Start-up MyCol derzeit irreversible, temperaturempfindliche Druckfarben für die Anwendung auf Produktverpackungen, die ihre Farbe ändern, wenn die Temperatur den oberen Grenzwert überschreitet. Dieses intelligente Etikett ermöglicht die Echtzeitüberwachung von Produkten während des Transports und der Lagerung und lässt kostspielige Überwachungssysteme überflüssig werden. Das EU-finanzierte Projekt T-Sense untersucht nun die technologische Machbarkeit und Marktfähigkeit der temperaturempfindlichen Farben von MyCol und erarbeitet eine Kommerzialisierungsstrategie, um einen klaren Fahrplan für den Markteintritt sicherzustellen.
Ziel
Subject of the T-Sense project, the irreversible temperature indicator for detection of temperature volatility outside tolerance use irreversible temperature-sensitive printing ink, which changes colour permanently when heated over TA. Ink is developed solely by MyCol, as it is currently unavailable on the market. Irreversible printing inks, are applied as certain design of print on a suitable substrate (paper, foil, packaging). The speed of the used screen-printing is as high as 100 m/min, which enable mass production and a low price per piece. Thus, temperature indicators are feasible for each individual product / package in the cold supply chain with almost negligible investment for a customer. Also subject of the feasibility study, the time temperature indicator (TTI) is the active material used in Cold chain is temperature-controlled supply chain for products, such as fresh and frozen food, pharmaceuticals, and chemicals.
Why is T-Sense important? Because each producer that enters cold chain should count at least 10% of the turnover as a waste due to lack of control in the chain! Here we are dividing the responsibility among all actors across the supply chain and empower producers to increase the level of control in production. This problem is our business opportunity. University of Ljubljana recognized the innovation potential by awarding the Innovation of the Year to the authors, who are also MyCol founders. We (4 female scientists-entrepreneurs) have started MyCol company as a spin-off from National Institute of Chemistry, second-ranking scientific institution in Slovenia. We produce innovative labels, new at the global level, applicable to any reasonably smooth surface, low-cost, needing no energy supply, which show temperature changes in the cold chain with the naked eye (or by video camera). Launching this product portfolio on the market, we strongly believe it can benefit to individual links in the cold supply chain, mostly on producer side.
Wissenschaftliches Gebiet
- engineering and technologymechanical engineeringmanufacturing engineering
- engineering and technologymaterials engineeringcolors
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsensorsoptical sensors
- medical and health sciencesbasic medicinepharmacology and pharmacypharmaceutical drugs
- engineering and technologyother engineering and technologiesfood technologyfood packaging
Programm/Programme
Thema/Themen
Aufforderung zur Vorschlagseinreichung
Andere Projekte für diesen Aufruf anzeigenUnterauftrag
H2020-SMEInst-2018-2020-1
Finanzierungsplan
SME-1 - SME instrument phase 1Koordinator
1000 Ljubljana
Slowenien
Die Organisation definierte sich zum Zeitpunkt der Unterzeichnung der Finanzhilfevereinbarung selbst als KMU (Kleine und mittlere Unternehmen).