Project description DEENESFRITPL Rollers with built-in sensors to prevent industrial conveyor failure Conveyors are used to move materials in sectors such as mining and steel. The most critical parts of conveyors are their rollers, which often collapse or become corroded or abraded. This causes the conveyor belt to deteriorate and the entire conveyor to stop, leading to substantial economic losses. Current roller failure prediction methods are inaccurate and ineffective. The EU-funded GAZIMO project is developing rollers with built-in sensors, a communication module, and autonomous energy generation. The new rollers will provide real-time data on their technical parameters, general status and exact position on the conveyor belt, making it possible to replace a problematic roller before it causes conveyor failure. This design has the potential to save millions of euros for many industries. Show the project objective Hide the project objective Objective Conveyors are the most common system to move materials in different sectors like: mining, steel, chemical, thermal, etc...Fuel prices and difficult access places make conveyors the best option not only in terms of speed or convenience but mainlydue to economical reasons.However, conveyors suffer from a pandemic disease: their rollers. Every conveyor is mainly composed of three kind ofcomponents: rollers, belt and drums. The rollers are the main critical part, suffering from corrosion, abrasion and the contactof the materials which are being transported make the rollers collapse. Their lifespan is very dependent on the environmentand the materials carried, but the results are always fatal: belt deterioration and sudden stop of the whole conveyor. Takinginto account that the average conveyor length is more than 10Kms (reaching in some cases 100Kms) and that manyconveyors operate 24x7, the economic losses of an unexpected stop can reach to millions of Euros.Nowadays, in order to diagnose a possible roller failure and detect it as soon as possible there are several methods, amongthem the most widespread is a visual test. These tests involve several inaccuracies as the measures are done by ear whichis open to human errors, lack of precision and obviously lack of objectivity between different cases.ULMA Conveyor Components is an SME devoted to the design, manufacturing and commercialization of conveyorcomponents, in the year 2012 the R&D department started a new project to offer their customers the best in class rollers toavoid unexpected stops. The developed rollers (GaZiMo), with the first prototype recently implemented and tested,incorporates sensors, a communication module, an autonomous energy generation and a new design in order to obtain inreal time the technical parameters, the general status, and their exact position in the conveyor in order to detect and replacea failed roller before it collapses and provokes a complete stop of the system. Fields of science engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsensorsengineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuels Programme(s) H2020-EU.2.3. - INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Innovation In SMEs Main Programme H2020-EU.3. - PRIORITY 'Societal challenges H2020-EU.2.1. - INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies Topic(s) EIC-SMEInst-2018-2020 - SME instrument Call for proposal H2020-EIC-SMEInst-2018-2020 See other projects for this call Sub call H2020-SMEInst-2018-2020-1 Funding Scheme SME-1 - SME instrument phase 1 Coordinator ULMA CONVEYOR COMPONENTS S.COOP. Net EU contribution € 50 000,00 Address CM/ ZELAIETA, S/N 48210 OTXANDIO BIZKAIA Spain See on map SME The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed. Yes Region Noreste País Vasco Bizkaia Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 71 429,00
