Objective Companies involved in the concrete industry face many problems with complex production units. This units are complex to manage because of their wide range of activity, the diversity of technologies, the equipments chaining with belt conveyors and other handling devices. This heavy equipments are subject to frequent breakdowns, very difficult to manage in a production environment and not easy to clean at the end of a production cycle. This situation is caused by the environment of the equipments that is not flexible and accurate enough to allow a real time control of the production unit. To maintain complex production units in the concrete industry, it is necessary to be equipped with adaptive control systems, and with tools and methods defined to optimise units cleaning: adaptive control systems to optimise running and performances of complex and multipurpose units tools and methods to optimise unit cleaning in order to reduce time (from 1h30 to 2h cleaning duration per 8 hours today to half an hour with the new system) and to increase efficiency. The objective of this project is to create a specific tool for maintenance of complex units in the concrete industry that allow to manage the units in a flexible way by the use of computer and sensors. This project is very important for SMEs in Europe and at least 1000 SMEs in the concrete industry could be interested in the results of this project. Fields of science engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringcontrol systemsengineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsensors Programme(s) FP4-BRITE/EURAM 3 - Specific research and technological development programme in the field of industrial and materials technologies, 1994-1998 Topic(s) 0101 - Incorporation of new technologies into production systems Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme EAW - Exploratory awards Coordinator CIMENTUB s.a. Address 16,rue alfred catel 80005 Amiens France See on map EU contribution No data Participants (2) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all MALIKENTZOS s.a. Greece EU contribution € 0,00 Address 165,larissis street 38334 Volos See on map Other funding No data Prefabricados Eiros S.J. Spain EU contribution € 0,00 Address 21,julio cachafeiro 27240 Meira See on map Other funding No data
